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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Longford and Westmeath that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30043/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Joe Flaherty: Deputy Boyd Barrett will be glad to hear that I will be very brief so he will be back in in a minute. I think everybody here welcomes the ESRI report. We all agree we need to put money into housing, but the reality is that we have the LDA Bill and the Affordable Housing Bill. That is the mechanism to resolve the housing issues we have, backed up by increased investment by the Government....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Infrastructure (2 Jun 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I am delighted to see the Minister's enthusiasm for the project. I am also delighted that his Department is engaging with the project promoters and the county council to ensure the town, the hub and the library will get improved digital and broadband access, specific to the two projects that will come on stream towards the end of the year. I appreciate that Eir is a private company with...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Infrastructure (2 Jun 2021)

Joe Flaherty: Longford County Council and the local development group in Edgeworthstown have pioneered the development of the co:worx remote working hub in what was formerly the Ulster Bank premises in the County Longford town. It is a visionary €1 million plus project, which really found its niche as the pressures of Covid-19 kicked in and we realised the need for spaces and places to facilitate...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: Nobody likes rules, regulations or measures that affect our ability to live our lives as we please. To that end, it is understandable that there is some resistance to the planned extension of the date and the legislation. We have a very light-touch policing policy and that was reflected in the professional manner in which An Garda Síochána dealt with our public health crisis over...

Health (Amendment) Act 2021: Motion (27 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Acting Chairman for updating me on the time allowed. I am sure viewers watching Oireachtas TV will be delighted to hear that, notwithstanding that this is an important issue affecting so many people, particularly the aviation industry, I will not talk for the full 11 minutes. Covid and mandatory hotel quarantining are the twin axis which have wreaked havoc on the aviation and...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (27 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I am extremely conscious of the tremendous progress that we have made in the vaccination programme in recent weeks. It is hugely positive that we have gone ten days without a Covid-related death. I thank the three Ministers here today, as I know they have invested a huge amount of time, energy and passion in this. I commend their efforts and those of their Departments. I look forward...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Issues: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Chairman for indulging me and I apologise to other members for any inconvenience. I thank Mr. Hayes for the opening statement, which probably went some way to bamboozling us with updated statistics. The reality is we have been well briefed in advance by farmers and farm organisations and there is still significant, if not growing, disquiet in the sector about the failure to move...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (25 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek an assurance from CIÉ that it will await the outcome of the High Court application by the trustees of the 1951 pension scheme before engaging in further discussions on the scheme. [28241/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the details of the July provision will issue to schools (details supplied). [28235/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a newly built school (details supplied) is likely to open for students. [28234/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the witnesses. I appreciate they are here to talk about the issue of rewetting. I take on board that the NPWS has 30 years of experience in this area. As someone who grew up looking out at a bog I am conscious that they were thousands of years in formation and there is a lot more there than 30 years. There are a lot of imponderable facts when one is looking at rewetting. I take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Ms Shelton. I would appreciate that.

Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I apologise for not being here earlier. I pay special tribute to the Minister of State for her work on this Bill. It is an area she has been extremely passionate about for several years. She identified the many inequalities in this sector early in her political life and resolved to put them right. It is fair to say we have a great champion for our older, and often most marginalised,...

Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (20 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: The death toll in the region has surpassed 200 as we look on in horror at the terrible violence unfolding in the Middle East. I welcome today's statement from the Minister and our commitment of €1.5 million in aid for the region. Our nation is no stranger to violence and mayhem and we are horrified and repulsed by the unfolding violence. I was heartened to hear the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (20 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name he plans to apply to the new LIT and AIT technological university; the process undertaken by the project team; the consultation process to arrive at the proposed agreed name which he rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26959/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: Obviously, I and my fellow Deputies are very pleased to see the reduction in the number of people in receipt of the PUP as the economy starts to reopen. I commend the Department on the speed and efficiency with which this was rolled out and I commend the staff who, as the Minister rightly stated, have answered more than 10 million phone calls regarding the PUP. I know it is not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: As the Minister mentioned, it is very important that we commend the staff across the country who have worked in the PUP section throughout the pandemic. Many new staff were brought in and trained up very quickly. I know from personal experience that the level of service and their interaction with Deputies, as public representatives, has been excellent. I also commend the staff at my local...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Longford currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number of persons in County Westmeath currently in receipt of the payment; the number in each county who were in receipt of the payment on the same date in April 2021; the number of persons in each county who have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: As I am conscious that a number of colleagues asked similar questions, I will paraphrase the question for the Minister. It is to ask the number of people, by county, in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment at present and the corresponding figures for those same counties last month. The question also seeks the number of people in each of those counties who have received the payment...