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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of family farms acquired by international investment funds, with the quantity of land by hectares, and farming type when acquired, for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17631/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 590. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgical procedure can be expedited, given the circumstances (details supplied). [17441/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Internships (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give equal status to medical graduates who received funding from the State to study in Northern Ireland when applying for an internship programme within the HSE who are currently classed as tier 2 applicants; if he will review the current process for internship placement allocation to enable such graduates to continue speciality training and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 667. To ask the Minister for Health the incidence rate of shingles for those aged under 50 and over 50 years, respectively, for each of the past five years to date. [17942/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 709. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he is taking to retain current and future personnel in the construction sector, and from being recruited internationally; the number of graduates and those employed in the construction sector who have emigrated in each of the past five years, by general trade and specialist category in the industry; the number of the same cohort who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education teachers within the education system for each of the past five years; and the number of National Educational Psychology Services staff that exist for each of the past five years. [18164/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school transport section will approve a school bus for an area (details supplied) in County Meath given the demand. [18255/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of school OT staff who exist for each of the past five years; and the number of school speech therapist staff who exist for each of the past five years. [18165/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of speech therapist appointments that have been cancelled for each of the past five years; the number of cancellations of school OT services appointments in each of the past five years; and the number of cancellations of school psychology appointments in each of the past five years. [18166/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (25 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is a fan.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (25 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: No border.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (25 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: No border.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 8. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who, having been refused the disability allowance, were successful in their appeals of her Department’s decision to refuse in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [17667/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: People with disabilities are among the people most discriminated against in Ireland. People with disabilities battle daily just to achieve basic services from the State. A few weeks ago this Government played the part of champions of carers and people with disabilities, but that zeal has disappeared for some reason after the referendum results. People with disabilities regularly tell me...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: These are shocking figures. The Minister basically said that since she was elected, approximately 40,000 people with disabilities have applied for disability allowance, been refused, had to appeal the decision and were then successful. She is saying that, for the big chunk of those cases, the initial refusal of the application by the Department was incorrect. These are people with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The Department is blocking people from getting assistance. That is what a refusal is. It is a block. Up to 40,000 people, which is equivalent to the populations of Athlone and Portlaoise combined, have been refused by the Department and then been granted the allowance subsequently. The Minister might blame the people for not having all the information first or not being able to fill the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Yesterday.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Scrap the means test.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms in Ireland in each of the past ten years. [17665/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: In 2011, 73,000 people declared their occupation to be farmers. In 2016, this had fallen to approximately 69,000 people who declared their occupation to be farmers. In the 2022 census, this had fallen again to 61,000 people who declared their occupation to be farmers. This is an 11% decrease and an acceleration in the number of people who are no longer self-identifying as a farmer because...