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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses which have been refurbished through the vacant property refurbishment grant to date. [36744/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that are being taken to negate the need for over-reliance by local authorities on expensive schemes such as HAP and RAS. [36756/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount spent on the HAP and RAS schemes in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; and the total number of properties occupied through these schemes at present, in tabular form. [36757/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to tackle the number of vacant houses, both public and private, across the State. [36745/24]

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand what the Minister is seeking to do with this Bill. We support the objective behind the Bill in this case. The law in this area has to be changed because current practice has been deemed unconstitutional. All minors should be treated equally under the law when considering their age. That is a really important issue. A couple of issues arise in the context of what is...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Every day, more and more gardaí are resigning and retiring. Every day, gardaí are being attacked in this country. There is a breakdown in the criminal justice system which is leading to a situation where some criminals feel they can get away with murder with impunity if necessary. That is a very serious issue. I will repeat the core points on this issue. We certainly want to...

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I wish to express my deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Aoife Johnston. Her death was a catastrophic disaster for her family and friends. Aoife was 16 years old when she died. Incredibly, she had to wait 12 hours in hospital before receiving treatment. Reading the report issued by Mr. Justice Clarke, it is incredible what happened in that situation. Aoife was triaged as a...

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, facilitated the closure of Loughlinstown ED as well. He bought into the lie that existed that the closure of EDs would somehow make people safer. It certainly has not, and the Government needs to apologise for the closure of the EDs.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 11. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has undertaken any assessment on the merits of ending the means test on the carer’s allowance. [37630/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: There are five Deputies present, only three of whom are looking for re-election. The rest of the Deputies must be canvassing for the election at the moment.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to speak to the issue of care and the fact that care is so vital in our society at the moment. One in eight Irish people currently provide unpaid care. It is a tremendously tough job. It is often 24-7. It can be extremely demanding. How can we start to help, in the context of income, people who are providing care? Many of them are means-tested and many of them are suffering...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: We accept that this is enormously valuable work.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: That is really important to say. We also accept that the care that is actually provided saves the State a considerable amount of money. The Minister would have to recognise that the tens of thousands of men and women throughout the State who are caring are saving the State possibly billions of euro in terms of care that would otherwise have to be provided by the State. We know that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I will be honest with the Minister - there is a crisis in care right across the State at the moment. If you look at childcare, for example, childcare units are closing on a weekly basis. Even though the people who provide childcare are professionals, they get some of the lowest wages in the State. Children in State care are in crisis at the moment. The State is putting children who are in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: We do have an issue with care in this country and we have to value care more than we do.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The question is, do we value care that is being delivered, sometimes by family members and oftentimes by non-family members, to people who are in need right across the country? The measure of the value a government places on a particular issue is through the financial contribution it will make to the delivery of that care. It is very clear that many people are suffering financially because...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister will take up to Question No. 20.