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Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: I would like to press the amendment.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim míle buíochas leis an Aire, an Teachta Humphreys, agus gach duine eile atá ar a foireann. Gabhaim buíochas freisin leis na Airí Stáit, an Teachta Kyne agus an Teachta Ring.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Message to Dáil (1 Dec 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has completed its consideration of the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 and has not made amendments thereto.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: It is a con job.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: When?

Secure Rents and Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the most shocking aspects of this whole process for me is the realisation that Fine Gael is actively seeking to increase house prices and rents in this State. I say that in a very measured manner. I remember a number of months ago sitting across from the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, and trying to make him understand the difficulties in the rental and housing market at...

Topical Issue Debate: Regional Development Policy (30 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: The biggest problem affecting the country into the future is split between too many Departments. The Minister of State's Department covers regional development. The Minister of State has been long enough in this place to know that the decisions lie where the budgets exist. The budget for regional development is not within that Department. As an example of what is happening to this...

Topical Issue Debate: Regional Development Policy (30 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: At a meeting of the Joint Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in the past week, we heard that 500 post offices in this State are unsustainable. Teagasc has stated that only 37% of farms are economically viable. Growth per capitain the west is one quarter of what it is in Dublin. Broadband speeds in the regions that have broadband are 36 times slower than they...

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to contribute to this question because a couple of major trends are happening at the moment. The first is Brexit, which, with the change in the value of sterling, is pushing many more people north of the Border to make purchases. It is also making online sterling purchases far more competitive. In this State, about 35% of purchases have moved online, which means that retail is under...

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: -----with online and international retailers. Will the Minister consider a project which would put retailers nationally online via e-commerce? There is a system of e-vouchers but it is far too small and not comprehensive enough. A project needs to be rolled out by the local enterprise offices, LEOs, which would put towns online in their entirety.

Other Questions: Post Office Network (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: The post office network is probably one of the most important retail networks in the State. There are approximately 3,700 people working in it and 99% of all addresses are within 10 km of the network. It is massively important but a few weeks ago, Mr. John Daly, director of retail operations for An Post, appeared before my committee and he stated that 500 post offices are not economically...

Priority Questions: Library Projects (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: The people of Mayo, in particular, Ballina, are rightly proud of the legacy of Mrs. Mary Robinson for her work, as an iar-Sheanadóir, as a former President and as a former UN High Commissioner. It is important, if possible, that the Minister should work with the two organisations to ensure the archive has a facility for display in Ballina in Mayo, but it is also important that we...

Priority Questions: Library Projects (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: It must strike the Minister as unusual that a State body, the county council, entered into an agreement with the Department on this project in which the local authority gave a commitment that it would cover the unforeseen costs that would arise, given that we have found out subsequently that the building in question has major structural problems and would have needed major investment for the...

Priority Questions: Library Projects (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: There were guarantees made on the project.

Priority Questions: Library Projects (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 19. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the departmental scheme under which the decision was made to fund the Mary Robinson library. [37402/16]

Priority Questions: Library Projects (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Yesterday, we learned that the former President, Mary Robinson, is to withdraw her application for tax relief under section 1003 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, which was linked to the controversial proposal for a purpose-built library at her former family home in Ballina. It is a good development because it means there will be a saving to the State of some millions of euro. What was...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Post Office Network (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 33. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the estimate by An Post that 500 post offices throughout the State are unsustainable. [37403/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 46. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad a dhéanfaidh sí chun dul i ngleic leis an easpa béime agus struchtúir atá léirithe sa tuairisc um Athbhreithniú Bainistíochta agus grádú Bainisteoirí Sinsearacha Údarás na Gaeltachta ar phleanáil teanga agus forbairt phobail. [37405/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 56. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the portion of the Creative Europe Fund Ireland has drawn down of the total drawn down fund throughout the EU; and the number of projects that are drawn down here in contrast to other EU states to date. [37404/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Non-Disclosure Agreements (29 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 82. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department, or the agencies that report to his Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreement with any organisation due to court action or a threatened court action; and if so, the persons or groups with which these agreements exist. [37635/16]