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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: Yes.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: I will be telling the Deputy about all of these when I reply to the debate. If the Deputy meets me on Monday, we can go through them.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: Sunday is a working day.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: There is nothing to stop the Deputy coming to the debate on the next Stage.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: There is no conspiracy to hold over anything. Mass conspiracy does not exist.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: Let us hear the Deputy's views on it rather than on the process.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: The Deputy did not say that. He is saying it now.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: I thank all those who engaged in the debate on this Bill and for the facilitating of today's debate and for the further work that is going to go into this legislation, including Committee Stage amendments and trying to get the Bill through the Houses before the summer recess. As the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, mentioned in his opening speech, the chief purpose of the Bill is to amend...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. General practice is at the heart of primary care, and a robust general practice and GP out-of-hours service is essential to the delivery of primary care health service. The Government recognises there are capacity challenges facing general practice. However, the Minister for Health's ambition for general practice is to ensure everyone...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy. Her requests are noted and will be transmitted to the Minister for Health and the HSE. I assure her that the Government remains committed to ensuring that patients throughout the country continue to receive adequate access to GP services and particularly to out-of-hours services. We know we could do with more GPs. We all face that fact in our constituencies. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy for raising this topic, which is important to her constituency and her constituents. I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Transport. I understand that the question relates to the inclusion of Skerries and Balbriggan in the TFI 90-minute fare initiative. The Department of Transport has responsibility for policy and overall funding for public transport....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: I assure the Deputy that the NTA is engaging regularly with the Department of Transport on public transport fares. I further advise that the introduction of the TFI 90-minute fare, as envisaged by the BusConnects programme, has hugely benefited public transport users across Dublin. I have been advised that when the boundaries were first established for the 90-minute fare structure, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: As the Deputy will be aware, Cavan Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB) provides a broad range of further education and training options in Monaghan Institute and at other locations around County Monaghan. These options include various Adult and Community Education Programmes; PLC courses, Skills to Compete and Skills to Advance courses, Youthreach, as well as Apprenticeships and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: The report of the expert panel commissioned to review the FET funding model has been finalised and SOLAS are finalising arrangements for a formal launch of the report in the next few weeks. I want to thank the panel members for their very valuable contributions in bringing forward a comprehensive set of recommendations. As previously noted, this review is an important enabler for the FET...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: Our key response to assist those adversely impacted by the pandemic were those measures introduced in the July 2020 Jobs Stimulus and reinforced in Budget 2021 to upskill and reskill individuals and businesses. Collectively, these measures provided funding for 50,000 education and training places. Within the further education and training sector, the Skills to Compete initiative...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: The 2022 provision of €16.83m approved by SOLAS for Local Training Initiatives (LTI) in response to ETB requests, is broadly in line with the €16.53m approved for 2021. This funding is expected to support almost 4,500 LTI beneficiaries and it will be reviewed during the year. The 2023 funding allocation for LTI will not be decided until the Further Education and Training (FET)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: Working targets for the in FET System Performance Framework 2022-2024 were set out in the SOLAS Corporate Plan 2021-23 which is published on the SOLAS website. It was noted that the targets would continue to be reviewed when the 2021 full-year position became clear and in light of changes to the external environment. SOLAS and the 16 Education and Training Boards are currently developing...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance if advice will be given to a person (details supplied) in relation to mortgage protection insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36953/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: 289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36784/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (7 Jul 2022)

Niall Collins: 290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received, granted, refused and still under consideration and refusals appealed under the scheme for regularisation of undocumented persons by month since the scheme opened in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36789/22]