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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Leave (29 Nov 2017)

Noel Grealish: 495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy regarding maternity leave and adoptive leave for women who become mothers through surrogacy in cases in which the mother has their name listed on the birth certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50812/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties Data (29 Nov 2017)

Noel Grealish: 537. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the number of vacant homes is related to the ongoing backlog in the Probate Office; the data in regard to the number of homes affected in this way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50815/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (29 Nov 2017)

Noel Grealish: 543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the income of an elderly person is taken into consideration when the discount under the tenant purchase scheme is being calculated in view of the fact that this person cannot purchase the house in their own right; the timeframe for when the report on the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be released; and...

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2017)

Noel Grealish: Now that the Government has apparently survived its own health scare, perhaps it can turn its attention to the far more pressing matter of the health of the nation as a whole. There appears to be a lack of urgency in the Government's response to the Sláintecare report, produced by the cross-party Committee on the Future of Healthcare. The report, with its far-reaching recommendations...

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2017)

Noel Grealish: My own local hospital, University Hospital Galway, UHG, which is the busiest in the country, is an example of the woes of the current health system, with its growing waiting lists and overcrowded emergency department. The situation has been made worse by the fact that leaking roofs over the operating theatres in Merlin Park Hospital have resulted in some procedures having to be carried out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2017)

Noel Grealish: As I am speaking on Leaders' Questions I will have to leave early. I congratulate Deputy Cannon on his appointment as Minister of State. He referred in his speech to the delegation that recently visited two countries in Africa. I was part of the delegation to Malawi and Mozambique. I am sure Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan and the Chairman will elaborate more on that. The clerk travelled with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (5 Dec 2017)

Noel Grealish: 237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 21 November 2017, the steps being taken to have CCTV cameras erected on motorways in an effort to counter the activities of roaming criminal gangs preying on vulnerable persons and businesses in rural areas aside from the community based CCTV grant aid scheme which would not be...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Noel Grealish: I thank the Minister of State for coming before us. He said that this committee always talks about the role of our Defence Forces abroad - one could say nearly all over the world but particularly in the Middle East and in the African continent. I am very proud of the Defence Forces and the work they do. We visited Georgia recently and visited an EU monitoring mission along the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Noel Grealish: Do we need Dáil approval for each project?

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (7 Dec 2017)

Noel Grealish: 237. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the person who requested legal advice (details supplied); the basis of the request; the reason there was a different approach taken to Galway; if he will provide the legal opinion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52403/17]

Home Care Packages: Motion [Private Members] (12 Dec 2017)

Noel Grealish: I thank my colleague for bringing this motion before the House. It is a wonderful thing that, with the advances in medicine and in our general health, people are living longer, more fulfilling lives. The number of people in Ireland aged over 65 is soaring. It has jumped by almost a fifth in the space of just five years according to the 2016 census. The population of those aged over 80 has...

Home Care Packages: Motion [Private Members] (12 Dec 2017)

Noel Grealish: It is scandalous.

Home Care Packages: Motion [Private Members] (12 Dec 2017)

Noel Grealish: The door has been left open for that to be done.

Home Care Packages: Motion [Private Members] (12 Dec 2017)

Noel Grealish: There has been no press coverage of that measure.

Home Care Packages: Motion [Private Members] (12 Dec 2017)

Noel Grealish: We are the Rural Independent Group, not the rural alliance. The Deputy should correct the record.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)

Noel Grealish: Community employment, CE, schemes have transformed rural towns and villages throughout the country and given exceptional support to charitable groups and organisations. They worked extremely well for years until the Government started tinkering with them, constantly changing the rules and regulations to such an extent that their future is being put in jeopardy. Sponsors are being scared off...

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)

Noel Grealish: Many voluntary sponsoring groups and sponsoring chairmen are largely unaware of the full responsibility being placed on them because of the efficiency of the supervisors in looking after all aspects of the schemes. The Department does not seem to acknowledge the vast amount of work being undertaken by supervisors, and how constantly changing procedures and requirements make this role...

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)

Noel Grealish: I totally disagree with the Taoiseach. The CE schemes do tremendous work. These schemes would not be in operation if it were not for the supervisors. The supervisors on CE schemes run by certain local authorities, including Galway City Council, and Údarás na Gaeltachta have full pension rights. The Taoiseach must solve this issue. The supervisors are employed through the CE...

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)

Noel Grealish: What happens when the supervisors pull out? Who is going to do all the work then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Post-Brexit Trade Opportunities: Asia Matters (14 Dec 2017)

Noel Grealish: I thank Mr. Murray for attending. I agree there are great opportunities in Asia. I have been to China on a number of occasions in a private capacity. Last year, I visited with a group of Galway businesses as part of a delegation to Huzhou. We met the secretary of the Communist Party there. He organised a banquet for us on the night. I was sitting beside him and the biggest discussion...