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Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: What are Mr. Shanahan's views on the NTA and its relationship with Uber here and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport?

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: I pay tribute to Deputy Barry Cowen for bringing forward the Bill because this is the one issue on which people want to see real progress. In fairness, there is genuine goodwill in the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government towards the work of Ministers and hope people will all pull together. The Minister's comments were fair, constructive and very helpful, even when he was...

Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (4 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: The Minister has said that Eirgrid has put out the tender for the design and testing of the 400 pylons, each carrying 400,000 volts for the North-South Interconnector project. The deadline for submission is 20 October, which is this month. This moves Eirgrid into conflict mode with the people of Meath, Cavan and Monaghan. The Minister knows this full well. It confirms that public...

Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (4 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: Is the Minister saying that Eirgrid is flagrantly ignoring the democratic process and that it does not have his or the Government's tacit approval to proceed in this way? The people in my county and the north-east pylon pressure group want to make it clear to Eirgrid that it may dictate to the Minister, the Government and Department officials how it plans to proceed with the interconnector,...

Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (4 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the tendering process initiated by EirGrid to acquire 400 pylons for the North-South interconnector project before the independent expert group study has been completed. [41886/17]

Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (4 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will direct EirGrid to cease the tendering process to acquire 400 pylons for the North-South interconnector project pending the outcome of the independent expert group's study. [41887/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (4 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are in place to protect adoptees whose attention has not been drawn to their adoption in cases in which they apply for the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42072/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (4 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason adoptees have to provide a copy of their birth certificate when applying for the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42073/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (3 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 304. To ask the Minister for Health if versatis medicated plasters will remain as a reimbursable item under the medical card or drugs payment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41304/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (3 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 305. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is cost effective to place a person (details supplied) in a nursing home when a home care package would suffice in meeting their care needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41305/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the acting Garda Commissioner and wish him well in his role. It was certainly one of the shortest opening statements we are likely to get in the Committee of Public Accounts. It is hugely regrettable that the acting Garda Commissioner has taken the decision not to honour the commitment to release the report into the reopening of Garda stations. The key point is the fact it will...

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: Please do.

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: It is interesting because the acting Garda Commissioner mentioned the census and populations trends. I am in a county of 200,000 people where crime is up by 59%. I do not have the level of intelligence afforded by the crime reports the acting Garda Commissioner has but I have the very basic statistics that show that the closure of stations and the reduction of personnel are obviously having...

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: Chairman, with regard to the point made by Deputy Connolly-----

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: Would anyone have actually contacted Assistant Commissioner O'Driscoll, be it a senior official in the Department or anyone on the behest of a Cabinet Member, to extract the Stepaside Garda station away from the others to give it this prominence? I think that people are finding it hard to put this in their head as to why that station was picked out and why an interim draft report would not be...

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: Did anybody bring pressure to bear to say that Stepaside Garda station should be put-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: We need to, yes.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: 168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency hours that have been approved for all vaccination programmes in schools in County Meath to the end of 2017. [41071/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vaccination schedules postponed in County Meath schools in the past number of weeks. [41072/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Sep 2017)

Shane Cassells: 170. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a threat to scheduled vaccination appointments in secondary schools in County Meath in the week commencing 25 September 2017 or in the coming weeks. [41073/17]