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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Future of Ireland: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank both of our guests for their interesting presentations. I wish to reference the families of Ballymurphy and send our solidarity and thoughts to them in their long search for justice. I hope they achieve a large part of that today. I agree with what Reverend Karen said about timing. I often find it interesting that commentators say that matters are moving slowly in the North and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Future of Ireland: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Sometimes in the South we get distracted, as many people do, with flags and anthems and so on. I believe the biggest step the South could take towards persuading people would be, without a shadow of a doubt, the development of a free-to-access healthcare service funded centrally by taxation. Even people in the nationalist community in the North of Ireland would have concerns around...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: We have all been passed this Earth to live on and we have to pass it to the next generation. We have a moral responsibility to hand the planet on to the next generation in at least as good a shape as we received it. Despite all the talk, virtue signalling and greenwashing of the past 15 or 20 years, though, this generation is the most damaging the planet has ever seen. That is an...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Irish language Act was an essential part of the Good Friday Agreement, 23 years ago. It was also a central part of the St. Andrews Agreement, 15 years ago, and an essential part of the New Decade, New Approach agreement, which is well over a year old, yet I understand there to have been no progress on the delivery of an Irish language Act. This Act is a threat to nobody. It recognises...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Before the house of The O'Rahilly was demolished, I raised the impending danger with the Minister of State responsible for heritage, Deputy Noonan. I also raised it with the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. Unfortunately, they did nothing and the house was demolished. The day after it was demolished, I raised it with the Taoiseach in the Dáil and he admitted the demolition was wrong...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Strategic lawsuits against public participation, or slap lawsuits, are used against citizens who are trying to ensure that companies do not destroy the environment or break environmental laws. They tie up citizens in terms of money, time and energy. They may not be successful but their job is to silence or chill efforts by citizens to protect their environment. The Aarhus convention states...

Dog Breeding Establishments (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to enhance the welfare of dogs by strengthening the regulation of dog breeding establishments; and to provide for related matters. I am proud to introduce Aontú's Dog Breeding Establishments (Amendment) Bill 2021, or the puppy farm Bill, on First Stage. This is the second animal welfare Bill Aontú has introduced...

Dog Breeding Establishments (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Private Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Housing is a basic human need. Without housing most aspects of people's lives break down. Physical and mental health starts to deteriorate. A family's ability to provide healthy nutrition for their children falls apart. Education and work life are practically impossible without a home. Ireland is suffering from a prolonged national housing disaster. Up to 1 million people in this State...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the First Minister of Northern Ireland. [20478/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses that have been built here to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22906/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a recent report following a survey of persons who are homeless (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22905/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Legal Costs (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23578/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the backlog of those waiting to take a driver theory test; his plans for clearing the backlog in circumstances in which persons in areas without access to public transport need to drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22669/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Legal Costs (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23579/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the NGO and charity sector receives in State funding per annum. [22984/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual State funding received by the NGO and charity sector in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [22985/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding allocated to each individual NGO and charity between 2010 and 2020. [22986/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Costs (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [22989/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the content of the reported troika-style spending restrictions implemented in Departments to reduce spending. [22990/21]