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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if licensed premises are currently included in the exemption to convert to residential use without the need to attain planning permission as per the bringing back homes scheme; if not, if he has plans to include licensed premises in any future revisions of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52985/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (2 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 429. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued on a weekly basis in September 2021 and October 2021, up to and including 22 October 2021; the average turnaround time for overall applications in September 2021 and to 22 October 2021; the number of extra staff that were added to the office in October 2021 as opposed to September 2021; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (2 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 430. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that were outstanding on 22 September 2021 and subsequently on 22 October 2021; the number of these applications that are in excess of the average turnaround time; the processes that are in place to identify and process those applications that go beyond the average turnaround time; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (2 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which additional schools will be able to qualify for inclusion in the DEIS programme in view of the recent increase in DEIS funding and the planned reopening of the programme; the timeline for the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53211/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 1001. To ask the Minister for Health the considerations that are being made for those who are medically certified and advised not to take a Covid-19 vaccine in view of the fact that the use of Covid certificates is now not being discontinued as originally flagged on 22 October 2021; his views on whether such medically certified citizens should be able to avail of some level of Covid-19 pass...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (2 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 819. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is in receipt of funding applications to appoint a consultant endocrinolist, a clinical nurse specialist for diabetes and a dietician for diabetes in pregnancy to Mayo University Hospital; if he will pursue the appointment of these positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52123/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (2 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 820. To ask the Minister for Health if he will pursue an application for capital funding to the HSE for the construction of a new modular building at St. Joseph's Hospital, Ballina. [52124/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (2 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 1072. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 30 September 2021, if there has been an update regarding HPV vaccination for a student (details supplied). [53133/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (2 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 1165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is in receipt of correspondence (details supplied); if a response will issue on the matters raised within. [52119/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 167. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the large void in the number of carers presently available to the HSE to carry out home help services; his views on whether the suspension of necessary study courses due to Covid-19 has restricted the number of new entrants into the home help system; if he will examine the possibility of allowing dispensations from certain...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (4 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 181. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for private companies that wish to develop remote working spaces in regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53739/21]

Regional Transport Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputies Conway Walsh and O'Rourke for giving us the chance to discuss this matter this evening. Deputy Connolly quoted an tAthair Micheál Mac Gréil, to whom the Bradley report is dedicated. I will come back to the report in the context of the Minister of State's remarks. I want to speak about another priest, Monsignor James Horan, who, 40 years ago, showed how it is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in counties Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal that have now registered under the business resumption support scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54335/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans he has to address the difficulties currently arising in securing insurance for outdoor sports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54336/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 258. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether in the context of a bank exiting the Irish market and selling its loan book that in the case of any family home mortgage being sold on to a third-party at a discount on the mortgage, for example, a tracker mortgage, that the discount be offered in the first instance to the mortgage holder who may be in a position to buy out their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (11 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if will give further consideration to the strong wishes of communities across County Mayo to retain the name Ballycroy in the name of the National Park; if his attention has been drawn to the anger and disappointment at the dropping of the name; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55072/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (11 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria and application timeline for urban regeneration and development fund funding in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55157/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (11 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 191. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports that will be available for small-scale festivals in 2022; the criteria for applications; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55112/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Income Inequality (11 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 193. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the pilot basic income guarantee scheme for artists including its planned scope; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55113/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (11 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a service to allow for the renewal of public services cards has been discontinued at a location (details supplied) in County Sligo; her views on whether it is not acceptable for residents of the area and its vast hinterland to have to travel 20 miles or more to avail of the...