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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2015/16 school year in the region of 114,000 children, including some 10,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in approximately 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: The School Transport Appeals Board is independent of my Department. The Deputy will be aware that the role of the Board is, broadly, to examine appeals against decisions made by, or on behalf of, the Department of Education and Skills regarding the provision of school transport services and/or grant-aid under the terms of the School Transport Schemes. In 2015 and 2016 no appeals were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: The costs to my Department of school transport provision for the years in question are set out in the table. Year Amount 2012 €168,463,923 2013 €170,749,769 2014 €172,080,676 2015 €172,961,930

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Expenditure (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2015/16 school year in the region of 114,000 children, including some 10,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in approximately 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: Bus Éireann operates the school transport scheme on behalf of the Department. This scheme has been in existence since 1967, and is based on accounting arrangements put in place in 1975. An investigation was launched by the Commission in 2007 after receiving a complaint that, among other activities, alleged unlawful State aid was being provided to Bus Éireann in respect of school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2015/16 school year in the region of 114,000 children, including some 10,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in approximately 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2015/16 school year in the region of 114,000 children, including some 10,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in approximately 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: Bus Éireann is responsible for the planning and timetabling of school transport routes on behalf of my Department.  Bus Éireann endeavours, within available resources, to ensure that each eligible child has a reasonable level of school transport service in the context of the Scheme nationally. Routes are planned so that, as far as possible, no eligible child will have more than...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2015/16 school year in the region of 114,000 children, including some 10,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in approximately 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. During the 2015/16 school year in the region of 114,000 children, including some 10,000 children with special educational needs, were transported in approximately 4,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: 436. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the particular aspects of the Herity report that he intends to implement; when these additional services will be provided to University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28446/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: 437. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on whether clinicians in the south east have as much to offer in terms of clinical knowledge as a person (details supplied); his views on whether, as valued employees of the HSE, they should be afforded the opportunity to sit down and discuss the findings of the Herity report with him; if he will agree to such a meeting; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: 438. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on whether an increase of eight hours per week will have any real impact on the waiting times for cardiac patients in University Hospital Waterford in view of the fact that the consultants are already working up to 7.30 p.m. or 8 p.m. at night on a regular basis to deal with the cases they are currently struggling to cope with; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: 439. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the increased equipment noted in the Herity report was solely for an image intensifier and that there are three other components of the laboratory; furthermore, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some €240,000 has been spent on the existing catheterisation laboratory recently to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: 440. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the lack of a second catheterisation laboratory was noted on the risk register at the highest possible risk rating since 2013 in line with the HSE recommendations and that the Irish national programme for heart failure treatment actually requires a second laboratory in all units providing acute heart attack care; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: 442. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason for the discrepancy between the HSE findings of the past three years, which clearly indicate a critical need for a second catheterisation laboratory at the University Hospital Waterford site documented at national level and the subsequent failure to recommend same in the Herity report; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: 443. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason he felt it unnecessary to forward the two terms of reference put forward by the clinicians in Waterford which particularly references the clinical risk to the patient as their main focus in seeking a second catheterisation laboratory for the south east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28453/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: 444. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention was drawn to the contents of the briefing document which was forwarded to a person (details supplied) in conjunction with the terms of reference prior to the report being drafted; when he became aware of the document; his views on whether this document drafted by the HSE unfairly directs the author on which direction the report should take;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: 445. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason the mid-west region with a catchment, at the time of delivery, of circa 310,000 persons was awarded a second laboratory without the need for a clinical review; if his attention was drawn to the fact that his predecessor had incorrectly indicated that this region had received the second laboratory on the basis of a clinical review; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2016)

John Halligan: 446. To ask the Minister for Health to set out details of the clinical review under which additional resources for Cork University Hospital was announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28456/16]