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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank the director of services at Clare County Council, Anne Haugh, and all of the team in the housing section who do Trojan work for the people of County Clare. I welcome that the Minister will visit County Clare in July. There is a particular need for an affordable housing scheme to be rolled out throughout the county. I ask the...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: I welcome the Bill as another step the Government is taking to give a helping hand to people who want to purchase a home for their family. It is an important part of the Government's plan to increase our housing stock by providing affordable housing. Getting on the first step is the hardest part of getting on the property ladder. Any action we can take as legislators will be welcomed by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (24 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: 73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on work to incorporate County Clare in the defective concrete block scheme; if homeowners will be eligible for recoupment of 100% of the costs associated with carrying out the necessary works to address the damage caused by defective concrete blocks when County Clare is incorporated in this scheme; and if he...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Further Revised) (16 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: I welcome the Minister and Minister of State to the meeting. I will speak about the local improvement scheme but I do not know which programme it is under. On foot of the Minister's remarks about taking suggestions on board for tweaking schemes, this is a vital scheme for rural Ireland. It provides better connectivity for communities. During the lifetime of the Thirty-second Dáil,...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Proposed Regional Employment Service: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: There is a problem with the issue of walk-ins. Can the Minister confirm that the regional employment service being proposed will be done by referrals from the Department only? If that is the case, how does the Department propose to provide employment services to cohorts like lone parents, people with disabilities and others who are not in receipt of jobseeker's payments? How are they to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: I thank Dr. Holohan and his team for coming here today. The committee has held a number of hearings on this specific issue and heard compelling evidence from a wide range of witnesses. They all have recommended that we use antigen testing in order to restore international travel. The impact of not using antigen testing is being felt hard by the aviation sector in this country and more...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Select Committee
Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: Shannon Airport is outside the DAA and it also has the necessity to raise liquidity and invest. The Minister of State's comments on this amendment and section specifically reference the DAA. What are the implications of this for Shannon Airport Authority? What provision is made for a situation where that authority wants to raise liquidity? Is it dealt with differently or is there a...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Select Committee
Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: Could the Minister of State clarify if the Shannon Group has sought increased borrowing capacity? Like the DAA, it is dealing with the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. The DAA is seeking increased borrowing capacity. The position would be rectified by means of this amendment. Has the Shannon Group sought increased borrowing capacity?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Select Committee
Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: There was a promise of a review of Shannon Group. A public commitment was given that a review would be put in train. Where stands that review, which would consider the various entities coming under the umbrella of Shannon Group? When will that report be concluded and published? Could the Minister of State give us some insight on that?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Select Committee
Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: When will it conclude?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Select Committee
Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Select Committee
Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: The Minister of State will be familiar with an ongoing dispute involving former employees of the Irish Aviation Authority about the superannuation scheme. I tabled a series of parliamentary questions to get information about this. All that I am really getting is that the Minister of State has examined two submissions and those submissions have been referred to the Department of Public...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Select Committee
Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: Could the Minister of State find out and come back to the committee? It is a long-standing issue. I have been raising it for years. In this Dáil, I have tabled five or six parliamentary questions, which all get the same answer. The Department has received two submissions and they are with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Parliamentary questions about it are...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Select Committee
Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: When the Minister of State writes to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, will she come back to the committee with her response?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Select Committee
Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: I just want to hear what the Minister of State has to say about these two amendments, specifically amendment No. 8. I will come in after that.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Select Committee
Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: I agree that the amendments are detailed and prescriptive. I see that the Minister of State recognises the importance of licence holder engagement and that positive engagement with stakeholders should be at the heart of this process. I ask that, before Report Stage, the Minister of State consider some other form of formalising the principle of stakeholder engagement and liaise with the...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Select Committee
Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: When will a chairperson of the board for Shannon to be appointed?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (30 Jun 2021)

Joe Carey: 67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the main terms of the contract (details supplied) for the provision of search and rescue services to the Irish Coast Guard; the timeframe for this contract; if he will seek to amend, change or alter any of these terms in the renewal of this contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35075/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Jul 2021)

Joe Carey: 24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to the board of a school (details supplied) to retain its fourth classroom teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34568/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Jul 2021)

Joe Carey: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy of her Department in relation the requirements of national school children with severe dyslexia with regard to extra reading class groups and SET hours in the classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34569/21]