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Other Questions: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (15 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she examined empowering the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in order to issue civil fines for anti-competitive practices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15803/16]

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this topic because I have been listening with great interest to the debates of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness in recent weeks. The committee has had various groups before it as it tries to get a firm handle on the problem and produce an overall set of proposals for the Minister to consider and discuss with all sides of the House. The...

Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: As I said, centres will be closing their doors in three weeks and yet there is an information vacuum in terms of what is going to happen next. I welcome the Minister's confirmation on current supports. In County Meath, 100 children and their parents will be seeking supports from preschool services come September. Even though the €3,000 per annum for providers of special needs...

Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Minister.

Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the access and inclusion model for children with additional needs entering the early childhood care and education scheme in September 2016; and if she will provide a commitment that the Health Service Executive will not withdraw any supports currently in place until the new seven level model is embedded...

Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: What is the status of the implementation of the access and inclusion model for children with additional needs entering the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme in September of this year? Will the Minister give a commitment that the HSE will not withdraw any supports currently in place until the new seven levels model is embedded in the early years sector?

Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Minister for her response. The confirmation in respect of the supports is welcome but the core of the question refers to the status of the implementation. I tabled this question on supports for children with additional needs entering the free preschool year because there has been a massive information vacuum for both providers of these services and parents. Mums and dads...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (9 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 187. To ask the Minister for Health if the recently announced freeze on new home care packages for the elderly affect those supported by home care packages who need increased hours of home care support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15246/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (9 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 188. To ask the Minister for Health when the recently announced freeze on new home care packages for the elderly will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15247/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (9 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 189. To ask the Minister for Health if he considered the impact on the independence of the elderly prior to the recent decision to freeze new home care packages for the elderly; the rationale for continuing the freeze given this impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15248/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eurozone Issues (9 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department performed an analysis of the economic impact on the agricultural sector here of a potential Brexit, and if so, to provide the details and data from this analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15249/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eurozone Issues (9 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department put in place measures to deal with the impact on the agricultural sector of a potential Brexit, and if so, his Department’s strategy for protecting farmers and the agricultural sector if the United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union on 23 June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (8 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she will appoint a permanent chief superintendent for the Meath division of An Garda Síochána, given this county’s high population and that it has been without one for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14965/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data (8 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance the precise number and percentage of small and medium enterprises refused funding for the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland scheme in each of the eight stated regions in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14978/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Waterways Issues (8 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to instruct the relevant authority in the Office of Public Works or Waterways Ireland to address a serious hazard (details supplied) along the Yellow Ford River in Drewstown, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14964/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 495. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the consultation and surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14966/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (8 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 496. To ask the Minister for Health to provide data on the number of missed outpatient appointments in the Mater Hospital in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14967/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (8 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 497. To ask the Minister for Health to provide data on the number of missed outpatient appointments in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14968/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (8 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 498. To ask the Minister for Health to provide data on the number of missed outpatient appointments in Beaumont Hospital in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14969/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (8 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 499. To ask the Minister for Health to provide data on the number of missed outpatient appointments in St. James’s Hospital in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14970/16]