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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (8 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: 391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in Dublin Fingal receiving pandemic unemployment payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41587/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Live Register (8 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: 392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in Dublin Fingal currently on the Live Register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41588/20]

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: Will the Minister of State clarify the breakdown of the Supplementary Estimate before us, please?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: The Minister of State set out the rationale in response to Deputy Conway-Walsh's question about bringing in as many students as possible for the rebate. In the circumstances, the rebate is to be welcomed, as has it has been at previous committee meetings on the subject attended by the Minister of State, the Minister and the heads of universities. However, there is an ongoing campaign at...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: We clearly want to avoid students dropping out owing to financial hardship. I am pleased to hear about the additional funding. Deputy Conway-Walsh spoke about people outside the jurisdiction. I ask the Minister of State to let the secretariat know how many students outside the jurisdiction are in receipt of a SUSI grant and the rebate. It would be helpful for discussion in the context...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: We can generalise the discussion on the sustainability of funding overall. We do not need to get into the specifics because it is a broader debate. Last week we had discussions on funding with the third level institutions. We have had these discussions before. When the Minister of State was in opposition, his party and mine raised the issue of funding for third level institutions. While...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: I understand a review will come back next year.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Strategies (10 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: 67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take in the upcoming justice plan to modernise the sector; the actions she will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41543/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (10 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the implementation of community safety pilots; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41542/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (10 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: 112. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for further developing the Healthy Ireland plan with a view to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42011/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Consumption Data (10 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: 159. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the commencement of measures in the public health alcohol legislation which is aiming to reduce harm associated with irresponsible consumption of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42012/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be investigated if Fingal would benefit from the development of a training centre under the training centre program offered by the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43172/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the CAO form to include further education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43173/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Migration Crisis (16 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: 135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the aid provided to the Greek Government in respect of the refugees in Lesbos and the families who were being relocated to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43936/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Tidy Towns Committees (17 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: 33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans regarding the Tidy Towns competition; if the competition will be held in 2021; if so, the supports her Department will provide to the local groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43953/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector (17 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: 81. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the National Volunteering Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43954/20]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (17 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: 133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects Ireland to ratify CETA; the way in which Irish consumers, citizens and SMEs will benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43956/20]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Alan Farrell: 174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the restart grant and restart grant plus; if all funding has at this point been paid out; the details of same by county in tabular form; his plans to launch a similar scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43955/20]

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Alan Farrell: I will try to continue in the vein that Deputy Carroll MacNeill has started. It is pretty much the same thing. I echo the comment made by Deputy Colm Burke earlier on. As a Member of this House for the past decade, I am getting information on Covid vaccinations from journalists. That should not be the case and I know the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, accepts that. That has to change...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (13 Jan 2021)

Alan Farrell: 976. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with an address in Fingal waiting to see a consultant neurologist in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1260/21]