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General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Many people will be taken by, and disappointed by, the long pause before the Tánaiste's initial answer to that question. This is a very serious issue. The reason it is so serious and important is that if the very head of a government is involved in actions of this kind, it gives license to everybody else in government to act in the same way. It gives license to everybody else, at all...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: It is clear that the Tánaiste's conduct and actions have been unethical, underhand and deceitful. His actions may also have been illegal. Indeed, I believe the Garda has been notified on two occasions regarding what the Tánaiste has been involved in. I am amazed that he is even seeking to create confusion here because the facts are obviously clear that this is a confidential...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Was it a public document or a confidential document?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: If this was a confidential document, there were other parties to the document and to the agreement that was being made in confidence. Was their confidence not broken when the Tánaiste released the document to a third party without their permission?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The Tánaiste has agreed here today that it was a confidential document, it was understood as a confidential document by the parties to the document, and that he broke that confidence. Is it not a very serious issue that the Taoiseach of the day broke the confidence of major parties with which the Government was negotiating? Every time the Tánaiste was asked why he did not do this...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: We can say we know of six occasions since the election in February where the Taoiseach of the South has been in contact with the First Minister of the North. Dr. Gabriel Scally, who I am sure is held in high regard on all sides of this Chamber, has said that "if this was an animal disease ... there would be an integrated effort North and South". When he was asked if he felt there was...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings and phone calls between his Department and the offices of the First Minister and deputy First Minister in the Executive in Northern Ireland since the election in February 2020. [31373/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Am I right in saying there were four communications between the Taoiseach and the First Minister and deputy First Minister of the North of Ireland since the start of September? It would be useful to detail the meetings before that as well. The question says "since the election in February", and the Taoiseach has so far detailed four occasions when he was in contact with the First Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 679. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount paid annually for the past three years to private airline companies for the movement of Irish military personnel to and from overseas missions; if consideration is being given to the procurement of a national asset to perform this function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33084/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 680. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if cadets that have been deployed again to the front line as contact tracers and contact tracing trainers and have had their their training suspended again will be paid the military service allowance (details supplied). [33085/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 681. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces at the end of September 2020; and the number of personnel in full-time induction training in terms of recruits, two star training cadet training or apprenticeships and therefore non-deployable. [33086/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 682. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel on overseas service at the end of September 2020, by rank. [33087/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 984. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is an expedited testing regime for the childcare sector to keep providers open; and the reason teachers can receive the flu vaccine for free while operators in the childcare sector must pay. [31375/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 1372. To ask the Minister for Health the public health evidence in relation to the closure of restaurants, cafés and pubs for indoor business (details supplied). [29968/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 1405. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the backlogs experienced in the symptomatic breast and prostate services referred to in the HSE's winter plan; and the length of time it will take to clear the backlog. [33653/20]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to pick up on something the Minister said. What has happened in nursing homes has been one of the most heartbreaking aspects of this whole crisis. The most vulnerable have been the most exposed. They make up the majority of those who have lost their lives to Covid-19. Yesterday, I raised the issue of the nursing home in Galway at which 26 of the 28 residents tested positive for...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The great civil libertarian Stephen Donnelly is introducing a law in the Dáil to fine people for playing golf, attending a sneaky mass, swimming or going to a gym. Basically, the Government is raising the white flag. It has lost the good will of the people and now it is seeking to coerce them. Covid-19 is a serious illness for sure, and we need to do all we can to reduce the...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The process of this Bill and the Minister's work has not changed at all. He has come to the Chamber and said clearly that he refuses to listen to the arguments put forward and he will accept no amendments from the Opposition. That fits perfectly with the process so far, which has refused to listen to the Opposition, to the women and to the people who were born in those homes. Hundreds...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Are these amendments grouped or are we on amendment No. 1 only?

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: There is probably very little I can add that has not already been articulated extremely well by Deputy Connolly, other than to say that people are still stunned as to why the Minister is bringing forward this Bill, especially in view of the fact that the necessary consultation with the residents and survivors of the mother and baby homes has not taken place. It feels like the Minister is...