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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: Last week, An Bord Pleanála overturned a decision by Mayo County Council to grant permission for 92 homes in Ballina, north Mayo. An Bord Pleanála overturned the decision and rejected this development. The site was dezoned in recent years. It is located just 2 km from the town centre and has all the necessary services, including water, wastewater, telecommunications, footpaths,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (26 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 19. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals who have been approved for home care hours in Mayo but have yet to have hours released to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35002/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (26 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 25. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend to date on the national children's hospital; the projected spend when the project is completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27503/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (26 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 32. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any costing in relation to the publication and implementation of the national framework for endometriosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27501/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (26 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 35. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to incentivise GPs to engage in discussions on the National Endometriosis Framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35001/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (26 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 58. To ask the Minister for Health to comment on the timeline and implementation of adult safeguarding legislation, particularly in light of recent abuse within care homes. [32472/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Arts Policy (26 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to support the development of arts and cultural facilities in Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34999/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Film Industry (26 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to ensure regional balance when it comes to film and audiovisual production throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35000/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: I thank the witnesses for attending. At what stage did the Department realise there was an IT problem with the ACRES scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: At what stage did the Department realise there was a problem here and there were issues around processing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: Late 2023.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: The frustration that farmers across Ireland and I have is that at no stage in late 2023 or 2024 did the Department show leadership and tell farmers that there was an issue on the Department's side and the Department was working to fix it. Farmers were given the run around, and I was given the run around while trying to represent farmers in Mayo. It was completely unacceptable. Farmers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: I must be straight with Mr. Savage, in that there were major issues around communication and a lack of transparency on this. I can show him the evidence. I can show him letters and so on. There should have been transparency. The Department should have shown leadership and been straight and honest with farmers that there were difficulties with the processing and IT system. That bit of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: Does Mr. Savage have an estimate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: Is the Department happy with how it has gone? What has been learned? We always hear lessons have been learned but can the Department tell the farmers five lessons it has learned from this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: What lessons were learned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: Practically speaking, what lessons have been learned from this mess?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. It is quite incredible there is this major difficulty for farmers where they have been waiting for payment for over two years and there is no one to blame. We are here over an hour and the officials have used the word "accountability" but there is no one to blame. If I do not deliver there is a cost, but it seems like if the officials do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: Did the Department tell them they would be waiting two years for money or that the problem was on its end?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: This is the problem. There is still a lack of accountability, honesty and transparency. As of two or three months ago, farmers still did not know where the problem was. There has not been a culture of transparency in relation to this. Even today, we are still not getting the answers. The Department knew about the problems with ACRES from the end of 2023. We all make mistakes but at what...