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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (15 May 2018)

John Curran: 60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications processed through the passport office in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20791/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Administration (15 May 2018)

John Curran: 102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the number of passport applications has increased in 2018 by 18% to over 800,000 applications; his plans to resource the Passport Office accordingly to address the increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20897/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Data (15 May 2018)

John Curran: 250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the local and regional drugs taskforces that have a representative from his Department on the taskforce in each of the years 2016 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; the number of meetings that took place; the number that were attended by the representative from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20902/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (15 May 2018)

John Curran: 365. To ask the Minister for Health the local and regional drugs task forces that have a representative from his Department on the task force in each of the years 2016 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; the number of meetings that took place; the number that were attended by the representative from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20900/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (15 May 2018)

John Curran: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the local and regional drugs task forces that have a member of HSE sitting on the task force in each of the years 2016 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; the number of meetings that took place; the number that were attended by the representative from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20901/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Drugs Task Forces (15 May 2018)

John Curran: 534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the local and regional drugs task forces that have a representative from her Department on the task force in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; the number of meetings that took place; the number that were attended by the representative from her Department; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (15 May 2018)

John Curran: 573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons that have been excluded from the homeless housing list by local authority in tabular form as a result of receiving temporary accommodation in private rented houses using emergency accommodation funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20898/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 May 2018)

John Curran: 574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding owed by his Department to each local authority for social housing projects in tabular form; the projects and associated funds which have now been owed for more than three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20899/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

John Curran: I wish to ask the Minister about capitation rates in the context of page 90 of the programme for Government, which contains a commitment to "set out capitation rates to schools on a rolling 3-year basis". I recently visited two DEIS schools in my local area, both of which have just over 200 pupils and therefore receive annual capitation fees of approximately €35,000. This is the only...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (16 May 2018)

John Curran: The Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Damien English, are both well aware that an increasing number of people who are not eligible for social housing cannot afford to buy a home. The reason is that house price inflation is outpacing wage inflation. The Ministers are aware of this development because they responded to it in Rebuilding Ireland by introducing a home loans scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (16 May 2018)

John Curran: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to finance deep energy retrofit of schools over the coming years to meet climate change rules. [21663/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (16 May 2018)

John Curran: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of home support services at 30 April 2018; the number that were approved and waiting for home support services for each CHO area at 30 April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21690/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (16 May 2018)

John Curran: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the process involved and the associated timeframe to appoint a board for the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21692/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (16 May 2018)

John Curran: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the process involved in the appointment of a new director general for the HSE; the length of time the process will take; the arrangements that will be put in place following the retirement of the former director general and prior to the appointment of a new director general; the reason the position is only being advertised now; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (16 May 2018)

John Curran: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a national ban on plastic straws on environmental grounds. [21664/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (16 May 2018)

John Curran: 217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a report (details supplied) on local employment services and jobs clubs will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21716/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 May 2018)

John Curran: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); when stage 2B approval will be granted and the project progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21819/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Data (17 May 2018)

John Curran: 246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21764/18]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Business of Select Committee (17 May 2018)

John Curran: I wish to first deal with the circulation of the imeachtaí of 9 November when the select committee dealt with the 2017 further Revised Estimates, and the 27 March 2018 when we considered the Revised Estimates. Are the imeachtaí agreed? Agreed.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

John Curran: I welcome the Minister Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, and her officials to this meeting for consideration of the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017. The Bill was referred to the select committee by Dáil Éireann on 15 February 2018. Any Member acting in substitution for a committee member should formally notify the clerk now if he...