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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Disability Act Employment Targets (13 Jan 2016)

Michael McGrath: 266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the target for the employment of persons with a disability across the public service; if all public bodies are required to reach this target; the way he will ensure this is achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46935/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (13 Jan 2016)

Michael McGrath: 268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding budgeted in 2015 for the Office of Public Works overall flood risk management programme; the amount of this that was budgeted for expenditure on capital flood relief works; the amount of the overall budget spent to 31 December 2015; the amount of this that was spent on expenditure on capital flood relief works;...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (13 Jan 2016)

Michael McGrath: 274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to previous parliamentary questions, including Question No. 277 of 3 July 2012, if he is aware that properties in Tullig Mór and Tullig Beg in Ballinhassig, County Cork, were flooded on 29 and 30 December 2015 and that many of the same properties were also flooded in 2009; the plans the Office of Public Works has to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Management (13 Jan 2016)

Michael McGrath: 276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the recourse available to public servants who believe they have been unfairly treated by their employer in the workplace as a result of raising a concern in the course of the performance of duties relating to value for money for the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1312/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (13 Jan 2016)

Michael McGrath: 456. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if legal aid granted in respect of a family law matter in 2013 would now still encompass ongoing legal aid for the enforcement of, or matters arising directly from, an order made in 2013; if there is any discretionary basis for the granting of a legal aid certificate in respect of a family law matter to a person who does not currently qualify...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 Jan 2016)

Michael McGrath: 647. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive the recommended treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1114/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Jan 2016)

Michael McGrath: 711. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be assessed by a service provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1571/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jan 2016)

Michael McGrath: 783. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pupil capacity for the 2015-16 school year of two special needs schools (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will provide additional resources to expand the capacity of the schools for the 2016-17 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46906/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Expenditure (13 Jan 2016)

Michael McGrath: 930. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of capital spending on transport infrastructure, by county, in each of the years 2010 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1093/16]

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Michael McGrath: On behalf of Fianna Fáil, I echo the Tánaiste's sentiments and wish everyone a very happy Christmas and the best of luck for 2016. Time is tight and I know Deputies want to come in, but I want to raise two Bills with the Tánaiste, the first of which is the gambling control Bill 2015. The former Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, published a Bill in...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)

Michael McGrath: For somebody receiving a motor insurance renewal premium notice today showing an increase of €150 or €200, burying this issue in a Dáil committee is not a satisfactory answer. The truth of the matter is that we have been here before. The establishment of the Motor Insurance Advisory Board which examined independently the reasons premiums were rising so significantly in...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)

Michael McGrath: The reality is that it does not explain the issue about which we are talking. The industry will state it is caused essentially by the rising cost of claims, but we do not have a handle on that issue because seven out of ten claims are settled outside the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, and a court environment. Therefore, we do not have the published records and, in the absence of...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)

Michael McGrath: That is not driving the increase.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)

Michael McGrath: That is what I suggested.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)

Michael McGrath: It would not be a quango.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)

Michael McGrath: The Tánaiste is passing the buck; that is all she is doing.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)

Michael McGrath: The Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, has already done that.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)

Michael McGrath: I did not say that.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)

Michael McGrath: Motorists who have received their motor insurance renewal notices in the post in recent months have gotten quite a shock, with dramatic increases in the premiums being charged by insurance companies. In the past year premiums have gone up by 30% or more in some cases. On top of this, the insurers' representative body, Insurance Ireland, is predicting that motor insurance premiums are likely...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (17 Dec 2015)

Michael McGrath: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision on appeal for all social protection payments paid on a weekly basis, where there is no oral hearing and where there is an oral hearing, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter [45933/15]