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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: We need to maintain that position.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: When are we getting the reports of the expert group?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 300. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their 1% increase from the national wage increase which was due to be paid on 1 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25253/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of electrical, plumbing, carpentry-joinery and bricklaying and stone-laying apprentices, respectively, waiting to progress their off-the-job training in phases 2, 4 and 6, respectively, across SOLAS and the higher education sector in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25529/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: I ask the Minister what are the number of electrical, plumbing, carpentry, joinery, bricklaying and stone-laying apprenticeships, respectively, waiting to progress off-the-job training in phases 2, 4 and 6, respectively across SOLAS and the higher education sector in tabular form. Can he make a statement on the matter? I want to know where the backlogs are in the various apprenticeship...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister of State. Am I correct stating that as many people are waiting now as have been cleared from the waiting list? I appreciate the efforts the Government is making, but it is still worrying. The senior Minister made many pronouncements recently about the necessity for a greater parity of esteem between people going to apprenticeships and those going into the more academic...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: Again, I am slightly concerned because that sounds a bit like the Taoiseach explaining the inadequacies of our health system by saying that we are victims of our own success in that life expectancy has risen. With an increase in life expectancy, of course, there are more people who need hospital care. With the increase in the number of apprentices, there are more people who need to have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Costs (19 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: The shortage of student accommodation is a widespread issue. Deputy Boyd Barrett referred to UCD specifically. The Minister of State, Deputy Collins, and I both know there is a shortage of student accommodation in Limerick. What are University of Limerick's plans to develop the Clare bank? It already has some accommodation on that, but there is a large land bank. Deputy Conway-Walsh...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Costs (19 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: How will students get there if there are no light rail plans and no northern distributor road? Is there scope for a supplementary question?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Costs (19 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: I appreciate that. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for facilitating it.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures his Department is taking to address the backlog in craft apprenticeships, such as electrical, plumbing, carpentry, joinery bricklaying and stonelaying across SOLAS and the higher education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25530/22]

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (25 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: I welcome this motion, which seeks to extend the remit of the 2021 Act to allow outdoor serving by pubs and restaurants for a further six months. Like previous speakers, I question why we are doing this just for six months. I take on board the Minister of State’s explanation that we are going to have a consolidation of the licensing laws. The obvious implication is that we are going...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 295. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26094/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 318. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application will be expedited for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26309/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 317. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 419 of 17 May 2022, if a passport will be expedited as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26308/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (24 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a cheque for €90 that was drawn on the account of an employee of Solas (details supplied) and their spouse was sent to a Safe Pass tutor; the reason that Solas has not refunded the amount to the Safe Pass tutor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25793/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (24 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the statutory basis for charges for the provision of a Safe Pass and requiring a payment by tutors of a sum upon notification of a Safe Pass course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25794/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (24 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that was paid to Solas in 2020 and 2021, respectively, upon the notification of Safe Pass course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25795/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 184. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26660/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 214. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has not been facilitated with an appointment at Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26721/22]