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Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the opportunity to speak not just on the Finance Bill but on the budget itself. I was reminded, listening to Deputy Fleming, that this is the third budget in the current confidence and supply arrangement. It is the budget that the so-called experts who hang around the House said we would never get to. In fact, most of them thought we would not get through the first one, never...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: Brexit is clearly the number one issue and I endorse Deputy Howlin's comments. Does Prime Minister May understand the Taoiseach's and the country's seriousness about this issue, and, more important, does she understand the seriousness of the backstop for this island? Does the Taoiseach get a sense from her that she is trying for time, political time or otherwise, to try and achieve a deal...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: The Taoiseach could issue a few money messages; something might happen then.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: Over the past number of weeks, many Deputies have raised the issue of Spinraza and the stress the parents of these 25 children are under while awaiting a decision. The stress these families and their children are under is intolerable, knowing that this drug has huge potential for their lives. At this stage, given that we signed up to this deal with the Benelux countries, surely there is a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: Across Dublin today parents, students and teachers are being left in abeyance in relation to information on the ongoing fire and safety checks in a number of schools. Ardgillan community college in Balbriggan had to close 18 classrooms and send its transition year students home for this week. St. Luke's national school in Tyrrelstown in west Dublin, which is in the Taoiseach's constituency,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Taoiseach for the response, but I am struggling because this issue has been in the ether since 2015. The first reports were published in the Irish Examiner, and audits have been ongoing in a number of schools since then. We seem to be struggling to catch up with the issue this week. The Taoiseach has said there are other schools to be reviewed and he mentioned a school in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Expenditure (23 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: 605. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants announced under the LEADER program in County Mayo from 1 January 2017 to 30 June 2018; the amount of each grant referred to drawn down as of 30 September 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43881/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: This morning the Scottish Government has confirmed the outbreak of a case of BSE in Aberdeenshire. Were we informed about this outbreak by the Scottish Government? Does the Tánaiste have any details on it? I understand, based on Deputy McConalogue's briefing on the issue, that this is something that has happened on an annual basis nearly. What details do we have and what is the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: The House will be disappointed at the lack of progress at the October European Council meeting. The issues were well discussed in the House yesterday. We hope that more progress will be made through today. This is an opportune time to pay tribute to the officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade who are putting in such work for the country. This morning, I wish to focus...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: The Tánaiste's first comment was that there are plans. There is no shortage of plans. The difficulty is with implementation and follow-through. The plans get published and the Minister for Health does a tour of a hospital. He puts on a white coat like the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Murphy, puts on a hard hat for housing. Despite all the plans, 10,000...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: The Government did not spend extra in 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (18 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: 119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for the construction of the Crossmolina flood relief scheme following on his announcement of May 2018; his plans to review and expedite this timeline in view of the ongoing flood threat to the residents of the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42848/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: Him again.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: Good luck with that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: Deputy Ross is looking after Deputy Flanagan's brief. Let Deputy Flanagan do the roads and Deputy Ross do the judges.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: The Minister will be aware of the announcement by Bord na Móna yesterday that up to 150 jobs are going to go in Offaly as a consequence of restructuring and decarbonising the Bord na Móna business. This is going to have a huge impact. I know from speaking to Deputy Cowen this morning that he is particularly concerned about the impact in Offaly. What plans has the Government put...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: In recent days, to say the least, the discussions and negotiations on Brexit have been frantic. The Taoiseach said yesterday that he was confident that a deal could be negotiated, something everybody in this House wants for the country and its people. However, outside his assurances, there is huge uncertainty in the air. Depending on the report one reads or the radio interview to which one...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: I appreciate that all of those supports are in place, but what we and businesses need is certainty. No amount of support for LEOs or meetings in Monaghan will help a business which cannot provide certainty for its clients in the United Kingdom or beyond on supply chains. We need urgency to bring the talks to a conclusion and put a deal in place to provide that certainty. I again ask the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (16 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Boxer Moran, for being here. Last Friday morning, Belmullet and Erris were hit particularly hard by Storm Callum, which caused considerable damage in Belmullet town. In particular, the sea wall in the town was breached and the Mullet peninsula was cut off from emergency services for a time, although it was quickly repaired. The staff of Mayo...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (16 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: I acknowledge that good work has been done since 2014, particularly along the Mullet peninsula, in strengthening roads and raising bridges. This is directly related to Belmullet town and I will encourage Mayo County Council to submit an application for a minor works grant and I assume, from the Minister of State's remarks, any such application will be given a good hearing in his Department....