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Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: I commend the Minister of State on bringing forward this Bill. It is one of the most significant overhauls of consumer rights legislation in some time and it is long overdue. What we are doing is embedding many rights but will we give information to people regarding their rights when they get involved in the system? I am sure everybody in this Chamber has signed up for some sort of service...

Defamation Act 2009 Review: Statements (11 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the publication of the report. I agree with Deputy Howlin. I would like to see the initiation plan as soon as possible. This issue has dragged on for some time. I do not agree with the interpretation of Deputy Cairns as regards why it dragged on, but it is highly complex. The report that has been published deals with the complexity in detail, however, and I commend all those...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for passports from counties Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Galway and Donegal, respectively, that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22652/22]

Europe Day: Statements (10 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: When one looks back on the decision by the Irish people 50 years ago in 1972 to join the then European Economic Community one must accept it was a big, brave and forward-looking decision by a country that was still in its infancy and that still had much to do to maximise the opportunity and the benefits of its independence. Only 50 years before that, the country had come through the War of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Meetings (10 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the next European Union Foreign Affairs Council meeting will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22653/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (10 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the working group into defective housing, in particular in relation to fire safety and structural safety deficits; if he anticipates including an expenditure provision for same in his 2023 estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23392/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to ensure the viability of the school transport service in view of the large cost increases for operators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23319/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (10 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community welfare officers in each county in tabular form; if she has plans to expand these numbers given the importance of ease of access to a CWO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23321/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the domiciliary care allowance in each of the years 2019 to 2021; the percentage of these applications that were successful on the first application in each year; the percentage of unsuccessful applications that were appealed; the percentage of these applications that were successful in their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (10 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she supports the extension of the parental leave allowance to the parents of foster children in order to assist the parents and the children and to encourage more persons to come forward to act as foster parents. [23323/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (5 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: I acknowledge that there is huge work under way but I am sure the Minister of State engages with and meets hospitality business owners on his travels and they are pulling their hair out to get qualified staff. I commend Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB, which has commenced a programme of training for bar staff with local bars. It is a focused programme that provides skills. The level of vacancy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (5 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 9. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her strategy to support building the capability of employees to help businesses to bridge the skills gaps they are experiencing and to drive greater employee retention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22101/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (5 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: Fáilte Ireland published a survey of 1,000 businesses in February 2022, and identified that 30% face closure if the current recruitment crisis within hospitality is not resolved. I ask the Minister of State to outline the strategy to assist these businesses to bridge the skills gaps that they have, to support tourism as an employer, and to encourage people to take up careers in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (5 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: The Minister of State mentioned chefs. Some 88% of respondents to the survey referenced by the Minister of State said they had considerable difficulty in recruiting chefs. We must consider the fact that 42% of workers who were working in the tourism and hospitality sector pre-pandemic, and who received PUP as a consequence, did not return to the industry. There are 40,000 vacancies in the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (5 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the Irish language planning process including outstanding commitments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22102/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (28 Apr 2022)

Dara Calleary: 150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the agency that has the responsibility for the ban on burning smoky fuel in designated towns; the number of any complaints received in relation to the burning of smoky fuels in each town, in tabular form; the number of successful prosecutions taken as a consequence of any complaint; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (28 Apr 2022)

Dara Calleary: 160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority can dictate the precise timings of a public service obligation-funded bus service to an operator; the flexibility the operator has in the timetabling of a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21536/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (28 Apr 2022)

Dara Calleary: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the considerable difficulties being encountered by customers across the country who are seeking to change their bank accounts from banks (details supplied) to other banks; if he will engage with the Central Bank to ensure all maximum assistance and information is been provided to the public; if he will engage with the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (26 Apr 2022)

Dara Calleary: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [15025/22]