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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues: Commission for Victims and Survivors (11 Apr 2019)

Declan Breathnach: :Through the Chair I propose that the committee write to the Minister for justice and the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste asking for action.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Declan Breathnach: CE is the backbone of many rural and urban organisations. I will not go back over what other Deputies have said but I did hear the Minister, Deputy McHugh, say "unfinished business". This is clearly unfinished business. The recommendations of the Labour Court and the agreement that there would be a follow-up, with a high-level forum that would deal with this issue need to be dealt with...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Declan Breathnach: It is unfinished business.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (8 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: 1543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the 2018 review of income eligibility levels for social housing will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18913/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: The programme for Government contains a commitment to an enhanced health service. During the recess, the President of the High Court suspended a doctor from the medical register who had worked in South Tipperary General Hospital, Mayo University Hospital and in Navan, in my own area. I am very concerned with ensuring that entirely substandard practitioners are suspended. More importantly,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: I raise this in reference to the programme for Government and the fitness to practice inquiry. I wish to ask if the Government is satisfied that the latter is operating correctly.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: Well done on his leniency.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (9 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: The delivery of modern instant communication, be it mobile phone coverage or high-speed broadband, is a necessity in this day and age, not a luxury as some people seem to think, particularly for people in the countryside. Whether for a farmer, for a schoolchild, for someone who does not want to have to commute to the city, or for a rural school, it is essential. The announcement yesterday...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (9 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: I call Deputy Stanley who has six minutes, including for questions and answers.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (9 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: I call Deputy Harty, who is sharing time with Deputy Fitzpatrick.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drugs Crime (9 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: I concur with Deputy O'Dowd. Drugs, criminality, antisocial behaviour, fraudulent activity and raids on the elderly and bank machines are all matters regularly dealt with by the Garda Síochána and are not unique to the north east in any respect. What is happening in Drogheda and other parts of County Louth is a microcosm of what is happening throughout the country. However, the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drugs Crime (9 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: The situation in Drogheda is a microcosm of what is happening throughout the country.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drugs Crime (9 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: So are we.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drugs Crime (9 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: I commend the most recent activity by the Minister. I wish to echo the words of Deputy O'Dowd, but I will try not to be repetitive in the short time I have. What is happening in Drogheda is a microcosm of the situation throughout the country. Although the problem may not get out of hand elsewhere to the degree it has in Drogheda, the Minister should watch this space regarding criminality....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Application (15 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly causing discrimination to public service pensioners by which public service pensioners pay USC on their pension payments whereas social protection pension payments are not subject to USC; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those in receipt of social protection pensions are able to earn an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Practitioners (15 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: 149. To ask the Minister for Health the obligations on the Medical Council of Ireland to report to An Garda Síochána a medical professional who has been struck off the register for offences that are deemed illegal; if there is no obligation on the Medical Council to report such incidents further, his plans to introduce measures to remedy this anomaly; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: 151. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the process that is followed or guidelines that are given by the Medical Council of Ireland to general practices when vetting or hiring general practitioners who may have been struck off in another jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20962/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Funding (15 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make additional funding available to child mental health services in County Louth; if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting lists for child mental health services causing severe distress to families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20993/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (15 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: 170. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by a private health provider (details supplied) for addiction services in receiving recognition for the services it provides and in receiving fair and reasonable payment for the services it provides; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these problems were highlighted by the Health...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2019)

Declan Breathnach: I have been a Deputy for almost four years. I have repeatedly told the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy English, that the vacant housing numbers, both rural and urban, are at most one in 12. Any Deputy who canvasses will verify that statistic. The system is flawed. I ask the Minister to appoint a dedicated housing officer and to carry out a pilot project in my county. County...