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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (12 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person who was eligible to participate on a community employment scheme on 17 December 2013 finds that they are no longer eligible as they finished a JobBridge placement in June 2013; if they can appeal the decision on the basis that they were eligible on 17 December 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7102/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (12 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an exercise in establishing the position of a holding in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal in respect of their disadvantaged areas scheme application for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6968/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (12 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Does that apply to computers that are on the WiFi system only?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (12 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Is it only those with SIM cards or are the ones connected to the Oireachtas WiFi network also causing an issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (12 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Mr. O'Callaghan for attending today. I thank the previous chairperson, Ms Sylda Langford, for her work and effort and it is disappointing that she had to stand down at this time. With Mr. O'Callaghan's qualifications and experience, he is well placed to make sure that the proper governance, oversight and management is brought to this role. I have no doubt he will be successful in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (12 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (12 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I asked about the nature of the applications received. Are they for particular types of services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board: Discussion with Chairman Designate (12 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Yes.

Other Questions: Hospital Staff Issues (13 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 11. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the shortage of non-consultant hospital doctors at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6842/14]

Other Questions: Hospital Staff Issues (13 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: What steps is the Minister taking to address the shortage of non-consultant hospital doctors in Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal?

Other Questions: Hospital Staff Issues (13 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his reply. He has referred to national and international shortages in the supply of non-consultant hospital doctors. He has stated that shortages are particularly acute in regional and more peripheral hospitals such as Letterkenny General Hospital. His response is that this is something with which we must live. His response does not provide specific solutions...

Other Questions: Hospital Staff Issues (13 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: It is not acceptable that the medium-term solution is that we must continue to live with it.

Other Questions: Hospital Staff Issues (13 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I will finish on this point. I ask the Minister to elaborate on what steps he can take to address that situation to ensure it does not continue for the next few years.

Other Questions: Hospital Staff Issues (13 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: I concur with the Minister and I thank him for his comments about the staff. What they and the management of the hospital have achieved has been heroic and amazing. The flooding of the hospital was one of the biggest disasters at any hospital in the history of the State. The accident and emergency department at Letterkenny General Hospital is the seventh busiest in the country, which shows...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (13 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 67. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a specific module in the Health Information and Quality Authority review of ambulance services focusing on the circumstances which led to a 50-minute delay in an ambulance attending the scene of an accident involving a person (details supplied) on 30 December 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6841/14]

Other Questions: Road Projects (18 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be made available for the A5; his most recent engagement with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on progressing the A5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7794/14]

Other Questions: Road Projects (18 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: This is a question on the current status of the A5, the Minister's most recent engagements with his Northern Ireland counterpart, Danny Kennedy, and an update on the funding commitment.

Other Questions: Road Projects (18 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Can the Minister elaborate on the likely timeline for the completion of that planning process? Could the Minister outline his understanding of where the Northern Ireland Administration is regarding its funding for this project? Before the last election and the planning problems that have arisen there was a commitment from both Governments to co-fund this project. There have been planning...

Other Questions: Road Projects (18 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: Will the Minister elaborate on the funding commitment post-2016? There was clarity on the funding commitment in the past; the project was to be co-funded. The Government is now three years into its term and next year the first £25 million it has committed to the project is due to be allocated. Hopefully the planning permission is in place for that. The Minister has indicated that...

Other Questions: Road Projects Status (18 Feb 2014)

Charlie McConalogue: 100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be made available for key infrastructure projects in County Donegal including a new bridge at Cockhill, Buncrana, County Donegal along the R238 Cockhill Road, the Bonagee Link Road and the Lifford Letterkenny road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7795/14]