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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (4 Jul 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 264. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will intervene in a situation where a practising doctor in County Galway (details supplied) has been refused a stamp 4 support letter from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32391/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (4 Jul 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 328. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times she has met with or corresponded with the Director General of RTÉ since she took office; and the dates upon which such meetings or correspondences took place. [32164/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (4 Jul 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 329. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times she has met with or corresponded with members of the board of RTÉ since she took office; and the dates upon which such meetings or correspondences took place. [32168/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (4 Jul 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 330. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of public funding, in money terms, the Government has provided to RTÉ in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [32171/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (4 Jul 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 331. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when her Department was first alerted to the fact that RTÉ had entered an agreement to guarantee an annual income of €75,000 to an employee (details supplied). [32174/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (4 Jul 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 506. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 of 27 June 2023 (details supplied) regarding unaccompanied minors; if he will instruct the International Protection Accommodation Service or his Department to answer the question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32360/23]

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It is falling now.

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: There are some wind superpowers in this Chamber at the best of times. We are finally discussing the windfall tax on 29 June 2023, as we approach the close of the first half of the year. After months and months of promises about the windfall tax, we are actually finally debating it. In the first instance we were told that it could not be done, then we were told that it was a competency of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government took more in VAT and excise than that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government has given the go-ahead for an increase in the cost of tolls from Saturday next. Transport Infrastructure Ireland has stated that motorists are highly likely to suffer another increase in the cost of tolls within six months. That is absolutely outrageous. The Government is hiking up the cost of tolls during the most serious cost-of-living crisis in living memory. It is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: How can tolls be hiked up?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: That was too late.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Ireland has the highest cost of electricity in the whole of Europe. The per unit price is double the average being charged in Europe at the moment. The Minister is not correct in saying that the Government has been active in significantly reducing the cost of energy. There is no contractual obligation on the Government in the context of the M50. The M50 is owned by the State. The truth...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: What about the M50?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It sounds like a small thing to reduce a class size by two or even just by one, but it is something that will make a significant difference to children in the State. Primary schools are significantly neglected in funding when compared to secondary schools. Primary schools receive a capitation grant and, when that is calculated, it translates to approximately €1 per child per day to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I wanted to raise a slightly related issue, if I can, because of the volume of parents who have called my office in recent times on this issue. The Government is imposing a new SPHE curriculum on children as young as 12 years old in secondary schools. Much of the content of this is ideologically based and is not scientifically based. The textbooks that have been published have actually...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It did not listen to the consultation from parents.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Sure.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: That is exclusionary.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to reduce class sizes in primary schools throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31846/23]