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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (10 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the REP scheme 2013 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will expedite the application and the issue of the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24711/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 509. To ask the Minister for Health if a 70% to 90% blockage of an artery of a patient is deemed to be an urgent case to be afforded priority in having a surgical procedure to have a stent inserted; if so, the length of time a patient may expect to wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24383/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 510. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the waiting time for a patient to access cardiology in-patient treatment at University College Hospital in the public health care systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24384/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 518. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for cardiology inpatient treatment at Galway University Hospital; the length of time he expects it will take to reach the national special delivery unit target that no patient is waiting longer than eight months for inpatient treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24436/14]

Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: First, I welcome the €250 million that has been provided under the Leader element of the rural development programme between 2014 and 2020. This Leader programme will have a significant impact on and provide potential benefit to the region I serve, County Mayo, as well as for the west and for rural areas in particular. As the money is there, it is a question of it being used and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Forthcoming Environment Council: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (5 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I refer to the situation of a local authority tenant in a council house who has had a heating system upgrade. I understand that some boilers may be more efficient. Why are people being forced to use oil or coal? The following example may illustrate my point. A voluntary housing association in my area upgraded houses by putting solar panels on the roof. This is a carbon reducing measure....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Forthcoming Environment Council: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (5 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: Will the Minister update us on the roadmap for our transport emission targets? In that context, could we make a move towards the utilisation of liquid gas so as to displace dependency on petrol and diesel, which I understand would just require a simple modification to a vehicle? However, I believe this would have to be policy driven. I say this with the commercial benefits in mind....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2013: Office of the Ombudsman (4 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: What action or steps were taken by the HSE to address concerns? Mr. Tyndall has covered the issue of the lost files, but he said that the amount of information that the medical officer was giving was found to be unsatisfactory. Have those matters been addressed? What steps have been taken?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2013: Office of the Ombudsman (4 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: Are things square between Mr Tyndall and the HSE on this, aside from those 40 cases?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2013: Office of the Ombudsman (4 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: Yes, and the mobility issue. Mr. Tyndall's predecessor made the finding that the schemes as operating were in breach of the Equal Status Acts because they excluded a body of persons without just grounds. We see that the schemes have been closed to new applicants. Surely we are talking about an inequality there. I am sure that there are people out there who should be in a position to avail...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2013: Office of the Ombudsman (4 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: Sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2013: Office of the Ombudsman (4 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Ombudsman and his team and thank him for his presentation. I refer to the issue of discretionary medical cards. As the Ombudsman pointed out, the review process has been paused. Considering the number of complaints received, the 40 he is dealing with is an extraordinarily low number, but people have been vocal with their local public representatives about the issue because of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2013: Office of the Ombudsman (4 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: Has the Ombudsman encountered this in many or in all cases where a medical card was awarded prior to centralisation?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (4 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused a grant under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23663/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (4 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the criteria and procedures required to be met by the employer and the employee in order for an employee to retire under the Civil Service occupational pension scheme grounds of ill health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23754/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (4 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the employees of the State that have retired on ill-health grounds under the Civil Service occupational pension scheme for each of the past ten years and the Departments from which they retired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23773/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (4 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the manner in which the State exercises its discretion to allow employees to retire on ill-health grounds under the Civil Service occupational pension scheme and the rationale for same and to set out any change in policy during the past ten years and the reason the issue of added years service of employment deemed in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (4 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if same will be expedited due to the hardship the delay is causing the family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23853/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (4 Jun 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if same will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23913/14]

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Bill in the sense of the propositions it sets out regarding the strengthening of the functions of GSOC, which would be fully empowered to conduct its business, and the establishment of an independent Garda Síochána board with monitoring, oversight and supervisory functions. We live in a democracy and we require transparency and accountability and we need systems in...