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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (18 Sep 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the Student Universal Support Ireland website clearly states that under the student grant scheme, PLC students are only entitled to maintenance grants in order to save people applying when they are not eligible as their family income is over €45,790 for a family of fewer than four children; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (18 Sep 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 611. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person signing for credits who applied for a commmunity employment scheme was told that they were not eligible for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37577/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 1118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Traveller ethnicity will be put before the Government for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38587/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Funding (18 Sep 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 1213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided for four visitor moorings for the tourist town of Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38263/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Sep 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 1326. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise an operation in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37256/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (18 Sep 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 1331. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any implications for persons who travel to the Six Counties to have six different prescriptions filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37267/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Sep 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 1366. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that more funding is provided to the Health Service Executive to enable surgeons to carry out more surgeries for scoliosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37578/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Sep 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 1381. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting times here and particularly in Cork for pre-adolescents suffering from scoliosis; if he will endeavour to improve these waiting times as the condition can deteriorate quickly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37635/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (18 Sep 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 1412. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for an autism diagnostic assessment for children nationally; his views on whether a six to eight month wait in Cork North Lee is acceptable; the way he plans to tackle these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37739/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (18 Sep 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 1573. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the substantial increase in the number of persons being refused medical cards and replaced by a GP card; the number of persons, broken down by constituency, who have had medical cards refused, and, of those the number who were subsequently provided with a GP card in its place. [38629/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourist Accommodation (18 Sep 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 1617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the guidelines in place for motor home campsites, which incorporate price, value for money, on site facilities, distance to amenities and suitable terrain or landscape; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37275/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Work Programme, Disability Services and Related Issues: Discussion with HIQA (12 Sep 2013)

Sandra McLellan: Direct provision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Work Programme, Disability Services and Related Issues: Discussion with HIQA (12 Sep 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome HIQA here today and I thank the authority for its reports. HIQA has come to occupy a prominent place in public awareness of the hospital system in the context of hygiene and safety. At the time of HIQA's establishment there was enormous public concern about the spread of the MRSA superbug which seemed to be spiralling out of control in our hospital system. It is worth emphasising...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I ask Ms McGuinness to explain why somebody who previously received a medical card on discretionary grounds had it rescinded on review even though the card was not even out of date. We are dealing with a considerable number of such cases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the Minister and his team for their presence. I thank Ms Mary Lindsay and congratulate Mr. Tony O’Brien on is appointment. I wish to comment on medical cards. I understand that the number of discretionary medical cards has been increased but that must be expected due to the state of the economy. I disagree that it is no more difficult now to be awarded a discretionary card...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Agency: Discussion with Chairman Designate (23 Jul 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the delegation and thank Ms Gibbons for her presentation. Deputy Ó Caoláin has asked me to convey his apologies. He is very sorry but he cannot attend due to unforeseen circumstances in Monaghan which mean that he must remain in his constituency. He asked me to wish Ms Gibbons well in her role and to assure her that she has his full support. I too wish her well in her...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Discussion with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Jul 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the Minister and her team and I thank her for her contribution. I welcome the Child and Family Agency Bill. I am delighted to have had an opportunity to contribute on it on Second Stage yesterday. I share the concerns of my colleague, Deputy Ó Caoláin, as Second Stage clashed with the committee's meeting with the Ombudsman for Children, Ms Emily Logan. I was covering...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: An Comhairle Um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (18 Jul 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir le todhchaí COGG; cén tionchar a bhí ag cinneadh an Aire COGG a thabhairt faoi bhráid CNCM; cé na himpleachtaí a bheidh ag an gcinneadh sin i dtaca leis an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge agus an bhfuiltear fós chun an cinneadh sin a chur i bhfeidhm. [36334/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (18 Jul 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to incorporate Kilmainham court house into the Kilmainham jail experience; and if he will provide a timeline for the incorporation of the court house. [36406/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language Issues (18 Jul 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 365. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the income that would be generated if a levy of 0.5%, 1% , 2% 3% and 5% respectively were to be applied to all State bodies and Departments currently in breach of the Official Languages Act. [36453/13]