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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship registrations in the construction sector in each of the years 2000 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41817/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 842. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the gender breakdown in construction-related apprenticeships over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42619/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 843. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of top-up bursaries for employing female apprenticeships that have been paid to employers in the construction sector; the breakdown by type of apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42620/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 844. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the requirement to hire construction apprentices has been included in any of the State’s large construction procurement contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42621/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traffic Management (9 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 869. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide more funding to An Garda Síochána to conduct traffic management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41470/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (9 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 897. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when first-time appointments at the Immigration Service, Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 will resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42010/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (9 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 922. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request An Garda Síochána to commence Operation Tombola again in 2021 to tackle the increased use of fireworks and bonfires in Dublin; if she will provide additional funding for the operation to take place at this earlier point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42604/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1401. To ask the Minister for Health the status of three Covid-19 digital certificates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42821/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1372. To ask the Minister for Health if he will implement the calls from a group (details supplied) for increased investment in a number of areas costed at €85 million as part of Budget 2022; if he will make mental health a priority in the budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42605/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: They are not agreed. In June the Minister with responsibility for housing advised me in a reply to a question in the Dáil that the proposed shared equity scheme had been approved and passed by the Central Bank. We now have confirmation that this is not the case. In fact, we know the Central Bank and the, Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, have both criticised that scheme...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want the Minister with responsibility for housing to come into the House to make a statement and answer questions on why he misled this Dáil. He told the Dáil unequivocally and clearly that the Central Bank had approved and passed the shared equity scheme when no such formal approval had been given. The statement he issued on this today does not clarify his statements in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (15 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in acres of publicly owned development land, including land owned by State agencies and bodies, that has been sold to private developers since the LDA was setup in 2018, by public body, county and year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43873/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44037/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (15 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reduce class sizes in primary schools in line with the European average as part of Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43324/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will restore funding to primary schools to pre-recession levels as part of Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43325/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (15 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a formal process by which parents of children in a school which is in receipt of public funds can request the school to introduce co-education; if not, her plans to develop such a process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43334/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Tailte Éireann Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (16 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements. Other members have referred to the importance of active land management in terms of delivering housing that is affordable and ensuring there is a pipeline of land for housing that is affordable and within reach of people. Will Tailte Éireann have the ability to have a land price register so there is transparency around what price land...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Tailte Éireann Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (16 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: To be clear, if the Property Registration Authority was included or incorporated at a later stage, that would assist the possibility of having a land price register if that is what the intention was - if the Government or Oireachtas wanted to do that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage needs to attend the House and we should debate Housing for All. On the Order of Business last week, I raised the comments made by the Minister on 24 June in which he incorrectly stated that the Central Bank had given approval to the shared equity scheme as part of what was then the Affordable Housing Bill. I asked that those comments...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: -----than he spent on Committee Stage in the Dáil. We need him to come to the House, explain why he made that statement and gave incorrect information, and update the record.