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Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister for her statement and I agree with many of her comments. It is a very important matter and a serious topic. As has been outlined by my colleague, Deputy Kenny, it is a complicated matter and it is not black and white. It is important for the victims of sexual violence and only this week we saw members of one family in the North speak out about violence they suffered....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (16 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which the microgeneration support scheme will be ready for individuals, community groups, business owners and farmers to sell eligible electricity to the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56086/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Consultations (16 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date on which his Department will publish the summary responses to the public consultation in relation to the microgeneration support scheme which closed on 18 February 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56087/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Consultations (16 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date on which his Department will publish the findings from the submissions to the public consultation regarding the microgeneration support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56088/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (16 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times that the Micro-generation Working Group met in each month of 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56089/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (16 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will extend the deadline for the Irish language executive officer panel due to expire on 31 December 2021 in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resultant delays in placements being offered to successful candidates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55749/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (16 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the processes for filling executive officer placements to ensure that Irish language executive officer panels are considered alongside general English language panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55750/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Judicial Reviews (16 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of judicial reviews of An Bord Pleanála decisions in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of decisions that have been upheld; the number of decisions that were set aside in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55512/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Judicial Reviews (16 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of judicial reviews of An Bord Pleanála decisions that have been taken by State bodies in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55513/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Semi-State Bodies (16 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount incurred by An Bord Pleanála in legal and consultant fees in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55514/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Semi-State Bodies (16 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that all external services and consultants retained by An Bord Pleanála have been procured in accordance with the relevant procurement law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55515/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the back to work enterprise allowance for those applicants who were approved between February 2020 and June 2021 considering many were not able to open their businesses due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56115/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (11 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his plans to tackle the increase in demand on homeless services due to evictions from private rentals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54568/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (11 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant local authority owned properties in County Kerry; the funding set aside to upgrade these vacant properties in 2022; the target number of properties to be upgraded in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54569/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (11 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 143. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagements she has had with various sporting bodies and others in relation to the return of indoor sports and cultural activities for children. [54945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (11 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 176. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagements she has had with basketball representatives including Basketball Ireland over return to play protocols. [54944/21]

Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (10 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: Ba mhaith liom labhairt ar son an leasaithe seo ar alt 33. Feicimid sa státseirbhís, sna bainc, i bhFeidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte, in Aer Lingus agus ar na comharthaí bóithre that there will not be any change. There will not be any change in what happens on the ground unless it is mandated. Asking the Garda nicely to do it will not work. As referenced...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: The Minister of State mentioned earlier that the issue preventing the transfer of prisoners from the UK is the difference in the sentences and licenses and the incompatibility of the type of sentence here, given that UK sentences have a great deal of time served on licence rather than in jail, with up to 50% remission. The courts here have had difficulty with the rights of prisoners with...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: I will allow that to stand, with a right to revisit this matter depending on what is presented.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Nov 2021)

Pa Daly: 452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the safeguarding measures that are currently implemented in schools in relation to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54710/21]