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Rail Network
Cian O'Callaghan
165. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that lifts at Irish Rail stations are operational given that there has been a number of instances of lifts being non-operational for weeks at a time, denying access to persons with limited mobility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42896/21]
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Telecommunications Services
Cian O'Callaghan
230. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will introduce a public sector email provider here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41555/21]
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Departmental Reports
Cian O'Callaghan
243. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made on implementing the key recommendation from the 2020 Building Innovation Report to establish and fund a build digital centre of excellence to promote the use of building information modelling in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42143/21]
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Public Procurement Contracts
Cian O'Callaghan
244. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration is being given to making the use of building information modelling mandatory in public procurement construction contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42144/21]
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Departmental Funding
Cian O'Callaghan
306. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide more funding to local authorities to maintain beaches and coastal communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41469/21]
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Renewable Energy Generation
Cian O'Callaghan
327. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide information on his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and review of exemptions for educational and community buildings, as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if he will provide information on the stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting before finalisation; when the interim planning regulations will be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41996/21]
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Housing Schemes
Cian O'Callaghan
337. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the net benefit if any to the Exchequer in discounted terms of part V agreements concluded between 2012 to date compared with traditional provision of social housing by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42145/21]
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Vacant Properties
Cian O'Callaghan
366. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions in the National Vacant Housing Reuse Strategy that have been fully completed; the actions that are pending completion; the actions that have yet to be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42618/21]
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Approved Housing Bodies
Cian O'Callaghan
367. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amounts of capital assistance scheme and capital loan subsidy scheme loans issued by local authorities to approved housing bodies in the past 20 years by year and repayment period in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42622/21]
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Approved Housing Bodies
Cian O'Callaghan
368. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the information on the governance, management, structures and occupancy of approved housing bodies that will be published by the approved housing bodies regulatory authority; the format for same; the regularity with which they will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42623/21]
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Approved Housing Bodies
Cian O'Callaghan
369. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the approved housing bodies regulatory authority will issue reporting guidelines and standards to approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42624/21]
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Approved Housing Bodies
Cian O'Callaghan
370. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if guidance has been issued to approved housing bodies on the disposal of property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42625/21]
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Departmental Bodies
Cian O'Callaghan
388. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the National Coastal Change Management Strategy Steering Group; the number of times the group has met since its formation; the current membership of the group; the issues it has considered; when the group’s finding will be presented to Government and published; if coastal communities affected by coastal erosion and flooding will be engaged with by the group as key stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42976/21]
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Passport Services
Cian O'Callaghan
465. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42819/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Cian O'Callaghan
624. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to fast-track the delivery of the 32,000 CO2 monitors to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42824/21]
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Cian O'Callaghan
628. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if she has issued guidance in relation to awards or benefits to students for full attendance in view of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42900/21]
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Rights of People with Disabilities
Cian O'Callaghan
746. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline in relation to commitments under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as to the implementation of the several pieces of legislation relating to persons with disabilities which have not yet been implemented in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41617/21]
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Cian O'Callaghan
827. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprenticeship registrations in the construction sector in each of the years 2000 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41817/21]
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Cian O'Callaghan
842. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the gender breakdown in construction-related apprenticeships over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42619/21]
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Cian O'Callaghan
843. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of top-up bursaries for employing female apprenticeships that have been paid to employers in the construction sector; the breakdown by type of apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42620/21]