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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the progression of a school building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38885/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date on a project (details supplied); if a site has been identified for this project; if the new school will be built and open by 2020; if not, if he is planning interim arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38886/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Industry (25 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made to implement a recommendation by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38887/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (25 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made for community-based CCTV systems; the number that have been funded, installed and now operational; the locations of all such CCTV systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38888/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (25 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 380. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria which will be used over the next two years to determine the level of funding required by each local and regional drug task force during the development of a performance measurement system to improve accountability across all sections of local and regional drug task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38892/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Car Park Charges (25 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 381. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of hospital parking charges has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38893/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (25 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 382. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE and NTPF will finalise and publish an outpatient action plan for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38894/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (25 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her estimate as to the cost of an auto enrolment scheme in each of the years 2022 to 2028 to cover both administration costs and the cost of the State of paying €1 for each €3 paid into a pension scheme by a member; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38890/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (25 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for loans in each local authority; the number approved and rejected, respectively; the number still being processed; the average loan amount under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38884/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (25 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 546. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and detail of requests for funding by each local authority under the serviced sites fund in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38883/18]

Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018: Second Stage (20 Sep 2018)

John Curran: We will hold the Minister of State to that.

Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018: Second Stage (20 Sep 2018)

John Curran: The Minister of State should not provoke him.

Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018: Second Stage (20 Sep 2018)

John Curran: Does that not indicate it is a big problem?

Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018: Second Stage (20 Sep 2018)

John Curran: As my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath indicated, my party will support the Bill which we welcome. He has alluded to the fact that there was no pre-legislative scrutiny to facilitate its timely passage. A few minutes ago a colleague raised the issue and commented that the Government was doing nothing. That is incorrect. A more fair and reasonable question to ask is whether it is doing...

Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018: Second Stage (20 Sep 2018)

John Curran: Whether it is 70% or 80%, the vast majority of cases are settled outside the board and transparency is needed. We might say it is needed to encourage other companies to enter the insurance market. The data on their own will not be sufficient for other companies. They will want to look at costs, profit margins and so on which are associated. The Bill affords us an opportunity to make the...

Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018: Second Stage (20 Sep 2018)

John Curran: However, I have to ask by what they went up in the period 2012 to 2017.

Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018: Second Stage (20 Sep 2018)

John Curran: While progress has been made, we have not come back to a level that would accord with normal increases. Even if one looks at where we are today compared to 2012, the rate of increase is abnormal compared to the cost of living in general. That is a fair point to make. Before I refer to the provisions included in the Bill, many of us, as public representatives, receive complaints from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (20 Sep 2018)

John Curran: 161. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had a meeting with an organisation (details supplied) to address the issue of ensuring that new medicines are made available to persons with MS as quickly as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38198/18]

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

John Curran: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. The BusConnects project has caused considerable public concern, but that is not surprising, given that Dublin Bus is the dominant carrier of passengers, with 140 million per annum in the greater Dublin area. There is concern that the public consultation process took place over the summer. Most of us, as public representatives, receive...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Education Funding (19 Sep 2018)

John Curran: I thank the Minister of State for her positive response to this issue. She indicated the various sources of funding made available to the Carline centre. and she is absolutely correct. The vast majority of that funding, however, goes on one thing only, namely, staff wages. Very little funding is left to run such a facility. The positive response and willingness to deal with requests for...