Results 1-20 of 3,352 for speaker:Shane Cassells

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (6 Apr 2016)

Shane Cassells: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance to address the serious issue facing variable rate mortgages holders and to encourage the banks to pass interest rate cuts onto the mortgage holders. [6115/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (6 Apr 2016)

Shane Cassells: 337. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to address cuts to the salaries and expenses of Defence Forces personnel. [6111/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (6 Apr 2016)

Shane Cassells: 413. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to increase funding for youth workers. [6113/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (6 Apr 2016)

Shane Cassells: 575. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse the budgetary cuts on gluten-free foods to lessen the financial burden on coeliacs. [6108/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (6 Apr 2016)

Shane Cassells: 722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to accede to demands from teaching unions for equal pay for new entrants to the teaching profession to avoid the prospect of industrial action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6114/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Apr 2016)

Shane Cassells: 720. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Meath. [6109/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Furniture Provision (6 Apr 2016)

Shane Cassells: 721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide funding for the cost of internal furniture and fittings for a school (details supplied) and to include funding for this onerous cost on all new school building projects funded by her. [6110/16]

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Shane Cassells: It is an honour to address the Chamber for the first time as a newly elected Deputy for Meath West. I thank the people of the constituency for giving me the chance to represent them in the House. Like many constituencies throughout the country, one of the biggest issues facing the people in it is that of housing. With more than 4,500 people on the housing waiting list in County Meath and a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (20 Apr 2016)

Shane Cassells: 343. To ask the Minister for Health to arrange a medical assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7616/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Apr 2016)

Shane Cassells: 313. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a surgical procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8322/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (5 May 2016)

Shane Cassells: 70. To ask the Minister for Health if he will continue to provide 24 hours a day, seven days a week care beyond July 2016 in the acute psychiatric unit at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9262/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Trials (17 May 2016)

Shane Cassells: 660. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the National Centre for Pharmaco-economics in relation to the full Health Technology Assessment being carried out on the new drug Orkambi for cystic fibrosis sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9528/16]

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2016)

Shane Cassells: I join others in congratulating the Minister on her appointment. I have a great interest in the work of her Department, in particular relating to child care, and I look forward to working with her constructively on the resources needed by early childhood years service providers and to seeing their agenda and that of parents progressed during the lifetime of this Dáil. I listened to the...

Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2016)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the opportunity to speak on mental health. I congratulate my fellow royal county colleague, the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health and older people, Deputy Helen McEntee, on her appointment to ministerial ranks. We may share different political backgrounds but we both had famous uncles who soldiered on the great Meath teams of the 1980s so myself and my family...

Domestic Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2016)

Shane Cassells: I very much welcome the opportunity to contribute on this issue because it provides the opportunity to address what has been achieved in respect of water charges during the discussions on the formation of the minority Government. This was a process engaged in by Fianna Fáil so the Government of the Thirty-second Dáil could actually come into being. From our position of strength as...

Domestic Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2016)

Shane Cassells: Throwing insults is par for the course for those who are on the back foot. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien spoke earlier about the value of his party's motion. The difference is that we gave people value for their vote when they voted for Fianna Fáil because we actually secured the suspension of water charges. We now have an opportunity to cut through the waffle and spin and get to the heart...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (24 May 2016)

Shane Cassells: 48. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to re-establish town councils, given that the new municipal district system has seen local authority spending in former town council areas decrease as a result of the removal of the focused town council structure, coupled with the removal of dedicated block grant funding for these administrative areas. [11530/16]

Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (31 May 2016)

Shane Cassells: 36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how he has deployed cash received from the sale of State assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13073/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (8 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she will appoint a permanent chief superintendent for the Meath division of An Garda Síochána, given this county’s high population and that it has been without one for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14965/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data (8 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance the precise number and percentage of small and medium enterprises refused funding for the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland scheme in each of the eight stated regions in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14978/16]