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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 249. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department have assisted towns and villages throughout County Kildare through the town and village renewal scheme in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50293/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 250. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department have assisted various towns and villages through the country through the town and village renewal scheme; her intentions in this regard in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50294/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (14 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 254. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent of her Department's support through the public participation network for various groups and communities around the country over the past two years; her future proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50298/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 255. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has supported various communities throughout the country through the Leader programme in the past year; her current engagements and future proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50299/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (14 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 256. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department continues to support the use of digital hubs as a means of replicating the workplace without having to travel to and from work; the extent to which opportunities may arise in the future with particular reference to attract persons living in rural or isolated areas; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 257. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has been in contact with Kildare County Council in respect of local improvement schemes; the number of applications on hand in the county at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50301/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (13 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to remain satisfied regarding the availability of adequate third and fourth level graduates to meet the demands of the workforce now and in the future with particular reference to the need to ensure the availability of the skills at both academic and technical levels; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which his Department continues to facilitate the development of apprenticeship and upskilling educational and or retraining facilities to ensure the availability of sufficient numbers of skilled operatives for the workforce to meet the needs of the recovering and expanding economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure continued access to third level for all students seeking to avail of third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50141/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which the higher level education sector is in discussion with business and enterprise with a view to matching requirements in the workplace with suitable graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50142/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which male and female students continued to be attracted in equal proportions to participation in the sciences; if a corrective measure or inducement is needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50143/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to ensure the availability of an adequate supply of graduates at third and fourth level in order to attract inward investment here in the specialised areas of medical science; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50144/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate resources and expertise remain available to ensure sufficient emphasis and investment in medical science here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50145/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which his Department continues to liaise with the business sector with a view to maximise the use of innovation in manufacturing, marketing and services in Ireland in the future with particular reference to the need to achieve standards and opportunities on par with the best globally; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that in future years the effect of Covid-19 will not materially affect the supply of qualified academic and technical graduates to the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50147/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to specifically target the areas of key demand in the economy with particular reference to science, information and communications technology and engineering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50148/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new educational programmes and qualifications in the past three years developed to reflect the demands of the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50149/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and his Department have identified specific issues likely to contribute to further improvement and achievement in the further and higher educational sectors with a view to establishing a reputation equal to the best globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50150/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights (13 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which a member of the Houses of the Oireachtas can raise an issue on behalf of a person (details supplied) which affects the constituents civil rights of the person given past history wherein analogous situations ultimately became the subject of a public enquiry; if it is accepted that a member of the public has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (13 Oct 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I remind members to please turn off their mobile phones, as they can interfere with the broadcasting of proceedings. We will have to identify speakers as they present themselves and we will do our best to do that. Apologies have been received from Deputy Stephen Matthews and the Cathaoirleach, who will chair a private meeting of the committee later in the afternoon. I advise that...