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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 32. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress on the pilot scheme to encourage residential occupancy in rural towns and villages as committed to under the Action Plan for Rural Development. [43789/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timeline for the completion of the new action plan for rural development; and if he made a request seeking the transfer of further responsibilities for rural development to his Department. [43785/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the allocation to overseas development aid in 2020; the expected percentage this will be in respect of the ODA-GNI target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44163/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Emigrant Support Services (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expected budget for the emigrant support programme in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44164/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Development Aid (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contribution of Ireland to the trust fund for Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44165/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Peace and Reconciliation Programme (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expected expenditure in 2020 on the peace and reconciliation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44166/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plants (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports he will put in place for small abattoirs that process sheep skins and cattle hides and that may cease trading due to market conditions. [43904/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Administration (5 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 10% penalty for not paying local property tax that is charged on income tax returns is applied to PAYE workers; the reason for the difference between the treatment of self-employed persons and PAYE workers that have not paid the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44699/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (5 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that companies in the leisure sector are still receiving insurance premium increase demands considerably in excess of insurance inflation, including those with no claim history; if his attention has been further drawn to the damage caused to the sector and to employment in the sector by these premium demands; and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (5 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered a proposal for a rural unused Garda station (details supplied) in County Mayo. [44225/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (5 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a summer works application by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has been received; if the fact that the school has not received a reply to the application to date will be acknowledged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44266/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (5 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 450. To ask the Minister for Health the recruitment plans of the HSE in 2020, particularly for healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44284/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Schemes Data (5 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 856. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding will be made available in late 2019 to SEAI to conduct energy efficiency works on homes of persons in receipt of eligible social welfare payments whose homes previously had limited works carried out under the remit of the free upgrade scheme; his views on whether a home that may have received nominal works...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 1024. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has examined enabling private applicants for LEADER funding to qualify for the grant aid rate of 75% for projects that fall under capital investment, investment and other supports including capital+ as is permitted for community applicants; the reason private applicants receive only 50% grant aid; if the 50% grant rate is a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Transitional Payment (5 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: 1073. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the decision to remove lone parents from jobseeker's transitional payment automatically when the youngest child turns 14 years of age is having a negative impact on such applications for other funding streams such as SUSI (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: I would like to begin by referring to something Jonathan Swift wrote in 1710, and the sentiment of which is even more relevant today in the context of false media and false news: "Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect." I mention this in the context of the need for a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: Nothing the Tánaiste said is new. At a time when this country's entire media industry, including RTÉ, is on life support, his prescription is tea and sympathy. He needs to wake up. He has spoken about new challenges, but we have known about these challenges for five years. The Government intends to kick the can down the road for another five years. Will we have a media industry...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: He saw it in The Irish Times.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: This morning, the Committee of Public Accounts received a letter from David Gunning, the chief officer of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board - the famous children’s hospital - updating it on project costs. In his letter, Mr. Gunning states that while things are on budget, there are a number of exceptions which have always been outside of the approved budget for which...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (7 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: Dee Forbes spoke on "Morning Ireland" this morning.