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Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (31 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle as an deis teacht ar ais. I wish to address a couple of issues I believe are important in this debate. We do have a wonderful electoral system in this State. The PR-STV system does provide for very clear representation within the political institutions, which is very important. When we have a system whereby various minority voices are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (31 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if she plans to include drugs found in the car of a driver as a reason to impose a driving ban on a driver. [27585/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Drug Dealing (31 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 322. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government has issued passports to members of an organisation (details supplied) who are banned from entering the United States of America; and if he plans to withhold passports from citizens convicted of international drug dealing and serial criminality. [27589/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (31 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of roadside drug tests that were carried out by An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years; the number of these tests that were positive in that period; the number of drivers who received a driving ban as a result of these tests; the number of driver drug tests that were carried out in total for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (31 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizens who have between 1 and 10 , 10 and 20, 20 and 30, 30 and 40, 40 and 50, 50 and 60, 60 and 70 convictions, respectively, in the State; and the number of citizens with convictions continuing in each group up to the highest number of convictions achieved by the citizens with the most convictions. [27586/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (31 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to increase the penalty received by citizens who have multiple convictions in an effort to deter crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27587/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (31 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug finds in each prison for each of the past ten years; the estimated value of these drugs finds in each prison for each of the past ten years; the number of persons who have been convicted for these drugs finds in each prison for each of the past ten years; and the number of Irish Prison Service staff who...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (31 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of phones and illegal contraband which have been found in each prison for each of the past five years; the number of persons who have been convicted for these drugs finds in each prison for each of the past ten years; and the number of Irish Prison Service staff who have been convicted for these finds in each...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (31 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisons that have actually implemented the performance management and development system in full for each staff member for each of the past ten years (details supplied); and the way that the Irish Prison Service is generating a rating for each staff member. [27877/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (31 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff within the Irish Prison Service who are off work on sick leave or who are absent from work in each prison for each of the past five years; the percentage of total staff on sick leave or absent from work in each prison for each of the past five years; and the number of staff who have taken early retirement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (31 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 698. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent on abortion provision in 2021; the breakdown of the amount spent in general practitioner and community settings; the amount spent in hospitals; the amount spent on counselling; and the other training expenditure or miscellaneous expenditure in relation to same. [27559/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Hundreds of thousands of commuters are paying massive prices on motorway tolls every day. Many people are commuting up to three hours a day and paying thousands of euro a year for tolls in their areas. In Meath there are four tolls. Someone living in Kells, for example, and working in south Dublin can pay up to €3,600 per year on tolls. Aontú has done research that has shown...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It is built. It is paid for.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Like Robert Watt's.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Costs (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is monitoring the increase in the cost of fertiliser; and if so, if he will detail the percentage increase in the cost of fertiliser over the past three years. [26209/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Costs (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The increase in the cost of fertiliser is hammering farmers across the country at the moment. According to the Central Statistics Office, CSO, there has been a 130% increase in the space of just two years in the cost of farm fertiliser. Farmers are also being hammered by energy prices, which have gone up by 30%, while feed prices have gone up by 20%. The input costs for farming are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Costs (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: My question relates to farm fertiliser.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Costs (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I was waiting for the word "fertiliser" to appear in the Minister's reply. Thankfully, we are there now. It is important to focus on what is happening in farming at the moment. Teagasc has detailed that there are major difficulties in the farming community at the moment. Only one third of farmers are currently making a living from farms. Another one third of farmers are only making a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Costs (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the fact that the Government has made an effort to start to meet some of the costs with which farmers are dealing. However, from what I am hearing from farmers, it is not enough. We had a debate in this Chamber about a week ago on the issue of food security which is a significant concern at the moment. Food supply chains are tightening in this State and internationally. In fact,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 53. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that he has met with the CEO of the HSE since he took office. [26207/22]