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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Quality (25 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work, if any, his Department is carrying out monitoring aircraft fumes in the housing estates surrounding Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46776/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (25 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current wait time for driving tests in the driving test centres that service the Dublin Fingal area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46778/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on phase 9 of BusConnects, which will service the Fingal communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46780/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: 106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the number of biodiversity officers appointed to each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46767/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: 111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have the appropriate sanction through Circular: NRUP 02/2021 to permit lower densities than 30 units per hectare for serviced sites (ready-to-build scheme) on the edges of towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46878/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: 112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the appropriate density for serviced sites on the edges of towns will typically be lower than a standard greenfield residential development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46879/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: 113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of developments that are currently being developed or have been developed by each local authority under the ready-to-build scheme (serviced sites scheme), and their location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46880/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Services (25 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the process of how a UK citizen married to an Irish citizen obtains an Irish passport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46781/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (25 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: 172. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of the national sexual health strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46766/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: I am reluctant to come into the House and raise the following issue again but unfortunately the numbers are going in the wrong direction. In the children's disability network team in my area of community healthcare organisation 9, the numbers are going in the wrong direction by 80, from 2,795 in June of this year to 2,873 as of the end of September. This means we have thousands of children...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (9 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: 26. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his Department’s efforts to reduce the number of patients on hospital trollies this Winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49045/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: 46. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the take-up of vaccinations under the Autumn vaccination programme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49044/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (9 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: 162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what consideration his Department has given to the role long-term leases, or ‘life-leases’, can play in the Irish rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49043/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas (9 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: 226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what consideration his Department is giving to further marine protected areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33502/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: I thank the witnesses for coming before us. I am very grateful for the opening statement, which is very helpful in framing the discussion. I want to touch on a few issues. I have a very short period of time to cover the ground but in particular I want to speak about the roster, mental health and well-being and associated supports. I want to touch on the Garda allocation model for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: Will the Commissioner refer to the training remark I made based on testimony before the committee in recent weeks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: To be fair to the Commissioner, I did not read back the transcript of the meeting, but I think reference was made to a legislative update or something along those lines that a representative remarked on. It referred to the fact they were in the middle of reading that update, which was an online update while on duty. They were called away and they never had an opportunity to go back to it....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: The Garda representative bodies and the Garda Commissioner appeared before us concerning morale in An Garda Síochána, recruitment, retention and other matters that are of paramount importance to all members of this committee, so I want to give the Minister an opportunity to touch on them because they are critical issues. Interlaced with all of that is the output of An Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: I thank the witnesses for their submissions and contributions. It has been a really interesting discussion. I have been listening intently remotely, just in case the witnesses thought I had just appeared on their screens. My question at this stage has likely been answered. Nonetheless, I want to ask a direct question of our witnesses by surmising a particular scenario. It has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: My question has more to do with what we might do. The conversation thus far and witness statements already provided to us have stated that if we are to legislate, we should not permit a person with mental health difficulties to access assisted dying. My question is what your view would be if we were to legislate only for persons with a terminal diagnosis. I could qualify it further by...