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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: Extraordinary reports are emerging on a High Court case held earlier this week about the payment of money by contractors to criminals to secure protection at a housing scheme, in this case, a social housing scheme. The details are extraordinary and the reports read like something from a mafia documentary or "The Sopranos". A message must be sent from this House that there is zero tolerance...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: The Government, not Dublin City Council, needs to appoint a completely independent investigator. The Tánaiste has confirmed that his office was cc'd in an email. Will he state the date on which this happened? The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, also needs to become involved because the payment of this money is absolutely not on and never was. Unfortunately, it has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (10 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 47. To ask the Minister for Health when essential positions in therapy services in County Mayo will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41193/19]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: There is no doubt that Brexit dictated very difficult decisions yesterday. However, Fine Gael's incompetence over the national children's hospital and the national broadband plan made those decisions even more difficult and made the already narrow envelopes even narrower. Many figures stood out but the €365 million set aside in the event of a no-deal Brexit for social protection, for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Agreements (8 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been a change in policy with regard to the working holiday visa agreement between Ireland and the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40993/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (8 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 293. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the nursing homes support scheme and national placement list for a person (details supplied). [40992/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (8 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 443. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of expenditure that a local authority must outlay on an approved project (details supplied) before allocated funding and interim payments can be drawn down from his Department; when this accounting rule was introduced for capital funded rural schemes; if it was via regulation or departmental circular; and the level of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Fund (8 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to the Local Government Fund in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the composition of the fund by income from motor tax, income from the Exchequer and the local property tax in tabular form. [40930/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Community Development Projects Funding (8 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 525. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); and if funding will be provided for an upgrade of the facilities. [40642/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: I and many other Deputies have raised with the Tánaiste the issue of home help hours. The Tánaiste and the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, keep telling us there is extra money going into the service, yet the number of people on waiting lists are increasing. There are 7,300 people on national waiting lists for home help hours and it is causing massive delays in our health...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: Yesterday, we finally saw a proposal from the United Kingdom Government to amend the withdrawal treaty. Now that we have a written position, much of the speculation, bluff and bluster of recent weeks can be consigned for analysis of this position. The context of the position, however, leaves an awful lot of questions. There is a lack of detail and clarity. It is clear that there would be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: I welcome that commitment. Will the Tánaiste clarify that it is his understanding of the current proposal in its current wording that there is potential for one party to veto this, regardless of which party that is? I am becoming increasingly frustrated by commentary from British politicians of all hues and commentators who do not seem to understand that the Border is not just an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Occupational Injuries Benefit Payments (3 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 351. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment of the occupational injury benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40368/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply (3 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are grants for water well drilling for domestic houses. [40175/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (2 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of work in relation to addressing the pension situation of community employment scheme supervisors; if she has had discussions with the Minister for Finance or the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39994/19]

Status of History in the Framework for Junior Cycle: Statements (1 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Minister's decision and I commend Deputy Thomas Byrne on keeping the pressure on him. It is essential. Students of history will know who Sir Humphrey is. "Special core status" sounds very Sir Humphrey-esque, but it is either core or it is not. The Minister must clarify for once and for all whether it is core. If it is core, we welcome that, but if it is not, the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (1 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Crossmolina flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39569/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (1 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role his Department will have with respect to the newly established National Rural Safety Forum; and the funding that will be provided by his Department to the operating costs of the forum. [39710/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 404. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 28 May 2019, to which the HSE failed to respond, when a child (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect an appointment with early intervention services namely occupational therapy, psychology and speech and language therapy; the reason appointments for the child with these services has been delayed; if an...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (1 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 470. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the delivery of a legally robust smoky coal ban which will improve air quality and was promised in early April 2019. [39600/19]