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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (2 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: One of the Minister’s colleagues in government previously said there was a question of perhaps up to 200,000 people arriving. Does the Department have revised or anticipated figures as to how much it will, as the Minister noted, continue to increase? What is the Department planning in respect of the number of people who will continue to come from Ukraine?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (2 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: 5. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the State agency for early learning and care and school-age childcare. [28273/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (2 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: 3. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the Ukrainian refugee crisis unit within his Department; and his further views on the number of Ukrainian refugees who have arrived and who have requested assistance from the International Protection Accommodation Services. [28272/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (2 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: My question relates to the Ukrainian refugee crisis unit in the Department and I seek the Minister's views on the refugees who have arrived. Arising from the previous question and the recommendations in the White Paper, is he confident that between now and the end of the Government's term, in two and a half years' time, that it will be able to implement the recommendations?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (2 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: I too commend the staff in the Minister's Department and the International Protection Accommodation Services, IPAS and I acknowledge the assistance they were given by local authorities around the country in identifying properties. However, tomorrow marks the 100th day of the conflict in Ukraine and it is difficult to see an end in sight to it. Accommodation centres are around the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation (2 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: 1. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Question No. 146 of 18 May 2022, his views on the different categories of accommodation listed therein (details supplied) and their function. [28271/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation (2 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: This question is further to a previous parliamentary question I asked the Minister regarding making a statement on the different categories of accommodation currently listed, such as emergency reception and orientation centres, EROCs, emergency accommodation etc., as well as their functions.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation (2 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: No one was ever going to be in any doubt that there would be an increase in the number of people coming into the country to seek asylum following Covid-19. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated this situation. The crisis has posed some serious questions. We can address some of those in another question later perhaps. What is concerning in this regard, though, is that we may end...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Emergency Accommodation (2 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: The White Paper that came out approximately 14 months ago was clear about emergency accommodation. It recommended that purpose-built facilities be constructed. Sinn Féin's view is that there should be more State-run accommodation centres, because allowing private companies that operate for profit to undertake this endeavour is not going to be the best way to address this situation....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: The Taoiseach is probably aware of what has been described variously as panic and chaos in the District Court yesterday as a result of the Davitt decision. If the current situation continues, there will be fewer gardaí on the streets and more delays in prosecutions. What steps will the Government be taking in order to address the situation? Will there be emergency legislation? Will...

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: I thank the Regional Group for bringing forward this important motion. I want to raise a particular issue in regard to ceiling hoists being excluded from the housing adaptation grant. This was a decision taken a number of years ago, which directed the local authorities to change their policy in order that ceiling track hoists are no longer funded by the housing adaptation grant. I am not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (1 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: 96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 741 of 21 April 2021, the number of full-time equivalent vacant homes officers by local authority in tabular form for 2021 and to date in 2022. [28358/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (1 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: 97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 741 of 21 April 2021, if he receives regular updates on the number of homes applied for through the vacant homes scheme by local authority; and if so, if he will provide the up-to-date figures for 2021 and to date in 2022. [28359/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (1 Jun 2022)

Pa Daly: 183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 22 March 2022, the number of applications for the undocumented migrants' scheme that have been received to date; the number that have been approved to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28213/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Special Areas of Conservation (31 May 2022)

Pa Daly: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Wild Atlantic Nature LIFE IP project can be extended to cover Kerry boglands. [28047/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (31 May 2022)

Pa Daly: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the return of local authority housing in which a tenant passes away and the directions or circulars are given to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28162/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (31 May 2022)

Pa Daly: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that house refurbishment for reallocation is funded between his Department and local authorities; the circulars or directions by his Department that have been issued in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28163/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 May 2022)

Pa Daly: 354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport for a person (details supplied) will issue. [28015/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 May 2022)

Pa Daly: 310. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport (details supplied) will issue. [27518/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (31 May 2022)

Pa Daly: 377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the senior councils and barristers paid or retained for work on behalf of her Department; and the amounts paid to each for each the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [27318/22]