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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Twice.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: This is characteristic of the Fine Gael part of the Government. It promises a wall and then, when people ask where it is, it says that three blocks of the wall are in place. The people then say they were told they would get a wall but that there is no wall at the moment. The Minister of State mentioned 2,000 homes being protected by flood defences. There was a report in 2021 which stated...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (24 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Education is the great leveller. Education should be an opportunity to give every child the ability to reach his or her potential. It is so important that, as a country, we make sure we have equality within the education system for pupils themselves and for parents. The information that I am getting back from a large number of schools at the moment is that there is a crisis first of all in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (24 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: With respect, that is the theory. The practice, unfortunately, is different. I understand that Ministers will be told by their senior civil servants that everything is grand, but the fact is that we are being told by people on the ground that it is not grand. I will give an example of the theory and the practice colliding. A principal sent me a letter they received from the National...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: One in eight people in Ireland currently provides unpaid care. First, I thank the Regional Group, and especially Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh, for their work in producing this motion. I thank them for all of the work that they have done with the organisations that represent carers in this country. It is an incredible that one in eight people is tasked with this particular role. It is...

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Farming as we know it is being significantly run down by the Government. I believe farming has been made the fall guy of climate change. This is bizarre and absolutely false. It is incredible that we live in a country where the level of air travel and the number of data centres are still increasing, yet the finger is being pointed by the Government and the political establishment at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have left the force in each year since 2020. [17652/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times she has met with the Garda Commissioner since she took office. [17651/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will expedite an application for foreign birth registration from a parent who is an Irish citizen (details supplied); and provide a reason as to the delay in processing the registration. [17698/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Court of Human Rights (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will include the murder of a person (details supplied) in the current case being taken against the British government in the European Court of Human Rights. [17994/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the exact value of fines that will be paid to the European Union if Ireland fails to reach the targets set for emissions reduction by 2030. [17925/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if she plans to review the rules of the supplementary pension whereby, if a person takes up any paid employment of any duration, they would lose the entire supplementary element of their pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17687/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the cuts to the special education teacher allocation hours at a school (details supplied); the reasoning for this decision given the increased enrolment numbers and no decease in the numbers of students with additional educational needs; and if it is government policy to reduce SET hours where schools have achieved high...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 341. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 20 September 2023, the amount her Department has paid to date to a company (details supplied) for the independent review of governance and culture in RTÉ and the independent review of contractor Fees, HR and other matters in RTÉ; the daily rate for these reviews, as...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 342. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 20 September 2023, the amount her Department has paid to date for its examination of the books or other records of account of RTÉ, as provided for under section 109(7)(a) of the Broadcasting Act 2009; the daily rate for this review, as referenced in her reply; and the estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reviews (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 343. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the commencement dates for each of the reviews commissioned by her Department (details supplied); the number of days that have been worked up to date on each review individually; the daily rate financial cost of each review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17924/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of residential property developments currently owned by investment funds within each local authority area; the name of the investment fund; the number of units within each development; if the development is occupied or unoccupied; the duration if unoccupied from either the date of completion or from the date it...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new refuge accommodation units delivered and opened for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17642/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total funding allocation for Tusla and Cuan Saor in each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive for staffed refuges, domestic violence support services, rape crisis centres and associated helpline services, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17643/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new refuge accommodation units delivered and opened for each of the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [17644/24]