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GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "restoration and conservation of the National Monument at 14-17 Moore Street": "; and commits to: — respecting the heritage and legacy of the leaders of 1916; — ending the destruction of key National Monuments such as the O'Rahilly Home and Moore Street; — implementing the Moore Street...

Review of Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004: Statements (1 Jul 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government has had four years to produce a review of the 2004 Act, and God knows how much it has cost. Ultimately, it tells us what we already know. The problem is that the review of this Act is now telling us to review another Act, the Disability Act 2005. It is an incredible situation. The Government talks about the need for a legal, rights-based, inclusive education system but...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (1 Jul 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: What is the point of having the CSO provide figures and details regarding the population across the country if the Government keeps ignoring those figures when it comes to the delivery of key services? The CSO tells us how many older people we have, but we are not providing enough nursing home beds for them. The CSO tells us the number of younger people, but we are not providing enough...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Expenditure Reviews (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has conducted any value-for-money analysis of its spending on Galway 2020; if a breakdown is available on the way in which the €15 million spent by his Department on Galway 2020 was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34052/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Expenditure Reviews (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: One of my biggest frustrations and that of Aontú, in this Dáil and the previous one, is the waste of taxpayers' money and the lack of proper investigations and accountability. The Galway 2020 situation is an example of that. The difficulty with regard to waste is that it often becomes a crisis for a couple of weeks until the media cycle moves on and people forget about it. In...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Expenditure Reviews (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank the Minister. The independent auditor and its outcomes are in direct contradiction to the Comptroller and Auditor General. The project had received more than €20 million in State funding by 2023. The Minister's Department provided approximately €15 million; Galway City Council provided €3.7 million; Galway County Council provided €2.6 million; and the EU...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Expenditure Reviews (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: It would be unfortunate if we were to insulate the expenditure from the Minister's Department from all of the other expenditure that came from this. A representative of Aontú in the area, Luke Silke, has done significant work on this matter. A large amount of money was spent. Taxpayers have had to fork out for this, even in the years subsequent to 2020. People were still paying for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Aontú has supported the scheme from the outset. The reason we have done so is that, unfortunately, poverty and the arts are often synonymous. People who work in the arts probably have the most precarious work that exists in the country. Their lived experience is often the direct opposite of people's understanding of the glamour of the arts. The difficulty I have with this is that we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has undertaken any analysis of the effectiveness of the basic income for the arts scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34056/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: First of all, it is interesting that we do not know the net cost. We know the cost but many of these recipients were on social welfare previously. I ask the Minister to speak to the other aspect of this, namely, the impact it is having on the creative sector at present. Much of the study, and the information, has been on the 2,000 recipients but there is a control group of 6,000...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the difficulties is that for many, in reality, being an artist is synonymous with poverty. While now and again on the news or in the newspapers we see people who do economically well from their art, they are a tiny minority of that group. Historically, we know of artists who died as paupers only to have their art appreciated after their deaths. It is important that there is an...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department plans to expand the basic income for the arts scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34053/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: I was sorry to hear about the Minister's ill health recently and I wish him the best of luck with it in future too. The basic income for the arts scheme is an initiative we in Aontú have supported for many years. Many artists live in poverty and deprivation and have lives full of economic anxiety. The basic income for the arts scheme is designed to reduce that deprivation and to help...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 37. To ask the Minister for Health the current average ambulance response time; the average ambulance response time in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34063/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 62. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who left emergency departments without being seen in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34062/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Artists' Remuneration (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons currently availing of the basic income for the arts scheme. [34054/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Census of Population (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department plans to make the 1926 census of Ireland available to view publicly online; if so, the timeframe for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34055/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 324. To ask the Minister for Health the nurse to patient ratio in Ireland, broken down by hospital. [35042/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the doctor to patient ratio in Irish hospitals, broken down by hospital. [35043/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (26 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 326. To ask the Minister for Health the consultant to patient ratio in Irish hospitals, broken down by hospital. [35044/25]