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Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (25 May 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of providing respite care services; the estimated annual cost and implications of increasing respite care services by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12152/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (25 May 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 351. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of making all public transport wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12158/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Animal Welfare (24 May 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to request Cavan County Council to release its inspection reports of a so-called 'puppy farm' in County Cavan, recently referred to on a British Broadcasting Corporation Panorama investigation programme as shocking and operated on an industrial scale; to ensure the release of all relevant information regarding this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (17 May 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of a situation in a school (details supplied) where during the course of renovations to its playground it was discovered that the wastewater facilities were in a bad state of repair; that his Department was immediately informed of this but the school was informed that there were no funds left to assist with an upgrade; whether...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (17 May 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 487. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; if there will be any obstacles with the application; if he will encourage discretion in granting this payment, considering the severity and complexity of the medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9691/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (17 May 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 704. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme including obstacles to it; to apply the greatest possible discretion in granting this person a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9669/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Data (17 May 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 732. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of primary care centres in County Kildare; the number of staff employed in each centre; if he has filled all staff positions in each centre; his plans for further centres in County Kildare; the steps he is taking to fill vacant positions across each of the primary care teams already in place; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 May 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 880. To ask the Minister for Health to establish and advise if due to an agreement between the National Rehabilitation Hospital and a provider (details supplied) patients presenting who are already users of prosthesis from other providers, with which they are most satisfied and accustomed, are being refused access to see a consultant at any of the hospital's facilities or joint facilities...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (17 May 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 894. To ask the Minister for Health when the new health centre in Kildare town will be opening; the services it will provide when opened; the length of time the Health Service Executive has been paying rent for the premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10448/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (17 May 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 932. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive chose Collinstown, County Westmeath, as its location for a new residential home; if it carried out a feasibility study into the suitability of the site considering it is located on a secondary country road that has no footpath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10603/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (17 May 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 933. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the Health Service Executive’s decision to relocate its care facilities from St. Peter's estate in Castlepollard, to bungalows in Castlepollard then on to Collinstown in County Westmeath; the executive's future plans for the buildings and grounds of St. Peter's Estate in Castlepollard; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (17 May 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 934. To ask the Minister for Health the investment that has been made to improve care homes the Health Service Executive runs in Castlepollard, County Westmeath; if his Department or the Executive have implemented measures to address the issues and concerns regarding the standard of accommodation that was identified in past Health Information and Quality Authority reports; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (17 May 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 935. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the criteria and rationale for the decision to relocate houses that were bought for the residents in St. Peter's Estate in Castlepollard, County Westmeath, and another house that is soon to open in Collinstown, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10606/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (17 May 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 936. To ask the Minister for Health the care homes the Health Service Executive owns or runs or that are managed by housing agencies for it; their annual running costs over the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10607/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (17 May 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 937. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend entitlement under the long-term illness scheme to those suffering from Crohn's disease and irritable bowel syndrome; the reason these debilitating conditions have not been included heretofore as against those health circumstances that do qualify; if he has requested details of the number involved and the projected cost of extending the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (4 May 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8905/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (26 Apr 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 296. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the Health Service will cope with the already showing significant under-provision for 2016; if he accepts that it is impracticable and unworkable to have so-called overspends carried forward by specific entities and sectors within the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8228/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (26 Apr 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 443. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Part V council tenancies are not included in the new tenant purchase scheme list of approved properties for purchase application; if he will reconsider this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8230/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ulster Canal Restoration Project (26 Apr 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 498. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of works undertaken to date on the Ulster Canal restoration project; if said works are on schedule; the programme of works intended in 2016 and the funding secured for same; if a greater urgency will be applied to the roll-out of the overall project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8229/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Apr 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 280. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria a person must meet in order to become a home carer through either the Health Service Executive or the commercial sector; if, apart from Garda vetting, there are regulations in place to ensure that the successful candidate is suitable and qualified for such an important post, including the specific placement; and if he will make a statement on...