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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regeneration Projects (16 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 641. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; the progress since being announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62486/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: The roll-out of the national broadband plan needs to be seriously ramped up and pushed up a gear in the coming year. We are drifting towards a risk of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory if we do not capitalise on the opportunities presented by remote and hybrid working throughout our rural communities. We expect more than 4,800 households to be connected in townlands around Castlebar...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Staff (15 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of non-financial or pension supports and resources being made available directly or indirectly through his Department and bodies under his aegis to those who are preparing for retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62227/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (15 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of persons who retired across the public sector over the past five years to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62225/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (15 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of persons who are due to retire across the public sector over the next five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62226/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (15 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have entered retirement from the public service over the past five years to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62228/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (15 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of persons who are due to retire across the public sector over the next five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62229/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (15 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the non-financial or pension supports and resources available to those preparing for retirement and currently employed in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62230/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (15 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the State pension (contributory) over the past five years to date; the number of persons receiving the State pension (contributory) over the past five years to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62221/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (15 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for the State pension (non-contributory) over the past five years to date; the number of persons receiving the State pension (non-contributary) over the past five years to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62222/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (15 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who retired across the public and private sector combined over the past five years to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62223/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (15 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of persons who are due to retire across the public and private combined over the next five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62224/21]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the Minister of State to the committee. I thank him for all his work to date and for the funding announcement this week. Regarding the €22 million invested through the Women in Sport programme, the NGBs and the local sport partnerships, does the Minister of State feel that this is value for money based on the current trends of gender participation rates? Can he outline...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges facing Women in Sport: Discussion (15 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: I will focus on the most recent announcement of €20 million being allocated to the GAA as part of a Covid supplementary fund. What proportion of that is allocated to the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association, the Camogie Association or GAA Handball? I would like to hear the Minister of State's thoughts on this. I feel that the one-club model should now become the blueprint for men and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to introduce legislation or other measures from an environmental protection perspective to improve air and dust quality around quarries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61493/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises connected in County Mayo as part of the National Broadband Plan; the efforts being undertaken to ramp-up the speed of the roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61492/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 532. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being undertaken to improve waiting times for paediatric orthopaedic care, in particular, for patients with spina bifida and hydrocephalus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61125/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Capital Expenditure Programme (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 543. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the HSE capital programme for 2022; and the projects, including timelines for start and completion dates, in tabular form. [61157/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 544. To ask the Minister for Health the regularity with which he meets the HSE capital projects and estate team to review capital development proposals that progress through a number of approval stages in line with the public spending code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61158/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Dec 2021)

Alan Dillon: 545. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the national youth mental health task force, in particular the youth mental health pathfinder project; if a pathfinder team is now in place; if so, the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61159/21]