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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Marie Antoinette Murphy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of school places in a school (details supplied) for September 2020; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that places are not available for children living in Kilcock, County Kildare; the steps he will take to remedy the matter and ensure there are sufficient places available for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a design team will be put in place to progress the architectural planning for a school (details supplied) in view of the decision by KWETB to agree in principle that the permanent school can be located at a campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47347/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (19 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 387. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) that was placed on the orthodontic waiting list for treatment four years ago will receive treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47342/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 388. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 17 September 2019, the steps the HSE has taken to ensure that tender documents are being prepared to enable the new endoscopy unit and other services at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare to proceed to tender in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47344/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 389. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review his decision not to include the refurbishment of the Celbridge health centre dental clinic, Celbridge, County Kildare in the HSE Capital Plan 2020-2023 in view of the serious implications it has for children that have to try and access services in Maynooth and Naas, County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 392. To ask the Minister for Health if funding to a care centre (details supplied) will be increased in order that services can be extended to support those with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47407/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (19 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consultants have been appointed for the provision of technical advisory services to progress the planning and design work on the proposed M4 Maynooth to Leixlip road improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47343/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The upcoming report of the Committee of Public Accounts will highlight again the Government's mismanagement of precious State financial resources. The report is set to highlight overspending in areas such as An Garda Síochána, the Health Service Executive, the direct provision system and a range of other public agencies across the board. For example, in the case of the HSE alone,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government is publishing a report today that calls for a national homeless family strategy that focuses on the needs of children. The Labour Party has been calling for this for some time. My colleague, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, introduced the Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017, which passed Second Stage in the House in March...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Tánaiste the response. It is a prepared response for a question on the progress being made on housing. I welcome progress being made, but my question is child focused. It picks up on the analysis carried out by the two committees referred to by the Tánaiste. The housing committee has done very good work over the last few years on a number of proposals. However, I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Has the Tánaiste read the reports?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It is 20 months.

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: According to a spending review, published by the Department of Justice and Equality in August, 39 direct provision centres are in operation. Seven of them are State-owned but all the centres are managed by private contractors. Recent statistics show that we had just under 3,000 applications for asylum in 2017 with just over 5,000 people living in direct provision with an average length of...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Last year, at the heart of a housing and rental crisis, local authorities built only 2,022 homes. A report entitled, Construction Sector Performance and Prospects 2019, illustrates that there is poor productivity in that sector. It contains an analysis of recovery of other sectors in the domestic economy and showed how far behind the construction sector is in terms of productivity and...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It was 2,000.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: They are paying it in health insurance.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Nobody believes that.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy will next meet. [46452/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It does.