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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Funding (15 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: 492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Fáilte Ireland will announce details of the small grant scheme for the Wild Atlantic Way; the criteria that will be used to assess applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20829/18]

Report on Mental Health Care: Motion (10 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: I too compliment Deputy Browne and the rest of the committee, including Senator Freeman, on their work and the report. This Oireachtas has been criticised a lot for its inaction and inactivity, and the brand of new politics is a handy kicking bag for some, but one thing we can say with certainty is that it has brought a focus on mental health like no other before it. I am sorry Deputy...

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: The Minister has just repeated that he has full confidence in the director general of the HSE, however there were leaks from Cabinet last Tuesday which suggested that other Ministers apparently wanted the nation to know that they do not share that confidence.

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: I am getting there. I note that it is apparently a criminal offence to leak from Cabinet. The Taoiseach leaked that last night. Perhaps the Minister for Justice and Equality might want to copy that message to all his colleagues in order to avoid a major Garda raid on the next Cabinet meeting. Will the Minister outline the progress being made on the commitment in the programme for...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: As elected representatives, we have the honour in the House of having been given the responsibility to debate issues and introduce legislation to improve the country and the lives of our citizens. There will always be political differences; it is a political job. There will be heated debates and slagging matches. Overall, however, all Members are committed to making a positive difference...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: There are no words and I accept that, but the actions of which the Minister speaks are not meeting the challenge. Emma was hugely complimentary about her own GP and her gynaecologist this morning, but that GP, like all others, received a proper information pack only last night on how to deal with the avalanche of concerned inquiries in their surgeries. That took two weeks. The...

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Support Services Provision (9 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: That is an incredibly cold response on the part of the HSE. I know it is not the Minister of State's response or his feeling on the matter. One cannot just dispatch people from a five-day service to a three-day service. One cannot speak about a national dementia strategy and people in communities and then cut their service in this manner, give them a pat on the head and hope they will not...

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Support Services Provision (9 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue. Deputy Lisa Chambers and I have been approached by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland and some of the 12 clients from across County Mayo who use the Castlebar centre on a Monday-to-Friday basis for respite and other services. From the end of May, this will become a three-day service and no transport will be provided from various...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (9 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: 241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the national secondary classification of a road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20253/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: I return to the issue of inquiries. Prior to the general election in 2016, a commission of inquiries Bill had reached Committee Stage and been awaiting Report Stage since September 2015. The Bill had been suggested by the Law Reform Commission in its 2005 report. It has not been restored to the Order Paper since the general election. Surely this is the time to give priority to...

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: We all have that sense of urgency. An immediate response is needed to assist our primary care professions in dealing with the trauma being felt by many women. That has not yet been provided and it needs to be provided. I welcome the Tánaiste's commitment on the public nature of the scoping exercise. It is important, to use Vicky Phelan's words, that the "closed doors" are not used...

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: It is eight days since the news of Vicky Phelan's case came into the public domain, eight days since her amazing courage and her determination to speak the truth alerted the country and thousands of women in Ireland to the dereliction of duty and responsibility which CervicalCheck and the HSE unleashed on her and her family and, possibly, thousands of others. In that eight days, there has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Status (3 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding DEIS status for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [19365/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Status (3 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made in respect of a DEIS status application by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason the school has been excluded from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19465/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Applications (3 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made in respect of a DEIS status application by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason the school has been excluded from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19464/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (3 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: 100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is in receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; if the correspondence is being acted upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19329/18]

Mental Health Parity Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: I commend Deputy James Browne on this Bill and on his huge efforts during the run-in to last year's budget to ensure a proper multiannual framework for budgeting. All of the work the Minister of State has spoken about with regard to legislation is coming from this side of the House, from the Opposition. The priority the Opposition has given, collectively, to pursuing mental health...

All Terrain Vehicle Safety Bill 2018: First Stage (2 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to regulate the safety standards of the composition of All Terrain Vehicles and to regulate health and safety practices in use of All Terrain Vehicles in the workplace. This Bill addresses a number of safety inadequacies that have been proved to cause death and serious injury in users of quad bikes, in particular, in the past...

All Terrain Vehicle Safety Bill 2018: First Stage (2 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: The Government also abolished the board of the HSE.