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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which foreign direct investment continues to be a stable feature of our economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25395/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which third and fourth level educational opportunities continue to be readily available in all areas throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25397/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which third-level technical educational spaces continue to remain readily available throughout the country, with particular reference to areas and industries of greatest need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25398/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which students with a technical qualification at a higher-level are becoming available to meet the market requirements throughout the country in sufficient numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25628/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which graduates with a higher-level technical qualification are available to meet the requirements of the workplace with particular reference to the need to meet competition requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25629/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which sufficient interest is being shown throughout academia in the need to ensure the availability of higher-level graduates to meet the demands of the workplace and competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25630/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place or anticipated, to increase the number of graduates at both technical and academic-levels to meet future demands and challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25631/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which sufficient places exist at academic and technical-levels to ensure the availability of sufficient graduates throughout County Kildare and the country at large to meet workplace requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25632/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of students likely to graduate at third and fourth-level over the next five years with a view to planning for the future and meeting requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25633/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 198. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which working from home and from the workplace arrangements have been sufficiently co-ordinated, in order to ensure the availability of the necessary opportunities for employees, as well as filling the employment places now readily available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25617/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 199. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which plans are afoot to meet the challenges and needs of industry, with particular reference to ensuring that the economy recovers quickly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25619/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 200. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which the needs of employers and employees are being met in an organised way to maximise opportunities arising from the post-pandemic recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25620/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 201. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to reach the necessary targets in job creation to ensure full employment and economic progress in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25622/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 202. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which the level of support for small and medium-sized enterprises continues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25623/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 203. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continues to monitor foreign direct investment here, with particular reference to any impact arising from international corporate tax changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25624/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which the number of potential employees in County Kildare and throughout the country continues to be sufficient to meet the demands of the workplace; the extent to which this continues to be monitored with a view to ensuring the maximisation of opportunities from both the employee’s and employer’s...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an energy conservation grant to facilitate window replacement can be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25647/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Job Creation (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of jobs expected to be created in the wake of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25621/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make special arrangements to fund the early upgrade of a water scheme (details supplied) the which currently contains excessive levels of arsenic; if the capital cost can be made available to facilitate the upgrade in early date given the serious health and safety issues involved [25636/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 265. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a child’s passport application will be approved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25637/22]