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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Data (4 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that applied for summer works in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of applications which were successful; the number of applications which were unsuccessful in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50467/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) for a school summer works grant that was unsuccessful will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50468/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (4 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the response he plans to take on the recent findings of the report by the EU Drugs Agency and Europol that violence and intimidation by drug gangs has severely affected communities here and had a major impact on persons, families, communities and the functioning of local services and agencies; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (4 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the response he plans to take in relation to the recent findings of the report by the EU Drugs Agency and Europol that a new phenomenon of drugs supply networks has emerged here and in which criminal gangs based in major cities have expanded their selling operations to provincial towns and almost exclusively supply heroin and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (4 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the HSE to carry out a national campaign to raise awareness of the risks associated with drug use in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50463/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (4 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions being taken to work with industry stakeholders to increase the use of low carbon materials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50469/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff Data (4 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff members allocated a car parking space; the number of these spaces equipped with electric vehicle charging points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50473/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy (4 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to the Road Safety Authority to carry out nationwide road safety campaigns in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the costs involved in each campaign for television and radio advertising, social media and print media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50462/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (4 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce congestion charges in cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50472/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (4 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of new social and affordable houses and apartments built in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019 that have been timber frame houses and apartments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50471/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

John Curran: The Taoiseach will recall that he launched the national drugs strategy some years ago, which is effectively a partnership approach between the voluntary, statutory and community sectors. More recently, the community sector is concerned that it is not having meaningful input into the strategy and its implementation. It wrote to the Taoiseach about four weeks ago requesting a meeting, which...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (28 Nov 2019)

John Curran: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the considerable delay in introducing an annual support of €75 for the disposal of medical incontinence wear for vulnerable persons to help meet the average annual cost of disposing of domestic waste; when the support will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49076/19]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

John Curran: Before we commence, I ask members to remember to turn their mobile phones off or to flight mode because they interfere with the meeting and the recording. This meeting has been convened to consider the Supplementary Estimate for Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection which was referred by the Dáil to the select committee on 19 November. I welcome the Minister for...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

John Curran: Apologies have therefore been received from Deputies Bailey and Brady. I call on the Minister to make her opening statement.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

John Curran: Before I open up the floor to members I would like to make one or two points. I want to acknowledge the changes previously made by the Minister's officials in regard to the insertion of an a third column to take account of the Christmas bonus because this makes the figures much easier to use. The Minister mentioned that the Christmas bonus is not included in the original Estimates of the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

John Curran: I am happy to receive a note on it. It is obviously a complicated calculation and rationale.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

John Curran: On the Social Insurance Fund, am I correct that what the Minister is saying is that she will publish the scheme of the new total contributions model some time soon and that it will be accompanied with the Social Insurance Fund projections based on the new scheme?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

John Curran: There will be no other changes.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

John Curran: When will the documentation be released?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2019)

John Curran: The Minister used the word "soon" a month ago in the Dáil.