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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

Alan Farrell: We have all availed of that in various forms.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Alan Farrell: My recollection, if I am not mistaken, is that calls were made for the office to be moved.

Childcare Support Bill 2017: Second Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Alan Farrell: I will wait for my own slot.

Childcare Support Bill 2017: Second Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Alan Farrell: I believe Deputy Neville is sharing time.

Childcare Support Bill 2017: Second Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister for bringing forward this Bill. I know that she and the Department have put a significant amount of work into producing the Bill for the House. The legislation has already gone through the committee I have the privilege of chairing. I recognise each and every one of the members, past and present, and the former Chairman now Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, for their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (31 Jan 2018)

Alan Farrell: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capacity for social housing development in the Howth, Malahide, Swords and Balbriggan areas, with specific reference to the locality of each proposed development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4348/18]

Other Questions: Schools Site Acquisitions (1 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: 7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of sites for buildings for non-denominational schools in south Fingal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4655/18]

Other Questions: Schools Site Acquisitions (1 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: My question relates primarily to the provision of school sites in the southern part of Fingal where there was a designation for a primary and secondary non-denominational school as far back as four years ago. Unfortunately, the primary school is operating in a temporary location while the secondary school which was supposed to open last September has no site at all, let alone a temporary...

Other Questions: Schools Site Acquisitions (1 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: The Educate Together national school for Malahide-Portmarnock is currently operating 4.5 km from both communities. While that might not seem too far if one is outside Dublin, it is a very significant distance in an urban environment, in particular given traffic on the Malahide Road. It is also accommodated in an unsuitable facility which is in effect a former third-level agricultural...

Other Questions: Schools Site Acquisitions (1 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: I do not want to seem as though I am being very critical. I commend the work and the commitment that is there but according to the Central Statistics Office, CSO, we have significant growth in the two communities and the demand for schooling places is now critical in Malahide and Portmarnock, especially at second level. There is a commitment to deliver a new school for Portmarnock by way of...

Other Questions: Schools Site Acquisitions (1 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: I will do so very quickly. We have two Educate Together schools designated for the general community. Should they not share a site? Were we to co-locate both schools, it would save taxpayers a considerable sum and would offer great opportunities for the Educate Together patron body to get a foothold in the Portmarnock and Malahide area where there is great demand.

Other Questions: Schools Site Acquisitions (1 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: It is not the first time I have raised it.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action being taken to ensure adequate educational capacity exists to cater for future demand in view of the planned population and housing growth on the Donabate and Portrane peninsula; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4656/18]

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: The Deputy must not have been listening.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (6 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: 82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he is taking to address the inadequacies and loopholes which exist in legislation governing the immigration system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5297/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (6 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: 87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to prepare and issue a White Paper to provide an overview of the entirety of the immigration laws and to identify the way in which the immigration system can be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5298/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (6 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the former school at Rolestown, County Dublin is in the ownership of the State; and his plans in relation to the building. [5324/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (6 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: 314. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5343/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (6 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: 383. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve service provision at Swords Health Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5634/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: Is the Deputy sharing time?