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Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 106. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to reduce waiting times for children needing speech and language therapy in CHO 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30647/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Facilities (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite funding for a new library building at a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30786/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene to resolve the Droichead/INTO issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30929/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 362. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will recognise and implement the community employment supervisor-assistants pension claim (LCR19293) in view of the fact the issue has been ongoing since 1998 and is currently with the community sector informal forum and requires urgent resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30411/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reconvene the meetings with the community sector informal forum in order to resolve outstanding issues regarding the community employment assistant scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30418/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (13 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to address the disparity in school costs which exists from school to school throughout the country and the inequality faced by parents by providing funding for a free primary education system as costed by a charity (details supplied) at €103 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30136/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (13 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene and allow for an appeal of school transport in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30061/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (13 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 130. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30018/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (13 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30024/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: I will brief because Dr. Figueras has already covered many of the issues I was going to raise.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: Dr. Figueras alluded in his submission to Ireland having the only EU health system that does not offer universal coverage in primary health care. The committee has met over the past number of weeks with many people from the primary health care sector. If the committee were to suggest that as a first stop we should fund our primary health care system and properly manage it would that, in Dr....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (11 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 446. To ask the Minister for Health the amount which was provided specifically to County Kerry from the €20 million allocated to maintain home help hours and home care packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29674/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: I welcome the Minister for Communications, Climate Change and Environment, Deputy Naughten, as my question concerns the new guidelines on wind farm development that have been promised for a number of years. We are anxiously awaiting them. I am dealing with a situation in Kerry in which an entire community is facing the construction of ten turbines in excess of 65 m in height. The project...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (6 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the increase in the rent allowance limit recently announced for County Kerry; the revised limit set for Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28744/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision (6 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-establish CERT under SOLAS to ensure that the shortages in trained chefs and other personnel in the hospitality sector are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29083/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Funding (6 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 196. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for disability services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29004/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Inequality in Access to Health Care: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: I thank Dr. Burke for her presentation. Could she expand on the statement that private health insurance contributes only 9% to the health spend? It does not seem to-----

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Inequality in Access to Health Care: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: And that is the contribution that private health insurance makes?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Inequality in Access to Health Care: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: And the rest of the money goes on-----

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Inequality in Access to Health Care: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: That is a fairly significant fact. Looking at Dr. Burke's figures, if 37% of the population has medical cards and 45% has private health insurance of some sort, that would mean that 18% has nothing. These people do not have medical cards or private health insurance. This means that close to one in five people is in a very vulnerable position. Will Dr. Burke comment on that, assuming I am...