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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (28 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 233. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost per week for children between 12 and 17 years of age who are in Tusla children's residential care; and the cost per week for children between 12 and 17 years of age in after care. [21511/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 267. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the shortage of HRT medication for women in this country at the present time. [21510/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 268. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per adult between 18 and 23 years of age on the step down programme. [21512/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 269. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of Government funding that is provided per adult for 28 days in a treatment centre. [21513/22]

Commission of Investigation (Nursing Homes) Bill 2022: First Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for a public inquiry into the management, in connection with nursing homes, of the risks to human life and health posed by Covid-19; and to provide for related matters. On behalf of Aontú I am very glad to be able to introduce this Bill today in respect of the commission of investigation into the handling...

Commission of Investigation (Nursing Homes) Bill 2022: First Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: A timeline for a timeline.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim míle buíochas le Mr. Fraser for appearing before the committee; it is appreciated. There are a number of major questions relating to this issue. Those questions are as follows. Who makes the decisions within the State? For whom are the decisions made in the State? There is a strong feeling among the general public that there is an inversion of the democratic authority...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: This is an unprecedented role, details of which have appeared on his desk and on the desk of another Secretary General. In an unprecedented situation, is there no process where alarm bells ring and somebody suggests that we need democratic oversight here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I am also speaking about the Taoiseach. Was the Taoiseach informed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: When did Mr. Fraser know that it was an open-ended secondment, meaning that there would be two CMOs in the State, and that €2 million per year would be provided over ten years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: People are concerned about the notion of plausible deniability. Perhaps Ministers do not want to see everything that happens. See no evil, hear no evil is a tactic that a Minister might employ to ensure that he or she does not get caught, for example. What is the process whereby in an unprecedented unique situation such as this it is brought to the attention of Mr. Fraser's boss, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: However, Mr. Fraser did not tell the Taoiseach about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand, but Mr. Fraser had the information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I do not want to split hairs here, but the Taoiseach obviously has responsibility across all Departments. As a result, when something unique like this happens, is there no process for Mr. Fraser to tell the Taoiseach about things happening in other Departments if he feels they are unique and unprecedented?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Given that a Minister appeared on radio defending something without knowing what he is talking about and after the Zappone affair, etc., does Mr. Fraser think that there should be a process whereby democratic oversight is drawn to an unprecedented situation? Would that be a good idea in the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I am just asking for a specific process. The problem is that we always hear that lessons have been learned every time something like this happens. It is such a mantra at this stage. I am asking what lessons have been learned? What processes have been put in place to ensure that this does not happen again? That is a very serious question which needs to be answered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: There have been a number of examples where a Secretary General has investigated what has happened in his or her Department. Obviously, in the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Secretary General investigated what happened with the Zappone affair. On this occasion, Robert Watt carried out the initial investigation into the actions he was involved in. Does Mr. Fraser believe that practice...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I suppose Mr. Fraser is pointing out that it is not the Secretary General's fault and that perhaps it is the Minister's fault for proceeding along those lines. Does he believe that Secretaries General should be subject to any performance standards our reviews? Should there be processes in which they can be removed from their jobs? The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, said he...