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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Noel Grealish: Could the Minister say he will enforce the change and go against the will of the people?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Noel Grealish: Why was Galway included? Why is the scope of the Bill being widened to include Galway given that only two lines referred to Galway in the original Bill? I do not agree with the proposal and I will oppose it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Noel Grealish: It was the Minister of State who made a smart comment earlier.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Noel Grealish: Yes, he did.

Local Government Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (4 Dec 2018)

Noel Grealish: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this Bill again. The Minister of State knows my view. I am not in favour of the Bill. As I stated on Second Stage, it is disingenuous and an insult to the intelligence of the people of Galway to have just two lines in the Bill stating that a new chief executive will be appointed to oversee the merger of Galway city and county. Galway is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Farming (4 Dec 2018)

Noel Grealish: 530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name and site locations of salmon farm companies using wild wrasse as cleaner fish on salmon farms here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50579/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners (4 Dec 2018)

Noel Grealish: 629. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timeframe for the publication of a national indemnity scheme to indemnify private landowners against recreational users of their land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50448/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: I support this amendment that all protection should be offered in the legislation to infants born alive as a result of carrying out or the attempt to carry out termination of pregnancy under this Act. It would be very cruel and wrong to allow an infant born alive simply to die when the medical professionals make every effort to save the lives of others. In addition to the medical ethics...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: I am delighted to speak on this amendment and to have put my name to it. Around my county since the vote, this is one of the issues that has been discussed by a lot of people. It is not unreasonable to require the administration of an anaesthetic to a foetus where the medical practitioner who is carrying out the termination is of the reasonable opinion, formed in good faith, that the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to persons with long-term incontinence; and the number of patients in County Galway receiving support from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49756/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Medical Waste Disposal (28 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: 231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the €75 annual support for persons with lifelong or long-term medical incontinence towards the cost of disposing of medical incontinence products will be introduced; the reason for the delay in introducing same since its announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49757/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (28 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: 232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will introduce legislation that would result in driving disqualifications for persons convicted of illegal dumping while using a vehicle; and if he will introduce legislation that will give judges the power to order the confiscation of vehicles used for illegal dumping; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (28 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: 233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent in each local authority area over the past three years to combat or prevent illegal dumping; the nature of the programmes or schemes involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49760/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (28 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: 234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent by each local authority over the past three years to alleviate the effects of illegal dumping, such as, pollution of lands or water courses and so on and the removal of dumped material; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49761/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (28 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: 288. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she plans to take to improve employment opportunities in the Connemara area in order to tackle high levels of unemployment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49758/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application for an SNA by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49318/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Regulations (27 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: 619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the signing into law of the statutory instrument to enact the European Union (Licensing of Large-Scale Extraction of Peat) Regulations 2018; the timeframe for completion of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49319/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (27 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: 636. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount that has been spent by Údarás na Gaeltachta in relation to a planning application (details supplied) to Galway County Council; if Údarás na Gaeltachta has all the required right of way agreements in place with the route the subject of the planning application; and if she will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: I am aware that there are many and often complex reasons for thousands of patients occupying hospital beds for longer than is ideal every year. I am familiar with many of these cases. The fact remains that the delays in approving fair deal applications for nursing home care and delays in funding for home care packages create some of these hold-ups. As I mentioned earlier, a hospital is the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: There is a serious problem in hospitals all over the country, with beds being occupied by people who are well enough to be discharged but have nowhere to go. At the heart of the problem is the time it takes to get approval for nursing home support under the fair deal scheme and the growing numbers of people waiting for approval for home help under the home support service. The knock-on...