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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (25 Oct 2016)
John Curran: 467. To ask the Minister for Health the full annual cost of running the methadone treatment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31926/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (25 Oct 2016)
John Curran: 468. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to increase funding for the ambulance service provided by the Dublin fire brigade in 2017, in view of his recent comments committing to increase funding for the national ambulance service in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31928/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Data (25 Oct 2016)
John Curran: 569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the emergency vehicle breakdown and recovery plans in place in view of the traffic congestion caused by breakdowns and accidents on the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31952/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Data (25 Oct 2016)
John Curran: 570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual average daily traffic on the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31955/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Data (25 Oct 2016)
John Curran: 571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average toll revenue per day on the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31956/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (25 Oct 2016)
John Curran: 604. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, in view of the increased funding of 5.5% to €712.9 million to Tusla, she will ensure that funding of €21 million is made available to the family resource centres to cover their programme costs for 2017 as identified by the FRC national forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31519/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Expenditure (25 Oct 2016)
John Curran: 613. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of extending the early childhood care year hours from three hours a day to five hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31953/16]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (20 Oct 2016)
John Curran: I welcome Mr. John McKeon, assistant secretary at the Department of Social Protection, to discuss the matter of labour activation measures. He is accompanied by Mr. Paul Carroll and Mr. Jim Lynch, principal officers. I propose to ask Mr. McKeon to make some opening remarks. Members will then be invited to address their questions to the officials. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (20 Oct 2016)
John Curran: I thank Mr. McKeon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (20 Oct 2016)
John Curran: It is a specific issue so we might allow Mr. McKeon to reply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (20 Oct 2016)
John Curran: I will come back to the Senator because she has-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (20 Oct 2016)
John Curran: I will allow Deputy Mitchell to come in because it is on the same point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (20 Oct 2016)
John Curran: Does Senator Higgins want to address some additional areas?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (20 Oct 2016)
John Curran: I want to raise one or two specific issues. There is reference in the opening statement to the Pathways to Work scheme in the period from 2016 to 2020. The targets relate primarily to rates of employment progression. There is a specific reference to moving 20,000 long-term unemployed persons to employment during 2016. The target of 20,000 was set prior to 2015 during development of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (20 Oct 2016)
John Curran: Is that the original or revised target based on the review carried out by the Labour Market Council which stated the targets needed to be more ambitious?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (20 Oct 2016)
John Curran: It is the original target.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (20 Oct 2016)
John Curran: To clarify, the original target was 20,000 in 2016 and 50,000 during the period.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (20 Oct 2016)
John Curran: The Labour Market Council reviewed the plan and stated it was not ambitious enough.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (20 Oct 2016)
John Curran: It made no reference to that target.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (20 Oct 2016)
John Curran: To what specific targets did it refer which it stated needed to be more ambitious?