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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Administration (25 Jun 2019)

John Curran: I thank the Minister for his reply. I might help him by providing a couple of those examples. Lucan Community College has been looking for its extension which has been going through the process at this stage for more than a decade. Holy Family Community School in Rathcoole was identified in 2004 as needing a new 1,000-student building within seven years. According to the most recent...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Placement (25 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to provide additional primary school places to children in a location (details supplied) who need them for September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26626/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Placement (25 Jun 2019)

John Curran: I raised this issue with the Minister previously. Several parents from Rathcoole, County Dublin, whose children go to preschool there have been unable to secure a primary school place for this September in either of the two schools in the village. I am not aware of the full extent of the issue but the Department needs to make inquiries. The Minister previously indicated in a similar...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Placement (25 Jun 2019)

John Curran: I thank the Minister for the reply. I still contend that he needs to revisit this issue. The existing schools are at capacity while housing development continues in the Rathcoole area. If a family moves to the area with a child who is eight, nine, or ten years of age, the probability of getting into one of the two schools is zero, because they are full. That is to say nothing of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (26 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the results of an assessment of the caseload of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal as requested by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26854/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (26 Jun 2019)

John Curran: The Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal administers a scheme of compensation for those who have received criminal injuries. I have been pursuing a number of cases for a while and have raised the matter with the Minister on a number of occasions. There is an increased number of claims and what appears to be a relatively slow and long period to come to a resolution in some of them. He...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (26 Jun 2019)

John Curran: I acknowledge that the tribunal is entirely independent but the review is important because, in the absence of the details and the knowledge of what is happening and making the payouts so slow, the Government is not in a position to know how to resource the tribunal adequately with personnel and funding. In 2015, for example, there were 217 applications, for which 159 payments were made. On...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (26 Jun 2019)

John Curran: I again acknowledge that the tribunal is independent but it is dependent on the Minister and his Department for its funding, the level of which determines its efficiency, the rate at which it can deal with cases and the payments that are made. He correctly indicated that for most of the recent years, the allocation was €4 million, and that there was an addition of more than €2...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

John Curran: Page 92 of the programme for Government states that a new model of in-school speech and language therapy will be established. In that regard I refer specifically to a six year old girl in my constituency who is attending Stewarts Care Limited. She intends to progress to primary school in September and a referral has gone from Stewarts to the HSE. Unfortunately the response states:We have...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (26 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on increasing the cap of €1,000 on the bike to work scheme in order to better assist for the purchase of e-bikes and cargo bikes that can carry children and heavy loads (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27163/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Youth Justice Service (26 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding allocated to the Irish Youth Justice Service in each of the years 2011 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27162/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (26 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the report recently submitted to him by an organisation (details supplied); if the decision made in 2018 that did not provide the FreeStyle Libre device to all persons with type 1 diabetes will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27161/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (26 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to encourage more persons to consider cycling to and from work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27164/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (26 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken regarding the need for a grade-segregated intersection at the junction of R148 Lucan Road and Kennelsfort Road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27167/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Tax (26 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding raised through the local property tax from each of the four local Dublin authorities given to the equalisation fund by his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27168/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Tax (26 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that give 20% of their funds raised through the local property tax to the equalisation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27169/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Tax (26 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding each local authority received from the equalisation fund raised through local property taxes in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27170/19]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2019)

John Curran: The Bill before the House sets out to remove MABS from the remit of the CIB and return it to the remit of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. Deputy Brady was correct when he said that the Bill was initiated in December 2017. We probably need to examine the lottery system that applies to Bills to ensure they come before the House in a timely fashion. Having said...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (27 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of each investigation and review undertaken by the Revenue Commissioners, either solely or in co-operation with the scope section of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, to address the issue of bogus self-employment over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27372/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (27 Jun 2019)

John Curran: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pupil-teacher ratio in DEIS schools will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27375/19]