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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the assurance given that none of the alleged abusers is still working with Scouting Ireland. That is important. Is the Minister confident that Scouting Ireland has the capability and the resources to manage the situation? It is really important that we receive the information and the facts as soon as possible. The drip-drip of information has to stop in order that we can build...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (21 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 232. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to the social inclusion and community activation programme in each year since being established in tabular form; the allocation in 2018; the amount expended in each year and to date in 2018; the expenditure incurred under this scheme by county in each year and to date in 2018; and the share of funds provided by...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (21 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 233. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to the social inclusion and community activation programme in each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form. [48555/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (20 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are specific supports available excluding summer works and emergency works for schools operating in older preserved buildings for refurbishments in view of the age and historical importance of the buildings in their communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47988/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (20 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the reorganisation of the management and organisation of the fire service at national, regional and local level; the timeline for the introduction of changes; the way in which his planned structures will differ from those in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47774/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (20 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the impact of the implementation of the European working time directive on the operations of the fire service nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47775/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: There is a commitment in the programme for Government to increase home care packages and home help hours but we see the reality that nationally more than 6,200 people have been approved for home care hours but have not been able to receive them since last July. In the Irish Independentthis morning we read about the rise in delayed discharges because of the lack of home supports. In January,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: Starting yesterday afternoon, we have heard reports of a draft text of a British withdrawal treaty. There have been rumours, counter-rumours, statements of support and the usual statements of defiance even though the document has yet to be published. I gather the document extends to over 400 pages. We appreciate on this side of the House that it is necessary to give the UK Cabinet space...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: Can the Taoiseach confirm that the agreement will be made available to the House and that there will be a vigorous debate here? We have had 12 months of discussion around last year's agreement and within that discussion there has been tortuous interpretation of language. Language meant something completely different in London to what it was taken to mean in Dublin and vice versaas well as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (13 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls responded to in each ambulance base in County Mayo in 2017 and the first six months of 2018; the average response time in each month in each base; the number of occasions an ambulance was used from outside the base to respond to calls in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46542/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service Data (13 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions by month in 2017 and in the first six months of 2018, that an air ambulance was used to respond to calls in County Mayo in tabular form. [46543/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Waiting Lists (13 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 489. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting times for a first driver test in each driving test centre in County Mayo; the number of days in each week on which tests are being carried out in each centre; his plans to review the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46555/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: On behalf of my party, I extend our deepest sympathies to the family, colleagues and friends of the late Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin. There is no doubt his life, his talents and, in particular, his sharing of those talents with many generations enriched the spirit and the stock of our nation. As a consequence, we are diminished as a nation by his passing. Ar...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: The Taoiseach and the Minister for Health launched extraordinary attacks on our hard-working front-line healthcare staff earlier this week. They sought in those attacks to place the blame for the difficulties in the health service on those staff, our doctors and nurses. They suggested that the solution to many of the pressures in our hospitals was that staff would work over Christmas. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: He is seeking an urgent response. That is the usual line – to seek an urgent response and hope the media go away. In March 2016 there was a similar case where a doctor was employed in four hospitals despite concerns about his performance. A file was submitted to the then Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar, who is now the Taoiseach. Following that particular case the doctor was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to a school (details supplied); when it is expected that it will move to the next phase; his views on the current physical condition of the school; his further views on whether it should be a priority case for development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44639/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Mayo; the timeframe for allowing the project to go to tender; the reason for the delay in allowing the project to go to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45174/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (6 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 1022. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of the post-2012 pension entitlements; when increased payments will begin; the number of persons written to by 19 October 2018, by county; the number of persons remaining to be written to by county; and the estimated timeline for writing to them in tabular form. [44736/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (6 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 1023. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason community employment sponsors are not given the same access to potential participants as RSS or Tús sponsors; her plans to review this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44737/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (6 Nov 2018)

Dara Calleary: 1129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will implement new State pension (contributory) arrangements; if those that reached pension age after 2012 will still need 520 paid contributions to qualify for a full-rate pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45785/18]