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Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Housing for People with Disabilities
Peadar Tóibín
365. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the ratio of housing for persons with disabilities by which local authorities have to build or procure housing for persons with disabilities. [38562/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Housing for People with Disabilities
Peadar Tóibín
366. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding allocated to each local authority and to approved housing bodies to construct social housing for persons with disabilities; and the amount provided to each local authority between 2010 and 2015 and between 2016 and 2020, in tabular form. [38563/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Domestic Violence Services
Peadar Tóibín
626. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to put in place a support service for male victims of domestic abuse in the greater Dublin area in which 1.5 million persons reside but which has no service. [38537/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Domestic Violence Services
Peadar Tóibín
627. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to remedy the disparity in funding for services for male victims which amounted to less than 2% of total funding in 2017 although males comprise at least one third of all victims; and if an organisation (details supplied) will be designated the national support service. [38538/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Student Universal Support Ireland
Peadar Tóibín
676. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students that applied for a SUSI grant in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of students that were granted and refused a grant in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38742/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Student Universal Support Ireland
Peadar Tóibín
677. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of letters and emails received regarding students that had issues with their SUSI grant applications in each of the past five years. [38743/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Abortion Services Provision
Peadar Tóibín
764. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent study (details supplied) in which a series of interviews with doctors carrying out abortions in Ireland reveals that babies born alive after failed abortions have been left to die; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38951/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Legislative Reviews
Peadar Tóibín
765. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when he proposes to set a date for the mandatory three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. [38954/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Primary Care Centres
Peadar Tóibín
775. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if a mental health day hospital will be included in the new primary care unit (details supplied) in County Meath ; if so, if it will it be an admissions unit; and when the proposed new primary care centre in Navan will be built. [37820/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Public Sector Pensions
Peadar Tóibín
922. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the length of the backlog in processing pensions in each Health Service Executive region for retired HSE employees; the actions he is taking to speed up the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38676/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Maternity Leave
Peadar Tóibín
954. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the research the HSE has conducted for women who are at least 28 weeks pregnant who work in close contact professions in which social distancing is not possible and health and safety leave is advised at 28 weeks of pregnancy by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of Midwives and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38856/20]
Thu, 19 Nov 2020
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Polasaí Gaeltachta
Peadar Tóibín
29. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil sí sásta go bhfuil cead ag forbrithóirí, eastáit tithe a thógáil i nGaeltachtaí gan aon srian ar iad a dhíol do clann gan Gaeilge; agus an bhfuil sí sásta nach bhfuil aon cosaint dlíthiúil ar ár dteanga dúchasach mar gheall ar forbairt tithe. [31220/20]
Thu, 19 Nov 2020
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Planning Issues
Peadar Tóibín
159. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the investigation carried out by Meath County Council into the rezoning of lands at Liscarton, Navan, County Meath in July 2017 and the granting of planning permission on the land in June 2018 has not been carried out transparently (details supplied). [37482/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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State Properties
Peadar Tóibín
65. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the protocols in place to record all persons who visit the official residences at Farmleigh, Phoenix Park, Dublin 15 in either personal or professional capacities; if there are visits, engagements or interactions that are exempted from recording requirements; if so, the visits, engagements and interactions exempted; and if all logs and records of visits to the official residences at Farmleigh will be provided to date in 2020. [37165/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Peadar Tóibín
332. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason the circus sector has been excluded from the Covid-19 support scheme and Arts Council funding; if she will put in place a financial support package for the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36445/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Peadar Tóibín
607. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date on which he plans to publish the final report of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36176/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Naturalisation Applications
Peadar Tóibín
679. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the reason the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service in County Tipperary is not responding to phone calls or emails from elected representatives and members of the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36943/20]
Thu, 12 Nov 2020
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Rail Network
Peadar Tóibín
77. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has carried out a study on the environmental benefits of a Dublin-Navan rail line. [34742/20]
Wed, 11 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Peadar Tóibín
164. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has been contacted by any NGO, agency, organisation or charity expressing a concern about an increase or the potential for an increase in domestic violence, child suicide rates or alcoholism among youths during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown; and the details of such communication and correspondence. [35456/20]
Wed, 11 Nov 2020
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Child Protection
Peadar Tóibín
165. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the number of persons to report a concern about a child to Tusla through its website or other forums has increased in 2020 when compared with previous years; and the number of reports of concerns about a child received by Tusla in each of the past five years. [35463/20]
Wed, 11 Nov 2020
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Cancer Services
Peadar Tóibín
199. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of women currently involved in court cases, litigation and negotiation with the HSE regarding the alleged misreading of their smear tests by the HSE's CervicalCheck. [35462/20]
Wed, 11 Nov 2020
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Cancer Services
Peadar Tóibín
200. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of women who took legal proceedings against the HSE regarding the alleged misreading of their smear tests by the HSE's CervicalCheck since 2018. [35461/20]
Wed, 11 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Peadar Tóibín
202. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 894 and 895 of 29 September 2020, regarding an increase in suicide and mental health issues during the Covid-19 pandemic, if the correspondence will be provided to this Deputy. [35465/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Peadar Tóibín
56. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of each of the funding supports available to small and medium businesses and enterprises; and the amount each fund has drawn down to date. [34716/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Small and Medium Enterprises
Peadar Tóibín
82. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will put in place the necessary supports to keep small to medium enterprises open. [34717/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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North-South Interconnector
Peadar Tóibín
144. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has carried out a study on the environmental benefits of undergrounding the north-south interconnector as opposed to over grounding same. [34743/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Peadar Tóibín
163. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he put in place the option of redundancy to be made available to all employees in circumstances in which no definitive time frame can be put in place for them to return to work on a permanent basis such as in the wet pub industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34650/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Naval Service
Peadar Tóibín
412. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the number of the 97% of Naval Service missions which his Department claims are unaffected by staff shortages and operational capacity that are Naval Service day patrols; and his views on variance in disruption between day patrols when compared with more substantive operations. [34714/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Prisoner Releases
Peadar Tóibín
647. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the practice in relation to persons released prematurely from prison having been convicted of an assault causing grievous bodily harm; and if the victim of the assault is ordinarily notified of the release and offered victim protection. [35428/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Peadar Tóibín
753. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing home residents or staff members that have tested positive for Covid-19 since 1 September 2020; and the number that have died. [35299/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Peadar Tóibín
754. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the 51 Covid-19 ongoing outbreaks in nursing homes; and the size of each cluster. [35300/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Peadar Tóibín
755. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the name and location of each nursing home which is currently dealing with an outbreak of Covid-19 [35301/20]
Thu, 5 Nov 2020
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Pension Provisions
Peadar Tóibín
106. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of supplementary pension entitlements for post-1995 retirees within the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34393/20]
Wed, 4 Nov 2020
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Garda Recruitment
Peadar Tóibín
108. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of the Traveller community that have applied to become members of An Garda Síochána; and the number of members of the Traveller community that have graduated as a member of An Garda Síochána. [34013/20]
Wed, 4 Nov 2020
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Garda Recruitment
Peadar Tóibín
109. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if the Shelta or Cant language can meet the requirement of a second language within the Garda recruitment application process in circumstances in which a person is applying to become a member of An Garda Síochána has an exemption in the secondary school system from other languages except English. [34014/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Departmental Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
679. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the amount paid annually for the past three years to private airline companies for the movement of Irish military personnel to and from overseas missions; if consideration is being given to the procurement of a national asset to perform this function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33084/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Peadar Tóibín
680. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence if cadets that have been deployed again to the front line as contact tracers and contact tracing trainers and have had their their training suspended again will be paid the military service allowance (details supplied). [33085/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Defence Forces Data
Peadar Tóibín
681. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces at the end of September 2020; and the number of personnel in full-time induction training in terms of recruits, two star training cadet training or apprenticeships and therefore non-deployable. [33086/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Defence Forces Data
Peadar Tóibín
682. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the number of personnel on overseas service at the end of September 2020, by rank. [33087/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Peadar Tóibín
984. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is an expedited testing regime for the childcare sector to keep providers open; and the reason teachers can receive the flu vaccine for free while operators in the childcare sector must pay. [31375/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Peadar Tóibín
1372. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the public health evidence in relation to the closure of restaurants, cafés and pubs for indoor business (details supplied). [29968/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Cancer Services
Peadar Tóibín
1405. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the extent of the backlogs experienced in the symptomatic breast and prostate services referred to in the HSE's winter plan; and the length of time it will take to clear the backlog. [33653/20]
Wed, 21 Oct 2020
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Arts Centres
Peadar Tóibín
76. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason sexually explicit, graphic and inappropriate content such as (details supplied) is part of the programme for children at the National Youth Theatre. [31841/20]
Wed, 21 Oct 2020
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Arts Centres
Peadar Tóibín
77. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the oversight and procedures in place to monitor the content being utilised in youth programmes such as the National Youth Theatre, and ensuring children are not exposed to sexually graphic and inappropriate content. [31842/20]
Wed, 21 Oct 2020
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Arts Funding
Peadar Tóibín
79. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the breakdown of the €50 million provided for the live entertainment sector in Budget 2021; the way in which this funding will be used; the way in which live entertainers can avail of support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31907/20]
Wed, 21 Oct 2020
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Prisoner Releases
Peadar Tóibín
217. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the reason a person (details supplied) was scheduled for release back into society on 24 September 2020 when they were still believed to be homicidal, is facing charges of sexually assaulting two women and is charged with threats to kill two persons one being their mother. [31829/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Bereavement Leave
Peadar Tóibín
64. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the reason early childcare providers who have lost immediate family, even from Covid-19, and who take days off for the funeral have been told by his Department to make up those days. [31374/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Budget 2021
Peadar Tóibín
92. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the manner in which the hardship funding of €50 million announced by his Department on budget day will be rolled out; and when it will be made available to students. [31371/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Budget 2021
Peadar Tóibín
274. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the €90 million funding in budget 2021 for housing supports in each category for the elderly, the Traveller community and persons with disabilities, respectively; the amount that will be allocated in each category to each local authority; when such funding will be provided to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31227/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Youth Work Projects
Peadar Tóibín
452. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the number of persons waiting to enrol in the localise youth volunteering programme nationally. [31079/20]