Results 4,621-4,640 of 16,219 for speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cybersecurity Policy (17 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 728. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated costs of the cyber-attack in terms of lives lost, incapacity and serious illness; and the research that has been carried out into the negative health effects of the cyber-attack he has undertaken to date. [24755/22]

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Security: Statements (12 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Food security is dependent on economically viable farms. If there is anything to be taken away from this debate it should be that point. Food security is also dependent on economically viable fishermen. There was talk earlier about the need for signs to go up in people's offices. If that sign was in the Minister's office and he delivered on his job when it comes to that sentence alone, he...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment will next meet. [21868/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: At the start of the year we were told that the shocking and tragic murder of Ashling Murphy would be a watershed. Yesterday, however, a mother of two, Lisa Thompson, was found murdered in her Ballymun home. Last month the country was shocked by the violent murders of Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee in Sligo. Tom Niland was also attacked in his Sligo home last month. Those are just a few...

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: As of December 2021, Social Justice Ireland recorded that there were 661,000 people in this State who are trapped in poverty and more than 210,000 of these people are children. It is scandal in our time that we have hundreds of thousands of children being born into poverty and living their youth in poverty. What that means for each one of those children is that they will have radically...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commissions of Investigation (11 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of his Department currently ongoing in the State; the cost of each commission to date; and the projected costs of each in tabular form. [23592/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (11 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions of motorists in each of the past five years for failure to make progress and drive at the appropriate speed limit for the road and their vehicle under the rules of the road; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23543/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: United Nations (10 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: My apologies. I am seeking to quantify the total number of extra personnel. The Minister may be able to assist me in that regard. There is no doubt that the challenges faced by the Security Council and by Ireland are enormous. Ireland is a small country and we have to be realistic in respect of the impact it can make through the Security Council. In fairness, however, it is right that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: United Nations (10 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the obvious examples of Ireland deferring to European Union foreign policy relates to a decision in respect of the Russian ambassador. In other words, people were being told that collective decisions are the strongest decisions. When we have collective indecision, however, that is not strong in any way. It brings us nowhere. We have collective indecision in the European Union in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (10 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Nobody is arguing with that.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: United Nations (10 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost and expense of Ireland's United Nations Security Council membership broken down by expenditure in tabular form. [23346/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: United Nations (10 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: What has been achieved by Ireland in our UN Security Council membership? The question I tabled is about the cost of the project. It is an important and prestigious role. It is a role that obviously comes with significant responsibilities, as well as opportunities. I would like to know the costs of achieving that and what has been achieved in terms of our foreign affairs objectives...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: United Nations (10 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank the Minister for the detail in the reply. Am I correct that there are 80 additional diplomatic officers?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I congratulate Sinn Féin and the Alliance Party on their success in the Stormont election. They now have to deliver for the people and the people will hold them to account if they do not. I also want to congratulate the Aontú team in the North on its advance electorally in the North. Aontú had the largest increase in votes among nationalist parties in the North and came...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [21867/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (10 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has summoned the Russian Ambassador over Russian state television depiction of a nuclear attack upon Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22905/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (10 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, his Department has given further consideration to the expulsion of the Russian Ambassador given the escalation of violent rhetoric, by Russian state television against a militarily neutral country such as Ireland. [22906/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (10 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 158. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department employs persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by his Department or firms to deal with public relations; the names of firms involved; and the total amount spent on public relations by his Department. [23232/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (10 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 165. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by his Department to deal with public relations; the names of firms involved; and the total amount spent on public relations by his Department. [23221/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Contracts (10 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department employs persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by his Department or firms to deal with public relations; the names of firms involved; and the total amount spent on public relations by his Department. [23222/22]