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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (16 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Only about 60% of the people who presented at these units actually reported these crimes to the Garda. That figure actually fell last year. There is no evidence that there is an increase in the number of people who are reporting these crimes as a proportion of the number of crimes happening. Ireland is becoming a more violent country in terms of sexual crime, significantly over the last...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (15 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: We are approaching the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine, which is a humanitarian disaster that has not been seen in Europe for generations. It looks, unfortunately, like we are about to see a period of significant escalation in the war in the coming weeks. We are in a very dark stage as the world is pouring weapons into the region at the moment. It is clear that Russia is the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (15 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Yesterday, Cóilín Ó Scolaí and his wife, Irene Kavanagh, were at the Four Courts in relation to the death of their child Laoise Kavanagh Ní Scolaí in the Coombe Hospital in January 2015. She died as a result of her heart being pierced when she was only two days old. I am sure that the Taoiseach will agree that this was an absolutely heartbreaking scenario for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (15 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff that were employed by the public relations unit and press office in his Department as of 20 January 2022 and the number currently so employed. [4437/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (15 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It is fair to say that the Taoiseach earned a reputation for spin. During the last general election campaign, the current Tánaiste, Micheál Martin, was asked to define the Taoiseach in one word and he used the word "spin". Little did we know that a few months later, both he and the Taoiseach would be spinning around on a rotating Taoiseach deal. It is really important that we...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Last year, I raised the case of Ms R who had false information recorded on her Tusla file, including that she was an alcoholic. Tusla has admitted this was not true, Ms R got her son back and there has been a public apology. She is now taking a case against the State but she was shocked that the legal defence of the State Claims Agency is in contradiction with the apology issued by Tusla....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I am not asking the Taoiseach to do that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: This is wrong, is it not?

Energy Costs and Windfall Taxes: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Last year, the Government took more in VAT on fuel and energy than in any previous year. That is an incredible fact. Statistics we in Aontú have through parliamentary questions have shown the Government is quids in and making massive amounts in VAT on energy. VAT on electricity last year reached a record level of €381 million, up 40% on 2021. VAT on petrol, diesel, solid fuels...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (15 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Government intends to house refugees or asylum seekers in a venue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7619/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: When is the vacant property tax going to be implemented?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: They are still searching for vacant homes, by the looks of things.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: According to Daft.ie, new rents in the past three months of 2022 were 13.7% higher than in the same period in 2021. Rents have increased to an average of €1,733 compared with an average rent in 2011 of €765. It is incredible that since Fine Gael took office in 2011, we have seen an increase in rents of 126%. The Taoiseach, his Government and his party have left a massive...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [6736/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The issue of migration is sensitive and we all should be careful in the way we speak about it. It is important that we do not call one another names. We must speak respectfully on the issue without labelling people with certain names. Both extremes of the political spectrum seem to be ramping up tensions in this regard. Middle Ireland wants to help people who are fleeing war, violence and...

Commission of Investigation (Collusion of British State Forces) Bill 2023: First Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for a public inquiry into collusion between British State forces and other persons, between 1968 and 1998, to commit, assist, or prevent prosecution of, offences, including murder, in the island of Ireland. We in Aontú are happy to be able to move this Bill in the Dáil. It is an important Bill for a...

Commission of Investigation (Collusion of British State Forces) Bill 2023: First Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Many people will be familiar with Thomas the Tank Engine but not so many will be familiar with Leo the slowcoach, but Leo the slowcoach is well known in County Meath. People in Meath have been waiting for more than 20 years for a rail line to be built. More workers, left Meath today to go to work than stayed in the county, and that happens in no other county. Meath people travel longer and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It was built in three years with picks and shovels.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (14 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who graduated from faculties (details supplied) by university in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6664/23]