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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Provision (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: The second year of the early childhood care and education programme, ECCE, has been a positive move. The value of it is diminished when people are not able to gain access to the scheme. Recent parliamentary questions show that in Cork there are 1,300 people who are waiting, while at the same time there are 1,300 vacancies. Clearly, there is an imbalance and the spaces are not where the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Provision (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: The figures the Minister outlined are consistent with those furnished in the replies to parliamentary questions where people are waiting and there are vacancies in different parts of Cork. There is a mismatch and availability needs to be provided locally. People are having to travel further. One service provider, a person on the edge of the city, has people coming from more than a 22 km...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Provision (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: One area of which the Minister does have control is the availability of capital funding and the ability to ensure that the various providers are able to get access and to build and that services could be built in areas where they do not exist. I understand that €9.6 million is available this year but when one spreads that across the country, it is only a couple of hundred thousand...

Deiseanna Fostaíochta in Earnáil na Gaeilge: Ráitis (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: Ba mhaith liom díriú isteach ar cúpla ábhar faoi leith. Tuigim go bhfuil an díospóireacht seo dírithe ar fhostaíocht maidir le cúrsaí Gaolainne, seachas fostaíocht go ginearálta. Labhair mé cheana faoin reachtaíocht nua i gcomhthéacs an stádais atá ag an nGaolainn in Éirinn agus san Eoraip. Tá...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Abolition (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce or abolish the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22640/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 344. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish the documentation on the various alternatives which were considered to the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22297/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 369. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22625/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 385. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the improvements in the route 233 bus service in Cork to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22296/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Administration (29 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 51. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the response he received from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to his recent letter on treating community groups applying for LEADER funding with greater flexibility in the procurement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22874/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Development Companies Administration (29 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 68. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress of the training programme for procurement staff in local development companies and local authorities administering the Leader programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22873/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (30 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 28. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the review process into those persons affected by the 2012 changes to the State pension (contributory) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23040/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (30 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 42. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of reviews which have been completed into those persons affected by the 2012 changes to the State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23041/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (11 Jun 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the implementation of the national taking in charge initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24001/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (11 Jun 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is further information required by his Department which is needed to approve the new national taking in charge initiative; when he expects to invite applications for project bids under the scheme from local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24000/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jun 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if a previous summer works application to change the boundary is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23740/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (11 Jun 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 508. To ask the Minister for Health if the heads of the Bill to give effect to the proposed changes to the fair deal scheme will be published soon; the full extent of these proposed changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23591/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (11 Jun 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 721. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the relocation of laboratories under the aegis of his Department; and the timeframe for completion of the relocation. [23210/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (11 Jun 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 769. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23682/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (Resumed): Arts and Culture Capital Scheme (12 Jun 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the examination of options for a new round of arts and cultural capital funding has been completed; if so, when the round will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24333/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (Resumed): Arts and Culture Capital Scheme (12 Jun 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: There is a need for a new capital programme to support arts centres across the country. We have not had one since 2017. There needs to be an ambitious capital programme so that projects such as Briary Gap in Macroom and many others can be supported. I understand the Department has been reviewing the various options. Can the Minister advise us of the up-to-date plan for a new capital...