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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (16 Apr 2024)

Alan Farrell: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 20 March 2024, the reasons the relief on capital gains tax and capital acquisitions tax for landowners who have leased their land for the production of solar energy was not extended to landowners who have leased their land for the production of wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16305/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (10 Apr 2024)

Alan Farrell: 10. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the progress in reducing inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15224/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (10 Apr 2024)

Alan Farrell: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the number of people who have claimed the renters tax credit, in 2023 and 2024 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15223/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (21 Mar 2024)

Alan Farrell: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the operational status of the Naval Service fleet, that is, its deployment readiness, staffing levels, the fitting out of recently acquired vessels from New Zealand; the details of the process for acquiring a multi-role vessel; the status of current recruitment plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13060/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (21 Mar 2024)

Alan Farrell: 114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the acquisition of battery and battery electric trains for Irish Rail; the likely delivery date for the first tranche of this order; the number within this tranche; the phases of delivery for later tranches and their operational date range; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13061/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (20 Mar 2024)

Alan Farrell: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance in a context where the Finance Act 2017 introduced relief on capital gains tax and capital acquisitions tax for landowners who have leased their land for the production of solar energy where the area of the land on which the solar panels are installed does not exceed half the total area of the land concerned, the reason a similar relief was not provided to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (20 Mar 2024)

Alan Farrell: 780. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pay claim for citizens information staff was received by her Department from the Citizens Information Board in its budget proposals for 2024; if she will support the pay claim for current staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13066/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (20 Mar 2024)

Alan Farrell: 1510. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide a breakdown of the number of children waiting on a CAMHS appointment in CH08 and a breakdown for each county within that CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13067/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (7 Mar 2024)

Alan Farrell: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on his engagement with UK Prime Minister with regard to power-sharing in Northern Ireland. [5298/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (29 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister of State. That is a very comprehensive response, which I very much appreciate. As she will be aware, in March 2023, specialist disability services were transferred to her Department. The area that I want to focus on with regard to the disability action plan is early intervention, and in particular the assessment of need, staffing levels in general and the children's...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (29 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: I am encouraged by that answer, and it is very good to hear. If I look at CAMHS in my constituency - and again, I appreciate the cross-departmental view but disability support is critical - our numbers are moving in the right direction. As the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman will be aware, Fingal, with the youngest, fastest-growing community in Ireland, has acute needs, and those needs are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Strategies (29 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 93. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the autism innovation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8383/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Strategies (29 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: My question relates to the autism innovation strategy and the Minister of State's view on the results of the strategy, the implementation of it, and her general view on its capacity to be effective.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Strategies (29 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: I genuinely admire the Minister of State's ambition as she has set out. With regard to the public participation, a very good number of autistic individuals who engaged with this. I do not have the numbers in front of me but I think it was approximately 40% from what I read earlier this morning. I am encouraged by that but overall numbers were quite low so the Minister of State's call for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Strategies (29 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: I just left an all-party autism committee meeting to ask this question and made a bit of an entrance as I did so. The key question I have on this process is twofold. The first part relates to the sharing of information between various Departments and agencies as to the number of autistic people across the State so that we as a House, a Government, as a Legislature can appropriately apply...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (29 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s priorities for 2024 with regard to the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024–2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8384/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (29 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: My next question is about the Minister of State's Department's priorities for 2024 regarding the action plan for disability Services 2024

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (29 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: Yes. I made an entrance.

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: Okay. We must also advocate for any improvements or changes to how applications are processed. I note the quite remarkable change from 26 months in 2022 to 65 days in 2024. I commend the Minister, her Department and her officials on that. By any measure, it is a very significant change. Applications by people from other countries take longer and the process of verifying details can be...

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: I welcome the opportunity to discuss this worrying trend across Ireland, which is an illustration of ignorance and hatred that cannot be allowed to take hold or accepted as normal, or, indeed, a consequence of doing what is right. It must be investigated with the appropriate vigour by An Garda Síochána. I thank Deputy Murphy for making clear earlier that there was no legislative...