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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Education (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: I will say again that some nurses on clinical placements get an allowance of up to €50 per week, but many do not. It is simply not good enough. In the early stages of the pandemic, many of those student nurses were getting a rate equivalent to that of a health care assistant, HCA. That was discontinued. The Minister must reinstate that rate. He needs to deal with this very...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 122. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for using district and community hospitals in the fight against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33454/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the current situation regarding rheumatology treatment in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33455/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 426. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expand the provisions of the stay and spend scheme to include the purchase of vouchers for accommodation or food purchase during 2021; and his plans to review the scheme in light of the level 5 restrictions. [33005/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review structures of local government in particular consideration of reintroducing directly elected town councils further to commitments in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32999/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a position (details supplied) will be advertised. [33000/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 1484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for the introduction of new farm schemes such as the rollover of GLAS and extension of TAMS; the options available to farmers that have exited schemes such as AEOS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32301/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 1584. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funds she secured in Budget 2021 for projects, delivery and administration of a Leader programme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33014/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Plan (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 1585. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position of a new national rural development plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33015/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Enterprise Centres (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 1586. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the programmes available in her Department to facilitate the development of locally based innovation centres, for example, similar to the gteic model in Gaeltacht areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33016/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: School Patronage (4 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in signing a lease regarding a school property in County Mayo; if her attention has been drawn to the delay in signing a lease that is delaying the development of a school that has grown substantially in numbers in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34037/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives from the European Parliament (4 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: It is Billy Kelleher.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives from the European Parliament (4 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the MEPs. I sense frustration in many of their presentations about the role of the European Council, particularly concerning the rule of law. There seems to be a far greater push to get things done at Parliament and Commission level. Ms Clune mentioned that the Commission's report had no teeth, which effectively means that it is a load of words with nothing to back them up. Are...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Gnó an Chomhchoiste (4 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: Tá.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Maoiniú na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta agus Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú) 2019: Conradh na Gaeilge (4 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: Tá ceist bheag agam. Cé hiad na grúpaí atá páirteach san SPG? Cén saghas grúpaí a bhfuil ag fáil airgid ón scéim seo?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: As the Minister has said, there was a commitment in the programme for Government to have the transitional programme. The Minister, the former Minister, Deputy Ring, and I were responsible for that. I too welcome the decision to include the Northern and Western Regional Assembly in rolling out the next programme. There was a lot of scaremongering around that over the summer. I am glad that...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 16. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for the LEADER programme in 2021 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34083/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the Covid restrictions support scheme to support food service and food wholesale companies affected by the Covid-19 level 3 and 5 closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34356/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (5 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been consulted on proposed changes to the retail export scheme; his views regarding the potential effect of these changes on the retail sector, particularly those in tourism sectors and regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34256/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of approved applications under the Fáilte Ireland Covid-19 adaption grant as of 31 October 2020; the amount drawn down at that date; her plans for unspent funding in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34357/20]