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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (1 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: 245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if assistance is available to nursing homes such as a nursing home (details supplied) for green renewable energy or solar improvements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5103/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (1 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: Underpinned by the framework of the National Skills Strategy 2016-2025 and the Regional Skills Fora, a core principle of skills policy development in Ireland is partnership between enterprise and the tertiary sector. My Department continues to support a range of programmes to upskill employees to meet the evolving needs of the economy. The Skills to Advance initiative was launched by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: 611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána by rank who previously worked for the PSNI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4772/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: 811. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5106/22]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: State Examinations (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: I thank Senators Aisling Dolan and Micheál Carrigy for raising this very important matter and allowing me the opportunity to address same. The Department and the State Examinations Commission have been progressing and planning for the 2022 junior cycle and leaving certificate examinations. This has been done in consultation with the advisory group on planning for the State examinations...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: State Examinations (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: The points the Senators have raised are very valid. The Taoiseach said in the Dáil today that he met the senior statistician in the Department of Education and the Minister for Education yesterday. It is a complex issue as the Senators know. There are two cohorts within this year’s leaving certificate; some who sat the junior certificate and some who did not sit it. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2019 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: A key priority in the programme for Government is the creation and progression of technological universities. I am pleased, therefore, to introduce the following draft order to this committee - the Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022. Under the Technological Universities Act 2018, an appointed day for the establishment of a technological university,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2019 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy for her comments and the support of her party on the projects around the advancement of technological universities around the country. The Deputy raised the Cassells report on numerous occasions both here and in the Dáil. I do not have anything new to say to her on that. The Deputy knows its status in terms of having worked its way through the European Commission....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2019 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2019 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: As the Deputy will know, we have to get the Atlantic Technological University progressed. Work on St. Angela's College will come afterwards. That is the intention, as the Deputy will know. The Higher Education Authority Bill 2022 is scheduled to be taken on Second Stage in the Dáil this week. As such, the Bill is progressing. In regard to amendments, as part of the normal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2019 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: No. I thank the committee.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider amending the employment permit programme to include therapists for spa facilities given the inability of hotel owners to recruit within the EEA zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3155/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the engagement by his Department with Limerick City and County Council regarding homes and properties impacted by mic and pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3104/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional school accommodation application by a school (details supplied) for the renovation of an old building to accommodate two special educational needs classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3037/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Functions (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3516/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the concerns outlined in correspondence by organisations (details supplied) in relation to the tender for jobs clubs and the potential job losses will be examined and addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3017/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive their certificate of naturalisation and citizenship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3045/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 12 December 2017, if she will provide the total number of hours and the associated total cost of Operation Foray from 2018 to date; the expenditure on another operation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3524/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 611. To ask the Minister for Health if advice will be provided in relation to a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) with regard to Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3273/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (25 Jan 2022)

Niall Collins: 655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an issue outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3515/22]