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Paediatric Spinal Surgery Waiting Lists: Statements (19 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: In her opening remarks, the Minister said her door was open to TDs to bring specific cases to her attention. I have engaged with her Department on, for example, the case of Mikey, who was so long on the waiting list that he aged out. The Department shut the door on me and said it was not its place to intervene with clinicians regarding the care of children. That is one problem. Second,...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to raise the issue of the Mercosur deal. It is a significant threat to the livelihoods of farming families across this country. It was designed by industrialists in the rest of the EU seeking to improve their export opportunities to South America. The Mercosur deal was designed by industrialists in the rest of the EU seeking to improve their export opportunities to South America....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (19 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: This morning the BBC mentioned that the Irish Government is the only place where this planning and preparation could happen.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (19 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: When will the Taoiseach step up to the plate?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (19 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government is the best place to do it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (19 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: BBC Northern Ireland runs a podcast called "Borderline". The podcast is part of the significant debate on Irish unity that is happening across the country. One of the themes of that podcast is the fact that the Irish Government is not participating in that discussion. Many voices have stated there is a serious reluctance from the Government to even discuss the issue of Irish unity. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (19 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 30. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island unit. [63512/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Keeping the lights and on and water in the taps is surely one of the basic responsibilities of any administration but we live in a country where that is simply not happening. For a country where it seldom stops raining, it hardly goes a week before there is a water or hosepipe ban in this country. In my county of Meath, things are out of control currently. As we speak, a burst mains...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Can the Taoiseach talk to Revenue as well? It has a role here.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on water quality will next meet. [63511/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Yesterday, families from Rathmolyon, County Meath, gathered in a Dublin hotel to attend a liquidation meeting. These families spent tens of thousands of euros on deposits for homes five years ago. In the intervening period, many have put off having a family while they were waiting, some were forced to move back into their parents' houses and others have spent €50,000 on rent. Two...

Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill: Motion [Private Members] (19 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte roimh an rún seo inniu. Gabhaim buíochas leis an nGrúpa Teicniúil um Neamhspleáigh agus Páirtithe as an rún seo a chur os comhair na Dála. The disaster unfolding in Gaza and Palestine is absolutely horrific. It is a significant stain on the international community that it has been allowed to proceed in the manner it has. The...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: On a personal level, I wish Paschal Donohoe very well. Paschal Donohoe has always been a personable, friendly and amiable character in here. In the handful of times where I saw that approach change, it was clear that he was under serious pressure for serious reasons as well. There is no doubt that the particular roles Paschal has held have been tough jobs that have taken a lot of his time...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: It is important to remember this in terms of a critique: Paschal has always a communicated an air of fiscal responsibility and rectitude but the truth is radically different. There is absolutely no doubt that while in position, this Government became synonymous with waste and rip-off politics. From the national children's hospital to the bike shed, the Government has incinerated taxpayers'...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: His record in health includes the explosion of costs of the national children's hospital, the shocking collapse of CHI and the CervicalCheck scandal as well. In justice, he saw Garda numbers and morale fall to the floor. In his brief time - six months - in justice, he actually saw the immigration crisis go from bad to worse. The number of deportation orders overturned during his time...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: For the Minister who could not count Covids, he is now in charge of the Department of Finance. Instead of accountability, we see promotion under this Government. In fairness to the Tánaiste, he was only in justice for six months. Incredibly, Helen McEntee was in that Department for far longer. We now have the Minister who, after the Dublin riots, walked while flanked by gardaí...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: She is now in charge of the safety of the skies, the seas and everything below it.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: This is a jaded Government, a tired Government and it is time for it to go.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Sarah Costello from Trim in County Meath was treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, in a hospital in Belfast for endometriosis. Her surgery went horribly wrong. She had to have an emergency bypass to save her life. She had a cardiac arrest and needed 15 litres of blood. She was left disastrously injured by the operation. Today, she is in bad health and in pain. When...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: It is still too slow. It is not meeting the targets.