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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...

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

Peadar Tóibín: In this Covid-centric world, much of non-Covid Ireland is being forgotten about. Many really important sectors of Irish society feel they have fallen off the world when it comes to Government priority. Some 150,000 cancer appointments have been missed this year. There are 200,000 women on cancer screening waiting lists who, despite the winter plan, will not be reached this year. Some...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 164. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has been contacted by any NGO, agency, organisation or charity expressing a concern about an increase or the potential for an increase in domestic violence, child suicide rates or alcoholism among youths during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown; and the details of such communication and correspondence. [35456/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (11 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 165. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the number of persons to report a concern about a child to Tusla through its website or other forums has increased in 2020 when compared with previous years; and the number of reports of concerns about a child received by Tusla in each of the past five years. [35463/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (11 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women currently involved in court cases, litigation and negotiation with the HSE regarding the alleged misreading of their smear tests by the HSE's CervicalCheck. [35462/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (11 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who took legal proceedings against the HSE regarding the alleged misreading of their smear tests by the HSE's CervicalCheck since 2018. [35461/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 202. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 894 and 895 of 29 September 2020, regarding an increase in suicide and mental health issues during the Covid-19 pandemic, if the correspondence will be provided to this Deputy. [35465/20]

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: This matter is important because Ireland has been racked by insider circles for decades. Insider circles are not a victimless crime. They have a radical influence on the development of a society and everyone else's ability to live in that society. Either we call insider circles out or give licence to them. If we vote confidence in the Tánaiste, the Dáil will give licence to that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (10 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I did not hear any reference to the question that I put in which is, obviously, grouped with these questions. I take it my question is being taken after these.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (10 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: As far as I understand it, we are discussing Questions Nos. 23 to 26, inclusive. My question is Question No. 25.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (10 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The point of my question is that there are so many victims of the current Covid restrictions in this country that it is hard to separate them but, obviously, small businesses have been massacred because of Covid and because of the restrictions over the past six months. We have seen a large amount of pubs close which have left the isolated even further...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (10 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 25. To ask the Taoiseach the number of small to medium enterprises that have ceased trading as a result of the pandemic lockdown to date; and the estimated number that will have closed by the end of 2020. [34717/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 56. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the details of each of the funding supports available to small and medium businesses and enterprises; and the amount each fund has drawn down to date. [34716/20]