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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time expected for a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40127/18]

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: I commend my colleague, Deputy Kelleher, on introducing this much-needed Bill. It is a simple and practical proposed solution to an issue that has dogged business and industry in the insurance area for some time. I sit on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation where we have considered these issues. Many delegations and interest groups from the sector have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (2 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on home care packages in CHO 7; the waiting time on the home care package in this area; his plans to reduce the waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39850/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Road Projects Status (2 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the provision of funding of a bypass for Clane, County Kildare; the discussions he has held with the local authority involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39715/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Road Network (2 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if capacity issues on the M4 have been investigated; if so, the results of such investigations; if widening works for this section of the motorway are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39853/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Rail Services Provision (2 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the delivery of new or refurbished carriages on the rail lines serving Maynooth and Sallins; when new carriages are expected; the steps he is taking to ensure the safety of passengers using these services in the interim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39854/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Rail Services Provision (2 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the delivery of the proposed electrification of the rail lines serving Maynooth and Sallins; his plans for improvements in services for commuters on the existing rail lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39855/18]

Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

James Lawless: Hear, hear.

Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

James Lawless: Get rid of the Fine Gael Members.

Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

James Lawless: It was a metaphor.

Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

James Lawless: I applaud Deputy Howlin for bringing forward this Bill and note that he has acknowledged that it was a mistake for his Government to abolish the town councils. I say this in a magnanimous and sincere way because it is important when one realises that something is wrong that one says so. I also recognise my colleague, Deputy Shane Cassells, who brought forward a similar Bill which passed...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2018)

James Lawless: Monday's edition of The Irish Timescarried an article by the provost of Trinity College Dublin, Dr. Patrick Prendergast. He made a point that I have been making for some time. Investment in research is critical and not just in commercial research, which is highly important, but in basic pioneering research. The most important discoveries happen by accident when great minds are concentrated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (26 Sep 2018)

James Lawless: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39105/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (25 Sep 2018)

James Lawless: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance if the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme criteria will be reviewed to include those who temporally use a wheelchair but who demonstrate a degenerative or progressive illness that will result in permanent dependency for using a wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38412/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Development (19 Sep 2018)

James Lawless: 15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the provision of the greenway between Naas, Sallins and Ardclough; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37724/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2018)

James Lawless: I welcome Ms Lennon and Mr. Healy. I spoke to Ms Lennon outside. As mayor, I welcomed her to Naas some years ago when she was rolling out Eir products in the area. It was good to have her down. Dr. Healy is a Kildare man and we will give him credit for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2018)

James Lawless: Ms Lennon did not need to. I have questions on the maintenance of the network, its roll-out and developments in the properties within Eir's domain. I realise it is no longer in the tender but it is trying to service properties. Regarding the roll-out, Naas is one of many places in the light blue area on the tender maps where Eir proposed to tackle commercially rather than being part of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2018)

James Lawless: I thank the witnesses for that. I am not sure if the witnesses answered a question about the rural network in the amber areas, where it is not engaged in the tender, but what is going on there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2018)

James Lawless: Following on from Deputy Stanley's point, we hear from representatives all the time where there is a roll-out going in a light blue area and all of the sudden there happens to be a boreen with a school 100 yd up the road or a golf club, or whatever it is, and the calls come in asking, "They are on the road. Can we just get one more?" Is it a "no" in all cases? Are there criteria if it is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (18 Sep 2018)

James Lawless: 392. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card can be used for hospital invoices (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37038/18]