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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018)

Joe Carey: I call Deputy Michael Collins, to be followed by Deputy Martin Kenny. I ask the Deputies to confine their comments to programme A, rural development and regional affairs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018)

Joe Carey: That comes under the next programme. The Deputy should confine his questions to programme A.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018)

Joe Carey: For the information of members, representatives of An Post will appear in the coming weeks. We extended an invitation to the company under the heading of small rural businesses. I invite the Minister to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018)

Joe Carey: Perhaps the Minister will answer those questions from Senator Grace O'Sullivan, Deputy Danny Healy-Rae, Senator Hopkins and Deputy Fitzmaurice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018)

Joe Carey: We will move to programmes B, C and D.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018)

Joe Carey: I will bring in Deputy Ó Cuív and then Senator Grace O'Sullivan. I ask members to be conscious of the time as this meeting will end at 1 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018)

Joe Carey: I will bring in Senator Grace O'Sullivan and then Deputy Fitzmaurice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018)

Joe Carey: I thank the Minister, Deputy Ring, and the Minister of State, Deputy Canney. I also acknowledge Deputy Kyne's contribution to this committee and his contribution as a Minister of State, and I wish Deputy Canney well in his role. I thank the officials for the contribution they have given to this committee today, and for the briefing material they made available beforehand. I will defer the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (23 Oct 2018)

Joe Carey: 494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary for the targeted agricultural modernisation schemes, TAMS II, scheme; the reason for the delay in payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43301/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Regional and Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

Joe Carey: The Deputy asked many questions over a wide range of topics. I ask the delegation to bank them. Various members have asked questions that have given an interesting insight into rural concerns and I ask our guests to take them on board.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (24 Oct 2018)

Joe Carey: 65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Ennis south flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43836/18]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospitals Funding (25 Oct 2018)

Joe Carey: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important issue for debate. Last Friday I attended a briefing at University Hospital Limerick, UHL, given by Professor Colette Cowan, Professor Paul Burke and their team. UHL experienced severe overcrowding in 2018. It is a longstanding issue which is not going away. It must be addressed. Management has put forward a number of proposals...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospitals Funding (25 Oct 2018)

Joe Carey: I pay tribute to the University Hospital Limerick, UHL, staff, who work under extreme pressure. Attendances there at the emergency department, ED, have increased by 18.5% over the past four years, while it is projected that approximately 71,000 people will visit that ED this year alone. Will the Minister of State convey the outcome of this debate to the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris?...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (6 Nov 2018)

Joe Carey: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the redress offered when a parent may take part-time work even though ultimately the total income from that work and social welfare payments remains below the threshold but the necessary 391 day continuous qualifying period is broken in view of the significant monetary impact of special rate student grant for a qualifying student; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Audiovisual Sector (6 Nov 2018)

Joe Carey: 478. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the work she is carrying out with respect to the business development of eSports here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45412/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (6 Nov 2018)

Joe Carey: 601. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for CervicalCheck screening participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45084/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (6 Nov 2018)

Joe Carey: 1060. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) will have to wait for payment of arrears in relation to an application for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45036/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (6 Nov 2018)

Joe Carey: 1086. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are avenues available for a person to retrospectively adjust the required 391-day continuous period on a qualifying social protection payment in cases in which the person or his or her children need this period to qualify for a SUSI grant, specifically in the context outlined (details supplied); and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax Clearance Certificates (6 Nov 2018)

Joe Carey: 1148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the avenues available to an employer to retrospectively gain their qualifying tax clearance status in the instance of an employer being unable to provide a tax clearance certificate to qualify for the wage subsidy scheme due to an appeal being in process with the Revenue Commissioners and in which the appeal is ultimately...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Delays in Payment of Illness Benefit: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)

Joe Carey: I thank the witnesses for being here and for the clarity they have brought to the issue. I also welcome the apology. The systems breakdown badly affected vulnerable people who are reliant on this particular payment. As stated earlier by the Chairman, the lack of communication on the issue and the inability of people to get information from officials added to the distress. If problems have...