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Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

John Curran: How many houses are in use today as a result of it? The point is that the urgency is not there. I was amazed by the Minister today. He said 100 properties submitted by local authorities were eligible to be considered under the single-stage scheme but councils did not opt for that, opting instead for the normal four-stage scheme. He is dead right. They should have opted for it. Why...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

John Curran: The Minister was asked for a meeting on the issue. We could have discussed the matter in a meaningful way instead of across the floor of this House.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

John Curran: I hope that when this motion is passed, it is not just filed away. I genuinely hope we go back to where we were two and a half years ago and work collaboratively and across parties to address the issues of housing. No one side has the answer to this. The original report had a lot to offer and we should work in that vein again.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

John Curran: The issue of the illegal and problematic use of quad bikes and scramblers in housing estates and parks continues. Other colleagues and I have raised the matter on a number of occasions in the past two years. I acknowledge the recent welcome intervention by the Minister for Justice and Equality with an interdepartmental and interagency approach. Does the Government anticipate introducing...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2018)

John Curran: I wish to speak about the same matter. This day two weeks ago I raised the exact same issue with the Taoiseach. I hope he did not take it out of context, but I did say I hoped the Government was not hiding behind bureaucracy. The programme for Government commits to trying to get these drugs on a European-wide basis. On this side of the House we are finding it very difficult to understand...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (2 Oct 2018)

John Curran: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue guidelines to schools on students who pose an immediate threat of harm to themselves or others; when guidelines will be issued to schools to assist teachers responding in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40051/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (2 Oct 2018)

John Curran: 294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the National Conference of the Joint Agency Response to Crime's recent review of three anti-offending projects (details supplied) that seek to deal with offenders; his plans to roll out these projects nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40052/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (2 Oct 2018)

John Curran: 295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the low number of community-based CCTV systems that have been approved; the cause of the low number of applications and approvals; if the scheme will be reviewed in view of the fact that only €166,749 out of an allocation of €2 million has been drawn down by the scheme; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (2 Oct 2018)

John Curran: 316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking in order to assist more businesses to accelerate contingency planning in order to be prepared for Brexit; the resources that have been put in place in order to achieve this in view of the fact that a recent survey (details supplied) showed that business preparedness for Brexit remained low; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Car Parks (2 Oct 2018)

John Curran: 457. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the HSE finalising its review of hospital car parking charges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40050/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (27 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 150. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances which lead to the unplanned long-term leave of a consultant paediatrician at the National Rehabilitation Hospital resulting in the cancellation of inpatient appointments; the steps being taken to recruit a replacement; when inpatient appointments will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39238/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (26 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has compiled the relevant information necessary to adequately reply to a previous parliamentary question from this Deputy on the number of classes being accommodated in prefabricated classrooms; the number that have been using prefabricated classrooms for two, three, five and more than five years, respectively; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (26 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 160. To ask the Minister for Health if the newly established central validation function in the NTPF to centralise the validation of all waiting lists across the HSE has commenced; if so, if he will provide a progress report on this function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38928/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (26 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional staff have been allocated to the housing delivery office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38925/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (26 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered the establishment of a funding model that can utilise credit union funds to build, sell or rent social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38926/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (25 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if all the properties leased for social housing by NAMA's national asset residential property service are deemed to be off-balance sheet; the additional number of social housing units it is hoped to provide by this approach over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38882/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to extend the number and category of bodies and associated timeframe that may be permitted to request the public services card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38891/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Applications (25 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure for a school to apply for DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38331/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (25 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when replacement buildings were first sought for the prefab classrooms being used in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; if his attention has been drawn to the poor condition of these prefabs; the stage the current proposals for this school have reached; the timeframe to complete same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38379/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (25 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when replacement buildings were first sought for the prefab classrooms being used in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; if his attention has been drawn to the poor condition of these prefabs; the stage proposals for this school have reached; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38380/18]