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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a feeling among the public that the selection of judges can be a political quid pro quo. People are selected and given positions by the Taoiseach of the day having regard to the negotiation his party has with other political parties and not necessarily on the basis of judicial experience and so forth. As a result of this crisis, it would be very useful for Members and the public to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: It is interesting that we know more in this country about the selection process of Supreme Court justices in the United States than we do about the process here. It is interesting as well that we look down on the political manner in which it is done in the United States, and we do not see that manner in this State. My advice was not to proceed in the manner initially being put forward by...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 332. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the circus sector has been excluded from the Covid-19 support scheme and Arts Council funding; if she will put in place a financial support package for the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36445/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 607. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which he plans to publish the final report of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36176/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service in County Tipperary is not responding to phone calls or emails from elected representatives and members of the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36943/20]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I must apologise to the committee because I have not been able to participate in the debate for most of the day. There is a small change under this section which brings candles into the VAT net. Given what is happening to many people around the country and the fact that churches are closed which means that there is a lack of funding going into that sector, this seems a little petty. Is...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Religious practice is a human right under the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Obviously, it is a practice that has been mainly deleted for approximately 1 million people each week in this country. Those candles are used. People light candles and pray for a dead loved one or an issue of great importance to them. Faith can offer strength to people to deal with some of the darkness...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I add my support for Deputy Doherty's amendments. REITs are given a competitive advantage in the market through taxation. They already have a competitive advantage with regard to the international interest rates that they receive. They have a distorting effect on the market. They crowd out other purchasers they compete with. The tax forgone is an opportunity cost. That tax take could be...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to ask similar questions. Has the Government done any work on what will be the tax take of this particular initiative? Has it done any work with regard to the level of income reduction that has been experienced by people who have been forced onto these particular payments? Is it not incredible that the Government would force people out of work, force significant reductions in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand 300,000 people to be in receipt of the PUP as of today. Those people are in receipt of the PUP due to the restrictions the Government has introduced. The Government has therefore taken their ability to earn an income from them. The restrictions in this country are, for better or worse, the sixth most severe on the planet at the moment. A significant number of these...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: House prices have increased by €100,000 since the Minister came into government in 2011. In Dublin they have increased by €160,000 on average since 2011. This is an incredible legacy for a Fine Gael Party that has been in government on two occasions since then. With all of the competing negative legacies coming from the housing sector we forget about this one. This average...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand that and I have no doubt there are many good people in Fianna Fáil who share my objectives with regard to Irish unity, but there is a chasm between those people and me, on the one hand, and the current Taoiseach, on the other, because he has informed me in this Chamber that he refuses to pursue the objective of Irish unity. He has stated that he does not agree with the...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: He has said that. We cannot go through with this Brexit crisis without coming to an understanding that partition is a threat to our national interest. We should be able to create a new Ireland forum at which we bring people from civic society and political society North and South together to talk about ways in which we can fight the worst excesses of Brexit and start to talk about planning...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I dtosach báire, aontaím go huile is go hiomlán leis an méid atá ráite ag an Teachta Ó Cuív. Ceapann sé go bhfuil sé ina mhionlach anseo ach b'fhéidir go bhfuil níos mó daoine ann sa Dáil seo atá den tuairim chéanna. Aontú opposes Brexit. We believe it will do enormous damage to Ireland. I am amazed...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: That may be the case but this has to be an Irish objective with regard to a deal. I want now to focus on the North-South element of Brexit. I have been campaigning on the objective of Irish unity for the last 30 years. Aontú was formed 20 months ago. One of its pillar objectives is the creation of a 32 county Irish republic. That objective is not a pipe dream or a romantic idea....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has carried out a study on the environmental benefits of a Dublin-Navan rail line. [34742/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I have raised this before. Covid is obviously a serious illness and we obviously need to do the best we can to reduce its incidence. Ireland is the sixth most restrictive country on the planet, yet it has the third lowest incidence of Covid in European terms. That would be fine but there is a massive cost to the restrictions in terms of patients missing cancer appointments, the large...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Today, the Irish Examinerreports that the OPW has admitted not being able to recoup €10 million of an overpayment relating to the Department of Health building on Baggot Street. This is an incredible situation. To put it in context, we spoke about the Dublin Region Homeless Executive a couple of minutes ago, an organisation which spends €4 million a year on day services for...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Should we not crack the whip when it comes to State funds?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The Taoiseach's answer highlights why this is so worrisome in many ways because he correctly states the homeless figures are decreasing but the deaths among homeless people are going in the opposite direction. That is the key issue. The figures are already massively higher than they were in the past two full years. I believe there is a number of reasons for that. If a person is from...