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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: I really appreciate the Minister's response. Looking at every rural town and village across the State, particularly against the backdrop of the recovery from the economic crisis, there is a great deal of dereliction and vacancy. It is clear that this particular policy, as originally envisaged and now as an improved scheme, is really the foundation for co-ordinating the various funding...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 39. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide an update on her Department’s efforts with regard to the LEADER programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27394/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the considerations that are being given to reform or amend the auction mechanisms under the renewable electricity support scheme in relation to onshore and offshore wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28040/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the outcomes of the latest auction under the renewable electricity support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28041/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department’s efforts to bring the price of electricity down through the use of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28042/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department have undertaken any discussion with the NTA and NCT operator to reduce test delays in the Dublin area, which are currently taking up to 12-weeks for a test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27374/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 292. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the turnaround times for passport applications that are processed through the Passport Express facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27381/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 293. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the turnaround times for paper passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27382/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has engaged with schools to ensure that the rising costs for families with school-going children are reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27378/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is working with the National Council for Special Education to identify children with additional needs but who have had incomplete assessments or who are on longer than average waiting lists within the HSE for assessments to ensure that their needs are met for enrolment in September 2022; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time that the appeals process for DEIS allocation can take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27380/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering increasing access to or the amount allocated to families in the back-to-school allowance to reflect the increase in the cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27375/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has seen an increase in the number of failed applications for the domiciliary care allowances due to a disability not being appropriately identified through the standard operating procedure assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27376/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has made any changes to the eligibility for the domiciliary care allowance payment to reflect the changes made to the assessment of needs process by the HSE in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27377/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is engaging with childcare providers on their inclusion policies to ensure children with additional needs can access childcare outside of the Access and Inclusion Model and the Early Childhood Care and Education Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27383/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or his Department have considered extending the Access and Inclusion Model Programme to children of school-going age who require childcare in after school settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27384/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of efforts to facilitate later opening hours of nightclubs in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28044/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: 15. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the Transition Fund for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare and efforts to introduce a parental fee freeze; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27406/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Gender Equality (2 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: 30. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on engagement with businesses in relation to the gender pay gap snapshot due in June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27407/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Official Engagements (2 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: 121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will detail his engagement with youth groups on climate action issues, their role in policy development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27392/22]