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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (13 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 3. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme in his Department. [3976/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a common theme running through the questions here today and it is the level of public service delivery falling well short of demand. GP services are another example of that. The number of GPs is at a crisis level. There are approximately 4,300 in the State, which is 2,000 fewer than what is considered safe to run the health service, and 1,000 GPs are going to retire within the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on flood defence systems in each of the past ten years. [5302/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the great weaknesses of this Government has been its inability to deliver infrastructural projects. There are numerous infrastructural projects in this country that are well over time and well over budget. Flood defences are an example of this. Flood defences in Midleton, County Cork, were discussed and promised as far back as 2017 but despite the devastating floods that have...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: If we could use studies, reports and commitments to stop water coming into houses, we would be well set because the Government has plenty of them. However, we are not seeing the jobs being started to fix the flood defences around the country. When I ask the Minister of State about these flood defences, he can give loads of excuses. The Minister of State is actually fluent in excuses. If...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the major problems the people of Midleton have in terms of the flooding is that when it happened, they had politicians arrive at the location, some of them wearing boots and topcoats, offering tea and sympathy and guaranteeing there would be speedy help. One of the promises was that humanitarian assistance would be given. However, many of those families still cannot obtain...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I was not talking about the staff.

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim míle buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. Ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón a ghabháil freisin do mo chomhghleacaithe inniu mar gheall ar bhás John Bruton. Is cailliúint ollmhór í dá chlann, do Pháirtí Fine Gael, agus do Chontae na Mí freisin. I give my deepest sympathies on behalf of my party and myself to the family of John...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and nature of all tax paid by domestic property funds and all foreign-owned property funds in Ireland and Irish real estate funds, real estate investment trusts, REITs, undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities, UCITS, and exchange-traded funds, ETFs, over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The red carpet was rolled out by the previous Fine Gael Government, with the support of Fianna Fáil on many occasions, in the provision of tax advantages to REITs. The REITs swooped in. They bought land, apartments and houses, mostly cheaply from the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, and they have extracted significant returns in that time, often while hiking up rents. Will the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government's policy has displaced families in the housing market. It has pitted these institutional investors against families. Many of these institutional investors come from abroad. They have far deeper pockets than families who are trying to buy homes. They have access to far cheaper finance than first-time buyers and, worst of all, they pay less tax than the families they are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand that some international capital will be needed for the housing market. However, the key point we are trying to make is that giving international capital a competitive advantage over home owners in the housing sector has the effect of displacing first-time buyers and families from the housing sector. It is clear that the international investors have competitive advantages,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (1 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has given any further consideration to the idea of a rail line from Navan to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4166/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (1 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The majority of workers in Meath leave the county every day to go to work. It is the only county in the country where that happens. Meath people commute further than people from any other county. Navan is the biggest town in the country without a rail line. Tens of thousands of people in Meath live in commuter hell at the moment. A significant issue is the lack of a rail line. It has an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (1 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The only glaciers not under threat from global warming are the ones in government in terms of delivery of projects. We have been promised the Dublin to Navan rail line for 15 to 20 years. We have been here before. Fianna Fáil promised it would build it by 2015. The original Navan to Dublin rail line was built with picks and shovels in the 1850s in three years, yet we are told by the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (1 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: If that is not the case, I ask the Minister to give a detailed breakdown of the timescale for delivery. That is important information for the people of Meath. A generation's lives are being negatively affected by being stuck in this commuter hell. The rail line is a key to unlock their ability to get to work on time and the Minister's objectives, and mine, to reduce climate change.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (1 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The planning and legal system is under the Government's responsibility and influence. The staffing of the planning system is a job for the Government. The legal system takes so long because there are not enough staff in the system. It is grinding to a halt and is far slower than those of most other countries. They are not external excuses in terms of delivery of this project. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (1 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I do not want to be overcritical but this Government is fluent in excuses. No matter what we bring to the Government on lack of delivery, its ability to give a flow of excuses is incredible. It has to be realised that this Government has been poor in rolling out public services. In the past year, the Minister brought all the ministers for energy in the European Union to this country to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (1 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 4. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has conducted any analysis of the impact of fare reductions on the number of people using public transport, in particular rail travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4301/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (1 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The transport system is in a terrible situation. Anybody who tries to commute into and out of the major cities is stuck in excruciatingly slow, crawling traffic. Traffic jams are blighting all the major routes in this country and people are living in commuter hell, spending three hours a day getting into and out of work. They are trying to rely on public transport but it is collapsing,...