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Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: If there was ever a crisis that highlighted the chasm between the pressure people are under and the lack of Government action, this is the crisis. Though this issue has been ramping up week after week since before the Russian invasion of Ukraine and at least since the start of the year, week by week, families are being squeezed dry of their money. Whole sections of our population are now...

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Again, it points the finger at the European Union on this issue. However, Spain and Portugal-----

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: -----have managed to get a dispensation in this and they are carrying on. The Government’s attitude reminds me of Homer Simpson when he ran for mayor under the slogan, “Can't somebody else do it?”

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation Report: Statements (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Who is going to be held to account for what happened at Siteserv? That is the major question that is not being answered in any of our debates. It is incredible that the Siteserv sale by the IBRC included a significant write-down of €119 million to Millington, a firm controlled by Denis O'Brien. That money was to come out of the taxpayers' pocket. This happened at the same time that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: -----in black and white, not just as a Minister's promise.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: People power is the only thing that is saving it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Could the Taoiseach confirm that?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the Taoiseach broaden the review?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the Taoiseach broaden the review? Yes or no?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes or no?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the Taoiseach answer the question?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the Taoiseach broaden the review? That is the question I asked.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: We need a debate on the specific actions that can be taken to alleviate the pain and pressure put on families by the cost-of-living crisis. Spain and Portugal have an exemption from the EU rules and have reduced VAT on fuel. They have also been given permission by the EU to decouple non-gas-generated electricity from gas-generated electricity and the related prices. We will also have a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I have seen letters the Minister has written, obtained through freedom of information requests, where he said the review was to be carried out under the understanding of reconfiguration. It is written in black and white. It is also in the terms of reference of the review. The Minister of State, Deputy English, said it will include a review of a functioning potential future for Navan to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The Taoiseach is answering me with a question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Limerick, Nenagh, and Ennis.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Disasters, each one.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabh mo leithscéal, a Cheann Chomhairle. An féidir leis an Taoiseach an cheist a freagairt?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It is nine years out of date.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: We do not have centres of excellence in this country; we have centres of trolleys. That is the case for anybody who has actually been in those hospitals. In the last ten months, 20,000 people have marched on the streets of Meath to protect the accident and emergency department, the most important piece of health infrastructure we have in the county. I delivered a petition to the Minister's...