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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Civil Service (28 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts she and her officials have made to engage and consult with the 4,000+ civil servant Garda staff who are fearing a change in their status as a result of the proposals contained in the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill; the steps that have been and will be taken to engage with the relevant staff; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 738. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a student (details supplied) is currently being denied access to their clinical placement on the grounds that they declined to disclose their Covid-19 vaccination status by a person, despite the fact that they were previously placed in the Mater Hospital for the month of May 2021 and the HSE guidelines do not preclude unvaccinated students from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 810. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount that the State spent on personal protective equipment, which either never arrived or was not fit for use when it arrived; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46720/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (28 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 811. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total cost of the construction of the new national children’s hospital to date; and the estimated final cost of construction for the hospital when it is completed. [46721/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (28 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 812. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of anti-social behaviour, fires or pipe bombs on the site of the new national children’s hospital; and if antisocial behaviour is having an impact on the construction of the hospital. [46722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (28 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 813. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the overpayment of rent to the landlords for the building from which his Department operates on Baggot Street; the amount of overpayment that was made; when the overpayment was made; when the attention of his Department was drawn to the overpayment; his views on whether it will be possible for the State to recoup the overpayment; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (28 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 814. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of rent that has been paid by the State for the use of the building from which his Department operates on Baggot Street in each of the past five years. [46724/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 815. To ask the Minister for Health the hotels or premises with which the State entered into contracts for use as self-isolation facilities and emergency hospital beds throughout the pandemic; the capacity of each hotel and premises in question; the length of each contract; the costs associated with each contract; and the number of persons who availed of the facilities during the pandemic....

Ombudsman for Children's Initiative on Eliminating Child Poverty and Child Homelessness: Statements (23 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I have listened to many of the speakers. There are a lot of good ideas and conversations happening on this issue but what is required is action from the Government. I will give a couple of examples of where the Government is seriously breaking down and where the weight is being left in this crisis. A couple of years ago, the Meath Food Bank was without a home. I offered those who run it...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: For more than ten years, Fine Gael has been looking to shut the accident and emergency department in Our Lady's Hospital in Navan. For ten years, the people of Meath have been marching in their tens of thousands to keep it open. Shockingly, in March 2020, the Government went public with the decision to close the accident and emergency department for 12 hours overnight. Covid-19 happened...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: That is not what IFAC says.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with Bus Éireann regarding bus ticket shortages in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Louth; if she will detail the types of engagement she has had with Bus Éireann; and the dates in which this engagement took place. [45191/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (23 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 249. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions his Department is taking to address the recent re-arrests of Christians in Eritrea (details supplied) who were previously imprisoned in violation of their right to freedom of religion and belief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45815/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (23 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the assessment her Department has made of Ireland being ranked as a tier two watchlist country in the 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report (details supplied); the action she is taking to combat human trafficking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45816/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: On 22 October 2019, the Tánaiste apologised for the humiliation, disrespect and deceit shown by the State to the more than 1,000 women in the cervical cancer scandal. In May 2018, he stood up in this Chamber and made a promise to the women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy that they would not have to go to court in order to get justice. Patricia Carrick from Galway sadly passed...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister for Health promised the 221+ group he would pause the process of the tribunal until there was an agreement reached on how it would work. That did not happen. In fact, the 221+ group found out in the media that it was going ahead. I raised the case of Patricia Carrick in the Dáil last year and, after I raised it, the clinical director of CervicalCheck wrote a letter to me...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: They are being ignored wholesale.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank the witnesses very much for coming in and for all the work they have done for the State and the people over the years. It is greatly appreciated. I have been listening intently to the evidence they have been giving. I have experience of working with people who have produced and submitted protected disclosures. The organisations involved were everything the National Museum of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: What also struck me about this is that sending a protected disclosure to a Department that could have been involved, or could have an overview of the difficulties that have arisen, is in itself problematic. Everybody knows if you ask an organisation to investigate itself, it will not do an independent job. An external investigation is the best way to make sure things are investigated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I agree with Mr. McGree. My point is that the whole process should be taken out of the Departments' hands. The terms of reference should be in the hands of a separate organisation within the State whose job it is to do this. I do not want to cast any aspersions over external organisations, but the person who pays any organisation will exert some level of influence over it whether it is...