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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [58944/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [1567/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet [3345/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: In the 2022 census, 166,000 homes were recorded as vacant, and these did not include holiday homes or those that were temporarily vacant for other reasons. To have so many vacant homes in a time of crisis is shocking. It is similar to having food available in a time of famine. A vacant homes tax was detailed in the most recent budget and was to be levied at 0.3% of the value of the home,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a prediction by the Governor of the Central Bank that inflation rates will continue to rise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56213/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the reduction in the growth of activity and new business within the Irish economy in November, which is the lowest in 21 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61738/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax received on all fuel and energy in the past five years. [3362/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 266. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the practices of the financial vulture fund companies in terms of the crisis affecting mortgage holders. [3363/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 590. To ask the Minister for Health if Sunosi, which is produced in Ireland and has a successful record treating persons with narcolepsy, is or will be made available on the medical card; and, if so, if this drug will be prescribed by a GP or only through a hospital. [3114/23]

Public Dental Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the representatives of the dentists to the Gallery to listen to the debate. It is frustrating to hear the response of the Government to what has been put forward by the Opposition. For years the dental sector in this country has been on the brink of collapse. We know it is at breaking point across the country, which is staggering, given the importance of dental care to so many...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: That is funny because Fianna Fáil backed my Bill previously.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Fianna Fáil actually supported the Equitable Beef Pricing Bill. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is asking me to explain a Bill that his party is already on the record as supporting when it was in opposition.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I would be happy to reintroduce that Bill to the Minister.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: At the moment we have factories which can, at times, push the price below the cost of production.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I am getting fierce heckling from the Minister so I can only assume that I have piqued his interest in the debate rather than in his phone-----

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: That is good. I am delighted the Minister is engaged now because it is important that he engages with this debate. The Government must make sure that the body created by this Bill has teeth. That is really important because we have many State agencies with particular roles in overseeing the implementation of legislation that do not have teeth. The truth of the matter is that the first key...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: We would love it too.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Agriculture in Ireland is in a state of crisis. I do not say that lightly. Every year a large number of farmers are leaving the sector. The number of farmers has reduced significantly throughout the State over the past decade. According to Teagasc, which analysed the income of farmers, a full third of farmers were making a loss from their business. They were either going into debt or...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: This Saturday, there will be 17 protests outside 17 hospitals around the country owing to the major overcrowding crisis in accident and emergency departments. These will take at Cork University Hospital and in Kerry, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Letterkenny, the Causeway Coast, Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry, Monaghan, Cavan, Mullingar, Drogheda, Blanchardstown, Naas and Wexford. People will come out...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: -----of eight accident and emergency departments over the past 15 years. It is still wedded to the closure of Navan accident and emergency department.