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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Prospecting Licences (9 Jul 2019)

Noel Grealish: 592. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of an application for a prospecting licence by a company (details supplied) that want to prospect for base metals in County Galway; his plans to grant the licence; if so, the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29887/19]

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (3 Jul 2019)

Noel Grealish: I welcome the Killilea family to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery today, especially his wife, Anne. The Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Canney, cannot be here today. He is caught up with ministerial business and he asked me to pass on his apologies. I am delighted to have the opportunity to say a few words about Mark...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (2 Jul 2019)

Noel Grealish: 230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the works which have been completed on the Clare river flood relief scheme encompassing Claregalway, Carnmore, Lisheenavalla and Caherlea; the flood alleviation works outstanding in the area; when the works will be completed in its entirety; the amount spent on the project to the end of May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Jul 2019)

Noel Grealish: 406. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a four to five year wait to see a pain specialist in County Galway; if extra resources will be allocated to reduce waiting times; if persons waiting for more than one year can be seen under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; his views on whether the waiting time is acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27648/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licences Data (27 Jun 2019)

Noel Grealish: 219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of properties here that hold a television licence; the rate of non-compliance with the legislation; the number of persons prosecuted for not having a licence in each of the years 2013 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27276/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (27 Jun 2019)

Noel Grealish: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for funds to be released to honour all outstanding applications under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27275/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (26 Jun 2019)

Noel Grealish: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on plans by the Central Bank to increase the charges it levies on credit unions (details supplied); his further views on the cost increases; his views on whether the regulation in this manner is cost effective for members of credit unions, who will ultimately pick up the expense; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26935/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (26 Jun 2019)

Noel Grealish: 211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the complete pro-energy retrofit packages available from some credit unions in the market; if his intent in the Climate Action Plan 2019 is that persons should refrain from retrofitting in the interim and wait for grant schemes to be in place; if such schemes will have retrospective...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (18 Jun 2019)

Noel Grealish: 415. To ask the Minister for Health if a health and safety report will be released on a unit which was being used to provide services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25296/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Noel Grealish: The club proposing to construct a sports centre of excellence in Renvyle and expand existing facilities on a 34-acre site that will include four new playing pitches and a covered terrace, in addition to attractions such as a public playground and looped walkway. These are two projects of major importance to the west. Will the Taoiseach commit to allocating Connacht Rugby the €20...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Noel Grealish: It is the Dublin Deputies who were heckling.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Noel Grealish: Like a broken record.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Noel Grealish: The Deputy did too.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Noel Grealish: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. This is going to be a political decision. All the applications are being assessed by the large-scale sports infrastructure fund team in Killarney, but there ought to be political intervention to make sure there is regional balance and that the west gets the State aid it deserves. The stadium proposed to be built in Galway has gone through the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Noel Grealish: People living in rural areas have long had the perception that they have been largely forgotten about by successive governments. There is a growing regional imbalance between Dublin and rural Ireland. Over the decades Dublin has received enormous investment with more than €750 million on the port tunnel, €728 million on the red and green Luas lines, €368 million on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (11 Jun 2019)

Noel Grealish: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts refunded to travellers from countries outside of the EU under the retail export scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23621/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (11 Jun 2019)

Noel Grealish: 982. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a house which is zoned commercial and on the grounds of a hotel in a rent pressure zone will be subject to short-term letting regulations coming into force on 1 July 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23822/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Retention of Defence Forces Personnel: Discussion with Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (30 May 2019)

Noel Grealish: I thank the officers for coming in. They paint a bleak picture but they have spoken with a lot of honesty about the situation in the Defence Forces. We all know the excellent work the Defence Forces do. Where has it all gone wrong? In a recent article in The Irish Times, a former member of the Defence Forces, Ger Aherne, said the relationship between the Department and the Defence Forces...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Authority Functions (29 May 2019)

Noel Grealish: 143. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if legislation or powers are available to allow local authorities to CPO land for the provision of burial grounds; if so, the details of the legislation or powers; if there is no legislation, his plans to introduce such legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23017/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (29 May 2019)

Noel Grealish: 169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a review of the tenant incremental purchase scheme will be published; if tenants of Part V housing will be allowed to purchase their houses under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23018/19]