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Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 22. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department have precisely identified the most common causes for long waiting lists in respect of various elective procedures; when he expects these issues to be resolved with the objective of bringing waiting times to the minimum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30613/16]

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: This is the old chestnut of trying to identify the long waiting lists for various elective procedures, the causes of them, the most common delays experienced and whether it might be possible to put in place remedial measures to deal with them.

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: To what extent have individual and precise areas been examined with a view to identifying what might be done in the short term to alleviate some of the delay problems? For example, delays in waiting to see a consultant is a common cause put forward by patients. Subsequently, the next delay occurs when waiting for the procedure. What are the contributory factors in that regard? Is it due...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 560. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which sufficient nursing staff are readily available in line with requirements over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30979/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 87. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects provisions now in place to deal with overcrowding at accident and emergency centres at general hospitals throughout the winter months; the extent to which the emergence of primary care centres is deemed to be alleviating the overcrowding situation in the accident and emergency departments; if he is satisfied that all available...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30625/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected that full transport services will be restored for children attending special schools throughout north Kildare in view of the fact that parents are currently delivering and collecting their children at the same time as the special bus which is not available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30323/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport for children with special needs in mainstream primary and second level schools and special schools, including those in young adult services, will be restored throughout north Kildare and countrywide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30329/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected that full transport services will be restored for children attending special schools throughout north Kildare in view of the fact that parents are currently delivering and collecting their children at the same time as the special bus which is not available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30324/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport for children with special needs in mainstream primary and second level schools and special schools, including those in young adult services, will be restored throughout north Kildare and countrywide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30330/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which children with special needs have been successful in obtaining primary and second level school places throughout north Kildare in the current year, in both mainstream and special schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30318/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Preschool Services (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the availability of preschool places for children with special needs throughout north Kildare; the extent to which augmentation is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30320/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding can be facilitated for required accommodation at a school (details supplied) with particular reference to the growing demographics of the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30458/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grant (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which respite care and respite care grants can be restored in the current year, with particular reference to the needs of parents and children throughout north Kildare and the rest of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30328/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the payments which remain outstanding in respect of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30340/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if supplementary welfare will be facilitated while awaiting a decision for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30736/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Payments (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an overpayment of family income supplement, FIS, can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30780/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 4 October 2016, the way it is expected that the balance can be made in the case of a person (details supplied), pending an application for an exceptional needs payment in respect of funeral expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30783/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 5 October 2016, if a person (details supplied) qualifies for an invalidity pension following one year in receipt of disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30785/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 380. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which any improvements will be facilitated in the availability of post-school residential places for children and young adults with special needs in the coming years, with particular reference to ensuring the availability of sufficient such places to enable parents enter into employment in order to better care for their children in the future;...