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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues in Ireland: Central Bank (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes. It is not just owner-occupiers. I have heard from people who have buy-to-lets and businesses or farms. The Central Bank warned at the start of the process that there would be a €22 billion hole in the Government's finances this year due to Covid, etc. What does the future hold in terms of the European rules being reapplied and the timescale? What policy options are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues in Ireland: Central Bank (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Please give details.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (10 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the second vacancy for the Supreme Court has been left unfilled; and her plans to fill this position before the end of her term as Minister. [40269/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 90. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of the correspondence his Department has received from organisations, charities, volunteer groups and NGOs which warn of an increase in mental health issues and suicide rates since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. [42445/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 135. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional nurses, midwives and medical practitioners that have been employed by the HSE in 2020 through the use of recruitment agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42444/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take steps to resolve the dispute that has arisen in schools in relation to SNAs being asked to use a catheter with certain students that need help with toileting; and when staff with nursing experience will be employed in schools to help certain students' needs as promised. [42561/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (10 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 376. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recent reports in the media that a protected disclosure was made to his Department concerning warnings of issues pertaining to foetal diagnostic testing in 2018, some months before a perfectly healthy unborn baby was misdiagnosed and subsequently aborted in the National Maternity Hospital in 2019. [40270/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the current guidance in relation to attendance at funerals and weddings. [42095/20]

Mental Health Policy: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome this important motion and praise the Regional Independent Group for bringing it before the Dáil. I would like to give a special mention to Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh, who did massive work in the development of this particular motion. This is a strong motion and, if implemented, would make a radical change to hundreds of thousands of lives around the country. I also welcome the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) aged over 66 who has had their employment impacted by Covid-19, had been making PRSI contributions while in employment and was also in receipt of a contributory widow’s pension is excluded from being eligible to apply for the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening and Care Services: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: As someone who has had a battle with cancer this year, I thank all of the witnesses very much for the work they do in their professional capacities. It is appreciated. Before I ask my questions, I will add my voice to urge and encourage women to use the CervicalCheck cancer screening. Despite all the media reports and questions around it, the programme plays a valuable role in protecting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening and Care Services: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank Dr. Russell for that answer but it does not get to the key issue. I fully agree that there is a significant margin of error in the screening and it cannot be any other way. That is inherent in the process. I also understand, however, that the Government has taken responsibility for slides that were read incorrectly and that should have been picked up in the initial reading, and has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening and Care Services: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The reason I think this is important, and it is probably the reason our engagement initiated in the first instance, relates to a statement I made in the Dáil a couple of weeks ago. We might park the issue of the margin of error to one side because I understand that is a natural part of the process. The State has acknowledged there is another section of women, outside of the margin of...

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (8 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Maybe so. The Government, in fiscal terms, took the wrong decision in the level of stringency it pursued on the lockdown. This country was the sixth most strictly locked down country on the planet. Some 96% of all countries on the planet decided to have a less stringent strategy. This was despite the fact that we had the second lowest level of Covid-19 in Europe. One will say, correctly,...

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (8 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Aontú is a party of fiscal and social responsibility and these two policies are often presented by the Government as opposites, but they are not. One can be fiscally responsible and socially responsible at the same time. It is possible for a country to provide for housing, health, education, transport, communications and the environment and yet be fiscally responsible. This simply...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The fact that we are talking about the tribunal in the future tense at this stage is incredible. The Patricia Carrick case struck me in a number of ways. How could a Government fight her in the courts, practically up to the end of her life? It was incredible. She was not the only person who has been in that situation. It also struck me that she had taken a number of smear tests before...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: What if the court cases find there is a problem?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: We know this.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a margin of error, but the problem is the court cases are finding that there are also mistakes beyond the margin of error.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Before asking my question, I take this opportunity to encourage women to use the CervicalCheck cancer screening service. CervicalCheck saves many lives every year. On 11 November, I asked the Minister for Health how many legal cases have been issued to date in respect of CervicalCheck. He replied that there had been 164 cases as of that date. That is an incredibly high figure. Each of...