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Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (5 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 374. To ask the Minister for Health if children with Morquio syndrome who are in receipt of Vimizim will be able to remain on the drug into the future in view of the fact that they have been informed that access to the drug will cease on 5 December 2017 (details supplied). [51887/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Register (5 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure that the persons who have been forced into homelessness are registered to vote. [51507/17]

University College Galway (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: A Aire, tá sé go maith go bhfuil deis agam labhairt ar an ábhar seo. Tá mé ag iarraidh labhairt freisin maidir le scolaíocht agus an Ghaeilge ina iomláine. Tá fadhb mhór ann mar gheall ar an nGaeilge agus oideachas sa tír seo. Ní hamháin go bhfuil mise á rá sin: aithníonn go leor daoine agus an Roinn féin an...

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: So had Fianna Fáil.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (30 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 128. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the historic Ivy Market building on Frances Street, Dublin 8 is a listed building; if it is a protected structure; the owner of the building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51301/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (30 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 16 November 2017, the interim solutions he will put in place to ensure interim broadband for persons that are being forced to wait for an internet broadband solution (details supplied). [51383/17]

Disclosures Tribunal: Motion [Private Members] (29 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Ba mhaith liom mo chuid ama a roinnt leis na Teachtaí O'Reilly agus Quinlivan sar a chríochnaíonn an Teachta Ó Laoghaire an díospóireacht.

Disclosures Tribunal: Motion [Private Members] (29 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: The State created a falsehood around Maurice McCabe. That falsehood was that he was a paedophile. Furthermore, elements of the State sought to base an entire legal strategy around this falsehood. They codified a lie as a legal strategy to destroy a man who was asking honourable and decent questions. The manner in which they did so was calculated and cold. We are faced with the reality...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (29 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: This committee was to start at 1.30 p.m. What happens is one must put the committee ar athló. It must be postponed for a period. Nobody turned up for a quarter of an hour at all. I realise everybody is working flat-out but it is embarrassing for the committee to a certain extent when witnesses arrive and they have to wait. We were very close to the meeting being called off today and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (29 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: A Theachta Healy-Rae, I have to ask, as we are in public session and the great people of Ireland are watching us, that all members turn off their phones because at every meeting it creates problems with the broadcasting equipment. Everybody has received all the documents that are necessary for this meeting already. It is on their databases currently. I trust everybody has those. Today...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe go léir anseo inniu. Gabhaim míle buíochas leo as teacht isteach. I welcome, from the Irish Farmers Association, Mr. Padraic Joyce, Mr. Pat Dunne and Mr. Gerry Gunning, from the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association, Mr. Colm O'Donnell, Mr. Henry O'Donnell and Mr. Joe Condon, and from the Irish Wildlife Trust, Mr. Pádraic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I invite the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association to make its presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim mo bhuíochas le Mr. O'Donnell. Anois cuirim fáilte roimh an ionadaí ón Irish Wildlife Trust.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Does the Deputy have any questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Who would like to take those questions? We can start with the IFA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Would Mr. Fogarty like to address any of the issues that have been raised so far?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: There are major problems in the farming sector at the moment. The average wage within farming is about half what it is in the industrial sector. Currently about a third of farmers in this State are independently economically viable and much more needs to be done to ensure farming is helped to become more economically viable. I am of the view that it is the price side of the business that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: How many licence applications are there for burning annually?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: A farmer has to make an application to carry out the burning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I read somewhere that there was one application for a licence for controlled burning in the entire country in a given year. Approximately how many licences were there?