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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (3 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 188. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of First 5, the whole-of Government strategy for babies, young children and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5438/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 34. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her strategy to link jobseekers and employers as a means to address labour shortages in the economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5381/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her strategy for the procurement of public employment services; the reason she is proceeding to a new model of local employment service delivery; the cost basis on which the new model will be delivered; the relevant technical and previous experience necessary for a potential tender applicant; the proposed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (3 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Garda Síochána (digital recording) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5691/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (3 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding available for ongoing maintenance of CCTV systems in communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5704/22]

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: First Stage: Departmental Meetings (2 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 17. To ask the Taoiseach the groups chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [4634/22]

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: First Stage: Departmental Meetings (2 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: The Taoiseach has outlined part of the role of the Secretary General. I acknowledge the service of the incumbent who I know will move on to a different position. Does the Taoiseach have any plans to review the responsibilities of the position? Will he outline the recruitment process for the new person to fulfil the role?

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: First Stage: Cabinet Committees (2 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [4633/22]

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: First Stage: Cabinet Committees (2 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: In the context of the Cabinet committee on health, as we move into the next phase of Covid-19, has the Taoiseach discussed the future role of the National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, and what shape and size it will be going forward? I know the Taoiseach in his previous ministerial role did a huge amount of work in the area of strokes and stroke care. He may have seen this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Potential Russia-Ukraine Conflict and the Role of the European Union: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: I welcome both of our guests. I welcome Professor Tonra in particular. It is 30 years since he lectured me and gave me a workshop on the politics of European security. It seems that the more things change, the more they remain the same. Professor Tonra spoke about the limitations of the EU and I tend to agree that it has been very much a bystander. Is there anything, within those...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (1 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional supports that could be put in place to raise awareness of the European Union for primary and secondary school students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4670/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on improved employment conditions for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4671/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (1 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of social welfare appeals that were successful in the past two years. [4305/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (1 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: 552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has considered increasing the base rate for the school meals programme; her views on whether the €1.40 that is currently paid to providers for supplying one substantial item plus one small item plus one drink is minimal in view of inflation and cost of living increases; and if she will make a...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Dara Calleary: I am rapidly losing confidence in the roll-out of the national broadband plan. My concerns are slightly more micro than the business model. There is a community in east Mayo that is very entrepreneurial but also has many families living in it. Within this community there are three home-grown companies that export internationally. We have been working with NBI for some time to try to get a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (27 Jan 2022)

Dara Calleary: On the advertising campaign, the lotto campaign says it could be you, but when it comes to passports, it never is you until it actually happens. People probably laugh about this until they have done it themselves. I am sure it has happened to all of us. If, when you book and you are putting in your card details, there was a prompt that said "Is your passport in date?", that would do it....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (27 Jan 2022)

Dara Calleary: I know the Minister dealt with this issue earlier in response to Deputy Danny Healy-Rae, but there is a need for proactivity at this stage of the year in relation to passport supply and what is likely to be a very large demand for passports and passport renewals this year. That proactivity might save an awful lot of trouble for many people down the line.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (27 Jan 2022)

Dara Calleary: First, on the expanded office space, I have made the point previously that we need a physical passport office in the west. It is unfair for me to have to get somebody to travel to Dublin late on a Friday evening to collect a passport, as I had to do again last Friday. Surely in the context of new office space, that should be considered. We need an office somewhere central in the region. ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Jan 2022)

Dara Calleary: 45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for passports from counties Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal, respectively that are currently outstanding; the planning that is being carried out to ensure that there is no repeat of the delays with applications experienced in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3624/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Dara Calleary: 104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the implementation of projects under the white paper on Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3795/22]