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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas le Mr. Ó Muirigh faoi sin. I have just one last question. A year or so ago I brought a number of victims of the Glenanne gang to Government Buildings to meet the then Taoiseach, Micheál Martin. It was stated at that stage that the Garda, maybe because of some legislation or regulation, was not providing all the documents necessary for investigations in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: No problem. Gabhaim buíochas le Mr. Ó Muirigh faoi sin.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Public Services will next meet. [55132/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Last month the Minister for housing, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the Minister for integration, Deputy O'Gorman, were exchanging blows at Cabinet on the issue of migrant accommodation. This month the Minister for public expenditure, Deputy Donohoe, and the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, are taking lumps out of each other on the issue of public health spending. According to the Irish...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I agree with Deputy O'Callaghan's point that the Minister for housing is never here for this Stage of housing debates. If the Minister listened more to the knowledge and experience that exists on the Opposition benches, he might be able to deliver his role in a better fashion. There are approximately 160,000 empty homes in the State. In a housing crisis, to have 160,000 empty homes is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: More than 700 people were murdered by the British Army and their loyalist death squads in Ireland during the Troubles. I am thinking about people such as Denise Mullen, a former Aontú councillor in east Tyrone. At four years of age, she witnessed the murder of her father Denis by the Glenanne gang. The killer was a member of the British territorial army. He pumped 17 bullets into her...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Every victim in the North of Ireland is absolutely entitled to justice. Let us not forget the purpose of the Act in question. The Tories have admitted in Westminster that the purpose of the Act is to stop cases being taken against the British military. That is the objective behind the Act. It is important that we understand that context. The Taoiseach referred to timelines. Before...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It did not work.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the most frustrating elements of this Government is its inability to deliver capital projects. We are in the middle of a housing crisis at the moment, with hundreds of thousands of people in housing distress. We also have 130,000 empty homes in this State. The Government created a refurbishment grant scheme in July 2022 and since then just 70 people have drawn down a grant under...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Applied-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: There were 22 this year.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: There were 22.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Applications are different to grants.

Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Ceann Comhairle. Words matter; they matter a lot. Words can cast light, they can educate, they can build up, they can get to the truth, they can hold people to account and they can inspire. Words can obviously do the opposite in many ways. They can be the vehicles of hate and they can be used for good and bad. There is no doubt about it. Aontú is a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of knives seized by gardaí in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [55100/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what steps her Department is taking to encourage more recruitment to An Garda Síochána. [55101/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 19 October 2023, to provide an update on the status of the contract for the special education bus (details supplied); and when it will be operational. [54934/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been underway; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [44814/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (12 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time in Ireland for an application for asylum; the longest application processing time; and the number of persons who are currently having their applications for asylum processed (details supplied). [55433/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (12 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 685. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently in Direct Provision in Ireland; and the number who are children. [54774/23]