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Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Shane Cassells: In terms of boosting commercial revenues, €10,000 is not a lot of money. There are junior GAA teams with shirt sponsorship of that magnitude. It is a difficult period for Bord na gCon to attract commercial sponsorship and Mr. Dollard has admitted he is having difficult conversations with sponsors. Where is the future in terms of attracting major sponsor titles to Bord na gCon at...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Shane Cassells: That is huge but going back to how the public take the sport to its heart, Mr. Dollard mentioned that Bord na gCon's public relations outfit will be starting work in terms of the Christmas market, which is already well under way. How has that been hit in the context of, say, major companies that would book venues like Shelbourne Park for Christmas events and being associated with the...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Shane Cassells: I will conclude on this question. On the performance of the nine tracks, Mr. Dollard said if they are looked at in the whole, the viability is highly questionable. If Mr. Dollard is looking at the projections for one, two, three, four or five years down the line and if the losses that are being incurred are not arrested, what kind of financial position will Bord na gCon be in five years...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Shane Cassells: I certainly would not-----

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Shane Cassells: -----do that for any sporting organisation but, unfortunately, what we are discussing here today is the subvention of €16.8 million from the Exchequer. That is a viable question to be asked in terms of whether Bord na gCon equates €16.8 million as the requisite sum for the sporting and cultural survival of the greyhound industry. It is a fair question to ask. There cannot be...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Shane Cassells: I am in the ha'penny place compared to the Deputy.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Shane Cassells: I am sharing time with Deputy John Brassil.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Shane Cassells: Fianna Fáil supports this Bill, which is a small measure to regulate a sector that Government policy has neglected. I agree with the Minister that approved housing bodies have an essential role to play in providing new housing units. However, they are constrained by the EUROSTAT decision that limits their borrowing capacity. The Government has also failed to set out a path to get off...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (24 Sep 2019)

Shane Cassells: 260. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners can charge medical card patients for blood tests carried out in their surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38305/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (24 Sep 2019)

Shane Cassells: 310. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary arrangements will be put in place to ensure that prescribed medications and repeat prescriptions issued by pharmacies will be on a calendar month basis which for 11 months of the year is a 30 or 31 day period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38445/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (1 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 426. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the extension of the three year cap under the fair deal scheme to farms and small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39883/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (1 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full cost for construction and delivery of the M2 to north of Ashbourne, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39886/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Infrastructure (1 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new Irish Water pipe from Staleen to Ratoath, County Meath, will be complete; and the budget allocated for this new pipeline. [39914/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Central Statistics Office Data (1 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the population statistics provided by the Central Statistics Office are accurate; and the reason he did not accept them in the preparation of the national planning framework in view of the fact that the statistics used are now shown to have major discrepancies. [39915/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (8 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has liaised with credit unions and their representative bodies regarding the impact changes to the industry funding levy will have on local credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40809/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Regulation (8 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 369. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the process of appropriate certification from a professional engineer works in terms of Inland Fisheries Ireland instream enhancement works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40576/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Regulation (8 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 370. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the process of appropriate certification from a professional engineer works in terms of Inland Fisheries Ireland instream enhancement works became part of policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40577/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (8 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 371. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the instream enhancement project carried out in Trim, County Meath, in September 2018 by the OPW in connection with the local Inland Fisheries Ireland eastern region Drogheda section and supervised by the Trim anglers did not require planning from the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (8 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 372. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether it is best practice for Inland Fisheries Ireland's technical instream supervision for the OPW to be carried out by members of a local angling club; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40579/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (8 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 373. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider making instream design and delivery services to the OPW a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40580/19]