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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (2 May 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I had a chance to visit Midleton recently and I spoke to many of the people living in the area. It is important for people outside Cork to remember how life-threatening this event was. It was not just damaging to homes, properties and businesses. Lives were in the balance. I know of an elderly man who now works as a human water gauge, as it were. When the rainfall is heavy he stays up,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ...is actually in control of those spaces because it is in control of the employment of planners. Right now there is a serious dearth of planners in county councils. We do not have a date yet in Cork County Council for the planning application for the flood defence in Midleton that was promised in 2016. That is incredible. The reason there is not enough planners is the councils are not...

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

Peadar Tóibín: ...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 happened there in recent times, the date for planning permission for Cork County Council has not...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ...that there would be speedy help. The timelines for the flood defences are also quite stunning. The process for flood defences in Midleton started in 2015. At a recent meeting in the town with Cork County Council, the OPW and Arup in November 2023, it was stated that it would be nine years at least before the systems would be in place. Is that correct? Nine years from now is 2033,...

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: There are 9,409 adults currently homeless in the State, and 4,105 children are accessing emergency accommodation. That is equivalent to the full population of the town of Midleton in Cork. It is a significant number of Irish citizens who are currently in a state of homelessness. There is the equivalent of 117 classrooms of children homeless at the moment. It is an incredible situation....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ...and Reform when the planning permission for the flood defences for Midleton will be submitted; and what interim measures will be put in place to protect citizens and their property in the East Cork area. [2005/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 852. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many applications for aid have been received by the State for aid in east Cork since the flooding on 18 October 2023; and how much money has been paid out to date in aid to the residents of east Cork since the flooding. [2004/24]

Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...homeless accommodation in Ireland. The number of children in emergency accommodation is 4,000. The total population of emergency accommodation is equivalent to the whole population of Midleton in Cork, a full mid-size town in Ireland. If we look at the number of children who are homeless in the State, it is equivalent to 171 classrooms of children. We should let this sink in. It is an...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...The Minister of State mentioned the complexities of fixing an issue like this. Could I suggest that we develop a war cabinet, so to speak? This could be made up of different organisations such as Cork County Council, the OPW, Irish Water, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Teagasc, farming groups, businesses and residents. Something like this would allow us to expedite...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (25 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the start and completion timeframes for each localised flood relief scheme including Midleton, County Cork; and the reasons for the delays in completion of each scheme. [46876/23]

Funding for Persons with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...of information, FOI, request for the minutes of meetings of local authority housing and disability steering groups. Carlow, Laois and Donegal local authorities confirmed they had not held meetings. Cork County Council stated no such group existed, which is incredible. There is a significant problem with how seriously we take the issue of care for people with disabilities in society. I...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...houses. Right now in Navan, in my county, there are only three properties for rent for under €1,500 a month, yet the local authority has 56 empty houses. Dublin has well over 900 empty local authority homes, while Cork has 500 and Limerick has 250. There is no urgency in this Government in respect of the housing crisis. Having empty homes in a housing crisis is tantamount to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...future, unlike the housing requirements necessitated by the spatial strategy utilised in the National Planning Framework that promotes the concentration of growth in the five major cities (Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford) and five of the larger towns (Letterkenny, Sligo, Athlone, Dundalk and Drogheda), wherein the greatest need for housing, both exists and is likely to...

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...If it does not, capacity will go. It is as simple as that. We have a situation where on average €744 more is paid per HSE home, in terms of funding, compared with private nursing homes. The Cork example is very serious. If Aperee closes its beds there will be 200 gone and if CareChoice shuts there will be 500 gone. That would mean 700 beds missing in the Cork area. Where...

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...xfa;n seo a atheagrú inniu. I want to briefly discuss a related issue, namely, the nursing homes cases of which the Minister of State will be very aware. I welcome to the Public Gallery some of the families who have travelled from Cork today to protest the inaction by the Government in relation the cost of nursing home care in the Cork area and the massive danger that their loved...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...maternity hospital. The overspend on the children's hospital is now swallowing up vast capital expenditure that should be going into other projects, such as primary care centres, critical care beds in Cork, a major trauma centre in Cork, a radiation oncology unit in Limerick, the restoration of Wexford Hospital and the long-awaited national maternity hospital. It is really important...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: This Saturday, there will be 17 protests outside 17 hospitals around the country owing to the major overcrowding crisis in accident and emergency departments. These will take at Cork University Hospital and in Kerry, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Letterkenny, the Causeway Coast, Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry, Monaghan, Cavan, Mullingar, Drogheda, Blanchardstown, Naas and Wexford. People will come out...

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...feat is being undertaken. There are leaflets and posters, and mobilisation is happening throughout the country. At 1 p.m. on Saturday citizens will gather outside Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, Cork University Hospital, Kerry University Hospital, Galway University Hospital, Mayo General Hospital, Sligo University Hospital, Letterkenny University Hospital, Causeway Hospital in Coleraine,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...Hospital, University Hospital Galway, Merlin Park University Hospital, Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, Roscommon University Hospital, Sligo University Hospital, Letterkenny University Hospital, Cork University Hospital, University Hospital Limerick and Mullingar hospital. [44678/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Jun 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 734. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently working in Cork University Hospital, broken down by category (that is, nurses, midwives, administration, doctors, consultants, health care assistants and so on in tabular form. [31864/22]