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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: It fell 90 m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Is there not some kind of exclusion zone for trawling or efforts in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: That would be similar to an on-land archaeological monument being interfered with by a commercial operator a regular basis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Will Mr. Allen submit to us the response of the National Museum when it receives it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: That concludes our consideration of the topic. I thank both witnesses for attending the committee meeting.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (28 Feb 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ETBs are delivering training to private sector companies in the commercial market; and if so, if the service they are providing is subsidised by the tax payer. [9868/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Earcaíocht san Earnáil Phoiblí (28 Feb 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government cad é an costas breise a bhainfeadh le hoifigeach Gaeilge lánaimseartha a earcú i ngach comhairle contae nach bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge acu faoi láthair. [10173/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Earcaíocht san Earnáil Phoiblí (28 Feb 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government cé mhéad oifigeach Gaeilge atá fostaithe i gcomhairlí contae ar fud an Stáit; cá háit sa tír a bhfuil siad fostaithe; agus an ndeimhneoidh sé i ngach cás an post é atá dírithe ar dhualgas Gaeilge amháin. [10174/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts in Education Charter (28 Feb 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 496. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress on the implementation of the Arts in Education Charter; the next objectives for her Department; if the charter has had any specific successes to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9978/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts in Education Charter (28 Feb 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 497. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contribution by the State to youth based arts initiatives by contribution, from the Arts Council, local authorities, her Department or otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9979/17]

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: World-class mess.

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: That is another €200 million.

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: That is over €1 million per bed.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Museum (23 Feb 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 279. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has received allegations of inappropriate behaviour relating to certain staff in the National Museum of Ireland; the dates of the receipt of these allegations; and if all of these reports are still in existence in their entirety. [9166/17]

National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome wholeheartedly the introduction of this Bill. It deals with something that we in Sinn Féin have been working on for a long time. I welcome Fine Gael's conversion to this logical reform. However, it strikes me as a little strange in these days of new politics that the Minister's Government refused to run with an identical Bill I put before the Dáil in December and...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Gaeilge sa Státseirbhís (21 Feb 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Tá brón orm go raibh mé déanach. Molaim an chuid is mó atá cloiste agam ón bhfinné. I gcónaí sa tír seo, nuair a bhíonn an Ghaeilge á phlé, go háirithe sna meáin, bíonn na meáin ag cruthú an saghas atmaisféir nach bhfuil éileamh ann agus go bhfuil an Stát ag brú an teanga siar...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Gaeilge sa Státseirbhís (21 Feb 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Tá sé suimiúil mar luaigh an tUasal Ó Dónaill ina chur i láthair go raibh ceist Dála ann, a phléadh ar tuairisc.ie, faoin méid post. Chuir mise isteach an ceist pharlaiminte sin mé féin chun an t-eolas sin a fháil. An uimhir a bhí ann ná 0.08% den iomlán atá in ann nó sásta feidhmiú as Gaeilge....

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I will make a couple of points. Gene Kerrigan, in a tweet about the smearing of Maurice McCabe, stated, "Of all the files in all the world, a serious allegation accidentally falls into the file labelled Sgt McCabe". We know that the Director of Public Prosecutions decided there was insufficient evidence to proceed to a court case regarding the initial allegation made against Maurice McCabe....

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: The people of the North have the right to be Irish citizens. Hundreds of thousands in the North today are Irish citizens and the number is growing. This makes them EU citizens and the responsibility of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. In a few short years, these Irish and EU citizens will be stranded under an increasingly isolated London Government. The foundation stone for the...