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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2018)

Dara Calleary: In his response on rural services earlier, the Taoiseach mentioned his ambitions for broadband. A total of 543,000 homes, businesses and farms are awaiting the roll-out of the new national broadband plan but the process is more like "Lanigan's Ball" than anything else with so many people stepping in and stepping out of it. Will the Taoiseach confirm the procurement rules are still being...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2018)

Dara Calleary: Does the Taoiseach have his high-visibility jacket ready?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2018)

Dara Calleary: Will that be on camera?

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Council (25 Sep 2018)

Dara Calleary: The meeting in Guernsey was held up by the Tánaiste in particular, as, possibly, a game-changer or a major meeting in the context of the continued vacuum around the Northern Ireland Executive, yet the British Prime Minister did not turn up to it. The strength of the British-Irish Council, BIC, over the years has been full participation and full sharing of information around the table...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Sep 2018)

Dara Calleary: 267. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an initial urology consultation by county; the waiting times for same by county; if he will engage with the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, to address waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38329/18]

Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Bill. I never served on a town council, but my late father served as chair of Ballina Town Council twice and before he went into public life served as town engineer, a position also occupied by my grandfather. From that vantage, I note the debate we had last night is absolutely relevant to this debate. Town councils, urban councils and borough corporations were the most...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Dara Calleary: We all saw and heard Rebecca Carter this morning. She is an 18 year old student from Wexford who completed her leaving certificate examination this year hoping to get enough points to do veterinary medicine in University College Dublin, UCD. When Rebecca received her results in August, she fell just short for the first and second round offers and sought a recheck of her papers. That review...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Dara Calleary: We all smiled with Rebecca, but where were we last August when Rebecca was in tears when she missed out on her place? Where were we when she was told that she should not have missed out on that place but that she would not have it until this time next year? We smiled because Rebecca had to go to the High Court to smile. She had to go that far and spend that kind of money to secure her...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2018)

Dara Calleary: A new coalition.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2018)

Dara Calleary: The Minister mentioned earlier that the Government will establish a rent register. It is absolutely crucial it is established particularly given the report this morning. It has been promised on many occasions. When exactly will renters in this country have access to that rent register and to the information? Will they have access to it before the end of this year?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (27 Sep 2018)

Dara Calleary: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is in receipt of an emergency works application from a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39260/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bituminous Fuel Ban (27 Sep 2018)

Dara Calleary: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the smoky coal ban commencing 1 September 2018 with all stocks of smoky coal to be sold off and burnt by 1 September 2019 which has not been enacted as promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39266/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: Two.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (2 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: 499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount his Department has invested in An Post over the past two years; the way in which this was invested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39493/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: There are many commitments in the programme for Government to enhancing and implementing greater access to primary care services. At the centre of any primary care system is having enough general practitioners, GPs, in urban and rural areas. We all agree that the life of GPs is not an easy one. They spend long hours in surgery and in communities listening to, meeting and treating people of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: The Tánaiste speaks about dialogue but there is no dialogue. The discussions around FEMPI have been long-fingered. The National Association of General Practitioners, NAGP, which represents many GPs, is not even involved in them. Research and surveys are available to show that maybe 70% of GPs are no longer in a position to take new patients because of the pressure on their practice,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: It is not getting anywhere. There are people leaving in droves.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: Two weeks ago, I raised with the Tánaiste the issue of Spinraza, a life-changing drug on which 25 families are waiting for a response. He committed to get back to me but has not done so. More important, the 25 families still have no information as to when a decision will be taken. Even though proposals were submitted to the Health Service Executive, HSE, in July, with a much lower...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (9 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: 511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new national guidelines for wind energy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41077/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: InThe Irish Timesyesterday there was a story by Kitty Holland to the effect that the largest direct provision centre in Dublin is to close at the beginning of December because the company that manages it has given notice of its intention to cease that contract. This is the third direct provision centre in Dublin to close this year. A total of 357 people have been staying in this...