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Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (2 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: There has been significant spend on public information campaigns during the pandemic, although we can all accept there was a necessity for public health reasons. The Department of An Taoiseach roughly estimated that €20 million has been spent since 2020. For example, €1.4 million was spent on online advertising, with a further €500,000 in 2021. Up to the end of April,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: I was enjoying that. We all know there is so much hurt out there felt by the survivors of the mother and baby homes and their families. They feel let down by the report of the commission. They also feel let down that the three members of the commission would not come before the Oireachtas children's committee to discuss their findings. Last night, however, Oxford University advertised...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: Why are they going to Oxford?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: Is it not strange?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: I know.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: Hear, hear.

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: I thank Deputy Connolly and her colleagues for bringing forward this motion, which we will support. I note the Deputy's track record on this because I know we have been raising similar issues for many years. I am disappointed the Minister left just before I began to speak. Perhaps he was afraid I was going to remind him of what he said in opposition regarding all these issues because it...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (2 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: 87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the N24 Waterford to Cahir project constraints public study beyond the 1 June 2021 deadline in view of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30001/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (2 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: 112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of engagements he and his advisers have had with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30002/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (2 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: 113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses in County Donegal that have been approved to date under the MICA scheme; the number of applications currently under assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30003/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (2 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: 114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason persons cannot receive 100% of costs covered under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30005/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [26235/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: I will raise two key issues with the Taoiseach. My colleague, Senator Bacik, has introduced a Bill in the Seanad to provide for paid reproductive leave. This would provide for up to 20 days of paid leave for early miscarriage and ten days for those availing of IVF treatment and fertility programmes. Will the Taoiseach confirm that this Government will support this Bill, address this issue...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (1 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north east inner city initiative. [26503/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (1 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: The north east inner city task force has done extraordinarily good work but there is more work to be done. How much is the Taoiseach engaged in the programme of implementation? Has the Department or the Taoiseach been briefed on whether the Rutland Street School community hub project has gone to tender yet? When is work expected to start? If the Taoiseach is engaged, he will be able to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (1 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: When it comes to managing waste, I do not want to let this opportunity go without talking about the scenes of litter and waste in Dublin city, as have been profiled in recent days, particularly online. Some of the reasons for consternation and blaming young people are outrageous and wrong. Young people have suffered so much over the past 18 months. We have a genuine issue in that we are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: Including PUP services.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (1 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the resource efficiency action plan for 2021 of his Department. [27890/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: I want the Taoiseach to give clarity today on what is happening in regard to the freeze on redundancy rights. Workers need clarity on this. I raised it with the Tánaiste in March and, to be honest, he said it was a complex issue but he did not give an answer. Workers need certainty. Hundreds of thousands of workers could lose out on payments because they spent time on the PUP. We...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 May 2021)

Alan Kelly: I have been requested by people working in oncology to ask the Tánaiste about the oncology service. This is a critical health service which is caught in a storm between Covid and the aftershocks of the ransomware attack. A number of oncologists are really worried about where matters stand in the context of cancer services and the long-term impact of people not being diagnosed, the lack...