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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of college places across Ireland to study medicine; and the number of these places filled from CAO applications in the past five years and 2024. [37282/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Welfare Services (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 566. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will meet with management of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will provide this much needed resource. [37803/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Staff the planning departments.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Not even a planning application has gone in in Midleton.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Deputy Varadkar said that short of an asteroid hitting the planet, the national children's hospital would be built for €700 million by 2020. Here we are, with €2.2 billion spent, and it is still not built. A total of €300 million has been spent on metro north and not a shovel has been put in the ground. Ventilators costing €22 million that did not work were...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I will give another couple of examples. The Minister for Justice promised there would be a policing review after the Dublin riots. It does not exist anymore. There are 4,000 empty local authority homes at the moment. It takes eight months for them to be returned to the market. It takes three weeks for a private rental home to be returned to the market. A planning application has not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Everything is grinding to a halt. The Minister has to admit that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: There is no staff in the planning-----

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (19 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to increase the rate of tourism in County Meath. [36754/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses which have been refurbished through the vacant property refurbishment grant to date. [36744/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that are being taken to negate the need for over-reliance by local authorities on expensive schemes such as HAP and RAS. [36756/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount spent on the HAP and RAS schemes in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; and the total number of properties occupied through these schemes at present, in tabular form. [36757/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to tackle the number of vacant houses, both public and private, across the State. [36745/24]

Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I will take the first five minutes if that is all right.

Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I appreciate that. The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, mentioned his vision for public delivery for childcare. It is a pity that he has not been in government for the past year to have an opportunity to put that vision in place. It is an incredible situation that we are having speeches at the end of this Government's term that should have been made at the start and the subject matter of which...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome Deputy Leddin's speech. He lacerated the Government's lack of investment in public infrastructure in recent years.

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: It is only a pity that Deputy Leddin was not in government for the past five years. He conveniently forgot that the Government has plenty of money, which it is squirrelling away in a rainy day fund for the future, but that is another point. I also welcome the decision today by the finance committee to request that the Minister for Finance and the Minister for public expenditure present...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Aontú has long been calling on the Government to introduce a common-sense migration policy. We want one that determines who needs help and who does not, and to do so in a speedy fashion in order that decisions can be made about whether people can stay in this country or are returned. We have been raising that information for the past two or three years yet the EU migration pact was...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [36612/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I raise the horrific case of Harvey Sherratt. Harvey is an eight-year-old boy. For some reason, he has been removed from the waiting list for scoliosis surgery without his parents being informed of this. Many people will have seen images of Harvey circulating in the media. It is shockingly clear that this child is suffering significantly. The curvature of his spine seems to be in excess...