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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Home Help Service (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: Things are not getting better, they are getting worse. If additional hours are being made available and additional money is available, why is it that only 25% of existing hours which have been in place for the past six, 12 and 18 months are being reallocated? How is it fair that only 25% of existing hours are being reallocated? How is that equitable? How will it keep as many people in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 47. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive plans in place to support North Westmeath Hospice and palliative care in the county generally. [20995/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 127. To ask the Taoiseach the total photography costs per annum for his Department since coming to office, inclusive of costs incurred from the use of the ministerial allowance in tabular form; the list of occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographer used; the breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; if there is a policy regarding the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Relations Contracts Data (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 128. To ask the Taoiseach to provide, broken down per annum, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming into office in tabular form; the external public relations firm used; and to outline the internal departmental policy with regard to employing external groups. [20314/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Consultancy Contracts Data (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 129. To ask the Taoiseach to provide per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 in tabular form; the costs per report; the company involved; and the title of the report and the publication date. [20315/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the current situation surrounding the tax status of tutors, whereby many of them may now be faced with large tax bills; and his plans to deal with this. [20772/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has fallen off his Department's list for funding and when funding will be made available to bring this project to the final stage. [20559/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the masters degree courses covered under the back to education allowance scheme; and if the rules on this scheme changed in the past year. [21037/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why the back to education allowance scheme will only cover a masters degree in education; and if he will investigate the possibility of allowing it to cover additional masters degrees. [21040/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 466. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the bogs she has recently designated as natural heritage areas. [21023/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 494. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment with a paediatrician for a person (details supplied) who has been suffering illness for some time [20543/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 495. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite treatment of a person (details supplied) [20544/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 514. To ask the Minister for Health if there are positions available within the field of health and safety specialist positions; and if persons who are fully qualified in this field have been refused employment [20759/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [20776/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 537. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to hire an additional occupational therapist for County Longford as there is only one such occupational therapist in place to cover the whole county at present; and the expected waiting time currently for a person who is not classed as category 1 to receive an appointment with an occupational therapist in County Longford. [20859/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home-care hours which are currently available in counties Longford and Westmeath. [20862/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 540. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a community occupational therapist assessment for persons discharged from rehabilitation units in counties Longford and Westmeath; and his views on whether these waiting times are acceptable when dealing with vulnerable persons. [20864/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 541. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a community occupational therapist visit in counties Westmeath and Longford. [20868/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the current shortage of services in County Longford for persons who are discharged from rehabilitation; and his views on whether support services such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists are under resourced in County Longford at present. [20884/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Development (12 Jul 2016)

Robert Troy: 753. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review plans for a junction on the midlands greenway (details supplied) with a view to putting in place a safer and more traffic friendly option than the current proposal. [20557/16]