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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Government Fund (7 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: I am disappointed there are not any concrete proposals but I hope that next week there will be something extra in the budget for local authorities. I hope this does not go the way of the local authorities in England where Tory cuts and a lack of central government funding have been a disaster. Kerry County Council has been attempting to drive the local economy. It has been applying to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Government Fund (7 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: Bhuail mé Dé Luain le bord bainistíochta Chomhairle Chontae Chiarraí agus dúirt sé go bhfuil stádas an bhuiséid go dona ar fad i gCiarraí. Is contae ar an imeall é Ciarraí, le trí leithinis, agus tá an méid is mó bóithre nach príomhbhóithre iad sa Stát ann. All Deputies from the county met...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider developing operational guidelines on habitual residence, similar to those used by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (details supplied) and for these to be applied consistently by all local government authorities in deciding on access to housing lists, emergency accommodation and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (7 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the interdepartmental committee on the Irish abroad. [29047/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (7 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the reports on support for the Irish abroad for 2019 and 2020. [29048/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (7 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the establishment of an Oireachtas subcommittee dealing with issues affecting the Irish diaspora. [29049/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (7 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the way in which leaving certificate students examination results and other examination and grade related data are defined in contracts with third-parties to which her Department has outsourced grade assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29103/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Intellectual Property (7 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if copies of the clauses in the contracts with a company (details supplied) that relate to the definition and use of each of intellectual property and personally identifiable information will be provided. [29104/20]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Consular Services (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: I will be brief. Perhaps my question should have been a little more specific but I was not only talking about those who were repatriated due to the situation around Covid-19. Perhaps the Minister and I could have a conversation about these matters. I am aware of some cases of people who have been repatriated very quickly. There are older Irish emigrants, or people who have grown up in...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Consular Services (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of emergency repatriations carried out since March 2020 by his Department. [28297/20]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Consular Services (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: I pay tribute to the consular staff and the staff in the embassies who have helped in emergency repatriations carried out this year. While thousands have come home in this manner, many other Irish citizens have made their own way home without consular assistance. We met recently with the Crosscare Migrant Project, which does tremendous work with returning migrants. However, it is what...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Consular Services (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: Does the Minister have a breakdown as to how many people were given financial assistance or flights as opposed to those were given solely advice? I have dealt with Safe Home Ireland, which works with older Irish emigrants in London and all over Britain. Many migrants who have returned home to Ireland find that once they are here, they experience problems accessing social welfare, dealing...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: In the email that I referred to from the mayor in recent weeks, he instructed us that Palestinian-owned land in and around Beit Sahour is to be confiscated, that homes will be demolished, and that displacement will take place as a result of this. In addition to what is already happening, they are being deprived of their basic civil rights. Beit Sahour in this proposed annexation will lose...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: The email, which the Mission of the State of Palestine in Leeson Street sent us today calls: ...on the international community to hold the occupying power accountable, and to encourage real actions towards banning produce from the illegal settlements. The failure to do so to date has fostered a culture of impunity which has greatly emboldened the occupying powers and allows the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the diplomatic representations that were made to Israel regarding its annexation plan; and if his attention has been drawn to the town of Beit Sahour (details supplied) affected by the annexation in the occupied West Bank. [28298/20]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: The Minister may or may not be aware that my home town, Tralee, twinned with the town of Beit Sahour in the occupied West Bank in May of last year. I wish to ask the Minister what diplomatic representations have been made to Israel regarding its annexation plan and if his attention has been drawn to what is happening in Beit Sahour. We have an email from the mayor dated 26 September 2020.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of criteria which each local authority applies with respect to residency for persons looking to access homeless services and support. [28299/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Postal Voting (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the criteria for postal ballot eligibility will be expanded in order to align them with those in Northern Ireland. [27753/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adherence to distancing, capacity and other anti-Covid-19 measures on buses serving a school (details supplied) will be investigated. [28092/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of leaving certificate students in County Kerry that have had errors with their calculated grades identified; the nature of these errors; and the way they are categorised in tabular form. [28706/20]