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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (30 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail how many rapid build accommodation units have been built to house people from Ukraine to date. [3946/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 530. To ask the Minister for Health the items and the quantity of items and their value that were bought for in 2020, 2021 and 2022 to deal with the Covid crisis that are being stored by his Department all of the country; and if he will detail where these items are being stored. [3941/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 531. To ask the Minister for Health if a centre (details supplied) is being used to store items bought to deal with the Covid crisis; if it is his intention to continue use of the centre for the purpose of storage; and when he will finally allow the centre to be used for a community purpose. [3942/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (30 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 532. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for medical compensation for each year since 2010. [3943/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: It is difficult to overstate the human rights crisis in China. It is estimated that more than 1 million Uyghurs have been put into re-education camps in China since 2014. Subjects there suffer torture, women are forcibly sterilised, women have forced birth control and forced abortions, and products are being made in slave situations, with many such products finding their way into western...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand that another diplomat, when he heard a report that the issue of human rights was mentioned, wondered how he had missed it because he had not noticed it at the meetings. The two pieces of evidence we have heard today are in contradiction. The US has moved to ban imports from Xinjiang and to stop slave labour products made by Uyghurs from being sold in the US. The EU proposed...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent visit of the Chinese Premier to Ireland; and if human rights concerns were raised with the Premier during his visit. [2941/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Last week the Taoiseach and the Chinese Premier met. There was the result of a fantastic decision on behalf of Irish farmers that access for Irish beef was reestablished into the Chinese market. However, there are major issues with China. We have millions of people in the Xinjiang province who are being treated barbarically by the Chinese regime. We have democracy within Hong Kong being...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (25 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list the occasions upon which he has met with the Palestinian Ambassador to Ireland. [2940/24]

Tribunal of Inquiry into certain matters relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces: Motion (24 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to pay tribute to the Women of Honour, many of whom are here tonight, who have courageously brought to light the shocking litany of abuse and bullying that has been experienced by men and women in the Defence Forces over the decades. I had the opportunity to raise their case for the first time in the Dáil. At that time, I stated that if we wanted to achieve justice, we had to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (24 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 186. To ask the Minister for Health how many times he has referred Parliamentary Questions to the HSE for response to Deputies directly in each of the past twelve months; how many times the HSE has issued responses to the Deputies who submitted the questions; if a specific breakdown can be provided in the case of this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3102/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Meals-on-Wheels Services (24 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 188. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the allocation of funding for 2024 to each meals on wheels service in receipt of HSE funding, by name of service and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3112/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 85. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he met with the Women of Honour group before the terms of reference for the tribunal of inquiry into the Defence Forces handling of bullying, harassment and sexual assault allegations were agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2780/24]

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: There are 9,409 adults currently homeless in the State, and 4,105 children are accessing emergency accommodation. That is equivalent to the full population of the town of Midleton in Cork. It is a significant number of Irish citizens who are currently in a state of homelessness. There is the equivalent of 117 classrooms of children homeless at the moment. It is an incredible situation....

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: In Gaza, 25,000 individual human beings have been murdered since the horrendous attacks by Hamas on 7 October. This is the equivalent of every man, woman and child in a large Irish town such as Tralee being killed. More than 10,000 children have been killed in those attacks. That is the equivalent of 416 classrooms of innocent children murdered in that time. Women and children have been...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when he last met with church leaders in Ireland. [55133/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Religious leaders of all faiths are working overtime in this country at the moment. They do enormous work in helping the vulnerable, members of the Travelling community, victims of human trafficking, those in prison, those who are homeless, those with addictions, those who are grieving and so on, and in terms of integration and working with many in our migrant communities. They must,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The only country in Europe.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: We were an outlier.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the terms of reference for the inquiry into Covid-19 in Ireland will be produced. [55131/23]