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Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The number of patients on the orthodontic treatment waiting list in the Midlands area at the end of Q2 of 2015 was 1,879. Under EU Directive 201/24/EU, now commonly referred to as the Cross Border Directive (CBH), it is open to persons entitled to public patient health care in Ireland to choose to avail of that health care in another EU or EEA country or Switzerland. Assistance is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (19 Nov 2015)

Denis Naughten: ...machine is operational for diagnosing suitable patients for stroke thrombolysis treatment, and if this is available on a 24/7 basis, a 12/7 basis or a sessional basis; the other specialties which are utilising the machines in each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41055/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Nov 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2014,has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (19 Nov 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Catherine Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the Bara judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered last month (details supplied); if the information in any of the databases assembled and processed by his Department for the administration of the health identifiers scheme was gathered using personal data previously collected and held by the State for a different...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: ...insofar as possible within available resources. Health related therapy supports and interventions for children, such as speech and language therapy, can be accessed through both the HSE's primary care services and its disability services, depending on the level of need. Significant additional resources have been invested in recent years in the State’s primary care and disability...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: ...with disabilities. The Government currently provides funding of approximately €1.5 billion to the Disability Services Programme through the Health Service Executive's National Service Plan for 2015. In 2015, the HSE is seeking to maximise the provision of services within available resources and to maintaining a consistent level to that provided in 2014, by providing the following...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies (19 Nov 2015)

Leo Varadkar: No new statutory bodies or agencies have been established under the aegis of my Department since February 2011. There are no new bodies currently being planned.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (19 Nov 2015)

Charles Flanagan: ...of €1 million has been allocated to the Department of the Taoiseach for diaspora related expenditure in 2016. Details of all organisations who have previously received funding under the Emigrant Support Programme are available on my Department’s website at .

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (19 Nov 2015)

Charles Flanagan: ...with the people of France at this time of great difficulty and mourning. As Minister Désir himself pointed out, the French people were the ones attacked, but the whole of Europe, its values and freedoms are threatened, and European solidarity and cohesion are vital to the response. I stressed the Irish Government’s continuing commitment to working with France and EU partners...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Nov 2015)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 205 together. While the circumstances around this event are unclear, I am very concerned about such an operation taking place in a hospital and there are clearly questions to be answered in that regard. In the present tense and dangerous circumstances in the area, I have made clear that any security actions need to be proportionate and carefully...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Nov 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Seán Fleming: 207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under his remit; the number that are in deficit; his plans to consolidate any of these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41290/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, I announced details on Tuesday, 17th November last, of the major school building projects that are scheduled to proceed to construction over the next six years, as part of the Government's €2.8 billion capital investment programme. I am pleased to advise the Deputy that a project for the school to which she refers was included in this announcement. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (19 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...Nos. 209 and 223 together. As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: ...of an application by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 for provision of an additional two classrooms, a staircase and a special needs toilet, given that enrolment numbers grew in September 2015 and are expected to grow further in September 2016, and that there is no available classroom space; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40992/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (19 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Article 24(6) of the Student Grant Scheme 2015 provides that gifts or inheritances received in the reference period will be included as reckonable income. If any of the persons whose income is under consideration received a gift or an inheritance in the reference period, these are included in reckonable income, unless in the case of an independent student, the gift or inheritance was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (19 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: For student grants purposes, students are categorised according to their circumstances either as students dependent on parents or a legal guardian, or as independent mature students. A student may be assessed as an independent mature student if he or she has attained the age of 23 on the 1 January of the year of first entry to an approved course or of re-entry following a break in studies...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (19 Nov 2015)

Damien English: In general, children with special educational needs are eligible for school transport if they are attending the nearest recognised mainstream school or unit that is or can be resourced, to meet their special educational needs under Department of Education and Skills' criteria. Eligibility is determined following consultation with the National Council for Special Education through its...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing Appeals Mechanism (19 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. An appeals process is available to small schools in the event that they can show that their projected enrolments are sufficient to allow them to retain their classroom teacher in the longer term. The staffing and appeal arrangements are set out in Circular 0005/2015 which is available on the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Nov 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Finian McGrath: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding access to second level schools for a family (details supplied) in Dublin 9, who are being discriminated against due to stringent enrolment policies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41121/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (19 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the Bara judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered last month (details supplied); if the information in any of the databases assembled and processed by her Department towards the administration of the primary online database, or the post-primary online database, was gathered using personal data...