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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It is hard to be confident that out of €670 million's worth of claims that any adjudication, conciliation or High Court will land on the €12 million -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: No, not at all but I think there is a deeper question here in that a contract was issued by the State and maybe the tender allowed for a tender that was under the real cost of construction which means the tenderer might try to recoup the actual costs in claims subsequently. There is a big question around the construction of the tender and the whole process at the start. I am not aware of -...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I accept that, but I worry that is kicking the issue into touch for two or three years for political purposes. That is my worry about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: There is no doubt it is an illogical situation. The last question I put earlier was on the minutes of the board meeting not being published. It is adding to the confusion.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government is closing down early years childhood education facilities throughout the country. In 2019, there were 77 net closures; in 2020, there were 70; in 2021, there were 62; last year, on my last count, there were 80 net closures; and this year they are closing by the week. Currently, early years providers are suffering greatly. They have come to the gates of the Dáil to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The option for parents to send their kids to these places is being lost.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a gap between what the Minister says and the experience of the providers.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: No need to worry, so.

European Convention on Human Rights (Challenge to British Government Amnesty) Bill 2023: First Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the State to make an application to the European Court of Human Rights, in the event of the enactment of British legislation granting amnesty in respect of criminal acts in or relating to the North of Ireland; and to provide for related matters. There is an incredibly urgent need for this Aontú Bill....

European Convention on Human Rights (Challenge to British Government Amnesty) Bill 2023: First Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank the campaigners in the Gallery for the work they have done on this over the last number of months. Were it not for the work they have done, this issue would have gone below the radar and we would not have had the attention of the Government on it at all. The Government is sleepwalking towards a nursing home capacity cliff edge at the moment and that is putting hundreds of older...

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank the campaign for sharing footage of older people having to leave nursing homes due to the funding crisis. That footage is absolutely heartbreaking. The residents are incredibly emotional. The staff are heartbroken and the older person leaving is at a loss as to what is happening. The level of anger in the community is exceptional. I know of one 99-year-old man who may have to...

Culling the National Herd: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the motion from the Rural Independent Group focusing on this really important issue. Agriculture is currently in a crisis state in Ireland. I do not make that statement lightly. Every year farmers are leaving the land. The number of farmers is reducing each year according to Teagasc. The Minister may smile at that but it is a fact. According to Teagasc, one third of farmers...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Taoiseach mentioned his discussions with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg on the issue of migration. One of the challenges that has raised its head in Ireland just recently is the issue of nursing homes. The Taoiseach may not be aware of this, but currently there is a funding crisis in respect of nursing homes, which is leading to nursing homes being closed, which in turn is leading to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (28 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Today, Sr. Eilís Coe came to Leinster House to discuss with me and others the issue of child trafficking. It is a serious problem in Ireland. During the Taoiseach’s last trip to the USA, he said that human trafficking was not a particular issue in Ireland because our seas were so vast that people could not get here by small boats, but human trafficking is a significant problem...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (27 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Government’s review of the operation and functionality of the Freedom of Information Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30827/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (27 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State contracts that a company (details supplied) has been involved in; the projects it has been involved with; if the State has ever carried out independent audits of the company throughout the planning, construction and delivery phases of the projects; if so, if he will provide reports on the findings of any such...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (27 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an OPW staff residential property can be allocated (details supplied). [31197/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (27 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has conducted any analysis of the percentage increase in the cost of farm fertiliser in each of the past 24 months; and if so, if he can provide the figures to this Deputy. [30888/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (27 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care who are suspected to be homeless; and the number of persons who are currently in aftercare who are suspected to be homeless. [30678/23]