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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: Can the Taoiseach confirm that the agreement will be made available to the House and that there will be a vigorous debate here? We have had 12 months of discussion around last year's agreement and within that discussion there has been tortuous interpretation of language. Language meant something completely different in London to what it was taken to mean in Dublin and vice versaas well as...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: There is a commitment in the programme for Government to increase home care packages and home help hours but we see the reality that nationally more than 6,200 people have been approved for home care hours but have not been able to receive them since last July. In the Irish Independentthis morning we read about the rise in delayed discharges because of the lack of home supports. In January,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (20 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are specific supports available excluding summer works and emergency works for schools operating in older preserved buildings for refurbishments in view of the age and historical importance of the buildings in their communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47988/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (20 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the reorganisation of the management and organisation of the fire service at national, regional and local level; the timeline for the introduction of changes; the way in which his planned structures will differ from those in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47774/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (20 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the impact of the implementation of the European working time directive on the operations of the fire service nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47775/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (21 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 232. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to the social inclusion and community activation programme in each year since being established in tabular form; the allocation in 2018; the amount expended in each year and to date in 2018; the expenditure incurred under this scheme by county in each year and to date in 2018; and the share of funds provided by...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (21 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 233. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to the social inclusion and community activation programme in each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form. [48555/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: Many of us have been members of Scouting Ireland during the years and there is no doubt that the leaders and volunteers in that organisation do fantastic work in communities across the country. However, the revelations dating from last January of complaints of sexual assault made by a woman in 2009, when she was 18 years old, have opened up a new insidious and grotesque litany of sexual...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the assurance given that none of the alleged abusers is still working with Scouting Ireland. That is important. Is the Minister confident that Scouting Ireland has the capability and the resources to manage the situation? It is really important that we receive the information and the facts as soon as possible. The drip-drip of information has to stop in order that we can build...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: One of the commitments of the programme for Government is that the Government will ensure robust protections are in place to protect children while online. There is frightening research published in today's The Irish Timesby a company named Zeeko, which confirms that one third of eight year olds and two thirds of sixth class pupils are playing adult games online and that the average age at...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: As were my questions this morning but I go no answers.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (27 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available for a 16 year old autistic student who has specific personal needs and requires home tuition (details supplied). [48882/18]

Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (28 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for that. I also thank the members of the Business Committee for the honour they have bestowed on us today, which is a very difficult day but one of which we as a family are very proud. I am proud of my Dad and his achievements in this House. He served here for 19 years and enjoyed every day he had the privilege of being here. He contested seven elections. For...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Contracts Data (28 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of Government cleaning contracts within his Department (details supplied). [49710/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (28 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of Government cleaning contracts within his Department (details supplied). [49711/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: I wish to begin by expressing my sympathy and that of the Fianna Fáil Party to the Marron family and the Border community in Castleblayney, County Monaghan on the death of Mr. Stephen Marron. Stephen was going about his daily job and was tragically killed as he sat in a parked car on Main Street in Castleblayney. He was a family man, only 47 years of age in the prime of his life, and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: We all accept there is far greater co-operation and it has probably never been as good, yet this situation happened and a family, a community and the Garda community are reeling today because of this situation. We need to ensure that warrants on both sides of the Border can be executed in both jurisdictions and that this situation does not happen again. I ask that whatever investigation the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: It is already well into the winter and, for the first time since records began, the number of hospital patients without beds during 2018 has exceeded 100,000. It is not yet 1 December. However, throughout the country home care packages and home help hours are being curtailed or are being awarded but not funded due to the lack of funding. They are one solution to this problem. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (4 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: 60. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status, from the latest labour force survey, of jobs added in County Mayo in the 12 months to quarter 3 of 2018; and the work under way via IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta to create additional employment here. [50487/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (4 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: I would like to know the Minister's investment plans for County Mayo. The county's joblessness figures have not improved at the same rate as in the rest of the country. County Mayo is home to some of the world's leading companies, yet in recent years it has not had a new IDA Ireland investment. There was no investment in yesterday's announcement of €29 million for regional...