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Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when he last met with church leaders in Ireland. [55133/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Religious leaders of all faiths are working overtime in this country at the moment. They do enormous work in helping the vulnerable, members of the Travelling community, victims of human trafficking, those in prison, those who are homeless, those with addictions, those who are grieving and so on, and in terms of integration and working with many in our migrant communities. They must,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The only country in Europe.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: We were an outlier.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the terms of reference for the inquiry into Covid-19 in Ireland will be produced. [55131/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 10. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the need for an inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Ireland. [2773/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I have received some incredible answers from different Ministers to parliamentary questions in respect of what happened during Covid. The Minister for Health confirmed to me that there were 10% fewer cancers diagnosed in 2020 than would have been expected for that year by the National Cancer Registry Ireland. That is an alarming revelation. In 2020, 60,000 fewer women were screened by...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: There is an alarming increase in the number of small businesses being forced to close. The owners of these businesses, who have invested blood, sweat and tears to make them function, are being hammered with massive costs. In fact, we have a two-tier economy. We have a very strong foreign direct investment sector but a comparatively weak indigenous business sector. The businesses to which...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 7. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his Department’s new publication entitled Government Response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2023. [55422/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The fishing industry was mentioned. It has been brought to my attention that the Minister for agriculture was offered a quota from the Danes of 3,000 tonnes of fish, but the Minister seems to have done the reverse of the loaves and fishes miracle and returned to Ireland with 1,500 tonnes of fish. It seems that the Minister is also in negotiations with Iceland about allowing its fishing...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Tara Mines is the biggest lead and zinc mine in Europe. It is one of the largest employers in Meath and its closure has been one of the biggest economic blows to the east midlands area for a long period of time. A key element of the closure was the fact that electricity prices in this country are the highest in Europe. Tara Mines management has given a plan to workers. That plan is a race...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: We need to have a discussion about the Government's mismanagement of immigration policy. The absence of resources when it comes to accommodation is startling at the moment. The Government promised 700 rapid-build units back in June 2022. The majority of those have not been built. The Minister promised a community dividend of €53 million, but only €3 million has actually been...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 89. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times members of the Defence Forces have been involved in drug seizures or intercepting vessels containing drugs in each of the past ten years. [2781/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 534. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors or separated children currently seeking asylum in the State; and the types of care settings they are in, that is foster care, residential care, emergency accommodation, and so on. [2882/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 535. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently in State care who are in special emergency accommodation; the number who were in such settings at the end of each week for the past two years; and if a breakdown can be provided on the number of whom are separated children/unaccompanied minors and those who are not, in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of special emergency accommodation companies that have been set up, or contracted by Tusla in Ireland in each of the past ten years, for the purposes of accommodating children in State care; the names of such companies; and the amounts paid to each company, per child per year, in each of the past ten...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 537. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children referred to Tusla in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [2885/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children referred to Tusla last year 2023, and if a breakdown can be provided on the referral reason; and the occupation of the person who made the referral. [2886/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of Tusla beds occupied in residential centres; for a breakdown on this figure, to show the number of beds occupied in special care centres, voluntary centres, private centres and centres for separated children seeking international protection. [2932/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Emergency Departments (18 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I 100% acknowledge the work that the staff and medical professionals within hospitals are involved in. My critique is of the lack of Government investment and the lack of reform in the HSE. The newspapers are full of this. Today'sIrish Examiner states, "A woman has told how she watched as her husband tried to resuscitate their 21-year-old daughter after she collapsed at home just hours...