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Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Year after year, there are fodder crises. The country is not able to provide enough fodder for the farming industry. Anybody who stands up and tells farmers that this Bill is a panacea or will solve the problems they face is involved in deceit. This is not going to stack up to a hill of beans in respect of the issues facing farmers. There is a false dichotomy here as well. We have heard...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Any number of amendments that would solve the issue of dangerous verges and dangerous hedges. It is important that people accept that first and foremost. Let us call a spade a spade. When landscapes are burned and hedges cut back, one destroys habitats and sustenance for the biodiversity of this country.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The biodiversity of this country is radically depleting before our eyes. This Bill proceeds with that. I ask the Minister to delete section 7 because it is the most odious element of the Bill. I urge her to accept logical, reasonable responses such as amendment No. 19, which asks the Minister to make regulations to establish a new task force to identify efficient agriculture and...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I am pressing it.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister mentioned the different times of the year when there are different experiences with regard to weather. The fact is that, according to Met Éireann, March can be wetter than February and September can be drier than August. We spoke earlier about human life needing to be protected above all. When Deputy Humphreys developed this Bill, I contacted the Road Safety Authority and...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: We are at the most controversial element of the Bill for many people. We know that massive damage has been done over the past 40 years to Irish wildlife. We know that modern society is particularly bad when it comes to diversity and its impact on nature. We currently see billions of tonnes of plastic in either landfill or in the sea, killing diversity there. We know that as a society, we...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 15:In page 12, to delete lines 1 to 22.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if parish boundaries will be recognised when places on school buses are being allocated. [28765/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 328. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the level of pay in line with international comparators (details supplied). [29016/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a customer (details supplied) of Irish Water will be facilitated to pay large connection fees by increment. [28999/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Again, the Minister of State lumped Meath in with that mid-east region. I identified in my first contribution that there are radical inequalities even within that mid-east region. The second thing the Minister of State did was what his Government does regularly, namely, when we show a systematic problem, a Minister points to the exceptions that prove the rule. Of course there are...

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Louth has a smaller population. Louth and Wicklow-----

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister of State will find-----

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: What is the Department figure for Kildare?

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: There is no divisional headquarters-----

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister of State cannot argue with the facts I gave him.

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Meath is a great county. It is well located and has good land. Its people are well educated, industrious, creative and conscientious. While it is a given that every Member will regularly come into this Chamber and claim that his or her county needs further funding, this is not a typical Member's whinge. Meath is unique in that it is an outlier when it comes to State funding and investment....

Child Homelessness: Statements (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: There are 3,826 children homeless in this country. Between April 2017 and April of this year, the numbers of children homelessness increased by about 50%. That is the single biggest increase in child homelessness on record in the State. As my colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, stated, these figures are an underestimate of the true numbers of children living in homelessness as they do not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with a person (details supplied) in view of the delay in the case. [28450/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Functions (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a matter will be addressed regarding a conference (details supplied). [28422/18]