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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives from the European Parliament (4 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the MEPs. I sense frustration in many of their presentations about the role of the European Council, particularly concerning the rule of law. There seems to be a far greater push to get things done at Parliament and Commission level. Ms Clune mentioned that the Commission's report had no teeth, which effectively means that it is a load of words with nothing to back them up. Are...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Gnó an Chomhchoiste (4 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: Tá.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Maoiniú na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta agus Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú) 2019: Conradh na Gaeilge (4 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: Tá ceist bheag agam. Cé hiad na grúpaí atá páirteach san SPG? Cén saghas grúpaí a bhfuil ag fáil airgid ón scéim seo?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Education (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: I hope I get a better response on the issue of pay and working conditions for student nurses than the previous Deputy got on public health specialists. I agree with the points that were made. That is an issue that needs to be resolved. The Minister committed to doing so when he was in opposition. We have a very real problem concerning student nurses on first, second and third year...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Education (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: I will say again that some nurses on clinical placements get an allowance of up to €50 per week, but many do not. It is simply not good enough. In the early stages of the pandemic, many of those student nurses were getting a rate equivalent to that of a health care assistant, HCA. That was discontinued. The Minister must reinstate that rate. He needs to deal with this very...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 122. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for using district and community hospitals in the fight against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33454/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the current situation regarding rheumatology treatment in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33455/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 426. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expand the provisions of the stay and spend scheme to include the purchase of vouchers for accommodation or food purchase during 2021; and his plans to review the scheme in light of the level 5 restrictions. [33005/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review structures of local government in particular consideration of reintroducing directly elected town councils further to commitments in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32999/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a position (details supplied) will be advertised. [33000/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 1484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for the introduction of new farm schemes such as the rollover of GLAS and extension of TAMS; the options available to farmers that have exited schemes such as AEOS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32301/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 1584. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funds she secured in Budget 2021 for projects, delivery and administration of a Leader programme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33014/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Plan (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 1585. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position of a new national rural development plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33015/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Enterprise Centres (3 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: 1586. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the programmes available in her Department to facilitate the development of locally based innovation centres, for example, similar to the gteic model in Gaeltacht areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33016/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Land Issues (22 Oct 2020)

Dara Calleary: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has ownership of an asset (details supplied) following the dissolution of a community based company; and the details of the procedure for a community group to apply for ownership of that asset. [32105/20]

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Dara Calleary: On 19 February 2013, the then Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, gave a State apology and the Visitors Gallery was full that night of survivors of the Magdalen laundries. It was one of the stand-out nights of my time in this House to meet those women, to see their courage and their strengthen and to hear of their journeys and how they survived them. Those people are still on that journey. I am deeply...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Oct 2020)

Dara Calleary: 35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting time for a first driver test by centre; the measures he is taking to address the delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31799/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (21 Oct 2020)

Dara Calleary: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an application for summer works by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the application will be expedited with a view to allocating funding to complete the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31854/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (21 Oct 2020)

Dara Calleary: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to plans to close the business school at the GMIT Mayo campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31790/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Brexit Negotiations: Members of the House of Lords (21 Oct 2020)

Dara Calleary: Honour the existing agreements.