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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 greatly appreciate it. As I said, I am due to speak next in the Chamber on those statements so I might not be here for the responses, but I will I will listen back later to the recording of the meeting. This topic is an important one for me for two reasons. First, I have had cancer in the past couple of years and, second, North-South development is a key part of Aontú's political...

Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Seán Canney as an obair atá déanta aige ar an mBille seo. This Bill was initiated on 10 May 2017. It is now four years since its introduction and the Bill is only on Second Stage. The issue of services and basic rights for Irish people with autism is one of the subjects that gets plenty of lip service in Leinster House, but there is...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Travel (20 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 33. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent trip to New York. [46661/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Asset Management Agency (20 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 39. To ask the Taoiseach the reason the timeframe for the NAMA Commission of Investigation has been extended. [46662/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Impact Assessments (20 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the drainage and or reclamation of peatland systems in which more than two hectares of wetland habitat are affected fall under Schedule 5, Part 2, (1) Agriculture, Silviculture and Aquaculture (c) Development and if not, the reason therefor. [51581/21]

Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Phil Hogan and Deputies Kelly and Coveney and now Deputy Darragh O'Brien have all been Ministers who have stood in this Chamber and said that the housing crisis cannot be fixed overnight. That hackneyed phrase has been trotted out as some kind of defence over and over again for more than a decade. The truth is that this is not an unfixable problem but there is an issue. Fine Gael and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I am happy to do that. The Taoiseach mentioned earlier on-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: -----that I was anti-mask. That is not true.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I have just done so. I have just said to the Taoiseach what the Acting Chairman asked.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I have fulfilled the criteria.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: That box is ticked.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Can you show me where in Standing Orders it says it is not sufficient?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Can you show me where it says it is not sufficient to stand up in the Dáil and say that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: This would take a number of minutes. The Taoiseach made a statement in the Dáil today that was incorrect.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: He stated I was anti-mask and that Aontú was anti-mask. That is not the case.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: He said we were opposed to the use of masks.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: He did. I have a recording here and I will show it to him if he likes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: It is an attempt to slur people who have different views than the Government on the lack of antigen use in this country.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: It is doing serious damage to this country not to use antigen testing.