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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Regulation (8 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 369. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the process of appropriate certification from a professional engineer works in terms of Inland Fisheries Ireland instream enhancement works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40576/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Regulation (8 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 370. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the process of appropriate certification from a professional engineer works in terms of Inland Fisheries Ireland instream enhancement works became part of policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40577/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (8 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 371. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the instream enhancement project carried out in Trim, County Meath, in September 2018 by the OPW in connection with the local Inland Fisheries Ireland eastern region Drogheda section and supervised by the Trim anglers did not require planning from the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (8 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 372. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether it is best practice for Inland Fisheries Ireland's technical instream supervision for the OPW to be carried out by members of a local angling club; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40579/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (8 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 373. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider making instream design and delivery services to the OPW a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40580/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (8 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 398. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the lack of capacity to cater for all commuters to avail of some early morning services on the NX route from Navan, County Meath will be reviewed with Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40649/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (8 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 442. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans for a 2020 town and village renewal scheme; if so, when details will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40808/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (8 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to each local authority in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 for housing adaptation grants in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40721/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (8 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 506. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding drawn down by each local authority in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 for housing adaptation grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40722/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (8 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 524. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 260 and 261 of 19 September 2019, the specific case her Department considered an application for an activity requiring consent; and if a copy of the recommendations will be provided to the local group. [40581/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (1 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 426. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the extension of the three year cap under the fair deal scheme to farms and small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39883/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (1 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full cost for construction and delivery of the M2 to north of Ashbourne, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39886/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Infrastructure (1 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new Irish Water pipe from Staleen to Ratoath, County Meath, will be complete; and the budget allocated for this new pipeline. [39914/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Central Statistics Office Data (1 Oct 2019)

Shane Cassells: 646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the population statistics provided by the Central Statistics Office are accurate; and the reason he did not accept them in the preparation of the national planning framework in view of the fact that the statistics used are now shown to have major discrepancies. [39915/19]

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Shane Cassells: I am sharing time with Deputy John Brassil.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Shane Cassells: Fianna Fáil supports this Bill, which is a small measure to regulate a sector that Government policy has neglected. I agree with the Minister that approved housing bodies have an essential role to play in providing new housing units. However, they are constrained by the EUROSTAT decision that limits their borrowing capacity. The Government has also failed to set out a path to get off...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (24 Sep 2019)

Shane Cassells: 260. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners can charge medical card patients for blood tests carried out in their surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38305/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (24 Sep 2019)

Shane Cassells: 310. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary arrangements will be put in place to ensure that prescribed medications and repeat prescriptions issued by pharmacies will be on a calendar month basis which for 11 months of the year is a 30 or 31 day period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38445/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Shane Cassells: I welcome Mr. Dollard and his team. As Mr. Dollard stated we are here to discuss the financial accounts and the financial position of Bord na gCon, in particular the viability of the financial future of Bord na gCon. In the board members' report, the section on principal commercial activity sets out the main funding for Bord na gCon and how it is sourced from five different categories:...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Shane Cassells: I never questioned the legitimacy of the industry. I am fully aware of how the horse and greyhound racing fund is operated but not every tax raised in this country, be it motor taxation, goes directly back into the sector from which it was pulled. Will Mr. Dollard take me through the viability of the individual tracks, because the last time Bord na gCon appeared before the committee, the...