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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and planned measures to support businesses and jobs in the hospitality sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55126/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in counties Longford and Westmeath that have now registered under the business resumption support scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54348/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (9 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on recent engagements he has had with the insurance sector in relation to the high cost of insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54349/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges to Ireland's Competitiveness: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the witnesses for coming in for this informative engagement. Much of what I was going to raise was brought up by my esteemed and learned colleagues so I will be short and sweet. I want to focus on a point that has been raised by a number of speakers and that is green finance. One of the issues facing many businesses is the need to decarbonise. There is a particular catchment of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports being provided in 2021 by agencies under the remit of his Department to support businesses and jobs in County Longford; the way in which these will be enhanced by budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52767/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: Will the Minister outline the supports provided in 2020 by agencies under the remit of his Department to support businesses and jobs in County Longford and the way in which these supports will be enhanced by budget 2022?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State. It is great to see such a strong focus on enterprise and industry in Longford this evening in the replies of both the Minister of State and the Tánaiste. He is correct in emphasising there is a three-pronged approach to job creation and stimulus in the nation, which starts with the local enterprise office. We are extremely lucky to have a very diligent...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. I am very pleased that an advanced building solution is now a Government priority for inward investment in County Longford, in line with similar comments from IDA Ireland. Ann-Marie Tierney-Le Roux, head of regional business development, told a recent meeting of Longford County Council that the agency is committed to developing a committed facility...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I agree that "advanced building solution" is not the best term. I am old enough to remember when we referred to such premises as advanced factories, which probably made more sense. It is very good that IDA Ireland is committed to such a facility for Longford but it would be a missed opportunity if we allowed it to take the easiest solution by simply acquiring the lands owned by the county...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the IDA Ireland commitment to deliver an advanced building solution in Longford town before the end of 2024; if a site has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52766/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: Will the Minister comment on IDA Ireland's commitment to deliver an advanced building solution for Longford town before the end of 2024? Will he also indicate whether a site for the venture has been identified?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 421. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make arrangements with the Singapore government for a vaccinated travel lane (details supplied). [52396/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the recourse there will be for partners of persons who are high risk and who cannot go back to work due to putting their partners at risk with current Covid-19 positivity rates so high at present when the pandemic unemployment payment ceases. [52905/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 761. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 21 October 2021, in which she confirmed that there are 139 gardaí assigned to County Longford as of 30 September 2021, if she will provide statistical information (details supplied). [52872/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 1014. To ask the Minister for Health if the post for disability social worker in County Longford has been filled. [52903/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 1015. To ask the Minister for Health if the post for school age psychologist in County Longford has been filled. [52904/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 1173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to providing additional funding to farmers already approved under the TAMs 2021 programme (details supplied). [52397/21]