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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: I am sorry, Dr. Johnson's microphone seems to have muted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: That leads on to another question. I thought we would wind up. I notice that where a monument is on private land, the landowner has an option to ask the Minister to take it into guardianship or ownership. Does that convey any rights to people to come and visit where the Minister then has responsibility for the monument? Does that change the position as regards access?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: No. It is still private property.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (3 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank our guests for this interesting and helpful engagement. We will have a meeting with the OPW and the Irish Planning Institute next week or the week after that to discuss planning matters. We have sought the views of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine as well because many of these monuments will be on farmland. Farmers are probably the biggest cohort of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans regarding a further education facility (details supplied); if he proposes to expand the existing site for use by the further education facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6122/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the initiatives that he has facilitated to encourage the recruitment of mature apprentices; if he is considering additional measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6121/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (8 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: 328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 128 and 294 of 25 January 2022, the position regarding the proposed public consultation on changing places requirements; and if a timeline for this consultation can be provided in addition to a detailed summary of the way that it is to be carried out. [6564/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: 403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the requests to increase the capacity in a school (details supplied) to allow for dual streaming across all year groups and the immediate requirement for more accommodation for the forthcoming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5931/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: 404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the requests made by the school management in a school (details supplied) seeking an urgent review of its SNA allocation to accurately reflect the needs of students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5933/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: 759. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of existing healthcare options available for transgender children and adolescents (details supplied); if a review of services is proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6565/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: I was delighted to see the announcement of a citizens' assembly on biodiversity last week. It is a core issue and of primary importance to us in the Green Party. It is also important for anybody who has care and consideration for future generations and the environment they will grow up in here in Ireland. Will the Taoiseach provide a timeline on when the assembly will commence and report...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6963/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Research and Development (10 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: 97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of research conducted by his Department into technologies companies that could assist with increasing the speed of housing construction projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6049/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (10 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: 174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of research carried out by his Department in the past five years in the west County Wicklow area regarding the potential benefits of vaccinating badgers as opposed to culling them to prevent the spread of tuberculosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6050/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Steven Matthews: We meet to review progress on the committee's interim report on homelessness, which was published last year. I apologise for the delay in starting the meeting. The Order of Business in the Dáil delayed some of us. The Seanad is sitting so Senators may have to go in and out as Seanad business requires. We are joined from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage by Ms...