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Ceisteanna - Questions: Policing Reform (16 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [55890/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Policing Reform (16 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: I too have some concerns about the policing, security and community safety Bill. It contains a diminishment of the joint policing committees, to be replaced by a new structure. The joint policing committees have been effective, though less so since the abolition of the town councils by the Government that was in office between 2011 and 2016. This new structure will result in a further...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (16 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: The importance of delivery under Housing for All is known to everybody. What work is the Department doing to monitor delivery and the appointment of staff to various authorities at engineer and quantity surveyor levels? Without such staff, none of the promises under Housing for All or the defective blocks scheme will be delivered upon. Is there regular monitoring of the appointment of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (16 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [55904/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (16 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made on initiatives to improve the delivery of capital investment projects and to achieve greater value for money as set out in the national development plan. [55837/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Work Permits (16 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 600. To ask the Minister for Health if he was consulted by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to the recent expansion of work permits, the feedback provided in relation to permit requirements and salary rates in the healthcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55869/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 601. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to assist public and private healthcare providers to address the serious staff shortages that are impacting on care standards in hospitals, nursing homes and in homecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55870/21]

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation. I welcome the Minister; it is her first Bill since her return. She is taking on a big beast here. For those of us who were here in 2009, there is a sense of going back to the future with this Bill. Very good reasons were laid out for the changes that were envisaged that are now being stopped. They are being stopped because they were...

Air Accident Investigation Unit Final Report into R116 air accident: Statements (17 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: The lives of Dara Fitzpatrick, Mark Duffy, Ciarán Smith and Paul Ormsby are forever in the hearts of the people of Erris and Mayo. Their families are also in our hearts and thoughts constantly, particularly since the publication of this report. They have suffered the biggest loss and are entitled to ask questions and to seek answers and accountability. They have shown enormous...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Issues (18 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he expects the United Kingdom to invoke Article 16 in relation to the Northern Ireland protocol. [56511/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he expects the number in the Defence Forces to reach 9,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56478/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (18 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Israel’s plans for the construction of around 3,000 settlement units in the West Bank. [56510/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has had recent engagement with the representative organisations from the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56479/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (23 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Cheann Comhairle as ucht an deis seo a thabhairt dom an t-ábhar seo a phlé anocht. I acknowledge the message I had from the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, that she could not attend the debate. In the context of the current wave of Covid infections, our hospitality and night-time entertainment sector is once again at the forefront of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (23 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: I acknowledge the Minister of State’s response. Many of the commitments are welcome. The sector acknowledges the support that has been received and the importance of that support. Many commitments the Minister of State mentioned are macro. They are for the overall industry. It is essential that we have commitments very soon that the EWSS and the CRSS will be continued after 1...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (23 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the planned allocation of the additional €18 million provision in Budget 2022 which will enable an expansion of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools' programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57298/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaeltacht Policy (23 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the key findings of the research and evaluation study on the Gaeltacht school recognition scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57299/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (25 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: I was not intending to come in on this question, but I get really frustrated at the narrow view of the Department that CE is an active labour market programme. It is much bigger than that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (25 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: Those on the scheme may not participate in what the Department defines as the active labour market, but they are providing a service to their community and they have a purpose in their life. In that context, we need to look at the six-year rule. We need to look at the services being provided. If there is that level of vacancies within CE at the moment, that means that services are not...