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Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (9 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if it is official policy for MyOptions to provide abortion as the first option in the advice that it gives; and if it is official MyOptions policy for mothers to be referred to abortion doctors even in cases in which they have not made a decision to proceed with an abortion (details supplied). [13182/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (9 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the tendering process was not used to select the chair of the abortion review given that tendering allows for all citizens to apply on the basis of merit for State jobs; the reason that persons were excluded from applying for this State job; if he met with the chair of the abortion review prior to the selection process; the financial...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress update on SUSI reform. [12782/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I am sure the Minister has listened to the concerns of students during his visits to universities around the country. Students are asking me and, I imagine, many others in the House, what material difference students who apply for the SUSI grant next month will notice. How much has the threshold changed?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: No worries.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Students have been radically hammered by the cost of living crisis. For the last two years, many students have suffered significantly through the housing crisis so many have been forced to live at home and travel great distances to college daily. I know of many people throughout rural Ireland who do not have the public transport to access universities. Many of them have their parents drive...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Is that a grant increase of €200 in total?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: That €200 will be consumed very quickly in the increased costs in fuel etc. that students will experience. Can the Minister give clarity on the issue of transportation? I know it is not his Department but it is frustrating for students who were told they would get this and are waiting for it to happen. There is no clarity on when it will happen and it is happening at a snail's pace....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: There is €250,000 in the Department each year for special advisers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Apologies.

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It is shocking to say that in 2022 Ireland is still not a place of equality for people with disabilities. There is an ocean of window dressing in this State when it comes to inclusivity but the truth is that hundreds of thousands of citizens are excluded from life in this country daily. Given the assessment waiting lists, lack of access to services and transport, and young people trapped in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Ashling Murphy. It has been a while since her death. It is horrendous that when Deputies discuss this shocking event they bring into question the role of the education system in this country. They bring into question the role of the curriculum, the teachers and the people who have been delivering education in this country. There is no link...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: For the last three months, Aontú has been calling for a decrease in excise duties and VAT on fuel. The reduction of VAT and excise duties would drastically reduce the cost of fuel immediately. Many other countries have done it, yet this Government appears not to have even asked the European Union if it can do it. Also, with regard to OPEC, what pressure is this country and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Civil Service (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I have a practical question for the Taoiseach. How many employees of Departments are currently working remotely, in percentage terms or in real terms? Every time I, one of my staff or even a constituent picks up a phone to seek to talk to somebody within a Department, we are met with an answering machine. Strangely, many of these answering machines actually declare the messages will not be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Civil Service (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: What about PR staff?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Civil Service (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Civil Service Management Board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, will next meet. [11390/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the universities that he has visited since he assumed office. [12781/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons respectively, employed by his Department; and the various pay scales for persons working in his Department. [12473/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons respectively, employed by his Department; and the various pay scales for persons working in his Department. [12474/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons respectively, employed by his Department; and the various pay scales for persons working in his Department. [12486/22]