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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Measures (3 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: I want to acknowledge the Minister of State's work on this and in the whole area since she took up the role. Since 2001, there has been a sea change around the understanding, treatment and acceptance of mental health issues. We still have a long way to go but let us hope that the legislation reflects that sea change, the change in treatments and the fact that people have greater power and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Measures (3 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Minister of State's clarification but I think it should be specific to particular scenarios and not a general policy. We have all seen Bills pass through with the best of intentions. Will the money go with the Bill? I know the Minister of State secured huge investment in mental health through the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, in last year's budget. Have those...

Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: Cuirim fáilte roimh an díospóireacht. Tá sé tabhachtach go bhfuil seans againn na cúrsaí seo a phlé. I welcome the chance to debate this, whatever about the timing of it. This family-friendly Dáil is working out well. It is important but unfortunate the entire Dáil only gets to debate social welfare issues once a year around the Social...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: 24. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent exchange with the UK Prime Minister. [60568/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reintroduce the 50% capacity rule on school transport services as a measure that may assist in reducing Covid-19 transmission opportunities in view of increasing cases in school settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59789/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: 479. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for paediatric occupational therapy services in County Mayo; the number on the list; the average length of time from referral to service delivery; if he has plans to assist in the provision of occupational therapy services by utilising private sector providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59840/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (8 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [60569/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (8 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [60570/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (9 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: I acknowledge the Minister of State's work and assistance in this area. However, Deputy Ó Cuív is right. We have gone the full circle. There are families and people across the country for whom we could not get home help hours for a long time because the resources were not available. Now the hours are available, but we do not have the people. Families are being left in appalling...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (9 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: 89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to support regional enterprise in the aftermath of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60792/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (9 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: I am inquiring about the status of the regional enterprise plans, many of which were completed in 2020. Can I get an update on them, particularly in the context of Brexit but also in the context of the Covid pandemic, and the benefits there have been for regional enterprise?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (9 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister of State for those details. How stand the specific regional enterprise plans? Many of them came to their conclusion in 2020. Will they be renewed and put back in place? The Minister of State mentioned a lot of macro stuff which was irrelevant. I will try to give him a sense of real broadband issues. A leading domestic and international exporting company has been in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (9 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: I welcome that. We could take the entire €140 million in the west. Will the plans encompass the Government's new climate action priorities, particularly in the west? There is much rather lazy focus on wind energy, but much more could be done with hydrogen production and advancing the infrastructure of the area in a climate-friendly way. Will the enterprise plan include specific...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (9 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: 94. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the proposed industrial park for Ballina, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60791/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reassess his views on the employment wage subsidy scheme rates and revert to those rates of November 2021 in view of the impact of the CMO statements, of NPHET recommendations and subsequent Government restrictions and their consequences on November and December bookings and business in the hospitality, events and entertainment industry and as a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (14 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the work being done to date to implement a programme for Government commitment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61132/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (14 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will respond to correspondence from Mayo County Council in relation to a school (details supplied); and the steps she has taken since meeting with the same school in Spring 2021. [61368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: 784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 743 of 30 November 2021, his views on assessing a case for a frost recon scheme which has been ongoing since 2019; the reason his Department has not utilised the €7 million unused forestry budget for the frost recon scheme to support forest owners whose forests have been damaged by...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Dec 2021)

Dara Calleary: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal, respectively, currently being supported by the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number of businesses in each county currently availing of the business resumption support scheme; the number of businesses in each county currently availing of the Covid restrictions...