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Topical Issue Debate: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (16 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Earlier this week, the schools that acquired DEIS status were announced. Tipperary town, which has five primary schools, has suffered from much social deprivation over a number of years. There is serious unemployment there and much social housing and social issues. The criteria that must be met for a school to obtain DEIS status would seem to be tailor-made for Tipperary town. We had a...

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The review of DEIS took place this week. The programme for Government sets out the objectives of the DEIS programme. Tipperary town in my constituency had five schools applying for DEIS status which felt they should have qualified. Tipperary town ticks all of the boxes according to the DEIS criteria. We have been told there is no appeal process for schools to appeal the decision of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (16 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will instruct local authorities and his Department's rent offices to remove the threat of withdrawing rent supplement from tenants who have engaged meaningfully with the council in the transfer to the HAP scheme but whose private landlord is refusing to engage with the new scheme and-or cannot access new private rented accommodation due to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Supply Project for Eastern and Midlands Region: Irish Water (15 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The presentation was comprehensive. I represent the constituency where the abstraction is due to take place. There is considerable unease among the public regarding the pipeline. I will not repeat the points raised by colleagues but consultation to bring the public onside and to outline what the end product will be and what impact it will have on communities is essential. Smaller projects...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (15 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7659/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Prisoner Releases (15 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way a person (details supplied) was allowed to leave the State and travel to Egypt in 2009 while under the supervision of the Prison Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7741/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (15 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers who work in an ASTI school but choose not to join a union have not received pay increments, with collective bargaining being cited as the reason, as it is not the role of the employer to couple pay parity with union membership; if it is constitutional to treat non-union member teaching staff in this way; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (15 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action the Office of Public Works plans to take to address a building (details supplied). [7660/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Supports (15 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of future developments at a company plant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7653/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (14 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the decision by the Revenue Commissioners to close its offices at Stradavoher, Thurles, County Tipperary, to the public from June 2017; if this is departmental policy (details supplied); if he will instruct the Revenue Commissioners to reverse this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7247/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (14 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason a person with sufficient funds is not allowed to purchase their home from Tipperary County Council under the tenant purchase scheme; the rules, regulations or legislation which is imposed on the council precluding it from selling properties to long-term tenants who have sufficient resources to purchase...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (14 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 316. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason decentralised Government Department offices are precluded from purchasing office supplies locally in favour of centralised purchasing in view of the fact the practice is contrary to the concept of Government decentralisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7246/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (9 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the IDA refuse to provide information as to the location of visits for the purpose of foreign direct investment in County Tipperary by town, without any other specific information regarding the visit, citing client confidentiality as the reason, when no client information is being sought; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (8 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made to develop the Ireland’s lakelands brand, with specific reference to the Ballina and Killaloe area as a separate proposition to sit alongside the Wild Atlantic Way and Ireland’s Ancient East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5760/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (8 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the first announcement of funds that will be allocated under the sports capital programme once the date for accepting applications closes at the end of February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5761/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health Ireland Strategic Plan 2015 to 2017: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I welcome the delegation. In another life I was involved when Animal Health Ireland was trying to get off the ground. As Senator Lombard said, it has achieved a considerable amount in a short timeframe. While I hope I do not come across as being over-critical, some issues could have been handled better and we need to learn from some of the mistakes made in the initial programmes undertaken...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (7 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress of broadband roll-out in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5404/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Irish Water (7 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the proposed plans by Irish Water to pipe water from the River Shannon at the Parteen Basin to Dublin will not in any way negatively impact on lands through which the pipeline will flow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5401/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (7 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí employed at both management and staff levels at the National Vetting Bureau offices at Thurles, Waterford, Tipperary town, Ennis and Enniscorthy individually for 2014, 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the highest number and lowest number during each of the years; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff Duties (7 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her Department's policy in regard to gardaí carrying out administrative duties as opposed to using other civil servants to perform these duties in order that as many gardaí as possible are doing the job they have been trained for; the instructions she has given Garda management to ensure that Government policy in this regard is...