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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 315. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be assessed for home help hours. [47110/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (19 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 373. To ask the Minister for Health if a request in relation to the employment of a person (details supplied) will be given due consideration. [47313/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 390. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgical procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47373/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (19 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if rural structure, that is structures located outside of towns and villages, are included in the repair and lease, buy and renew and long-term leasing schemes. [47122/19]

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I would like to lend my voice to that of previous speakers in support of amendments Nos. 19 and 20 on the issues concerning road hauliers. We must acknowledge they are engaged in a competitive business. I know that from what happens in my own backyard. With the co-operatives tendering for routes for lorries to collect milk and the cut in prices, I do not know how some of them keep going....

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I acknowledge the Minister's response. He referred to a 1997 Act. I am sure we could get that amended or introduce changes to the definition of agricultural contractors' activities. Would he be in favour of that? Can that be done? Farmers in many sectors are under fierce pressure. The overheads for beef and tillage farmers are colossal. The changes in the Bill will come at a phenomenal...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I support my colleague. It is 12 months since we initiated this tax increase. As the Department will be aware, bookmakers are closing office in small towns and so on in rural Ireland. It is hard enough to lose post offices and other facilities in our towns and villages but it is also hard when one sees towns being hit with the closure of other businesses and premises. These businesses...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: With regard to the closure of bookmakers and not seeing an immediate effect, the Minister will be aware that when a business is going down, it does not just shut overnight. It tries to pull through the storm and perhaps can leave it too late to close down and end up in a worse position. Hopefully, that is not happening. Mention has been made here about behavioural change, behavioural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I welcome the various groups present. I listened to their requests and I agree with them. They referred to the Netherlands. We must acknowledge that the Netherlands is a lowland country. It had to rebuild after wars so it had a chance to get infrastructure in place. In this country, we have narrow roads and streets and maybe we are trying to do a rushed job because other issues are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It was mentioned by the witness for I BIKE Dublin that in regard to cycling policy and infrastructure requests it has to deal with up to 30 organisations. Is there a role for the NTA in co-ordinating and streamlining those requests? My second question is to the witness from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and relates to enforcement of the road traffic legislation. Is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: In regard to enforcement of the legislation, some years ago when the sugar beet factory in Carlow closed and the company moved its operations to Mallow, concerns were raised in regard to the ability of the infrastructure in place in north Cork to accommodate the heavy goods vehicles. At that time a motion was tabled to the local authority requesting that on the N73, which was the road from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: There are organisations that can help in this respect.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (26 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 261. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for additional home help hours for a person (details supplied) will be expedited in view of the medical condition of the person. [48544/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Guardian's Payment (26 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if arrears of payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [48920/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The Government gave a commitment that 40% of foreign direct investment would be allocated to regional areas. In 2002, the Fitzgerald army camp in Fermoy closed and the lands were handed over to IDA Ireland. To this day they have remained unoccupied apart from a few stray horses. Is it possible to get employment into this site? It is a rural part of the country and Fermoy needs some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I monitored the deliberations with the departmental officials on the screen. I welcome them here. I also thank Deputy Noel Rock for acknowledging that it was Deputies MacSharry and Troy who initiated proceedings to push this legislation forward. The TRL report is where I pulled most of my questions from. When I googled them, I learned more about these scooters than I did from the TRL...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: No insurance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Are we in a quandary until the enactment of this new legislation the members are sponsoring?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: We are making slow progress. The public consultation submissions are still being assessed. We have no core recommendations on maximum speed requirements. I concur with Deputy MacSharry on the TRL report. It is like match boxes. The report does not even tell us whether they should be used, and have access to footpaths, bicycle lanes or even roadways. We have no idea what way we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I have a question about enforcement and compliance. At one time, gardaí were able to use their discretion in common sense cases. Now, when a garda leaves the barracks, he or she is subject to mandatory checkpoint sign-off by the sergeant in charge. If those gardaí put up a standard checkpoint on St. Stephen's Green to stop everyone, when scooters approach them, do they just look...