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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [11691/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 387. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the findings of the Committee on Public Accounts which were forwarded to him in respect of the HSE not discharging an artist ration award to the North Meath Community Development Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11253/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 411. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the failure of the HSE to discharge an arbitration award to the North Meath Community Development Association. [11251/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 412. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the findings of the Committee on Public Accounts which were forwarded to him in respect of the executive not discharging an artist ration award to the North Meath Community Development Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11252/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Incidence (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 414. To ask the Minister for Health if he is peer-reviewing the recent report on a suspected cluster of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in the Duleek area of County Meath and if he must report it to any reporting mechanism at European Union level [11261/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Incidence (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 418. To ask the Minister for Health if he will implement any of the recommendations contained in a recently published Health Service Executive report into the possible causes of Guillain-Barré Syndrome clusters in Duleek in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11276/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Parking Charges (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 416. To ask the Minister for Health the status of car parking charges at primary care centres including if they are an unacceptable burden to patients, particularly for persons with medical cards; if he will include them in the assessment of means for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11265/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Parking Charges (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 419. To ask the Minister for Health the policy surrounding car parking charges at primary care centres. [11277/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff members of the Health Service Executive currently on extended leave, not including holiday or sick leave, with full or partial pay. [11490/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 488. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practice surgeries; the towns and villages where they are located in County Meath currently participating under the rural practice allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11695/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 489. To ask the Minister for Health when he will make promised changes under the rural practice allowance scheme, and the towns and villages in County Meath that will benefit. [11696/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 490. To ask the Minister for Health why his Department discontinued the participation of a town (details supplied) under the rural practice allowance scheme. [11697/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Aid (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will initiate a scheme of state aid funded loan relief as authorised by the European Union for dairy farmers suffering from cashflow problems as a result of superlevy and other obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11345/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 626. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, staff currently on leave, not including holiday or sick leave, with full or partial pay. [11492/16]

Appointment of Ministers of State (19 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Can we respond to the Taoiseach?

Appointment of Ministers of State (19 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I would like to respond to the Taoiseach because he might recall the Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton's statement.

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: This question was submitted before I was appointed and is very similar to the first question we put down. There is probably no particular need to further discuss it today, except to say that the issue of these long waiting lists is an absolutely critical one the Government must address, along with the point that we discussed earlier, that the needs of the child must be central to all of this...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: It is an issue which we have debated a number of times today and to which I will return in my role. I thank the Minister for his courtesy to me today on my first day in this spokesmanship.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: That is certainly the direction in which we want to go. As the Minister said, apprenticeships are highly valued. In terms of the traditional apprenticeships, there are severe shortages at the moment at a time when we do not need shortages. Is there anything specific being done to address that deficit in traditional apprenticeships?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister has outlined the work of the Apprenticeship Council. The programme for Government contains a commitment to doubling the number of apprenticeships and providing a total of 31,000 places by 2020. We sincerely hope that is much more than simply an ambition. I would say it is not enough to set targets. The number of apprenticeships is led by the level of demand from those who...