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Other Questions: Regional Development Initiatives (7 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: I have submitted this question to seek more information about the operation of the regional enterprise development fund, principally to establish how it is operating and, in particular, what types of projects are eligible under the fund.

Other Questions: Regional Development Initiatives (7 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: I thank the Minister for her reply. It is interesting that there were 11 successful applicants in the southern region. There were four in the north west and six in the eastern region. Has the Minister thought about bringing in changes to make the scheme more accessible to applicants? The aviation and aerospace industry is of huge importance to the mid-west region, including where I come...

Other Questions: Regional Development Initiatives (7 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: No.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices (7 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: 61. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the way in which the local enterprise offices can be better utilised to support job creation in rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5765/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (7 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 31 January 2018, the schools that were profiled for DEIS eligibility; the schools that were successful and unsuccessful following the most recent review of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6249/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (7 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools, by county, name, address, email address, phone number and roll number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6257/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. I personally do not have a difficulty with the public services card and I think it is a good initiative which streamlines people's engagement with services, notwithstanding what the witnesses have said. In particular, in regard to the Bara case, as I understand it, it involved Romanian self-employed citizens who challenged the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: -----under the data protection directive 95/46/EC. Unlike Romania, Ireland, under the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 at section 262, sets out that we share the use of our PSI data and that it is restricted to public service bodies specified in law or their agents. Unlike Romania, Ireland has legislated specifically to restrict the scope of the obligations and rights contained in that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: I have listened to Mr. McGarr but I take issue with that and do not think he has a foundation for it. I deal on a daily basis with people who have public services cards and I hold one myself. I think there is huge merit in the public services card. I do not really get Mr. McGarr's arguments. I think it streamlines the service and enables people to access services in a more streamlined way.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (13 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: 79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which live exports performed in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the efforts his Department is making to promote further expansion of the live export trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6914/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (13 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: 457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; the reason for the delay in issuing payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6735/18]

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important legislation, the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017. It addresses key issues which have been identified as areas where current employment rights legislation should be strengthened to the benefit of employees, particularly low-paid, more vulnerable workers, without imposing unnecessarily onerous burdens on employers and...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: Deputy Durkan should take his time.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Geological Survey of Ireland (14 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his view on the value of the geoscience sector here as determined by a recent analysis of the sector; the steps he is taking to maximise the value of the sector to local economies and communities, such as the development of geoparks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7257/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (15 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: I wish to express my thanks to the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise this issue. I welcome the Minister for Health to the House and thank him for taking the debate. As he will be aware, the medical assessment unit at Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Ennis was established following reconfiguration of acute hospital services in the mid-west region. Medical assessment...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (15 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: I thank the Minister for bringing absolute clarity to this situation first-hand in the House. It is also reassuring to hear of the positive developments happening at Ennis Hospital. The retention of seven-day MAU services is important as the more patients who can be diverted from University Hospital Limerick, the better. Notwithstanding the opening of a new €25 million...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (20 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: 50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to enhance the JobsPlus scheme to target older unemployed and long-term unemployed persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8413/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (20 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: 103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the allocation of the additional 250 rural social scheme places will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8414/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Mobile Telephony Services (20 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: 529. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps being taken to tackle the problem of mobile phone coverage black spots in rural areas in the context of his Department's co-chairing of the mobile phone and broadband taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8502/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (20 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: 606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the advice he would give to persons in County Clare that are effected by pyrite on the best course of action to have the problem addressed; if the possibility of including these properties in the State pyrite remediation scheme will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8412/18]