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Decriminalisation of People Who Use Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: One of my first political experiences was canvassing in a block of flats in Dublin. As I walked up the stairwell in the block of flats, I noticed, first, a pair of women's tights on the stairwell. When I got higher, I noticed a discoloured spoon near the top of the stairwell and when I got to the very top, there was a 17-year-old boy lying on the ground, practically unconscious, foaming at...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Business of Joint Committee (5 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: I think it would be a brave TD who would suggest a nuclear power plant for their constituency. We should probably look at it but I am not in favour of nuclear power in Ireland. We should be available to research it, at least to be able to put a decision in a report to state we have looked at it. I would say not to agree with it yet.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Business of Joint Committee (5 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: We should be an evidence-based committee, so while I would have a negative attitude towards this, I think it is no harm to research it.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Private Sector Construction in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as ucht teacht anseo inniu. This is one of the biggest discussions happening in the country at the moment. It is affecting every single element of life. It is absolutely shocking that we have a situation where there is no clear pipeline for construction companies here, even though we have a massive gap in infrastructure. It took me two hours to...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Private Sector Construction in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: It was mentioned earlier that there is serviced land that is not necessarily zoned for residential. Is there a map where, per county, we can see lands that are serviced, let us say, that are not zoned for the residential, that is, the low-hanging fruit that was mentioned? Is that map available?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Private Sector Construction in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: We would have to go from authority to authority to-----

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Private Sector Construction in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: It would be worth putting a question into the local authorities.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Private Sector Construction in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: It might be worthwhile for our committee to send a letter to each of the local authorities and ask where that is so that we can build up a picture of the low-hanging fruit that is there. It was also mentioned-----

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Private Sector Construction in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: It would be useful for this committee to get both of those pieces of information from local authorities. On the other question I had, it was mentioned that some local authorities are not zoning. They have had the power to change since July. Again, is there a list of local authorities we can go to and find out what is holding them up? I know lots of them are doing their plans this...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Private Sector Construction in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: We have all got councillors on those so it would be very useful for us to know exactly who the laggards are.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Private Sector Construction in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Deputy Sheehan asked this question as well. Is it possible to specifically legislate for a project? With the Dublin water project potentially going to be tied up in judicial reviews for ten years, would it be possible for the State to put in place legislation to build this separately from the process?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Private Sector Construction in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: A figure of €22 billion for 50,000 houses was mentioned and private international investment is obviously necessary for that. How much international investment is going into the system?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Private Sector Construction in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: The role of the housing activation office was mentioned in terms of co-ordinating all these aspects and we heard that the office does not yet have that role. Is it playing a role in co-ordination? For example, when we had Uisce Éireann in here a while ago, it said it would be 2050 before it has filled all the infrastructural that are holding up the building of homes. We spoke earlier...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Private Sector Construction in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Are the witnesses confident that the office has the ability to unblock and co-ordinate?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: The Role of Private Sector Construction in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion (5 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Sin é. I thank the witnesses and appreciate their answers.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (5 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that there are no trains from Tara mines to Dublin Port at present. (details supplied); and when the rail option will reopen to Tara Mines. [60338/25]

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (4 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: The two biggest problems this Government has are the delivery of infrastructure and rip-off Ireland. The two elements are inextricably linked. The inability to deliver on infrastructure is hammering families throughout the country. It is adding to massive misery and difficulties for so many families in so many areas in terms of housing, electricity, water and transport. One of the reasons...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: The problem is that if one takes the future tense out of the Minister's statement there is very little the Government can say. The Minister has been in government for so long at this stage and these particular problems in planning, judicial reviews and tendering have not appeared out of nothing. They have been as a result of the Government's implementation. One of the big frustrations...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: -----while on another level the Government is using a stick to try to get people out of cars and that stick is impoverishing many people.