Results 1-17 of 17 for sligo speaker:Peadar Tóibín

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

Peadar Tóibín: ...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 continue. [34206/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...the north-west region as a lagging region. The EU has said that as a result of falling GDP per capitain those areas compared with the rest of the country, places like Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Sligo, Donegal, Monaghan and Mayo face increasing challenges. That is happening under the Minister's watch. GDP is falling in these areas, which is damning. The gap between the north and west...

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

Peadar Tóibín: ...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 in their thousands and start the...

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

Peadar Tóibín: ...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, Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry, Monaghan General Hospital, Cavan General Hospital, Regional Hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consult with the National Transport Authority and Irish Rail in relation to the reason that the Sligo to Dublin rail service is excluded from the current review and public consultation process of enhanced and amended timetables; if the issue of peak services being regularly late and overcrowded in the greater Dublin area...

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

Peadar Tóibín: ...Cavan General Hospital, Mayo University Hospital, Wexford General 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]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: .... Yesterday, however, a mother of two, Lisa Thompson, was found murdered in her Ballymun home. Last month the country was shocked by the violent murders of Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee in Sligo. Tom Niland was also attacked in his Sligo home last month. Those are just a few examples of the violent actions and murders happening in our society. The total number arrested for rape and...

Home Heating Fuels: Motion [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...the Department of Social Protection. He left poor old Deputy Ring without a Ministry, which was a big crisis for the then Government. Also, there was no senior Minister for the west of Ireland at the time. Sligo, Mayo, Galway, including Galway East, Roscommon, Clare, Limerick and Tipperary are without a representative in the Cabinet. This is a Dublin-centric Cabinet and Government....

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: ...all the costs will not be borne by the mica homeowners and that these figures have been plucked from the air, while Deputies Joe Carey and Joe McHugh are still trying to make up their minds on supporting the scheme at all. Surely, if a person gets 100% redress for pyrite in Dublin, a person from counties Donegal, Mayo or Sligo is entitled to 100% redress. We have to ask ourselves why is...

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: There are 707,000 people waiting for medical procedures in this country. That is equivalent to everyone living in Westmeath, Laois, Offaly, Cavan, Sligo, Roscommon, Fermanagh, Monaghan, Carlow, Longford and Leitrim. The Fine Gael hospital waiting list is equivalent to the total population of 11 Irish counties. For the majority of these people, there are serious consequences. Many are in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (6 Apr 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: ...for example, there could be some who work in the area of providing services in a particular area of health care and yet there is a helicopter operating out of Enniskillen that does not function in Sligo. Some other organisation will say it is focusing on developing cross-Border enterprise, yet Cavan County Enterprise Board and the training board in Northern Ireland may be delivering...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: ...services from Limerick to Ballybrophy, Limerick Junction to Waterford and Limerick to Galway and the Ennis and Athenry routes are under threat. If we look at the map, we see that swathes of the country from Sligo to Dublin and Belfast are simply not serviced by rail. Navan is the biggest town in the country without a rail line. A total of 200,000 Meath people commute longer, further and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development and Infrastructure: Belturbet, Connemara and Kells Municipal Districts (20 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Before Mr. Jennings responds, I would also like to pose a question. I submitted a parliamentary question to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport on plans for a Sligo to Dundalk road that would go through Cavan. His response was that there were no plans for such a road.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (9 Jun 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has carried out a feasibility or cost benefit analysis on the development of a Dundalk to Sligo road as a Border corridor. [15136/16]

Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (2 Jun 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: ...the regions because the Dublin economy is grinding to a halt as far as opportunities for further growth are concerned. The retail sector is a good barometer of how indigenous business is functioning. In Cork, Sligo and Athlone one fifth of all prime retail spots are vacant. The level of vacant retail space is 15% in Sligo, 10% in Cork and 18% in Athlone. Obviously, the use of retail...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: ...planning or is planning carried out together? I would appreciate a better understanding of how that should work. It strikes me that there is a major traffic problem when travelling from Dundalk to Sligo. Mr. Malone has spoken on this issue before and has said a person would be better off travelling down to Kells and onto the M3 to get there. We have major difficulties in getting to two...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (21 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the support offered by State agencies to support the development of commercial premises at Dromore West, County Sligo. [15366/12]