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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (28 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: 82. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she has taken to pursue a basic minimum income for members of the artistic and cultural communities; and her current proposals on the matter. [21793/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (28 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: 270. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to recent reports into the high level of company charges applied to individual pension plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21391/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: 279. To ask the Minister for Finance if support is available via the Covid restrictions support scheme for publicans often retired that had leased their establishments to a tenant prior to the commencement of the Covid-19 restrictions and were then forced to cancel their lease agreement (details supplied); the supports that may be available elsewhere for this cohort; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pensions Data (28 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: 306. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid by the State in 2018, 2019 and 2020 to financial companies involved in managing State pension funds in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21392/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: 360. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding support for the cultural sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21657/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (28 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: 450. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to sign derogations allowing the shooting of specified birds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21377/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (28 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: 654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis for the denial of the pandemic unemployment payment to those over 66 years of age that are self-employed and have lost their income as a consequence of Covid-19; the supports that may be available for those persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21686/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: 972. To ask the Minister for Health the situation regarding the regulatory approval of a vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21608/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: 1178. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the legislation required to underpin the recently published policy on rural development Our Rural Future; the timetable for the introduction of such legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21782/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: 1179. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget required for each year of the programme to underpin the recently published policy on rural development Our Rural Future; the sources of the budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21783/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Protocol on Northern Ireland-Ireland: Engagement with the Minister for Foreign Affairs (27 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister for his time. I acknowledge the role played by his officials right across the remit of his Department over the past five years and his own contribution in his time there. It has been extraordinary. I wish to raise a few points. The Minister briefly mentioned the triggering of Article 16 and stated the EU moved very quickly to reverse its position. What impact did...

Covid Restrictions Support Scheme Regulations and Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme Regulations: Motions (22 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: I commend the Minister on his practical approach to this entire issue since the start of the pandemic and join with him in thanking Revenue. I also acknowledge the role of local authority staff who have been involved in rolling out the various supports to businesses locally. I give them credit for a job incredibly well done. I welcome the commitment about the cliff edge, which is...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: I too join Members in commending everyone involved in the vaccine roll-out and particularly the registration portal which has worked very effectively. I have two key questions. One is for the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, who I thank for her contact in recent weeks about the vaccinations for home-bound people. I am disappointed to hear there are still 300 people remaining as their...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (22 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: 105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the period of training and upskilling of the present community employment participants for an additional 12 months in lieu of the year lost due to Covid-19 restrictions; if she will acknowledge that to carry through the ethos of the community employment schemes to train and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (21 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: I want to commend the Minister on the energy has brought to the review of the national development plan, but I wish to raise a number of matters. In the context of the increased budget, what proposals does the Minister have to reform the delivery mechanism for those projects? There is nothing more frustrating than a budget being allocated and the project then not being delivered owing to a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policy Functions (21 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister. I emphasise that in order to achieve those very ambitious levels of growth, we need similarly ambitious levels of investment. We will not get that growth without investment to drive it. I will give the Minister the rest of my time to deal with the Department of Health issue and programme budgeting.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Programmes (21 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: I am asking this question on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Niamh Smyth, who was delayed. The PEACE+ programme is crucial. It has delivered enormous achievements in the Border areas for many years. It has never been as needed as it is now in order to build infrastructure but, most important, to build confidence in the context of the Brexit vacuum and all that is associated with that. I am...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Programmes (21 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: This is a very important programme and it is essential that the Minister's Department engages with all other Departments in publicising the consultation period and publicising and encouraging community involvement in the consultation. I ask the Minister to provide a breakdown of the various cohorts from which the €1 billion funding is coming. Will there be co-operation between the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Programmes (21 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: I ask the Minister to focus specifically on the role of young people in the new programme. How can they become more involved in the consultation process that is under way? We have seen in recent weeks the alienation of young people from the political process. This programme is something in which we need them to get involved. We should make it as accessible as possible to younger...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policy Functions (21 Apr 2021)

Dara Calleary: 51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the programme for Government commitment to introduce a more open budgetary process, less dominated by existing level of service, with small incremental additions each year but focused on major public goals and proven policy performance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20386/21]