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Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Nov 2014)

Helen McEntee: I welcome the opportunity to speak about this matter and thank the Opposition for raising it as it is extremely important. Buying a home, be it a house or an apartment, is the biggest investment most people will make in their lives; therefore, it is important that we, as legislators, discuss this issue and try to bring forward measures to assist thsoe in distress. It does not matter which...

Topical Issue Debate: Wind Energy Guidelines (11 Nov 2014)

Helen McEntee: I thank Deputy Doherty for sharing the debate. Like Irish Water, this is an important issue, which we need to get right. Renewable energy is one of the major issues being debated currently. There are questions over whether such energy is needed and whether the infrastructure needed to generate this energy is required. Companies are trying to push through applications because this debate...

Topical Issue Debate: Wind Energy Guidelines (11 Nov 2014)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Minister for State for his response. I understand the pressure the Department and both Ministers are under to ensure the guidelines are published as soon as possible. A total of 7,500 submissions is a large number to process. We are running out of time in County Meath. A second project is in train which proposes six turbines of a similar height. There are, therefore, two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Safety Authority: Chairperson Designate (11 Nov 2014)

Helen McEntee: I welcome Ms O'Donnell and apologise for being late. When farmers get talking, it is hard to stop them. I look forward to seeing Ms O'Donnell regularly in the coming months and hope she will enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship with the committee. We have discussed the issues that will be under her remit and some of the issues that are more appropriate for the National Roads Authority...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2014)

Helen McEntee: I thank our guests for joining us. This is something that annoys everybody, including me. I am sure it also annoys the delegates when they are driving around the country or trying to find coverage. As mentioned, representatives of ComReg and the Department for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources appeared before the committee a number of weeks ago. I explained to them that I had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2014)

Helen McEntee: On drive testing, members discussed with representatives of ComReg the issue of tests on national routes and I have learned that the tests are moving to the motorway network. I asked representatives of Vodafone what testing the company performs. Will the representatives of the other operators explain what testing their companies do? If ComReg were to contact one of the companies...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (13 Nov 2014)

Helen McEntee: 224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that existing wind farm project applications that have been submitted to An Bord Pleanála where no decision has been made will have to adhere to the new wind energy guidelines when they are published; and the date when the revised guidelines will be published. [43595/14]

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Helen McEntee: I join other Deputies and Ministers in welcoming the announcements made by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. The past several months have been extremely frustrating for the people I represent, irrespective of whether they agree with water charges, and for me as a representative. This Government lifted the country out of the ashes and brought it back to life....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 Nov 2014)

Helen McEntee: I suggest we should liaise with the Department of Transport and ask it to provide us with a copy of the completed report of the interdepartmental group. We should also request the Department to bring the petition to the attention of the group for consideration as part of its review of the current form of taxation.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (2 Dec 2014)

Helen McEntee: 548. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the position in the event of a landlord having to deduct water charges from a tenant’s deposit if a tenant refuses to or cannot pay the water charge along with deducting money due to damage of the property, and if both deductions exceed the total deposit initially provided the way the landlord will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Helen McEntee: I will be brief. I think Mr. Moran has answered many of the questions I asked. I thank him for making his presentation to the joint committee. It has been mentioned that County Meath has had problems with fuel laundering in the past. It appears that we currently have problems with fuel stretching as well. Mr. Moran mentioned counties Cavan and Monaghan. I would extend that to County...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (9 Dec 2014)

Helen McEntee: 453. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage target figure for renewable energy for the State for 2020. [46754/14]

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Helen McEntee: I also welcome the additional funding for our public transport. Coming in from Meath in the mornings, I notice it is taking longer and longer to get in and the traffic is extending back towards the edge of the city, so anything that can improve public transport for people, or mean that they do not have to take their cars to work, will benefit everybody. I am delighted that one of the main...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Message to Dáil (9 Dec 2014)

Helen McEntee: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2014: Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Acting Chairman and welcome the witnesses. Mr. Tuohy may not be able to answer my question on implementation because Capita has the contract. How long will it take to implement this? What kind of interaction with the public is required? I am sure some people will use a normal address and leave out the postcode because that is how they have always done it. Will letters be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Tourism Industry: Discussion (17 Dec 2014)

Helen McEntee: I thank the representatives from both industries for coming here today. I also thank them for the work that they do because although Ireland depends a lot on export-driven industries, the tourism industry is enormously important. It is up to the representatives here today to attract people to the country, make sure they are satisfied and also to ensure that they come back. Obviously when...

Hospital Services: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jan 2015)

Helen McEntee: I take this opportunity to thank and acknowledge the contribution of front-line medical staff both in and outside our hospitals for the work they have done in the past two weeks and also that which they do on a daily basis. It has been an extremely difficult and challenging time for everybody working in our health service and also for those seeking to access that service, namely, patients. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (14 Jan 2015)

Helen McEntee: 555. To ask the Minister for Health his views on extending the free cervical smear testing programme to include under 25 year olds; if the scheme will be extended on the basis that should a person under 25 years decide they require a smear test, based on family history, if they will then be included; the amount it would it cost to include under 25 year olds in this programme; if he will...

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (27 Jan 2015)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for accepting this issue and I thank the Minister for coming into the Chamber to take it. I acknowledge the presence of Mr. John Duggan, his wife, Aileen, and his brother, Stephen, who are in the Gallery. John is a suffer of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria, PNH, the disorder that I am about to outline. I want to acknowledge they are here and that they...

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (27 Jan 2015)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Minister for his response, but I must stress that two people are involved. While I understand that we need to consider a cost-benefit analysis and the cost to the taxpayer, this does not involve a large number of people. The two people concerned, out of a possible 12, are not involved in a pilot scheme. I am aware that the company met HSE officials and other bodies this week...