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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (9 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: 554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to fund all proposed low-cost safety improvement projects for roads in County Limerick as proposed by Limerick City and County Council; the planned date for sanctioning of funding for such projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16736/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Reviews (9 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: 588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for further backdating of the maximum rate of qualified adult allowance payment for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16275/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (9 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: 606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; if persons can still apply; and the criteria for same. [16209/19]

Rural and Community Development: Statements (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: I wish to share time with Deputy McLoughlin.

Rural and Community Development: Statements (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: I was struck by what Deputy Ferris said about rural Ireland. I emigrated during the recession and back then in 2010 and 2011 there was no hope anywhere in rural Ireland. When I see how it is today I think the situation has improved compared to where it was seven or eight years ago. We have come out of the recession. I have listened to many political statements in the past hour and I...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Investment Scheme (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: 215. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of interest in the built heritage investment scheme and historic structures fund in County Limerick. [16776/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: On recruitment, my opinion, which is partially based on sitting on the Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care, is that in respect of health in the public service in particular - social work is coming in under Tusla, which was under the HSE - the rigidity of the centralised recruitment system is hampering us in a market where we have a scarcity of supply. My background is that I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: Sorry to cut across but do they pursue social work in the new place they go or do they change careers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: Given the lack of supply, I assume it would be very difficult to find social workers to supervise or mentor because they may not be there or their workloads are very heavy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: Would they have the time to do it, given the pressures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: I understand. I am just trying to tease it out. What age does somebody have be to retire from Tusla? Is it 66? Do they have to retire?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: Would there be merit there for former social workers who have had to retire at 66 to come back into the system solely in a mentoring capacity? Would there be an avenue for that, or an appetite for it? They would not be working full time. They may be in a mentoring role or a support-type role, which could be ten or 20 hours a week. This goes back to one of the other issues I have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: When Dr. Halton says supervision, she is separating supervision from mentorship. They are two different avenues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: It is to do with the softer things, for want of a better word, the emotional support, support groups, or the lack of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: On recruitment, would it help if we were to move from a centralised national level of recruitment to more of a localised recruitment setting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: Can Ms Feeney give me an example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: That is if they get paid through their practice-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: I want to tease out the panel question. It was said that the panels get clogged with people, and I am just trying to understand the minutiae of this. They are offered a role and if they turn it down, they just stay on the panel. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: It would have stopped the people trying to move from Galway to Dublin and so on. When recruiting in Galway, it is Galway-oriented candidate who come in.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: The programme for Government refers to roads. With regard to rural Ireland, I welcome the blitz in regard to the local improvement scheme and improving access to that type of private road. I would like to raise an issue in regard to tertiary roads and third class-type roads. I believe we should consider some sort of scheme and have a blitz in this area as well, which would not only aid the...