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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Another issue I want to raise concerns a project in which I am not sure whether the OPW is involved. The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, has procured 37 buildings for the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers and people from Ukraine. My understanding from the reply to a parliamentary question I put to him is that only one of those buildings has been repurposed. At least 20 of them were...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I was not sure whether the OPW is involved. It often manages buildings for other Departments.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: In response to a parliamentary question I put into the Minister of State last November, he admitted that the OPW had 87 empty buildings across the country. Has there been an improvement since then in that figure?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I wish to make a final point on that. At a time when crime and antisocial behaviour are significant issues in so many communities, it is striking that so many Garda stations are being sold off by the State as a result of them being closed in the past ten years.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: If the Minister of State does not understand that the primary concern of the people of Midleton at the moment is when this relief scheme will be built, there is a major difficulty and a major disconnect between him and the people. This project is their primary concern.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the enormous number of bus cancellations on the NX and 109 bus services through Navan, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4167/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (1 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount taken in by the Government on tax on electricity and tax on fuel, including petrol, diesel, home heating oil and so on, in each of the past ten years. [4169/24]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: There are a couple of issues I want to deal with. The first is the flooding in Midleton. It goes to the heart of a major problem that exists in this Government in terms of the delivery of projects. The Minister of State alluded to it when he stated that Lough Funshinagh engineering projects could have been delivered 20 years ago and that they have to jump through so many hoops now. It...

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim míle buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. Ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón a ghabháil freisin do mo chomhghleacaithe inniu mar gheall ar bhás John Bruton. Is cailliúint ollmhór í dá chlann, do Pháirtí Fine Gael, agus do Chontae na Mí freisin. I give my deepest sympathies on behalf of my party and myself to the family of John...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on flood defence systems in each of the past ten years. [5302/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the great weaknesses of this Government has been its inability to deliver infrastructural projects. There are numerous infrastructural projects in this country that are well over time and well over budget. Flood defences are an example of this. Flood defences in Midleton, County Cork, were discussed and promised as far back as 2017 but despite the devastating floods that have...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: If we could use studies, reports and commitments to stop water coming into houses, we would be well set because the Government has plenty of them. However, we are not seeing the jobs being started to fix the flood defences around the country. When I ask the Minister of State about these flood defences, he can give loads of excuses. The Minister of State is actually fluent in excuses. If...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the major problems the people of Midleton have in terms of the flooding is that when it happened, they had politicians arrive at the location, some of them wearing boots and topcoats, offering tea and sympathy and guaranteeing there would be speedy help. One of the promises was that humanitarian assistance would be given. However, many of those families still cannot obtain...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I was not talking about the staff.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a common theme running through the questions here today and it is the level of public service delivery falling well short of demand. GP services are another example of that. The number of GPs is at a crisis level. There are approximately 4,300 in the State, which is 2,000 fewer than what is considered safe to run the health service, and 1,000 GPs are going to retire within the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Travel (7 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising (7 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5357/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (7 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5375/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5393/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5411/24]