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Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Data (26 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a problem with the spatial development of the country. The main driver of spatial development currently is the system whereby young people who go to college cannot get a job other than in Dublin. The reality is most young people cannot afford to live in Dublin. What happens then is that they live 30 km, 40 km or 50 km from Dublin and they join the commuter belt. Evidence of this...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (26 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 3. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the legislative programme. [7685/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (26 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to briefly focus on the lack of committees. That is a massive point. It is significant that we currently have a pinch point in terms of the Opposition and the Government and how speaking time is allocated in this Chamber. As a result, that is slowing down the development of committees, which are a major tool of oversight of Government activities and also necessary for the delivery...

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: I, too, welcome the visitors from Ukraine to the Public Gallery. The war in Ukraine is first and foremost a human disaster. More than 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers are thought to have been killed in the war so far. It is estimated that 12,000 civilians have been killed also. It is estimated that 116,000 people fighting for the Russian military are also dead in the fourth year of this war....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Official Engagements (25 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times she has met with or corresponded with the CEO of Tusla since she took office; and the dates upon which such engagements took place. [7689/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early childcare providers who have closed their businesses in each of the past ten years. [7690/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (25 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment given that there is an all-Ireland energy market, if there has been any discussion between Derry City and Strabane Council, or the Department of Infrastructure in the north of Ireland and the ESB or his Department in this jurisdiction on the demand on electricity by the proposed four new data centres in the Derry...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (25 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 323. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT collected on building materials and construction services in each of the past ten years. [8084/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (25 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 349. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 13 February 2025, the estimated market value of the 67 vacant properties owned by the OPW. [7805/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (25 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 379. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a meeting can be arranged between this Deputy and the AI Advisory Council; why no mechanism exists for opposition Deputies to engage with the Advisory Council; if he will furnish contact details for the Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8096/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid out under the vacant property refurbishment grant in each month since its establishment, in tabular form. [8075/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes built and acquired in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [8073/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the targets for delivery of social homes in each of the past ten years and for the next five years. [8074/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to each housing body in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; the number of houses delivered by each body in each of those years; and what the targets were in each of those years. [8077/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the lowest and highest amount paid by a buyer for an affordable home in each of the past ten years. [8078/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (25 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for IPAS who reached the State via the north of Ireland last year and for each of the past five years. [7132/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (25 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 618. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for IPAS registered at the airports, ports and the IPO respectively, in 2024 and for each of the past five years. [7133/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (25 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 625. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of checks for asylum seekers that have been undertaken along the border with the north of Ireland by the Gardaí, for each month, for the past five years. [7141/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (25 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for IPAS that have used the courts to appeal. [7134/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (25 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how the average length of time the IPAS application process taken for each of the past five years; the length of time the longest IPAS application process has taken for each of the past five years. [7138/25]