Results 421-440 of 16,212 for speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 808. To ask the Minister for Health the frequency with which the CORU qualification recognition board meets throughout the year to evaluate decisions. [6210/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a policy sometimes on the part of senior Ministers to hear no evil and see no evil and to say "Oh, we didn't know what was happening." The Tánaiste mentioned that before. It is the responsibility of a Minister to know what is happening in his or her Department. You cannot insulate yourself from crises such as this by pleading ignorance over and over again. That is not an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: It will move on. Nobody will lose their job.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: The Tánaiste says there should not be a consequence-free zone. This Government is a consequence-free zone. This Government is an accountability-free zone when it comes to waste. You speak about the Arts Council IT waste as some kind of shock, as if you are a passenger on the ship of State. You are at the helm of the ship of State in the context of these issues. I could spend the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Exchequer Returns (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: -----given Ireland is the most exposed country in Europe?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Exchequer Returns (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: They are transitional because the Government has made them transitional.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Exchequer Returns (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: That is not what I am saying and the Minister knows that.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Exchequer Returns (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: It is not. The Minister is being facetious now.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Exchequer Returns (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government has made us dependent upon it-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Exchequer Returns (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: -----by not progressing it to the next stage and developing it.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Exchequer Returns (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: That is the point I am trying to make-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Exchequer Returns (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: -----and the Minister knows that.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Exchequer Returns (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is being incredibly cynical.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Exchequer Returns (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 4. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline Exchequer returns and tax receipts for January 2025; and the reason they have increased since this time last year. [5104/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Exchequer Returns (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Ireland is the most exposed country in Europe as regards the potential changes in tariffs and corporation taxes with the United States. We are enormously exposed. Our dependence on a bargain-basement corporation tax economy which has been built up by the Government over the past ten years means we are now under significant threat. What actions is the Minister taking to engage with the US...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Exchequer Returns (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: It is related.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Exchequer Returns (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: For 2023, income tax was roughly €33 billion, corporation tax was the next largest, at €24 billion, and VAT came in at about €20 billion. Those figures and the figures the Minister has just outlined show that there is a significant exposure for this country. Because of the potential changes with the US Administration, we could be looking at significant job losses,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Exchequer Returns (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Foreign direct investment, FDI, is considered a transitional economic policy. It is usually developed from a non-developed economy to try to get into a developed system. When that economy has developed to a good stage, most economies then try to develop indigenous economy because it is usually much stickier and less mobile as regards threats internationally. Obviously, they use strong...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of vacant properties owned by the OPW; the total number of properties which the OPW currently rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4629/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual salaries of the top ten highest paid individuals employed by the OPW. [4628/25]