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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if holders of stamp 4 status in the country will be eligible to apply for the new local authority home loan. [5075/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if holders of stamp 4 status in the country were refused the Rebuilding Ireland home loan on the basis of their residency in the country. [5076/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 761 of 2 November 2021, if she has received a response from An Garda Síochána regarding statistical information in relation to gardaí assigned to County Longford in September 2021. [4890/22]

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

Joe Flaherty: 40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for passports from counties Longford and Westmeath that are currently outstanding; the planning that is being carried out to ensure that there is no repeat of the delays with applications experienced in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3696/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the income thresholds for supports for social housing applications will be adjusted to reflect the recent €5 increase in social welfare payments. [3846/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (26 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 182. To ask the Minister for Health if the income thresholds for medical card applications will be adjusted to reflect the recent €5 increase in social welfare payments. [3845/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the speakers for attending. They were very informative. I thank Martin Shanahan and all the team for their outstanding work. Theirs is a stellar performance and a stunning endorsement of our country as a place to do business. I want to hone in on a couple of things. They say all politics is local, so I will keep very local and focus on the real capital, which any Cork members...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 520. To ask the Minister for Health if agency and porter staff assigned to hospitals throughout the pandemic are eligible for the €1,000 frontline workers’ payment; if HSE home help staff are eligible for the €1,000 frontline workers’ payment; and if agency home help and PA staff are eligible for the €1,000 frontline workers’ payment. [3574/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2545/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of expenditure in 2021 related to Covid-19; the way this compared to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2546/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 93. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the strategies in place to deliver on the recommendations proposed by the Night-time Economy Taskforce including the status of the establishment of an implementation structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2504/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (20 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 141. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures in place to meet labour supply and skills requirements in the tourism sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2503/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cost and Supply of Fertiliser in the European Union: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (19 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome all our guests. I will say to Mr. Santini that, as a frequent visitor to Brittany, I do not think agriculture is that adversely affected by the challenges. I see a vibrant agriculture community there. We are envious when we visit. I have a couple of questions for Mr. Santini. I will go back to what Deputy Carthy raised about the issue of duties. I was struck by the point Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cost and Supply of Fertiliser in the European Union: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (19 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Mr. Santini spoke to the previous speaker about greenhouse gases. Urea and nitrogen have taken over from ammonium nitrate as a fertiliser. What is the difference? Are both equally as guilty in terms of creating greenhouse gases or would ammonium nitrate be less of an offender?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cost and Supply of Fertiliser in the European Union: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (19 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: That is all right. I have a final question, similar to one that Mr. Santini side-stepped earlier. We will see how we get on this time. There has been a significant consolidation in terms of the ownership of companies supplying urea products in agriculture. There has been a major shift in the ownership of these companies in recent years. Would Mr. Santini agree that urea and agricultural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cost and Supply of Fertiliser in the European Union: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (19 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Very good. I suppose it would be remiss of me if I did not use this opportunity to try my limited français. Merci beaucoup, Monsieur Santini.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank all the speakers. It has been hugely informative. I will probably come at it from a slightly different angle. I am looking at the issues in the context of a very rural and provincial town with a population of 10,000 to 14,000 people. The great thing about those towns is that we have plenty of space in the towns. Many of these towns, historically, have very large and wide streets....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his engagement with the insurance industry to address the issues with access to affordable insurance faced by some businesses. [62218/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Dec 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Longford and Westmeath, respectively, currently being supported by the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number of businesses in each county currently availing of the business resumption support scheme; the number of businesses in each county currently availing of the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Dec 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned development of a new Gaelscoil in Longford town (details supplied). [61456/21]