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RTÉ: Statements (28 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: It is absolutely true to say that the RTÉ omnishambles has been dragging on for months and is getting worse by the month under the Minister's management. It is a depressing soap opera that is dragging down the confidence of the people within RTÉ. It is also having a financial impact. We see that the amounts collected in licence fees are collapsing, which is obviously also...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (28 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Farmers are leaving the land in greater numbers than ever before. According to Teagasc, two thirds of farmers currently cannot make a living from the land alone. They have to either work elsewhere or are being driven into poverty. A total of 57% have an income of less than €20,000 per year. To put that in perspective, Ministers earn nearly ten times that figure per year. Those...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (28 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [8793/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government is putting young children into unregulated State care with unvetted staff and is putting them in major danger of sexual and criminal exploitation. With all the noise in here in relation to RTÉ, etc., issues such as this are being missed. Children at risk of abuse in society are then being put into flats and apartments by Tusla. They are being minded by unvetted staff...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: It is not regulated.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: It is not regulated.

Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The importance of trade unions in this country cannot be overstated. They provide an enormous bulwark against the specific objectives of some businesses to push down workers' terms and conditions and a balance within the labour system. One example of that is Tara Mines in Navan. As we know, it is the largest lead and zinc mine in Europe. A company called Boliden had been making massive...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (28 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 99. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine if there has been any reduction in the numbers of applications for registration of enduring power of attorney (EPA) to the Decision Support Service since the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 as amended on 26 April 2023, in view of concerns raised by the legal profession...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to encourage persons from disadvantaged backgrounds and ethnic minorities into third level education. [8775/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the Irish Survey of Student Engagement; and if his Department has any input into the drafting of the questions asked in the survey. [8776/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (27 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what interim measures and-or injunctions are available through the European Court of Human Rights to stop the British Government halting the inquests or investigations into legacy issues in the North of Ireland; and if he sought to use any interim measures or injunctions to do so. [9293/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (27 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the submission the Government has submitted to the European Court of Human Rights in its case against the British Government over the legacy Act. [9294/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (27 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 442. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the newly released scheme to support children leaving State care with free accommodation when going into third level education; the procedure for applying; and the rules of the scheme. [9069/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 30 May 2023, when a response will issue from the Garda to this Deputy. [8484/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (22 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the asylum process for each of the past five years. [8512/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (22 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people issued with deportation orders in the past five years; the number of deportation orders enforced for each of the past five years; and the process in place at airports and ports to confirm whether a person has voluntarily deported. [8513/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (22 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated number of people residing in Ireland illegally. [8514/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (22 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average, total and highest cost of deportation for each of the past five years. [8515/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Travel Documents (22 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people arriving in Ireland without travel documents, with false travel documents or with damaged travel documents in each of the past five years; and the location of entry. [8516/24]