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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]

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.