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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Contracts (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 372. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the contract of nurses due to retire if they are willing to continue working; if he will consider re-engaging any nurse who has already retired if he or she is willing to be re-employed, particularly in the context of current staff shortages in the nursing profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15240/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting lists for services, procedures and operations at Letterkenny University Hospital; the number of services, procedures and operations cancelled over the period from 1 January 2016 to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15241/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 374. To ask the Minister for Health if the full review of the three community hospitals (details supplied) in County Donegal has been completed; if funding has been put in place for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15242/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Donegal who have benefited from the National Treatment Purchase Fund over the period from 2016 to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15243/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours being provided at present in County Donegal directly through the HSE and by private contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15244/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 377. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a second breast cancer surgeon has been appointed on a permanent basis at Letterkenny University Hospital; if all necessary medical staff are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15245/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 378. To ask the Minister for Health if a second endocrinologist, an additional diabetic nurse specialist and a dietician have been appointed at Letterkenny University Hospital; if all necessary medical staff are in place in that service to deal with patient demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15246/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (28 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the allocation of €10,595,000 made to Donegal County Council in January 2017 by Transport Infrastructure Ireland and his Department; if he will further confirm an additional allocation of €17 million made by his Department as reported in the local press on 20 March 2017 (details supplied) for Donegal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 1004. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the electro encephalogen service has been reduced from a four day to a two day service in Sligo University Hospital since May 2016; his plans to return it to a four day service and to increase it to a five day service, in view of the fact that this hospital is servicing the west Mayo, north west regions and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Legislation (9 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for publishing the Sea Fisheries Bill; the timeframe for its introduction; if he will provide an overview of its content and its impact on the sea fisheries sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12359/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Programme (9 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for publishing the sea fisheries Bill; if the Bill will deal with the penalty points issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12358/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (2 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 241. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce medical cards for the children of parents in receipt of domiciliary care allowance; if primary legislation is required to allow this; if so, the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11113/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (2 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 242. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans for the appointment of a second endocrinologist at Letterkenny General Hospital; if no changes occurred in the staffing of the endocrinologist services at Letterkenny in a specific time period (details supplied) in either the treatment of adult patients or children; if the service is appropriately staffed for the demands placed on it;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (2 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 243. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to extend the long-term illness scheme to include those persons who currently suffer from Crohn’s disease and asthma, in view of the fact that currently they are not covered by this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11115/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (2 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an areas of natural constraint, ANC, payment will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11073/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (2 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an areas of natural constraint, ANC, payment will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11175/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (1 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the non-inclusion of certain schools in County Donegal that were unsuccessful in obtaining DEIS status following the recent designation; the process used in determining the designations and the appeals mechanism open to those unsuccessful schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10121/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (1 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the non-inclusion of certain schools for DEIS designation while at the same time designating adjoining schools within the same communities and districts; the appeals processes open to the school authorities regarding their failure to obtain DEIS status; his plans for further designations in the near future; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (28 Feb 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to bring all local authority owned rental property up to an acceptable energy rating standard (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9974/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (28 Feb 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to replace the current local authority rates system to a fairer and equitable system of local taxation on commercial properties and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9975/17]