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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Oct 2020)

Alan Farrell: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I note, with appreciation, the manner in which they have both formatted their written submissions. They were very helpfully laid out for us. My question relates to the engineering and biodiversity impacts of both onshore and offshore wind farms, which were touched on by Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan and, to a certain extent, covered...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: 1109. To ask the Minister for Health the status of possession of drugs for personal use; the considerations being given to future changes to the law in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32912/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: 1436. To ask the Minister for Health the allocated budget for neurological services here; his plans for distribution of same throughout the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33774/20]

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Acting Chairman for the opportunity to address the Finance Bill. I welcome the Minister of State. I find myself wanting to start where I had planned on finishing, that is to say, talking about the long-term sustainability of budgets of this nature. This is so given the volume of borrowing that will be necessary to fund expenditure in 2021 in addition, no doubt, to voluminous...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 11 November 2020.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (5 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: 67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to implement aspects of an EU directive (details supplied) that provides owners of microgeneration units the possibility to sell surplus energy back to the grid for a determined price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34405/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: 121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reduce the delays in the planning and application process for both on-shore and off-shore windfarms which are needed to meet our 2030 energy targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34400/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of development for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34401/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of a proposed school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34402/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (5 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to address the issue of students in Waterside and Feltrim, County Dublin, choosing alternative education options rather than those in a school (details supplied) due to reduced subject choices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34403/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the considerations being given to the resumption of in person church services upon return to Covid-19 level 3 restrictions as part of the resilience and recovery document; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34404/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (10 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: 214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given to adapting SEAI grants for buildings developed after 2006 and which do not meet current insulation requirements as prescribed in the 2003 building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34937/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (10 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: 616. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the family courts Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34938/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: I apologise for having stepped out. The witnesses will appreciate there was a vote in the Dáil. The representatives will forgive me if I repeat questions that have already been asked. I ask the witnesses to pretend they have not already answered the questions. My focus is not on leaving certificate 2020. It is done. There were regrettable errors. We know that, and we also know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: I am sorry to interrupt. Will that report be presented to this committee or to the Houses of the Oireachtas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: The committee and the witnesses, as individuals within the Department, must recognise that the fifth years who are now sixth years are at a distinct disadvantage to their peers. I welcome what Dr. Hislop said, but I would urge caution and suggest members might pause their consideration of this matter and how it might affect the current sixth years to a later stage, perhaps with the student...

Estimates for Public Services 2020: Message from Select Committee (11 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: The Select Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands has completed its consideration of the following further Revised Estimate for public services for the service of the year ending 31 December 2020: Vote 37.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs for the work he has done in his Department in recent years, particularly on Brexit and on this and the previous Brexit Bills. I appreciate all of the work his Department has done to best prepare this jurisdiction for what will inevitably cause significant damage, not just to our economy, but also to our relations with the UK. Of course, all of that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (12 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: 331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of names on the assessment of need waiting list for north County Dublin; the resources and funding that has been allocated to clear the waiting list by April 2021, as advised by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35943/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (12 Nov 2020)

Alan Farrell: 332. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to streamline the referral process for children who move between early intervention services and the school-age team in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35944/20]