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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Curran: There are a number of issues for the Minister to address. Some were specific, so she might pay attention to those in particular.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Curran: It needs a Minister to lead it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Curran: The Minister might think she is finished but she is not because a number of colleagues have indicated they have supplementary questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Curran: I ask my colleagues to keep their questions to the Minister as specific as they can. We have made some very general statements.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Curran: I think Deputy Brady will have to do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Curran: We will afford the Minister an opportunity to answer. Does that conclude Deputy Brady's questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Curran: There were a couple of specific questions-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Curran: There were a number of issues for the Minister to address regarding tendering etc.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Curran: On open tenders, compliance with EU regulations and so forth, I respect the fact the Minister has received advice from the Attorney General. I also understand, as will anybody who has sat on the Government benches, that the Attorney General's advice may not be shared. The Minister hit on a point that is very accurate and true, which does not only apply in the areas in which she is involved...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Curran: The Minister understands what I asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Curran: The Minister can answer the Deputy's direct questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Curran: I thank the Minister. That brings our proceedings more or less to a conclusion. My final question for the Minister relates to the insight this committee might have into the policy formation that will underpin the tendering process. What might be possible in that regard? I do not expect the Minister to answer that question now. Her officials might send us a note on it. I understand that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Curran: Such issues have an effect on who can apply for a tender, who would suit it and the types of company or organisation that may or may not apply. The Minister might send us a note on what might be possible, from her point of view and that of the Department, as a means of keeping this committee informed on the progress that is being made in this regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Indecon Reports on Job Clubs and Local Employment Services: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (4 Apr 2019)

John Curran: I thank the Minister and the members of the joint committee for their attendance today.

Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (3 Apr 2019)

John Curran: I am sharing time with my co-sponsor, Deputy Lahart. We wish to introduce the Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019. Quad bikes and scramblers continue to be a problem and terrorise many of our communities. It is not only that they represent a nuisance but the matter is very serious. In the three-year period, 2014-2017, 39 people, of whom 27...

Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (3 Apr 2019)

John Curran: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

John Curran: At the end of February, the HSE decided not to reimburse Spinraza at its then price. It said that the company involved had 28 days to make further observations or submissions. Has there been an engagement between the company and the HSE during that period? If so, what is the current state of play? If no progress is being made, what steps can the Government take to review the Health...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

John Curran: Is there any timeline?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (3 Apr 2019)

John Curran: I thank the Minister for his reply. I am very pleased to hear the positive outcome for the north inner city. That bolsters the argument I am making. If it is working for the north inner city, we must consider the other very disadvantaged communities right around the city and the country. The funding they would have received traditionally through RAPID and so on is no longer available...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (3 Apr 2019)

John Curran: 58. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the impact of the €5.5 million expenditure by his Department in 2019 on the regeneration of the north-east inner city area of Dublin; his views on whether other disadvantaged communities would also benefit from significant investment in regeneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15598/19]