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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Dec 2021)

Pa Daly: 416. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 624 of 19 October 2021, the engagements that have occurred with approved housing bodies in relation to sourcing accommodation for international protection applicants. [60528/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Dec 2021)

Pa Daly: 583. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the temporary assistance payment scheme given the surge in Covid-19 cases and the costs of infection control in nursing homes and residential care settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60279/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (3 Dec 2021)

Pa Daly: 77. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the implementation of the White Paper on ending direct provision. [58559/21]

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Pa Daly: I concur with what the previous speaker said and support Deputy Connolly's amendment. I am thinking in particular of Seán Binder, who spent some time in County Kerry. He was arrested four months after arriving in Lesbos in 2018. He faces trial, as we know. Particularly in light of what happened in the English Channel, there is a feeling out there that there are hordes of people...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Pa Daly: I have a general question on the money that might be left over in the context of the Covid pandemic. Many Garda stations, particularly in rural areas, were closed during the austerity years. Barraduff Garda station was recently reopened. With the need for distancing to avoid the spread of Covid, are there any plans to expand reopenings? For example, are there any plans to reopen the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Pa Daly: Yes. It is on pay.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Pa Daly: Maybe I should raise this in respect of the Courts Service, but a complaint was recently made to me about the number of judges available. I do not know whether that matter falls under judges' pay or the Courts Service. I am aware of a person who has a terminal cancer diagnosis and wanted to put their affairs in order. They asked for the earliest possible date to hear their case and this...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (1 Dec 2021)

Pa Daly: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe go léir as teacht isteach. Tá cúpla ceist agam do Tim Lucey ó Chorcaigh mar gheall ar an bplean forbartha. Bhí cúpla gearán againn. Dúirt daoine liom go raibh sé ar fáil i mBéarla amháin. Is ar éigean a rinneadh aon tagairt do Chúil Aodha sa phlean agus ní raibh tagairt...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (1 Dec 2021)

Pa Daly: No. It might have been unfair of me to ask Ms Murrell specifically about this. One of the recommendations in the joint statement we received from the various councils was that clarity be sought from the Office of the Attorney General on the legal enforceability of conditions relating to the ability of occupants to speak the Irish language. That probably relates to the Belgian decision. My...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Pa Daly: On subhead A2.6, as the Minister of State correctly said, there are currently two courts in the existing building. That does not take into account all the spare space that is within the building. There is enough space, in my opinion, for at least three extra courtrooms in the existing premises. There was a review which, I believe, is outdated for a number of reasons, including, most...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (1 Dec 2021)

Pa Daly: Labhair Moira Murrell mar gheall ar serviced sites agus na rudaí sin. Tá sé go maith é sin a chloisteáil. Gabhaim buíochas leis an bhfoireann go léir. Chuala mé le déanaí go raibh gealltanas ó Chomhairle Contae Chiarraí go mbeadh freagra tugtha ar gach iarratas pleanála as Gaolainn. Tá sé sin ag tarlú agus...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (30 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: Will the Minister engage with the Minister for Social Protection on this? The former Minister responsible for higher education, Deputy Bruton, promised to correct what he called this “anomaly” four years ago in response to a question by a Deputy from another party. A family in need of social protection with one assessment is denied the right to educate children with another...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (30 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the criteria and income thresholds for SUSI grants to ensure that a family qualifying for the working family payment is deemed eligible for a fee and maintenance SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58611/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (30 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: Iarradh an cheist seo cheana féin le blianta ach níor freagraíodh í fós. Cén plean atá ag an Aire chun na daoine atá in ann deontas SUSI a fháil agus atá ar an working family payment a bheith in ann cothabháil agus táillí ollscoile a fháil? Are there any plans for families in receipt of the working family payment to be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (30 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: This may not affect very many families but it is very important nonetheless. I understand the exclusion of the working family payment from reckonable income and that is appropriate. The fact remains that there are families who are in receipt of this payment and in order to survive, raise their families and educate them, they do that in spite of the fact that they are denied a maintenance...

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: I support the motion. The Government's stance is mind-boggling. The tendering process does not make sense and the community not-for-profit model must be preserved and not dismantled. I find it hard to understand why the Government would do something like this from a community point of view, a jobs point of view and a political point of view. Taking the decision to commercialise these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (30 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the criteria to establish a SUSI applicant’s independence from their parents in cases in which the applicant is under 23 years of age and is living independently from their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58612/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 612. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take regarding parents being able to visit their child together in children's hospitals, particularly when the parents must travel to Dublin from places like County Kerry and one parent is currently forced to sit outside the hospital due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58736/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 613. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take regarding parents who are faced with hearing a difficult diagnosis while their child is an inpatient in hospital but cannot currently meet with their child's consultant together due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58737/21]