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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 1140. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no centre for independent living in County Meath; and his plans to open such a centre in the future. [26999/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Reviews (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 1453. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a mechanism within his Department to measure the physical and mental health outcomes of those that access services under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, for those that proceed with an abortion and for those that do not; and if so, if he will make the findings of this research available publicly in an anonymous fashion. [28537/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 1470. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the high volume recruitment online application system procured by the HSE’s national recruitment service in Manorhamilton in 2016; the details of all services provided under the contract; the costs associated with each service (details supplied); the number of additional staff employed and promoted by the national...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Crisis Pregnancy Services (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 1574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have made contact with abortion pill providers in each of the past five years; the number of women that have used abortion pills here in each of the past five years (details supplied) [28992/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Pollution (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 1836. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the low emissions vehicles taskforce referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 21 of 2 November 2016, his plans to legislate for the introduction of electric, hybrid and biogas vehicles within the local authority fleet. [27164/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 1896. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding streams which are available or will become available to develop and deliver programmes in County Meath and elsewhere to ensure that there is proper supports for children that are not in school or full-time education; and the funding which is or will be available for the procurement or leasing of a premises in County Meath to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 2220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost to his Department of Irish language officers currently employed in agencies or bodies for which his Department has responsibility. [27999/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Pollution (20 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 2253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the release of untreated sewage into the River Boyne which is a special area of conservation at the beginning of June 2017 by Irish Water. [28843/17]

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: By creating debt for the next two generations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: The challenge for an opposition TD is to focus on the problems without doing us down. That is the difficulty because we obviously want to make sure that we have a positive message to send. The truth is that in so many areas and especially in the greater Dublin area we are currently at infrastructure capacity, whether it is housing, transport, hospitals, education etc. Two years ago we had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: What is the exposure of the Irish economy and the financial element of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: When the Brexit process and discussion started, the pitch was made that the UK wanted to stay within the passporting facility. It seems that this has receded somewhat and it is likely that the UK will look for an equivalence agreement of some sort. What would that look like and how would it affect Brexit for Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Aontaím go huile is go hiomlán leis an bhfinné mar gheall ar infheistíocht. That is one of the areas of joint agreement between IBEC and Sinn Féin. Dr. Regan mentioned that one of the threats is that the UK would nearly become the Switzerland of the north-west Atlantic. If that is the case, strategically, it would be logical for the UK to seek to lock the EU and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: If I could just interrupt, particularly as these deliberations are going to be brought to an end very shortly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Very good. The witnesses mentioned tax. I would be a very strong advocate for tax justice, which is really important. One of the major difficulties around the world is that push against tax justice. This State's reliance on corporation tax as part of our competitive advantage is a difficulty for us and leaves us overexposed in this space. We need to develop our other competitive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: To a certain extent, it would be an attack on some elements of our economic model. One of the things that struck me about Dr. Regan's evidence was that the Franco-German strategic alliance is seeking even further integration. Dr. Regan mentioned budgetary offices and so forth. There is a strong feeling throughout Europe that the EU is already over-reaching and that this has led to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: It is taken for granted that the same rules apply in all EU countries regarding the treatment of these potential firms, but rules have interpretation and interpretation leaves space. How do we manage consistency in interpretation across the rules everywhere given that some states have communicated differentials in treatment in the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: For every action there is a reaction. The British government must be involved at some level of policy development to try to prevent some of these things happening. Are the witnesses aware of any of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank Mr. Cross. The presentation referred to the financial stability risks. Obviously, as a country which has gone through the gamut of difficulties in terms of financial stability, what are the financial stability risks? Again, to a certain extent this is all based on conjecture because we have very few hard facts. What financial stability risks would be added to the country in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Financial services often create exposures for governments. Much of the focus is on the migration of financial services from London to Ireland. Given the trauma we have just experienced, which of those types of financial stability questions would come our way?