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Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Union (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Government decision to participate in an EU battlegroup erodes Irish neutrality. [13944/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps his Department is taking to address the retention and recruitment crisis within the Defence Forces. [13943/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will proceed with the Government's plan to teach primary school children about transgenderism against the wishes of parents. [13573/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the research she or her Department have undertaken into the impact on primary school children as young as nine or ten years of age of teaching them about what it means to be transgender [13572/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the building plans of many schools are being put on hold. [13574/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that four in five secondary teachers say the new junior cycle is not preparing students adequately for progression to Leaving Certificate study according to a report by an organisation (details supplied). [13575/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Security (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has considered banning an application (details supplied) from the phones of Ministers and civil servants, in line with Britain, the USA and the European Commission; if he has discussed the matter with any social media companies or experts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14419/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Social Media (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had any engagement with representatives of a social media application (details supplied); if so, if he will detail the dates upon which such correspondence or engagements took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14420/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 233. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has considered banning an application (details supplied) from the phones of Ministers and civil servants, in line with Britain, the USA and the European Commission; if he has discussed the matter with his foreign counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14418/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action that has been taken by his Department regarding a disclosure made to him by email from this Deputy's office on 18 October 2022, regarding the Garda vetting system; and if he will meet with this Deputy to discuss the content of the disclosure. [14427/23]

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Last week, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party voted against a humane and common sense Aontú amendment, which sought protection for cohorts of vulnerable people in the context of eviction. The parties voted against a tenant or a member of his or her family who has a disability being protected from eviction. The parties voted against a tenant or a member of his or her family...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reopen a full-time social protection office in Castlepollard, County Meath. [15407/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Castlepollard is a vibrant, strong rural town. It has a hinterland that stretches for miles. Like many other rural towns, it has been devastated in recent years by the closure of a number of key businesses and services within that town. It lost banks, it has lost shops, etc. The latest blow to Castlepollard has been the closure by Fine Gael of the full-time social welfare office in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is saying on one level that she did not close it and on another level that it is only operational two days a week because there is not enough business to go through it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is responsible for the delivery of that service in towns such as Castlepollard. The Minister goes on to say people can travel down the road to Mullingar. The Minister may not be aware that in many regional rural towns there are difficulties with public transport. There are definitely difficulties with private transport currently for many people on lower incomes given the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister should not mention post offices because her party has closed hundreds of them over the past number of years.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: In fairness, the Government's approach to rural Ireland is not about keeping key services functioning in those towns so that people will come into them and then spend and shop elsewhere, but is, as I stated previously, like a landlord of old, to throw money up in the air and let the peasants tip around the ground and see can they pick up those pennies. That is a culture of dependency. What...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of individuals who availed of the winter fuel allowance payment in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [15130/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Irish energy poverty has reached record levels. Nearly one in three households is currently in fuel poverty. That is double what the figure was when the current Government was formed in 2020. It is a startling fact. Per capita, Ireland is now also considered one of the wealthiest countries in Europe, more affluent than every other country except Luxembourg. Does the Minister see anything...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister has provided startling information. At one level we have a big increase in population and a doubling of the number of families living in fuel poverty, yet the Government's response in real figures is such that in 2018 there were 380,000 households in receipt of fuel allowance and in 2022 the figure was 393,000. That is incredible. The number of people in receipt of fuel...