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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (17 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 101. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to provide a home help to a person (details supplied). [2157/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure (17 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 109. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the funding being made available by his Department to the HSE under the fair deal scheme in respect of a hospital (details supplied) to put it on a par with other similar hospitals; and if his attention has been drawn to the funding deficit which threatens the future viability of this facility. [2182/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (17 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the criteria in respect of the local authority housing loan scheme in order to take into account the difficulties facing many persons (details supplied). [2144/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I welcome the representatives of the transport service providers and thank them for their very informative presentations. My first question is general. Do they comply with some directive on the percentage of their funding to be set aside to provide an upgrade in disability services? Of every €10 they spend, how much is geared towards improving disability access and safe travel? ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I have one other question. Why does Bus Éireann not have audio announcements on its service as Dublin Bus has? What percentage of the Bus Éireann fleet has a screen display for its passengers? Dublin Bus seems to be more advanced. I accept that Bus Éireann is playing catch-up in funding, but is it making progress on the screen display for passengers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: On that issue, is it because the bus is full at other times? Can the space not be kept? Is that not viable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: No, it is fine. Like a car park, there may be no disabled drivers using it 90% of the time, but spaces for them are always kept.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I want to raise coach tours. The Transport Council of Ireland touched on the question earlier in relation to obligations. For instance, is there a legal obligation to provide certificate of professional competence, CPC, training?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of all persons approached to be appointed to the board of the Road Safety Authority of Ireland; and the persons who declined the offer. [2443/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria for appointment to the board of the Road Safety Authority of Ireland. [2445/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of persons who expressed an interest in being appointed to the board of the Road Safety Authority of Ireland; and the specialist knowledge of each in relation to road safety. [2446/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (18 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of the members of the board of the Road Safety Authority of Ireland; and the specialist knowledge of each in relation to road safety issues. [2447/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Heritage Council Expenditure (23 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 75. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to a proposal by the Heritage Council to reduce funding under the category of the Irish Walled Towns Network; if funding levels will be maintained and or extended; and if this funding will be accessible to all towns that are recognised by the Irish Walled Towns Network (details supplied). [2936/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Heritage Council Expenditure (23 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I congratulate the Minister on her appointment on her first time taking questions. Is the Minister aware of any proposal by the Heritage Council to reduce funding under the category of the Irish Walled Towns Network? Will she confirm that current funding levels will be maintained and extended and will she further confirm that this funding will be accessible to all towns that are...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Heritage Council Expenditure (23 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I thank the Minister for her response. The first thing she should do when she leaves the Chamber is tell the Heritage Council to update its web page. According to its list, there are only 28 member towns in the Irish Walled Towns Network. To support the case of Buttevant, the heritage group is in its infancy. It was only formed in 2007, and the walled towns division was established in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (23 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 471. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to devise a mechanism once a preferred bidder is chosen by his Department for the roll-out of broadband under the national broadband plan for State-led intervention similar to that of the community involvement scheme whereby a small number of persons that may live on a particular road or area would...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (23 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the N20 Mallow relief road will be built independently of the M20 Cork to Limerick motorway from both an infrastructural and financial point of view further to the announcement made by his Department in respect of the enhanced roads investment following the capital review. [3034/18]

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I am delighted to be given the opportunity to speak on the report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. That amendment was passed by the people in 1983. I note that I speak as an individual and a Member of this Dáil. I pay tribute to those Oireachtas Members who participated and gave much of their time to deliberate and compile a report. That is as...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: They should have taken on board requests, unless other members said "No". I do not see that recorded. It was the responsibility of the chairperson, supported by the secretariat. The job of the secretariat was to bring evidence before the committee. Several names were proposed by pro-life members and some of these were rejected, contributing further to the imbalance in the perspective...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Am I not entitled to hold my opinion? Everybody who speaks on this issue in the Chamber is brave. However, if one reverses one's opinion we see what happened across the water with the one and only President Donald Trump, who is now very much pro-life. The liberal media appear to castigate him for his change of mind. Can the change of mind not work both ways? There is more than one...