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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It is ten days since Tara Mines closed and 2,000 people are facing job losses. Workers are facing a deadline of 14 July before the mines are put under care and maintenance. After that, 650 workers will be laid off. I commend SIPTU on its work in putting solutions to Boliden that could save up to €70 million. Boliden has obviously engaged with the Ministers, Deputies Coveney and...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to mention a tangential issue, namely, the crisis affecting nursing homes at present. The Ministers of State will be aware that nursing homes are closing right across the country and that many are blaming what they call fair deal discrimination. These nursing homes claim funding is insufficient to meet their spiralling inflation costs and the figures bear this out. Recently...

Transport Support Schemes for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I am proud to have been part of the development of the motion before us today. I give credit to the Regional Group, which has done massive work on the motion, especially to Deputy Canney, who has driven the work within the group, and to Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh for her work behind the scenes. Our motion speaks a lot of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which...

Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I would like to welcome the Women of Honour to the Public Gallery. I was proud to raise the case of the Women of Honour for the first time in the Dáil more than 18 months ago. I was also proud to bring them to the AV room so they could make a presentation to other Deputies about their experience. The way that these women and men were treated by the State was absolutely horrendous. It...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...Taoiseach agus lena fhoireann as teacht isteach agus as a chur i láthair. I will focus on two different areas but I am not saying any of this in a combative fashion. I genuinely say it in an effort to tease out some of the problems that exist in government at the moment. If one looks at housing, healthcare, the cost-of-living crisis or the migration issue, there seems to be a big...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: In 2019, the figure for adverse incidents was 75,000 while in 2021, the figure was 105,000. Again, most of those adverse incidents are likely to have happened because doctors and nurses are under so much pressure because of the lack of staff in those systems. When Simon Harris was Minister for Health, he commissioned a report that showed there was a direct correlation between under-staffing...

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Like most people, I want to see a situation where we can provide shelter and safe harbour for those fleeing violence, war and famine. Like most people, I believe this country should be the good Samaritan in times of need. It must be said that many refugees and migrants have been welcomed successfully in communities in most parts of the country. However, I will address today's debate....

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The State has much previous form in fighting people to the very end. With the CervicalCheck scandal, the State fought women in court up until the time they died. Many people have felt that in the past, the State has prolonged redress and justice for financial reasons. We see that the Government is wedded to the protection of its financial interests over its moral interests. Many people...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: This legislation is long overdue but it is incredibly flawed, specifically, in how it proportions redress based on the time a person has spent in an institution. That is obvious to anybody who reads this legislation. Who is the Minister to determine that someone who has spent 179 days in an institution is any less deserving of compensation than someone who has spent 181 days in an...

Public Dental Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the representatives of the dentists to the Gallery to listen to the debate. It is frustrating to hear the response of the Government to what has been put forward by the Opposition. For years the dental sector in this country has been on the brink of collapse. We know it is at breaking point across the country, which is staggering, given the importance of dental care to so many...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Agriculture in Ireland is in a state of crisis. I do not say that lightly. Every year a large number of farmers are leaving the sector. The number of farmers has reduced significantly throughout the State over the past decade. According to Teagasc, which analysed the income of farmers, a full third of farmers were making a loss from their business. They were either going into debt or...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) (Pets) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I again thank Deputy Verona Murphy and Deputy Canney for co-signing the Bill and for submitting it to the lottery. It would not have made it to this Stage if not for that important help. This is a very important issue to many people around the country. Legislation on animal welfare needs to be strengthened. We need to strengthen regulations to protect animals in this country, especially...

Current Issues Affecting the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: In recent days, I spoke to the family of an elderly man who went to a GP with a respiratory illness. He went to the GP centre to look for an appointment with the doctor and was told to come back in January. Yesterday, I spoke to 79-year-old woman who has an infection. She rang the GP and was told to come back in January. Last night she rang the doctor on call but there was no answer from...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I listened to the Taoiseach's speech and he excelled himself in his last week. Before he died the theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking, wrote about the possibility of there being a parallel universe. The Taoiseach's speech represented a parallel universe to the experience of most people living in this country. It is clear that the measure of success or failure for a Minister for Housing,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (1 Dec 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: With all the figures, plans and language, if we are to boil this down we have record house prices, record rents and record homelessness. We are at the worst point so far of the housing crisis over the past ten years. Last year the Government missed its target by 5,000. It had a target of 28,000 builds and it built 23,000. This year's target is smaller than last year's target of 28,000...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...and is a citizen of this country must have equal rights. A Republic is built on the idea that all citizens are equal. Aontú opposes all forms of discrimination and we oppose all incitements to violence. We believe that incitement to violence is wrong, that it is a criminal act and that it should be treated as such. Words do matter. Words matter a lot. Words can cast light, they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill and the UK Government's Plans around the Human Rights Act: Amnesty International UK (10 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I am back. I greatly appreciate the opportunity to get back in and I apologise for having to run off earlier. I had to head down to the Chamber to speak. I thank Ms Teggart, Mr. O'Hare and Mr. Reavey for their incredible presentation and testimony. I am so sorry to hear all of the shocking things that have happened to them on those fateful days and on subsequent days, weeks, months and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...47 deaths across homeless services in Dublin in 2018, 49 in 2019 and 76 in 2020. Last year, in 2021, incredibly, 115 people died in homeless services. So far this year, 70 people are recorded to have lost their lives in the Dublin homeless services. It does not bear thinking about but those figures are set to increase due to the fact that the weather is going to get colder and more...

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The banking crisis devastated Ireland. It affected the lives of millions of people in this State and forced hundreds of thousands of people to emigrate, many of whom have never returned. People who left due to the collateral damage of the banking crisis are living in Canada, Australia and all over the world. It loaded tens of billions of euro of debt onto this country and significantly...