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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Abortion Services (16 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 748. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the health units in the various universities that are currently offering on-campus abortion services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22568/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (16 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 749. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who dropped out of university in 2022, disaggregated by university name, course family, (i.e. engineering, arts/humanities, science, and so on), stage of departure (i.e. 1st year, 2nd year, and so on) and EU vs non-EU student, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22569/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (16 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 750. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of universities which currently have an Irish language strategy/scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22570/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (11 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Department support the conservation of invasive coarse fish and invasive pike in Ballyquirke Lough (part of Lough Corrib SAC), under the Conservation of Coarse Fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law No. 809 of 2006 respectively, to the detriment of the marginalised native...

European Year of Skills: Statements (10 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Yesterday marked the start of the European Year of Skills, which will run until 8 May 2024. It is an important European initiative that ties together many of the different efforts being made in Europe, including, of course, a kind of European green new deal. It will attempt to raise awareness by matching people's aspirations with the available job opportunities. That is significant for...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Ardaím go rímhinic na deacrachtaí atá ag daoine óga lonnú, nó athlonnú, ina gceantair dhúchais. Feicimid go rímhinic é freisin dóibh siúd a théann thar lear, b’fhéidir mar nach raibh post acu nó nach raibh deiseanna acu ina gceantar dúchais féin. Ansin tagann siad abhaile agus deir siad leo...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 312. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will detail the consent permit required to transfer raw sewage from one Údarás na Gaeltachta facility to another; the competent authority with the statutory function to grant such consent; the reference number and date of issue of the consent permit granted to Údarás na Gaeiltachta to transfer raw...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 647. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 8 February 2023, the status of the pandemic recognition payment for a person (details supplied); if this matter will be escalated to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21694/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of further reducing third-level fees to €1,000 in 2023-2024, and subsequently to abolish these fees in 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21115/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total estimated yearly cost to the Exchequer of abolishing apprenticeship registration fees, broken down by consortia-led and craft; the average cost per apprentice, broken down by craft and consortia-led apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21116/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if work is being done to increase the frequency of the service of the 424 bus to Ceantar na nOileán and Iorras Aithneach, or to provide a Local Link service between Leitir Mealláin or Carna and an Cheathrú Rua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20740/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Connecting Ireland projects due to be delivered in 2023 in Galway - routes 438, 423, 424, 547, 350, and 425A; if these are on track to be delivered on the schedule set out earlier this year; and if he will provide details of the design of these projects. [20332/23]

Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Second Stage (3 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith agat. That sounds like a good group so I might see if I can join them afterwards with Deputy O’Connor. Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Collins. This marks my first time engaging with the Minister of State in my new role as spokesperson on higher education. As it is also the first legislation that I get to deal with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (3 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering providing free or reduced cost school transport seats in rural areas where there are not sufficient pupils who meet the criteria for free school transport for a bus to be viable; if she is considering any other solution to this problem to ensure that as few pupils are arriving to school in private vehicles as possible;...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (3 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of instances in which local Intreo offices have given incorrect advice, particularly around illness benefit; if she sees these instances as a pattern; the steps she is taking to minimise the instances of incorrect advice being given; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20428/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (3 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the new rodenticide recently approved for use by British authorities (details supplied); if he is concerned about the impact this may have on the population of birds of prey in Ireland; if this rodenticide is being considered for use in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20492/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on pandemic bonus payments for a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20603/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Ah stop.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: It definitely is not.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (27 Apr 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expected deadline for the NBI rollout of fibre broadband across the State; if he is satisfied with the current rate of the rollout with 109,000 out of 569,000 premises connected after the third year of the plan; how he plans on ramping up delivery of the rollout, particularly across the west, where areas are...