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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (10 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the State will purchase an estate (details supplied) in County Meath given its significant heritage value and tourism potential for the site as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Brú na Bóinne; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21971/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Yesterday the Tánaiste said he was open to EU treaty change to delete vetoes held by the Dáil and other national parliaments on EU foreign policy and security issues. In other words, he is open to reducing the democratic say of the Irish people on incredibly important issues. This comes in the same week the three Government parties have decided to dump the triple lock mechanism,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The filmed attack on the child in Navan more than a week ago has shocked so many people throughout the country. The sustained nature of it, as the child lay on the ground, was brutal. It is important there is justice for this child and his family. Sadly, it is not an isolated event. Peer violence outside schools is growing in this country and child-on-child violence is also growing in...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Sometimes I think we are having two debates about asylum seekers. There seems to be a debate in the political and media bubble and one happening outside in the real world. There is a disconnect between the two debates and what is happening around the issue of asylum seekers. Most Irish people want to help those who are fleeing violence, famine and war. Most want to be Good Samaritans and...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I will try to encapsulate the state of the health service in a number of figures. Last year, 115,000 patients left emergency departments before they were seen. That is an incredible figure. Some 115,000 people were sick enough to warrant going to the emergency department but were forced to wait so long that after a while they felt they were safer and better off at home. The emergency...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Under Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party, Ireland is becoming a more violent and dangerous place. The Government is soft on crime and soft on the causes of crime. The Taoiseach just needs to look at the facts in that regard. Over the last number of years, the Government has hung the Garda out to dry in terms of underresourcing and understaffing. According to EUROSTAT figures...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Authorising is not recruiting. Last year, the Government authorised that recruitment of 1,000 gardaí and 116 were recruited. That is the difference between a press statement and the reality of the experience in society. The Government's policy is backfiring on people because crime and antisocial behaviour are going through the roof. Ireland has become a more violent place in recent...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: All those figures are correct. They have all gone up.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has undertaken a study to determine the number of staff at the Defence Forces that are living below the poverty line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22662/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cost of Living Issues (16 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department has taken to mitigate the impact of inflation on the standard of living of teachers. [22564/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (16 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the OECD 'Education at a Glance' Report, which ranked Ireland 36th out of the 36 countries in terms of investment in second level education as a percentage of GDP, has been drawn to her attention. [22563/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Air Corps (16 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland contributes financially to the RAF air defence arrangement with the UK; if so, the percentage and total funding allocated to this arrangement from Ireland's defence budget annually; if he will provide a breakdown for each of the past ten years of the percentage and total amount spent, in tabular form; the total amount the State...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (16 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Eirgrid has informed him of the change of the status that the North-South Interconnector is no longer a project of common interest; if so, when this was communicated to him; and if he will provide a copy of any such communication. [22639/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to increase the number of Travellers who sit the Leaving Certificate exam each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23211/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (16 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 568. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine alternative transport options and timetabling for persons (details supplied) with disabilities attending a day service in Meath where in certain cases service users are spending up to two hours each way per day travelling to and from the service; if he will introduce financial assistance towards...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (16 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 689. To ask the Minister for Health what progress is being made in appointing an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22985/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (16 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 690. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an up-to-date timeframe as to when he expects the statutory home support scheme to be finalised and operational. [22986/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 691. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted an up-to-date assessment of the ongoing effects of the impact of isolation on the mental health and wellbeing on the elderly population arising out of the Covid pandemic; the supports that are available to elderly people in this regard; how are these supports communicated and publicised to the targeted group; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Investigations (16 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 692. To ask the Minister for Health if he has informed himself and can provide data for each of the past five years regarding the number of complaints reported to the HSE and HIQA with respect to end of life care for elderly people in both public and private healthcare settings; if he can provide a breakdown on the number of investigations which took place on foot of reported complaints for...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The number of abortions has jumped a devastating 25% just in the last year. Some 8,500 unborn children were aborted last year and this figure is nearly triple the rate it was in 2017. That proves the predictions made by human rights campaigners in 2018, that the legislation, if implemented, would see a massive increase in lost lives. In the four years since the law was put in place, 31,000...