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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (27 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: 882. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that funding is secured and allocated for the construction of a relief road from Castlelough, Muckross to Lisvigeen, in Killarney, County Kerry, as there has been a significant rise in traffic and tourism in the area and the lack of this road is causing a bottleneck in the town with large tailbacks and traffic...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (27 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: 884. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be expedited for the extension of the bypass between Tralee Institute of Technology and Mounthawk, Tralee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26745/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I am also a community pharmacist and I am very well aware of the huge difficulties in the GP sector. Solving and improving primary care will be key to the future of health care provision. I imagine it will be a huge part of our report. As it stands, GP care is the one area that deals with people's sickness as opposed to their ability to pay....

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: I was looking for a comment rather than anything else.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: During the summer I attended a presentation by GPs in Cork who said the percentage referral averages between 6% and 7%. I am sure that we can come up with an average cost per referral. If we had that, we could calculate how much money would be saved if referrals were reduced. Savings could be redirected towards general practitioners. Statistics would help us to make a strong financial...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Relationship between Primary Care and Secondary Care (21 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. For many years, I have heard of the Carlow-Kilkenny model. I am glad it is not an urban myth and that it actually exists. For the committee's work, as the sessions go on, it is becoming clearer that, in the context of a ten-year strategy, we need to start at primary care and get it right. If we fund it, resource it and replicate the model at...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Relationship between Primary Care and Secondary Care (21 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: There is no point in targeting something one cannot achieve. What would be a reasonable timeframe?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (16 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: 45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the necessary funding to the Courts Service in Tralee, County Kerry, to carry out the necessary refurbishment and upgrade works on the existing site at Tralee Courthouse (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24816/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: 128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine an application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25377/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (16 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to request that Student Universal Support Ireland reverses the recent decision to employ a company (details supplied) to calculate the distance between home and college for students applying for college grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24457/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (16 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene and allow for concessionary school transport in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24628/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (16 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when moneys will be granted to a school (details supplied) as works need to be completed by the start of the academic year in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24658/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (16 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: 580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will examine and expand the council housing loan scheme, to include persons whom during the recession have lost their homes, as currently they are unable to avail of the council home loan scheme as they are not first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24796/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (16 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: 593. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding replacing water meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25141/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (16 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: 669. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will increase the rent supplement cap for County Kerry to reflect rent prices in the county, most especially for single persons, in light of a recent report (details supplied) which shows the average rent of a one bedroom apartment in Kerry at €434; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26068/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Bereavement Grant (16 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: 683. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will reinstate the bereavement grant payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24545/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (16 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: 895. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the status of a school (details supplied) in need of refurbishment; if the OPW will commit to carrying out works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25064/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: 995. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline a person has to be working with the HSE until they will be entitled to a contract of indefinite duration or permanency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24878/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: 1011. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the diagnostic assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24405/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (16 Sep 2016)

John Brassil: 1037. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the process for organ donation to provide for those who do not wish to donate organs to be added to a non-donor registry allowing for all others to provide organs on the basis of presumed consent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24470/16]