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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: The Taoiseach has 12 seconds to respond.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: I invite the Taoiseach to respond briefly.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: The Deputies who asked the questions in the next group might agree to disagree.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: To be fair, as Members have raised the matter, the Standing Order under which we are operating, Standing Order 47, does not allow for questions or groups of questions to exceed 15 minutes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: 6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on his engagement with PDFORRA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22898/23]

Other Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (16 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the number of schools that have expressed interest in the Say Yes to Languages programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22901/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: 22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he is taking to prevent the incidence of the cost over-runs and project delays regarding the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22170/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (11 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: 26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the recent Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22169/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: 86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being taken to improve the efficiency of the work permit system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22168/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (11 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: 101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on efforts to develop legislation with regard to enhancing employee rights in collective redundancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22167/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (10 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the home tuition payments being made to a preschool for an autistic pupil (details supplied) have been delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22103/23]

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: I appreciate the opportunity to speak on this important matter. I welcome the report and the relevant remarks from the Ministers who spoke at length earlier. The data compiled by the Central Statistics Office provides a stark insight into the prevalence of sexual violence in our country. The data reveals the extent to which people of all ages continue to encounter sexual violence and live...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: There is no doubt Government has taken significant steps to support families, and specifically children, during the cost-of-living crisis over the past year but, following a series of questions to the HSE, it was revealed to me that approximately 100,000 children still await their initial dental appointments across all community healthcare organisations, CHOs. In my own CHO 9, which includes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Standard Instrument Departures at Dublin Airport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: The State did not spend a penny on the runway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Standard Instrument Departures at Dublin Airport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: It is not Exchequer funding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Standard Instrument Departures at Dublin Airport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 May 2023)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach and the members for allowing me to appear before the committee and for acceding to my request to request the attendance of representatives of the IAA and the DAA. By way of a brief statement, it is extraordinary that representatives of the DAA would refuse to come in to speak to this committee. It is a slight on this committee, which I think is indicative of...