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Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to extend the powers of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29332/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a vehicle registration tax, VRT, relief on vehicles purchased by community and voluntary groups in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29247/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a home carer's credit in budget 2017 to support parents who stay at home to care for their children, thereby giving greater parental choice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29257/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Programme for Government Initiatives (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he has taken to introduce a working family payment as promised in the programme for Government to ensure that social welfare schemes supporting low-income families do not discriminate against the self-employed and farming families; when he expects such a payment will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29265/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) employed as a supervisor on a community employment scheme will be offered redundancy should their scheme be amalgamated with another scheme; the reason they would not be eligible for redundancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29340/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Community Development Initiatives (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 328. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a co-ordinating unit to work with communities to develop co-operative structures to keep vital local services in place and to retain and develop vibrant local enterprises will be established as promised in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29250/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 349. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting home help or a home care package in County Tipperary; the time they are waiting; if further funding will be approved for the home care package scheme to try to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29229/16]

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

Mattie McGrath: 350. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for respite services in County Tipperary, both adult and children services over the past five years; the number of persons awaiting services in the county; if he will ensure funding for respite services in south Tipperary is increased in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29230/16]

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]