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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (10 May 2017)

Michael Ring: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to the HSE disability services to enable the placement of a person (details supplied) to increase from two days per week to three days a week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22194/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (10 May 2017)

Michael Ring: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been provided to HSE disability services to date in 2017; the number of service users this funding is currently helping; the amount of funding that has been sought to meet the services currently required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22306/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Application Refusals (9 May 2017)

Michael Ring: 312. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reasons documentation provided as proof of use of name for a passport renewal was rejected for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21772/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (9 May 2017)

Michael Ring: 322. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Civil Service pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) who worked as a clerical officer. [21520/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: CLÁR Programme (9 May 2017)

Michael Ring: The 2017 CLÁR programme was launched on 31 March 2017 and will provide funding for small scale infrastructural projects in disadvantaged rural areas that have experienced significant levels of de-population. The allocation for CLÁR for 2017 is €5 million and funding is available under the following measures: Measure 1: Support for Schools/Community Safety Measures Measure 2:...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: CLÁR Programme (9 May 2017)

Michael Ring: The 2017 CLÁR programme was launched on 31 March 2017 and will provide funding for small scale infrastructural projects in disadvantaged rural areas that have experienced significant levels of de-population. The allocation for CLÁR for 2017 is €5 million and funding is available under four different Measures. Measure 1 will provide support for safety initiatives such as...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Western Development Commission (9 May 2017)

Michael Ring: Expressions of interest for appointment to the Board of the Western Development Commission (WDC) were recently advertised on the website www.stateboards.ie, with a closing date of 26th April 2017. The expressions of interest which were received will now be assessed through a process organised by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) in accordance with the Guidelines for Appointments to State...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (9 May 2017)

Michael Ring: 480. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used by the HSE to determine if a person (details supplied) is ordinarily resident in view of the apparent conflicting decisions being made by the HSE in this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22008/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Western Development Commission (4 May 2017)

Michael Ring: The Western Development Commission was established in 1999 to promote, foster and encourage economic and social development in the Western Region, defined as the counties of Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon, Galway and Clare. While the Commission has achieved a lot since its establishment, there have also been a number of new important policy and operational developments in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (3 May 2017)

Michael Ring: 193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for and granted a domiciliary care allowance. [21011/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (3 May 2017)

Michael Ring: 194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for and granted a carer's allowance. [21012/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (3 May 2017)

Michael Ring: 234. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not responded to a query raised in Parliamentary Question No. 584 of 11 April 2017. [20936/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Western Development Commission (2 May 2017)

Michael Ring: I am not going to read out the speech provided. I will say it straight from the heart. If they want it, I will give both of the Deputies a copy of the letter from the chairman of the Western Development Commission. It is amazing. It is from 27 October 2016. That was not 1916, but 2016. The letter from Mr. McGuinness stated the following:I write to express my delight, relief and thanks...

Topical Issue Debate: Western Development Commission (2 May 2017)

Michael Ring: I welcome every single one of them.

Topical Issue Debate: Western Development Commission (2 May 2017)

Michael Ring: Good girl. The town and village renewal scheme is up and launched, as is the CLÁR programme. The report of the post office working group is completed. The public consultation process for public banking is done. There is the economic Atlantic corridor. What we are trying to do is compete with the east coast to deal with the infrastructure about which Deputy Fitzmaurice talked. I...

Topical Issue Debate: Western Development Commission (2 May 2017)

Michael Ring: What we want to stop doing with rural Ireland is having people knocking it at every opportunity they get. There is a lot of positivity-----

Topical Issue Debate: Western Development Commission (2 May 2017)

Michael Ring: -----a lot of people working, a lot of employment, a lot of multinationals and a lot of companies investing in rural Ireland. I am very proud to be a part of this Government that will deliver further on what we have already delivered for rural Ireland. I am not even going to read out what the officials said in the speech because this is what I believe in myself.

Topical Issue Debate: Western Development Commission (2 May 2017)

Michael Ring: That is not true.

Topical Issue Debate: Western Development Commission (2 May 2017)

Michael Ring: That is the thing; he did not resign.

Topical Issue Debate: Western Development Commission (2 May 2017)

Michael Ring: The Deputy should get it clear.