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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Then why is the residential property definition changed in two ways?

Ban on Rent Increases Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: We have had dozens of debates in this Chamber on rents and house prices over the past seven years yet, despite the endless Bills and all the legislation, we have seen rents continue to spiral radically. Housing affects everything. There is no doubt in my mind that the lack of Government action over the past seven years especially has pushed many families into significant poverty. This...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Today, 24 people will lose their lives to cancer and 480 people will get cancer. In the past week, I have secured statistics from the HSE, which state that so far in 2021, the number of people referred from GPs to rapid access clinics for cancer is 153% of the figure for the same period last year. It is 126% of the same period in 2019, which is worrying. Consultants have stated that a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Over the weekend many pubs and restaurants desperately seeking to earn a few bob had their businesses washed out. We saw images of people trying to get shelter under awnings and umbrellas. Some pubs have been closed for 450 days. Today the Minister, Deputy Ryan, has said that hospitality may not reopen until possibly the end of August. This crisis has to be debated on the floor of this...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (6 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of former employees of NAMA who have left and become employees of property development companies; the person or body in relation to same; the companies they have or work for; if his Department or NAMA record such details; and the timeframe required between when a person is an employee of NAMA and when they then take up employment either directly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (6 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 466. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of the data breaches experienced by his Department since 2018. [29319/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (6 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 546. To ask the Minister for Health if the TAPS fund for nursing homes which is due to expire in June 2021, will be extended for a longer period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29932/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (6 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 491. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021; and the nature of the disclosures and or the occupations or area of work of the persons who made protected disclosures to his Department. [29666/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (6 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 545. To ask the Minister for Health the amounts paid out in TAPS funding to nursing homes since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic by county. [29931/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (6 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 547. To ask the Minister for Health the reason numerous applications made by a nursing home (details supplied) for TAPS have been unsuccessful. [29933/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Next Generation of Political Representatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte roimh an coiste. I have a few quick questions. Regarding what Ms Groogan and Mr. de Faoite said about people in the South often not recognising the Irishness of people in the North of Ireland, sometimes the media on this island are also partitionist and the conversations we have are inward looking within the jurisdictions rather than about the bigger picture of the island...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: In fairness, this is related to small businesses, which are at the heart of this crisis and the target of much of what is in this Bill, if the truth be told. There has to be a solution brought forward. That solution has to follow what the likes of Denmark and Finland did in their countries. They looked at the science, made decisions and have opened up safely for more than two months now. ...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I will address a subject broached by my colleague about businesses that have fallen through the cracks. The circus sector has been left behind. It has been thrown from Billy to Jack, told to go to the Arts Council, and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, which has sent it back to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarity will be provided on the future of the leaving certificate grading process; and if the practice of school profiling will resume post-pandemic. [34498/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (1 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider taking action to reduce class sizes in primary schools in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34499/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (1 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has met with or engaged with employers in particular with small business owners who are experiencing difficulties with staff recruitment allegedly due to the fact that persons are reluctant to come off the pandemic unemployment payment. [34501/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (1 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason no proof of unemployment was required when persons were applying for the pandemic unemployment payment; and the number of instances of fraud or attempted fraud in relation to the payment that were reported to her Department. [34500/21]

Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Jun 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas. I appreciate the forbearance of the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach and the Rural Independent Group. One of the problems here is that Government Deputies are not taking their slots, which has pushed back the slots for Opposition Deputies. As a result, the timing is very hard to manage. Pensions should be sacrosanct in Irish society. Pensioners and people...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (30 Jun 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [33505/21]