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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (11 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 101.To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware of any military event that took place recently in the University of Galway, wherein uniformed foreign soldiers were seen walking around the campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24629/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (11 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 636.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current accommodation supports and the rates of payment that Ukrainian refugees are entitled to, broken down by accommodation type that is, hotels, those staying with families, and so on and the dates that any reductions are set to take effect, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 691.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the situation, owing to the recruitment embargo, whereby children in Galway who are suffering from Prader-Willi syndrome are having to travel to Tallaght hospital in Dublin, however the paediatric dietitian in Tallaght is now currently not working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24658/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (11 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 871.To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the National Children’s Hospital; on page four of the 2022 financial statements of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board under the heading Revenue Penalty Charge, it is mentioned that almost €1 million was as a result of Relevant Contract Tax (details supplied); can he confirm if this penalty charge arose from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (11 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 909.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the breakdown of the number of veterinary places available in each university, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25181/24]

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: This is an important pact for us to make a decision on, and it is my view the Dáil should vote against the Government's decision to fully opt us into this pact. As a result of that I will be voting "Níl". It is often that we hear from Ministers that they cannot do X or Y because of some EU regulation, and it is out of the hands of the Ministers and Government and their hands are...

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Nuair atáimid ag caint ar chúrsaí turasóireachta, ar ndóigh caithfimid caint ar na hoileáin amach ón gcósta freisin. I mí Iúil, téann thart ar 3,000 turasóir in aghaidh an lae chuig Inis Oírr mar is breá leo é. Tuigim é sin. Is breá liomsa Inis Oírr chomh maith. Ach caithfimid breathnú ar an...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Vulture funds are the biggest players in student accommodation thanks to the policies of this Government. Not only are their rents too high but the leases are far too long, with 51-week leases for a 39-week academic term. The Taoiseach told us in February, March and April that he would bring in legislation before the summer recess to change this. The summer recess is in three weeks and we...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: What about the 51-week lease?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: In three weeks?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Before the summer?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 344. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers who are suffering with long-Covid, which is due to expire at the end of this month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25990/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (18 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress of the selections for the Board of Research Ireland, given that his Department, sought expressions of interest for members of the Board of Research Ireland in October 2023, with a closing date of Monday, 23 October 2023. [25948/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (19 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason there is a deliberate campaign by Inland Fisheries Ireland officers preventing anglers from removing dace, an invasive coarse fish, from the Shannon and Mulkear rivers (part of the Lower River Shannon SAC), given that dace are classed as highly invasive in Ireland under the European Communities - Birds and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (19 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department’s officials in the inland fisheries division will continue to legislatively conserve invasive dace and invasive roach in the River Allow in County Cork (part of the Blackwater River SAC) under the Conservation and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006, to the detriment of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (19 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in line with his obligations under Section 160 of the Local Government Act 2001, he will provide a breakdown of the number of employees by local authority who were qualified in 2023 under architectural services, building surveyor services and engineering services, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: I understand the point about the medical card outlined by the Teachta, but another proposal was made at the committee, which was about giving additional weighting when it comes to social housing lists. There is a HMD form – I always call it HDMI – for the social housing waiting list that takes people's medical needs into account as well. Could something like that be brought in...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: My question was a bit different from that. A lot of our councils are understaffed and the staff there and in social work teams are under huge pressure, especially with the housing crisis. This is not specifically about having someone to support an individual, although that is extremely important and I do not want to take away from it. It is more about the additional weighting. In Galway,...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: Every council, as I understand, has a different weighting system. Some are very much based on length and that is the only thing they take into account, but others have other criteria.