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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 934. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reconfigure the delivery of disability services for children with special needs in Cork; the progress to date on the issue; his plans to reconfigure services; when the changes will be effective from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31160/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 935. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the delivery of intervention services for children with autism in Cork such as, for example, speech and language therapy, if he has been requested by service providers to consider sanctioning resources to allow therapy to be bought in externally; if a budget exists for such an initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31161/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 936. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of each child with autism spectrum disorder in Cork, his plans to request the service providers to confirm the exact intervention services the child will receive on a September to September basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31162/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 981. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the application of prescription charges for persons who have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; if he will consider providing them with an exemption from the charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31385/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 1120. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details for each county of the number of new home care packages approved by the Health Service Executive in 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; the specific national budget for home care packages in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32105/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education Facilities (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 1242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for capital funding by a post-primary school (details supplied) in Cork city for a sports hall; when a further announcement on the school capital programme is expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31058/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 1334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an electronic device for a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [32098/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 1335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that a suitable school place is available, in line with the professional recommendation, for a child with special needs (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32099/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 1372. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are provisions in place to assist persons facing large waste disposal bills because of the amount of medical waste they must dispose of as a result of their medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30791/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 1418. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new tenant purchase scheme will become operational; the way the discount on the market value of the property will be calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31062/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 1404. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce new rules regarding the impact on adjoining premises of trees growing on a neighbour's property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30810/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 1417. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a mortgage to rent case for persons (details supplied) in County Cork; the next steps in the process; the estimated timeframe for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31059/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 1509. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he plans to allow an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork to proceed to tender for a housing project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32102/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (22 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 1612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) in County Cork who had to terminate their employment with the old Department of Transport in 1970 due to the marriage bar may be entitled to a partial occupational pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31189/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Lending (23 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: This issue relates to mortgage holders who have been wrongly denied the right to return to their tracker interest rate at the end of a period on a fixed rate. I will set out the background to this issue. In 2008 there was widespread expectation among mortgage customers that interest rates were going to rise further. The European Central Bank had increased its base rate in July 2008 to...

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Lending (23 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. He should be made aware that as far back as 2009 the Financial Services Ombudsman wrote to the Central Bank and asked that there be an industry-wide review of how customers were being encouraged to move off tracker mortgage rates and how people were being denied the possibility of returning to tracker mortgage rates. In the case of Permanent TSB,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (23 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance whether, to qualify for the foreign earnings deduction, the employee concerned must be employed by an Irish incorporated company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32425/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (23 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out his plans to legislate for the proposed changes to the pension-related deduction or pension levy, as provided for in the Lansdowne Road agreement; when and the way in which he intends to provide for these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32364/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (23 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the procurement of a permanent site for a planned new school (details supplied) in County Cork and also on the provision of temporary accommodation to be in place for the planned school opening in Autumn 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32341/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (23 Sep 2015)

Michael McGrath: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the school year 2013-2014, 2014-2015 and the allocation for the 2015-2016 year; if there is currently an appeal for the allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32426/15]