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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the proposals relating to the dental strategy generally. I am just quoting from the press release issued by the Irish Dental Association, which represents the people who will deliver the proposals. It stated that nothing short of a complete reversal of Government policy would be required if the policy was to be rolled out successfully. The Government does not do reversals very...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: What about contact with the patients?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: Next Wednesday will see the sixth day of striking by paramedics and emergency medical technicians on the issue of union recognition. The Government's strategy seems to be to hope that they will go away. After six days on strike, they are proving they will not. The Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, is an important part of our industrial relations machinery. The Government and the HSE...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: What is the position on asking the WRC to engage?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: The Government has only had eight years.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (4 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 250. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is in receipt of an application from an organisation (details supplied) for assistance towards the purchase of a wheelchair for a person; the waiting list for wheelchair assistance; if this person will receive funding in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15995/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (9 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the status of section 23 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; when he plans to commence the section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16622/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Broadband Plan Administration (9 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 573. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the identification process for sites (details supplied) first commenced and was completed; the agencies and Departments that participated in this exercise; the location of each of the 300 sites by townland and county in tabular form; if the sites have been published; if not, the reason therefor; and the cost of undertaking this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (9 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a proposed water scheme extension in (details supplied) in County Mayo; the steps taken to advance the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16225/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (10 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 929 of 15 January 2019, the number of reviews completed by county by 28 February 2018 in relation to the review of the 2012 pension changes; the number of reviews remaining to be completed at that date; the number of persons in each county that will receive an increase in their pension...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: Across the country there are many thousands of people who wish to buy their own homes or apartments. They are working, multiple jobs in some cases, and many of them have moved home to have the opportunity to save the deposit. They pay enormous and rising rents and because of the size of those rents it is even harder to save a deposit. They are now faced with a new challenge, that after...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: I agree that we need to increase supply but these funds come in and take 3,000 off the plans before people get a chance to see it. The Tánaiste spoke about competition but that is not fair competition. The Government is equipping and incentivising these funds through our tax laws to offer completely unfair competition. The Government is giving them huge power in comparison to the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: The former President of the High Court, Mr. Justice Nicholas Kearns, made some stinging remarks recently about insurance costs. He said that we have an immediate and urgent problem with a compensation culture, and he has called on politicians to step up and do something. Fianna Fáil, in particular through Deputy Michael McGrath, has for some time been offering many suggestions on what...

General Practitioner Contractual Reform: Statements (16 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: Why are they not applying for jobs in the system?

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: "I have reached a point, not only in my legal life but in my life generally, where I am convinced a moment has come in this country where something really has to be done about our compensation culture." These are not the remarks of a business person or politician. They are the remarks of Nicholas Kearns, former President of the High Court and chair of the Personal Injuries Commission. He...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (16 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will implement the 2008 recommendations of the Labour Court in respect of pension entitlements for community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors; the reason the recommendations have not been implemented; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that strike action is impending; if a high level forum set up...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (16 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants to date who have applied to transfer from Dublin zone 46 to another county in Munster, Leinster, Connaught and Ulster, respectively, by grade in each Department under the service wide mobility scheme launched on 13 November 2017, in tabular form; the number of civil servants who requested a transfer to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the first and full year cost of reinstating the pre-2012 pupil-teacher ratio in two, three and four teacher primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17268/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (16 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of restoring school transport services to the criteria that existed pre-2011; and the status of data set out in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 3 December 2015 for the 2010 to 2018 period. [17270/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (16 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 251. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits in each county in the first quarter of 2019, by county in tabular form. [17263/19]