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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 260. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces general service body armour (GSBA) that is currently in service throughout the Defence Forces, including in overseas missions, was first issued to members in 2006; if, given that these systems degrade overtime, and trials to replace the current system began in 2017, the current GSBA worn by troops overseas is safe; and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (20 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 29 April 2025, when a response will issue to this Deputy from the company in question. [25928/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (20 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 520. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps his Department is taking to record and document the 'Cant' and 'Shelta' languages used by members of the Travelling community, and to preserve and protect the languages from extinction. [25584/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (20 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 677. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, and of what nationality, who have been deported in the past six years as a result of an alert on Sharing Information System, SIS, II, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25590/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (20 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 678. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline, by year and nationality, the number of persons who have been subject to an entry ban in line with the EU Returns Directive in the past six years, and how many bans have been issued by the Government, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25591/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (20 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times the Government has been consulted by other national authorities before granting or extending a residence permit or long-stay visa for a non-EU national refused the right of entry into or stay in another Member State, or before or after entering an alert for refusal of entry and stay on a non-EU national...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (20 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 680. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the information systems that are used to determine the nationality, point of entry and background information of an individual who makes an international protection application after entering the State from the land border. [25593/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (20 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 708. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people that have availed of the Irish Refugee Protection Programme; the total cost to the State each year for the programme; the cost of the support that each refugee receives in total; and the cost on average for each person, since its inception, broken down by year and country of origin [25927/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (20 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether a farmer has an option available to him or her to have blood samples taken by a registered veterinary surgeon from bovine animals that they own and are registered to the herd number where they are identified as herd keeper, and have those blood samples tested by an approved laboratory in the state for bTB; if there are any...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (20 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 721. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has approved any laboratories in or outside the State in which an individual farmer can have blood samples tested that have been provided by them at his or her own expense for the presence of bTB; to confirm how the approval status of these labs are made known to the farming public; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (20 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 831. To ask the Minister for Health whether she was aware that there are very few dentist offices that are available in Ireland to wheelchair users who have a medical card; the actions being taken to address this issue as it has come to this Deputy's attention that many are being sent to Newry for treatment, obviously this is a very long travel for people with mobility issues; and if she will...

Fair and Sustainable Funding for Carers, Home Support and Nursing Homes Support Schemes: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome this motion from Independent Ireland. It is very well written and if implemented would make a significant difference to carers and people who are cared for. Care is the most valuable service delivered in Ireland now. First and most significant, it is most valuable in human terms. The relationships we have with people are actually the most important things that exist. When we...

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Israel and its government have murdered 53,000 people. The grim horror of that sentence is still incredible when you think about it. Hamas has murdered 1,700 people, is a terrorist organisation and must release all hostages. However, Israel is killing 51 people for every person Hamas has killed. My colleague, Deputy Collins, is right that it is not about numbers, but it is about...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 9(2)) (Amount of Financial Contribution) Order 2025: Motion (21 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: This is one of the areas where there is a large chasm between where the people of Ireland are and where the political establishment in Leinster House sits. Most people want to be able to provide shelter for those who are fleeing war and violence and to be able to help people, especially from Ukraine, given the horrendous war happening there. However, most people want a level of fairness in...

Estimates for Public Services 2025 (21 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the transfer of some powers and funding away from the Department of children to the Department of Justice. The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth had a lot on its plate with Tusla, childcare, mother and baby homes, Green Party leadership and failed Government referendums in the previous Government. There is no doubt about that. There were huge...

Estimates for Public Services 2025 (21 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes. It is both ways.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: I listened to the Tánaiste give Pearse Doherty an answer with regard to the national children's hospital. He was like an under-pressure estate agent furiously trying to sell an overpriced, extortionate and exorbitant hospital to an increasingly angry population at the moment. Nobody is arguing about the quality of the hospital; we are arguing about the price and the length of time it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: The problem is that he cannot enforce a culture of accountability to any other elements of the Civil Service at the moment because accountability and the Tánaiste are like oil and water.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Did you lie to the people?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: What does that mean?