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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: Is there any information on that and the supports the Irish education system is or, as the case may be, is not offering them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister for coming before us this evening. He was very comprehensive in his account of the services and supports available to Ukrainian students. I was somewhat heartened to hear about the mental health supports he has announced, although the details are yet to be agreed. In particular, the psychological supports he very briefly referenced will be key to ensuring that students...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: I really appreciate the Minister's response. Looking at every rural town and village across the State, particularly against the backdrop of the recovery from the economic crisis, there is a great deal of dereliction and vacancy. It is clear that this particular policy, as originally envisaged and now as an improved scheme, is really the foundation for co-ordinating the various funding...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Strategies (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: I thank Deputy Kerrane for her question on this interesting topic of which I was unaware. I am pleased to hear there is a policy brewing in this regard. It would be of great benefit to a great number of rural companies in the northern part of Fingal which have benefited from a great deal of investment in recent years. I am not sure how much joined-up thinking there has been with regard to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 11. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will detail progression of the town centre first policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27393/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: My question relates to the progression of the Town Centre First policy, which I know the Minister announced recently. I understand she has significantly increased the funding.

Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility: Statements (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: I welcome this debate, although the change to the title has caused some problems, which were entirely foreseeable. Therefore, I am quite surprised that the issue of the day was not front and centre in the Minister's contribution, but I will come back to that. I lend my support to the students of Ireland on the fare reduction scheme currently in place. I would like very much for that...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 39. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide an update on her Department’s efforts with regard to the LEADER programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27394/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the considerations that are being given to reform or amend the auction mechanisms under the renewable electricity support scheme in relation to onshore and offshore wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28040/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the outcomes of the latest auction under the renewable electricity support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28041/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department’s efforts to bring the price of electricity down through the use of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28042/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department have undertaken any discussion with the NTA and NCT operator to reduce test delays in the Dublin area, which are currently taking up to 12-weeks for a test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27374/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 292. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the turnaround times for passport applications that are processed through the Passport Express facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27381/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 293. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the turnaround times for paper passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27382/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has engaged with schools to ensure that the rising costs for families with school-going children are reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27378/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is working with the National Council for Special Education to identify children with additional needs but who have had incomplete assessments or who are on longer than average waiting lists within the HSE for assessments to ensure that their needs are met for enrolment in September 2022; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time that the appeals process for DEIS allocation can take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27380/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering increasing access to or the amount allocated to families in the back-to-school allowance to reflect the increase in the cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27375/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (31 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has seen an increase in the number of failed applications for the domiciliary care allowances due to a disability not being appropriately identified through the standard operating procedure assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27376/22]