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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (10 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 282. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a further podiatrist in County Meath will be made available in budget 2018. [42485/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (10 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 283. To ask the Minister for Health his views on findings in recent data showing that County Meath had the largest year on year increase in the number of persons with diabetes hospitalised for foot ulceration treatment. [42486/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Programme (10 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 511. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the geothermal energy development Bill; when it is likely to be advanced further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42522/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Infrastructure (10 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is preparing a policy to deal with abandoned water assets such as unused water towers; if so, the details of the policy; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42713/17]

Other Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (11 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with the stakeholders involved with Claremont stadium in Navan, County Meath, regarding its proposed sale in order for this national athletic facility to continue to serve Irish athletics and local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42150/17]

Other Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (11 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: I ask the Minister if he will liaise with the stakeholders involved with Claremont stadium athletics facility in Navan regarding the proposed sale in order to secure this national facility to serve athletics and local communities. I ask the Minister not to read the prepared email he sent during the summer. There are many decent athletics and sporting people listening this morning and I ask...

Other Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (11 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: I spoke to the stadium manager and trustee members again this morning. These are people who have dedicated their lives to their community in Navan and around Meath, keeping this facility on the go for over three decades. The stress caused to this volunteer-led organisation is immense. It is somewhat ironic that in yesterday's Budget Statement, the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, cited in...

Other Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (11 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: The Minister is right as there are so many groups using the facility. They include Parkvilla FC, the Navan athletics club and community groups such as Midway, Career Start and children's groups. My daughter attends a fashion design course in that stadium. It is used by the entire community and not just the sporting community. Optics are important. On www.daft.iethere is an aerial picture...

Other Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (11 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: I was not claiming to be.

Committee on Public Petitions: Discontinued Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Schemes: Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the Minister of State and acknowledge the positive work he is doing. The Minister of State used the phrase "those with the greatest needs" a number of times in his statement. He said there was a clear instruction from Government that eligibility was to focus on those with the greatest needs. The Minister of State also said, however, that to make the criteria for the scheme very...

Committee on Public Petitions: Discontinued Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Schemes: Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: I appreciate that the Minister of State is perhaps not going to disclose the overall number, but he gave us an upper figure of 20,000. There are 4,700 at the moment.

Committee on Public Petitions: Discontinued Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Schemes: Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: Within that there must have been preliminary work done on what he thinks the full scope will be. Has the Minister of State been told what the limit of funding available? Is it the case that he now has to frame the legislation to ensure that the scope does not allow it to go beyond that? Is he going to end up framing this?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the witnesses. I will start with PPP projects, tolls and specifically one piece of infrastructure mentioned by the Comptroller and Auditor General mentioned in his opening, namely, the M3. It was the biggest, most expensive and most controversial scheme in Europe at the time of its planning and construction. The contract was awarded to the EuroLink consortium. This is most...

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: That was the year after the first year of operation. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: A total of €12 million has been paid to the end of last year. It has never actually reached the targets set. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: The total paid is €12 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: The traffic levels were set. Mr. Kennedy referred to the road earlier as underperforming. When the deal was done was it premised on potential lands that were zoned in Meath for future development or on the population at the time planning commenced? This was probably in the early 2000s, perhaps 2005 or thereabouts. I intend to refer later to page 36 of the TII report, where reference is...

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: Was that what was in mind on behalf of the State? TII believed the levels would be reached. Was that in the thinking? Were future housing developments struck at the time?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: Nothing was taken into account in terms of the potential for a slowdown in the economy at that time or the apocalypse that hit us with the crash. Is that the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: It is not the first time that was said. Why was the risk cost higher? In answering Deputy Cullinane earlier, Mr. Kennedy referred to the risks associated with the Limerick project and the Meath project. The Limerick project had technical aspects to it. Why were the risks associated with the M3 project considerably higher in Mr. Kennedy's view? Specifically, what aspects were deemed to...