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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Fourteen-year-old Noah Donohoe went missing for six days in 2020 and was found dead in a storm drain in Belfast, yet there is still no clarity about what happened to him. His mother, Fiona, continues to valiantly fight for justice. Three years ago, thousands of people took to the streets to protest against a public interest immunity certificate which redacted enormous amounts of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: I put it to the Minister that these are not "challenges", these are hundreds of children who have been damaged because of wrongdoing in these hospitals under the Government's remit. The word "appalling" does not equate to accountability. They are not the same thing. The Minister standing up here and saying how shocked she is does not actually change things at all. A mother was on "Prime...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: The hospital is delayed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: It is four years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: It is business as usual.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: It is business as usual.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Information released to Aontú in response to a parliamentary question in recent days has shown that in the last three years, Children's Health Ireland has cancelled more than 160 operations for children in Crumlin and Temple Street hospitals due to the lack of intensive care beds. These are cancellations for very serious operations for children who are very sick. Nine of these...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (10 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have been retrofitted in each of the past ten years. [17288/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Business Supports (10 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of businesses that have benefitted for the business energy upgrade scheme for each of the past ten years. [17287/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Consultations (10 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether he has discussed the possibility of an EU defence union with any of his international counterparts since taking office. [12129/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff (10 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there is, and if he is aware of, a discrepancy between the pay of apprentice rank and Air Corps trainee military aircraft systems technician scheme (details supplied). [18133/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff (10 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the military service allowance was not paid to apprentices, leaving them the only three-star trained members who are not entitled to this payment; and if he will ensure that a review of this will be carried out and the discrepancy addressed. [18134/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (10 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the cadet classes of the Defence Forces were ever housed in hotels; the number of times this happened; the length of time in each case; and a breakdown of the amount this has cost the State each year for the past ten years.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18137/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (10 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 390. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 5 March 2025, if she will confirm the length of the current contract with a company (details supplied) for the processing of Our Lady’s Hospital Navan bloods; and the estimated cost of this contract. [18191/25]

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: FDI is good and it should be attracted and nurtured. The Government is trying to critique Aontú's criticism of its policy and twist it in a fashion to say that we are in someway criticising FDI.

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: We are not; we are criticising the Government's overexposure to FDI-----

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: -----and its inability to create a balanced economy-----

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: -----in which it makes sure indigenous enterprise is also thriving. That is a big problem. The Government has massively exposed Ireland by not developing indigenous enterprise in recent years. It has created a weakness in the Irish sector. I will give an example if the Minister of State and the Minister will stop shaking their heads for two seconds. Ten CFOs control 40% of the...

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Ten individuals control 40% of the corporation tax coming into this country. Corporation tax is the second biggest tax in the State. It makes up 27% of the tax receipts. That is a massive exposure. It is a very narrow tax base. It means that if decisions are made by those ten individuals, it creates a big hole in our budget.

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: That is the first thing. The second issue is that we obviously need to develop FDI but we also need to develop indigenous enterprise and the way to do that is to make sure first of all that input costs are low. Input costs in this country are massively high. They are threatening indigenous and FDI business at a big rate. The other issue is that there are, or should be ,other competitive...