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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify when construction of a modular building for the ASD unit at a school (details supplied) will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44439/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (11 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make the benefit payment for 65-year-olds a qualifying payment for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44413/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (10 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Government will ensure that the Western Rail Corridor is added to the TEN-T network following the publication of the All-Island Rail Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43921/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the benefit payment for 65-year-olds is not a qualifying payment for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43625/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I am being contacted by so many medical card holders who simply cannot access dentists. When I contact the HSE about which dentists are providing services to medical card holders, I am told there are 30 dentists in Galway city and 11 in County Galway, but that is just not the case. What is the update on that? When can we expect medical card holders to be able to access that dental service?...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (4 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1085 of 20 September 2023, the current number of apprentices waiting for off-the-job training at levels 2, 4 and 6; the numbers waiting for such training in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43004/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim míle buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach agus leis na haíonna as teacht os comhair an choiste. Bhí an plé a bhí ann go dtí seo an-suimiúil. Is é a chéad cheist atá agam ná ceann faoi Ghaelscoileanna arís. This question is specifically about Gaelscoileanna. Exactly how many are in line for new builds in the Gaeltacht and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: If Mr. Loftus could provide that and specifically numbers, that would be great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I understand that. However, some islands do not have a secondary school and do not have that option. In addition, since Covid, it can be seen in some of the really rural Gaeltacht areas as well as on the other islands that they can now use Zoom for the likes of chemistry. It is about the actual delivery of a secondary school building on some of the islands.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: No. In general, the islands that do not have-----

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (3 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what steps he is taking to ensure that citizens who have been trained as helicopter pilots in the North of Ireland have their qualification recognised to be able to work across Ireland as a helicopter pilot, as per section 8 of the memorandum of understanding between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (3 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the Galway Oranmore Passing Loop rail project which was announced in 2021, stated that it would commence in Autumn 2022 and be opened in early 2024; however little progress to date has been made; if the Minister can outline the reasons for this and provide an updated timeline for commencement and completion; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (3 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department's recommendation to people who are suffering a short-term illness or injury which prevents them from engaging in work but do not have adequate PRSI contributions to qualify for illness benefit; if there is a suitable payment that this cohort can apply for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42797/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (3 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 577. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum bed capacity in Áras Mhic Dara, An Cheathrú Rua each year from 2018 to 2023, in tabular form; the number of beds that are currently occupied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42203/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (3 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 578. To ask the Minister for Health if respite and end of life care is currently provided in Áras Mhic Dara, An Cheathrú Rua; if so, the number of respite spaces currently available; if not, when these services were terminated; what is being done with those bed spaces now; what analysis was conducted as the basis for ceasing the services; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (3 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 719. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline, in light of the recent publication of his report on PhD stipends, the discussions he has had with different universities; if he can confirm, in tabular form, which universities have agreed to increase the value of their stipend; the value of the increase; the date this is being enacted; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (3 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 720. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in relation to the issue of PhD stipends and his Department's recent report recommending they be increased, he is aware that some institutions provide stipends from benefaction funds; if he is aware that stipends from such funding sources are being considered for the increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42568/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (3 Oct 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 724. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address matters raised (details supplied) regarding students from the North wishing to study in universities in the South; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42688/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (28 Sep 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when retired OPW workers will receive increases on their pension in relation to backpay due to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41947/23]