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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (29 Apr 2025)

Alan Kelly: 1621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 if he would consider putting forward a person (details supplied) for citizenship of the State in recognition of his contribution to the Irish peace process. [20523/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Employment Rights (29 Apr 2025)

Alan Kelly: 1676. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to regulate the employment terms and conditions of workers who work in the equine industry. [18658/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (29 Apr 2025)

Alan Kelly: 1802. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants housed respectively in each local election area and by each local election area as of 8 April 2025, in tabular form. [18794/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (29 Apr 2025)

Alan Kelly: 1853. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting for an assessment of needs more than 3,6,9,12,15,18,21 and 24 months, by county, in tabular form. [19625/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Apr 2025)

Alan Kelly: 1960. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if buildings being used for IPAS have to meet up-to-date fire and building regulations before they are occupied. [21061/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Men's Sheds (29 Apr 2025)

Alan Kelly: 1998. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been provided to an organisation (details supplied) by her Department for each of the years 2016 to 2025, in tabular form. [18634/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Services (29 Apr 2025)

Alan Kelly: 2023. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bodies that have been unclaimed in mortuaries nationwide since 1 January 2023; and the length of time each body has been left unclaimed for. [18806/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Meetings (7 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for the dates and attendance list of all meetings his Department officials, advisers or any combination of representatives has had with RTE in 2025, distinguishing physical and virtual meetings, by date and attendees, in tabular form. [22852/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when social housing qualification thresholds will be reviewed, considering the current threshold in Tipperary is, €30,000 for a single person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22280/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that thousands of firearms surrendered in response to S.I. No. 187/1972 - Firearms (Temporary Custody Order), 1972, commonly referred to as the 1972 weapons, are still held by An Garda Síochána some fifty years later, despite the order being in force for only a month; and the action he proposes to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner has provided him with a copy a report (details supplied) [22429/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: All of us in the House offer our condolences on the death of Garda Kevin Flatley. I agree with the Garda Commissioner, who said we need a reset for how we, as a society, think about roads policing. However, the same Commissioner sat before the Joint Committee on Justice on 15 May 2024 and committed to the addition of 150 new gardaí to roads policing. There were to be 75 in 2024 and 75...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I am just asking the Commissioner to honour the figures he mentioned.

Housing and Critical Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: We are very bad in this country, across all political parties, at infrastructure planning. We are horrendous at it. It is shameful because we are letting down the people. When it comes to infrastructure, there is no long-term planning. The national planning framework is a dog's dinner. The national development plan is loaded with aspirations and projects that often do not materialise and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Licences (13 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister of State for coming in from the appropriate Department to deal with this issue. It is appreciated. Does the Minister of State want to be a hero in rural Ireland?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Licences (13 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: Maybe he already is.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Licences (13 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: To be honest, as his officials have probably already told him, I have been chasing this issue since 2012. The taxi regulations review brought about a new rural hackney licence. I was the Minister of State in that Department and I sponsored this. The application process started in 2013-2014 but very few took it up because it was too rigid in terms of the rules and regulations around it....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Licences (13 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister of State and I appreciate his sincerity. He does come from a beautiful part of County Galway. I do not want to be talking about this matter for several more years. I know that there is system we can put in place that will work. The requirements are specific. We need people to come together who can operate a vehicle that can be subsidised, such as through the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Responsibilities (13 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 248. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a copy of all delegation orders issued to Junior Ministers across the Government as of 1 May 2025. [23010/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Telecommunications Infrastructure (13 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with persons regarding their concerns over a telecommunications mast (details supplied). [23283/25]