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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (2 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the way in which families may avail of family-friendly temporary accommodation units; the way in which these units are being allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20820/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (2 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the way in which homeless persons in commercial hotel and bed and breakfast emergency accommodation will be allocated housing before the mid 2017 deadline to cease the use of these facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20821/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (2 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the proportion of HAP, rapid build and social housing units that will be used to provide housing for homeless families in order to meet the mid 2017 deadline to cease the use of commercial hotel and bed and breakfast emergency accommodation for homeless persons; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (2 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 663. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he and his Government colleagues have given consideration to aligning the retirement age for public servants with the pension age; if he will, in particular, allow those who work in the public service and who wish to continue in their employment beyond the age of 65 to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19477/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 1041. To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner can charge a medical card holder a cost for blood tests when those blood tests are required to monitor an ongoing medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20259/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (2 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 1316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will, in conjunction with the NRA, consider reduced speed limits at junctions from motorways at which there is a build up of exiting traffic in order to reduce accidents at these junctions; if he will consider junctions 28, 29 and 30 from the M7 in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19420/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Retention of Certain Records Bill in the Minister's Department is concerned with retaining the records of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, the Residential Institutions Redress Board and the Residential Institutions Redress Review Committee. The intention in the original legislation was to destroy these records. The legislation received pre-legislative scrutiny well over a...

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is a very long time since it went through pre-legislative scrutiny.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees: Discussion (3 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to acknowledge the work of the child care committees. We all know our own committees best. The Limerick area committee is the committee I know best. Deputy Funchion made a point in respect of funding. She said only 4% of the total funding goes towards the child care committees. In that regard, the committees do a great job. We should acknowledge that. I am keen to follow on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees: Discussion (3 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: Do the witnesses feel parents know about the system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees: Discussion (3 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have a further question on CE workers. Ms Karen O'Sullivan said some of the funding was in order to replace CE workers with qualified child care workers. Many of the CE workers love working in child care and would love to upskill and become child care workers. Is the only option for them to go and do a course in a college of further education or is there a way for them to upskill and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (4 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 265. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the 9,000 families (details supplied) that are to benefit from more affordable child care; the income bracket those 9,000 families are in; the net incomes they would need to be on to qualify for up to €12 a week when the online system is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21199/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (4 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 266. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of families that will be eligible under the community subvention scheme in September 2017; the number of families that will not be eligible but would have been eligible under the affordable child care scheme if implemented according to details published in October 2016; the rates which will be in effect in September 2017 for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (4 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 267. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum hourly and weekly child care subsidy that will be paid for a child aged 18 months, assuming the lowest possible gross and net family income under existing child care schemes in September 2017; the maximum subsidy such a child or similar child will receive when the affordable child care scheme is introduced, or would have...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Inquiry (4 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 268. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in introducing the affordable child care scheme; when her attention was drawn to this; when it is expected she will address those reasons and commence the scheme; if the maximum and minimum subsidies indicated (details supplied) still apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21210/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (9 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultation that has taken place on the new wellbeing curriculum that is proposed in the reform programme for the junior cycle; if it is still possible for groups with an interest in this area to feed into the consultation process; when the subject will commence in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21735/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the construction of a new school (details supplied); when it is expected that the school community can move into the new building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21731/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the construction of a new school (details supplied); when he expects the school community to be able to move into the new building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21734/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme (9 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the value of funding ring-fenced under the capital assistance scheme to provide housing for young persons exiting State care in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22027/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (9 May 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department estimates it will pay to companies engaged under the JobPath programme for the duration of the relevant contracts; the amount which has been expended to date; the number of persons these companies have activated into full-time employment by county, in tabular form; his plans to review these contracts as the State...