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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (14 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 475. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card form in respect of a person (details supplied). [7161/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to change the existing planning laws which restrict planning permission in rural areas to couples and persons with direct links to the specific area in which planning is being sought; his views on whether such a policy is counter productive in view of the fact that there is little or no housing available...

Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: The Minister of State has just stated: "The over-riding priority for the State in this area is to ensure pensioners and members of pension schemes are protected and the future viability and sustainability of their schemes is ensured and made safer." We all share that objective but the Government keeps long-fingering it, which is no comfort to those pensioners in schemes where the management...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (7 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the use of the commonly agreed methodology in fiscal planning for budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5444/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the first-year cost in 2017 and the full-year cost in 2018 of measures announced in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5445/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: CLÁR Programme (7 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 363. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the eligibility of a sports club for CLÁR programme funding; the application process and criteria used to adjudicate applications; if clubs can use the programme to fund capital projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5468/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (2 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which resource hours are to be allocated to primary and post-primary schools as per changes to the scheme announced recently; if the new arrangements will take into account scenarios whereby a school intakes additional students requiring resource hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5024/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies Establishment (2 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a national infrastructure commission; if this will form part of the capital plan review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5169/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (2 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 249. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the national epilepsy service; his views on whether a seven-day service would be more appropriate than the current service; the supports and services that are available to epilepsy sufferers outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5025/17]

Bus Éireann: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I absolutely endorse everything that Deputy Eamon Ryan has just said. That is the perfect system in terms of using all the assets of the State in a co-ordinated manner. I fear, however, that our current system of government will prevent that from happening because the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment will probably object to the Department of Transport, Tourism...

Bus Éireann: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: Where is the-----

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the situation of householders in counties Mayo and Donegal whose houses have been affected by pyrite; and the timeframe for dealing with this issue. [3824/17]

Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I commend Deputy O'Dea on this Bill, which took 18 months to prepare. Deputies are sick of me talking about silos in government. This is one area where they are most apparent. The Department of Health is the lead Department in this scheme but the Departments of Social Protection and Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government are also involved. I got very frustrated listening to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details on the capital review which is due in 2017; the timelines involved; if he will be inviting submissions on the capital review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3425/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: This morning the Central Bank issued its most recent report, reducing growth forecasts on account of Brexit. What work is under way in the Minister's Department on the impact of Brexit on expenditure plans or the likely impact of Brexit on the budgets for 2018 and 2019.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I apologise. I spoke to the wrong question.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: Will the Minister outline some of the dates for when the public consultation process will get under way and when there will be engagement with the Departments and various stakeholders, local authorities etc.? What role will the new national planning framework have in the context of the capital review? The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney, has...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: On the capital plan, there was an earlier discussion on public private partnerships. There were 45 extra PPPs proposed for 2017 within the existing capital plan but how many will be met during the year?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: That started long before the Minister was around, in fairness.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the overall expenditure in the Roscommon-Galway constituency on flood relief works for 2016, in tabular form, with a breakdown for counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3426/17]