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Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (7 Jul 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Bhí mé chun mo chomhghairdeas a ghabháil don Taoiseach, ach tá sé imithe anois is trua. An economic tidal wave is starting to hit the State. There is likely to be a budget deficit of approximately €30 billion this year and a continuing deficit over the coming years. Tens of thousands of individual businesses are in significant danger of closing. Hundreds...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (7 Jul 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Not at all. That is absolutely not what I am doing.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (7 Jul 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Self-determination is a valid idea.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (7 Jul 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: On the points the Taoiseach made on the moneys allocated for tribunals, a sum of €4.2 million is allocated in the Revised Estimates by the Taoiseach's office. There are serious concerns with regard to the expenditure of taxpayers' money with negligible oversight and controls. Only last week, I got a response from the Taoiseach's office in which it admitted there are no controls over...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I refer to nursing homes and the shocking case that happened to a constituent of mine, who died in a nursing home in Meath quite recently. The facts of the death are quite shocking. The Taoiseach might have read them in the paper. The individual had an open wound due to tumours on his face-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: -----and had to be brought into hospital. There needs to be an investigation into what has happened in nursing homes in general during this Covid crisis. So far in respect of this individual, the family has not got an investigation from HIQA, the HSE or the Department of Health. Will the Taoiseach commit to having an investigation?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (7 Jul 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the direction organisations (details supplied) received with regard to the spending of their 2020 budget; if this direction has been made from his Department or Sports Ireland; the details of the distribution of high performance funding between Paralympic sport and Olympic sports; if his attention has been drawn to the fact the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (7 Jul 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 708. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure there is a full and independent investigation into the alleged illegal abortion that took place in the National Maternity Hospital in March 2019 (details supplied); the reason the medical reports for the abortions that took place in the National Maternity Hospital in March 2019 are still termed as draft; if he will meet with the family...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Jul 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 714. To ask the Minister for Health the closures of mental health facilities by county in the past 20 years; and the amount returned from mental health budgets by county to the HSE since 2010. [13944/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (30 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the costs incurred by the Commission of Investigation into the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to date by category; the purpose for which the funding was spent in each case; and the beneficiaries in each case. [12844/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (30 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planned location for a permanent school premises (details supplied); the capacity it is planned to increase the school to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12794/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial assistance available to private school bus operators that have suffered a loss of income as result of Covid-19 and that will not be able to resume services, leaving up to 90,000 students without school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13105/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (30 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of the backlog in processing EU treaty rights reviews; the number of persons on the list for review; if the INIS is operating at full capacity in relation to processing these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12833/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 503. To ask the Minister for Health if children awaiting hospital procedures that had surgery cancelled due to Covid-19 and have turned 16 years of age during this period will still be treated under the child health services and maintain their position on the waiting list such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13305/20]

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais: Tairiscint - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (27 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom mo chomhghairdeas a ghabháil leis an Taoiseach nua, an Teachta Micheál Martin. Is onóir ollmhór é a bheith tofa mar Thaoiseach ar an tír. Is lá iontach é seo don Teachta agus dá chlann agus tá súil agam go mbainfidh siad taitneamh as. I also congratulate the newly minted Ministers. The...

Reopening of Schools and Summer Provision 2020: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I hope that short level of bias does not display future Government relations.

Reopening of Schools and Summer Provision 2020: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Many leaving certificate students have gone through fiercely difficult times in recent months. Many have been cut off from their social circles and many have gone through Covid-19 themselves and lost loved ones. Many are also going through serious economic difficulties brought on by the economic crisis caused by Covid-19. On 24 June, many of them still have many questions. I hope the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (16 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when Safe Pass training courses provided through SOLAS are due to restart (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10719/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (16 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications submitted from counties Cavan and Monaghan for funding under the CCTV community scheme; the date of receipt of each application; the number of applications approved to date; the date of approval of each; the funding drawn down to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10814/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional specific details will be provided on the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) still to be processed; the way in which he plans to address the issue of the inordinate length of time taken to process applications in his Department compared to previous years; and if he will...