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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]

Covid-19: Reframing the Challenge, Continuing our Recovery and Reconnecting: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I will take this opportunity to acknowledge the vaccination team at Newtownforbes in County Longford. I am aware the Minister visited there a number of months ago and that he was greatly impressed with all that he saw. As of 3 p.m. today the centre has administered 27,600 vaccines, and that number is set to rise further as the centre remains open with its walk-in clinic today until 8 p.m....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Joe Flaherty: The Minister may be aware that an unexpected but very beneficial consequence of the Covid pandemic was that trainee gardaí from Templemore were dispatched nationwide to support the Covid policing effort. This was transformative in County Longford because it allowed stations to move from a traditional roster of six ten-hour shifts to a more effective and productive roster of four 12-hour...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate that the programme for Government has an ambitious target for the growth of garda numbers nationwide but Garda strength fell from a high of 14,500 in 2009 to 12,800 in 2014. It is great that we will have 450 new officers coming out of Templemore this year. I emphasise that a significant number of those new officers need to be deployed in rural...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to stations in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51553/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Joe Flaherty: The Minister will be aware that Garda numbers have fallen for the past five consecutive months and are now at their lowest since January 2020. This is a cause of concern and annoyance within the force but also across rural communities. Will the Minister of State give some figures on the number of personnel in each Garda station in County Longford?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in place for the expansion of the Garda mountain bike unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51552/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I want to make a couple of points on the legal advice that ultimately found its way into the Grant Thornton report. There were four people involved, which included a solicitor, a junior counsel and a senior counsel. Who was the fourth one?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)

Joe Flaherty: We would have started with the solicitor. The solicitor would have got the junior counsel and the junior counsel would have got the senior counsel. At all times the one team was probably going to provide the advice. Was it ever thought to step outside and look for alternative legal advice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2021)

Joe Flaherty: They would have all come from the same farm. Legal advice is like a set of statistics; you can get two interpretations from the same one.