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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a placement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30044/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30111/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the unsustainable model for third level education funding through an increase of capital spending by €10 million in order for Ireland to retain a highly educated workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29940/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assist in reducing unemployment and sustaining existing employment by allocating ring fenced funding for the development of new apprenticeships and training programmes to promote new skills and for in-work training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29952/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaeltacht Policy (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures which will be taken to ensure that the Gaeltacht education policy is published and funded in the near future with regard to the Gaeltacht curriculum referenced in his Department's strategy statement for 2016-2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29946/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address the urgent need to develop a strategy that will provide single persons and couples who face inadequate rent supplement and HAP limits with accessible and affordable social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29942/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his strategy to take advantage of the large number of vacant homes nationwide in order to alleviate the homelessness crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29943/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenancy Protection Scheme (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will support and make efforts towards extending the tenancy protection service to benefit homeless persons or persons at risk of homelessness on a nationwide level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29944/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29967/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 43. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will counteract funding cuts and invest in the development of the Irish language and Gaeltacht authorities by allocating €4.5 million in the upcoming budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29945/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 56. To ask the Minister for Health if funding can be made available for a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29909/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 57. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29930/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 61. To ask the Minister for Health if he will continue to support the Irish Cancer Society, NCCP, HSE and the national immunisation office working group focused on improving communication around the vaccine and robust and regular public support for the vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29938/16]

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

Michael Healy-Rae: 64. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29954/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 97. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the value of family resource centres to communities; if additional ring-fenced funding will be allocated to assist in promoting their work and enabling the centres to implement their action plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29937/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Voluntary Sector Funding (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 98. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will remedy Government funding cuts experienced by Scouting Ireland by increasing funds to match its increasing size in budget 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29956/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (12 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 99. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider the benefits that would come from improving the quality of the current child care system by extending the early childhood care education scheme and establishing formal after school care programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29941/16]

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

Michael Healy-Rae: This issue should be looked at and many of the stations reopened. It was a mistake made by the last Government, as the Minister will readily admit. The extra €36.5 million to be made available for the higher and further education sector next year is also welcome. I am glad to see the introduction of a new fisherman's tax credit of €1,270 per year for those who spend...

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

Michael Healy-Rae: This is an avoid the general election at all costs budget. At the same time, nobody was looking for an election. I am glad to have an opportunity to speak about the budget. It comes at a time when the new Government had a chance to start repaying the Irish people for the hardship they have had to endure since the crash in 2008. This, unfortunately, did not happen. I welcome the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (11 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: 21. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 16 September 2016, the reason her Department breached the terms and conditions of its own regulations in an office notice 04/2013 when implementing same; and if the conditions have been breached with regard to her Department's customer service charter, the address which is offered to persons affected...