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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: My last question, to the HEA, is on the technological university for the south east. What is the status of the initiative to merge Carlow and Waterford institutes of technology? How far has it advanced? When can we see some movement on it? I have to come back to that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: When will it actually be granted the status?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: That is good news.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: When the local authorities collect all of this money, the car tax and vehicle tax, etc, do they charge a handling fee? Are they the debt collectors at local level who then send the money on to central funding?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: The distribution is still based on population. Leitrim and the smaller counties still get a proportion, as does Dublin. Is it divided on the basis of proportion of population, or is it based on the distance of roads in each area?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Provision (23 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 147. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he has taken to alleviate waiting lists for scans at a hospital (details supplied) for women with a family history of ovarian cancer in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22812/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Administration (23 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the rules relating to farm entitlements in instances in which there is an injunction on a deceased person's estate; if it is possible for his Department to transfer entitlements to a person's name in such an instance; if it is possible to seek a change of herd number into another person's name before the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to assist a school (details supplied) in the process of ensuring that its two student bodies can be housed together on one school campus site following amalgamation in June 2016 in order to address the managerial difficulties and potential health and safety risks of operating on two different sites at opposite ends of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the estimated timeline and associated costs for completion of the flood relief proposals recently announced for the Freshford area of County Kilkenny; the steps he will take to ensure that the commitments made in respect of the estimated timeline and costs will be met accordingly; the steps he will take to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the estimated timeline and associated costs for completion of the flood relief proposals recently announced for the Ballyhale area of County Kilkenny; the steps he will take to ensure that the commitments made in respect of the estimated timeline and costs will be met accordingly; the steps he will take to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding emergency respite services for persons with special needs in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; the position regarding the provision of a facility for the purpose of emergency respite in County Kilkenny, such as one planned for Tullow, County Carlow; if respite services can be extended to the homes of persons with severe disabilities in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 302. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of services for persons with special needs between 18 and 65 years of age in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; if a review system for young adults with special needs in counties Carlow and Kilkenny upon reaching 18 years of age which re-examines social, medical and educational needs will be considered; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 303. To ask the Minister for Health if the reported inconsistencies in the number of hours of respite care provided to persons with special needs in the different HSE areas across the south-east region will be examined; his views on whether every carer should engage in a carer needs assessment to allow a family to plan and support the provision of care safely in their own home; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 304. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the provision of transport services for persons with special needs to day care centres in counties Carlow and Kilkenny is adequate for the families concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22364/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 306. To ask the Minister for Health if the possibility of extending the provision of general practitioner visit cards to those in receipt of the respite care grant in advance of budget 2019 will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22365/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 394. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the refusal of a hospital to release personal medical documentation to a person (details supplied) under a freedom of information request made on 3 April 2018; his further views on the most adequate avenue through which the requester can seek satisfaction in respect of this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22367/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (15 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 441. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application mechanism for a person (details supplied) who suffers from severe epilepsy and is seeking access to medicinal cannabis oil to treat the illness; the position regarding a mechanism being made available by which the person can apply for medicinal cannabis oil on the medical card or long-term illness scheme following...

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Does Mr. O'Brien believe that the HSE, or part of the HSE, is dysfunctional in light of the fallout from what has happened and the disaster we have on our hands?

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: We need to talk about dysfunction. Did the alarm bells not go off for Mr. O'Brien? He is admitting now there was dysfunction within the system. How come it took so long? It took Vicky Phelan to bring a case to court and to win. There were attempts to silence her during that case. I know it had nothing to do with the HSE but was due to a foreign company. Did no one within the entire HSE...

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Is Mr. O'Brien saying that there are people under his control who are culpable and responsible, who did not take action and who were dismissive in terms of what they did in their jobs? Has he identified these people and will there be consequences for them? This is important stuff. It is vital that the women of Ireland who are in crisis at the moment understand how both the HSE and the...