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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current waiting times for passports both online and offline, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3688/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (27 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: 84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the increase in ambassadorial and consular appointments over the past three years in keeping with the goal to double Ireland’s global impact by 2025. [3689/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: That is welcome. Connection is key. When clients get in touch with me or any other public representative, they want to know when they will be connected. In my constituency of Clare, there are 22,719 premises in the intervention area. I see that 3,500 premises are due to be connected around the Kilkishen exchange. That is a low percentage. One is starting from an extremely low base....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: In terms of accelerating the scheme, I asked Mr. Malone how long this would take to deliver at the top. There are only five years left of a seven-year contract. Obviously, NBI has fallen behind. As with any other big business, many people are out because they have been impacted by Covid. Could Mr. Malone give us an idea of what Covid has meant? What impact has the Omicron variant had on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: Local authorities have been touched upon. As for the ESB, CIÉ and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, and other organisations, are there many such organisations with which NBI has to work through the issues that have arisen and that were preventing the quicker roll-out of this project?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: On the self-insulation product, is Mr. Malone confident that something like that can be modified that would help to accelerate the roll-out of broadband?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: Yes, that was great and I thank the Chairman very much.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: I thank National Broadband Ireland for coming here today and for its continual engagement with the committee, which is very constructive, especially the field trip that was facilitated a number of months ago. Will Mr. Malone take me through, in global terms, where the roll-out is at and how long it will take? Will he take us through the years, in percentage terms? Will he set out the...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: I thank the Deputy and call our next speaker, Deputy Fitzmaurice, who has 20 minutes.

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: Next is the Independent Group. The time is split evenly between Deputies Connolly and Fitzmaurice.

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: I ask the Deputy to conclude.

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: We now move to-----

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: I am sure she will address that point in her contribution. I call Deputy Colm Burke.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (26 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 23 November 2021, the reason that a Departmental circular was not issued to all employees, including those on maternity leave, in respect of the personal to holder allowance or annual personal to holder payment by the Revenue Commissioners prior to it coming into effect on 1 January 2003; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: I thank the Minister and his officials, who gave us a briefing yesterday on NIFTI and how it works and operates. I found it very informative and we now have a better understanding of how it works and what investment will be needed into the future. I support the contribution made by Deputy Lowry regarding the town centre first initiative and building up our town centres to deal with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: I am very disappointed with the Minister's approach. This is shocking news for the region. I am disappointed with the attitude to this road. It is a key objective of Clare County Council and of the local authorities in the region and has been for years. Would this be a case where the Minister is interfering, on a personal level, because he thinks Limerick should develop in a certain way?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: I met the Minister, the Minister of State, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan, and Deputy Brian Leddin about the Limerick to Ennis railway line a few weeks ago. There is a long-standing issue that has been going on for 20 or 30 years in that the railway line floods annually. I did not get a commitment from the Minister that he was going to sort that out. Suddenly, now, we are going to have train...

Violence against Women: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Joe Carey: I welcome this opportunity to contribute to this important debate and take this opportunity to express my sympathies to Ashling Murphy’s family, her partner, her friends, the entire school community in Durrow National School and the people of Tullamore and Offaly for their incredible loss. There was a spontaneous groundswell of support and solidarity shown to Aisling’s family...