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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (24 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 999. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when funding will be provided once again to Leader programmes across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38429/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: I wish to be associated with the good wishes to Brian McNamara. I know the Tánaiste is trying to take the heat out of the Supreme Court issue regarding the appointment process, but his refusal to answer questions is unacceptable. He is not doing himself or his party any justice in relation to upholding the Constitution and he needs to reflect on that. I note he deliberately refused...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: Does the Tánaiste know?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: June. The memo says there is only one.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: It has already been pointed out that that is bogus.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: There is been much talk on this issue. I want to make four very clear points here. First, the Tánaiste has mentioned the separation of powers. The very reason we have the separation of powers is why we need the Minister for Justice in here to answer questions, not in Private Members’ time but to take questions back and forward because the appointment of judges is an Executive...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: I ask the Tánaiste again whether the Minister for Justice will come in and answer questions. He knows that this is not going to go away. What the Tánaiste said there gives rise to a great deal of questions. First, we have had contradictory statements from both the Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice. When I asked him specifically when he, as Taoiseach, was consulted on this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: Not the Cabinet memo.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: No, she did not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: The Tánaiste has refused to answer a very legitimate question on the record of the Dáil.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (19 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount drawn down by each local authority in NTA funding from the July stimulus for active travel measures including footpaths and cycle lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37592/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Correspondence (19 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 316. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all ministerial engagements; if he will publish his diaries from 27 June 2020 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37589/20]

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

Alan Kelly: 317. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on communications specifically on Covid-19; the number of communication officers employed by the HSE specifically to deal with public health messaging in relation to Covid-19 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37590/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (19 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 318. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that will be allocated to open a respite centre (details supplied) in 2021; when the respite centre will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37591/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: It used to be zero.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [35139/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: I wish to raise a specific issue that my colleagues, Deputies Howlin and Nash, have raised concerning the Bill on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. The Department of Finance has proposed an amendment that would raise the minimum expenditure required to qualify for the VAT retail export scheme, which is basically tax-free shopping, from zero to €175. This...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education is next due to meet. [35140/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: My colleague, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, proposed earlier this week that consideration be given to closing the schools a little earlier this Christmas. It is something the Government should consider seriously. Most schools will close with a half day on either Monday, 21 December or Tuesday, 22 December. I do not believe it will make a massive difference if they were closed on...