Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has called the inability of TDs to question NPHET a threat to the democratic oversight within the country. The Aontú leader said that TDs were unable to ask questions despite “the decisions on practical every aspect of the life of the country being made by NPHET.” “Today Ireland’s workplaces have […]
The Taoiseach was visibly annoyed by Peadar Tóibín TD’s request that the government guarantee the immediate return of “full cancer services.”
Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín has said that “deep frustration” is building in communities, after the government pushed back reopening the country once again. Deputy Tóibín said “we are being told that there is light at the end of the tunnel but the tunnel is getting longer and longer.” The Meath West TD said Ireland was […]
Aontú Leader, Peadar Tóibín, has criticised the EU for cutting Ireland’s share of the EU Recovery Fund by €352 million, and queried how the Irish government failed to protect Ireland’s interests once again. He also accused the EU of giving Ireland a “raw deal”. The Meath West TD said that Ireland had seen its share […]
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has called for the easing of restrictions around funeral services and burial, saying that churches are often the biggest building in a given town. He said that the “cruel” restrictions at funerals was in contrast to the daily experience of people standing in queues for goods in busy shops and […]
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has called for an Emergency Response Unit to be set up in support of Nursing Homes in crisis. Today it was revealed that 369 deaths associated with Covid-19 had taken place in nursing homes in January, with 193 outbreaks currently in the care homes. “We’ve seen a warning from the […]
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has said that survivors of Mother and Baby Homes have not had all their questions answered today, while lambasting the “insensitive” approach the government has taken. Deputy Tóibín said: “The report on Mother and Baby Homes has been published today, and it does make for distressing reading. Survivors have been […]
Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has described the Government’s actions on Covid as a “yo-yo policy” and says that proposals to introduce new Covid Restrictions even before the current restrictions are relaxed has shattered any sense of certainty that many people and businesses needed and thought that they had. “The Táiniste Leo Varadkar stated on […]
Peadar Tóibín TD has called on the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly to make a statement in the Dáil to correct a statement he made in relation to a Covid-19 outbreak in a nursing home in Galway in October. The Minister accused the Aontú leader of telling a “flat out lie” when he raised the […]
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has called for the nurses retention bill to be scrapped this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He said that the treatment of nurses who were being asked to pay a €100 rentention fee in a difficult year was in sharp contrast to the bonus Scottish nurses were receiving. “In […]
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has refused to address the issue of babies born alive after abortion in Ireland, as revealed in a shocking new study from UCC which was published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Questions were submitted to Minister Donnelly on the issue by TDs including Peadar Tóibín of […]
As we reported yesterday, Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has introduced a bill to the Dáil which seeks to prevent the distribution of pornography to children by media companies, including internet service providers. It’s a worthy goal. Here he is, explaining it in more detail: Internet companies are providing hard core pornography to children as young […]