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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Housing Grant Scheme (16 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 585. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual capital allocation to the Gaeltacht housing grant scheme in each of the years 2005 to 2010, in tabular form. [17266/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: The former President of the High Court, Mr. Justice Nicholas Kearns, made some stinging remarks recently about insurance costs. He said that we have an immediate and urgent problem with a compensation culture, and he has called on politicians to step up and do something. Fianna Fáil, in particular through Deputy Michael McGrath, has for some time been offering many suggestions on what...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: Across the country there are many thousands of people who wish to buy their own homes or apartments. They are working, multiple jobs in some cases, and many of them have moved home to have the opportunity to save the deposit. They pay enormous and rising rents and because of the size of those rents it is even harder to save a deposit. They are now faced with a new challenge, that after...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: I agree that we need to increase supply but these funds come in and take 3,000 off the plans before people get a chance to see it. The Tánaiste spoke about competition but that is not fair competition. The Government is equipping and incentivising these funds through our tax laws to offer completely unfair competition. The Government is giving them huge power in comparison to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (10 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 929 of 15 January 2019, the number of reviews completed by county by 28 February 2018 in relation to the review of the 2012 pension changes; the number of reviews remaining to be completed at that date; the number of persons in each county that will receive an increase in their pension...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (9 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the status of section 23 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; when he plans to commence the section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16622/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Broadband Plan Administration (9 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 573. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the identification process for sites (details supplied) first commenced and was completed; the agencies and Departments that participated in this exercise; the location of each of the 300 sites by townland and county in tabular form; if the sites have been published; if not, the reason therefor; and the cost of undertaking this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (9 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a proposed water scheme extension in (details supplied) in County Mayo; the steps taken to advance the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16225/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: Next Wednesday will see the sixth day of striking by paramedics and emergency medical technicians on the issue of union recognition. The Government's strategy seems to be to hope that they will go away. After six days on strike, they are proving they will not. The Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, is an important part of our industrial relations machinery. The Government and the HSE...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: What is the position on asking the WRC to engage?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: The Government has only had eight years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: We saw another press release from the Government announcing a new national oral health policy called Smile agus Sláinte. Only Fine Gael could try to make dental treatment sound fluffy. The new policy implements one of the recommendations of the Sláintecare report. All children will receive eight oral healthcare packages while medical card holders who are over 16 years will also...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: I am sceptical.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the proposals relating to the dental strategy generally. I am just quoting from the press release issued by the Irish Dental Association, which represents the people who will deliver the proposals. It stated that nothing short of a complete reversal of Government policy would be required if the policy was to be rolled out successfully. The Government does not do reversals very...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: What about contact with the patients?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (4 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 250. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is in receipt of an application from an organisation (details supplied) for assistance towards the purchase of a wheelchair for a person; the waiting list for wheelchair assistance; if this person will receive funding in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15995/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Action Plan for Rural Development (3 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: I know the Minister is sending money to local authorities for plans. There are many plans and not much action, which I know frustrates the Minister. We have all these empty spaces, even in towns and cities that are relatively healthy. As Deputy Connolly spoke, I thought of Galway. There is a lot of space above retail units that previously contained homes. With a little thinking outside...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Action Plan for Rural Development (3 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 60. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date in the Action Plan for Rural Development on the pilot scheme to encourage residential occupancy in rural towns and villages as committed to under the plan. [15474/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Action Plan for Rural Development (3 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: In January 2017, the pilot scheme for residential occupancy in rural towns and villages was announced. In October 2018, the Minister announced the six towns in the pilot scheme. Can the Minister provide the House with an update on the progress of the pilot scheme? Will it be completed by the end of 2019? In the context of homelessness figures rising above 10,000 last week, including over...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Action Plan for Rural Development (3 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: Is the pilot scheme on schedule? When will we be in a position to learn the lessons of the pilot scheme, given that the commitment to run it was made in January 2017? It was due to be completed by quarter 3 of 2017 but it took a long time to commence and the towns were only announced in quarter 3 of 2018. When will we have the lessons? I am aware that some projects have been announced in...