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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1411. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues in dialogue with the various rural and urban communities in County Kildare and throughout the country, with a view to greater understanding of community needs and the best methodology to be adopted in the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28575/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1412. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which the interventions by her Department by way of assistance towards urban and rural community groups throughout County Kildare and the country at large has manifested itself in the greater empowerment of those she has assisted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28576/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1409. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department expect to support and expand communication hubs at strategic locations throughout the country, with a view to addressing any deficiencies and the need to ensure maximum availability of state-of-the-art communications in increasingly competitive times; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1410. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she expects to support efforts towards population regeneration on habitable offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28574/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1413. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she anticipates any changes or improvements in the LEADER programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28577/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1414. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline her ambitions for the Community Enhancement Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28578/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1415. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for the advancement of the Social Innovation Fund in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28579/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Tidy Towns (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1416. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which she expects to support the Tidy Towns efforts throughout County Kildare and throughout the country, now and in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28580/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1417. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her ambitions for the town and village renewal scheme throughout County Kildare and throughout the country, now and in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28581/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1418. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her ambitions for the development of the National Hub Network in the future; the major beneficiaries to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28582/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 1419. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline her ambitions to support the rural road network under the LIS schemes throughout County Kildare and the country in the current year and in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28583/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Policy (1 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to pursue the expansion of the academic and technical syllabus to cater for the requirements now and in the future, having particular regard to the changing job specifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26652/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Policy (1 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: This issue was touched on earlier. To what extent is there a need to ensure, insofar as possible, that skill levels are sufficient to meet the current and future challenges given the trends to date?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Policy (1 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: To what extent have the Minister and his Department been able to identify the areas that are most in need at this time? What procedures are in place to address the shortages in good time?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (1 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for that information, in particular in relation to Maynooth. I can assure the Minister, as he himself will be aware, that there is still a shortfall, particularly in relation to on-campus accommodation which improves immeasurable security in so far as students are concerned. In many ways, it also reduces the cost. It also ensures that, as far as parents are concerned,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (1 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for that vital information. In view of the expanding student population in some colleges which are growing immeasurably, I would ask that particular account be taken of their requirements as above and beyond all other requirements in the sector at present.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (1 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the accommodation needs of students seeking third or fourth level accommodation for the forthcoming academic year are likely to be met in full or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26651/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (1 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to ascertain the extent to which we are preparing for this year's accommodation needs for students in third level and fourth level education and anticipating next year's requirements in that area. I am conscious of situations where some students are forced into unsuitable situations that require them to travel long distances at night and involve a lack of security and risk.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services (1 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: In support of my colleague, given that there is an emergency and an actual shortage of doctors at various levels throughout the health services in the country, and in anticipation of maybe an even greater and more acute shortage in the years to come by virtue of population changes, could I ask the Minister whether it might be possible to ensure that whatever procedures prevail throughout the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (1 Jun 2023)

Bernard Durkan: In support of my colleague, I want to ask the Minister if any measure is taken of the number of patients reporting with heretofore unidentified conditions that might come under the guise of rare diseases, on a monthly or yearly basis, in order to reassure patients.