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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Legislation (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the present legislation regarding employment discrimination by age; if it is legal for a company to dismiss an employee on the grounds of age if that person has not reached retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3553/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a statutory obligation on an insurance company to insist on the signature of a person who is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease to a form in relation to the Finance Act 2016 even when the person is not in a situation to sign the form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3552/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases of bogus employment contracts the Revenue Commissioners have investigated in each of the years 2008 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3605/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Rights (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of his Department's investigation into disguised employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3612/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the options available to a public servant who is required to retire at 65 years of age but is on a b1 stamp, is unable to collect a social welfare payment due to a partner's income and who will, therefore, have no income for 12 months; if the public servant can remain in employment until reaching 66 years of age; if not, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 162. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's definition of "urgent" in view of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3668/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) whose case has been marked as urgent would be put on a waiting list of 48 plus months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3669/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Industry (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 216. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to reports of blacklisting within the construction sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3607/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Industry (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 217. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to reports of bogus employment contracts in the construction sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3608/17]

National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Second Stage (25 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: I commend the Bill to which Sinn Féin gives qualified support. It will be supporting its passage to Committee Stage. There has been little public commentary on the Bill since it was first announced by the previous Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, in January 2016. This always gives cause for concern, especially when dealing with a Bill which...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: Last October, the Taoiseach announced that the Government had agreed in principle to the establishment of a commission of investigation into NAMA's loan sale of assets in the North of Ireland known as Project Eagle. Four months have passed and we have heard nothing from the Government. Can the Taoiseach outline when that will happen? When will the terms of reference of such a commission of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: The Committee of Public Accounts does not deal with these issues, as the Taoiseach well knows.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Superannuation Schemes (25 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the spouses' and children's scheme is mandatory for public sector workers; if not, the way in which a public sector employee may opt out of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3464/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: This is not an issue of industrial relations. It is an issue of Government policy-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: -----to privatise the bus route like it did in Waterford city where 100% of bus routes were privatised.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: Last week the Committee of Public Accounts had hearings on the issue of guardians ad litem. The Secretary General of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs was clear that there is a complete lack of checks and balances in place regarding the total amount of money spent in this area, which comes to €15 million per year in professional and legal fees.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: The Secretary General told me heads of a Bill are being worked on for guardians ad litem. The issue here is that Tusla, which is the paymaster, and Mr. Fred McBride, who was before the committee, said the organisation is operating at the limit of its powers and has no legal authority to do so. This is a very serious issue where we have millions of taxpayers' money being spent without any...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Agreements (24 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact that took place between his Department and the Federal Republic of Brazil regarding Ireland's inclusion on Brazil's taxation blacklist, in view of the fact that there is no record of any correspondence between his Department and Brazil between 1 August 2016 and 8 January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2652/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 408. To ask the Minister for Health if the mobile catheterisation lab which has been announced by the Minister of State for Training, Skills and Innovation will be for the use of University Hospital Waterford alone or if it will be shared with other hospitals; if it is to be shared, the details of the arrangement that will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2617/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 420. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to extend the meningitis B vaccine scheme to children born before 1 October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2648/17]