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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: The rush towards diesel began less than ten years ago when changes were made to the car tax system to favour diesel cars. That was lobbied for by the witnesses' predecessors. Was that a mistake and does it need to be changed?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: Is the infrastructure in place to make the kinds of changes the witnesses envisage for electric cars? The main reason for the reluctance among the public to make the switch is that the charging infrastructure and everything that goes with it is not in place.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: I was going to expose the Deputy.

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: I join in the tributes to the Taoiseach and his wife Fionnuala. Those of us who are honoured to be in the House are tough enough to take it but our families are not. The service the Taoiseach has given both to his party and the country has taken a toll on his family. We acknowledge that and thank his family for that. He made an announcement yesterday extending a strategic development zone...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: Are you actually going to answer it?

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: You have about the rest of them.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (30 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason an applicant for a local authority mortgage cannot use social welfare income as reckonable income for mortgage assessment, even in situations in which the payment may be a long term one such as in the case of a daughter or son caring for a parent or a parent caring for a child with additional needs; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (30 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 480. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply a list of available occupation therapists by county in tabular form; the number of occupational therapists currently unavailable due to leave; the number of occupational therapists on leave that have been replaced; the reason occupational therapists on leave are not being replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25771/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (30 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Mayo awaiting occupational therapy appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25772/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Complaints Procedures (30 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 490. To ask the Minister for Health the avenues of complaint available for persons mistreated in a private hospital; the controls in place regarding standards of care in private hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25865/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (30 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of his meetings and the venues for meetings with airport representatives since his appointment to Cabinet in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25302/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (30 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent announcement by the European Commission regarding state aid and regional airports; the implications of this decision for Ireland West Airport, Knock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25303/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (30 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the capital plan review with regard to regional airport funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25304/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment Plan (Resumed): Irish Exporters Association (23 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the delegation from the Irish Exporters Association. Mr. Daly has given us one of the starkest presentations we have received in this series. This was intended to be a review of the capital plan, but it has become a review of the capital plan in the context of Brexit. The presentation we have received places a very stark focus on how ill-prepared we are for a soft or hard Brexit....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment Plan (Resumed): Irish Exporters Association (23 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: Mr McKeever should try doing it three times a week.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment Plan (Resumed): Irish Exporters Association (23 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: I asked a question about the public service obligation, PSO. Do the representatives have a proposal in that regard, in the context of the regional airports? There was a change in policy which was acknowledged last week but it took four years of absolutely heart breaking work to even get that change in policy. Are the witnesses saying that it is not sufficient?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment Plan (Resumed): Irish Exporters Association (23 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: In context of the PSO model from Derry, how does that work? It was referred to in the presentation.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (23 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance if insurance companies can refuse persons over 75 years of age [24543/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (23 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 385. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood prevention plans for the River Deel; the timeframe for completion and planned construction schedule for these plans; if a budget is in place for these works; the work completed on the River Deel since December 2015 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24541/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (23 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 435. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is not possible for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to receive adapted shoes; and if he will direct the HSE to provide funding for same. [24050/17]