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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (31 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: 678. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff required to fulfil the required complement across the health service and, in particular, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; if he will supply this figure for Our Lady's and other hospitals and health related centres that come under the responsibility of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Adjournment Debate Matters (26 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 23(3) and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Anne Rabbitte - the need for the Health Service Executive to expedite the appointment of a paediatric diabetic specialist at University Hospital Galway; (2) Deputy David Cullinane - health and safety defects in homes in...

Business of Dáil (26 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: In accordance with the Orders of the House of 14 April and 5 May, respectively, I wish to confirm to the House that:Following the recent appointment of Ministers of State and with effect from 24 May 2016, the following changes have been made to the membership of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Deputies Colm Brophy and Kevin Moran will replace Deputies Catherine Byrne and Seán...

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (Resumed) (26 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: As no other Deputies are offering, I now call on the Minister to respond.

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (Resumed) (26 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: Sorry. The Minister has ten minutes.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a long awaited building project will commence in a school (details supplied), given that the original planning for the project started in 2003 and ten of the school's 16 classrooms are prefabricated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12391/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (26 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to investigate and respond to overpayments to a person (details supplied), where the miscalculations were made in error by his Department. [12410/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (26 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: 111. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why the banking sector is not willing to make mortgages available to persons who meet the eligibility and banking requirements under the new tenant purchase scheme as they are not satisfied with the conditions laid down under the scheme. [12409/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (26 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: 161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to protect St. Laurence's Gate in Drogheda in County Louth against vehicular traffic; and to provide resources to Louth County Council to ensure that damage that is continuing to happen to this historical site ceases immediately. [12490/16]

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Services (25 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: Deputy, please allow the Minister to respond.

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: The fact that four of the five Louth Deputies have requested this Adjournment debate is testament to the ongoing issues associated with the major deficits in the delivery of acute hospital services to the people of the north east. Deputy O'Dowd referred to the work to rule which is about the major deficit of 104 whole-time nursing posts in the hospital. It has one of the highest trolley...

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: On a point of order, one minute 25 seconds.

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: The three minutes are nearly gone.

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: That is right.

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: I agree with Deputy Adams.

Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: I appreciate the opportunity to speak on this mental health debate and I too congratulate both Ministers of State on their elevation. According to the HSE, one in four of us will have mental health problems at some stage in our lifetimes. Putting that into perspective, at least 39 Members of this House and four of the 16 Cabinet Ministers will experience mental health problems at some...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (24 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: 37. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to allocate additional moneys to local authorities to allow for the re-introduction of a housing aid for the elderly scheme to complement the housing adaptation scheme, given that many elderly persons cannot qualify for the housing aid for older people, housing adaption grant for people with a disability and mobility aids...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of agricultural land used or leased out for the production of renewable energies in respect of capital acquisition tax in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11685/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (24 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: 324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to permit older persons who accommodate immediate family members who would otherwise be homeless to retain the household benefits package given the current housing emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11712/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (24 May 2016)

Declan Breathnach: 553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the effect of the number of solar energy companies seeking to lease lands for energy production on the basic payment scheme in the future. [11683/16]