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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Dara Calleary: There are a couple of issues to be raised in whatever correspondence the committee is going to have. Demand is one thing but service level, consistency and quality of service, and frequency are also issues. The Bradley report has shown an economic demand. I know that has been forwarded to the committee. I commend Western Rail Corridor on commissioning it. I thank all the witnesses.

Report on Commission on Pensions: Motion (3 Mar 2022)

Dara Calleary: Táim chun mo chuid ama a roinnt leis an Teachta Ó Cuív, le cead an Leas-Chathaoirligh. I welcome this debate. I welcome those who are in the Gallery, particularly the president of SIPTU, Pádraig Peyton, and Ethel Buckley. I especially welcome Mr. Peyton as he comes towards the end of his term of office. He is the one individual who has placed this issue front and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Mar 2022)

Dara Calleary: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review an instruction issued to a school (details supplied) that its playing pitches be used for temporary prefabs during a large rebuild given other space is available on or adjacent to the school site. [12220/22]

Comóradh Sheachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (2 Mar 2022)

Dara Calleary: Ar an ócáid seo gach bliain, deirim go bhfuil sé cosúil le coileán a cheannach ag an Nollaig. Ní don Nollaig amháin é coileán agus ní do Sheachtain na Gaeilge amháin í úsáid na Gaeilge san Oireachtas. Tá rudaí ag éirí níos fearr agus caithfidh mé buíochas a ghabháil leis na daoine i...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (2 Mar 2022)

Dara Calleary: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the eligibility criteria for the energy credit by those paying a flat rate electricity fee in caravan parks. [11900/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (2 Mar 2022)

Dara Calleary: 46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if qualification for the energy credit requires the possession of a meter point reference number. [11901/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Mar 2022)

Dara Calleary: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for health and social care professionals registration for physiotherapists who achieve their qualification within the European Union but outside Ireland; the options that are available for such qualified persons in the event that CORU insist upon further Irish hospital placements being carried out before registration is approved specifically...

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Dara Calleary: Last Wednesday evening we discussed this matter in somewhat academic terms. As we were doing so, President Putin was making arrangements to cross the border and invade Ukraine. As we speak, Kyiv is being bombarded with missiles. Last night, Fergal Keane, who has observed so many of these situations, finished his report with a father touching his son, who was inside a train, through the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Judicial Reviews (1 Mar 2022)

Dara Calleary: 84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public infrastructure projects that have been delayed by the legal action take over the River Bride project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11392/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (1 Mar 2022)

Dara Calleary: 573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will resume funding for an organisation (details suppled); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10910/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (1 Mar 2022)

Dara Calleary: 582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of new immigration laws (details supplied). [11103/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (1 Mar 2022)

Dara Calleary: 876. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a contingency fund within the overall allocation for CLÁR funding given the rise in constructioncosts, quotations given in 2020 and beginning of 2021 have increased up to 40%. [11488/22]

Town Centre First Policy: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this policy. I also welcome the work of the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, and that of the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien and the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, on the co-ordination and cohesion referred to by Deputy Ó Cathasaigh. That is all very fine though at ministerial level, the difficulty is when it gets down to the ground. The...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (24 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the basic income guarantee pilot scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10424/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Process (24 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the commencement of provisions of the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10425/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (24 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority home loan scheme applications that were received from Mayo County Council for 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the number that were granted in the same period. [10737/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (24 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of compulsory purchase orders sought for derelict properties by each local authority in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10738/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (24 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 281. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth register application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10592/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she has taken in relation to reports that a significant supplier of product to An Garda Síochána and the Irish Prison Service made a tax settlement with the Revenue Commissioners; if all suppliers of services to her Department and to agencies under her remit require an up-to-date tax clearance...

Security Situation in Europe: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: I, too, welcome the ambassador and her colleagues. These must be very difficult days for her, her family and her country. It is respectful and good of her to be here with us this evening. As we reflect on how we got to where we are and where we may be in the coming days, hard questions need to be asked of ourselves as a country and of the EU. Since 2015, there has been a pathway...