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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 598. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists currently employed at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan; the staffing level for occupational therapists at the hospital; if there is a vacancy for a line manager in the occupational therapy department at the hospital; the length of time this position has remained vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 630. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons since the start of 2021 in hospital with Covid-19 who were fully vaccinated, partially vaccinated and unvaccinated by week. [61629/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 631. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons since the start of 2021 in intensive care units with Covid-19 who were fully vaccinated, partially vaccinated and unvaccinated by week. [61630/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 632. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons since the start of 2021 who have died as a result of Covid-19 who were fully vaccinated, partially vaccinated and unvaccinated by week. [61631/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (14 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 666. To ask the Minister for Health if healthcare workers in maternity hospitals are allowed in law and practice to be conscientious objectors when it comes to the delivery of abortion services. [61743/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (9 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I will not mention them. I appreciate that this matter may not have come across the Minister's desk so far. This is why I am raising it with him today. This crisis in the North could be as big as the cash for ash scandal. Some 4,000 farmers were told that they built correctly and £121 million of grant funding was given. A total of £212 million was spent on these tanks. If they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (9 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commissions of investigation currently ongoing under the remit of his Department; the duration of each commission of investigation; the deadline for each commission of investigation; and the actual and projected cost of each commission of investigation. [54098/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (9 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: This question is about investigations in the Department. I am concerned with one investigation in particular. The farm nutrient management scheme in the North of Ireland provided funding for the improvement of animal waste storage. The scheme cost more than £200 million and nearly 4,000 farmers participated in the scheme. It is alleged that the tanks constructed under the scheme are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (9 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: This is unusual because, in 2003, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in the North of Ireland introduced a farm management nutrients scheme in accordance with the European Parliament legislation to prevent farm pollution. Some 4,000 farmers participated in the scheme and the specifications set out for the scheme involved the construction of new, impermeable slurry...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Commissions of Investigation (9 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of commissions of investigation currently ongoing under the remit of his Department; the duration of each commission of investigation; the deadline for each commission of investigation; and the actual and projected cost of each commission of investigation. [54098/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Examinations (9 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request that a person (details supplied) be permitted to sit university exams online given the exceptional circumstances in the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61001/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have received certificates that they have had Covid-19 to date; the number that are still valid; and if these numbers are included in the numbers counted as vaccinated. [61011/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee
Engagement with WAVE Trauma Centre (9 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. I was sorry to hear about the Cathaoirleach's own loss as well. I know it was a long time ago but pain like that remains within families. I apologise; I missed the Belfast meeting because I was a close contact of someone with Covid at the time so I had to restrict my movements. I thank the witnesses for their presentations today. It is impossible...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee
Engagement with WAVE Trauma Centre (9 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I commit to raising it again in County Meath. I know the Wilkinstown area well. It is not far from where I live. I will talk to people in that area over the next while.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee
Engagement with WAVE Trauma Centre (9 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Likewise. After the meeting, I might get in contact and have a chat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee
Engagement with WAVE Trauma Centre (9 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank the Chair for the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee
Engagement with WAVE Trauma Centre (9 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Very good. Gabhaim buíochas leis faoi sin. I thank Mr. McConville for that.

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: This is a very important debate. I will be supporting Deputy Connolly's amendments, both in terms of providing the House with the statistics on prosecutions but also with regard to the protection of smuggled persons from prosecutions from the act of being smuggled. The Bill is silent on the rights of smuggled persons - victims - and that is wrong. I have no doubt that fear of prosecution...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister talks about public health advice as if it is a uniform issue. He acts as if it is singular and there are no differences of opinion in public health advice, or that it is given down from on high. The truth of the matter is there are many different public health advices. Every single country in the EU has a chief medical officer who delivers public health advice and much of that...