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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Is it possible the second pillar will be rolled out in relation to one of the 16?

Banking Sector: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Tógfaidh mise ceithre nóiméad go leith.

Banking Sector: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a banking crisis unfolding before our eyes in real time in this country. It is one for which the Minister, his party and the Government are in large part responsible. I have listened as, one by one and with furrowed brows, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Deputies rose to their feet in this Chamber and fretted about the closure of banks in their constituencies. Each was careful to...

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The management of this crisis has been enormously difficult for the Minister, the Department and teachers and parents around the country. It is probably one of the biggest impacts that has been experienced by many people. I have no doubt the cost of the closure of schools will continue for years to come as a result of the lack of education and socialisation and due to the mental health...

An Ghaeilge agus An Ghaeltacht: Ráitis (3 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Is tábhachtach agus is luachmhar le muintir na hÉireann an Ghaeilge toisc gur cuid bhunúsach dínn í. Ceanglaíonn sí lenár dtimpeallacht muid. Is stór saibhir de litríocht, ealaíon, amhránaíocht, stair, agus seanchas í. Struchtúr smaointeoireachta atá inti atá uathúil i ndomhan ina bhfuil...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when eligible businesses can apply for the Covid-19 business aid scheme. [11718/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans he is putting in place to allow driver test applicants to take their theory test; the way in which he plans to deal with the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11127/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if traffic and parking wardens are categorised as essential workers. [11939/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 772. To ask the Minister for Health the number and the proportion of Covid-19 transmissions that occurred according to research in churches; and the reason he decided to go beyond all other European countries in terms of church closures. [11231/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 783. To ask the Minister for Health if he made efforts to procure Covid-19 vaccines outside of the EU procurement process. [11250/21]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Chief Government Information Officer (Revised) (2 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as teacht isteach chun an méid atá laistigh den tuarascáil sin a phlé. The country finds itself in a new banking crisis at present. My major frustration with this is the fact that Bank of Ireland and AIB can function in the manner in which they are functioning because they operate in an unbelievably uncompetitive banking market. The...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Chief Government Information Officer (Revised) (2 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand the two pillar banks account for roughly 80% of the Irish banking market but I am open to correction. The alternatives the Minister mentioned are very small in comparison. When analysing our particular market it is still very clearly a duopoly, which is the opposite of what we need as a State. Perhaps the Minister did so by accident but giving the pretence that there is...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Chief Government Information Officer (Revised) (2 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Who has a cross-departmental oversight role on the efficacy of procurement by Departments? To be honest, I would have thought that the location and the continuing cost of a procurement contract to a Government organisation, such as the HSE, should be of significant concern both to the Minister of State and the Office of Government Procurement.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Chief Government Information Officer (Revised) (2 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes, if I may. Go raibh míle maith agat, a Chathaoirleach. I have found this extremely frustrating. The Minister used the word "hope" a good few times. It feels like the Government is a spectator in a market at the moment. The Government nearly has an ideological feeling that it does not have a right to engage and fix this particular issue, which is strange because at least one of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Chief Government Information Officer (Revised) (2 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Has the Government any specific plan for a stakeholder public banking system?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Chief Government Information Officer (Revised) (2 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: With the permission of the Chairman, I would like to ask a question on the budget deficit, which, for 2020, is expected to be 5.5% of GDP and approximately 10% of GNI. In many ways, this is an economic elephant in the room that we will be faced with when, God willing, the pandemic is subsiding. Has the Government developed any plan to reduce the budget deficit and the timescales that might...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I have been contacted by student nurses who are to go on placement in a number of months who have not been given their first vaccine. They have been called back a second time to be given their first vaccine. They feel embarrassed because people who are over 85, some of whom have contacted me, still do not have a date for their first vaccination. There are vaccines in Tuam but there are no...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Out of 200 countries.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Ireland has the longest lasting and most severe workplace restrictions in Europe. We have lost 163 days of work due to closure. This compares to 34 days in Germany. Does the Minister not agree that it is an outstanding fact that this country has had to lock down for longer with restrictions more severe than other European countries due to the way this illness has been managed? Indeed, for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken by his Department to ensure competition in the SME loan market; if his attention has been drawn to the impact the withdrawal of a bank (details supplied) will have on SME lending and financial services for rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10646/21]