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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: On that point, there has been very little talk to date about what the next two to four years will hold but there is no doubt that our budget deficit will have to be dramatically reduced. Historical evidence suggests that under Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, much of that reduction will take the form of tax increases for low and middle income earners and cuts to public service investment....

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Last Friday, a 69-year-old man known as Iggy, who was originally from Poland, was found dead in a laneway off Little Catherine Street in Limerick city. Pauline Casey and Sarah Beasley, an Aontú representative and homeless activist in Limerick, knew Iggy from their work in helping the homeless. They spoke to Iggy on the night he died. This was especially poignant for Pauline because...

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I also raised at that time the fact that homeless people who were not from Dublin and who were presenting to homeless facilities were being turned away and told to go back to their own counties. This was despite the fact that another arm of the State was telling them not to travel because of the Covid-19 restrictions. Months after I raised that issue, the Minister appeared on the "RTÉ...

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: People listening to this debate will think that it is absolutely scandalous and flabbergasting that the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage does not know the number of people who die in homelessness in 25 of the 26 counties which this State, that there is no process to collect information in this regard or collate it centrally and that such information is not at his...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: When Covid-19 first flared in Ireland last year, I asked the Tánaiste, who was then the Taoiseach, to stop the flights which were coming in from northern Italy. He said "No", and when I asked why he said that the European Centre for Disease Control, ECDC, was advising against it. I asked what was the ECDC's rationale for advising against it and the Tánaiste said that he did not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (28 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the high level homeless taskforce established by his Department. [4838/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a policy will be introduced within his Department to provide a fair resolution to builders who purchase zoned land and due to the lack of adequate infrastructure such as sewage services they make the necessary investment to provide infrastructure only to have the land dezoned due to a change on policy either nationally or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school profiling will form part of grading for 2021 leaving certificate students. [4836/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans in place to offer a counselling structure for students after they receive their leaving certificate results. [4837/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 277. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting psychiatric appointments in Letterkenny University Hospital. [4835/21]

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (27 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I am glad that the First Stage of my Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) (Pets) Bill 2021 passed here in Leinster House. I am glad to get another opportunity to discuss this important issue with the tabling of this amending legislation today as well. Obviously, pets are very much members of people's families. Anybody who has lost a pet or anybody who has had a pet die,...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) (Pets) Bill 2021: First Stage (27 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences )Act 2001 to make specific provision for sentencing for certain offences in relation to pets; and to provide for related matters. I thank my colleagues Deputies Canney and Verona Murphy for co-signing this Bill. In the past year, the issue of pet theft has come into...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) (Pets) Bill 2021: First Stage (27 Jan 2021)

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

An Bille um an Seachtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir), 2018: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: That is because of all the inequality in our society.

An Bille um an Seachtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir), 2018: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Aontú is a left-of-centre Irish republican grassroots movement. We seek a prosperous Ireland where, when one works hard, takes risks and invests time, effort and resources, one receives a fair economic return for that work. We understand that there must be a spark in the economy, an incentive that will drive people to achieve for their family. We also seek a safety net for families...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Creation (27 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans under the midlands regional jobs plan for job creation in County Laois to reduce unemployment figures on the live register and the number of daily commuters out of the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4453/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Creation (27 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans under the north-east regional jobs plan for job creation in County Meath to reduce unemployment figures on the live register and the number of daily commuters out of the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4454/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the annual tax saver transport tickets due to expire on 30 April 2021 by the duration of level 5 restrictions to compensate annual tax saver ticket users in order to enable use when fully safe to do so when restrictions are eased from level 5 in due course (details supplied). [4475/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when teachers will receive the Covid-19 vaccine; the safeguards being put in place to ensure that teachers and pupils are safe when returning to the classroom setting given the elevated levels of Covid-19 in society; and the childcare arrangements for children of teachers who will return to school to teach children with additional needs. [3580/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (27 Jan 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to address circumstances in which there is joint co-parenting and equal shared custody of children following a relationship breakdown in which one parent receives all social welfare benefits and allowances and the other parent has no entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3775/21]