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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (18 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 945. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the data used to support the allocation of core funding to a sessional model of preschool; if his Department will provide the data demonstrating the way the allocation for a preschool with 22-children single session model is viable; and the way that variations in rent, geographical location,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Seirbhísí Cúram Leanaí (18 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 949. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth an aontaíonn an tAire go bhfuil géarghá le plean cuimsitheach le tabhairt faoi na heasnaimh sa soláthar maidir le seirbhísí cúram leanaí trí Ghaeilge agus ar luath-oideachas trí Ghaeilge sna limistéir phleanála teanga Gaeltachta agus go rachfaí i...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (18 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 977. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated average cost of keeping an applicant for asylum in direct provision per year; and the total cost for same in each of the past five years. [1188/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (18 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1076. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been imprisoned for contempt of court for each of the past ten years; the length of the average imprisonment term for contempt of court in each of these years; and the longest imprisonment term for contempt of court in the same period. [63595/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (18 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average application for asylum processing time in Ireland; the longest application processing time; and the number of persons who are currently having their applications for asylum processed. [1187/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (18 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have applied for asylum who have been repatriated in each of the past ten years; and the number who have applied for asylum who have been repatriated due to a previous criminal record coming to light in their home country and or due to a criminal record incurred in Ireland, respectively. [1189/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (18 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with a person (details supplied) who has suffered significantly while working for the State due to a number of serious incidents that have happened in Portlaoise Prison. [1542/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (18 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way alcohol was smuggled into Portlaoise Prison on New Year's Eve. [1543/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times members of An Garda Síochána seized knives in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1729/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1349. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the large cohort of front-line staff in healthcare settings under section 39 who provide a service on behalf of the HSE who still remain excluded from qualifying for the pandemic special recognition payment; the person or body that decided the eligibility criteria; the methodology that was used in deciding to exclude this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1511. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the dental clinic in Navan is being closed down; the reason that the four dental clinic surgeries in Navan are being replaced with only two surgeries in Dunshaughlin; the reason that there are no special needs dental services in County Meath; and the reason that first, fourth and sixth class children are not being called for dental...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (18 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1554. To ask the Minister for Health the current average wait time for the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital and University Hospital Galway. [1723/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (18 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1555. To ask the Minister for Health the current bed capacity at Mayo University Hospital and University Hospital Galway. [1724/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (18 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1556. To ask the Minister for Health the last time the Saolta Hospital Group conducted a bed capacity analysis for University Hospital Galway and Mayo University Hospital; the findings of that analysis; the recommendations of that analysis; if he will provide details of any capacity targets that were identified in the process; if the analysis generated a report or document; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (18 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1557. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of additional beds that were delivered in Mayo University Hospital and University Hospital Galway in each of the past ten years in tabular form. [1726/23]

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (17 Dec 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: In October 2019, Deputy Varadkar, as Taoiseach, apologised to the women wronged by the CervicalCheck scandal and promised that no woman would ever have to go through courts again to get justice. Despite that promise, three years later more than 170 women have done just that and have gone through the court system to get justice. Deputy Varadkar was Minister for Health at the time the...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) (Pets) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I again thank Deputy Verona Murphy and Deputy Canney for co-signing the Bill and for submitting it to the lottery. It would not have made it to this Stage if not for that important help. This is a very important issue to many people around the country. Legislation on animal welfare needs to be strengthened. We need to strengthen regulations to protect animals in this country, especially...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) (Pets) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Before I start, I extend my deepest sympathies to the family and loved ones of Seán Rooney from County Donegal who was killed overnight. The country woke up to shock and horror over that. There is no doubt Seán is a hero who put his life on the line for the protection of peace in a very troubled part of the world. Donegal has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child and Family Agency (15 Dec 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: This is an extraordinary answer. All of us in the Dáil are responsible to the citizens we serve in the State. The case I have raised is anonymous so the Minister of State actually can refer to it. Ministers refer to many specific cases regularly in this Chamber. The Minister of State is responsible for ensuring the Garda does its job properly. It is not the case that he can just sit...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child and Family Agency (15 Dec 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: We did. All of this information is in the Department's hands.