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Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The whole communication pattern obviously did not work because the Minister did not learn fully about the Taoiseach's question and the Taoiseach did not learn of the Minister's experience until the past couple of weeks. That is a problem in its own right. The Minister specifically asked CHI why lists were not falling. When did he ask CHI why lists were not falling despite the extra...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: That is not-----

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I am only asking when was the first conversation but the Minister does not know the answer to that, I take it. I am referring to the first conversation with CHI as to why lists were not falling.

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I am talking about a date, roughly. The other point to be made here is that spinal surgery can be incredibly complex. The international best practice on this indicates that quality is achieved through specialisation. My advice is that the Irish spinal surgery system is actually generalist in nature, so the culture in spinal surgery training is that you need to do everything. To what...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister did not answer. First, Mr. Nayagam is not a specialist spinal surgeon, and yet he is the external reviewer. He does not have the clinical expertise to actually ask the hard questions of the expert surgeons. How does that happen?

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I am not.

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: No.

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: You would have to be foolish to think that, simply by requesting that the reviewer has expertise in complex surgery, which is a qualification, I was in some way undermining that individual. I am not. It is clear that the individual who is the external reviewer in this situation does not have the same qualifications as the individuals he is reviewing. The reason I stated that is because the...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Okay. We are going to have to disagree with that. Again, on the specialist element, Scotland has a large number of surgeons who specialise in complex spinal operations. Again, Ireland does not have that level of expertise. Ireland has all-rounders. It is understood that Temple Street did not have enough focus on that expertise. Is that not an issue we have to resolve coming out of this...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The housing crisis affects everybody in society at some level. Some are suffering significantly but there are very few who are not affected by it throughout the State. First of all, the housing crisis is a life-and-death issue. It is leading to significant deaths. It is creating a situation in which people are being forced into emergency accommodation, with all of the negative aspects...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus services have failed to arrive over the past year; if he will detail the top-ten worst Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus routes for dropped routes; and how many runs were dropped in percentage terms on each of these routes. [41690/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail how long it takes to get driving tests for bus drivers in each region in the country. [41691/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many drivers are needed to reach a full complement in both Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus; and how many mechanics are needed to reach a full complement in both Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus. [41692/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total value of fines that have been issued to bus service providers in the past five years was; and to detail to whom these fines were applied. [41695/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (26 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the analysis of the breakdown of underspend by the Department of Transport contained in the fiscal monitor report of August 2023, conducted by the Parliamentary Budget Office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41264/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices (26 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is the policy to seek increases in fuel excise on petrol and diesel as a demand management strategy to reduce the number of vehicles on the road; if so, how many times he sought Government approval for increases in fuel excise; the number of increases he has sought; from what period; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Risk Assessment (26 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the National Risk Assessment published in July 2023 by the Department of An Taoiseach which identified that there needs to be a phased withdrawal of substantial resources allocated to the war in Ukraine, Brexit and the cost of living, which is essential to ensuring Ireland’s public finances remain sustainable into the future (details...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (26 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide, in tabular form, the current waiting and number of applicants for a first appointment with a solicitor at each Legal Aid Board Law Centre. [41365/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (26 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide, in tabular form, the number of qualified solicitors per each Legal Aid Board Law Centre for each of the past five years to date. [41366/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (26 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide, in tabular form, the numbers seeking legal advice from a qualified solicitor for each Legal Aid Board Law Centre for each of the past five years to date. [41367/23]