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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Defibrillators in Schools Provision (13 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to liaise with the Minister for Health and the national steering group on out of hospital cardiac arrest in order to make defibrillators more easily accessible in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7365/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 444. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that thousands of the 40,000 eligible schoolgirls are still not getting the HPV vaccine; his plans to increase the take up of the HPV vaccine among eligible schoolgirls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7356/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 445. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the HPV vaccine to boys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7357/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Defibrillators in Schools Provision (13 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 446. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to liaise with the Minister for Education and Skills on the findings, due in 2018, of the national steering group on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in order to make defibrillators more easily accessible in public places and schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7358/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme (13 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 548. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to protect the REFIT revenue due to small and community renewable generators when I-SEM market structure goes live; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7359/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 549. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the upcoming RESS will include technology specific auctions in particular to enable deployment of solar PV generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7360/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 550. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated additional renewable energy generation capacity in energy terms that will be required over the next five years to provide 100% renewable energy for the expanding data centre industry; the number of megawatts of each renewable technology in installed capacity terms which would be required to provide the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (13 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 551. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a clear, detailed and specific roadmap to achieve the Government’s plan of having only electric cars on sale here in 12 years in 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7362/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (13 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he is taking to improve traffic congestion in Dublin in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7350/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Services (13 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the Dublin Bus fleet is adequate to meet passenger demand in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7351/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (13 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a clear, detailed and specific roadmap to achieve the Government’s plan of having only electric cars on sale here in 12 years in 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7352/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if priority is being given to ensure that sufficient planning consents for renewable energy projects in particular solar photovoltaic developments, will be in place in 2018 in order that meaningful competition will take place in the renewable energy support scheme auctions to deliver best value for consumers (details...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (13 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rental property inspections expected to be carried out in each local authority as a result of the provision of €2.5 million of funding for this purpose, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7354/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Data (13 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish and maintain a central register of vacant sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7353/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Feb 2018)

John Curran: 688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to maximise the use of State-owned lands to deliver affordable rental and purchase homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7355/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

John Curran: I will try to stick strictly to the point. In the Minister of State's answer to this House, he said that during 2017 the number of gardaí increased to 13,551, an increase of over 600. Can he explain to us why, if we have 600 extra gardaí in the country, there is a decline in the number of gardaí in Dublin? Why are we not seeing the increases that are happening in other parts...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

John Curran: Will the Minister of State just explain why we are not getting more gardaí?

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

John Curran: While the Minister is very welcome to this debate, like my colleagues, I am disappointed that the Minister for Justice and Equality has not found it possible to attend because this is a very serious issue and we are coming to it from four different constituencies across the greater Dublin area. I want to preface my remarks by putting on the record both my appreciation and the appreciation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (8 Feb 2018)

John Curran: I welcome all members to this meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection. I remind colleagues if they have mobile phones to turn them off. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters before retuning to public session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

John Curran: I apologise for the slight delay and for keeping the witnesses outside. I welcome Mr. Simon McGarr, Mr. Liam Herrick and Dr. Maeve O'Rourke of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL. Before I ask the witnesses to make their opening remarks, I draw their attention to the fact that, by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in...