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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (2 May 2017)

Shane Cassells: 860. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of occupational therapists in Meath primary care service; if these posts have been advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19443/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (2 May 2017)

Shane Cassells: 861. To ask the Minister for Health if the current waiting times in the occupational therapy service of Meath primary care are similar to those in other areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19444/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: I raised this matter previously. Section 16 of the programme for Government dealing with local government reform promised a Government report by mid-2017 on measures to boost local government, leadership and accountability. What is the position with the completion of that report and the status of town councils? Following on from a report in The Irish Timesthis morning quoting the Minister,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: I would appreciate that as I have asked about this previously.

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): School Accommodation Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: It is not a proper one. It is a room the school has adapted.

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): School Accommodation Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise in our national Parliament the concerns and issues of St. Fiach's national school in the small parish of Ballinacree in north Meath. I am very appreciative of the fact it is the Minister, Deputy Bruton, who is present and I thank him for that because, as a Meath man, he knows this area of the county well and knows how this little...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): School Accommodation Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Minister for the response and I appreciate he gets many such requests. However, the context for engaging with him on this particular file is the fact the school was awarded an additional teacher in 2011 and the plans to progress the much-needed facilities were never implemented. The school needs positive engagement with the Department. I ask the Minister to re-examine that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (11 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: 707. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure broadband roll-out in Ballinakill, Enfield, County Meath, under the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17498/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (6 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: 15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the immediate steps he will take to address the anomaly whereby members of Irish Water and local authorities will not enter the grounds of private dwellings to deal with wastewater issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16814/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme (6 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: 16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking in conjunction with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to create community centres and facilities in newly created high density urban areas in which there is a complete dearth of facilities and lack of amenities for young persons; the funding in place to both construct and staff...

Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: First Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to allow for the creation of a Local Government Commission to carry out a review and make recommendations relating to the establishment and boundaries of a town council system and to provide for related matters. The Bill has as its aim the restoration of town councils which had served citizens so well for over a century. The...

Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: First Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (5 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: Ms O'Sullivan deserves praise for corresponding with the committee. I am sure many students leave an examinations hall and have conversations in bike sheds and so forth on aspects of the paper and whether they would have been able to answer question X, Y and Z if they had been given more time. Many of us will have had similar conversations during our junior and leaving certificate days. We...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (5 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: Imagine what this would do for school students. A young student has taken time to correspond with the Oireachtas to highlight flaws or an unfairness regarding the time afforded to students to complete examination papers. This would do more than many protests outside the gates of the House. It would also be a great example of the committee's role in dealing with petitioners who advocate for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (5 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will allow cystic fibrosis to be listed as a disease whereby those with the condition or their carers avail of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16890/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (5 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: 238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will allow cystic fibrosis to be listed as a disease in which minors with the condition avail of the free travel scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16891/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (4 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: 541. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and the reason for the delay in processing a nursing registration application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16578/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: 560. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each region who are currently on a waiting list to have cataract removal procedure, in tabular form; when he expects these lists to be cleared; the average waiting time for each region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16679/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)

Shane Cassells: I offer a very warm welcome to the president and all the other staff of DkIT. As a Deputy representing a Meath constituency, I am acutely aware of the role of DkIT as an institute of technology, its importance to the wider north-east region as an educational campus and its wider importance to the economy, not just of Dundalk, but more widely. Denis Cummins came to Meath County Council when...

Public Accounts Committee: Dundalk Institute of Technology: Financial Statement 2015 (30 Mar 2017)

Shane Cassells: I want to talk about that, but before we get there, the first priority of the financial plan, to which Ms Campbell has referred, is getting the college back on an even keel.