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Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (20 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 519. To ask the Minister for Health for the cost to date of the State Solicitor’s Office’s expenditure on external legal and consultancy fees related to all litigation arising from the National Children’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8076/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (20 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 600. To ask the Minister for Health the current progress and planned delivery date for each of the primary care centres planned for Connemara; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7926/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 30 January 2024, when an answer can be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7978/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (20 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 17 February 2021, the value of direct financial supports provided to purpose-built student accommodation providers in 2000 to 2010, and 2019 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8077/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (21 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the situation whereby the SEAI will not disburse grants from its better homes scheme to holders of credit union accounts and if he has engaged with the SEAI in relation to same. [8120/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (21 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the revenue raised by each local authority from local property tax for 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8179/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (21 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 1 February 2024, when he expects the data for 2023 related to local authorities' income from commercial rates and income from the provision of goods and services to be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8185/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (22 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the discrepancy in treatment of doctors who transitioned from stamp 1 permits to stamp 4 permits prior to the introduction of the stamp 1H permit, where those who have a stamp 1H permit can then get a two-year stamp 4 permit and those who previously had a stamp 1 permit must renew their stamp...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if psychotherapists accredited by the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy are considered under the medical professional occupation category for critical skills employment permits. [8437/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: We see that thousands of people feel they have no choice but to go to Australia. I was contacted by one such person who emigrated to Australia recently. He said he has hit the one-year mark in Australia. He is 28 years old and applied for his visa in 2022 and left in 2023. He says he has absolutely loved his time there so far but while constant homesickness makes him want to move back...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: There is nothing to rent.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (27 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 and to provide for related matters. I recognise the fact that representatives of USI, UCD and TU Dublin are present. They have done great work, not just in respect of digs accommodation, but in raising more generally the issue of student accommodation and its lack of...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (27 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I listened intently to the Minister of State's response to the Bill, which I commend my colleagues for putting forward. The reality is that we have worked with the Bills Office on this Bill. We have worked with and listened to families and parents and we have listened to children on this legislation. The Minister of State is kicking the can down the road with a promise of action down the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (27 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the new student accommodation policy for which he sought Cabinet approval, if he can he provide details of the refurbishment grant which he had outlined. [9106/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (27 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I ask the Minister to provide the details of the refurbishment grant for university student accommodation. Can he confirm as he had stated previously that it was the universities that had requested this?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (27 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I am somewhat perplexed by this whole thing. I am unclear as to why Cabinet approval was needed. I have concerns about how fully it was thought through. In 2022 the Irish Independentreported that: "Higher Education Minister Simon Harris is today seeking Government approval for a strategy around State investment in campus accommodation." This was to involve a "Grant paid to colleges, to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (27 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: This is a bit different from what I understood and many people would have understood from the original announcement of this policy. First, it was not clear that the Minister was talking about commercial units as well. It was not clear that he was only talking about technological universities. My understanding from the committee meeting we had was that it applied to the university sector in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (27 Feb 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Commercial-----