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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Famine in Africa and Yemen: Médecins sans Frontières, Oxfam and Concern (6 Apr 2017)

Noel Grealish: I thank the witnesses for outlining what is happening in the world. We are living in very challenging times and, having visited countries in Africa, we have all seen at first hand what Ms Conway has outlined. I acknowledge the tremendous work the witnesses are doing but a lot more can be done because every morning I wake up to hear there is another conflict in another part of the world....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Diplomatic Representation: Motion (6 Apr 2017)

Noel Grealish: I move:That the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade and Defence strongly recommend that the Irish Embassy in Tehran, Iran, be reopened as a matter of urgent priority. Very recently, I had a meeting with the Iranian ambassador in Ireland. Ireland is the only EU country that does not have an embassy in Tehran. There is a huge potential for trade between Ireland and Iran. One issue...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Apr 2017)

Noel Grealish: 145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will make changes to the 2005 planning guidelines for sustainable rural housing following the European Court of Justice ruling in 2013 on this issue; the timeframe for changes to these planning guidelines; when directions will be issued to local authorities on these changes; and if he will make a statement on...

Defence Forces: Motion (4 Apr 2017)

Noel Grealish: I thank Deputy Lisa Chambers of Fianna Fáil for moving the motion on which I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak, two members of my family having served in the military in Galway, as well as two members who also served in the city in the FCA many years ago. I am proud to say I am a great friend of Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa in Renmore, which the Minister of State has...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (4 Apr 2017)

Noel Grealish: 343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has approved the creation of 16 new senior manager posts in the context of the Citizens Information Board planned restructuring of MABS and the dissolution of the network of independent countrywide Citizens Information Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16136/17]

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2017)

Noel Grealish: I thank my colleagues in the Rural Independent Group for putting forward this motion. When I was first elected to the Dáil in 2002, a major topic of debate in the House was the need for a new national children’s hospital. Here we are in 2017, 15 years later, and still there is little to show for all the talk and debate in the interim. Instead, Ireland is on the brink of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (28 Mar 2017)

Noel Grealish: 96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason no action was taken on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15317/17]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2015: Motion (23 Mar 2017)

Noel Grealish: I was late coming here this morning but I will be brief. I concur with the comments of Deputy Chambers and the Chairman and I fully support our troops serving around the world in the name of the United Nations. It is a long-term duty and people spend six months abroad. It is worrying for families when they see in what countries these people could serve and the changing circumstances around...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman (22 Mar 2017)

Noel Grealish: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason financial institutions are able to legally appoint receivers to properties in dispute while such properties are being investigated by the Financial Services Ombudsman for final determination; his plans to amend the law in this regard, in view of the fact that it can, and does, take many months for the ombudsman process to conclude; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors (21 Mar 2017)

Noel Grealish: 443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will undertake a review of the register of electors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13421/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Compensation Schemes (21 Mar 2017)

Noel Grealish: 664. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to pay compensation to any farmer who has designated land which they cannot sell; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13279/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (9 Mar 2017)

Noel Grealish: 159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the reason pensioners who became recipients of the State pension on dates after November 2016 were not eligible for the 85% Christmas bonus; his plans to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12520/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance (9 Mar 2017)

Noel Grealish: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the new Government policy and regulations which are provided by health insurers as an explanation of increased insurance costs for young adults between 18 to 25 years of age, despite most children of 18 years of age still being in full time education (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12531/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Mar 2017)

Noel Grealish: 215. To ask the Minister for Health if, following the commitment given in Dáil Éireann by the Taoiseach on 29 November 2016, he will review the possibility of moving some services out of University Hospital Galway to Merlin Park University Hospital; the services that will be moved; the precise timeframe that is likely to be involved; if he will establish a minor injuries unit at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (9 Mar 2017)

Noel Grealish: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be allocated in 2017 in relation to his commitment to build a new emergency department at University Hospital Galway; the timeframe for the various stages of advancing the project, including an expected completion date, and when the first patients will be seen in a new emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (9 Mar 2017)

Noel Grealish: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received treatment and the amount of money that has been spent to date in 2017 as a result of the allocation in budget 2017 for persons on hospital waiting lists to receive treatment in private hospitals, by hospital and by the hospital in which they received treatment; the number of additional patients who will be treated for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Mar 2017)

Noel Grealish: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on hospital waiting lists for treatment at the time the National Treatment Purchase Fund scheme was suspended, broken down by hospital, speciality and length of time on waiting lists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12530/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Recycling Data (9 Mar 2017)

Noel Grealish: 315. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland is in compliance with WEEE obligations under EU legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12524/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Recycling Data (9 Mar 2017)

Noel Grealish: 316. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if fines have been imposed in respect of any failure to meet WEEE obligations under EU legislation in the past seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12525/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Recycling Data (9 Mar 2017)

Noel Grealish: 317. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the levels of WEEE compliance under EU legislation for each year from 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12526/17]