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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 508. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for surgery in the Mater Hospital. [12466/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 509. To ask the Minister for Health 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. [12478/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 555. To ask the Minister for Health if the latest announcement from the British Government that it will soon end telemedicine abortion will inform Irish public policy on this issue given the HSE acknowledgement that it relies upon literature from Britain to inform the policy of telemedicine abortion in Ireland. [12636/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 732. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken a study to determine the reasons for the rising price of fertiliser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13110/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 745. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [12469/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 781. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff currently employed by her Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons respectively, employed by her Department; and the various pay scales for persons working in her Department. [12482/22]

Committee Report on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community: Statements (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Seanadóir Eileen Flynn agus gabhaim buíochas leis an gcoiste as an obair atá déanta ar an tuairisc seo freisin. I thank the committee for its report. When we talk about the issues affecting the Traveller community, many people are shocked to learn of the stark realities facing it. It is good to see the volume of statistics presented so...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The Department of Health has confirmed to me that, since the enactment of the abortion law, the State Claims Agency has been notified of 103 adverse incidents relating to that legislation. It is an extraordinary figure. An abortion review is happening now, but I cannot get a commitment from the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, that any of those adverse incidents will be...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Baby Christopher's certainly did.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Navan rail line assessment; and when the project will commence construction. [12105/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a confluence of crises happening at present. As the Minister knows there is a commuter hell experience for people living in County Meath in terms of trying to get to work in Dublin. There is a cost of living crisis with the increase in fuels. There is a global warming crisis happening at present. A rail line from Navan to Dublin would fix all of these issues. It has been spoken...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Meath is a special case. I know everybody comes in here thinking their own county is a special case. This morning, the majority of workers in County Meath left County Meath to go to work. This happens in no other local authority area in the 32 counties of this great country. People from Meath commute further to work than people in any other county. I know the damage it is doing to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Spatial development in this country is an absolute disaster. Ireland is a lopsided economy at present. Dublin is overheating. The Dublin commuter belt goes into Ulster, Connacht and Munster. Much of regional Ireland is being emptied of its young people. We have a situation where the average age in Baldoyle is 33 and the average age in Killarney is 45. Young people are being forced into...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of public transport spending per county from 2015 to 2021, in tabular form [12106/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the vetting procedures in place for approving properties for the purposes of HAP tenancies. [11267/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Staff (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department in 2020 and 2021, broken down by Minister in tabular form. [11393/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 333. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the statistics for adverse outcomes by category in each of the hospitals in the State that were made to the National Incident Management System in the past five years. [12203/22]

Comóradh Sheachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Is linne go léir an Ghaeilge agus is seoid í. Tá sí scríofa inár n-ainmneacha agus inár logainmneacha agus is teanga ársa í ach is teanga nua-aimseartha í freisin. Tá daoine ag tógáil clainne léi, tá daoine ag déanamh a gcuid gnó léi agus tá sí mar mheán cumarsáide ar Twitter, ar...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand that what we are doing is a delicate and complex job. I commend the Minister on getting the Bill to the floor of the Dáil and seeking to progress it. Much work has been done in developing the legislation. Much discussion has gone into it as well. Nonetheless, as Opposition Deputies, it is our job to critique the Bill, identify failings in it and suggests improvements...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: -----but there are many families who genuinely do not know if they are related to one of these babies. I have been talking to my Dáil assistant, Mr. Luke Silke, who has also been in contact with the Minister's office. Mr. Silke comes from Tuam, and he thinks we would have a much better chance of successfully identifying the babies' remains if the invitation to provide DNA samples was...