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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (8 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 277. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a new round of sport capital grant funding will open in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5988/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (8 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made regarding electoral reform given the commitments made in the Programme for Government in relation to same in order to streamline the way persons can register to vote and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5979/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports that are currently being processed; the current turnaround time for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5991/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 355. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to expand the capacity of the passport office to improve turnaround times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5993/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 356. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a commitment will be given to reopen the passport printing service and the introduction of an urgent appointment, one-day turnaround time in the passport office in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5994/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of the current processing times for social welfare applications by the type of application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5990/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6562/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes that have been made to the Student Universal Support Ireland grant criteria; when it comes into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5989/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 735. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that will establish if damage has occurred to persons by the mandated wearing of face coverings; the person or body that will compensate persons if damage has been done to their health due to the mandated use of these products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6507/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (8 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 751. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for an insulin pump by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6548/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (8 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 849. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will inform local authorities of their local improvement scheme allocation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5986/22]

National Minimum Wage: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: First, I thank People Before Profit-Solidarity for bringing this very important motion before the House. It is so important. If the Minister of State, Deputy English, does not realise it or if the Government does not realise it, there is a serious crisis going on in our country at present. It is the crisis of the people who are working and who have a job, but who are finding it awfully...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: I want to raise with the Taoiseach today the very important issue of the collapse of the repair and maintenance of service to Eir customers in south and west Kerry. I am inundated with calls from customers. There was a time when we had excellent repair and maintenance cover based at the Cahersiveen depot, which ceased in July 2021 when the last customer service technician retired. In the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: That answer from the Taoiseach is brilliant and excellent if I had asked a different question. Unfortunately, however, the issue I am raising is telephone lines, wires hanging down and no noise when people pick up the telephone. That is the question I am raising today and it is the issue I want the Taoiseach to take back to Eir. I wish the CEO of Eir very well. The person is retiring and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Deputy remembers that. Today, I remember people such as Mr. Albert Reynolds, a highly respectable politician who did great work. I remember him for his work. It went from the Department of Posts and Telegraphs to Telecom Éireann and then from Eircom to Eir and one of the problems we have is the neglect on the ground. Privatisation was not a friend to this company.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: It resulted in the death knell for the service in rural areas as far as I can see. Let the message go out loud and clear that Eir must pull up its socks and put people out on the ground working door to door to keep the service and connectivity going. I thank the Taoiseach for this opportunity.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: Yes.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this important Bill. I will start with farming because I always like reminding the House that Ireland is predominantly a farming and agriculture-based country. This Government, however, as well as successive governments in the past, seems to have forgotten that. It has forgotten farmers and fishermen. Every obstacle that could be put in their...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: That is to be welcomed. We have lessons to learn, and when I say “we” I mean all of us, as to how we go about securing permission from farmers when we want to do a project. There is a great difference between going to a landowner in one way as opposed to another. There was a very nice man in the place where I come from and he said it is all about how one approaches a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (9 Feb 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that he has not signed the derogation with regard to the burning of bushes, branches and so on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6981/22]