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Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Departmental Properties
Peadar Tóibín
1720. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of properties either owned or leased by her Department, which are currently vacant; the length of time the properties have been vacant for; and the location of the properties, in tabular form. [13830/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Official Travel
Peadar Tóibín
131. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 3372 of 7 February 2024, when a response will issue; the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form. [13389/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Official Travel
Peadar Tóibín
182. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 7 February 2024, when a response will issue; the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form. [13390/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Official Travel
Peadar Tóibín
262. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 7 February 2024, when a reply will issue to this Deputy; the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form. [13391/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Child Protection
Peadar Tóibín
266. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children are currently in special emergency arrangement accommodation; if a breakdown can be provided on how many are children in the care of the State; how many are children in Ireland seeking international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13413/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Child Protection
Peadar Tóibín
267. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth of those children currently in special emergency arrangement accommodation, sourced by Tusla, the cost from January 2023 to date, split between children in the care of the State and children in Ireland seeking international protection. [13414/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Child Protection
Peadar Tóibín
268. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth which suppliers of emergency accommodation for young people in State care he has met with since September 2023; and the dates on which those meetings took place. [13415/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Child Protection
Peadar Tóibín
269. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth which suppliers of regulated residential services for children/young people in State care/aftercare he has met since September 2023; and the dates on which those meetings took place. [13416/24]
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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Child Protection
Peadar Tóibín
270. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a copy of the Tusla report which found that a company providing special emergency accommodation to children in State care had fabricated pre-employment checks and Garda vetting of staff, which has been heavily referenced in the media in recent times. [13417/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Referendum Campaigns
Peadar Tóibín
44. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if there will be an independent investigation into the leaking of the Attorney General’s referendum advice to the media the day before the referendum. [12882/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Housing Schemes
Peadar Tóibín
652. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a local authority has the authority to make a decision to approve a local authority home loan application even after rejection by the Housing Agency for not meeting non-EU/EEA applicant residency criteria of the credit policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12382/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Housing Schemes
Peadar Tóibín
653. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department or the Housing Agency ever reviewed any actuarial and statistical data in regard to the residence criteria for difference in treatment for non-EU/EEA applicants; if so, if he can provide a copy of the data along with the source of the data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12383/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Housing Provision
Peadar Tóibín
655. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the composition of housing units (details supplied) that is, one bed, two bed and so on; the overall monthly cost to the State; and the average rental cost per unit. [12438/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Housing Provision
Peadar Tóibín
656. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many of the allocations from the social housing list in Ireland are currently leased units; the average rent per unit, per month, per composition; and the amount this costs the State on a monthly basis. [12439/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Peadar Tóibín
922. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of referrals made to the Garda Juvenile Diversion Programme, for each year from 2010 to 2023, for the following offences/offence categories, in tabular form. [12477/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Peadar Tóibín
923. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of referrals made to the Garda Juvenile Diversion Programme, which were not accepted by the programme in each of the years from 2010 to 2023, for offence categories (details supplied), in tabular form. [12478/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Parliamentary Questions
Peadar Tóibín
1090. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many parliamentary questions forwarded by him to Tusla are awaiting response, due to industrial action or other circumstances; and how many of those questions were submitted by this Deputy. [11690/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Children in Care
Peadar Tóibín
1091. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the occasions and dates upon which he has met with representatives of the voluntary sector providing care and accommodation to children in State care. [11691/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Asylum Seekers
Peadar Tóibín
1092. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to instances where children seeking asylum in Ireland have ended up sleeping in tents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11692/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Asylum Seekers
Peadar Tóibín
1093. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of properties his Department has purchased for the purposes of accommodating refugees or asylum seekers since he took office; how many of those properties are currently occupied; and how many are vacant. [11693/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Child Protection
Peadar Tóibín
1094. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have died while either in State care or known to child protection services in each of the past 11 years; and if a breakdown can be provided on cause of death or suspected cause of death. [11694/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Direct Provision System
Peadar Tóibín
1095. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons residing in the direct provision system currently who have been granted asylum in the State but are economically unable to leave the direct provision system. [11695/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Childcare Services
Peadar Tóibín
1096. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on Tusla’s Residential Childcare Strategy, launched in January 2022; the targets for the introduction of 31 voluntary beds in the first two years of the strategy (2022 and 2023) and an additional 79 places by the statutory and voluntary providers during the lifetime of the strategy; and if he will detail the number of beds/places introduced in the voluntary and statutory providers since the strategy was launched. [11696/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Referendum Campaigns
Peadar Tóibín
1186. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there will be an independent investigation into the leaking of the Attorney General’s referendum advice to the media the day before the referendum. [12883/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Mental Health Services
Peadar Tóibín
1486. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the training CAHMS staff are receiving in terms of providing care on gender and transgender issues to children; who is providing the training to CAHMS staff; and if he will provide a link to the contents of this training. [12910/24]
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Peadar Tóibín
1552. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 641 of 27 February 2024 (details supplied), if there is an estimated timeframe the Minster envisions for this scheme to be rolled out. [12443/24]
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Peadar Tóibín
226. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education for any update regarding the Educate Together school that is planned for the site of the old fire station in Georges Place, Dún Laoghaire; and if there is a timeline for the proposed building. [11398/24]
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
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State Pensions
Peadar Tóibín
271. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if former members of the Catholic clergy are entitled to a contributory pension if their bishops did not sign them up on the scheme. [11232/24]
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
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Children in Care
Peadar Tóibín
323. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the date, the location and the participants of meetings he has held with the providers of State care to children in the past four years. [11352/24]
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
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Ambulance Service
Peadar Tóibín
342. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he has investigated the potential misuse of ambulances for personal use within the NBS; and the number of ambulance vehicles parked outside offices during the day or being used to drive to and from work by staff. [11218/24]
Wed, 6 Mar 2024
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Regulatory Bodies
Peadar Tóibín
212. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many doctors are being investigated by the Irish Medical Council or any other body under the responsibility of his Department; and his plans to investigate the 82% of Irish healthcare workers who have declined a Covid vaccine or a Covid booster since last September. [11004/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Driver Test
Peadar Tóibín
162. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport what actions the Road Safety Authority plans to take to reduce the long waiting times in queues on the MyRoadSafety portal where a driving test applicant wants to book any of the cancelled short notice slots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10220/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Departmental Staff
Peadar Tóibín
344. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the salary amount that was paid to the secretary general of her Department in each of the past ten years. [10177/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Departmental Staff
Peadar Tóibín
345. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the annual salary of the highest paid employee of her Department. [10178/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Departmental Staff
Peadar Tóibín
346. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date upon which her Department’s former secretary general left their role. [10179/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Departmental Staff
Peadar Tóibín
347. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the pension/lump sum entitlements of former Secretaries General of her Department. [10180/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Housing Schemes
Peadar Tóibín
400. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the local authority home loan scheme; the number of successful and unsuccessful applicants to date, by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10195/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Housing Schemes
Peadar Tóibín
401. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 28 March 2023, if his Department is collecting data on the number of applications, both successful and unsuccessful within the age category of 45 to 70 years for the local authority home loan scheme from commencement of the scheme to date; the number of successful and unsuccessful applications for the scheme to each local authority for each year to date, by age of applicants between age 45 and 55 years and between the ages of 55 and 70, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10196/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Housing Schemes
Peadar Tóibín
402. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of successful and unsuccessful non-EU/non-EEA applications for the local authority home loan scheme for each year to date, in tabular form. [10197/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Housing Schemes
Peadar Tóibín
422. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 20 February 2024, if a Stamp 4 is required for non-EU/Non-EEA applicants within the credit policy for the residency eligibility criteria for the local authority home loan scheme; if so, the reason there was no reference to this in the reply; the reason this information is not publicly listed in the eligibility criteria on the website local authority home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10601/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Peadar Tóibín
555. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the mother and baby homes institutions payment scheme has not yet opened to survivors, despite the legislation pertaining to same having been passed by Dáil Éireann twelve months ago; if his Department has undertaken any research to determine how many survivors of mother and baby homes die each year, or how many have died since the passage of this legislation, but before the opening of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10185/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Children in Care
Peadar Tóibín
577. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children and young persons who were placed in hotels and bed and breakfasts due to the lack of alternate care placements available to them in each of the past five years; the gender and ages of same; the average length of time that the children and young persons had to reside in hotel and bed and breakfast type accommodation; the alternate care provision that was eventually provided for the children and young persons concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10465/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Emergency Accommodation
Peadar Tóibín
578. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the age of the youngest child admitted to special emergency arrangement accommodation in each of the past three years, and to date in 2024, and the age of the youngest child currently residing in special emergency arrangement accommodation. [10473/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Medical Cards
Peadar Tóibín
673. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to detail the cohorts of asylum seekers that are entitled to a medical card; if an entitlement to a medical card guarantees a person a place on a GP list; and if he is concerned that given that many citizens cannot get on to a GP list, this policy could be damaging to social cohesion. [10160/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Children in Care
Peadar Tóibín
142. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently in State care in special emergency accommodation; the number of whom are unaccompanied minors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8788/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
Peadar Tóibín
265. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 23 January 2024, when a direct response will issue this Deputy. [9788/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Children in Care
Peadar Tóibín
266. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 536 of 23 January 2024, when a direct response will issue this Deputy. [9789/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Child and Family Agency
Peadar Tóibín
267. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla holds any contracts with a company (details supplied) to provide services; if so, the services; and how much the company was paid in 2023 and to date in 2024. [9790/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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Health Service Executive
Peadar Tóibín
306. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE did not attend a meeting with a person (details supplied); the reason there is no proper engagement with the community; the reason the HSE has not provided the necessary funding and support to stop the closure of the centre; and where are the clients of the centre. [9778/24]
Wed, 28 Feb 2024
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Assisted Decision-Making
Peadar Tóibín
99. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked 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 (details supplied); and to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number applications for registration of EPA for each of the past five years to date. [9543/24]