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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (22 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 915. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of skippers and or captains and or ships masters that have been allocated administrative sanctions by means of penalty points following prosecution by the chosen competent control agencies in other member states of the European Union; if he will provide a breakdown of the figures of legal systems similar to Ireland and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (22 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 927. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to provide a library in Ratoath, County Meath; and if she will provide funding should a site be identified. [9913/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: As we all say, Covid has changed everything and has been the great disrupter. Many people are moving around and changing their work patterns, through working remotely and so on. I have never seen so many people moving home to my own county. In the context of spatial planning changing, and with Covid having had such a disrupting effect, what is the Minister's personal position on the 170 km...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: NPHET is meeting today to consider what will happen with mandatory mask wearing. For many people this will be a welcome sign that we are leaving the pandemic behind us. However, many unions representing workers in transport and retail, particularly Mandate Trade Union and the National Bus and Rail Union, NBRU, have concerns. Ms Patricia King, general secretary of the Irish Congress of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: Will the Minister ensure that commercial transport operators are covered? When will the flexi-taxsaver ticket be introduced? When will the 20% fare reduction announced recently also be introduced?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: I asked the Minister a number of questions. He outlined what his view is before taking NPHET advice regarding mask wearing. I am saying out straight that many workers have a deep concern there, particularly in transport and retail. I know there are problems with introducing new technology in the public transport system. I had to clean up a mess that lasted eight and a half years, under...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [5964/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: Covid has caused a significant increase in the waiting lists and a build-up of problems which are not fully diagnosed - pardon the pun - in the health service. A new plan on hospital waiting lists is to be brought to the Government shortly. Will the Taoiseach update us on when that will happen? Is this unit that sits in the Department of the Taoiseach involved in this plan? Reports...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: I have a very specific and direct question. Is there any official, unofficial or secret agreement between the Irish State and the UK Government that permits the RAF to conduct any form of armed operations in Irish airspace? Will the Taoiseach confirm to the House that this agreement does, or does not, exist? Under Article 15.6 of the Constitution, the Oireachtas is the only authority that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department’s Covid-19 and health unit. [7920/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [7925/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: House prices have risen by 14.4% over the past year, the highest annual growth rate in seven years. The price of second-hand homes rose by 16.7% and the price of new homes rose by 5.1%. Young families are struggling big time. An income of €116,000 is required to be able to afford an average house in our capital city. No matter how much young people save, they cannot deliver because...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: What about the gouging that is going on?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (15 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the publication of Harnessing Digital - The Digital Ireland Framework, published by his Department. [7922/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent communications with the President of the United States. [7921/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Partnership Meetings (15 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [5963/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: A couple of weeks ago the Taoiseach agreed with me here that the mid-west needed an elective hospital given the massive overcrowding and that University Hospital Limerick, UHL, is simply too small. There are reports in the media that UL Hospitals Group, along with a number of others, has worked with a private organisation, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, UPMC, on building an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: There is not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: What is the Taoiseach going to do to ensure we get the consultant and health professional posts filled-----