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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 548. To ask the Minister for Health the reason providers of childcare are expected to pay for flu vaccines for their staff members despite the fact that in other sectors the State has committed to paying for the vaccine. [31080/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (20 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 771. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on advertising including social media, broadcast, publications, online advertising, consultancy and production costs for the Be on Call for Ireland campaign. [31765/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 34. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if a grant to cover the fixed costs of enterprises that have been forced to close due to the Covid-19 pandemic will be provided. [29969/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a clear face visor will be supplied to driving test applicants at driving test centres as an alternative in cases in which cloth face masks are not suitable for applicants with conditions such as anxiety and breathing difficulties (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30708/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (15 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans a reduction in the VAT rate to 9% for the restaurant, café and pub sectors. [29970/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons from County Laois waiting on HSE cataract procedures and hip surgery; the waiting times for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30759/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has engaged in discussions with places of education regarding the disciplining of students who breach Covid-19 guidelines and restrictions. [30421/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a cluster of Covid-19 cases in NUI Galway in the past two weeks of September 2020; and if a rise in Covid-19 cases in NUI Galway had any bearing on the decision by his Department in September 2020 to move learning in universities online for two weeks. [30419/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of schools nationally that have had outbreaks of Covid-19 among students since the schools reopened in September 2020. [30420/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: We are faced with an absolutely unprecedented crisis in terms of health and the social, economic, political and psychological well-being of this country. Budget 2021 was announced as the European Central Bank, ECB, forecast the sharpest ever decline in the EU's GDP. A contraction of 10% is expected in 2020, with unprecedented job losses and damage to society and enterprises. It is nearly...

Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: An Dara Céim - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Tá meas agam ar an Aire agus a comhghleacaithe. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil siad dáiríre faoina gcuid polaitíocht. Tá seans ollmhór acu anois difear ollmhór a dhéanamh ar ábhar atá iontach tábhachtach don tír seo. Tá mé ag smaoineamh ar an teach a bhí ag an Rathailleach, a leagadh cúpla seachtain ó...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Two years ago, news broke that Ms Emma Mhic Mhathúna died after a battle with cancer. Many people remember where they were on that day and when they heard that heartbreaking news. On the second anniversary of her death, newspapers reported that another woman was dragged through the legal system before her case was settled in the High Court. This is despite the Tánaiste stating...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he plans to bridge the gap of ten years between forced early retirement on age grounds and access to the State pension. [29118/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: It is a major health and safety issue. The objective of the directive is also to provide for the greater compatibility of work with family life, which is massively important for everybody, but the non-adherence to the directive is also a key driver in Defence Forces personnel leaving. This is not an effort from us to talk down the Defence Forces. It is a demand, a request, a shout and a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the working time directive will be implemented in the Defence Forces in order to ensure safe working conditions, increased work life balance and retention. [29117/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The Organisation of Working Time Act dates from 1997, there was a European Court of Justice, ECJ, decision in 2010 and no negotiations have happened since July 2019. In anyone's measure, that level of progress is glacial. When will the working time directive be implemented to ensure safe working conditions, increased work-life balance and, importantly, retention?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The working family payment, which is relevant in this context, is an admission by the State that a person's income is not enough to survive on. That is a shocking admission. The fact that members of the Defence Forces are being paid such an income while being excluded from the provisions of the working time directive and doing many more hours than 48 hours per week is incredible. The ECJ...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he will meet representative organisations of the Defence Forces and discuss the high-level implementation plan for strengthening the Defence Forces. [29116/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The members of the Defence Forces are heroes and patriots. They have been the last form of defence for the country on many occasions. They travel the world to defend peace in difficult and dangerous places. They work in shockingly difficult conditions with very low pay. That has been very damaging to morale within the Defence Forces and has also dealt a blow in terms of their numbers to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the Minister's statement because I have spoken to representatives of the Defence Forces and they have asked when the implementation plan for the strengthening of the Defence Forces will be discussed. A representative of RACO recently stated that there are 300 fewer personnel in the Defence Forces than there were when the plan was put in place last year. Although there is a plan,...