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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (26 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a date has been set for a meeting of the high level forum on community employment supervisor pensions; if his attention has been drawn to the anger and frustration of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; his views on the fact that their contribution to improving the life chances of scheme participants and to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (24 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda retirements from each Garda station in County Louth in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18087/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Registration Service (18 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 164. To ask the Minister for Health if arrangements will be made to reopen the Civil Registration Office in Dundalk, County Louth; his views on whether it is unacceptable for persons in the north of the county to have to travel over 60 km to access this service now located in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16936/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (18 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 169. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre reimbursement scheme will be extended to all persons with type 1 diabetes; if not, the reason for excluding older persons from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16958/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (18 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if arrangements have been made to find alternative accommodation in Dunleer, County Louth for the community welfare clinic in view of the recent closure of the social welfare office in Dunleer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16929/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (17 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda station in County Louth in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16571/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a training scheme for teachers at both primary and secondary levels in the use of emergency medicines such as EpiPens and Salbutamol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16647/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (20 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports awaiting processing through the An Post Passport Express system; the reason for the delays in the processing of passports; his plans to hire new staff to deal with the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12698/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Administration (20 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the turnaround time for the An Post Passport Express applications is approximately two weeks longer than the turnaround time stated on his Department's website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12699/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (20 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 538. To ask the Minister for Health if a HSE tender for the supply of medicine for a specific therapy area will preclude the HSE from reimbursing newly launched medicines for that therapy throughout that tender period regardless of whether the new medicine is more cost effective and clinically effective than the existing treatment option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12345/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (20 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 539. To ask the Minister for Health if a HSE tender for the supply of a medicine for a specific therapy area will deny clinicians' autonomy of choice for their determination of the most appropriate licensed and reimbursed therapy option for their patient should that medicine not be the designated tender winner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12346/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (20 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 540. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to issue tenders to pharmaceutical manufacturers for the supply of medicine for specific therapy areas in the coming months; if so, the therapy areas that will be tendered for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12347/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Driver Licensing Service (20 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 832. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the requirement for a person to produce a public services card to access services offered by the National Driver Licensing Service; the specific legal basis that the NDLS is using to make the card compulsory to access services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12004/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Regulations (8 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the EU ESTA proposal; if he has discussed it with his UK counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11633/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cross-Border Co-operation (6 Mar 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work of the joint agency task force dealing with cross-Border criminality; the number of initiatives undertaken to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10756/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (28 Feb 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the population for Drogheda by 2040 data was not mentioned in the national planning framework 2040 document; if data both for Drogheda and Dundalk will be supplied; if this data is computed using existing boundary definitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10393/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (27 Feb 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 484. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical practitioners who wish to prescribe cannabis-based products containing THC by applying for a licence under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 are finding it difficult to source the treatment due to the fact that pharmacies are reluctant to stock it as it may affect their licences; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Feb 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 301. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the coronary artery calcium score test available as part of routine diagnostics for cardiac event risk; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 70% of cardiac events are caused by plaque rupture which could be diagnosed early using this simple testing procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8145/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision (8 Feb 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 68. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a full multidisciplinary community neuro-rehabilitation team in County Louth. [6418/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (1 Feb 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the planning permission for the proposed Narrow Water bridge is still valid and effective; the communication he has had with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland and with Newry, Mourne and Down District Council on the project; if funding will be made available for the project; and if he will make a statement on the...