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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: -----for when they do not have their accounts. We are talking about 2015, and the two Deputies here spoke strongly about it. Should there not be some reprimand made rather than continually paying out money? A figure of many millions of euro was mentioned. Should these organisations be getting this money if they do not come up to scratch? Should the Department withhold the funding? I know...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: We are talking about governance.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (16 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 201. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had a surgery appointment cancelled at short notice; when surgery will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7812/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (15 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed explanatory brief and timeline to outline the process of examining the report of the Waterford boundary review committee as part of the overall report on local government matters to be submitted to the Government and the Houses of the Oireachtas in mid-2017, as previously stated; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (15 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will disregard the recommendations contained in the report of the Waterford boundary review committee, in view of the near 20,000 persons who made submissions against the proposal; if he will discontinue, dismantle and disembowel every element of this process indefinitely with immediate effect; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme (14 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the local community development committee in each local authority territory will be accorded the role promised to it of playing a key role in decision making on EU and national funded programmes and interventions as promised in the Government’s White Paper, Putting People First, in terms of delivering the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Plan (14 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 333. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the approved local action groups delivering Leader will be requested to take a role in delivering some of the actions outlined in the action plan for rural development that complement Leader to ensure efficiency and avoid wasteful duplication, in view of the fact that the plan includes explicit references to the EU co-funded...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Policy (9 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated to counties Carlow and Kilkenny in 2015 and 2016; the amount of funding allocated to counties Carlow and Kilkenny for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016; the agency or State body that has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (9 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the decision to refuse grant aid for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) due to extenuating circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6530/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (8 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the results of the review of the Tower Road-Piltown Junction on the N24 conducted by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, will be published; when funding will be provided to TII to commence works on the safety measures recommended in the review results; if his Department is in direct contact with Kilkenny County Council to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (8 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are any grant aid programmes currently within his Department or due to come online shortly which provide funding for assisting persons in the refurbishment of buildings in town centres for residential or commercial purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6230/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (8 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 191. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are any grant aid programmes currently in operation within her Department or due to come online shortly which provide funding for assisting persons in the refurbishment of buildings in town centres for residential or commercial purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6229/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (8 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 231. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate additional funding for the provision of home help hours through the community service organisations in counties Carlow and Kilkenny to alleviate the exorbitant waiting lists and to improve access to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6369/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Homes Scheme (8 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are any grant aid programmes currently within his Department or due to come online shortly which provide funding for assisting persons in the sourcing, purchasing, construction or installation of solar panels and associated technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6231/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (8 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reinvest in the local improvement scheme, LIS, for improvement of isolated, neglected roads and lanes not taken in charge by the local authority which are often essential in providing access routes for communities in marginal areas by allocating separate funding to local authorities specifically for works under LIS; and if...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: The Minister did not respond about the independent clinical review. That was sought by the advocacy group and by professional people. Would having that independent review not help? I welcome that the new facility in Crumlin will be commissioned shortly, but I understand that another theatre will be closed when it comes on stream. Will closing that be an advantage? I am told by the...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: I first raised the issue of waiting times for scoliosis patients with the Minister's predecessor in September 2015. Since then, I have raised the matter consistently as the situation worsened to unprecedented levels. The co-founder of one advocacy group, who was featured in last night's RTE programme, told me, "There are children in Ireland who are being left on waiting lists for so long...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility (7 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will extend the terms and conditions of the mortgage-to-rent scheme to include local authorities as part of the review process of the scheme, as an action in the Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, in view of the very low level of engagement from housing agencies with the scheme in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Road Improvement Schemes (7 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 355. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will allocate further funding to cover the 15% local contribution shortfall of €3,600 in respect of a project (details supplied) under the community involvement in road works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5963/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (7 Feb 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 374. To ask the Minister for Health when hospital management staff at Waterford University Hospital will be briefed in respect of the recently announced mobile catheterisation laboratory as to whether the unit will be made exclusively available for the use of the hospitals in the south east region; if it will be primarily utilised for reducing waiting lists or conducting emergency procedures;...