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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Library Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I am asking this question on behalf of Deputy Ó Laoghaire. He has a particular interest in one in his constituency, which I assume is getting one of the ten new library buildings of the 33 that applied. Libraries are an essential service in our communities. In my constituency of Dublin West, we are blessed to have a magnificent state-of-the-art library. We also have a mobile library...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 1. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the progress of the community recognition fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49723/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: Could the Minister of State provide an update on the progress of the community recognition fund and make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I acknowledge that the fund will go some way towards building community supports and community integration. It somewhat recognises the generosity of many of our communities throughout the State. The very fact that the fund was put in place acknowledges the pressure on facilities owing to the huge number of asylum seekers, refugees and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: Again, I welcome the initiative. However, I wish to issue a note of caution and concern regarding the significant number of people coming into the country, particularly Ukrainians. Somewhere in the region of 500 to 800 are coming in per week. Those seeking international protection and asylum seekers are coming in as well. A very large number of people are coming in. There are areas...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Library Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: This question is on the need to provide capital funding for new library buildings. Will the Minister make a statement on the matter?

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 27. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to make a statement on the issue of staff in libraries being subjected to threats and intimidation; and if there any plans by her Department to develop a policy for dealing with these incidents and supporting the staff in our public libraries. [49642/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the pay, and any other benefits, including benefit-in-kind, of each CEO of State agencies under the remit of his Department for each year since 2020, in tabular form. [49308/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full-time and part-time staff employed by DAA to provide VIP Platform services at Dublin Airport in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [49285/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional buses and service improvements that will be allocated to Dublin Bus in 2024 arising from Budget 2024. [49286/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Dublin Bus or the NTA will provide the necessary funding for the installation of electric vehicle charging points in each Dublin Bus depot; and if so, when these works will commence. [49859/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Bus Éireann buses that left from Dublin Airport to different parts of the country for each specific route in the month of October 2023. [49860/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will provide the necessary funding in 2024 for the installation of an electric vehicle charging point for visitors at the National Botanic Gardens. [49289/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding allocated towards the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science under the EU Adjustment Reserve in 2023. [49290/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Bus Services (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of coach hire companies currently on the Office of Government Procurement muti-supplier framework for the provision of bus hire services for public bodies. [49291/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the DMR that are scheduled for refurbishment by the OPW between now and the first half of 2024; the nature of the refurbishment, per station, in tabular form; and if known, when refurbishment works will commence. [49861/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Promotion (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the work of the Enterprise Ireland office in Singapore since its establishment. [49300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Promotion (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the work of the IDA office in Johannesburg since its establishment. [49301/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction works on a new school (details supplied) will be completed; and the estimated cost of this project to date. [49287/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of whole-time equivalent, WTE, qualified arborists employed by his Department as of 1 April 2022 and 3 November 2023, in tabular form. [49288/23]