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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (16 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the services available to survivors of institutional abuse through the Caranua agency; the way the fund is administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7934/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Data (16 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated net fiscal space available per annum in 2018 to 2022, inclusive, after all spending committed to date is factored into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7946/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (16 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of staff in the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer per annum from 2013 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7949/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (16 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of persons who have held the position of Government Chief Information Officer per annum from 2013 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7950/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Waiting Lists (16 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 239. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the current waiting times being experienced for orthodontist appointments in the HSE west area; if consideration has been given to the appointment of additional orthodontists to alleviate the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7920/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan (16 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 283. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the roll-out of high speed broadband under the rural broadband scheme will include a village (details supplied) in County Mayo; the timeframe for the upgrading of broadband in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7955/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Contracts (16 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether, in the context of a compulsory purchase order, CPO, by the National Roads Authority, NRA, the authority pays professional legal costs. [7847/17]

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: We will print the Minister of State's brochure in Holland.

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: I commend Deputies Frank O'Rourke, Darragh O'Brien and Marc MacSharry for bringing forward this Bill and the work they have done. In 2017, a presentation was made to the then Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment by the Irish printing sector about the application of the rules at that time and one of the examples given was that the Fáilte Ireland brochures for 2008 were...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (21 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that insurance companies are discriminating against certain professions (details supplied) in refusing to insure them; his plans to tackle these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8233/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (21 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available to persons suffering from dyslexia who are returning to adult education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8340/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (21 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact criteria used by his Department in determining the eligibility of additional schools to be added to the DEIS scheme; if eligibility is determined under certain and specific headings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8484/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (21 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 417. To ask the Minister for Health if further consideration has been given to making the life enhancing drug Nivolumab-Opdivo available to cancer patients; the discussions his Department has had with the HSE regarding the benefits of this new drug for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8242/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (21 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 418. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction financial support for cancer patients undergoing life saving treatment (details supplied) in private hospitals, which is currently not available through the HSE; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these treatments are costing patients up to €3,300 a time; if he will consider making allowances for medical card holders...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Data (22 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the benefits of JobPath; the way in which JobPath operates; if he will provide a breakdown by county of successful participation leading to full-time employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8860/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (22 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that employment scheme sponsors, such as rural social schemes and community employment schemes, are no longer receiving recommendations from local social welfare offices for vacancies that arise on such schemes; the reason this is the case; his views on whether JobPath is obstructing such schemes from...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (22 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the eligibility criteria being used to fill vacancies on employment schemes such as rural social schemes and community employment schemes; his Department's short, medium and long-term plans for such schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8862/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: It would be a different world after the imaginary revolution. Deputy Cullinane is trying to start one himself.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: I thank Ms King and Dr. McDonnell for coming in. This will be an ongoing conversation for the coming months. Ms King remarked on the potential for a Brexit-related recession in 2019. I first wish to focus on several points related to Brexit. I note the ICTU has also commented on pensions today, including some stark warnings on the future of our pensions system. Deputy Boyd Barrett...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: Does the witness mean an underestimation of the potential impact of Brexit?