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Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Departmental Strategies
Alan Farrell
155. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the approach that his Department will be taking to the drafting of the next national strategy on women and girls; if the strategy will focus on the issue of violence against women; if so, if this will complement the forthcoming third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5315/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Childcare Services
Alan Farrell
163. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applicants for the national childcare scheme in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5314/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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School Facilities
Alan Farrell
63. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on efforts to develop facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin to meet growing demand in the years ahead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4610/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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School Staff
Alan Farrell
142. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the recruitment of teachers and special needs assistants in line with Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4611/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Housing Provision
Alan Farrell
85. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes built in 2021; the projections for 2022 currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3342/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Housing Provision
Alan Farrell
102. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if commencement notices for new developments have increased in 2021; if so, the way that the increases compare with the previous three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3341/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Health Services Staff
Alan Farrell
164. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consideration that has been given to adding physiotherapists and occupational therapists to the critical skills occupations lists in order to ease demand in the healthcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3479/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Labour Market
Alan Farrell
165. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made to expedite applications for a general employment permit in sectors in which labour demand is high; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3480/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Rail Network
Alan Farrell
219. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the current progress on DART+ projects; the expected progress for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3478/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Dublin Airport Authority
Alan Farrell
220. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if there is a plan within his Department to encourage the Dublin Airport Authority to recommence the issuing of taxi permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3484/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Alan Farrell
350. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of Ireland’s engagement with the European Commission in relation to the Commission Work Programme 2021 and particularly the efforts to develop a new legislative proposal to prevent and combat gender-based violence against women and domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3475/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Alan Farrell
395. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in an area (details supplied) that applied for funding for HEPA filters or similar ventilation systems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3482/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Alan Farrell
446. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women and children who sought space in a domestic violence refuge in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3476/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Alan Farrell
447. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that were provided a space in a domestic violence refuge service in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3477/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Stardust Fire
Alan Farrell
508. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice if he will address the issue in relation to jury pay with regard to the inquest into the Stardust disaster; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3473/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Alan Farrell
509. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the status of the publication of the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3474/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Registration of Births
Alan Farrell
648. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to significant backlogs in registering a birth in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3483/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Hospital Staff
Alan Farrell
649. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if funding from his Department has been allocated for the purpose of recruiting additional neurological clinical nurse specialists for Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3485/22]
Thu, 20 Jan 2022
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Online Safety
Alan Farrell
75. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the efforts by her Department to address recommendations from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media that proposed an individual complaints mechanism for harmful online content with regard to the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2304/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Alan Farrell
1429. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if the vaccine certificate will be extended to persons who cannot accept the Covid-19 vaccine for legitimate medical reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63212/21]