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Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I met a large number of protestors today outside the Dáil and spoke to them about what is happening in the nursing sector, which is absolutely shocking. We in Aontú were one of the first political parties to bring to a discussion the matter of student nurses being properly paid. It is also interesting that the Minister at the time, Deputy Harris, said he would pay them and then...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: A father told me today that his 12-year-old, 14-year-old and 16-year-old children have been banned from playing basketball because they have no vaccine pass. A volleyball coach in County Mayo was told not to accept girls between the ages of 12 and 17 if they do not have a vaccine pass. A kickboxing coach was also told not to accept children for the same reasons. A young girl was stopped...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (2 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies in 2020 and to date in 2021; and the measures taken by the Government to prevent these redundancies. [52008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (2 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of all-Ireland trade in 2020 and to date in 2021; and the specific initiatives taken by his Department to boost all-Ireland trade and enterprise. [52012/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (2 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of funding provided in 2020 and to date in 2021 to local enterprise boards. [52009/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (2 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the reported 59% fall in foreign investment in 2020 to €28 billion; and the response his Department has taken to reverse this decrease. [52010/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Banking Sector (2 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the proposed instant payments system proposed by banks (details supplied) and the objection filed by an organisation with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52007/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason community employment schemes are being closed down (details supplied); if this policy will be reversed; and if social welfare offices will be allowed to refer to persons to community employment schemes. [52002/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 789. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date to put in place a system of medical exemption from Covid-19 vaccination due to allergies and other health related issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52001/21]

Covid-19: Reframing the Challenge, Continuing our Recovery and Reconnecting: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government made some seriously important decisions this week regarding Covid and restrictions and, true to form, it did not provide any space for a debate. There has been a democracy deficit in this country since Covid emerged. The elected representatives of the people have been sidestepped in respect of most of the important decisions that have been made. It is only because I called...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: It is shocking that during the time of this debate so far about ten people in the State will have been diagnosed with cancer. It shows the prevalence of the illness and the damage it does annually in this country. I was one of those statistics about a year ago. Thank God, I am back to full health at present. I was both lucky and unlucky. My diagnosis was delayed because of Covid, but I...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister should not listen to the people who tell him that. The policy is dangerous.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: There is no alternative pathway.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Those decisions have been disasters.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Ten thousand people will march on the streets of Navan on 30 October in support of our accident and emergency department. The HSE is determined to close it. While there has been a stay of execution for a few months, this is not good enough for the 210,000 people who live in County Meath. Accident and emergency and ICU departments are the front line in the battle against Covid, yet the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The partition of Ireland is the most damaging event in the history of Ireland since the Famine. It set in train decades of second-class citizenship for nationalists and Catholics in the North of Ireland. It institutionalised discrimination and state violence and sundered thousands of villages, towns and communities throughout the Border region. It also hammered the social and economic...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I will bear that in mind.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: How can two arms of the Oireachtas take opposite decisions at the same time and for both of those decisions to be considered the correct decision? It is absolutely impossible. In the words of the former Fine Gael Minister, Paddy Donegan, is this Government not a thundering disgrace?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: There is no doubt that reconciliation is critical, but I think there is a misunderstanding in this State about what reconciliation means. Reconciliation is built on pluralism and by definition pluralism accepts there are differences and respects those differences. Reconciliation is about reaching out the hand of friendship. It does not mean that we have to dress up in each other's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Core Working Group for the All-Island Cancer Research Institute (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I have to leave in a moment to go to the Dáil to contribute to the statements on Breast Cancer Awareness Month. May I put my questions at this point?