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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 788. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from her Department since 2016. [14730/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Official Travel (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 789. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with her recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at her Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying her, and the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a massive crisis in the education system. While the Department of Education seems to be more interested in culture wars against the will of the majority of parents in the country, most parents just want schools built in their local areas. Thousands of children are currently going to inefficient, rotten, cold school prefabs. In some cases, the second generation of the same family...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Will they be resolved this year?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Will all of those-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: When?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the objectives of the Department should be, first and foremost, to listen to teachers. Teachers have a deep understanding of how different students learn and what their needs are, and most polling of teachers in this circumstance shows that they are pretty much unanimously opposed to the Government's deletion of foundation level mathematics. A recent poll showed that 87% of teachers...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I would suggest to the Minister that we front-load research in terms of the decision-making process. I welcome that there is a review but my worry is that this process will be slow and that many children will have to go through the current system with regard to foundation level mathematics and that will cause major difficulties for thousands of students around the country. If we start...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has undertaken a study to determine if the increase in those failing ordinary level maths is attributable to the removal of foundation levels maths from the junior cycle. [13576/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: There is growing frustration among many parents around the country that the Department is focusing on ideological battles, against the will of parents, rather than focusing on the bread and butter issues of the education system. Most parents would rather that the Department focuses on having school buildings that are operational, yet the Government has paused the building of new builds at...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Union (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Government decision to participate in an EU battlegroup erodes Irish neutrality. [13944/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps his Department is taking to address the retention and recruitment crisis within the Defence Forces. [13943/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will proceed with the Government's plan to teach primary school children about transgenderism against the wishes of parents. [13573/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the research she or her Department have undertaken into the impact on primary school children as young as nine or ten years of age of teaching them about what it means to be transgender [13572/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the building plans of many schools are being put on hold. [13574/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that four in five secondary teachers say the new junior cycle is not preparing students adequately for progression to Leaving Certificate study according to a report by an organisation (details supplied). [13575/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Security (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has considered banning an application (details supplied) from the phones of Ministers and civil servants, in line with Britain, the USA and the European Commission; if he has discussed the matter with any social media companies or experts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14419/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Social Media (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had any engagement with representatives of a social media application (details supplied); if so, if he will detail the dates upon which such correspondence or engagements took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14420/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 233. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has considered banning an application (details supplied) from the phones of Ministers and civil servants, in line with Britain, the USA and the European Commission; if he has discussed the matter with his foreign counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14418/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action that has been taken by his Department regarding a disclosure made to him by email from this Deputy's office on 18 October 2022, regarding the Garda vetting system; and if he will meet with this Deputy to discuss the content of the disclosure. [14427/23]