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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Policy (28 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are grants for housing relocation for persons from Gaeltacht areas living away and returning home to build a family home. [49854/17]

Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: What about Charlie?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (22 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 140. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a speech and language appointment; the reason that most recent appointments have been cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49491/17]

Rural Crime: Motion (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Jim O'Callaghan. We need boots on the ground. The extra allocation of gardaí is welcome. In Mayo, we need to take account of the presence of the international airport and to allow extra gardaí to be stationed there. We need to upgrade Swinford Garda station to a 24-hour facility. It is in the middle of the county in east Mayo where there is no 24-hour station. ...

Topical Issue Debate: Fodder Crisis (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: The Minister's response was incredibly disappointing. There was no acknowledgement of the urgency of the situation and of the impending damage to agricultural stock and the health of farmers. The Minister says that there is fodder in the country. If there is, and I would agree with Deputy Cahill when he says that there is not, people are being charged enormous prices at the moment. They...

Topical Issue Debate: Fodder Crisis (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing this Topical Issue. Met Éireann figures for this year indicate fewer dry days between July and October than there have been in a number of previous years. The top ten Met Éireann stations for rainfall are all along the west coast and one of the highest was in Newport in my county of Mayo. Land is sodden and cattle have been housed long...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: I thank the delegation for coming in. I had thought the Chairman and I were the only people who had concerns about this legislation because every time we engaged with the Department, we were told there was no feedback from elected councillors on it. Mr. McEntire said there was no formal consultation but has any of the organisations received any correspondence or any invitation from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: Did the association respond to that email? Did it seek a meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: The suggestion from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is that many of the provisions included in the Bill already apply to local authority members and do not apply to Oireachtas Members. It argues that the purpose of the Bill is to tidy up matters, but the AILG clearly begs to differ. Does the Bill have the potential to frighten people away from running for local office?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: On point 5, what is the basis for wanting to extend the timeframe for producing a tax clearance certificate? If a person's tax affairs are in order, surely they will also be in order within either six or 12 months? Is this proposal causing practical difficulties? Is the purpose of the request for an extension to give people time to get their tax affairs in order when they should be in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: It could be one of your own.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 121. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated value of the augmented reality and virtual reality industries here; the estimated levels of employment involved in these sectors; the number of companies based in this country operating in these sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49208/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received a grant application in relation to a project (details supplied); the amount sought; the timeframe for assessing the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48692/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the range of services provided at primary care centres (details supplied) in County Mayo; if physiotherapy services will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48826/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 382. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to proposals to name the new national children's hospital in honour of Dr. Kathleen Lynn (details supplied); and his views on whether this would be an excellent choice of name for the new hospital. [49202/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of fodder in western counties including in County Mayo; the steps he is taking to deal with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48689/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the ownership of the line and land surrounding the proposed western rail corridor is fully within one of the CIÉ holding companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49203/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure under the regional roads programme in 2016 and to date in 2017; the expenditure of each project in terms of actual expenditure on road, planning or design costs and administration or other costs; the specific nature of each of these costs by local authority, in tabular form; if an assessment of local authority costs on...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 554. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the surcharge applied by each local authority in respect of the LIS scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49205/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (21 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that clerical officers within her Department have had to take on extra responsibilities in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49242/17]