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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (21 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts his Department is making to increase competition in the pet insurance sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8210/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s position on banning the use of shock collars for dog training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8211/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is considering the introduction of qualifications and associated regulations with regard to dog trainers operating in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8212/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s position with regard to the development of a national microchipping database for dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8214/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s position with regard to the development of a centralised database for the use of dog wardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8215/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Legislative Reviews (21 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 183. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on her Department’s efforts to conduct a review of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010, as detailed in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8213/24]

Second Anniversary of War in Ukraine: Statements (20 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: I welcome the opportunity to mark the second anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the Ukrainian ambassador, Larysa Gerasko. I thank her for her presence here and for her significant contribution to keeping this issue on the agenda of many of my colleagues and of the Government. It is critically important that we...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (20 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 19. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his meeting with the UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak. [6370/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [4000/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. I would like to quote a part of his letter which he wrote with the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, with regard to the events and the war in Israel in the occupied territories: Against the background of the risk of an even greater humanitarian catastrophe posed by the imminent threat of Israeli military operations in Rafah, and given what...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Meetings (20 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 30. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his engagements at the special meeting of the European Council on Ukraine and the EU budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6369/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Strategies (20 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the Government’s ‘Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4001/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (15 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on whether funding for the sports capital grant will be increased due to record numbers of applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6373/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Media Sector (15 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on her Department’s engagement with Coimisiún na Meán; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6374/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the number of commencement notices issued in January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6376/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (15 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the number of first-time buyers in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6375/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (15 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Chair and the Minister for coming before the committee, for his opening statement and answers to questions thus far. I had a technical problem in my office, so I came down to the committee room. It is better to do this in person, anyway. I have a couple of areas that I wish to cover with the Minister. First, public transport projects are an area that Senator McGahon and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (15 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: I wanted to point out that I was very pleased to hear the Minister's reference to pipeline projects. I have seen so many projects fall by the wayside, particularly in the 2008 to 2010 period, when my own local authority did not progress with bringing projects up to the point where they could shelve them as "Awaiting funding". Unfortunately a lot of projects were simply stopped dead in the...

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: We move to the Rural Independent Group. I call Deputy Nolan.

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: I am happy to share with Deputy Lahart. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important matter. I am vice-chair of and a proud participant in the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly. It is important, when speaking to our colleagues in the North and across the water, that we recognise our shared future. The restoration of power-sharing in Northern Ireland is such a positive...