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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (13 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1012. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the roll-out by a company (details supplied) of high fibre broadband to areas marked light blue on the national broadband plan; the reason some homes in areas are being connected by the company while neighbours are not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34081/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (13 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1020. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the provision of refit tariffs for solar energy developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34325/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1077. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed Kildare route project to facilitate increased rail capacity and frequency between Kildare and Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34194/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (13 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the provision of planning guidelines for solar powered developments nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34322/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Minister and his officials for attending. This is my first committee meeting, having just recently been appointed. In my preparation for a discussion on macroeconomics, I had not expected it to be dominated in the early stages by water charges. Having served on the water committee for four months along with the Chairman, it is important to touch on the issue. I agree that we...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: Obviously, before and after the budget, the Opposition will focus on where it would like extra money to be spent and all the areas in respect of which it would like to see improved investment. Given that the Minister's brief has become bigger than the area of public expenditure and that he is now also charged with responsibility for ensuring sustainable growth into the future, I want to ask...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: It is my strong view that climate change, rather than being a negative, offers huge opportunities for the economy. As a country, we should be embracing the green technology sector. My fear is that the coverage of climate change is all about the negatives and the things we have to do to pull everything back. I think there are a lot of positives which we could try to tap into as part of a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: May I ask one other question?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Minister for this response. In terms of the Department's costing of the potential impact of a hard Brexit, if that scenario was to develop, when in the coming years would it be most likely to have an impact? Would it be more of a medium-term impact?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: I welcome the Government's plan to implement the recommendation made this week to increase the minimum wage. This is a very important move and the right thing for us to do in a just and fair society. We also need to support those who take the risk of employing staff. I have a huge regard for anyone running a small or medium-sized business and I imagine that Friday comes around very quickly...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: To follow on from that point, is the Minister committed to increasing the earned income tax credit for the self-employed to match the PAYE credit?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (26 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare which needs additional classrooms for the new school year in September 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36459/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Training (26 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1096. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the consideration of a proposal to provide specific general practitioner training programme for County Kildare in view of the increasing population in the county and concerns around the future availability of GP's particularly in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36502/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (26 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the ongoing review of ANCs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36511/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Supports (26 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1461. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the allowances paid to foster persons particularly those paid for foster children over 18 years of age that remain in full-time care of the foster persons and require as much if not more care than younger children but receive a lower rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36438/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (26 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1462. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider the status of a community centre (details supplied) in County Kildare as a family resource centre in view of the low level of such centres in County Kildare and the work that is carried out at the centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36439/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (26 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the application of social welfare payments for persons that work part time over a seven day period due to the nature of their industry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36458/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (26 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options open to parents of children of 18 years of age plus who are still in secondary school but no longer eligible for children's allowance; if they are entitled to apply for other allowances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36495/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Curragh Plains Representative Forum (26 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1752. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action his Department can take and has taken in 2017 to deal with incidents of illegal dumping and illegal camping on the Curragh Plains which is causing concerns for local persons and users of the plains; his views on whether these actions are sufficient to deal with the incidents; his further views on whether additional resources or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: 762. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the need for a full time general practitioner service for Monasterevin, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36811/17]