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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The secondment package created for Tony Holohan continues to shine a light on the dysfunction of this Government. Robert Watt signed a letter in which he committed to €20 million from the budget for that particular role. This was done without Government oversight. It also comes on the heel of the gold-plated package created for Katherine Zappone. Yesterday, Robert Watt, in reality,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The report states protocols were breached.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: This is very serious.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Will there be any accountability?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The question I asked was if there was going to be any accountability in terms of Robert Watt. The Tánaiste is refusing to answer that question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Fianna Fáil supported that Bill-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: -----in opposition.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Peddling a pig in a poke - that is incredible. Fianna Fáil supported the Aontú Bill in opposition and then went against it in government. One could not get a better definition of that turn of phrase than that. If the Minister wants examples of where the Government is letting down farmers, he should look at the Brexit adjustment reserve fund. Aontú found out that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The trips produced 180 tonnes of CO2emissions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: What about the Brexit adjustment reserve fund?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: What about the just transition fund?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to encourage young people into the agricultural sector. [17709/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It is important that we inject some reality into this debate today. The Government's policy towards agriculture is one of managed decline. That is the truth.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Every year, there are more farmers leaving the farming sector than there were the year before. Only 5% of farmers are aged 35 or under. This is an incredibly small cohort of people. The Minister must know that there is an explosion of anger in rural Ireland about the approach of the Fianna Fáil-Green Party-Fine Gael Government towards agriculture. What is the Government doing to get...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The farmer’s life cycle is dependent on the price of the product and the cost of producing it. That is the most important factor in this whole process. Every grant the Government gives does not make up for the fact that every year, farmers are getting less and less from the supply chain in farming. Most of the profit ends with the factory or supermarket. The Government is refusing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 44. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has sought to ascertain the reason there has been a 26% increase in abortions undertaken in Ireland in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17710/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 68. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to reduce the CAMHS waiting list. [17711/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Mental Health Policy (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to studies showing that Government policies to tackle climate change are causing a mental health crisis among farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17708/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average wait time for driving tests category B, in each test centre in the State. [18711/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a process of geographical prioritisation for persons waiting for driving tests in category B, for example, those resident in the county where they are seeking a test versus those resident in another county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18712/23]