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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. Doyle. I have two very quick queries, Chairman, and I appreciate the leniency in my time. I want to ask about a current and active project relating to sports capital, which Deputies and Senators are always happy to talk about it. I note the underspend in this area and I appreciate it is specific to Sport Ireland and the campus. I assume the moneys will be spent and it is just...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: I saw the photographs.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: I observe that there were too many men in that photograph.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: I appreciate that it was not under Mr. Doyle's control. Although on a matter completely unrelated to this committee, it was perhaps timely of Warren Deutrom of Cricket Ireland to send me an e-mail at 9 a.m. today. He lives across the street from the area he talks about, one which will involve the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport in the near future, and I hope it will also involve...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure greater opportunities and courses are provided to train teachers to teach through the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13210/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: 280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current levels of demand for places in gaelcholáistí across the country; the extent to which his Department's recent demographic analysis took into account the demand for places in gaelscoileanna and gaelcholáistí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13211/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he is taking to ensure more communities are provided with access to gaelscoileanna and gaelcholáistí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13212/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (21 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: 661. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she is taking to support the Irish language; the initiatives she will enact to make the use of the Irish language more commonplace; the action she will take to further promote the use of the Irish language in the EU as Brexit approaches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13213/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: 1211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide information on the project to extend the DART to Balbriggan, also serving the Skerries, Rush and Lusk and Donabate stations; the action taken in advancing this project thus far; the works which will be required to bring this project to completion; the timeframe for the necessary works at each stage and for the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: 1212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he will take to improve transport services and connectivity to and from the city centre for commuters, in view of capacity issues which exist at rush hour for rail transport serving the Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk and Donabate stations and bus services connecting these communities to the city centre and in view of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Expenditure Programme (22 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: 26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Capital Plan 2016-2021, specifically with regard to metro north, the DART extension and DART underground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13997/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Status (22 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of metro north and the projected timeline for delivery of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13996/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Disability Services Provision (22 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: 100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to the creation of an ombudsman with sole responsibility for overseeing the disability sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14284/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (22 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on the enrolment and waiting list levels for each primary level school in Swords, County Dublin; the details of the factors his Department used in its demographic analysis to determine demand in the coming years; the action he will take to resolve the capacity issue in Swords for the coming academic year; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (22 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: 179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he will take to tackle coastal erosion at The Burrow, Portrane; the way in which his Department's approach to the situation facing residents in The Burrow has changed following the recent ministerial visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14281/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his Department's approach regarding recent issues at a disability service (details supplied) in Portrane, with particular regard to the poor condition of accommodation for service users and investigations into reported irregularities in the bank accounts of some users; the action he will take to ensure the most vulnerable in society, who are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (22 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: 260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action his Department will take in assisting the community in Lusk and its environs in achieving their goals following an analysis of the Lusk Community Sports Plan 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14282/17]

Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (29 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton, for his presence. The Minister will be fully aware that I have been consistently raising the issue of enrolment at Swords primary schools with the Minister and his Department officials for several months. I understand that in January the Department provided the local authority with a comprehensive report on the availability of...

Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (29 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister for his remarks and would be interested to know the names of the three schools to which he referred in his response. I have been informed that approximately 27 of the applicants on the waiting list for the Holy Family junior national school were born in November or December of 2012, 14 of whom have siblings in the school. The Minister knows Swords well. If a parent is...

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: Nine.