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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: 77. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what efforts her Department is making to tackle to reduce costs in the tourism sector in an effort to keep Ireland competitive as a destination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33505/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (12 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: 175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the strategic review of the Abhaile dedicated mortgage arrears service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34532/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (12 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: 176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision on the future of the Abhaile dedicated mortgage arrears service can be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34533/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Facial Recognition Technology (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on work to publish legislation with regard to the use of facial recognition technology by gardaí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33474/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Facial Recognition Technology (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: I am supportive of any measure that will enhance the capacity and the capability of An Garda Síochána. The reason I asked this as a separate question to the one on body-worn cameras has to do with the caution that is associated with the idea of facial recognition software and the concerns that have been expressed by NGOs and State actors that I know the Minister is only too...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: The Minister might be surprised to hear that if a person pucked a sliotar from the Cuckoo stream, which is just off the Malahide Road in my constituency, it would hit the site on which she is proposing to build a Garda station.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: I was not aware the project was so advanced and I am very pleased to hear it. People refer to the community it will serve as the north fringe because it is located between Fingal and Dublin city. It is important that it should get a Garda station. In agreeing with Deputy Howlin's call for some form of framework for setting out, at the least, a strategy for the delivery of, or upgrades to,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: I tend to look at these things positively. I regard the opportunity to establish the agency as a really positive step in a process that I know the Minister is extremely serious about. Violence against women in this State is reaching an epidemic level. In this regard, I would go even further than the witness from IHREC who appeared before the justice committee. I was very pleased to hear...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill. In 2018, the people of this country voted to overhaul how we approach the issue of termination of pregnancies. We voted to give women control of their own bodies and their own healthcare. Five years on, we are still striving to provide an adequate system of healthcare for these services countrywide. This Bill seeks to fulfil and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: I raise the tenant in situscheme which has already been raised this afternoon. Unfortunately, as was mentioned earlier, there is a diversity of application of the process by different local authorities across the State. It has been brought to my attention that where a property is not in compliance with building regulations, however minor, such an application is deemed to be invalid....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on implementation progress with regard to the Justice Plan 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33473/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a neurotypical child has the right to access pre-school education at two years and eight months, yet a child with a diagnosis of autism cannot access an autistic preschool until they turn three; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33688/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many preschool autistic classes have been sanctioned nationally in the school years 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2023/24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33689/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many pre-school autism classes will be in operation for the school year 2023-24 in Waterford; their locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33690/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many autism classes, primary and post-primary, will be in operation for the school year 2023-24 in Waterford; their locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33691/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Diagnoses (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: 608. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children have a diagnosis of Autism that the HSE is aware of in CHO5, broken down by the age groups of 0-4, 5-12, and 13-17 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33692/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Diagnoses (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: 609. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children waiting or attending the Waterford south city CDNT have a diagnosis of autism, broken down by the age groups of 0-4, 5-12, and 13-17 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33693/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Diagnoses (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: 610. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children waiting or attending the Waterford north city CDNT have a diagnosis of autism, broken down by the age groups of 0-4, 5-12, and 13-17 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33694/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Diagnoses (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: 611. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children waiting or attending the Dungarvan CDNT have a diagnosis of autism broken, down by the age groups of 0-4, 5-12, and 13-17 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33695/23]

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I commend the Minister of State and the Department on the work that is being done to strengthen our national parks and wildlife. There is an awful lot to be done. I believe that this Government has taken notable strides in increasing funding for the National Parks and Wildlife Service and building a framework that will ensure...