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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I have had my hand up for a while.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I am not an Independent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Chairman said I was an Independent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Aontú is an all-Ireland political party and we have elected representatives, North and South. The word "Aontú" means "unity". It is our primary goal as a political movement. One of the interesting issues that came from the debate last night on RTÉ was the fact that most people now accept there will be a referendum. Even Gregory Campbell accepts that there will be a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: These are serious allegations and I have thought long and hard about raising them on the floor of the Dáil. The reason I have done so is because I have called the director general of the Irish Prison Service a number of times to see if I can discuss them with her. I have also put a question to the Minister for Justice on why actions were not taken on foot of the Naughton report. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Tom worked in the Irish Prison Service as an assistant chief officer based in A block in Portlaoise Prison. This block houses some of the most notorious and dangerous prisoners in the country. Prisoners include Kinahans, Dundons and many more criminals who are household names. This is a high-pressure environment in which violence and threat to life are real and constant concerns for prison...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I have made a special effort not to mention the names of individuals. I am quoting from a report carried out by an independent investigator, John Naughton, into these matters. The reason we know this information is that Mick Clifford of the Irish Examinerhas done extensive work on this story. He has reported these elements of the story...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (11 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if five weeks' parental leave will commence in April 2021. [13852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 153. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the process by which the terms of reference for the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes were drafted in 2014. [13754/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the then acting Secretary General at the Department of Children and Youth Affairs had an input into the drafting of and discussions regarding the terms of reference for the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation in 2014 to 2015. [13755/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Registration of Births (11 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the attention of his Department was drawn to the issue of illegal birth registrations; the person or body that drew the attention of his Department to the matter; and the actions that were taken by his Department at the time. [13757/21]

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Housing is a basic need. Without housing, all aspects of life become radically more difficult. Physical and mental health starts to deteriorate and a family's ability to provide even simple nutrition falls apart. Education and work life are next to impossible without a home, and the human condition disintegrates if a person does not have a house. Ireland is suffering from a prolonged...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (10 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his dialogue and meetings with faith leaders. [43328/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (10 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with faith leaders. [13193/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (10 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The death of a family member is one of the most raw and emotional times anybody will experience. Funerals are very difficult at any time but during Covid-19, for many, they have been a complete disaster. At the moment, attendance at funerals can be a lottery for family members. We have reports from around the country of local priests refusing access to a church to family members on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (10 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The reason this has been raised so often is because of the damage that it is doing to the country. Ireland has had the longest and most severe lockdown of any country in Europe. According to Reuters a couple of weeks ago, Ireland had 163 days of workplace closures and that compared to Germany, which had 34 days of workplace closures. The reason for the length and severity of the lockdown...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (10 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: This is my final point. I asked Deputy Stephen Donnelly last week in a parliamentary question what actions he had taken to procure additional vaccines outside of the European supply chain. The Minister said none.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Night after night, the people of Ireland are being subjected to the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, in front of them on their screens, like Comical Ali, saying that the administration of the vaccine is going fine. Everybody knows it is not. A €1 billion per month unmitigated disaster is happening in this country. I know of surgeries in my constituency that will not...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: It is not working.

Civil Registration (Right of Adoptees to Information) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: An féidir leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach m'ainm a chur síos le haghaidh Questions on Promised Legislation? It is absolutely outrageous that after all the debates, documentaries, reports and commissions that have happened people still do not know who exactly they are and cannot access their birth and medical records. People are growing old wondering if their mother is...