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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (21 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: 382. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that 80% of blindness incidence is preventable and that five persons per week became blind here in the years 2013 to 2016; if he agrees that investment in cost effective interventions can reduce economic costs; if he is committed to the development and full implementation of a comprehensive national vision strategy; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Contracts (21 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: 497. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware that the company awarded a public contract for delivering the emergency call answering service is not a living wage employer and that staff are paid less than the living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16911/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Warmer Homes Scheme (21 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: 502. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of the €5 million pilot scheme under the warmer homes scheme whereby persons that have a medical illness can have their homes upgraded which will be provided by Waterford city and county; if he is aware that the Waterford energy bureau are aware of at least 50 private homes which would benefit under...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Communities Programme (21 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: 511. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware that Waterford City and County Council have made an application to the Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland for funding under the better energy communities scheme; that its initial application was declined; if he is providing additional funding under the scheme, if he will consider the application in this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (21 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: 539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet the board of Waterford Airport given the discontinuation of services by a company (details supplied) recently at the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16973/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (21 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: 540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the increased funding he will make available to Waterford Airport following commitments in the programme for Government; the restrictions that exist in terms of European Union law and EU directives in providing funding to regional airports; and if he will make an investment in extending the runway at the airport. [16974/16]

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (16 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: This is as a result of many problems in many areas of the hospital in Waterford with regard to orthopaedics, ophthalmology and ear nose and throat. There are real pressure points in all of these areas. All of these bottlenecks merge in the accident and emergency department and create the crisis we have. We have record numbers of people awaiting treatment and not only in Waterford. This...

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (16 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: In 2011, in addressing the previous Minister for Health, Senator James Reilly, I told him he could be a reforming, radical Minister for Health. I then said the same to the Minister, Deputy Varadkar. Unfortunately, both failed in their jobs - both failed to reform the health system and both failed to bring us any closer to a single-tier, fair universal health care system. The Minister,...

Order of Business (16 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: The programme for Government commits to a public sector pay commission, to be established in due course. One of the sorest points for public sector workers concerns the treatment of the post-2011 new entrants. We have a two-tier parallel pay structure in place.

Order of Business (16 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: Will that be a priority for the Government?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (16 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of registered companies; the number that were liable for corporation tax; the number that paid it and the amount they paid; the number that did not pay it, in each case by payment bands (details supplied) in each of the years 2008 to 2015, in tabular form. [16471/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Staff Remuneration (16 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: 255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of ensuring that workers his Department recruited post-2011 are paid on the pre-2011 salary rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16591/16]

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (15 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: I wish the Minister well in his new post. It is the first time I have addressed him in this Chamber, and I have worked very well with him in his previous incarnation as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. I find myself agreeing with much of what he said in his speech. The problem is that the rhetoric in the speech does not match the output in terms of the outgoing Government's...

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (15 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: It is €1.5 million.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (15 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Companies Act 2014 to hold a company officer or officers acting on behalf of a corporate body personally liable where a breach of employment law is committed.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (15 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time." This is a Bill to amend the Companies Act 2014 to hold a company officer or officers acting on behalf of a corporate body personally liable where a breach of employment law is committed. It would lift the "corporate veil" whereby company officers or directors can separate the legal personality of a company from their legal...

Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: On the Order of Business a number of weeks ago, I asked the Taoiseach about the status of the Action Plan for Jobs for the south east and whether it was the intention of the Government to re-evaluate that plan. Since then we have had the publication of the CSO quarterly household survey, which shows that unemployment in the south east is still dangerously high at 12.5%. It is double that of...

Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: -----an independent report published by Waterford Institute of Technology which shows again the neglect of the south-east region. Is it the intention of the Government to re-evaluate the regional jobs strategies? Given the very high levels of unemployment in the south east, will the Taoiseach commit to giving the south east a higher priority?

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: The Chairman always uses the word "brief" when it comes to me. I hope I get the same time as everybody else. I thank him for his clarification. I welcome the Ministers. The Government's submission was helpful in the sense that it set out the new budgetary cycle. We have had discussions on this. As the Minister, Deputy Noonan, put it, we are a scoping or arrangements committee which is...

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: I am asking the Minister for his view.