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Tributes on Retirement of Member of Staff (26 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: I am thrilled to join the tributes. I am very sad to see Marie leaving us. For those who are curious, nuts' corner is now the Labour Party table. I see former Senator Pat Magnier, who had a residency at that corner, in the Gallery.

Tributes on Retirement of Member of Staff (26 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: Marie gave amazing service with her mum, who managed nuts' corner. Marie was not as lucky, and she only had to deal with Fine Gael, so she must be well used to awkwardness. She brought great fun and professionalism to the role and took a great interest in all of us. She was not afraid to give us a clip on the back of the head if it was needed, and kind of took on the role of the Dublin...

Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: We all agree on the importance of the CervicalCheck programme and the necessity to have full confidence in it. We need to restore this confidence. Anyone who listened to "Morning Ireland" this morning will not have had confidence in the information that was processed and presented. Will the Tánaiste confirm that the other 14 women identified in 2014 have been informed of their...

Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: I asked a question on the other 14 women concerned.

Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: Everybody who yesterday evening listened to and watched Ms Vicky Phelan telling the story of how her cervical smear test was processed and then misdiagnosed, and then nobody actually had the courage to tell her about that for up to three years, would have been struck by the amazing courage and bravery of Vicky and her family. Vicky is a young woman, only 43, a wife and a mother of two...

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: The Minister of State's response was quite appalling.

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: He accepted the first four points of our motion but that is just a pat on the back and the Minister of State knows that a pat on the back does not put butter on the spuds for pensioners, and there is no pension in what the Government is accepting. The Minister of State speaks of employers being able to opt out of future pension reforms, but on this occasion the Government has opted out. It...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (24 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant support available to a board of management of a secondary school in need of substantial refurbishment and housed in a protected structure of historical value; if there is a new scheme available for such schools; the process by which they apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17465/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (24 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: 416. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will make a decision on the reimbursement for a second line lung cancer drug (details supplied); his views on the delays in the drug reimbursement process and the stress this places on persons with serious illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17895/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: The events of recent days have shown a number of serious flaws in the lobbying legislation with regard to the duty to report. Are there plans in Government to review that legislation?

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: Was that a personal or a ministerial answer? It "did not reveal anything" – it did. It gave an indication from the Minister as to how he would proceed and the lobbyist then used that information and passed it to his client months before the Minister made his official view known. He revealed to the lobbyist what he would not reveal to Dáil Éireann under questioning and in...

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: What is the Tánaiste's opinion?

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: We are all aware that a case is being taken by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement about very serious allegations. It is under judicial review. I want to ask the Tánaiste about the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten's actions as he outlined them yesterday in the House and about political accountability. Every Minister is...

Other Questions: Emergency Departments (19 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister for his update. I, too, was in the emergency department over the Christmas period and spent time watching the staff and the patients trying to work and be treated under intolerable conditions. It is a tribute to the staff that they are managing to deal with in excess of 40,000 patients. We need progress on this. It has been delayed, with site visits and site...

Other Questions: Emergency Departments (19 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Minister's commitment to review it. It is incredibly urgent. There was trolley pressure in the hospital this year. There are many pressures on the hospital and on bed management in the hospital because of delays in the emergency department, so there must be action in the coming weeks. It would be fantastic if there was some type of movement on this over the summer ahead of...

Other Questions: Emergency Departments (19 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: 8. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the extension of the emergency department in Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17028/18]

Other Questions: Emergency Departments (19 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: Mayo University Hospital's emergency department was designed for 20,000 patients. In 2016 it catered for 40,000 patients. This is placing the fantastic staff and patients under intolerable stress. The Saolta University Health Care Group has made a number of funding applications with regard to transforming the emergency department, but those applications are delayed at either HSE or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (19 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reintroduce the vehicle scrappage scheme. [17169/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (19 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has had its application for additional accommodation declined; if he is satisfied with the reasons provided for the refusal; the way in which the conclusion was reached regarding future enrolment trends; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

National Infrastructure Bill 2018: First Stage (18 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as the National Infrastructure Commission to advise government on all sectors of economic infrastructure and to provide for related matters. This Bill will establish a new national infrastructure commission that will be tasked with planning ahead over a 25 year period, which...