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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 438. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a renewal passport application will issue on time to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in order that they can fulfil their travel plan. [32335/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (21 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 527. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) who applied to the foreign birth register will have their application processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32764/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns that teachers and students have in relation to the many changes to the Junior Certificate Irish syllabus which is impacting the teaching and learning experience in Irish classrooms causing enormous stress and anxiety to students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32749/22]

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: I welcome these statements on special educational needs. The need for investment in special education has been highlighted time and again in my constituency. We have made significant progress in recent years on increasing the number of places in special classes and special schools as well as the number of special education teachers and SNAs to record levels. I compliment the Minister of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: I raise an issue facing thousands of middle-income workers and families. This cohort, the so-called squeezed middle, earn too much to qualify for many State supports and pay a larger proportion of their income at the higher tax band. The Government needs to focus on targeted measures to cut rising costs and increase supports for the so-called squeezed middle. It is crucial that we now...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Flexible Work Practices (16 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 13. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support future changes to the current tax arrangements to reinforce support for remote working given the Government’s policy to facilitate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31359/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cost of Living Issues (16 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance if an additional VAT derogation will be applied to petrol and fuel to support workers and businesses during the current cost-of-living and inflationary crisis given the latest figures which indicate that the Exchequer collected a new high of over €300 million in taxes on petrol and diesel in April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ukraine War (16 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of involvement that his Department has had in dealing with the Ukrainian crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31311/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cost of Living Issues (16 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department’s plans to deal with rising inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31310/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Refugee Resettlement Programme (16 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the extent that Ireland’s efforts to host and take care of Ukrainian refugees will be supported by the EU Commission through CARE and REACT-EU; the level of funding that has been requested by Government; and the way that Ireland will utilise access to these EU funds to spend across...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (16 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 288. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a renewal passport application will issue on time to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in order that they can fulfil their travel plan. [31529/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (16 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 289. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a renewal passport application will issue on time to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in order that they can fulfil their travel plan. [31530/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (15 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that he intends to support coastal communities who have demonstrated the need for increased mackerel quota; when his officials will review the existing allocated quota for mackerel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31044/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 360. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the national aviation policy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30988/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand electric vehicle charging points across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28481/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the arrangements that have been entered into in relation to the leasing out of an Inland Fisheries Ireland property (details supplied); the person or body that entered into this arrangement; when the Board of Inland Fisheries was informed; the monies that were accrued from this lease; and if this money was accounted...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 361. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to provide free nationwide public transport to persons in full-time education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30989/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 362. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest estimated cost of completing the restoration of the western rail corridor between Claremorris and Athenry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30990/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 456. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way that she plans to support the appointment of night-time economy advisers; the role this will entail; the body that will fund the role; the eligibility criteria for local authority selection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30408/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (14 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: 539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to afford the Joint Oireachtas Housing Committee an accelerated pre-legislative scrutiny process for the Defective Concrete Blocks Remediation Bill 2022; if not, the rationale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30844/22]