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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Funding (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Minister for Thursdays to the Chamber. I am grateful to the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue. I am joined by Deputy Eugene Murphy as my question also relates to Roscommon and County Galway. I understand that HSE management in CHO 2 in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon are planning a range of curtailments of services, including the cancellation of 20 agency staff contracts...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: As we come towards the end of the session, on behalf of Fianna Fáil I thank the Ceann Comhairle and the staff of the House for their courtesy during the session. I particularly acknowledge the work done by Ceann Comhairle and the organisers of Dáil100 on the major events which bookended the session - the centenary of the First Meeting of Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: Last week, I raised the issue of the so-called cuckoo funds, which are basically large corporate funds in receipt of tax incentives that are buying out complete housing and apartment developments before they can go on general sale or, in the case of a development I mentioned last week, even where booking deposits have been made. The deposits in question were subsequently returned. In this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: If the Tánaiste needs reminding, this is a practice that has removed from the market thousands of units, and equivalently thousands of houses, which could have been available to first-time buyers in 2018. Three thousand units might have been available to hard-working families who are struggling to get on the housing ladder and 3,000 units might have made a commute a lot shorter for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: I assure the Tánaiste that there is no mix-up. Some 3,000 apartments and houses built last year could have been acquired by families and first-time buyers but were instead acquired by funds. The Tánaiste knows we have a housing crisis. A time of crisis is not a time to be re-engineering the housing market.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: These funds are buying the apartments and, to use the Tánaiste's phrase, they are "adding to supply" on the basis of the very cosy tax arrangements available to them. If the Government put tax or cosy arrangements in place for people who want to build homes for families, they would redirect their investment towards homes as opposed to investing in corporate units and thereby adding to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: Is it not time to re-examine the taxation model and decide to put money into increasing the supply of homes as opposed to corporate units that add to corporate profit? The latter is what is happening. Some 3,000 units are involved. There were 295 in Leopardstown that would have been available to families. This is also the case in Dundrum and Citywest. They could have been bought by...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Bodies Data (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18229/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Bodies Data (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18233/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Agencies Data (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full- and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18232/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Agencies Data (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18237/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Agencies Data (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18230/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies Data (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18236/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Data (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 149. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the State agencies and bodies under the remit of her Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18225/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Agencies Data (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body, by county; and the number of full and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18234/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18224/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Agencies Data (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18227/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Agencies (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18239/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Agencies Data (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 269. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State agencies and bodies under the remit of her Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18226/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services Data (18 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 274. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the average cost of a library card per child; if library cards are free for children; the cost of providing library cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18135/19]