Meath West — week of Mon, 8 Sept

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 0 votes · 54 questions · 8 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 54 total

Health 20 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the basis and criteria the decision was taken by the Health Service Executive and her Department to withdraw funding after the law on abortion changed from pregnancy counselling agencies that had a valuable track record in providing practical support to women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy but made it clear that facilitating abortion would be in violation of their ethos. [44593/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that pharmacies are charging up to €15 for issuing medications blister packed; if she is aware that blister packing multiple medications is often the safer option for many vulnerable people who have large volumes of medication to take daily; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many pharmacies in Dublin do not apply a charge; if she has plans to help offset this expense for persons on low income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44807/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total funding given by the HSE/State towards the MRI unit in Navan Hospital. [45212/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the nature of the arrangement between Navan Hospital Alliance for the MRI scanner in the hospital; if there are a certain number of scans available to the HSE weekly under the GP access to community diagnostics; if there is an agreement for each MRI to be paid for by the HSE, if for medical card holders; if so, the average price per scan paid; her views on the arrangement agreed; and the full details of any costs to the State that were or are being incurred. [45213/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there are any public staff working the MRI unit or machine in Navan Hospital. [45214/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the liability of the MRI unit in Navan Hospital is covered by Navan Hospital Alliance or by the State under the umbrella insurance of Navan Hospital. [45215/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of medical card patients scanned in Navan Hospital MRI unit in 2024. [45216/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 11 June 2025, the full list of MRI scans available to medical card holders within the Navan Hospital MRI unit; the breakdown of the number of scans performed in 2024 and to date. [45217/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the cost of the entire project for the MRI scanner unit in Navan Hospital. [45228/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total budget for the GP access to community diagnostics in each of the past ten years; the units that received the highest amount; the breakdown of the procedures performed under this scheme; and the breakdown of the number of each of the procedures performed in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. [45229/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 460 of 20 March 2025, of the 1744.75 hours unallocated, the number of persons this figure represents; the number of these people who have no homecare hours allocated to date; and the number that are additional hours to care hours already provided by the service. [45254/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 460 of 20 March 2025, when geographical and carer limitations are mentioned in regard to filling home care hours, if this means there is an issue with people in a more rural setting; if so, the actions being taken by her to encourage these hours be taken up by potential carers. [45255/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 20 March 2025, of the 730,243 homecare hours allocated in 2024 (details supplied) the number that were supplied by private companies; the share of the budget this represents; if homecare hours are supplied in the Meath area by direct HSE staff; and the share this represents in both budget and hours. [45256/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there is a difference in cost to supply home care through the HSE directly, as opposed to the use of private companies; and if so, the difference. [45257/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to clarify who is responsible for the indemnity insurance in instances where a public patient is treated by a private clinic-doctor from the waiting list; and if these patients are covered under the HSE insurance, private doctor-clinic insurance or other. [45304/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health of all the legal medical claims made against the State in the past ten years, if any of these claims for operations or procedures were made through the TAS scheme; and if so, the number and what was the cost to the State. [45305/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with scoliosis that have presented each year for the past ten years; the number of these cases that were treated through the public system; and the number treated through private the TAS scheme. [45306/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals for scoliosis treatment that have been put in for the TAS scheme; whether this referral done by the consultant-doctor; and whether the HSE have directed consultants to forward patients names and forms for this scheme. [45307/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in the Republic of Ireland who have been granted a long-term illness card under the diagnosis of spina bifida, for each year from 1997 to the most recent year available, by year of birth, in tabular form; to clarify whether these figures include deceased persons; if not, if she will provide both sets of figures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46423/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of operations CHI has undertaken for children with scoliosis and spina bifida, respectively in each of the past 15 years. [46933/25]
Education 10 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for approval for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); if she is aware of the unacceptable situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44679/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth his plans to reduce the pick-up zone distance under the school transport scheme from 3.2 km to 2 km and eventually to 1 km; if a detailed timeframe will be provided on when these changes will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44690/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will examine correspondence (details supplied); if an update will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45004/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth given the significant shortage Ireland faces with school teachers, when it is envisioned the “timebound provision” within the registrations regulation will be enacted, as many people whom have travelled abroad to study teaching find themselves locked out of applying to register when they return home, with limited options for young people returning from studies abroad to register as qualified teachers here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45315/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps are being taken by her Department to protect children from being exposed to harmful or confusing concepts about gender identity by a programme (details supplied). [45905/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will list the experts consulted within the formation of a programme (details supplied), specifically in relation to the issue of gender identity. [45906/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason Ireland is proceeding with policies around gender identity in schools when countries such as Britain, France, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland have paused gender-affirming treatments for minors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45907/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason concessionary school transport ticket holders are not permitted to access public transport free of charge in cases where Bus Éireann has failed to provide a school bus service for their children. [46212/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school bus tickets issued to children nationwide for the upcoming school year for which no corresponding bus service was available. [46213/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school bus tickets issued to children in County Meath for the upcoming school year for which no corresponding bus service was available. [46214/25]
Transport 9 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport for a timeline on when he will be upgrading the N2/A5 route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44672/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport in view of the publication of the National Development Plan, if he will ensure that there is additional funding for road maintenance in the non-national road network in counties with no rail service or ferry service and poor soil, such as Cavan and Monaghan, who are heavily reliant on the road network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44673/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding allocated to all local authorities for repair and maintenance of regional and local road network, in each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44674/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the percentage of roads in Ireland that constitute regional roads; the percentage of roads in each local authority in the country that constitute regional roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44675/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of kilometres of regional roads that exist in Ireland; and the number of kilometres of regional road that exist in each local authority in the country. [44676/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of regional and local roads decommissioned over the past ten years, and to date in 2025. [44692/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the current average waiting time for a driving test with an Irish-speaking tester in County Meath; the corresponding average wait times nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45909/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of PPS numbers lost or misplaced by the National Driver Licence Service over the past 20 years; the measures in place to address such administrative errors, which cause significant stress, inconvenience and expense to licence holders; and the immediate steps that will be taken to resolve a current case raised by this Deputy (details supplied). [45910/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of applicants currently waiting to sit the bus driving test in County Meath and nationwide; the average waiting time for applicants to be given a bus test date; and the measures being taken to increase the number of bus testers both in Meath and across the country, given the urgent demand for qualified bus drivers to serve the increasing number of school transport routes and replace those that have been cancelled by Bus Éireann recently. [46215/25]
Housing 6 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of appeals submitted to the defective concrete blocks appeals panel in relation to the downgrading of reports by independent chartered engineers, and the status of those appeals validated, invalidated, under review, determined and the grounds for any invalidation. [45898/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the statutory or administrative timeframe within which the defective concrete blocks grant scheme appeals panel is required to issue determinations on appeals submitted. [45899/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the oversight, accountability, and resourcing arrangements in place for the appeals panel under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and the steps being taken to ensure timely determinations. [45900/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any legal advice has been sought or received by his Department or the defective concrete blocks scheme appeals panel on how to handle conflicting chartered engineers’ opinions in relation to remediation options. [45901/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Department accepts the position of an organisation (details supplied) that “given the research on a review of I.S. 465 has not yet been completed, that where a discrepancy exists between the recommendation of a member of the I.S. 465 Register and the Housing Agency, that the higher option of the two should be preferred, to provide greater assurance to homeowners and building professionals working on the remediation.”. [45902/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm whether the original reports of independent chartered engineers, certified as compliant with IS 465 and costing the affected homeowners approximately €7,000 each, are given full weight in determining the appropriate remediation option under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme. [45903/25]
Further and Higher Education 3 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students from the Republic of Ireland who enrolled in undergraduate allied health professional courses, such as radiography, radiation therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics, orthotics, and nursing, in the Britain and the north of Ireland, for each of the past ten years; and his views on the impact of Brexit on the fees payable by Irish students studying in Britain and the north of Ireland, and the effect this has had on numbers studying there. [46420/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of undergraduate students studying in Irish universities in allied health professional courses (such as radiography, radiation therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics, and nursing, in each of the past ten years; and the number of each that are Irish citizens, the number that are EU citizens and the number that are from out side the EU. [46421/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to establish an undergraduate programme in orthotics, given that none currently exists in the State. [46422/25]
Climate 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on the salaries of the CEO and directors of a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44670/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding the Return scheme, the number of unclaimed deposits per month over the past 24 months; the total value of unclaimed deposits to date in 2025; the value of unclaimed deposits per month over the past 24 months; the total value of unclaimed deposits to date in 2025; the overall percentage reduction-increase in recycling of single-use containers; the overall percentage reduction-increase of single-use containers per month since the start of the return scheme; and the total number of single-use containers used in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [44671/25]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the full cost to date associated with a project (details supplied); a breakdown of the costs and suppliers; the overall initial cost; the cost to date in 2025; any additional costs and overspends from original costings; the projected total finished cost; a timeline for opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44677/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on works to a project (details supplied); if he is aware of any report submitted regarding the current levels of dry rot in the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44678/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of days each year that people pass through Dublin port without any passport control, considering when this Deputy came through Dublin port there was no one manning passport control. [45005/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the special care unit in Johnstown, Navan is still operational as a support to CDNT teams; if so, the reason the summer July provision was not put in place for parents and students who need it; and the work the special care unit in Johnstown Navan is doing currently. [46572/25]

New lobbying 8 returns

Irish Institute of Radiography and Radiation Therapy Health
- Lobbying on behalf of student membership and non member students in light of recruitment crisis casued by Pay and Numbers strategy of the HSE
Parkinson's Ireland Health
- Wrote to the representative to advocate for our pre-budget requests to be included in their parties alternative budget.
Alcohol Action Ireland Health
- Alcohol health information labelling
Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) Finance
- Lobbied Government officials on IWA's Prebudget submission, which included areas such as Cost of Disability Payment, Funding for services, Transport, Housing, Community Services Access and Sport
Prosper Meath CLG Health
- Email invitation to the Prosper Meath Summer BBQ from the CEO
FTI Consulting Finance
- Invitation to Mastercard Roundtable
Creative Retail Distribution Limited · 2 returns Taxation
- Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
- Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax including the potential for a surge in illicit and grey market sales.

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