Results 7,501-7,520 of 16,274 for speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 679. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount paid annually for the past three years to private airline companies for the movement of Irish military personnel to and from overseas missions; if consideration is being given to the procurement of a national asset to perform this function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33084/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 680. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if cadets that have been deployed again to the front line as contact tracers and contact tracing trainers and have had their their training suspended again will be paid the military service allowance (details supplied). [33085/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 681. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces at the end of September 2020; and the number of personnel in full-time induction training in terms of recruits, two star training cadet training or apprenticeships and therefore non-deployable. [33086/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 682. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel on overseas service at the end of September 2020, by rank. [33087/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 984. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is an expedited testing regime for the childcare sector to keep providers open; and the reason teachers can receive the flu vaccine for free while operators in the childcare sector must pay. [31375/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 1372. To ask the Minister for Health the public health evidence in relation to the closure of restaurants, cafés and pubs for indoor business (details supplied). [29968/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 1405. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the backlogs experienced in the symptomatic breast and prostate services referred to in the HSE's winter plan; and the length of time it will take to clear the backlog. [33653/20]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to pick up on something the Minister said. What has happened in nursing homes has been one of the most heartbreaking aspects of this whole crisis. The most vulnerable have been the most exposed. They make up the majority of those who have lost their lives to Covid-19. Yesterday, I raised the issue of the nursing home in Galway at which 26 of the 28 residents tested positive for...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The great civil libertarian Stephen Donnelly is introducing a law in the Dáil to fine people for playing golf, attending a sneaky mass, swimming or going to a gym. Basically, the Government is raising the white flag. It has lost the good will of the people and now it is seeking to coerce them. Covid-19 is a serious illness for sure, and we need to do all we can to reduce the...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The process of this Bill and the Minister's work has not changed at all. He has come to the Chamber and said clearly that he refuses to listen to the arguments put forward and he will accept no amendments from the Opposition. That fits perfectly with the process so far, which has refused to listen to the Opposition, to the women and to the people who were born in those homes. Hundreds...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Are these amendments grouped or are we on amendment No. 1 only?

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: There is probably very little I can add that has not already been articulated extremely well by Deputy Connolly, other than to say that people are still stunned as to why the Minister is bringing forward this Bill, especially in view of the fact that the necessary consultation with the residents and survivors of the mother and baby homes has not taken place. It feels like the Minister is...

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: They were not.

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: It was between myself-----

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: This was reported by a very eminent GP in the area today.

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I will take the advice of the Minister. If he says that is not true, I will take back that comment but the information that I have, which is from a reliable source, a GP in the area who was in contact with the "Today with Claire Byrne" show on RTÉ, is that two people spent 72 hours in the care of those individuals. Will the Minister tell me if that is not true?

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: There are reports today that 26 out of 28 patients at a nursing home in Galway have tested positive for Covid-19. One of these residents has died, and our hearts and prayers are with that resident's family. The nursing home said that it received no help from the HSE and that, for the past 72 hours, one nurse and one care assistant attended all those patients. That is an absolute scandal. 2...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Screening Programmes (21 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I concur with the Minister of State that it is really important that people ensure they respond to invitations they receive in respect of cancer screening opportunities. It still breaks my heart that BreastCheck is not yet up and running in the State. It is incredible that a backlog of 200,000 women, according to the latest estimates, are on a waiting list for cancer screening. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Screening Programmes (21 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I am disappointed the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, is not here to answer these questions. I know he is busy but it is important that the Minister is in the Chamber. Recently, Patricia Carrick, a mother of four from Oranmore in County Galway who is terminally ill, won her case in the High Court against the HSE and a laboratory. It was determined that a smear test done in 2016 was...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Fáiltím roimh an deis labhairt ar an ábhar seo. One of the major problems with the Dáil and with Leinster House is that often political parties come to a decision as to how they will vote and proceed on these really important issues before we even have the discussion or the debate. I ask the Minister to make of this an opportunity for the Dáil debate and the...