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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Administration (29 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 51. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the response he received from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to his recent letter on treating community groups applying for LEADER funding with greater flexibility in the procurement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22874/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Development Companies Administration (29 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 68. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress of the training programme for procurement staff in local development companies and local authorities administering the Leader programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22873/19]

Deiseanna Fostaíochta in Earnáil na Gaeilge: Ráitis (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: Ba mhaith liom díriú isteach ar cúpla ábhar faoi leith. Tuigim go bhfuil an díospóireacht seo dírithe ar fhostaíocht maidir le cúrsaí Gaolainne, seachas fostaíocht go ginearálta. Labhair mé cheana faoin reachtaíocht nua i gcomhthéacs an stádais atá ag an nGaolainn in Éirinn agus san Eoraip. Tá...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Provision (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: One area of which the Minister does have control is the availability of capital funding and the ability to ensure that the various providers are able to get access and to build and that services could be built in areas where they do not exist. I understand that €9.6 million is available this year but when one spreads that across the country, it is only a couple of hundred thousand...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Provision (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to expand the availability of ECCE places in Cork city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22686/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Provision (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if parts of Cork city and county with rapidly growing populations will be prioritised for funding for the creation of new ECCE places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22687/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Provision (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: The second year of the early childhood care and education programme, ECCE, has been a positive move. The value of it is diminished when people are not able to gain access to the scheme. Recent parliamentary questions show that in Cork there are 1,300 people who are waiting, while at the same time there are 1,300 vacancies. Clearly, there is an imbalance and the spaces are not where the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Provision (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: The figures the Minister outlined are consistent with those furnished in the replies to parliamentary questions where people are waiting and there are vacancies in different parts of Cork. There is a mismatch and availability needs to be provided locally. People are having to travel further. One service provider, a person on the edge of the city, has people coming from more than a 22 km...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Children in Care (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: Recent inspections have shown that serious concerns arise about the quality of private residential care homes, which care for 239 children. Has the Department taken steps to address the concerns that were raised about staffing and other standards in private residential care homes run by Tusla?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Children in Care (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: The Minister correctly highlighted some of the serious issues I wish to discuss such as staff turnover, lack of experience of staff and the dependency on agency workers. They have an impact on the mood of the entire centre. The children in Coovagh House in Limerick said they felt like they were living in a youth prison. I understand that the person in charge has only visited the centre...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Children in Care (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: The issues were highlighted more than a year ago and there was a follow-up inspection last August. It does not make sense that when issues are identified they are not followed up. Why does HIQA not have the authority or the teeth to follow through and to enforce its own recommendations? The situation in Coovagh House was identified more than a year ago. I understand that my colleague,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: The Pobal report indicates that only 19% of facilities have baby rooms and that some 1,700 infants are on waiting lists, almost half of the total number of people who are enrolled. There is an especially acute issue with babies and toddlers. We know that the ECCE room will be exempt from rates, whereas the baby room is not. My colleague, Deputy Rabbitte, introduced a Bill to equalise that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The childcare sector in Ireland is under phenomenal pressure. There is a shortage of places and the cost of childcare is putting enormous pressure on parents. There are also serious challenges in terms of staff recruitment. Since the introduction of the early childhood care and education, ECCE scheme there is additional pressure on services, in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: I thank the Minister for her reply. The introduction of the ECCE second year is a positive but its value is diminished if people are not able to access and avail of it. According to Teresa Heeney, CEO of Early Childhood Ireland the second year provision has cannibalised the earlier years provision, in particular in areas where there is population growth, and it is more difficult to get a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Abolition (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce or abolish the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22640/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 344. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish the documentation on the various alternatives which were considered to the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22297/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 369. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22625/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (28 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 385. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the improvements in the route 233 bus service in Cork to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22296/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (21 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any of the documents submitted with an application for a sports capital grant for an applicant (details supplied) invalidate the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21673/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (21 May 2019)

Aindrias Moynihan: 649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of income limits for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21504/19]