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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (10 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: 904. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is necessary for a person who is applying for a community employment scheme to attend a Seetec or JobPath programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30892/18]

Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: This motion outlines the serious gaps in infrastructure in this State. Fianna Fáil will be well acquainted with the issue, as it was in government for decades and did not bother with long-term, sustainable planning and development. After it bankrupted the country, another decade passed without investment in infrastructure. This was a policy decision by Labour and Fine Gael to punish...

Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: Fianna Fáil is getting tetchy. That is understandable.

Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: The Fianna Fáil Deputies are tetchy. The Government has made an absolute mess of TEN-T core network funding. The western arc must be included. At the moment only Dublin to Cork, Dublin to Belfast and Dublin to Limerick are included. This means that 80% of TEN-T funding is automatically excluded from the west. Consultation with regional authorities in the west has been non-existent....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: 312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant nursing positions in St. Mary's Hospital, Dublin Road, Drogheda and in the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth. [31129/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: 313. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to staff the increased 100 bed facility committed to for St. Mary's Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth. [31130/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Election of Chairman (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: I thank the Chairman. I propose, since we have all members in attendance, that we take this opportunity to fill the position of Vice Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Election of Chairman (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: I propose Deputy Stanley.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: I refer to correspondence which the Chairman may have mentioned without me hearing. The committee has received correspondence from LocalLink requesting that the restructuring of LocalLink is put on the agenda for September's meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: I propose that we include that on the agenda for September's meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: The correspondents have asked for September.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: I propose that the committee discuss the matter during the first sitting in September, and that the committee invite representatives from LocalLink to hear their views on the restructuring.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: There are concerns around it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: In his statement the Minister said he had felt it made sense to have the Irish Aviation Authority as the airport noise regulator. I am curious as to why he thought that was a good idea when there were already serious questions about the independence of the authority. There was to be a process to separate the two main functions of the authority and bring the safety regulations under the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: As I said to the Minister earlier, when he said in his statement that he felt it made sense for the IAA to be appointed as the airport noise regulator, he cannot blame people for being concerned now if his thoughts on that proved to be wrong, given the legal advice that stated that the appointment of the IAA could have been subject to legal challenge. It is now widely felt he then appointed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: The Minister did not provide an update on the process of separating the safety regulation from the IAA to bring it under the Commission for Aviation Regulation. There was a process under way. I seek an update on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: I was fearful that the Minister had originally said he thought it made sense for the IAA to be the noise regulator, but the advice was that that would have been open to legal challenge. I have asked how we can have confidence that the Minister now feels it should be Fingal County Council which has no obvious or specific expertise in this specialised area other than the in-house expertise any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: It is only 8%, but 8% of any local authority's budget is a substantial amount.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: Fingal County Council's point of view might be that being in receipt of such funding meant that it was not entirely independent in its decision-making.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Imelda Munster: That is not what I said. I said it gives one a feeling.