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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Drug Treatment Programmes (5 Feb 2019)

John Curran: When were the protocols regarding methadone treatment last reviewed? Is the Minister of State satisfied with the progression pathways available and are they are sufficient to ensure that those who want to progress from the methadone programme to become drug free can do so?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (5 Feb 2019)

John Curran: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a progress report on the provision of an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5091/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (5 Feb 2019)

John Curran: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a progress report on the provision of an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5092/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (5 Feb 2019)

John Curran: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in releasing interest in a building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5584/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (5 Feb 2019)

John Curran: 290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to each divisional drugs unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5587/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports (5 Feb 2019)

John Curran: 399. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on the recommendation in the Report on Tackling Childhood Obesity by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs (details supplied); the amount of funding allocated to progress research to better identify obesity hotspots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52340/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (5 Feb 2019)

John Curran: 442. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding allocated to the HSE to reduce the waiting lists and waiting times for home support services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5585/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (5 Feb 2019)

John Curran: 443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an outpatient appointment in children’s hospitals in Dublin (details supplied) for more than 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5586/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (31 Jan 2019)

John Curran: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on a school building project (details supplied); the timeframe for the appointment of contractors in order to deliver the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4829/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (31 Jan 2019)

John Curran: 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the strength of community gardaí has not increased in view of recent increases in Garda numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4828/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (31 Jan 2019)

John Curran: 177. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to best strengthen the chain of survival for cardiac arrest, for example, increasing CPR training, building on the community first responder programme and making public access defibrillators more easily accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4826/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (31 Jan 2019)

John Curran: 205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the scale and timeline for a project by ESB eCars to develop a nationwide, state-of-the-art electric vehicle fast charging network capable of facilitating large-scale electric vehicle uptake over the next decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4825/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (31 Jan 2019)

John Curran: Members are welcome. Apologies have been received from Deputy Bailey. Before we begin, I ask my colleagues to switch off their mobile phones. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters before resuming in public session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

John Curran: I welcome our witnesses this morning: Ms Patricia King, general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU; Mr. Billy Wall, chair of the congress construction industry committee; Mr. Seamus Dooley, secretary of the National Union of Journalists, NUJ; and Mr. Brendan O'Hanlon, assistant general secretary of Fórsa. I will first invite our guests to make their presentation, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

John Curran: I ask colleagues to confine their questions to five minutes. I will come back to them again for a second round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

John Curran: I hope we will have an opportunity to have a second round of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

John Curran: Before giving the witnesses an opportunity to respond, I note that a number of people have spoken about how to make it more difficult for employers to get away with this, including with greater fines. I have a concern in this regard, as the Department is unearthing a relatively small number of cases. The witnesses have specifically spoken about the WRC and Labour Court replacing the scope...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

John Curran: I ask everyone here to check their phones because they need to be in flight mode or switched off. It interferes with the recording and the broadcast of the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

John Curran: I will take supplementary questions and ask members to keep them brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

John Curran: A written submission on those specific issues would be very helpful.