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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1026. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the proposed food ombudsman office will be established and operational; the number of staff the food ombudsman office will have; the enforcement ability this office will have; and if this office will tackle the cartel that exists in the beef sector. [8655/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Tax Yield (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1027. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the carbon tax being charged on agriculture is being spent (details supplied); and if he will ensure that farmers have an alternative in order to reduce exposure to carbon taxes,as otherwise the tax is purely punitive. [8656/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1028. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that CAP payments are focused on productive farmers rather than non-active landowners. [8657/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1029. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the revised REPS scheme reflects the value today of the initial scheme that existed in 1994; and if he will include reseeding for beef farms in this scheme. [8658/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1030. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that any financial aid to the beef sector does not have the outcome of reducing the price to the farmer (details supplied). [8659/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1031. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that will be put in place to ensure there is targeted help for suckler farmers. [8660/21]

Covid-19: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Táim buíoch don deis labhairt ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo. Covid-19 has radically impacted on the health and well-being of people around the country. Many families have lost loved ones in tragic circumstances and many families listening to this debate are in bereavement or serious grief. The country needs to do everything it can to make sure we reduce the incidence of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Nursing homes have been the ground zero of the Covid crisis. A total of 1,543 people have died in nursing homes since the start of the crisis and 369 people have died in nursing homes with Covid just in the last month; and my deepest sympathy goes to each and every one of those families. I am not aware of so many people dying so quickly in any other institutions in the history of this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: If the Tánaiste wants to contradict the medical professionals I have spoken to in some of these nursing homes with regard to the timing of delivery of vaccines into those nursing homes, he can, but timing is key, and every single nursing home that is experiencing the wave at the moment will tell him that timing has been absolutely shocking. Things could not have been worse with regard...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (4 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the current length of time for processing each of the main tax reliefs and in the case of a person (details supplied) in tabular form. [6105/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (4 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 will be extended beyond the end of 2021; if so, when they will expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6155/21]

Reappointment of the Ombudsman for Children: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: This State has carried out very important and good work in the past number of years in investigating and researching how previous generations have treated young children and mothers. Some of the findings that have been published so far are shocking and heartbreaking. It is important that this generation does not overlook the many young children who are in very difficult straits at this...

Oireachtas Members (Economic Justice) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: First Stage (3 Feb 2021)

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

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: May I raise a point of order?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: It is a point of order. I very rarely raise points of order. There was 30 minutes assigned to Questions on Promised Legislation. Every Tuesday, one particular Deputy takes up ten minutes of that time-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: -----and the rest of the Deputies-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Deputy Boyd Barrett had literally one third of the time-----

Oireachtas Members (Economic Justice) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: First Stage (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide, in the interest of public solidarity, for the reduction of salaries of Oireachtas members during the currency of certain restrictions implemented in connection with Covid-19; and to provide for related matters. The object of this Aontú Bill is to bring about a 25% cut in the salaries of Deputies and...

Household Utility Bills Support: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Last January was the coldest January in the past ten years. Sub-zero temperatures are again forecast for the coming weekend, which means the cold will be eating into many people's homes around the country. Right around Ireland, people are choosing whether to heat their homes or feed their families and whether to turn on the heating or purchase clothing for their families. It is incredible...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports his Department will provide to the airline industry in view of the tighter travel restrictions. [5637/21]