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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 Feb 2017)

Seán Haughey: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to build new primary schools in the Dublin 13 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9824/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Government Fund (28 Feb 2017)

Seán Haughey: 360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money from the motor taxation fund which was allocated to Fingal County Council in 2016; the way this money was spent by the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9851/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (28 Feb 2017)

Seán Haughey: 484. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if retired public servants will be engaged with as part of the Public Sector Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9849/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (28 Feb 2017)

Seán Haughey: 565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the drug respreeza continues to be made available for persons suffering from genetic emphysema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9822/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (1 Mar 2017)

Seán Haughey: 220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the increase in the State pension announced in budget 2017 only takes effect in March 2017 and not on 1 January 2017 as in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10664/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Parliament Information Office in Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2017)

Seán Haughey: I thank Mr. Temple-Smithson from the European Parliament Information Office for his presentation. One thing of which parliamentarians are not short is information. We experience information overload on a daily basis. Having said that, from time to time we need specific information, particularly on what is happening in the European Parliament. We need concise information because very often...

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2017)

Seán Haughey: There is a commitment in the programme for Government for a new emergency department in Beaumont Hospital in North Dublin. The hospital opened in 1987, 30 years ago, and there has been no major investment during that time. It is operating at maximum capacity. That area has a large elderly population and a large growing population. Has the HSE capital programme for 2017 been drafted? Have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2017)

Seán Haughey: I have a related question on Article 50 being invoked and the Taoiseach's discussion and contact with Mr. Michel Barnier and Mr. Guy Verhofstadt who represent the European Commission and the European Parliament, respectively. Does the Taoiseach have any sense they are prepared to deal with Ireland's special circumstances up-front and that once Article 50 and the framework for discussions are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Inquiry (8 Mar 2017)

Seán Haughey: I think most Members would welcome a report in regard to the number of tribunals of inquiry and commissions of investigation that are underway at present, or even if we could be told where to find that information. While I appreciate it is not under the ambit of the Department of the Taoiseach, I want to refer to the possibility of a commission of investigation into the Stardust fire in...

European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Mar 2017)

Seán Haughey: Deputy Micheál Martin has just left for Brussels where he will be meeting the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, ALDE, to discuss Brexit and other issues. He will be wearing the green jersey, so to speak, as he highlights the issues that are important to the country in the context of the forthcoming Brexit negotiations. As has been said before, this is a moment of great...

European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Mar 2017)

Seán Haughey: Thank you for that, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Other Questions: Ambulance Service (8 Mar 2017)

Seán Haughey: I have raised this matter in the Dáil previously and I appreciate the Minister giving an update on the situation. I agree with him that patient safety is of paramount importance. However, I point out that councillors in all the local authorities in Dublin have passed motions that the ambulance service should be retained with the Dublin Fire Brigade and I think that is the general view...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Mar 2017)

Seán Haughey: 53. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for reducing outpatient waiting times in Beaumont Hospital in 2017. [12100/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Mar 2017)

Seán Haughey: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed new primary schools in the Dublin 13 area on the school building programme; the stages at which these schools are at on the programme; when these schools will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12233/17]

Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Haughey: We, on this side of the House, extend our sincere sympathies to the family of Annmarie O'Brien and her daughter, Paris, on their tragic deaths in the fire in Clondalkin yesterday. We also extend our condolences to the family of Holly and Jordan, the other two children to die in the horrific fire. We pray that their mother, Biddy O'Brien, will fully recover from her injuries. The Garda and...

Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Haughey: I thank the Tánaiste. The expert panel on pre-hospital emergency care services Dublin published its report in 2015. Does the Tánaiste agree that the findings of the expert panel should be implemented as a matter of urgency, given that the report provides a mechanism to address the operational inefficiencies and the issue of a fully integrated ambulance service in Dublin? Will the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Haughey: In section 5 on page 60 of A Programme for a Partnership Government dealing with health, there is a heading that reads "Improving Waiting Times for Hospital Procedures". There are all sorts of commitments given in that particular section. Today, we learn that over 614,000 are on hospital waiting lists and the figure is up 11,460 since January. These patients are waiting for inpatient and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (21 Mar 2017)

Seán Haughey: 406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department is providing funding to Dublin City Council for the north city arterial watermain as part of the S2S footway and cycleway interim works scheme at Clontarf, Dublin 3; the level of funding being provided; if difficulties have been notified to his Department in relation to these works; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (21 Mar 2017)

Seán Haughey: 429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the actions he will take to promote the acceptance by landlords of the HAP scheme in order that they will be more inclined to accept tenants availing of this benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13263/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (21 Mar 2017)

Seán Haughey: 502. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason illness benefit is no longer paid to working widows in receipt of the widow's pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13157/17]