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Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Covid is a real illness and we must do our best to try to reduce its incidence in the State. I do not envy the task the Minister and Cabinet have at times in trying to work out where the balance and proportion lie with regard to restrictions. I am of the view that the country has been overly aggressive when it comes to restrictions. We have the second lowest level of Covid in the European...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I wish to say a few words in support of this amendment. Today Inner City Helping the Homeless was outside Leinster House to raise awareness of the fact that 56 people who are homeless have died in this city so far this year. That figure is far higher than last year's or the figure the year before, even though this year is not out and December is a cruel month for people who are homeless....

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The subtext of what the Minister has articulated is very Dublin-centric. It is important to realise that Ireland's development is radically lopsided. In European terms, Ireland is an outlier with regard to the size of its capital city in comparison with the rest of the country. Even in Britain, where London is considered too big for the British economy, London has half as much dominance as...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Like most people, I hope that we have a safe, ethically produced and effective vaccine that will help the country to get back to normal. However, I am very concerned by reports that the Government has indemnified the private companies producing these vaccines. I am concerned that this has happened in secret, with no political discussion or scrutiny. Furthermore, when the Government...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: For how much?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: How much?

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: In March, the then Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, made a promise to student nurses and midwives. Now he is in the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, but he still has influence in this regard. Let us call a spade a spade: when he made that promise, it was nothing but a PR stunt. It was incredible to see that following the announcement, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Places (2 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's strategy to ensuring there are enough secondary school places in the rapidly expanding town of Trim, County Meath; the plans in place to extend existing secondary schools and to build new schools in the town; the time frame for proposed plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40546/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (2 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 109. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to open additional direct provision centres here; and if so, the details of the geographical location of such centres. [40737/20]

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Fair play to the Minister for staying this long into the debate. Often we see Ministers run before parties such as ours get to contribute, in fairness to her. The prospect of the pension age being raised to 67 was widely touted before the election and hammered the appeal of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael among the bracket of voters who were affected. Before the election, Fianna...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I have no doubt that this is a serious issue, but every week, hundreds of serious issues are brought to this Chamber in promised legislation. For weeks, they have got no airing at all because all of promised legislation's time is being taken up by these battles. There has to be a system by which Deputies can bring questions on promised legislation to the floor of the Dáil on the weekly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Standards (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the monitoring and analysis she is undertaking to examine the quality of education leaving certificate 2020 students are receiving; and if it has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. [40075/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoil Issues (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the number of Gaelscoileanna to meet the demand around the country. [40076/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 126. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of applicants for the restart grant plus who pay commercial rates in shared commercial spaces and who had their application approved but who were later informed by their local authority that there had been a misinterpretation of qualifying criteria and who had their offer rescinded; the number of applicants who had their...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Social Media Regulation (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has undertaken any research or investigation into the alleged use of fake social media accounts or robots by political parties in Ireland; if so, the findings of such investigations and research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40317/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being considered to broaden Ireland's tax base beyond over-reliance on income tax revenues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40195/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance the size of Ireland's national debt; and the annual repayment and servicing of the debt costs. [40196/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expect Ireland's national debt to be reduced by at least 50%. [40197/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the VAT exemption on white and cylindrical candles per annum. [40198/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance the research he has undertaken as to the effect on the Irish banking market by the proposed exit of a bank (details supplied) from the Irish market; the effect this will have on retail interests rates, customer access to physical banking facilities, the likelihood of banks to lend and so on. [40237/20]