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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (4 Oct 2016)

John Curran: 385. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding for community and home based care to support and enable persons with dementia to remain living at home for as long as possible; if he will provide the level of funding of €67 million as identified by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland in its pre-budget submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (4 Oct 2016)

John Curran: 461. To ask the Minister for Health when he will advance all Stages of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad] through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28536/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2016)

John Curran: Yesterday the Chief Whip published the legislative programme for the autumn session. A total of 25 Bills are due to be published. A total of 21 Bills are before the Dáil and the Seanad. Approximately five and a half hours is available on the schedule this week to debate legislation. This session will be 12 weeks long and rather than go through each Bill, I refer to the fact that 46...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2016)

John Curran: Will the Taoiseach publish a priority list of Bills that he intends to have passed within the time constraints?

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2016)

John Curran: I thank the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (28 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the DMR western division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27391/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (28 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Dublin metropolitan region western. [27390/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (28 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, since the recent commencement of Part 4 of the Charities Act 2009 she will outline the increase that has been made to the staff in the Charities Regulatory Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27612/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and the Minister for Health considered the pre-budget submission of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland; his plans to introduce a sugar tax on health promotion grounds as proposed in the submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27610/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a pilot scheme of VAT refunds on the purchases of charitable organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27617/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (28 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe and process to achieve a full restoration of ex-quota guidance counsellors in second level schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27611/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Property Registration (28 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider the establishment of a national property advisory council as proposed by the IPAV in its 2017 pre-budget submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27616/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (28 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are on methadone treatment for each year of the past five years, in tabular form; if he will provide for each year, the number of these on methadone treatment for one, two, three, five and ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27609/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (28 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the process and the timeframe to introduce a new GMS contract which would facilitate the expansion of general practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27613/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 191. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to start unwinding the FEMPI cuts introduced in previous years to general practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27614/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Data (28 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of primary care centres opened for each year from 2012, in tabular form; the centres directly funded and which were public private partnerships, PPP; if approval was granted for new primary care centres that have not opened yet; the location of these centres; the timeframe for each to become operational for each year; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2016)

John Curran: I welcome everyone to this meeting. Before beginning, I remind people with mobile phones to turn them off completely or onto flight mode. It is not just a question of interference with this meeting. As the proceedings are recorded, they interfere with the recording and broadcast. I propose that we enter private session to deal with housekeeping matters before resuming in public session....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (27 Sep 2016)

John Curran: I welcome Ms Naomi Feely, senior police adviser at Age Action Ireland, and Ms Caroline Fahey, senior policy development officer at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to discuss their respective pre-budget submissions. I propose to ask Ms Feely to speak first, followed by Ms Fahey. Members can then address questions to the relevant witnesses or both, as appropriate. Before commencing, I draw...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (27 Sep 2016)

John Curran: I will now call on Ms Fahey and then open the floor to members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (27 Sep 2016)

John Curran: I thank Ms Fahey. The first person indicating is Deputy Willie O'Dea.