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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (23 Apr 2024)

Alan Farrell: 572. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has approached the Department of Justice to acquire Thornton Hall in north County Dublin to house international protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18043/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (25 Apr 2024)

Alan Farrell: 15. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17836/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Alan Farrell: The Senator is answering her own questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Alan Farrell: I wish to make a statement first. This is the migration and asylum pact, not the asylum pact. I wish to make that point clear, and it will become clear as to why now. We talk about sovereignty, which is an issue that has come up in the approximately 50 emails I received in recent weeks on this issue from people demanding a referendum. I agree with what was said; I do not agree that a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Alan Farrell: That was not my point.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (25 Apr 2024)

Alan Farrell: 67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on supports for farmers in light of recent adverse weather conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17843/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (25 Apr 2024)

Alan Farrell: 77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on his Department's efforts to support the horticulture sector in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17842/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (2 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: 14. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on progress being made to deliver a primary care centre in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19788/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: 63. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rollout of the Women’s Health Action Plan 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19789/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: 7. To ask the Taoiseach to report on when the new Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet. [17840/24]

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

Alan Farrell: 43. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on her Department's efforts to bring more vacant buildings into use in towns and villages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20571/24]

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

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister for her reply. I agree with the previous speaker, broadly. No Department is an island and this is a multi-Department issue with dereliction in our towns and villages. I commend the Ministers on their significant work and investment across the country, including in my constituency, Dublin Fingal, as it currently exists. I had the privilege of not that long ago...

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

Alan Farrell: I completely agree with what the Minister said. As she well knows, vibrant communities have people living in the middle of them. Especially in northern Fingal, the success of the national broadband project has meant that more and more people have the capacity to work from home, particularly in a post-Covid environment. Any public representative knows there are just as many people at home...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Services (9 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: 11. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on her Department's support for community libraries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20570/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Services (9 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: I ask the Minister for her response.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Services (9 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister. Since my beginnings in politics in 2004, I have been incredibly proud to support improving our libraries across Fingal. One thing I was most proud of when I served as mayor in 2007 was the reopening of both Malahide and Garristown libraries. The library in Garristown is a wonderful facility with a fantastic history. The Minister has been very consistent in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: 45. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on his recent engagement with the Spanish prime minister, with specific regard to recognition of a Palestinian state. [17841/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: 101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail his engagements with European counterparts on efforts to increase the level of humanitarian aid into Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20572/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: 106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens that remain in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20573/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: 14. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on his recent engagement with Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21560/24]