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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (24 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 381. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive an orthopaedic appointment; if the person's case has been listed as urgent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7291/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 481. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which are being put in place to facilitate spinal surgery at Galway University Hospital; the number of adults awaiting this procedure; the longest waiting time a person is on this list; the number of children awaiting this procedure; the longest waiting time of a child on this list; the interim measures being taken to clear this list; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Protection Agency Expenditure (24 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 582. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the policy and practice of the Environmental Protection Agency on the recovery and enforcement of legal costs, following the conclusion of judicial review litigation and in circumstances where the agency has been awarded its legal costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8068/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Activation Projects (19 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to withdraw funding from a project (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7455/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (19 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 127. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason Empowerment Plus, a youth and family support service for the west of Ireland, has had its Health Service Executive contract terminated; the reason there was no advance notice and no discussion with social workers or families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7414/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (19 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 156. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the Health Information and Quality Authority recommendation that by-pass protocols be amended, to allow 999 ambulances to transport patients to facilities, such as medical assessment units, and minor injury units, where appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7597/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (19 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Galway Roscommon Primary Community Continuing Care failed to spend up to 10% of its allocated budget for mental health services in 2014; the reason its budget was cut by a further 5% in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7598/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (18 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 21. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to expand the operational roles of the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6795/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (18 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 38. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel of the Defence Forces based at Custume Barracks in Athlone, County Roscommon; the number of these personnel whose parent unit is not located in Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6796/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (18 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment scheme posts which have been vacant for three months or more; the sectors with the highest vacancy rate; the steps she is taking to address such vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7295/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (18 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of her recent comments to the Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, her plans to review the recruitment process of reserve gardaí into the permanent Garda force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7293/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (17 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if limestone karst and waterlogged soil areas in County Roscommon and in the east of County Galway will be defined as water-vulnerable areas under the new green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6617/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (17 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if limestone karst and waterlogged soil areas will be defined as water-vulnerable areas under the new green low-energy agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6618/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (17 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the affect parental leave has on calculations for redundancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7001/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 360. To ask the Minister for Health the reason public hospitals have long waiting lists for urgent Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans, yet patients may avail of next day appointments on the same machine by paying privately; if he will review this policy, particularly where the equipment and staff are paid from public funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6789/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (17 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 396. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that were approved for the nursing home support scheme Fair Deal but were awaiting payment approval at the end of each monthly period in 2014; the average waiting period for payment approval at the end of the prospective months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7066/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (17 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 397. To ask the Minister for Health his views that a repeat of the extraordinarily high numbers that were awaiting payment under the Nursing Home Support Scheme during the latter half of 2014, with 2,000 plus persons awaiting payment support under the scheme during the latter half of the year, and in tandem, the extraordinary waiting period that arose, averaging four months at certain stages;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Dementia Strategy Implementation (17 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 398. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations in the report of the Dementia Services Information and Development Centre, "A national survey of dementia in long-term residential care", to introduce a payment model that is commensurate with levels of care, staff training, skill mix, and type of non-pharmacological interventions, to support long-term residential...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reverse cuts, introduced during the economic recession, in the services to children with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6786/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way she proposes to address serious concerns expressed by school principals, regarding the school profiling element of the proposed new special needs model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6787/15]