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

Peadar Tóibín: I am startled at these figures. The Minister mentioned fluctuating numbers of people receiving fuel allowance. The price of fuel is fluctuating upwards only. There has been a massive expansion in the number of people in fuel poverty yet we have rigid figures for the number of people in receipt of fuel allowance. The Minister talks about expansion of the means test. That is because there...

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

Peadar Tóibín: There was a real cut in social welfare rates last year, if we take inflation into account.

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

Peadar Tóibín: Less than the rate of inflation.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what measures her Department is putting in place to help those affected by the ending of the eviction ban. [15132/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: In three days' time, there is about to be an avalanche of people who will be evicted in this State. In my county, there are 127 eviction notices and 31 properties for rent. There are zero emergency accommodation beds available through the local authority. Many people are lying in their beds in fear of what is about to happen to them. What mitigation policies has the Minister put in place...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: How many people will be evicted in this State in the next seven to ten months? What modelling has the Government done to identify the number of people who will be evicted from their homes in this country? What modelling has the Government done to find out how many houses are available and what emergency accommodation is needed in this country as a result of the policies it has taken? Is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I asked the Minister how many people will need the additional needs payment. How many people will be evicted?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: That means it is as long as a piece of string. Surely the Government made a decision on the basis of evidence. For example, the Minister would not vote to take away protection from eviction for people with disabilities unless she knew how many people were likely to be evicted in that cohort. I am sure she would not have allowed the Government to get rid of the safeguards against evictions...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: What is the demand?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister must have an idea of what it is going to cost.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister must have an idea of how much it will cost. Is she saying she does not have any idea of what the expected level of evictions will be in the next ten months? Is she honestly saying that the Government has made such a decision-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: We have 25 seconds left.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: But I have asked a question and the Minister has not answered it. It is a very relevant question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It is important that the Minister responds. It is scandalous that a Government Minister would make a decision on evictions without knowing how many people will be homeless.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Overnight.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Five Ministers for Housing. The Deputy is the fifth.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Last week Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Green Party Deputies voted against a common sense and humane Aontú amendment on the eviction motion. They voted against an amendment that would have provided protection from eviction for people with disabilities, for people with a terminal illness, for people with a cancer diagnosis, for people who have suffered stroke, have advanced heart...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The State owes the Women of Honour a serious debt of gratitude for their campaign to shine a light on the horrendous litany of abuse that happened within the Defence Forces. The Women of Honour were women who simply sought to work in the service of the State. They put their lives on the line for the State and, shockingly, that service was met by assault, rape, abuse, bullying and...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [15129/23]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I urge the Taoiseach to give clarity to my question. I refer to the enormity of the decision the Government has made to delete the eviction ban. How was that decision made at Cabinet? Was it made on the basis of modelling from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage? Was it made based on advice from economists as to the impact it would likely have? Was it made based on...