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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (16 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: 623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is bringing forward any plans to facilitate the entry by Irish Water employees or their agents to private dwellings in order to be able to deal with waste water issues in pipes located on private property and deal with waste water blockages across individual homes and housing estates where pipes are located...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance (16 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: 1340. To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce the promised schemes to replace the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant schemes, which were discontinued for new applicants, pending a review which was announced in February 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25770/16]

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: Hear, hear.

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: They have pixie fairies building the houses.

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: Why support it then?

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: Nonsense.

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: Home ownership is at the heart of this Bill, which was moved by Deputy Cowen. Owning ones home is at the very core of who we are for historical reasons, which do not need to be repeated here. The dream of owning a home has gone out of the reach of many people over the past five years. Even after the announcement of the housing strategy yesterday, there is a feature in today's Irish...

Order of Business (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: Given the commitment in the programme for Government to address the evolving educational curriculum, I welcome the announcement yesterday by the Minister for Education and Skills that computer programming and coding will be introduced into the primary school curriculum. Rather than kick this to the NCCA for prolonged consultation, will the Minister, Deputy Bruton, engage with the local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Fund (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts allocated to each local authority in 2014 from the Local Government Fund in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22394/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 636. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite surgery for a person (details supplied). [22354/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 645. To ask the Minister for Health to abolish prescription charges for persons with intellectual disabilities as this cost is a burden on their already small incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22386/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 646. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further funding for sufferers of agoraphobia who require psychiatric counselling in their home as many sufferers are not receiving the support they require for this condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22387/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 647. To ask the Minister for Health if sufferers of agoraphobia can receive funding support from the HSE for private psychiatric counselling as many sufferers require more counselling hours than are provided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22388/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: UK Referendum on EU Membership (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 735. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the plans his Department has put in place to protect Irish farmers following the recent referendum result in which the people of Great Britain and Northern Ireland voted to leave the European Union. [22393/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Vehicles (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 835. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an application (detailed supplied) for a hackney licence was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22389/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 836. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person who has applied for right of residency here, based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child and who has passed the RSA driver theory test can be issued with a driver’s learner permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22391/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 837. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the provision of public transport services to the Kilmessan area in County Meath in order to reduce the amount of commuter traffic to Dublin on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22392/16]

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: I thank Mr. O'Brien and his team for attending. I want to say at the outset that my thoughts today are with the staff of Console and, more important, with the 6,000 people who use the service each year. Some two dozen calls will come through to those lines today, responsibility for which has now been taken over by Pieta House. I wish everyone associated with those services the very best. ...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: Mr. O'Brien acknowledged in the report that there are three different versions of the accounts.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: Dr. Smith mentioned earlier the other audits and 54 agencies in that six and half year period. Does Mr. O'Brien acknowledge that similar scenarios could exist given he has already mentioned three Garda investigations across the board in that respect also?