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Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jan 2022)

Alan Farrell: I welcome the opportunity to engage in this significant debate. This important Bill will bring about important changes to the delivery of higher education. It will help to modernise our higher education system by bringing it into the 21st century and, in turn, allowing it to meet the demands of our society. It is relevant in this debate to consider where we have come from with regard to...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Alan Farrell: I thought I was taking the slot of Deputy Matthews.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Alan Farrell: That has changed from six or seven minutes ago or however length of time I have been here. I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I appreciate the opportunity to address this. The Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, probably will not mind me making this point that this is not the national rural broadband plan; it is the national broadband plan. I say that because 13,000 homes in Dublin are to be...

Violence against Women: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Alan Farrell: I thank Deputy Costello for sharing his time. Since 1996, Women's Aid has reported the murders of 244 women, along with 18 children who have died with their mothers. Of the resolved cases involving those women, 89% of the victims knew their murderer, with the balance being strangers. Thousands of women are in supportive care, such as refuges, on a daily basis because of the nature of the...

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

Alan Farrell: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes built in 2021; the projections for 2022 currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3342/22]

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

Alan Farrell: 102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if commencement notices for new developments have increased in 2021; if so, the way that the increases compare with the previous three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3341/22]

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

Alan Farrell: 164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consideration that has been given to adding physiotherapists and occupational therapists to the critical skills occupations lists in order to ease demand in the healthcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3479/22]

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

Alan Farrell: 165. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made to expedite applications for a general employment permit in sectors in which labour demand is high; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3480/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (25 Jan 2022)

Alan Farrell: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current progress on DART+ projects; the expected progress for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3478/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (25 Jan 2022)

Alan Farrell: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a plan within his Department to encourage the Dublin Airport Authority to recommence the issuing of taxi permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3484/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (25 Jan 2022)

Alan Farrell: 350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland’s engagement with the European Commission in relation to the Commission Work Programme 2021 and particularly the efforts to develop a new legislative proposal to prevent and combat gender-based violence against women and domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3475/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Jan 2022)

Alan Farrell: 395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in an area (details supplied) that applied for funding for HEPA filters or similar ventilation systems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3482/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (25 Jan 2022)

Alan Farrell: 446. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women and children who sought space in a domestic violence refuge in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3476/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (25 Jan 2022)

Alan Farrell: 447. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that were provided a space in a domestic violence refuge service in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3477/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (25 Jan 2022)

Alan Farrell: 509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the publication of the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3474/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (25 Jan 2022)

Alan Farrell: 508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the issue in relation to jury pay with regard to the inquest into the Stardust disaster; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3473/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Births (25 Jan 2022)

Alan Farrell: 648. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to significant backlogs in registering a birth in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3483/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Jan 2022)

Alan Farrell: 649. To ask the Minister for Health if funding from his Department has been allocated for the purpose of recruiting additional neurological clinical nurse specialists for Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3485/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Online Safety (20 Jan 2022)

Alan Farrell: 75. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the efforts by her Department to address recommendations from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media that proposed an individual complaints mechanism for harmful online content with regard to the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill; and if she will make a statement on the...