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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: Has it brought extra capacity to the grid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: But it will not increase the capacity to the grid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: So EirGrid will not consider an alternative and, realistically, it never really has, because overhead has always been preferred. While EirGrid may have done the work, it has never realistically looked at any other option.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: Sorry; the word is "considered." EirGrid has never really considered it.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Information and Communications Technology (4 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: 16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his Department's efforts in respect of a proposal by a company (details supplied); if he will update Dáil Éireann on the overarching strategy for Ireland in respect of such enterprise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37151/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (4 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: 35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for an update on the Government's engagement with a company (details supplied) and a local authority in respect of a planned project that proposes to create a significant number of jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37150/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Strategy (3 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: 111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his Dáil statement on 30 April 2015 regarding his efforts, as Minister, to promote Ireland's trade and export markets through his work with embassies, agencies and businesses, if he will update Dáil Éireann on his Department's efforts to promote a particular initative (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: 121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his Department's efforts to support the families and friends of Irish students who lost their lives in Berkeley in California in the United States of America in June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36985/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (3 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: 622. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way the changes to the early childhood care and education scheme will impact on a person (details supplied) [37431/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: 662. To ask the Minister for Health the reason treatment of eye conditions for elderly persons is taking up to 18 months (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37447/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (3 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: 663. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a shortage of typists which is causing a delay of up to four months in completing referral letters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37449/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Codes (3 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: 1125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Eircode will not change an incorrect code to address the correct postal address of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37448/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (3 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: 1154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the concessions that will be made for motorists travelling to work via the M3 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37445/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (3 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: 1155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his plans for the completion of the railway (details supplied) from Navan to Dublin. [37446/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2015)

Helen McEntee: 43. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on his Department's engagements with the Health Service Executive to address overcrowding challenges at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35560/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 2015)

Helen McEntee: 85. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on surgical waiting lists in the Health Service Executive Dublin-north east region; an update on the Ireland East Hospitals Group’s pilot theatre time initiative for general elective surgery which commenced on 11 March 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35561/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sport Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Oct 2015)

Helen McEntee: I thank Mr. Mulvey for his presentation. I wish him well in his new position, it will be an exciting role. I agree with Deputy Ellis that it is good of Mr. Mulvey to come before the committee and be so honest with us. Such honesty is needed within sport and across all bodies. Mr. Mulvey referred to female participation in sport. Women's Gaelic football is one of the fastest-growing...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Helen McEntee: 24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will update Dáil Éireann on his Department’s engagement with plans for a nationwide scheme to provide preschool assistance for children with special needs, ensuring equal access for these children to the early childhood care and education scheme; if he will acknowledge the excellent work of a group (details...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (21 Oct 2015)

Helen McEntee: 34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the burden of child care costs borne by parents of young children in commuter communities, such as in counties Kildare, Louth, Meath, Wicklow, etc, whose child care requirements are extended by the length of time it takes to commute from home to work in Dublin city; if he will update Dáil Éireann on the Government's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (20 Oct 2015)

Helen McEntee: 122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the need for additional Garda Síochána resources in a community (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35206/15]