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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (3 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: 80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing mandatory drug testing for all competing greyhounds (details supplied); if he will introduce heavier penalties for those found doping, particularly in view of the fact that in 2017, six greyhounds were found to have cocaine in their system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41289/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Navigation Orders (3 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: 515. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications made to his Department for exemptions for the transportation of munitions or weapons of war through Shannon Airport to date in 2017 under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order, SI 224 of 1973; the number of these applications which were granted and denied,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Navigation Orders (3 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: 516. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of US troops that have passed through Shannon Airport to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41325/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (3 Oct 2017)

Mick Wallace: 617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider disregarding an increase for qualified child payments in calculating local authority and housing association differential rents as permitted under section 31 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009; the estimated full year cost of such a change; if he will examine the methods used by local...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Guidelines (28 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 25. To ask the Minister for Health if the use of the PHQ-9 and GAD7 checklists for assessing mental health in persons are approved for use by the HSE and general practitioners here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40773/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (28 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 65. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recently published scorecard on the national carers' strategy which classified respite care as regressive meaning that the situation has worsened since the national carers' strategy was launched, in view of the commitments outlined in the programme for partnership Government to the principle of equality of opportunity...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Review (28 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports available for those that suffer with haemochromatosis and require regular venesection; his plans to introduce financial supports to help with the significant financial burden regular treatment creates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41043/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role her Department played in the design of the artist's social welfare pilot scheme; if artists were involved in the design of the scheme; if concerns have been raised with her regarding the provision whereby artists must prove that they are genuinely seeking other work, taking part in courses or classes such as CV...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 80. To ask the Taoiseach the timeframe for the publication of the interim report into the Commission of Investigation on the National Asset Management Agency, under section 38(1) of the Commission of Investigation Act 2004. [40852/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy (27 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy; if his attention has been drawn to an organisation's (details supplied) campaign and its call for specific investment of €7 million in 2018 to address the underfunding of neuro-rehabilitation services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40842/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Reports (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has issued yearly reports to the EU Commission for the Directorate General for Competition on the use of NAMA's post-acquisition powers; the number of yearly reports that have been issued to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40478/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Data (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the figures for spending on prescriptions of specific serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors over the past 15 years; the number of persons that are prescribed SSRIs and SNRIs for the same period; the total for each drug listed for each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40436/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 334. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners and other professionals who have the authority to prescribe drugs are required to report their patients' experiences of adverse drug reactions to the HPRA; if this is a voluntary action on the part of the general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40437/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (26 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 363. To ask the Minister for Health if he has read the recently published HIQA inspection report on an organisation (details supplied); if he has satisfied himself that the organisation can implement the proposed action plan in view of the volume of complaints from families and their lack of confidence in the board and directors of the organisation and other issues; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (21 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised concerns over the ongoing bombing campaign in Yemen with his counterpart in Saudi Arabia; his views on whether Ireland's growing trade relations with Saudi Arabia could be interpreted as tacit support of the Saudi led war, in view of Ireland's stated policy of neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (21 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has read the recent report by an organisation (details supplied) on the current situation in Yemen; if he will propose that the UN Human Rights Council carry out an investigation into possible war crimes on the part of Saudi Arabia in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39697/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (20 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific legal basis for withholding or denying social welfare payments, including pensions and child benefit, in cases in which a person entitled to such payments fails to register for a public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39595/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (20 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a cost benefit analysis was carried out by her Department regarding the public services card; if so, the date on which this will be published; the amount her Department has saved by preventing social welfare fraud through the roll-out of the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39596/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (20 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 487. To ask the Minister for Health when the freestyle libre system will be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if availability will not be restricted only to persons with type 1 diabetes but will be made available to every person on multi-daily insulin injections based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39589/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans Sale (11 Sep 2017)

Mick Wallace: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 18 May 2017, the three bidders and the corresponding portfolio that were successful following their reverse inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38943/17]