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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (24 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on an application for a foreign birth registration (details supplied); if there is a reason for the delay with it; when the decision is expected to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3208/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Road Projects (24 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 128. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been brought to the fact that the local improvement scheme offered by Galway County Council will not be taking applications for a third year in 2024 leaving the condition of roads not taken in charge by the County Council to further deteriorate, which is a particular problem in Gaeltacht areas of the county;...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Road Projects (24 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 230. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been brought to the fact that the local improvement scheme offered by Galway County Council will not be taking applications for a third year in 2024, leaving the condition of roads not taken in charge by the County Council to further deteriorate; if she intends to make additional funding available to address...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Update on Key Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (24 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I am not taking from the fact-----

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: The issue of vulture funds snapping up family homes across this State is an absolute shame on this Government, just as it is a shame that over 4,000 children were in homeless accommodation over the Christmas period. The fact that this has not been mentioned every single day by Government Ministers in this Dáil since it returned is utterly shameful. Today, I was interested to hear...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: One in every 100 Gazans has now been killed. The death toll has reached over 25,000. That is an absolutely terrifying figure. It is actually a figure that is impossible to comprehend but we have to comprehend it because we need to understand the scale of the loss and the genocide that is unfolding in Gaza. I know that, during an tAire Stáit's time as Minister of State with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Departmental officials support the legislative conservation of invasive perch in Lough Shindilla under the current Conservation of Coarse Fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 and the subsequent ecological destruction of native Arctic char (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2675/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Departmental officials support the continual stocking of invasive rainbow trout into Lough Lene SAC lake (details supplied) given the direct negative impact that invasive freshwater fish have on the ecological quality status of Irish rivers and lakes under the EU Water Framework Directive; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Departmental officials support the legislative conservation of invasive roach in Lettercraffroe Lough (details supplied) under the current Conservation of Coarse Fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 considering that roach are classed as highly invasive in Ireland under the European Communities (Birds and Natural...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Departmental officials support the continual promotion on Ballyquirke Lough SAC lake as an invasive pike and coarse fishery given the direct negative impact that invasive freshwater fish have on the ecological quality status of Irish rivers and lakes under the EU Water Framework Directive; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Departmental officials support the legislative conservation of invasive tench in Ballyquirke Lough and the wider Lough Corrib SAC catchment under the current Conservation of Coarse Fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2679/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Departmental officials support the continual promotion of Ross Lake SAC lake as an invasive pike and coarse fishery given the direct negative impact that invasive freshwater fish have on the ecological quality status of Irish rivers and lakes under the EU Water Framework Directive; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he would consider starting the process again to contact fishers directly when grants become available as fishers may not see the updates on the website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2686/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Horizon Europe consortia linkages between Irish universities and Israeli institutions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2714/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (23 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 687. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1868 of 17 January 2024, if she will provide the date that she expects the process to select the Local Action Groups (LAGs) to deliver the 2023-2027 LEADER Programme will be completed. [3066/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I ask the Minister to provide details on those 3,000 places and exactly what they relate to. 12 o’clock In addition, have critical skills and immigration visas ever been looked at in terms of trades? I have looked at that and it did not seem to be clear. On the five-year period the Minister mentioned, I was talking specifically about 2022-23, when there was a doubling of people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: As the Minister is aware, this is something I have had a particular interest in. I note the Minister mentions the increase in the number of places from 13,000 to 16,000. Does he think he will have the capacity to deal with that? We know it has been impossible to deal with the capacity up to now. On that, the Minister mentioned how just over 3,300 people are waiting. Can he specifically...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes, the figure of 3,000.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work he is doing to ensure that current students and apprentices are retained within Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2287/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: What work is being undertaken by the Department to ensure that current students and apprentices are retained here? I ask the Minister to make a statement on the matter.