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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I have two final questions. I understand that there are still some 60,000 mortgage holders paying inflated rates on their mortgages because they are with vulture funds. What can be done to help those people? We mentioned the bubble and the banking crisis that happened some 15 or 20 years ago. One of the ways credit has increased in the Irish housing sector has been through international...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I ask Mr. Madouros to provide an outline in writing to the committee of what those measures are.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cardiologists working in Cavan General Hospital. [40401/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days over the past year on which there has not been a cardiologist working in Cavan General Hospital. [40402/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cardiologists currently on leave from their post in Cavan General Hospital; and the number who have taken long-term leave or left their jobs there over the past five years. [40403/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (15 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [36610/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (15 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: A week ago, I canvassed in a mid-size Irish town outside the greater Dublin area. I knocked on a door and the man who answered told me that within the past ten years six pubs, two hotels and two banks in the town had closed. He said people cannot get a hot meal in the town any more. The town is similar to hundreds of other towns outside the greater Dublin area. In reality, there are two...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (15 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme in his Department. [36611/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (15 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: More than 200 children either in State care or known to State care services have died since 2014. One fifth of them died by suicide, many more died of drug overdoses and 11 of those children were murdered. It is incredible that more than 5% of the children in State care or known to State care services have been murdered. Does the Taoiseach agree? A national review panel that...

Child Protection: Statements (15 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The last number of weeks have been shocking to people. The scandals that have emanated from Sinn Féin daily have been incredible. The conviction of an ex-Sinn Féin press officer, Michael McGonagle, for child sex offences has horrified people. The incredible way that it was handled is stunning. That there is not the necessary cop-on, common sense and decency for two very senior...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I have never seen a Finance Bill in the history of the State that seeks to buy the votes of citizens so brazenly. It is incredible. Even the one-off payments are designed to happen just before and after the election. This is not the Government’s money it is using to buy votes, but the citizens’, which it is leveraging to put itself back into government. Fine Gael has been in...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: It has been eight years. Fianna Fáil was in a confidence and supply arrangement with the then Government, which meant the latter only existed because of Fianna Fáil’s support. It is like this Government is trying to hypnotise the people of Ireland with shiny coins to make them forget what has happened over the past ten years. That is wrong. The Finance Bill should have...

Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (17 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: This is an enormously difficult issue. Many people have seen their loved ones die in extraordinarily difficult situations and many people will be motivated by compassion on this issue. I have no doubt but that some of the campaigners who are looking for assisted suicide are also motivated by compassion. I have no doubt that is the case. However, I believe the introduction of assisted...

Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (17 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Okay. Apologies for that. I was disappointed that the committee ignored much of the scientific professional expert advice. Assisted suicide goes against the advice of the majority of consultants in palliative care. No group works with greater compassion or greater experience and with greater knowledge than those who are working in palliative care. Their association opposes moves to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has examined the potential impact on tourism numbers of the many difficulties facing Dublin Airport in recent years, including the caps, and queues, due to staff shortages and airline strikes. [36755/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (16 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by his Department in relation to such cases. [41724/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Data Protection (16 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will be provided on the nature of the breaches. [41742/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Travel (16 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the total costs associated for his Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2024. [41760/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (16 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on public relations in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41779/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Consultations (16 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41797/24]