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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (27 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 115. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have the necessary support put in place for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is due to be discharged from hospital and convalescence care shortly [32352/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Appeals (27 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 125. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a decision on home help in respect of a person (details supplied). [32372/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (26 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider backdating a specific allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [32340/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications Data (25 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine a delay which has arisen with second stage documentation in relation to a Garda vetting application (details supplied); and the reason for the delay in completing the second stage of such applications. [31976/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (25 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the up-to-date position regarding an appeal by a person (details supplied). [31599/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (25 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 472. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in extending a HSE service to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [31944/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Applications (25 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 536. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of the 310 MW of renewable energy that was achieved through the REFIT 3 scheme. [31735/16]

Services and Supports for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I thank my colleague, Deputy Mary Butler, for bringing forward this motion. I also thank the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, for her positive response and for her Department's endeavours to progress supports and provide further funding for this area. Dementia has impacted my own family, with my mother suffering from the condition. It is important that we try to keep people at home; I...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I hope the Chair can divide by three.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I did not.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I appreciate the Minister's earlier comments about help for those in the horticulture sector - particularly mushroom growers - which is badly needed. I also welcome the funding for the greyhound sector but I must express my concern-----

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I am very concerned about the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS, II. I have been promised, day in and day out, that tillage farmers will be accepted into the scheme but no application forms have been made available. I am concerned about this because tillage farmers are telling me that by the time TAMS II is opened up to them, the pot will be empty.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I ask that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine would speed up the application process for TAMS II. Finally, I wish to refer to the fair deal nursing home support scheme.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: What is going on at present is just talk about talks regarding the fair deal scheme.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: This does not just apply to farmers but to all self-employed people who have an asset based business. Finally, on housing------

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: We are going to be here until midnight-----

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It is not often that I, being a member of one of the larger parties, get an opportunity to speak.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I ask the Acting Chairman to allow me to make one more comment. On housing, I welcome the Minister-----

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The 2017 budget proposals are now a week old. It was not a Fianna Fáil budget but I welcome its overall thrust. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, stated in his opening address that thanks to the sacrifices of the Irish people, we are back on the path to a dynamic economy and a just and fair society. My concern is that a vacuum is being created on the right. I read with interest...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (18 Oct 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the undue delay in the finalising of a Garda vetting application by a person (details supplied) which was submitted ten weeks ago. [30702/16]