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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships developed prior to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29172/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices enrolled per apprenticeship programme developed since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29170/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: The programme for Government contains a commitment to control spiralling rent costs. While I welcome the extension of the rent pressure zones in recent days to 18 new areas, I want to bring to the Minister's attention that in the first three months of 2019, rents in Kerry soared by 9% on average. Specific areas such as Killarney, Kenmare, Dingle and Tralee have significant tourism pressures...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (4 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if firefighters, particularly those who may have had an illness, will lose out on their entitlement to full pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28788/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 330. To ask the Minister for Health the level of drug expenditure in the health budget in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the percentage of the health budget spent on drugs in each of the years in tabular form. [29076/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 331. To ask the Minister for Health the level of hi-tech and orphan drugs expenditure in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the percentage of the drugs budget spent on such drugs in each of the years in tabular form. [29077/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the expenditure here on hi-tech and orphan drugs in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019 compares to the EU average on a per capita basis and in terms of a proportion of both health spending and drugs expenditure respectively in tabular form. [29078/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Data (9 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the medicines that have been approved as cost effective by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics over each of the past five years but that have yet to be reimbursed by the HSE, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29079/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (9 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 390. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of Duodopa for peritoneal dialysis patients in view of the fact that the health technology assessment process has been completed by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29328/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 482. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of the 10% increase across general practitioner visit card weekly income thresholds which took effect from April 2019; and the number of additional persons now covered by free general practitioner access as a result of the change. [29790/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (9 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 484. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing free general practitioner care to children aged seven and eight years. [29793/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee Collection (9 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 574. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address an anomaly regarding the selling of television licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29237/19]

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: I am speaking in support of the motion. The Minister said:I am not here to defend the Brazilian President, Mr. Bolsonaro, nor would I attempt to do so. However, the Mercosur countries, including Brazil, will have to fully implement the Paris Climate Agreement as part of this deal ... Should Brazil walk away from the Paris Agreement or fail to meet its obligations, then this deal falls. It...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Eligibility (10 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed to allow a full and final decision on the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30366/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: This is the fourth time I have asked this question since the start of the year. It relates to the wind farm guidelines that have been promised month in month out. On the previous three occasions I requested them, I was told it would be a matter of weeks. We are now approaching the summer recess. Is the Tánaiste able to give an update on when the guidelines are due to be published?

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (11 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 451. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who availed of physiotherapy in a primary care setting during the first six months of 2019. [30475/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Data (11 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who availed of occupational therapy in a primary care setting during the first six months of 2019. [30476/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Data (11 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 453. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who availed of speech and language therapy in a primary care setting during the first six months of 2019. [30477/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (11 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who availed of the community nursing service during the first six months of 2019. [30478/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (11 Jul 2019)

John Brassil: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner out-of-hours contacts during the first six months of 2019. [30479/19]