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Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (13 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 581. To ask the Minister for Health the services available in each county for teenagers who use drugs or who have a drug addiction. [33842/17]

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I will just say a couple of sentences. We are in extreme crisis in this country with regard to the two tier society we have. We have a spatial distribution of enterprise and population that is way out of kilter. It is hurting rural Ireland badly and Dublin city too. There is poverty in both areas due to the fact there is imbalance in the development of our country. It always amazes me...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Tá.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 3:In page 3, line 13, to delete “Department of Rural and Community Development” and substitute “All-Ireland Department of Regional, Rural and Community Development”.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 5:In page 3, lines 14 and 15, to delete “Department of Rural and Community Development” and substitute “All-Ireland Department of Regional, Rural and Community Development”.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 7:In page 3, lines 15 and 16, to delete “an tAire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail” and substitute “An tAire Uile-Éireann Forbartha Réigiúnda, Tuaithe agus Pobail”.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 9:In page 3, lines 16 and 17, to delete “the Minister for Rural and Community Development” and substitute “All-Ireland Minister for Regional, Rural and Community Development”.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 11:In page 3, line 19, to delete “Department of Rural and Community Development” and substitute “All-Ireland Department of Regional, Rural and Community Development”.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Leasú Uimh. 1.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Feicim go bhfui croí an Aire ag preabadh go láidir, cé go bhfuil sé i bhfolach, mar tá cara nua aige. Tá an Teachta Éamon Ó Cuív ag obair ar a shon anois agus é ag iarraidh go mbeidh níos mó airgid agus níos mo cumhachta ag an Aire. Is ally iontach é an Teachta Éamon Ó Cuív don Aire anois. Níl aon...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, line 12, to delete “An Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail” and substitute “An Roinn Uile-Éireann Forbartha Réigiúnda, Tuaithe agus Pobail”. Politics is a funny business. Sometimes we get wrapped up in the minutiae. It is easy to get confused on certain Bills, but it is very important that we hold a very simple...

Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: What does it say about Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael that we are in the middle of a housing crisis and a new property bubble while at a time when the courts are chock-a-block with families in mortgage distress from the previous property crash? A small group of people has been largely ignored in all of the processes so far. I refer to women who have children and who have separated from...

Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I ask the Minister to ensure that this genuine situation whereby the man's name has been put back on the deeds of the house is sorted out. I am aware of another case where a bank is offering a lump sum of €10,000 to a family in mortgage distress to get out of their house. The family is doing its best to work with the bank to pay a certain amount to cover some of the capital and...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: In that case, the Government should take Moore Street out of it.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: This is the third manifestation of this Department in just over a year. In May 2016, the Government announced the addition of the regional and rural responsibilities to the existing Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in response, I imagine, to the critical level of debate in the 2016 election on the need for the Government to elevate address of the crisis that was developing in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (12 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take for persons that sat their oral Irish examination without preparation for same due to industrial action in their schools at the time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33183/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (11 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department carried out a cost study on the establishment of a support centre for Irish language medium education; if so, the results of such a study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32168/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (11 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each county and each Garda district; and the Garda per capita figure for each county and for each Garda district. [32117/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 343. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the unallocated expenditure within her Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; and the funds that will become available within her Department's expenditure profile in 2018 due to changes in demand for goods and services and or changes to costs within her Department. [32229/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland Data (11 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 345. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons employed in Waterways Ireland; and if he will provide a breakdown of its current and capital expenditure for 2016. [32317/17]