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Other Questions: Community Services Programme (2 May 2018)

John Curran: 22. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to open the community services programme to additional new entrants in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19011/18]

Other Questions: Community Services Programme (2 May 2018)

John Curran: While I welcome the fact the scheme has been transferred to the Department, I was slightly disappointed with the Minister's response where he said a review of the scheme would take place later in the year. I would have thought that review should be under way as we speak and I am not sure why there would be a delay in that taking place. I acknowledge there were expressions of interest last...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (1 May 2018)

John Curran: 120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to address the issue of pension provision for community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; his plans to implement the Labour Court's recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19127/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (1 May 2018)

John Curran: 119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the high level forum set up to deal with the issue of pension provision for the supervisors and assistant supervisors of community employment schemes has met since its last meeting in November 2017; if so, if a report from the meeting will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19126/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (1 May 2018)

John Curran: 197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the meeting which had been scheduled for 25 April 2018 of interested bodies and parties to discuss the issue of problem quad and scrambler use has taken place; if so, the steps and timelines to address this ongoing issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19051/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Smoking Ban (1 May 2018)

John Curran: 310. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the smoking ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19053/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (1 May 2018)

John Curran: 311. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of his Department's new statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of home support services; the way in which he expects the scheme to improve home support services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19054/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (1 May 2018)

John Curran: 312. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the time persons over 75 years of age are forced to wait in emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19055/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (1 May 2018)

John Curran: 313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who received treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2017 and to date in 2018, by category of treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19056/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (1 May 2018)

John Curran: 314. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 24 April 2018, if it is anticipated that the rate of treatment received by patients through the National Treatment Purchase Fund will continue for the remainder of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19057/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (1 May 2018)

John Curran: 373. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the NTA will publish an integrated implementation plan for the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19052/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (1 May 2018)

John Curran: 390. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she plans to take to ensure children's safety is paramount while they are in foster care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19058/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (1 May 2018)

John Curran: 406. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the status of his Department's review of local community development committees; the improvements that have been made as a result of this review in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19059/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: RAPID Programme (1 May 2018)

John Curran: 407. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline his plans to increase the funding allocated to the RAPID programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19060/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Process (1 May 2018)

John Curran: 434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the stage the provision set out in section 5 of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017 is at to enable customers to volunteer their public services card in circumstances in which they wish to use it as a form of proof of identity and or age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19050/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (26 Apr 2018)

John Curran: 96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a date has been set for a meeting of the high level forum on community employment supervisor pensions; if his attention has been drawn to the anger and frustration of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; his views on the fact that their contribution to improving the life chances of scheme participants and to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Seizures (26 Apr 2018)

John Curran: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the value of illegal drugs seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and for the first quarter of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18361/18]

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

John Curran: While the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, is welcome and while I acknowledge that many of the questions we have asked in the past have been answered by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, it is very disappointing that the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection is not here tonight. It represents a big mistake on the part of the Government to fail to recognise the...

Other Questions: Public Transport Provision (24 Apr 2018)

John Curran: The only specific the Minister gave was to indicate that Kishogue station would open in 2020. Clonburris is located between Clondalkin and Lucan where, in many regards, there are considerable transport infrastructure deficits currently. The Minister's recently announced plan clearly indicated that the Lucan Luas line would not open until after 2027. I am concerned about phasing the...

Other Questions: Public Transport Provision (24 Apr 2018)

John Curran: The Minister is right that we do not know what is going to happen and I did not ask him to say that, in 2020 or 2021, we would have a certain number of buses. However, I want a commitment on the level of transport infrastructure that will be made available in tandem with the housing development. I am looking for a commitment that, as we hit milestones along the way such as 1,000 or 2,000...