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Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to bring forward the review of the capital plan to ensure that critical unmet infrastructure needs are addressed, in particular the need to increase the overall share of gross domestic product represented by investment expenditure; if he is considering additional non-Exchequer sources of funding for capital investment; and if he will...

Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: I wish the Minister and Minister of State every success in their new roles. Government procurement costs €8.5 billion per annum, or €23 million per day, and should be used as an employment creation mechanism as well as getting value for money for the taxpayer. Increasingly, it has become the preserve of bigger companies and consortiums which are coming together to tender for...

Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: Could the Minister of State outline the sanctions for Government agencies that ignore Circular 10/14? In 2014, the Small Firms Association, SFA, made a submission to the Committee of Public Accounts that stated 82% of its members surveyed believed the emphasis in procurement was on price rather than on value for money. There is still a very strong perception among the SME community that...

Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reform how the Office of Government Procurement operates to ensure maximum participation by small and medium enterprises in public contracts; to set specific targets for the proportion of Government procurement to reach these enterprises; to support greater co-operation between groups of these enterprises in bidding for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is giving consideration to an application by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo under the emergency funding scheme; if the application will processed in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13489/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Administration (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 355. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the method by which the more competitive capital funding, as promised in the programme for Government to Leader groups, will be made available, and the associated timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13364/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 395. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the stipulation in the tenant purchase scheme that a tenant must have a minimum income of €15,000 to be eligible to purchase and that social protection income can only count as a secondary source to get to the €15,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13448/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 486. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to expand the number of places available on employment schemes across the country (details supplied), in particular for existing participants and potential applicants over the age of 55; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13366/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 552. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have paid the public service pension reduction, PSPR, in each year since its introduction; the projected number who will pay it in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12755/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 836. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the roll-out of high-speed broadband in rural Ireland; his further plans for the roll-out of broadband to a region (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13237/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry Regulations (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 844. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations surrounding the use of private helicopters and aircraft, including if minimum height restrictions exist for flying in built-up residential areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12537/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Provision (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 876. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding announced for re-alignment of a bridge (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13232/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax (26 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 104. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will change the motor tax system in certain circumstances (details supplied); if the rules in these circumstances could be viewed as being unfair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12443/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Allowances (26 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State in the Thirty-second Dáil who are eligible for annual funding under the Leaders' allowance scheme and the maximum amount that can be paid to each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12264/16]

Adjournment Debate: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (25 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: I thank Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this Adjournment matter and the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, for coming to the House to take it. I refer to the provision of speech and language therapy services in County Mayo, in particular Ballina. A number of parents have brought to my attention that there is a serious deficiency in the delivery of the service. I tabled a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (25 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11993/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 243. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the waiting times for child and adolescent mental health service in County Mayo; the future plans for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11909/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Regulations (25 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 355. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will confirm that a sport activity and competition (details supplied) lie outside the remit of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005; if she will confirm that such events are not defined as workplaces in the context of the Act; if she will confirm that the investigation of injuries and fatalities in sport is outside...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (24 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if students availing of the back to education allowance are permitted to work during the summer period when not in college; if, by doing so, they will lose their entitlement to the allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11260/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (24 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 424. To ask the Minister for Health if, and when, he will reduce the €2.50 prescription charge for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11307/16]