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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 105. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her Department’s engagements regarding the report by the European Parliament in relation to regional connectivity and smart villages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18042/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the A5 road transport corridor upgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17871/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 284. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the considerations that will be given in terms of support for those rejected from Strand II of the live performance support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17698/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 421. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any engagement regrading a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18270/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 422. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of full, part-time and casual staff processing applications for the foreign births register monthly from January 2020 to date in tabular form. [18271/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 423. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the scaling-up operations in regard to applications to the foreign births register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18272/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 424. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the month in which the foreign birth register applications currently being worked on were received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18273/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeframe for the implementation of the new front-loaded special needs assistant, SNA, model detailing the delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17868/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the roll-out of the front-loaded allocation model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17869/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure the equal distribution of special needs assistants across the school system, including new and developing schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17870/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the leaving certificate orals and music practical exams will permanently take place in the first week of the Easter holidays. [18269/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied); if he has considered actions to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17699/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 717. To ask the Minister for Health when the €3 million of funding for the development of hospices in Drogheda, County Cavan and the midlands for palliative and end of life care will be allocated. [17696/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 718. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been additional funding provided for the appointment of an additional two epilepsy nurse specialists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17697/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 719. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had correspondence with an organisation (details supplied) on its proposal for the increase of physiotherapy services; if he plans to act on the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17700/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Response to the War in Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I imagine the Minister of State is not going to go into any great detail, and perhaps he may not be aware of it, on why these Russian diplomats were expelled. In the preliminary stages, when the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, said an examination of the diplomatic staff would be undertaken, I think he used the term "operatives". I thought that was interesting. Turning to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Response to the War in Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Okay. Let me put it this way. Certain people would now like to see greater movement on military co-operation and even Ireland moving away from being non-aligned. Whatever people's views in that regard, however, my difficulty and fear is that a line would be sold which states the EU is moving solidly towards being a military alliance and that perception then becomes part of a negotiating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Response to the War in Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Right, and I said I did not want to get into the rights and the wrongs of this issue. I mention it because of a fear that the whole conversation around the rapid reaction force, etc, might mean we would end up in a situation where the Russian negotiators say they are not only worried about Ukraine being a member of NATO but also about it joining the EU because of a sense that the...