Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

77. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he has met with representatives of airlines since he assumed office including virtual meetings; and the details of the persons or bodies present at those meetings and the discussion that took place. [9221/21]

Ministerial Meetings

Peadar Tóibín

113. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has met with owners of newspapers or media outlets either virtually or in person since she assumed office; and if so, the details of the discussions held at those meeting; and the persons or bodies present. [9222/21]

Sports Organisations

Peadar Tóibín

114. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has met with representatives from an organisation (details supplied) either virtually or in person since she assumed office; and if she will provide this Deputy with details regarding the discussion that took place at those meetings and the persons or bodies present. [9223/21]

Child and Family Agency

Peadar Tóibín

212. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 461, 462, 463, 464 and 465 of 3 February 2021, if he will request Tusla to address the questions given more than ten days have elapsed since he referred the questions to the Child and Family Agency for a response. [9224/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

215. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged in correspondence or meetings with the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation since he assumed office; if so, the details of when such correspondence and meetings took place; and his views on the refusal by the Commission to grant interviews to the media or to come before Oireachtas committees. [9281/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

220. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the outbreak of Covid-19 currently being experienced by the National University of Ireland Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9210/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

221. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a list of colleges, universities and higher education institutions currently experiencing outbreaks of Covid-19 will be provided to this Deputy. [9211/21]

Garda Data

Peadar Tóibín

229. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí currently stationed in each county. [9226/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

230. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to outbreaks of Covid-19 in prisons in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9227/21]

Counselling Services

Peadar Tóibín

255. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting appointments under the National Counselling Service in County Mayo; the waiting times for each service for CaPA, CIPC and counselling for former residents of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9090/21]

Counselling Services

Peadar Tóibín

256. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting appointments under the National Counselling Service in County Galway; the waiting times for each service for the choice and partnership approach, CAPA, counselling in primary care, CIPC, and counselling for former residents of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9091/21]

Counselling Services

Peadar Tóibín

257. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting appointments under the National Counselling Service in County Cavan; the waiting times for each service for CaPA, CIPC and counselling for former residents of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9092/21]

Counselling Services

Peadar Tóibín

258. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting appointments under the National Counselling Service in County Monaghan; the waiting times for each service for CaPA, CIPC and counselling for former residents of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9093/21]

Counselling Services

Peadar Tóibín

259. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting appointments under the National Counselling Service in County Donegal; the waiting times for each service for CaPA, CIPC and counselling for former residents of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9094/21]

Counselling Services

Peadar Tóibín

260. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting appointments under the National Counselling Service in County Cork; the waiting times for each service for CaPA, CIPC and counselling for former residents of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9095/21]

Counselling Services

Peadar Tóibín

261. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting appointments under the National Counselling Service in County Wexford; the waiting times for each service for CaPA, CIPC and counselling for former residents of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9096/21]

Disability Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

282. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when HSE funding will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied). [9173/21]

Counselling Services

Peadar Tóibín

286. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting appointments under the National Counselling Service in County Limerick; and the waiting times for each service for CaPA, CIPC and Counselling for Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9183/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

291. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instances in which either Covid-19 positive patients or patients who have not tested negative twice were discharged from hospital into nursing homes. [9212/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

292. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 patients who were discharged from hospital into a residential care facility throughout the pandemic. [9213/21]

National Children's Hospital

Peadar Tóibín

293. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the construction of the national children's hospital to date. [9214/21]

National Children's Hospital

Peadar Tóibín

294. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the current estimated costs of the construction of the new national children's hospital. [9215/21]

Ministerial Meetings

Peadar Tóibín

295. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he has met with any person or family who identified themselves as persons effected by the various scandals involving the CervicalCheck screening programme since he assumed office; if he will provide a list of these meetings; the persons in attendance at the meetings; and the dates on which they occurred. [9225/21]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

200. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount in annual funding given to the media in Ireland inclusive of the TV licence; the breakdown of the recipients of this funding; the amount they receive; and the items on which the funding is spent. [7906/21]

Northern Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

336. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he has taken with regard to the political policing that has been delivered by the PSNI most especially on the Ormeau Road, Belfast, County Antrim (details supplied); if he has raised it with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; if so, the response; if he has raised the issue with other persons; and his views on whether it is time for root and branch reform of the PSNI. [8215/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

360. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the amount her Department paid in fees to a company (details supplied) to manage public relations following the errors found in the leaving certificate 2020 calculated grades system. [7907/21]

Child Maintenance Payments

Peadar Tóibín

470. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date of the child maintenance review group; when the public consultation process will begin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7955/21]

Crime Data

Peadar Tóibín

583. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of convictions for sexual assault, sexual violence or rape since 2011 in each county; and the sentences attached to each conviction. [7904/21]

Departmental Reports

Peadar Tóibín

584. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if the report in relation to the difficulties experienced by a person (details supplied) in a prison will be published; if the Director General of the Irish Prison Service has issued recommendations on the basis of the report; if she actioned these recommendations; if so, the recommendations actioned; and the actions that were taken. [7910/21]

Protected Disclosures

Peadar Tóibín

586. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the status of the protected disclosures that have been made in relation to Portlaoise Prison and the Irish Prison Service; and if she will meet the author of the protected disclosure. [7951/21]

Cancer Services

Peadar Tóibín

730. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 275, 276, 283 and 284 of 16 December 2020, if the situation (details supplied) will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8191/21]

Beef Industry

Peadar Tóibín

1023. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will end the 30-month rule, the 70-day residency rule, the four-movement rule and break the cartel oligopoly in the beef sector. [8652/21]

Tuberculosis Eradication Programme

Peadar Tóibín

1024. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on the testing for and the eradication of TB in agriculture for each of the past ten years; the number of animals that have been killed as a result of TB for each of the past ten years; the number of these animals that were subsequently found to have TB or lesions for each of the past ten years; the reason it has not been sought to completely eradicate TB; and the estimated cost on farmers of the policy of testing and eradication of TB in each year. [8653/21]

Agriculture Industry

Peadar Tóibín

1025. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the sale of cattle dosing products will not be taken off the agricultural merchants; and if he has estimated the economic damage to agricultural merchants of this proposed step in terms of jobs and turnover. [8654/21]

Beef Industry

Peadar Tóibín

1026. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the proposed food ombudsman office will be established and operational; the number of staff the food ombudsman office will have; the enforcement ability this office will have; and if this office will tackle the cartel that exists in the beef sector. [8655/21]

Carbon Tax Yield

Peadar Tóibín

1027. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the carbon tax being charged on agriculture is being spent (details supplied); and if he will ensure that farmers have an alternative in order to reduce exposure to carbon taxes,as otherwise the tax is purely punitive. [8656/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Peadar Tóibín

1028. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that CAP payments are focused on productive farmers rather than non-active landowners. [8657/21]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme

Peadar Tóibín

1029. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the revised REPS scheme reflects the value today of the initial scheme that existed in 1994; and if he will include reseeding for beef farms in this scheme. [8658/21]

Beef Industry

Peadar Tóibín

1030. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that any financial aid to the beef sector does not have the outcome of reducing the price to the farmer (details supplied). [8659/21]

Beef Industry

Peadar Tóibín

1031. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that will be put in place to ensure there is targeted help for suckler farmers. [8660/21]

Tax Reliefs

Peadar Tóibín

46. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the current length of time for processing each of the main tax reliefs and in the case of a person (details supplied) in tabular form. [6105/21]

Planning Issues

Peadar Tóibín

78. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 will be extended beyond the end of 2021; if so, when they will expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6155/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Peadar Tóibín

125. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the supports his Department will provide to the airline industry in view of the tighter travel restrictions. [5637/21]

Road Projects

Peadar Tóibín

138. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the reason the sign off on the completion of the delivery of the Coonagh-Knockalisheen Road, County Limerick has been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5889/21]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Peadar Tóibín

223. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to carry out a review of 60 major charities which receive €4.2 billion funding and 1,500 non-profit organisations which receive €1.7 billion; his plans to rationalise the number of State agencies which dispense public funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5643/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Peadar Tóibín

238. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the supports her Department will provide to the tourist industry in view of the tighter travel restrictions. [5637/21]

Residential Institutions

Peadar Tóibín

461. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women and children who have been referred to the parent and infant unit in Bessborough for residential support and assessment in each of the past five years. [5084/21]

Residential Institutions

Peadar Tóibín

462. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of units for residential support and assessment for parents operational nationwide; the location of each facility; and if Tusla refers women and-or children to Northern Ireland or overseas for parental assessment or support. [5085/21]

Child Protection

Peadar Tóibín

463. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women who have availed of and been through parental assessments that have subsequently had their children placed in State care; and the number of women who have retained custody of their children. [5086/21]

Child Protection

Peadar Tóibín

464. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have been taken into State care in each of the past five years by age and birthplace of the children, by county or region. [5087/21]