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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome this plan of action being put in place. Many people, however, may feel that there has been much talk about insurance in recent years but not the necessary level of action. They might also think that there is an element of horizon politics at work, because these initiatives are still on the horizon and in the future. If we look at many sectors of the economy, the structure of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: If there is flexibility for judges on payouts, then there may still be an incentive because an individual judge could still deviate from the book of quantum. As a result, a space is left for the possibility of expansion, to which the Minister of State referred, to remain.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: According to previous figures I have looked at, insurance companies often have a low rate of pursuance of claims and testing them to the full extent. One of the reasons the companies claim that is difficult is obviously the costs involved. I have seen cases where the legal costs could be €20,000 while the claim could be about the same. There is a decision to be made regarding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I urge the Minister of State to increase the pace of delivery on these elements, because we have been looking at each other and talking about this issue for several years. The deficiencies in this regard have had a serious impact on small businesses throughout the country.

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I appreciate that, but there is nothing better than listening to the remarks as they are made, as the Minister of State well knows. Deputy Mattie McGrath stated, "Ní neart go cur le chéile". We in Aontú have a similar saying, namely, that we all live under the same sky and we are all responsible for each other. During this pandemic and during the recession, we have an...

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Okay. Would it be possible to share with the rest of the Chamber any findings of the study or even the timetable for when it is to be completed? I believe that three actions are necessary in this situation. First, we need to be able to collect information from counties other than Dublin. We need to know how many people are dying in homelessness in each of those counties. If we do not...

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: It is an absolute disgrace that the Minister for housing is not in the Chamber.

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand that, but this practice has been repeated by Governments and Ministers regularly. At the start of this Dáil the Government introduced a process whereby Opposition Deputies were made to slide down the pecking order when it came to an opportunity to speak in order that the Government could put its Deputies up first. That means that the Minister is not around to listen to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when universities and colleges will be permitted to reopen. [43308/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who were initially awarded SUSI grants that have since had the grants withdrawn from them by SUSI. [43307/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 126. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the current status of a skills audit by the IDA for County Laois; the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42948/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 127. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of visits the IDA has carried out in each county in each of the past five years in counties Laois, Offaly and Westmeath in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42949/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 128. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of jobs sponsored by the IDA in each county in each of the past five years in counties Laois, Offaly and Westmeath in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42950/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 129. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the amount the IDA has invested in job creation in each county in each of the past five years in counties Laois, Offaly and Westmeath in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42951/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 130. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of meetings the IDA has held with elected members of Dáil Éireann in each county in each of the past five years from counties Laois, Offaly and Westmeath in tabular form. [42952/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approved funding for assistive technology for a student (details supplied) will be made available. [42862/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 507. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for appointments, and the number waiting for appointments, for HSE child dental services in County Laois; and the action he is taking to address the backlog due to Covid-19. [42955/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 508. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for appointments and the numbers waiting for appointments for HSE child dental services in County Meath; and the action he is taking to address the backlog due to Covid-19. [42956/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 558. To ask the Minister for Health when a full-time child psychiatrist will be assigned to Limerick in addition to the one who travels from Dublin a couple of times a month. [43249/20]