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Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (11 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 597. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in acute hospital beds awaiting transfer to a nursing home facility as a percentage of the total acute hospital beds in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18138/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (11 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the evidence relied upon by the HSE to change the criteria for reimbursement of test strips for type 2 diabetics, if general practitioners are entitled to request more than the recommended amount of reimbursable test strips for persons with type 2 non-insulin diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18139/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (11 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 599. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time and the maximum waiting time in each quarter of 2016, for an emergency ambulance in Connacht, Leinster, Munster, Ulster and Dublin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18140/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (11 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 600. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider amending the Health Act 2007 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18141/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (11 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 602. To ask the Minister for Health when the new accident and emergency department in University Hospital Limerick will be opened. [18144/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 603. To ask the Minister for Health when the new ward in Nenagh Hospital will be completed and operational. [18145/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (11 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 604. To ask the Minister for Health the use to which the contingency of €36 million in his Department is being applied. [18146/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 605. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the national maternity strategy will be implemented in time and on budget. [18147/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 606. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change services that are provided in Portlaoise General Hospital [18148/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (11 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 747. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times and dates he has met with the CEO or chairperson of every organisation under his remit since he took office, in tabular form. [17746/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (11 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 774. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grants, subsidies or supports of any other kind including favourable lease terms that have been made available to the online subsidiary of a company (details supplied) as part of its recent establishment of an operation in the Digital Hub in Dublin. [17938/17]

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: We have a serious issue in regard to the Garda. My party has publically stated we do not have confidence in the Commissioner or senior management. Of the 145,000 wrongly-issued District Court summonses for fixed charge road traffic offences, 14,700 resulted in convictions and penalty points being issued. Those convictions and penalties will have to be rectified by the courts and set aside....

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: Was the Department told about the reports in 2008 and 2010? Why did the Commissioner not use section 41, as advised by the head of legal affairs, in regard to the audits that were being prepared in Templemore? With regard to a very disturbing issue over the course of many years, probably decades, why are we saying that only in September 2016 did the Department of Justice and Equality...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to hold a public consultation process on solar farm planning guidelines that his Department publishes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18376/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to publish solar farm planning guidelines to bring clarity to planning authorities when making decisions on these types of planning applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18378/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department have deemed it necessary to carry out a strategic environmental assessment on solar farm planning guidelines that his Department publishes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18379/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (12 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 289. To ask the Minister for Health if experienced paramedics can be given permission to work over the age of 66 years of age, in view of the shortage of paramedics. [18597/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (13 Apr 2017)

Alan Kelly: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be losing a teacher post in the upcoming academic year 2017 to 2018, due to declining student numbers in recent years (details supplied); if staff numbers will be maintained; and if not, if a teacher will be redeployed. [18925/17]

Mental Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I will speak in favour of this Bill on behalf of the Labour Party. I congratulate and thank Deputy Browne and his colleagues on bringing it forward. It is very good legislation and it is a matter in which the Deputy has a keen interest and which he pursues consistently. The Bill seeks to integrate provisions of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act with the treatment of patients...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (2 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: 101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation which demands a mandatory statutory retirement age in the private sector; the expected timelines for enactment of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19148/17]