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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the IDA Ireland commitment to deliver an advanced building solution in Longford town before the end of 2024; if a site has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52766/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: Will the Minister comment on IDA Ireland's commitment to deliver an advanced building solution for Longford town before the end of 2024? Will he also indicate whether a site for the venture has been identified?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports being provided in 2021 by agencies under the remit of his Department to support businesses and jobs in County Longford; the way in which these will be enhanced by budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52767/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: Will the Minister outline the supports provided in 2020 by agencies under the remit of his Department to support businesses and jobs in County Longford and the way in which these supports will be enhanced by budget 2022?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State. It is great to see such a strong focus on enterprise and industry in Longford this evening in the replies of both the Minister of State and the Tánaiste. He is correct in emphasising there is a three-pronged approach to job creation and stimulus in the nation, which starts with the local enterprise office. We are extremely lucky to have a very diligent...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 421. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make arrangements with the Singapore government for a vaccinated travel lane (details supplied). [52396/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the recourse there will be for partners of persons who are high risk and who cannot go back to work due to putting their partners at risk with current Covid-19 positivity rates so high at present when the pandemic unemployment payment ceases. [52905/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 761. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 21 October 2021, in which she confirmed that there are 139 gardaí assigned to County Longford as of 30 September 2021, if she will provide statistical information (details supplied). [52872/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 1014. To ask the Minister for Health if the post for disability social worker in County Longford has been filled. [52903/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 1015. To ask the Minister for Health if the post for school age psychologist in County Longford has been filled. [52904/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 1173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to providing additional funding to farmers already approved under the TAMs 2021 programme (details supplied). [52397/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges to Ireland's Competitiveness: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the witnesses for coming in for this informative engagement. Much of what I was going to raise was brought up by my esteemed and learned colleagues so I will be short and sweet. I want to focus on a point that has been raised by a number of speakers and that is green finance. One of the issues facing many businesses is the need to decarbonise. There is a particular catchment of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in counties Longford and Westmeath that have now registered under the business resumption support scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54348/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (9 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on recent engagements he has had with the insurance sector in relation to the high cost of insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54349/21]

Forestry Sector: Motion (11 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: Despite unprecedented attention for forestry at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, it seems we are no closer to a solution in a crisis that affects not only rural Ireland and producers but has the potential to derail any housing recovery. Zero progress has been made on afforestation, with fewer than ten licences issuing each week and a two-year waiting list....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (11 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 119. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the planned allocation of the €50 million provision announced in Budget 2022 for business continuity support for strategic tourism businesses that can help drive the sustainable recovery of the tourism sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55127/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and planned measures to support businesses and jobs in the hospitality sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55126/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (16 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his assessment of the likely impact of the revised national development plan on employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55880/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (16 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his assessment of the likely impact of the revised national development plan on output and productivity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55881/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I have a quick question for the Department if that is all right. I know a small farmer who is proud of his hedgerows and has seen bigger farmers nearby remove their hedgerows. The witnesses mentioned the EPA earlier. The EPA did a study in 2014. It was done by Dr. Kevin Black in conjunction with a then emerging company, Treemetrics, in Cork. The research showed that the hedgerows and...