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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ...are forcibly sterilised, women have forced birth control and forced abortions, and products are being made in slave situations, with many such products finding their way into western society. Mr. Pat Leahy reported in The Irish Timeslast week that the Irish Government’s approach to these issues in terms of raising human rights was very weak. He stated that one person he spoke to in...

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...who believe hardcore pornography could potentially have a benign influence on children. I listened to a contributor to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment curriculum process being interviewed by Pat Kenny and she said children as young as 12 years could be given the script of a pornographic film to help them to understand what pornography is about. We have this really...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I prefaced my statement by saying where the responsibility lies for this attack. It lies with the criminals who were involved but the Government has a duty of care and responsibility to the patients of this country for the delivery of healthcare and protection of their data. Its duty of care is far more to this country, given that this is an island of data. Right now we have hospitals...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: .... By any estimation, that shows a poor regard for their welfare and well-being. I will touch on pay, allowances and supports. The main driver behind the exodus from the Defence Forces is not any decline in patriotism but the unacceptable conditions and pay that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael expect our Defence Forces to handle. Neither of those parties nor anybody in Government...

Climate Action: Statements (17 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: ...of money. One of the first things we need to do is spend radically on that element in coming years. One country in the EU has no microgenerated electricity connected to the national grid. What country is that? Pat Rabbitte, if anybody remembers him, spoke about microgeneration to beat the band a number of years ago and still we have none. Obviously, I welcome the Minister's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe go léir anseo inniu. Gabhaim míle buíochas leo as teacht isteach. I welcome, from the Irish Farmers Association, Mr. Padraic Joyce, Mr. Pat Dunne and Mr. Gerry Gunning, from the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association, Mr. Colm O'Donnell, Mr. Henry O'Donnell and Mr. Joe Condon, and from the Irish Wildlife Trust, Mr. Pádraic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed). (9 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: ...local markets; from An Post, Mr. John Daly, director of retail operations and Mr. Liam O'Sullivan, director of mails operations; from Bank of Ireland, Mr. Liam McLoughlin, chief executive of retail Ireland and Mr. Pat Farrell, head of group communications; from the Irish League of Credit Unions, Mr. Dave Matthew, head of monitoring and Mr. John Knox, of the research and development...

North-South Interconnector Bill 2016: First Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: ...put paid to that mistruth. In 2007, EirGrid stated it would be 25 times the cost of putting it underground but in 2009 it said it would be seven times the cost to put it underground. Deputy Pat Rabbitte, the previous Minister, stated it would be three and a half times the cost to put it underground. In the nine years of this particular plan, the cost of putting it underground, even as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (3 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Going back to the exchange between Deputy Pat Rabbitte and the Chairman, one of the concerns I have is that sometimes actors on the right figure they own fiscal responsibility. Is it not the case, in fact, that fiscal responsibility is neither a right nor a left issue but is about paying for the services we deliver in a sustainable fashion? We can have small government and small taxes which...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (29 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: ...when faced with the legislation before us can, therefore, readily be imagined. The economy is entering the second half of a lost decade. As he tried to explain the crushing defeat of the Labour Party in the local and European elections, Deputy Pat Rabbitte stated two days ago in the Chamber that the State is in the middle of the worst economic crisis since the Famine. One would imagine...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: ...of unprecedented national resolve. The Fine Gael-Labour election campaign in 2011 was festooned with promises of jobs and employment creation. For the most part, these have just been empty rhetoric, Pat Rabbitte style promises. In the past three years, there has been no sense of urgency that one would expect in the jaws of a severe economic crisis. We have had a plethora of dubious...