Results 81-100 of 552 for long speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Dog Breeding Establishments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...Europe. Due to poor conditions in some puppy farms - I wish to underline the word "some" - animals can suffer greatly. Bad conditions mean dogs can develop serious illnesses and ailments that can cause serious discomfort and lead to long-term health consequences. The number of puppy farms in Ireland is incredible. In 2016, there were 73 registered puppy farms. In 2018, there were 258...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the social welfare cost-of-living bonus for persons on illness benefit long-term, given that many recipients are on this payment for over six months and who are also struggling with the cost-of-living; and if these persons will be considered for the bonus payment also. [58067/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill and the UK Government's Plans around the Human Rights Act: Amnesty International UK (10 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...is it is clearly at the feet and hands of the British Government itself and that policy and what happened to the witnesses goes right to the top. The issue we have been looking at pushing for a long period is the one that was mentioned by Mr. Finucane at the start and has been discussed since, namely, the idea of our Government taking either those cases themselves, as it did in the...

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...immediately start to treat the people who have these conditions. That is not happening yet. Although the Government announced previously that investment would be made in certain clinics to deal with long Covid, that simply has not happened to the level required and people are not getting the treatment they need. I draw the attention of the Minister of State to the significant...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...They do not have necessary investment into infrastructure, such as broadband, roads, rail and all of the business and enterprise investments that they need. They cannot live on these handouts over long periods.

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...of inquiry is that they nearly get tied up for decades in litigation. The level of defence that is used costs the State and individuals significant amounts. It means that justice is kicked down the road by as long as 14 years. Justice denied for that long is no justice at all, truth be told. How will the oversight of the High Court work in real terms? I understand the High Court has...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...in doing that ourselves. Another factor is that, truth be told, the EU is not focused on Ireland; it is focused on the needs of the larger countries. If we keep deferring power to the Union on these issues, we will be waiting a long time and our citizens will hurt. I implore the Minister of State to use the levers that are in the hands of the Government to fix the electricity crisis....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (11 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...going to happen when it comes to the actions that were not taken in regard to the sale of Siteserv. There is a major frustration out there that this particular crisis was politically shelved by a long-term commission of inquiry so that the heat was taken out of it at a time where it was causing a major challenge to the Government of the day, and that now nobody is going to be held to...

Housing for All Update: Statements (4 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...Ministers, through to the Minister, Deputy Coveney, Eoghan Murphy and the current Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, Ministers all said that the housing crisis could not be fixed overnight. It is a long night for the people on housing waiting lists, those in homelessness and those on the edge of survival because of increasing rents. All that time the crisis has got steadily worse. We now...

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...it can afford to do so as it is the taxpayers who are paying. For me, the frustration around this issue stems from the fact that the Government has been aware of many of these problems for a long time, but it has failed to act on them. The issue that really jumps out at me is the microgeneration of electricity. The North of Ireland started a process 15 years ago of allowing people to...

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation Report: Statements (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...of falling. What happened? A commission of investigation was created to neutralise that political crisis on behalf of Fine Gael. It is a well-used political tactic used by governments. The investigations go for on so long that most people forget what they were about in the first place. The investigations are held in secret so that nobody knows what is happening. This is not justice....

Rent Reduction Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...power of the families for a generation. Money going towards paying rent is money that is taken away from other elements of those families' lives. We in Aontú have been calling for a rent cap for a long time as an emergency measure to make sure that rents do not increase further. The Government has pushed back over and over again on the idea of a rent cap. Any measures it has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...potentially, reviving the National Pensions Reserve Fund. Are large capital projects not a good use of corporation taxes, given that they are typically once off, and they have a big return in the long term to the State? The funding is not going into the running of the State. I would add that the building of houses into those capital projects could be a good use of corporation tax.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the work of the Raise the Roof campaign and I was delighted to attend its launch in Meath not so long ago. From Phil Hogan, to Deputies Kelly and Coveney, Eoghan Murphy and now the Minister, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, we have been told that there is no overnight fix to the housing crisis we are in. However, it is now more than a decade since we first heard that excuse being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Jun 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 1407. To ask the Minister for Health if a positron emission tomography scan can be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will address the reason for the long waiting list for the particular scan involved in this case. [29028/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (2 Jun 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...regard? Has the Minister any information on the number of vacant homes repurposed to allow Ukrainian refugees to live in them? The issue of vacant homes has been a serious bugbear of mine for a long period. In my constituency about 4,000 people are on the housing waiting list and there are 3,000 empty homes. There are towns in my constituency where you could play hurling on the main...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (31 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...", where a lady who looks about 90 years old tells a local politician he can be assured of her vote and adds that he can be assured of her mammy's vote as well. The politician thanks her and inquires how long her mammy has been dead at this stage. A constituent in my county had voting cards sent to him from the age of two. I know numerous people to whom voting cards are sent in a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Costs (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...fuel are going through the roof. The inflation farmers face today is the inflation everyone else will face tomorrow. We have a cost-of-living crisis and the cost of foodstuffs will increase as long as the input costs in farming are increasing. We are calling on the Government to subsidise the cost of fertiliser to farmers and directly reduce the cost to them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...trying to transition from one bank to another, and Mr. O'Connell mentioned people being given different advice from the banks on what to do. Is there any tracking of the transition time? How long is it taking for someone to move from having an account with KBC or Ulster Bank to having one with one of the other banks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...can and who, according to the FSU's research, are suffering significantly due to the pressure being put on them, do not have an official role in leading this process. In the view of the FSU, how long should the proposed exits be postponed to make sure they are structured, efficient and fair?