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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that additional funding will be provided for residential placements for persons with disabilities in budget 2017, with a particular emphasis on placements for dual diagnosis patients as promised in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29235/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 351. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that additional funding will be provided for residential placements for persons with enduring mental health issues in budget 2017, with a particular emphasis on placements for dual diagnosis patients as promised in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29234/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 353. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the area of early intervention services will receive increased funding in budget 2017 to ensure that the Government's increased commitment to early intervention services for children with special needs will be fulfilled in an effort to reduce waiting times for assessment and follow up therapies; if he will ensure a genuine effort will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 360. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts that will be made in budget 2017 to ensure a reduction in the use of agency staff and to improve the working conditions of nurses to ensure that the HSE can attract and retain nurses in our health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29256/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that funding for local roads will be dramatically increased in budget 2017; if the local improvement scheme will be extended as promised in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29244/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (6 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider increasing the living alone allowance in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29160/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) (6 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will increase the income threshold for the non-contributory State pension, which has not been increased in a number of years as the cut off point is leaving a large number of pensioners without a State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29161/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (6 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home help hours or a home care package in south Tipperary and north Tipperary; if extra funding will be allocated to County Tipperary for home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29124/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 222. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide sufficient funding to provide an additional chaplaincy support to South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29127/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Disability Act Employment Targets (5 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position on the implementation of Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 in relation to a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28867/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates Applications (5 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the criteria applied to a primary medical certificate application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28845/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (4 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider fitting all Garda Stations with a defibrillator to serve their communities; if the cost of maintaining defibrillator units already fitted at Garda stations by the community could be met by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28044/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (4 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the fairness of the criteria attached to the tenant purchase scheme for county councils; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some of the criteria adversely affect old age pensioners, in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28414/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (4 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 264. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider the way in which the contributory State pension is calculated to avoid those who had absences from the workforce for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to child rearing, are not inadvertently discriminated against due to the low yearly average rate, while those who only entered the workforce late and had a full...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (4 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the detail of the proposals to require those of a pensionable age make a claim for jobseeker's benefit before receiving the State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28419/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community First Responders Network (4 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a scheme to help community groups with the purchase and maintenance costs of life saving equipment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28044/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (4 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the procedures governing inspection of non-GLAS farms; if he will instruct planners in his Department who are carrying out GLAS commonage management plans to provide adequate notice to non-GLAS shareholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28192/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (29 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts he is making to counter cross-Border smuggling of illegal goods; the estimated financial cost of this illicit trade in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19085/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (29 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused school transport to a school when their sibling has been granted school transport to the same school and there is a number of spaces available on the school bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28020/16]

Pharmacy Fees: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I compliment those who brought forward the proposals in this motion. Former taoisigh, Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen, both told me the HSE would be disbanded. It has not been disbanded though it is a organisation that is totally unfit for the job it has to do. I respect the fact that, as the Minister said, every cent of the money had been paid back and that is right. There also should be...