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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (2 Oct 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: 97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of each State infrastructure project that is in development or is due for completion in 2019 in which it is in excess of the budget assigned to the project for its current stage to date. [39522/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: More than 4,000 women have been affected by the disaster within the CervicalCheck programme in terms of delayed smear test results. Sharon Butler Hughes played a pivotal part in exposing the laboratory computer glitch which resulted in the delay of thousands of screening test results. She has been forced to break her privacy in recent weeks by going public about her concerns in that area....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: Sharon Butler Hughes is very disappointed by the fact that the Minister stated that her view is incorrect. Even though she supports the MacCraith report, she is also disappointed by how that aspect has been reported in the report and she wants to meet the Minister. I know the Minister will meet her but he has set out a precondition, namely, that he will not speak to those particular issues....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: That is good.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (1 Oct 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: There are two outstanding points with regard to how the general public sees this. The first is that people are shocked at the sheer scale of the financial damage done to the country and shocked at the scale of financial self-harm being wrought by the Government's actions. People see it in their local areas and their local schools that are being threatened with closures. They see the caps...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (1 Oct 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: The question asks for details of excessive spend on current infrastructure projects or those to be completed in 2019. There is an opportunity cost. If the Government takes money and puts it into one project, it has to come out of another project - it cannot just be developed out of thin air. There is an opportunity cost to the disasters that have happened under the Minister's watch. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (1 Oct 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister was not held to account.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (1 Oct 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: With respect, that is not accountability.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (1 Oct 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: 68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of each State infrastructure project that is in development or is due for completion in 2019 and that is in excess of the budget assigned to the project for its current stage to date. [39522/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (1 Oct 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: Ireland has rare form when it comes to overspending on infrastructural projects. There was the motorway network, Luas, the HSE personnel, payroll and related systems, PPARS, Dublin Port and now we have a national children's hospital and the national broadband plan coming in at an extreme cost. In 2016, the Taoiseach stated that, short of an asteroid hitting the planet, the national...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties (1 Oct 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of taxes that are levied on aviation fuel; and the estimated revenue that would accrue if VAT and excise duty were applied to aviation fuel. [39540/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (1 Oct 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost per child availing of the school bus programme on an annual basis; and the number of children attending primary and secondary school. [39377/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (1 Oct 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ASD units in schools in County Meath. [39390/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Data (1 Oct 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: 549. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in crèche and childcare; the individual annual subsidy on average per child; the annual subsidy in the sector; the number of preschool children that are not in childcare that are being cared for by their parents; the level of financial supports they receive other than children’s allowance; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (1 Oct 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: 614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the provision in the Water Services Act 2014 to cease the collection of PPSN numbers was not commenced until four years after the Act became law; the reason Irish Water is legally entitled to collected PPSN numbers from persons for four years after the Act's enactment; and the further reason it took Irish Water...

Report on Relationships and Sexuality Education: Motion (26 Sep 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: Sex education is a very important element of a child's life. It is critical for their understanding of themselves and their physical and mental health. It is also critical for their reproductive lives and for the foundation of the next generation. Sex and sexuality is a powerful and positive element in people's lives but can also be phenomenally challenging, especially for young people....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister should not give us reasons to organise marches.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: Meath has seen a radical increase in crime and anti-social behaviour recently. Towns are being hammered with drug dealing and petrol bombs have been thrown at the courts. Attacks with hatchets have happened in broad daylight. Sexual assault is on the rise in County Meath. Restaurants are closing early because of anti-social behaviour. Currently, in rural areas, people are sleeping with...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a public transport crisis in County Meath. It can often take up to two hours to travel the 30 miles from Navan to Dublin, which means a four-hour commute every day for families. This is on the occasions the bus actually arrives because there are many occasions it will not arrive. When it does arrive, it is full, leaving dozens of people wating at bus stops unable to get to work....

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis na Teachtaí Dála thall as an rún seo a chur os comhair na Dála. I was very proud to stand with the farmers at factories at six different locations throughout the State in recent weeks. The farmers have shown many of us in this country how important it is to stand up for what is right and just in our lives and to fight...