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Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 764. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent study (details supplied) in which a series of interviews with doctors carrying out abortions in Ireland reveals that babies born alive after failed abortions have been left to die; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38951/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 765. To ask the Minister for Health when he proposes to set a date for the mandatory three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. [38954/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 775. To ask the Minister for Health if a mental health day hospital will be included in the new primary care unit (details supplied) in County Meath ; if so, if it will it be an admissions unit; and when the proposed new primary care centre in Navan will be built. [37820/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Pensions (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 922. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the backlog in processing pensions in each Health Service Executive region for retired HSE employees; the actions he is taking to speed up the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38676/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Leave (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 954. To ask the Minister for Health the research the HSE has conducted for women who are at least 28 weeks pregnant who work in close contact professions in which social distancing is not possible and health and safety leave is advised at 28 weeks of pregnancy by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of Midwives and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine; and...

Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (19 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I was listening to the Fine Gael spokesperson on insurance a while ago. I was reminded of the sentence "an army of pompous phrases moving across the landscape in search of an idea". Is the Minister with responsibility for higher education a part-time Minister? He is unable to attend the complete debate here. The Deputies left in the Chamber represent thousands of people in our...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Polasaí Gaeltachta (19 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí sásta go bhfuil cead ag forbrithóirí, eastáit tithe a thógáil i nGaeltachtaí gan aon srian ar iad a dhíol do clann gan Gaeilge; agus an bhfuil sí sásta nach bhfuil aon cosaint dlíthiúil ar ár dteanga dúchasach mar gheall ar forbairt tithe....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (19 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the investigation carried out by Meath County Council into the rezoning of lands at Liscarton, Navan, County Meath in July 2017 and the granting of planning permission on the land in June 2018 has not been carried out transparently (details supplied). [37482/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (18 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the protocols in place to record all persons who visit the official residences at Farmleigh, Phoenix Park, Dublin 15 in either personal or professional capacities; if there are visits, engagements or interactions that are exempted from recording requirements; if so, the visits, engagements and interactions exempted; and if all logs and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: This is a serious illness so when people raise this issue they are not saying they are looking for zero restrictions. Ireland, however, has the second lowest incidence of Covid in Europe but the sixth most severe restrictions in the world. People might say that those two issues are related but the fact is that restrictions come with a massive cost. Religious practice is one of those costs....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Data Protection (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I asked about the Tánaiste breaking Covid restrictions last May. Has the Taoiseach spoken to him about that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Data Protection (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the Taoiseach speak to the Tánaiste about it?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with a group (details supplied); and the reason the approach to religious services here during the Covid-19 pandemic is different from the approach adopted in most other European countries. [34744/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Data Protection (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if a review has been conducted relating to the security of documents within his Department in view of the controversy surrounding the sending of a document to the head of a union (details supplied). [34745/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Data Protection (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: This is a very important issue. Two weeks ago during a debate with the Tánaiste I asked him if he had ever leaked confidential Cabinet information. In his response he prevaricated and said "nothing of this nature". In other words, there was an acceptance that information from the Cabinet had been given out. Has the Taoiseach ever conducted a review of the security of documentation...

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: First Stage (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to protect children from viewing pornographic material on the internet; and to provide for related matters. The proliferation of pornography in recent years has been immense with regard to children. Right now, throughout the State, children as young as eight and nine years old are consuming explicit, hardcore material...

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: First Stage (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a feeling among the public that the selection of judges can be a political quid pro quo. People are selected and given positions by the Taoiseach of the day having regard to the negotiation his party has with other political parties and not necessarily on the basis of judicial experience and so forth. As a result of this crisis, it would be very useful for Members and the public to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: It is interesting that we know more in this country about the selection process of Supreme Court justices in the United States than we do about the process here. It is interesting as well that we look down on the political manner in which it is done in the United States, and we do not see that manner in this State. My advice was not to proceed in the manner initially being put forward by...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 332. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the circus sector has been excluded from the Covid-19 support scheme and Arts Council funding; if she will put in place a financial support package for the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36445/20]