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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (18 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 372. To ask the Minister for Health the approximate number of new nursing posts in County Kerry advertised in County Kerry by the Health Service Executive to date in 2014; if this number is expected to rise because of the lifting of the recruitment moratorium; the media that were used to advertise these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43900/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 373. To ask the Minister for Health when the refurbishment of the psychiatric wards at a hospital (details supplied) can be expected; if his attention has been drawn to the recent damning report published on the condition of the wards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43902/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 432. To ask the Minister for Health the reason measures were not put in place to secure a replacement general practitioner for residents of an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44263/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (18 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 437. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of maintenance contracts in Counties Cork and Kerry over the past five years; their value and details of the contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44286/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 438. To ask the Minister for Health if the ambulance base at Kerry General Hospital, County Kerry, will be replaced by a fit for purpose new base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44289/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Applications (18 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a minor works grant will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44054/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Walking Facilities (18 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 550. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to offer incentives and compensation to farmers for any loss or inconvenience caused by allowing greenways or walkways through their lands, given the huge societal and economic potential that such infrastructure can bring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43839/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Compulsory Purchase Orders (18 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 552. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on streamlining the compulsory purchase order process for lands at dangerous locations along regional and local roads, as distinct from large new road projects; his further views that the current process is completely unfit for purpose for councils to acquire small pieces of ditches, embankments or fields at one-off locations...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (18 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 576. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a representative from an organisation (details supplied) in Munster will be included in the hen harrier threat response plan consultative committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43888/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Killarney House (18 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 577. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for staffing the newly refurbished Killarney House in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43903/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (19 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision is expected on an application for Garda clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44487/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 135. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.113 of 15 October 2014, if he will liaise with the Department of Education and Skills to devise a fairer and more progressive approach to continuing education and school transport for persons with disabilities as they enter adulthood, as the current system presents numerous transitional difficulties and there seems to be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (19 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 136. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has approached, consulted with or invited interest from other State agencies or Departments regarding putting the old Dingle Community Hospital to use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44518/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (19 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 137. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the old Dingle Community Hospital building falling into a state of repair and dereliction if it is not put to use soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44519/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (19 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 138. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any serious expressions of interest in the old Dingle Community Hospital from potential investors, public or private; if so, if details of these expressions of interest will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44520/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted and enabled to carry out the full planned expansion now in one phase rather than partially in two phases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44492/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (19 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will implement measures to reverse the adverse changes that were made in relation to guidance counsellor positions in schools in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44515/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (19 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she acknowledges that changes to the status of school guidance counsellor positions are now resulting in costly consequences, such as increased university drop out rates and other social problems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44516/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (19 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will implement measures to reverse the adverse changes that were made in relation to guidance counsellor positions in schools in recent years; her views on these changes now resulting in costly consequences, such as increased university drop out rates and other social problems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44521/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (19 Nov 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the difficulties caused by the changes to teaching structures in schools affecting assistant teaching positions; her views on these changes limiting principals' freedom to delegate, stifling promotion opportunities and making it more difficult to find suitable candidates for principal or deputy principal positions; and if...