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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Dogs (9 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 6. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what efforts are being made by her Department to ensure that local authorities are enforcing the legislation in relation to collecting fines under dog control regulations. [20942/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Dogs (9 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I wish to ask about the control of dogs legislation. Dogs are a regular feature in Irish life and bring considerable happiness and enjoyment to many people. Unfortunately, there are many irresponsible dog owners and they cause great problems to livestock in particular, but also in many instances to humans. Dog attacks on livestock are quite frequent but despite this some local authorities...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Dogs (9 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I should have added that in several instances where there are issues with irresponsible owners, the dogs themselves are the victims. The maltreatment of dogs is a significant issue. Over the past two years, there were 240 dog attacks on livestock, 180 on other animals and 430 attacks on people across the State. Those are quite substantial numbers. Some local authorities failed to issue...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Dogs (9 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I welcome that and I have heard some pieces on this issue. As the Minister says, it is a very significant issue in terms of livestock and it obviously has a huge impact on livelihoods. No farmer wants to see their livestock attacked. Of course, we have also seen some very serious attacks on people, including children, in recent years. There have been some fairly horrifying attacks. As...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (9 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 18. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on her Department’s plans to address dereliction and vacancy in rural towns and villages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20943/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (9 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is a matter we return to again and again. We had a fruitful discussion in the Oireachtas committee recently regarding dereliction. It frustrates people enormously and it has a huge impact on morale in towns and villages, and indeed in city centre areas as well, when they see dereliction, particularly at a time when there is such great housing need. I know it falls between two...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (9 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I welcome what the Minister said but there is a need for local authorities to be more ambitious again. The Minister has a role in that but there is also a role for local authorities. As I said, some local authorities have taken up the mantle. While taking ownership of buildings and returning them to community use is important, part of this is also a need to take ownership of buildings and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (9 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is precisely right. That is what a lot of the strategy needs to be. Retail is part of the solution but we also need families in our town centres. The two drive each other. I welcome the funding. We discussed it last week with the Heritage Council, which, along with several other stakeholders, was before the Oireachtas committee on the issue of dereliction. One area that got funding...

Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I wish to flag two issues. One is a general issue. Scoil Eoin in Ballincollig has been trying to secure special classes for children with autism since 2013. That is over ten years ago. The principal, staff and board of management have done all they can for the Department of Education to secure funding to provide these classes but they have been blocked at every opportunity. Ballincollig...

Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will speak briefly to both sectors in question. What they have in common, and the motion speaks very clearly about this, is how when public goods and what should be public services are left to the private sector to the extent that they have been, you limit your levers and influence over them. The Government has many levers and influence over them, but it would be far more preferable to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (8 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 359. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who have been returned to Britain by the Government in each of the past ten years, itemised by the manner in which they were returned. [20276/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (8 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme under the subhead E4 of the Revised Estimate for 2023 and 2024 respectively, in tabular form. [20391/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (8 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme under the subhead E5 of the Revised Estimate for 2023 and 2024 respectively, in tabular form. [20392/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (8 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the amount of his Department’s pre-committed capital expenditure under the National Development Plan that will be dedicated to international protection accommodation in each of the years 2024 to 2026, in tabular form. [20393/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (8 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the amount of his Department’s pre-committed capital expenditure under the National Development Plan that will be dedicated to temporary protection accommodation in each of the years 2024 to 2026, in tabular form. [20394/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (8 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the number of offers that his Department has received by private landowners and developers to build modular homes for accommodating beneficiaries of temporary protection; the estimated number of planned units contained within such offers; and the average cost per unit across the offers put forward,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (8 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of State-owned modular homes overseen by the Office of Public Works that have been delivered; the average cost per unit in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and to provide a breakdown of the average capital costs of land and site servicing and costs of building and materials...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (8 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 441. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of State-owned modular units that are currently in development; to specify the stage of development of each project; and the estimated average capital cost per project and per unit, in tabular form. [20397/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (8 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 442. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many of the six reception centres targeted under the 2021 White Paper on Ending Direct Provision have been delivered to date; how many further are in development; the estimated number of persons that may be accommodated under the reception centres delivered to date and those in development, respectively;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (8 May 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 443. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many of the 75 urban renewal units targeted under the 2021 White Paper on Ending Direct Provision have been delivered to date; how many more are in development; to provide a breakdown of those built and those purchased; the estimated number of persons that may be accommodated under the units delivered and...