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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (3 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for cataract surgery in Cork University Hospital and South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29194/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (3 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for back surgery in CUMH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29195/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (3 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 367. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for hip surgery in the CUMH and South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29196/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Data (3 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 368. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists and times for those waiting for speech and language therapies in each of the areas in Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29197/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (3 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 418. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce minimum fines for illegal dumping, particularly in cases in which waste companies are involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28652/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (3 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 419. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funds have been allocated to clear illegal dumping sites, particularly those near the coast as publicised in the media (details supplied). [28653/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Regulations (3 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 420. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the incinerator levy suggested in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28786/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Telephone Support Allowance (3 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend or reinstate the telephone allowance to all pensioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28784/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (3 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the levels of long-term unemployed; the action she is taking to ensure all opportunities are given to the long-term unemployed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28785/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (3 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposals to introduce a mayor for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28648/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (3 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of voids in each county; the number that have been refurbished since January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28649/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (3 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the process for using State-owned lands for housing; when he expects building to commence particularly in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28650/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (3 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 566. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his departmental officials have discussed the location of the national regeneration agency that was committed to in the National Development Plan 2018-2027; if a process has or will be entered into; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29026/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (28 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Brexit scenario planning that his Department officials are involved in; and the stage the preparations are at. [28543/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (28 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met with the Revenue Commissioners to discuss Brexit scenario planning since President Juncker's comments on same on 21 June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28550/18]

Pre-European Council: Statements (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach write a letter?

Pre-European Council: Statements (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: I note the Taoiseach is a bit more informed today about the eurozone budget proposals than he was yesterday. That is to be welcomed. This week's summit was due to mark a moment of significant progress on Brexit. Unfortunately, this will not now happen. For Ireland, many warning signals are now going off which suggests that, at best, meeting our negotiating objectives will be extremely...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Structured Dialogue Process (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: -----given the level of taxpayer and State investment in hospitals and the complexity of healthcare in terms of the management of a large tertiary hospital. These are hospitals in which the State puts all the eggs - heart disease, cancer, and diseases of all the major organs of the body - in one basket. An important discussion needs to be had with the faith leaders on the reality of all of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Structured Dialogue Process (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: The pace of divestment of schools has slowed down in recent years, in my view, because the Government has decided to take a conflictual approach, with a great deal of conflictual rhetoric, rather than co-operation which was achieving quite a lot previously. The last initiative to dramatically change the dynamic of school formation was a decision I took myself in the late 1990s to eliminate...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Papal Visit (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: Any fair assessment would conclude there is a warm public response to the Pope's visit in August. He is coming here in exactly the spirit we would hope for from the leader of the world's largest organised religion and faith on this island. This is an important opportunity for our society to demonstrate that it respects the faith and sincerity of people at a time when significant progress on...