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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the provision of affordable housing for County Longford. [59537/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (1 Dec 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 291. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown by county of the number and cost of the beds that his Department contracted for asylum seekers in hotels, pubs, bed and breakfasts or any similar facilities in each month from 31 May to 31 October 2022. [60361/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Boland for coming before the committee and for providing a very good report. Anything that can break the impasse we have in the peat sector at the moment must be commended and welcomed. I will hone in on recommendation 1 and the exemption clarification. It states the aim of the recommendation is to restore confidence in the current procedures and to give the necessary support...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact of Local Emissions: Discussion (30 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Brennan for coming in and giving such heartfelt testimony. I know he is not here for sympathy and wants to get a resolution to this. I was struck by part of Mr. Dempsey's testimony when he said it is rare for vets when they identify a problem to get behind a farmer so forcefully and affirmatively, so it is very evident that Mr. Brennan has a case. We probably have a history in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Has Mr. Boland engaged with any of the local authorities on this in terms of planners?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the emergency works application by a school (details supplied) to carry out urgent roof repairs. [59048/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the emergency works application from a school (details supplied) in respect of fencing needed to fence off a dangerous boundary area. [59490/22]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister for coming in and briefing us on the update to the Estimates. I commend him on his work. He probably has one of the most difficult portfolios in the Government. Considerable and significant progress has been made during the year and I am conscious the Department is going to have a strong final quarter. Needless to say, colleagues beside me will not agree but I am very...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I am sorry. I thought I had the whole ten minutes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I will let the Aire ar ais isteach.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: What about the CALF review?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I will be quick, as I am conscious that the Minister needs to go. We have discussed modular builds a number of times. Could the Department set targets for local authorities to build modular builds, be they timber-framed, steel or other builds? There are great examples with the Ukrainian crisis. I have been in two-bedroom modular builds that were built for €80,000, excluding site...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future Business Model Plans and Long-term Vision for the Media Sector: Discussion (24 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I am not on the committee but my background is in regional press. I spent all of my working life before I came into politics in the regional press. I would have crossed paths with Seamus Dooley many moons ago when he was in the latter years of his career on the Roscommon Champion, and we spent a night in a pub in Roscommon, although we did not actually work together. I worked with Linda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming in. I commend them on their work in this area. Like most people from rural Ireland I am an enthusiastic supporter of horse racing. I greatly value its role in Ireland and it is important that it be funded. We have a unique relationship with the horse in Ireland. Nothing epitomised that more recently than Shark Hanlon's success in the US...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Will the Minister consider a contemporary value-for-money report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the witnesses for attending. Notwithstanding the fact that Deputy Fitzmaurice has rightly voiced concerns regarding the sensitive areas, it is rare that we get EU regulations that most people support and can see the value in. It is a notable occasion. GI is an important issue. The Department has to be commended on the work it has done on it. Equally, we have to acknowledge the...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I congratulate the Minister on a very progressive budget. It epitomises her view and approach to politics and society generally. The Minister has done Herculean work in the Department over the past two plus years and that is reflected in this budget. However, there are a couple of issues I will pick up on. One of them is the exclusion of the recipients of the disablement benefit...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Priorities (22 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 259. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when it is intended to advertise and appoint a person to the recently announced role of night-time advisor for County Longford. [57292/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (22 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the income thresholds for County Longford will be revised upwards. [57405/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (22 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an issue in relation to salary payments will be clarified and resolved as in the case of a person (details supplied). [57431/22]