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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether continuing educational supports at primary and secondary level, following consultation assessment to include special needs assistant resource hours, facilities to nap and so on help during exams, exam concessions, home tuition and so on additional funding for grinds and so on should be made available to make up for missed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether children with Downs syndrome should be provided with a maximum number of individual resource teaching hours per week - currently 4 hours 15 minutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23529/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether a special education grant should be given for third level education to cover costs for sufferers of the unique Narcolepsy disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23537/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection SOUND is seeking official recognition of narcolepsy as a disability so that their members cannot be discriminated against in the work place and that they are entitled to a disability allowance in the event that they are dismissed, their diminished ability to work prevents them from adequately supporting themselves in the future; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection SOUND is seeking official recognition of narcolepsy as a disability so that their members cannot be discriminated against in the work place and that they are entitled to a disability allowance in the event that they are dismissed.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23481/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether rapid access to carer’s allowance and domiciliary care allowance should be granted for those parents have had to give up or reduce employment hours to become carer's for their child or children suffering from Narcolepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23539/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Exemptions (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding waivers for the property tax on unfinished estates, 82 waivers were recommended by Kerry County Council but only 27 were granted, the reason the rest were refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23531/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Statistics (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 208. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the crime rates in County Kerry for January 2009 to January 2010, January 2010 to January 2011, January 2011 to January 2012 and January 2012 to January 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23530/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Application Numbers (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that have been paid under the new agri-environment option scheme 3 out of the applications applied for prior to Christmas 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23528/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 248. To ask the Minister for Health if SOUND the organization that represents sufferers of the unique narcolepsy disorder will have an input to any committee which plans for the future care of their members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23480/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 270. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether access to international expertise should be made available to SOUND, the organisation that represents Sufferers Of the Unique Narcolepsy Disorder and his Department and the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23533/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 272. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether sufferers from Narcolepsy should have access to new drug treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23538/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 249. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be compensation for chronic illness as a result of the vaccine damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23482/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 262. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23477/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 269. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding free general practitioner visit cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23532/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 271. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a special services medical cards to cover all medical treatments, medications, general practitioner and consultant visits in respect of persons suffering from Narcolepsy disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23536/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (16 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 272. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether sufferers from Narcolepsy should have access to new drug treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23538/13]

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: If it is helpful to Deputy Boyd Barrett of course he can speak now.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: With regard to student grants, I received a text yesterday, in the middle of May, from the mother of a student whom I had been helping. She thanked me and let me know the grant had just come through. In the middle of May a student received a grant. This is because the system was centralised. We have a crazy situation whereby the Government and the HSE are closing down our ambulance...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Technical Group for allowing me some time to speak on the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012. When it comes to guillotines, the present Government parties were highly critical of the previous Government. However, the first thing they did when they came to power was to avail of the guillotine at any and every opportunity that suited them. It was one of the big...