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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Very good. Sorry, I missed that. That is excellent news. I am delighted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Good stuff. Why do the witnesses think the Irish Government has so far not taken a court case to the European Court of Human Rights? Why do they think there is a, perhaps, reluctance in government circles regarding this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I have always felt the Irish Government was reluctant because it has had an instinct that it should operate within the bounds of diplomacy and that diplomacy is the best way to try to get the British across the line in terms of change. It strikes me that the unilateralism that is at the heart of the Tory Government at the moment is impervious to diplomacy. In fact, when we saw the European...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Will Professor Rolston identify where the blockages are in terms of the travel of information that is in the hands of the southern authorities? These may be with An Garda Síochána or the State. If they could be clearly identified, it would give us as elected representatives the opportunity to push for that to happen. It would not be possible for that information to be given now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Okay. That is good stuff. Is it possible to ask a number of questions about the legacy legislation itself? I have some queries about it and Professor Rolston might be able to answer them. I refer to where a person provides an account which is true to the best of their knowledge or belief but then is potentially disproved in evidence later on. In those situations, can immunity be rescinded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I have one final small question, which may have been discussed earlier, but I missed the start of the meeting because I was in the Chamber. Is there a deadline for which cases of individuals or the state can be brought under this Act to the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank Mr. Thompson.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It is important to put the human face back on these types of discussions because sometimes we talk about these issues in legal and abstract terms. I think of one individual, Denise Mullen. She used to be a councillor for Aontú in the Moy area of east Tyrone. When she was four years old, the Glenanne gang came to her front door, shot her father dead in front of her and then tried to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: We have little more than a month in the southern State to act on this. Given that most of that month will be taken up with Christmas holidays, with elected representatives back in their constituencies and offices closed, there is really about a fortnight left of the period during which the Irish Government has to make a decision about this. It is critical. Heaping the responsibility on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas le Mr. Ó Muirigh faoi sin. I have just one last question. A year or so ago I brought a number of victims of the Glenanne gang to Government Buildings to meet the then Taoiseach, Micheál Martin. It was stated at that stage that the Garda, maybe because of some legislation or regulation, was not providing all the documents necessary for investigations in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: No problem. Gabhaim buíochas le Mr. Ó Muirigh faoi sin.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: There are 4,000 children currently homeless. That is the equivalent of 171 classrooms of children who are homeless within this State and quite a shocking figure. That homelessness is leading to hundreds of deaths currently. It is estimated that in the past five years 1,400 people in the State have died in homelessness, which is horrendous. It is leading to a rise of major difficulties...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [53697/23]

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Irish people are decent and generous and want to do their best to help those who are in need. Most Irish people want to provide supports for people fleeing violence and war. It is also important to state that communities across the country have welcomed migrants successfully and that many migrants make a very important contribution to both Irish society and the Irish economy....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (6 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how much money has EirGrid expended to date on the development of the North South Interconnector; and how much money has Eirgrid spent on the construction of the North South Interconnector. [54170/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any restrictions on planning for housing being built beside wind turbines. [54051/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will approve applications for the farmers who have submitted TAMS applications; how much of the €370 million earmarked for TAMS funding has been given to farmers to date; how long on average are farmers waiting for approval of their applications; the longest wait for approval of a TAMS application, given...

Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: There are now 13,179 people in emergency homeless accommodation in Ireland. The number of children in emergency accommodation is 4,000. The total population of emergency accommodation is equivalent to the whole population of Midleton in Cork, a full mid-size town in Ireland. If we look at the number of children who are homeless in the State, it is equivalent to 171 classrooms of children....

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Every year Deputy McEntee has been Minister, the number of gardaí has fallen. Garda morale has collapsed and Garda recruitment is on the floor. Every single day, a garda is violently attacked. Gardaí are getting rammed, bitten and assaulted and are having chemicals sprayed in their eyes. Garda retirements and resignations are on the increase. In October just past, for the first...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Misogyny, as well.