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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: I am talking about the carriages that are on the line.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (27 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will seek from the Revenue Commissioners' customs department a progress report on developments on combatting the importation of drugs in the border midlands area since an October 2017 meeting with Houses of the Oireachtas representatives; the number of joint policing committee meetings customs has attended since October 2017 in counties Sligo,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (27 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 525. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the new Tusla facility being developed in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, will require new nursing staff; if so, the location in which persons can apply for these positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48853/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has to wait 18 months for clinical assessment by a physiologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48163/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (15 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47514/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Planning (14 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts the HSE is putting in place to ensure the large number of persons on trolleys at Sligo University Hospital does not continue for the duration of the winter period in view of recent numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47249/18]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (13 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: I thank the Minister of State for her reply and I have a few queries on foot of it. A capacity review into the national ambulance service was conducted in 2015 and its findings were released in 2016. It found that in order for the service to meet strict HIQA standards, additional staff needed to be hired. Can the Minister of State identify the Government's efforts in that regard and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (13 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: I thank the Minister of State for that.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (13 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: I have tabled this matter as the people of County Leitrim seek clarity from the Government as to why ambulance waiting times in the county are so high and why south Leitrim generally has been left without any ambulance cover whatever in recent months. They want to know why the new ambulance service which was based in Carrick-on-Shannon in County Leitrim has been moved to Boyle in County...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Services (13 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has given consideration to creating a scheme that would allow each local authority to apply for funding in order to enable it to provide live web feeds of council meetings to the public; his views on whether it would be important for persons to be able to access this service; his further views on the fact that it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (8 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 149. To ask the Minister for Health the reason children up to the age of 16 years who are in receipt of the long-term illness scheme for mental illness are no longer entitled to the benefits of this scheme between after 17 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46233/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (8 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the reason children up to 16 years of age who are in receipt of the long-term illness scheme for mental illness are no longer entitled to the benefits of this scheme after 17 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46290/18]

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: I thank the Minister, Deputy Murphy, for sharing time to make a few points. I appreciate some of the concerns expressed by members of the Rural Independent Group and other Members. Many of the concerns expressed are real, honest and come from first-hand experience of the problems faced by people on the ground in our constituencies. I commend them on raising these concerns. However, I do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Letterkenny Institute of Technology: Chairperson Designate (6 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: I welcome Mr. Moloney. He mentioned the Connacht-Ulster alliance. How is it progressing? What is LyIT's relationship with the institutes of technology in Sligo and Mayo? How is it being progressed? Does the institute of technology have many people doing online courses? Mr. Moloney mentioned foreign students residing in Donegal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Letterkenny Institute of Technology: Chairperson Designate (6 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: Is everybody on board with this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Letterkenny Institute of Technology: Chairperson Designate (6 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: The relationship between the three-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Letterkenny Institute of Technology: Chairperson Designate (6 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: What about online courses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Letterkenny Institute of Technology: Chairperson Designate (6 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: This week I saw a university and institutes of technology league table. One of the criteria was students' employment prospects on leaving third level. How does LyIT fare regarding student employment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Letterkenny Institute of Technology: Chairperson Designate (6 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: That is a great testament.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation Data (6 Nov 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 116. To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department has spent in 2018 on carrying out commissions of investigations and State inquiries as recommended by the independent review mechanism and State tribunals; the number and name of these investigations; and the individual costs of same. [45916/18]