Meath West — week of Mon, 11 Sept

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 0 votes · 59 questions · 10 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 59 total

Children 19 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the investment per child by his Department for each county in Ireland for the past five years. [37178/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla have conducted any internal review into the prevalence of human trafficking among children in care; if he has seen the findings of such a review; and if he will furnish this Deputy with the findings. [37215/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times Tusla reported instances of child trafficking to the gardaí in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [37216/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the dates upon which he has corresponded with or met with the CEO of Tusla to date in 2023. [37299/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the dates upon which he has corresponded with or met with the CEO of HIQA to date in 2023. [37300/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the dates upon which he has corresponded with or met with the special rapporteur for child protection to date in 2023. [37301/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the dates upon which he has corresponded with or met with the Ombudsman for Children to date in 2023. [37302/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the dates upon which he has corresponded with or met with the CEO of the HSE to date in 2023. [37303/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will request that Tusla respond to this Deputy on Parliamentary Questions which were referred to it for reply more than ten days ago (details supplied). [37304/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of special emergency accommodation companies that have been set up, or contracted, by Tusla in Ireland in each of the past ten years, for the purposes of accommodating children in State care; the names of such companies; and the amounts paid to each company, per child per year, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [37305/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care who were residing in special emergency accommodation on the first day of each of the past 24 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37306/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 27 June 2023, if he will list the names of the four non-statutory foster care agencies that the Alternative Care Inspection and Monitoring Service (ACIMS) recommended Tusla cease placements with. [37334/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the names of the companies who have been used by Tusla for the purposes of providing special emergency accommodation for children in care over the past five years. [38986/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount paid to each company used by Tusla to provide special emergency accommodation for children in care in the past five years; if a breakdown can be provided on the payments to each company; the number of children each company cared for during that period; and the rough average length of time each child spent in special emergency accommodation. [38987/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a detailed description of the vetting process and qualification requirements for staff working in special emergency accommodation for children in care if he will clarify whether each company has a person in charge; and the welfare reporting mechanisms that are in place in these companies. [38988/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will furnish this Deputy with copies of the supporting reports referenced one to five in a person's letter of 17 May 2023. [38989/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will furnish this Deputy with a copy of the plan to increase capacity across residential care settings for children in care, including special care, as approved by the Tusla board on 25 March 2023. [38990/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care, aged below 12 years that have been placed in statutory, voluntary and procured residential services in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [38991/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children under the age of twelve years that have been placed by Tusla in special emergency accommodation/regional placements in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [38992/23]
Justice 9 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many drink driving arrests were made in each county or by Garda division in the country over the past ten years; how many drink driving tests were carried out in each county or Garda division in the past ten years; and how many convictions were achieved for drinking driving in each county or Garda division for the past ten years. [37184/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many speeding arrests were made in each county or by Garda division in the country over the past ten years; how many speeding checkpoints were carried out in each county or Garda division in the past ten years; and how many convictions were achieved for speeding in each county or Garda division for the past ten years. [37185/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the lowest number of gardaí on duty in each sub district overnight in Meath for each of the past five years; how many Garda stations in Ireland have no full-time garda; and if she will identify the stations. [37186/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice to outline the shortest, median and longest response times to emergency calls in each Garda division against any designated response time target; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37243/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons arrested, prosecuted and convicted of human trafficking in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [37295/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of reports of human trafficking received by gardaí in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [37296/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if she has undertaken to examine the rate of child trafficking in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37297/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if her Department is aware of any instances of trafficking for organ harvesting in the State over the past decade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37298/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for the undocumented scheme; if their case will be examined favourably, given they have been living here for the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38177/23]
Health 9 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the investment per child in mental health services in each county in Ireland for the past five years; and what the investment per person is in mental health services for each county in Ireland for the past five years. [37179/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on CAMHS waiting lists, per county or region, in tabular form. [37290/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children seen by CAMHS in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [37291/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children referred to CAMHS or placed on a CAMHS waiting list in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [37292/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children who died while on the CAMHS waiting list in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [37293/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children who died while availing of CAMHS in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [37294/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will consider providing polio survivors with a discretionary medical card (details supplied). [37753/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the systemic reviews or investigations that have been undertaken for each of the following: people who have died of adverse incidents in the health service; people who have been disabled by adverse incidents in the health service; and people who have had significant injury as a result of an adverse incident in the HSE. [38156/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the level of excess deaths for each of the past 12 months; the research he and his Department have undertaken into the cause of these excess deaths; the cause of these excess deaths; and the measures he is taking to prevent excess deaths. [39060/23]
Transport 8 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the current number and wait times for a driving test, per test centre; the number of driving testers for each test centre; his plans to clear the backlog of driving test waiting times; the target timeframe for same; if he will consider outsourcing to the private sector, in line with measures taken by his Department in 2005 to reduce the backlog of driving test wait times; the total cost of the contract awarded to the private company in that period; the estimated cost to outsource further to the private sector to clear the current backlog, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37844/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will list the reason a driving tester may decline to proceed with a driving test; if his attention has been drawn to instances where a test will not proceed due to a slightly faded but in date insurance disk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37845/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of times a driving test did not proceed, despite the applicant having been offered a test date and having paid the money, due to issues on the day of the test, for example, faults with the physical car, lights, display of insurance disk, and so on, in 2022; and if a breakdown can be provided on that figure per test centre. [37846/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of times in 2022 that driving tests did not proceed due to the fact, that on the day of the test the driving tester stated that the car's insurance disk was slightly faded; and if a breakdown can be provided on this figure per test centre. [37847/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if there is an appeals process in place for instances where a driving tester refuses to proceed with a driving test on the day of the test due to issues with the vehicle for example, insurance, brake lights, and so on; if there is a means by which the customer may seek their money back, or challenge the decision of the tester. [37848/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the percentage of people who failed the driving test in 2022 in each test centre in the State. [37849/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will be allocated an appointment for a driving test who is waiting over six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38051/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport to consider a proposal (details supplied) to relieve pressures on the NCT service. [38117/23]
Enterprise 3 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total euro investment made by IDA companies in each county in the past five years; how many jobs were created in each county by IDA companies in each of the past five years; and how many IDA company jobs are in each county in the State. [37180/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total euro investment made by Enterprise Ireland companies in each county in the past five years; how many jobs were created in each county by Enterprise Ireland companies in each of the past five years; and how many Enterprise Ireland company jobs are in each county in the State. [37181/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total euro investment made by Local Enterprise Office-supported businesses in each county in the past five years; how many jobs were created in each county by Local Enterprise Office-supported businesses in each of the past five years; and how many Local Enterprise Office-supported businesses jobs are in each county in the State. [37182/23]
Education 3 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education her views on whether “white people, Irish people and males” have a privileged status in Irish society, as is indicated in the new NCCA draft curriculum; and her further views on whether the education system should be free of political ideology and offer a neutral space for all in society to learn. [37269/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she or her Department have carried out a risk assessment or an impact assessment on the new Junior Cycle SPHE curriculum; and if so, if she will provide the details of these assessments. [38443/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she or her Department have carried out a risk assessment or an impact assessment on the use of mixed-sex toilets in schools; and if so, if she will provide the details of these assessments. [38444/23]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will state from which departmental budget was the announcement of the allocation of an additional €5 million in funding to Ukraine; and if such funding is subject to the same monitoring and transparency criteria under the Official Development Assistance Programme. [37528/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a breakdown per country, of total funding allocated from Ireland's Aid Programme from the start of 2022 to date; if funding allocated to Ukraine since 2022 falls under Ireland's Official Development Assistance (ODA) Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37529/23]
Housing 2 questions
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding drawn down from the voids programme, by each local authority, in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [37208/23]
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of persons who successfully availed of the vacant properties refurbishment grant since it was established; and if a geographical breakdown can be provided in tabular form. [37209/23]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach to report on his visit to Ukraine in July 2023, including his meeting with President Zelensky, and when this meeting was planned. [37528/23]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the proposed opening date for the Bailieborough District Garda Headquarters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38865/23]
Tourism 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what research has been carried out by her Department as to the financial and jobs impact on the tourism sector of the use of hotel rooms to house asylum applicants and Ukrainian refugees; if she will estimate the value to these two specific impacts; how many hotel rooms there are in Ireland; how many of these hotel rooms are currently in use as accommodation for asylum applicants and Ukrainian refugees; and if she will provide a breakdown, by county, of these two figures. [38427/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-09-11 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if there could be consideration for a fuel allowance to be paid to polio survivors (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37752/23]

New lobbying 10 returns

Pro Life Campaign Health
- Letters to TDs who voted in favour of the Foetal Pain Relief Bill 2021 on the Three-Year Review
Prosper Meath CLG Health
- Invitation to Prosper Meath's 40th Anniversary Events
Trim Family Resource Centre Children and Youth Affairs
- Meet and Greet event organised by National FRC Forum in Dublin
Association of Insurance & Financial Brokers trading as Brokers Ireland Finance
- Brokers Ireland pre 2024 budget submission
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA · 5 returns Development and Zoning · Environment · Finance · Agriculture
- Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)
- EUNature Restoration Law
- IFA Budget 2024 Submission - Measures to mitigate increased cost of production and general inflationary pressures
- IFA Budget 2024 Submission - Measures to Support Farmers Through Brexit
- New Forestry Programme - A Lost Opportunity
Alcohol Action Ireland Health
- Budget 2024 recommendations to reduce harm from alcohol, including increase in excise duties, social responsibility levy on alcohol industry, establishment of an Alcohol Office, funding for services for all impacted by alcohol harm

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