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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the details of the July provision will issue to schools (details supplied). [28235/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a newly built school (details supplied) is likely to open for students. [28234/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the witnesses. I appreciate they are here to talk about the issue of rewetting. I take on board that the NPWS has 30 years of experience in this area. As someone who grew up looking out at a bog I am conscious that they were thousands of years in formation and there is a lot more there than 30 years. There are a lot of imponderable facts when one is looking at rewetting. I take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Ms Shelton. I would appreciate that.

Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I apologise for not being here earlier. I pay special tribute to the Minister of State for her work on this Bill. It is an area she has been extremely passionate about for several years. She identified the many inequalities in this sector early in her political life and resolved to put them right. It is fair to say we have a great champion for our older, and often most marginalised,...

Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (20 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: The death toll in the region has surpassed 200 as we look on in horror at the terrible violence unfolding in the Middle East. I welcome today's statement from the Minister and our commitment of €1.5 million in aid for the region. Our nation is no stranger to violence and mayhem and we are horrified and repulsed by the unfolding violence. I was heartened to hear the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (20 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name he plans to apply to the new LIT and AIT technological university; the process undertaken by the project team; the consultation process to arrive at the proposed agreed name which he rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26959/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: Obviously, I and my fellow Deputies are very pleased to see the reduction in the number of people in receipt of the PUP as the economy starts to reopen. I commend the Department on the speed and efficiency with which this was rolled out and I commend the staff who, as the Minister rightly stated, have answered more than 10 million phone calls regarding the PUP. I know it is not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: As the Minister mentioned, it is very important that we commend the staff across the country who have worked in the PUP section throughout the pandemic. Many new staff were brought in and trained up very quickly. I know from personal experience that the level of service and their interaction with Deputies, as public representatives, has been excellent. I also commend the staff at my local...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Longford currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number of persons in County Westmeath currently in receipt of the payment; the number in each county who were in receipt of the payment on the same date in April 2021; the number of persons in each county who have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: As I am conscious that a number of colleagues asked similar questions, I will paraphrase the question for the Minister. It is to ask the number of people, by county, in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment at present and the corresponding figures for those same counties last month. The question also seeks the number of people in each of those counties who have received the payment...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Natural Gas Grid (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State. I know that he appreciates that the proposal from Longford County Council is far-reaching and on the button as we work on climate action and towards our hefty 2030 targets. There is considerable debate in County Longford on the future of the now dormant Lough Ree energy plant. Local man and engineer, John Hanley, has ambitious plans for an energy hub on the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Natural Gas Grid (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: The Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, is well aware that the midlands is the battle line for decarbonisation following the fast-tracking of the closure of the Bord na Móna peat-production process. The just transition fund was introduced to compensate the midlands and help to ensure it will not be left behind, with its local economy being forced to adjust, as the rest of the country...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of projects submitted under Strand 2 of the just transition project (details supplied). [26379/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Fitzgerald for giving us such a detailed presentation. First and foremost we must acknowledge the enormous efforts of farmers in this area. Farmers are facing a lot of challenges and are under a lot of pressure. When plastic was first introduced to farming, it was a blight on the countryside and townies derided this. Hand on heart, though, one would find it hard to drive down...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Fitzgerald. As a follow-on from that, has nobody in the Department said it will give funding for a research project to see what is the alternative or if this can be recycled on Irish soil? If that is not the case, possibly one of the actions for us arising out of this is that we ask the Department to undertake that research project because it seems pertinent. If we are serious...

Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I am very pleased to welcome the Bill, which will end many years of heartache and the taking advantage of enthusiastic concert goers and sports fans. It will mean that sporting and music fans benefit from a fairer sale system for tickets for live events, matches and concerts when the country reopens. Ticket touts have been a scourge for many years, ripping people off, forcing up ticket...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe for clearing the backlog of passports applications from applicants in counties Longford and Westmeath. [23915/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Fáilte Ireland (11 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when details of the Fáilte Ireland capital investment programme, Platforms for Growth will be announced for 2021 (details supplied). [24597/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (11 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the publishing of the report by the Commission on Pensions which is expected to report in June 2021. [24593/21]