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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inland Waterways Development (19 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: 7. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role her Department and Waterways Ireland can play in developing and progressing the proposed Barrow blueway through counties Kildare and Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37640/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inland Waterways Development (19 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: 11. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of progress of the Barrow blueway through counties Kildare and Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37639/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Inland Waterways Development (19 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: The Minister will be aware that the proposal to have the Barrow Blueway run through south Kildare is of great interest to residents of the area. She experienced the great excitement in the area when she attended a recent public meeting hosted by the Monasterevin Blueway group. Other public meetings in Rathangan and Athy were attended by officials from Waterways Ireland, including Mr. John...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (18 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made on the delivery of serviced sites under national objective 18b to ensure the provision of affordable houses nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37676/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration (17 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a change to VRT bands to take into account the differences between old and new CO2 testing regimes due to be implemented in 2020 and the subsequent price differential with newer imports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37649/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Counselling Services Provision (17 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports and counselling services available through schools to assist children suffering with anxiety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37652/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (17 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: 300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of work within his Department to implement the measures contained in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37631/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (17 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: 561. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase the number of e-car charging points in County Kildare and nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37653/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (17 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: 568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timing of the processing of the current round of sports capital grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37067/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Facilities Provision (17 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: 573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress on the proposed new national velodrome and badminton centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37190/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Mountain Access Schemes (17 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: 607. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made on the mountain access programme to provide insurance indemnity to landowners that provide access for hillwalkers; the interim measures being considered in view of the delays with progressing the issue of legislation in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37619/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Mountain Access Schemes (17 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: 608. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration has been given to the preparation of an economic appraisal on the benefits of hillwalkers in certain areas to strengthen the case for the mountain access programme in view of the high level of tourists this activity brings here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37620/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (17 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: 624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37065/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Chairman, the Minister and his officials. I want to raise some specific points. During the summer I met a number of car dealership owners in Kildare, who are constituents of mine. They highlighted their concerns about changes due to be made in 2020 to the CO2 testing regime and the potential impact of the changes in bands on the price differentials between old and new cars,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: I thank our guests for their presentations and for the work they have done on their report. It was strange to listen to Deputies John Lahart and Lisa Chambers as they made strong political points and accused Fine Gael of failing to learn sufficiently quickly from the mistakes of previous Administrations. We recently learned from some work that was done by Deputy Peter Burke that in the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: In recent years the Government has been successful in bringing the country to its medium-term objective. Why does Mr. Coffey think that is important?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (6 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: 570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the allocations from the grant aid scheme for community closed-circuit television schemes with a view to extending the availability of grants beyond 2019 to allow communities that experienced difficulties in establishing their schemes to benefit from same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35024/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Martin Heydon: 942. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35437/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (11 Jul 2019)

Martin Heydon: 8. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the town and village renewal scheme and the town and village pilot residential occupancy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30222/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Administration (11 Jul 2019)

Martin Heydon: 19. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of progress on the roll-out of the new LEADER programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30221/19]