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Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: By whom? Who blocked it?

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: I commend Deputy Michael McGrath on all his work on this issue. One of the difficulties of the Minister of State's position is that he is not attached to the Department of Justice and Equality. We need a Minister of real presence in that Department to deal with insurance reform, move on with the Judicial Council Bill and make sure that the relevant Garda unit is established. In the past...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Commission for Regulation of Utilities (13 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me raise this issue and I particularly thank the Minister for taking it. The Minister will be more than familiar with the Mayo renewable power project which is located in the former Asahi plant just outside Killala in County Mayo. This project will give 42 MW of combined heat and power, CHP, which will greatly aid us...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Commission for Regulation of Utilities (13 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: The independent evaluator already assessed this project in 2012 and gave it 100% certification. The project has not changed. The regulator reassessed it and then reduced 100% certification to 18%. We must be able to get answers in that regard. I accept the regulator's independence. The Minister used the word, "misunderstanding." There is a lot of misunderstanding in a reduction from...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: Does he know where Dublin Port is?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: 36. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to secure the viability of rural general practitioner services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12204/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: I understand that the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, is back in his spiritual home of Cuba as we speak. I have spoken to him previously about rural GP services. The Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, knows from his local area that the offer has to be changed to make it far more attractive for GPs to come to work in rural areas. We also have to support our existing GPs. Since I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: It is absolutely crucial that the discussions are finalised immediately. The Minister of State met 500 GPs outside the gates of Leinster House recently. They are fed up and are about to walk away. While the increase in training places mentioned by the Minister of State is welcome, the irony is that the places being provided are not being taken up. I would love to see the figures. In...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: I appreciate the Minister of State is aware of this issue, but I ask him to do something about it. The contract talks have been going on for longer than the Brexit talks. It seems to be easier to resolve Brexit than to resolve the GP contract. I have mentioned the specific case of Bangor in my constituency. When the position there was advertised previously, there was just one applicant....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: 39. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives in place to improve dental services in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12203/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: I will let the Minister of State respond.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: Are we on Deputy McLoughlin's question?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: We have been inundated with representations from constituents, particularly parents of teenagers, who are being made to wait inordinate amounts of time for basic assessments for orthodontic services. Early intervention in this area can prevent a significant amount of physical pain, as well as financial pain down the line. Unfortunately, waiting lists seem to have gone beyond the two-year...

An Ghaeilge: Ráitis (12 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: Gach bliain, ceapaim go bhfuil an tseachtain seo cosúil leis na fógraí a fheictear gach Nollag faoi cheannach madra. Ní don Nollaig madra ach do gach lá. Níl an Ghaeilge do Sheachtain na Gaeilge amháin, ach do gach seachtain agus gach lá. Ba cheart go nglacaimid níos mó seansanna chun an Ghaeilge a spreagadh agus a úsáid sa Teach...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: We are only weeks away from the European elections. These are the first elections since 2016, when there was strong evidence of online interference in the electoral process. Deputy James Lawless has published the Advertising and Social Media Transparency Bill and it has gone through pre-legislative scrutiny. Will the Tánaiste commit that the Government will see it through Committee...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: One week from today, the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland, known as the PPS, will meet the families of victims of Bloody Sunday to brief them on the decisions it has made arising from its investigation into the events of Bloody Sunday. As the Tánaiste can imagine, this is an incredibly sensitive time for the families. Last weekend the PPS asked people to avoid...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: The statement does not go far enough because it is digging again and ignores so many other things. The Tánaiste has said he has been clear with the British Government. I accept that he has been, but it has ignored the will of this House in relation to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. It has ignored the issues surounding the Pat Finucane and Ballymurphy cases. It seems that there is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (7 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: 14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the regional spread of additional jobs added over the 12 months of 2018. [11230/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Minor Works Scheme Applications (7 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: 86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an application (details supplied) from Mayo County Council under the OPW minor works scheme has been received. [11353/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (7 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: 211. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each local authority under the CLÁR programme in each year since 2016; the amount expended by each local authority at the end of each year to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11458/19]