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Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: Based on figures I sourced locally, we are still facing a two-year delay. I thank the Minister for his reply but he does not appear to have given a date or detailed timeline for the new build. It may be a case of "once bitten, twice shy" but we need some clarity and assurances on the new timeframe to allow the parents, school community and school management to begin to plan and make the...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: The town of Maynooth has experienced rapid growth in the past 20 years or more as a primary commuter town in north Kildare. The school-going population at secondary level has multiplied in that time so that the demand now extends to 2,000 secondary school places. In this context an application was made for an extension of the then secondary school, Maynooth post-primary school, in 2009....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (28 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: 54. To ask the Minister for Health his views on figures from an organisation (details supplied) which indicate that the number of patients on trolleys in Naas Hospital in May 2018 was higher than in November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28300/18]

Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: I commend my colleague, Deputy O'Callaghan, on bringing forward this much needed legislation. It is a source of great frustration to the public and to the victims of crime. There is pure astonishment at the number of perpetrators who are already bail for other offences and who have a string of previous convictions. Sometimes, to the knowledge of the Garda and the courts, they are awaiting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 and the Influence of Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: I welcome the witnesses. This is the second of three stakeholder engagements on my Bill. There has been a pattern throughout history that societies which better understand technology have supplanted and bested those which did not. We have seen this in areas such as sanitation and disease management, steel and guns, shipbuilding and navigation, as well as micromanagement and administration...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 and the Influence of Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: Yes, I met Ms Claire Bassett.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 and the Influence of Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: That has been very helpful. I thank all the contributors so far and I am sure we will hear more. I took notes and recorded questions as each speaker came through. I will go through them in that order. At the outset, it is useful to note that the Bill has received a clean bill of health from the Office of the Parliamentary Legal Adviser. There may be some movement on definitions - and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 and the Influence of Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: I have one or two follow up questions. I thank Ms Carosi Dunn for her reply, but I may have missed the point. May I ask her to repeat it, especially the part after the factors leading up to the reason for the ban?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 and the Influence of Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: That is okay. I thank Ms Carosi Dunn. That makes sense. I have a question for the National Union of Journalists, NUJ. I thank Mr. Dooley and Dr. Foley for their contributions. It was suggested last December during the Second Stage debate on the Bill that there may be a burden imposed upon newspapers having to display transparency notices along with advertisements where they have an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 and the Influence of Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: As sponsor of the Bill, I found it a very useful engagement and I thank the witnesses for their attendance. I have noted the points raised today and the submissions sent to the committee. Some very good, strong and valid considerations have been raised and I will consider them in preparing for Committee Stage. I presume the two Departments will submit amendments on Committee Stage on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (26 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27553/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (26 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if the reason dental care is not provided to pupils at a school (details supplied) will be investigated; if funding for the service will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27601/18]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Southern Observatory Membership: Motion (20 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: I support the accession to the European Southern Observatory, ESO. This is an important step forward for Ireland and for the Irish astrophysics community. I was involved in this work last year. I joined the Minister at the switch on of the international LOFAR telescope at Birr Castle. It was a great day for the astrophysics community. Some seeds were sown and some processes are in train...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Southern Observatory Membership: Motion (20 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: I know that CERN representatives will be in Dublin in July and the Minister of State talked about meeting them. Are they due to appear before the committee? I know that Professor Ronan McNulty was keen to appear before the committee to discuss CERN membership.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Southern Observatory Membership: Motion (20 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: I thank the Chairman.

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: Chapter five of the programme for Government deals extensively with investment in the health service and local hospitals. Naas General Hospital in my constituency serves 200,000 people across County Kildare and west Wicklow. One of the units most under pressure in the hospital is the endoscopy unit. I recently visited the unit which is located in a prefabricated building in an old part of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (20 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: 165. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied) for primary care psychology services for ongoing support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26994/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (20 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and positions provided for regarding primary care psychology services in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26995/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: 341. To ask the Minister for Health when a surgery date will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26413/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (19 Jun 2018)

James Lawless: 348. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be provided for a person (details supplied); the waiting time for home care packages in County Kildare in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26426/18]