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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister of State for her statement and for appearing before the committee. I would like to thank her for all she has done in recent months. Knowing her, I can say that nobody is more passionate about resolving the crisis in forestry. As a forester, the Minister of State is passionate about the sector. As an environmentalist, she is also passionate about setting policy that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Residency Permits (18 Nov 2020)

Brian Leddin: 120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the information her Department has been given from the Department of Justice regarding the requests for up-to-date residence permit cards from migrants in view of the ongoing renewal backlog in Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37227/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda National Immigration Bureau (18 Nov 2020)

Brian Leddin: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of registrations Henry Street Garda National Immigration Bureau office in Limerick city is processing each week; the wait time for appointments; the current backlog in registrations for the Limerick office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37226/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (1 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if requirements under the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993 to agree pension schemes with staff for the Minister to approve such pension schemes and for any scheme to be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas have been complied with for all pension schemes operated by the Irish Aviation Authority; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (1 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if older defined benefit pension schemes operated by the Irish Aviation Authority require extra funding from air traffic control user costs to ensure the sustainability of such schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40423/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Equality Issues (3 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: 94. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding allocated for LGBTI+ services in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40777/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Equality Issues (3 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: I ask the Minister about the level of funding available for LGBTI+ services in 2021.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Equality Issues (3 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister for that. It is very welcome news. I want to raise the issue of LGBTI+ services in the mid-west. Following the suicide of two men in Limerick in the 1980s, a group of volunteers set up the Gay Switchboard in 1986 in the St. Vincent de Paul building, later joined by the Limerick AIDS Alliance in the same building. Those two services, with other services in Limerick,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Equality Issues (3 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister for that answer. I will finish by asking about the status of the gay men's health service. I know many gay men, trans men and men who have sex with men have been waiting for the resumption of that service since it closed in March. Can the Minister given any clarity on when services will resume and what he is doing to expedite the opening of that much-needed service?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (3 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: What steps will the Minister take to ensure that persons being moved from direct provision are provided with sufficient notice and adequate translation services to ensure that this transition is as seamless as possible?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (3 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: This question has arisen from what was broadly a good news story and comes from my colleague, Deputy Matthews, whose office dealt with the case. The family, who I will not name, lived in direct provision in Wicklow. They were offered own-door accommodation in Galway. The way in which this was handled was, unfortunately, problematic. I am not blaming the Minister personally. The family...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (3 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: No, but I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (3 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: 132. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports his Department has put in place to ensure the sustainability of youth services in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40776/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (3 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: 394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding his Department’s programme of inspections with the aim of progressing compliance towards rearing pigs with intact tails; the number of pig farms that have been inspected as part of the inspection programme; the level of compliance inspectors have found; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (3 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: 396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a letter sent to his Department in May 2020 by the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety; his views on the Commissioner’s identification of routine tail-docking of pigs as Ireland’s main area of animal welfare non-compliance; if the Commissioner plans to take decisive...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (3 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: 395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to reports (details supplied) that unweaned calves being transported from Ireland to continental Europe are travelling without food for over 18 hours in contravention of EU Regulation 1/2005; the steps he will take to ensure transported calves are adequately fed and are not subject to undue...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (3 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: 397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 899 of 22 September 2020, the manner in which a problem by which a livestock vessel (details supplied) had certificates of approval from both Romania and Ireland in contravention of Article 19 of EU Regulation 1/2005 was resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40934/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (15 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the rare habitats of Killarney National Park are being protected; the way in which sustainable development is being promoted in the larger Kerry biosphere reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43376/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (15 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: 431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the specific directions given to offices of the Garda National Immigration Bureau or GNIB on granting immigration permission, in particular to clarify the conditions that lead to an individual renewing his or her immigration registration not being granted permission for the length of time specified by the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (15 Dec 2020)

Brian Leddin: 675. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to implement the programme for Government commitment to ensure that future funding of the greyhound sector from a fund (details supplied) be contingent on a guarantee of welfare standards being upheld on an annual basis; the specific welfare criteria which the sector will be required to meet; and if he will...