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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (19 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: 1956. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11525/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (6 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: 468. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans to roll out the community centre investment scheme again this year; if so, when will applications open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10285/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: There was astonishment among serving and retired Garda members at the Taoiseach's comments on Garda vetting last week in response to a question I had asked. To put back on record what the Taoiseach said, he asked what vetting actually means and what it actually produces. He stated, "It is quite limited in what it actually does." I have been contacted by a number of serving Garda members...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (5 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: I accept the Minister of State's honesty and directness in this and I appreciate his response. I have to ask, though, why did the HSE send me this response to a parliamentary question within the past few days saying it did not have a date and did not know? If the Minister of State can confirm to the House that it is happening after 12 months, which is this summer, what is going on? Why are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (5 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: I take his word that will happen. I must point out to the Minister of State that the company, Bartra, is advertising 12-month contracts for clinical nurses in Nenagh. If it is advertising for clinical nurses in Nenagh for 12 months, it must expect it is going to stay there a bit longer. By the way, at the end of this I want to see the total amount Bartra was paid for doing this because I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (5 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: I will indeed, that is no problem.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (5 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: A year ago, a commitment was given by the former Minister, Stephen Donnelly, when he wrote to me to say that the new nursing home in Nenagh would be opened as a nursing home after completion of the 12-month contract signed with a private operator to take over the nursing home in order for it to be used as a step-down facility for UHL. I fought for this nursing home. The Minister of State...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of the Garda National Technical Bureau who are currently certified in the area of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives (CBRNE). [10080/25]

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (4 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: We have a lot to get through. The CSO statistics were worrying when it came to the increase in burglaries and many other crimes. Notwithstanding this, I believe the Irish public respect An Garda Síochána and has huge support for it. However, it is a force that is in crisis. I represent Templemore. There are huge issues across the board, primarily recruitment and retention, an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (4 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a project (details supplied) with the National Transport Authority. [9002/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (4 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: 262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the pass/fail rate for driving tests, by test centre and by month, for the years 2022 to 2024, in tabular form. [9384/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: 484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the figures for knife crime convictions for each of the years 2017 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [9014/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: 485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any report or investigation into knife crime has been commissioned or supplied to his Department; and if so, by whom; and on what date. [9015/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (4 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: 486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportations from the State in each of the years 2021 2022, 2023, 2024; and the country they were deported to, by year and country, in tabular form. [9016/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (4 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: 487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources as of 1 January 2025 that will be added to the staffing compliment of his Department and or related agencies in order to deal with the predicted increase in deportations from the State. [9017/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: 504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total costs of training a Garda until attestation, in the Garda Training College, Templemore. [9185/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: 512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the roll-out of the community safety partnerships across the country. [9322/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: 532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date his Department was made aware that the last intake of trainee Gardaí to Templemore in 2024 were not going to be vetted before they entered training. [9616/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parliamentary Questions (4 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: 539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Parliamentary Questions his Department has not answered fully and have had to change the reply to, subsequently, since the new Government was formed; and if he will publish same. [9779/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Mar 2025)

Alan Kelly: 716. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the cost of acquiring services from private hospitals and other private health care providers by regional health authorities from 1 September 2024 to 10 February 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9546/25]