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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Cassells: 586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17938/18]

Other Questions: Home Help Service Provision (19 Apr 2018)

Shane Cassells: 7. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Meath local health office experienced a reduction of 36,253 home help hours in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17042/18]

Other Questions: Home Help Service Provision (19 Apr 2018)

Shane Cassells: Why did the Meath local health office experience a reduction of 36,200 home help hours in 2017? The fact the drop in home help hours in Meath is many times the national average is shown in the daily calls and visits to my constituency office from people whose loved ones receive half an hour or 40 minutes of care in the morning but do not see anyone else for the rest of the day. I would...

Other Questions: Home Help Service Provision (19 Apr 2018)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Minister of State and I appreciate his reply and the information on the details on the review. In the three years since I have been elected, the biggest issue in my constituency office, after housing, is health, in particular the issue of home help hours. In a county with a population of 200,000 people, it is natural that the elderly population is increasing and the care...

Other Questions: Home Help Service Provision (19 Apr 2018)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Minister of State. The drop is symbolic of resourcing issues in County Meath, which has one of the largest populations in the country but ranks the lowest when it comes to funding across a range of Departments, whether it is with regard to health, policing or housing. I have just come from a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts where a departmental Secretary General has...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)

Shane Cassells: The Chairman is quite right about this being a significant document. It is a pity that much of this information was not provided at the time of the hearing, given that it was easily accessible to the officials concerned and would have been helpful in the course of the discussion on the day, since the questions posed could have been anticipated. There is an overdependency on our rates system,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)

Shane Cassells: There was a categorisation under the local property tax, LPT. When adjudications were made on what was exempt, the Department set down criteria. Estates that were fully occupied were exempt from the charge based on commercial units not being finished as part of the overall development such as an apartment complex.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (17 Apr 2018)

Shane Cassells: 79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda station in County Meath in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16573/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Apr 2018)

Shane Cassells: 350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the proposed butcher apprenticeship; when it will be launched and available for interested parties to apply to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15315/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service (17 Apr 2018)

Shane Cassells: 1503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the town and borough councils that had an auditor's report prepared and issued by the Local Government Audit Service for 2013, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14954/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service (17 Apr 2018)

Shane Cassells: 1504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the town and borough councils that did not have an auditor's report prepared and issued by the Local Government Audit Service for 2013, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14955/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: When the Secretary General was here before Christmas when we had this debate, I made the point about the broader discussion about waste, the culture around it and how we handle it. We spoke about the illegal dumps. My county has one of those remediation sites. It was managed by Meath County Council but it has led to millions being spent on remediation. It is taxpayers' money and public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Data (28 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: 149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the applications submitted to the Office of Public Works by Kilkenny County Council in each of the past three years to address major flooding problems and under the minor works flood relief fund; if the local authority can submit minor works applications for areas included in the CFRAM reports; and if he will make a statement on the...

Genuine Progress Indicators and National Distributional Accounts Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: I am pleased to contribute to this debate and compliment Deputy Brendan Howlin on bringing forward the Bill because there is huge merit in what he has outlined in terms of the measurement of progress in this country. It is hugely relevant in the Ireland of today because of the society that has been created where communities have been built that are devoid of the basic public infrastructure...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: Which I have done.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: One piece of land-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: The Rebuilding Ireland programme has some very ambitious targets for providing homes by county councils this year and in future years. A very basic commodity must exist in order to achieve real traction in tackling the crisis and building homes for people, namely, land. I rarely hear speakers mention the word "land" in debates only people roaring and shouting that they want houses. They...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Passport Applications (21 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: 170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person who is travelling in over three weeks time can book an appointment with the Passport Office regarding a first-time passport application for an infant; and if this application will be processed. [13199/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: It is okay. I will be addressing them myself.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)

Shane Cassells: There is nothing more important than the independence of the media in doing its job. In the past two weeks I have heard that they are under extreme financial pressure and have effectively been coerced into allowing this to run because of the financial strain they are under. There is nothing more important than we have entered a sphere in which the State can buy the news. We are not living...