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Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: This is typical of Sinn Féin shouting people down when it is exposed for taking millions out of the Exchequer.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: It is par for the course for Sinn Féin Members to shout people down. Sinn Féin is taking millions of euro out of the Exchequer and does not want to realise it is contributing to the housing crisis and making people homeless.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: You boys are the joke.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (27 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: I wish to speak on this particular petition because the petitioner has repeatedly referenced the Hill of Tara, the Tara landscape valley and areas that are of particular concern to me and mean a lot to me. The Hill of Tara is a very emotive and passionate subject to every single Meath person. It is an area I visit every single weekend with my children. The area is considered by Meath...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: 168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency hours that have been approved for all vaccination programmes in schools in County Meath to the end of 2017. [41071/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vaccination schedules postponed in County Meath schools in the past number of weeks. [41072/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: 170. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a threat to scheduled vaccination appointments in secondary schools in County Meath in the week commencing 25 September 2017 or in the coming weeks. [41073/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the acting Garda Commissioner and wish him well in his role. It was certainly one of the shortest opening statements we are likely to get in the Committee of Public Accounts. It is hugely regrettable that the acting Garda Commissioner has taken the decision not to honour the commitment to release the report into the reopening of Garda stations. The key point is the fact it will...

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: Please do.

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: It is interesting because the acting Garda Commissioner mentioned the census and populations trends. I am in a county of 200,000 people where crime is up by 59%. I do not have the level of intelligence afforded by the crime reports the acting Garda Commissioner has but I have the very basic statistics that show that the closure of stations and the reduction of personnel are obviously having...

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: Chairman, with regard to the point made by Deputy Connolly-----

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: Would anyone have actually contacted Assistant Commissioner O'Driscoll, be it a senior official in the Department or anyone on the behest of a Cabinet Member, to extract the Stepaside Garda station away from the others to give it this prominence? I think that people are finding it hard to put this in their head as to why that station was picked out and why an interim draft report would not be...

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: Did anybody bring pressure to bear to say that Stepaside Garda station should be put-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: We need to, yes.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (3 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 304. To ask the Minister for Health if versatis medicated plasters will remain as a reimbursable item under the medical card or drugs payment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41304/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (3 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 305. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is cost effective to place a person (details supplied) in a nursing home when a home care package would suffice in meeting their care needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41305/17]

Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (4 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the tendering process initiated by EirGrid to acquire 400 pylons for the North-South interconnector project before the independent expert group study has been completed. [41886/17]

Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (4 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will direct EirGrid to cease the tendering process to acquire 400 pylons for the North-South interconnector project pending the outcome of the independent expert group's study. [41887/17]

Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (4 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: The Minister has said that Eirgrid has put out the tender for the design and testing of the 400 pylons, each carrying 400,000 volts for the North-South Interconnector project. The deadline for submission is 20 October, which is this month. This moves Eirgrid into conflict mode with the people of Meath, Cavan and Monaghan. The Minister knows this full well. It confirms that public...

Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (4 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: Is the Minister saying that Eirgrid is flagrantly ignoring the democratic process and that it does not have his or the Government's tacit approval to proceed in this way? The people in my county and the north-east pylon pressure group want to make it clear to Eirgrid that it may dictate to the Minister, the Government and Department officials how it plans to proceed with the interconnector,...