Written answers
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
- Department of Health
- Community Care Provision
11. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the public consultation on the future of Abbeyleix and Sahaan hospitals; the decisions by the Health Service Executive or his Department...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
12. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the persistent problems in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2404/15]
- Ambulance Service Response Times
13. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the latest Health Service Executive report on ambulance response times; his views that the current ambulance service is fit for purpose; and if he...
- Medicinal Products Availability
14. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the medication soliris, eculizumab; if it will be funded for those with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Facilities
15. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the serious issue of overcrowding at various general hospitals throughout the country including Naas General Hospital with...
- Community Care Provision
16. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community geriatric teams comprising a geriatrician and specialist nurse currently operating here; his plans to expand such services nationwide to...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
17. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the introduction of BreastCheck for women aged 65-69; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2402/15]
- Medicinal Products Availability
18. To ask the Minister for Health if the MS drug fampyra will be made available on the public system to multiple sclerosis sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2357/15]
- Ambulance Service Provision
19. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2392/15]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
20. To ask the Minister for Health if he accepts the views expressed by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and other health professionals that the deepening crisis in accident and...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
21. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the optimum number or range of beds in the public system; the current number of available beds; the demographic projections taken into...
- Community Care Provision
22. To ask the Minister for Health his views that a sufficient number of community geriatric teams comprising a geriatrician and specialist nurse working in communities could help relieve...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
23. To ask the Minister for Health the way waiting times for children inpatient day cases at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly, may be improved; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospitals Building Programme
24. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the planned construction of phase 3C of Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, including the much needed endoscopy unit; and if...
- Maternity Services
26. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for maternity care in 2015, in view of the number of high profile maternity cases that occurred in 2014, highlighting serious deficiencies in Irish...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
27. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has no date for an operation in view of being deemed by the orthopaedic surgeon as an urgent case, having...
- Hospitals Discharges
28. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to date to address the issue of delayed discharges from acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2364/15]
- Hospital Procedures
29. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek a report on the decision of a hospital to seek delivery of a 15-week foetus of a brain dead woman kept alive for 23 days in December 2014. [2388/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
30. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting times for inpatient and day cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2391/15]
- Hospital Staff
31. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the number of front-line medical staff at Mullingar Regional Hospital, County Westmeath, is adequate to meet the demands being placed on...
- HSE Investigations
32. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken in response to events at Áras Attracta; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2375/15]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
33. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of extra beds at West Kerry Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2358/15]
- Medicinal Products Availability
34. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make EpiPens more widely available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2344/15]
- Community Care Provision
35. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on Abbeyleix and Shane hospitals. [2352/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
36. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 11 November 2014, when follow-up funding will be provided for the 550 adults who require general surgery, the 953...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
37. To ask the Minister for Health the details of ambulance call-out target times; his plans to extend or to remove same; the actions he will take to ensure that rural communities are guaranteed...
- Health Insurance Regulation
38. To ask the Minister for Health when the VHI will receive authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2398/15]
- Disease Management
39. To ask the Minister for Health the treatment that is available in the State in respect of a person who is diagnosed with Lyme disease; the tests conducted to establish such a diagnosis; and...
- Proposed Legislation
40. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2355/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
41. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether waiting times for patients needing diagnostic scans are acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2403/15]
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
42. To ask the Minister for Health the way the current staffing situation at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, is being addressed; if his attention has been drawn to serious shortfalls in...
- Health Insurance Regulation
43. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his plans for the VHI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2397/15]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
44. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on nursing home support/fair deal; the current waiting time; and his plans to reduce this. [2329/15]
- Care Services
45. To ask the Minister for Health if cameras and other forms of monitoring will be introduced in certain care homes; his views that this would be appropriate; and if he will make a statement on...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
46. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the roll out of BreastCheck for women in the 65-69 age group will not be complete until 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2394/15]
- Abortion Legislation
47. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding reproductive rights here, particularly in view of his comments in December 2014 in which he indicated that the existing legislation on...
- Home Care Packages
48. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce minimum standards for the delivery of publicly funded private and public home care for elderly persons and vulnerable adults in their own...
- Medical Card Administration
49. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new medical card system; and the way these changes will impact on patients. [2328/15]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
50. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s plan to end overcrowding and lengthy waiting times for persons accessing emergency departments. [2342/15]
- Patient Data
51. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the timeframe for the universal health/patient identifier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2345/15]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
52. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the accident and emergency crisis in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2338/15]
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
53. To ask the Minister for Health if temporary arrangements will be put in place in advance of the proposed new emergency department facility at University Hospital Galway to improve capacity...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
54. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports (details supplied) of hospitals that have denied treatment to new public patients in an attempt to lower waiting lists; the timeframe...
- National Children's Hospital Status
56. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2354/15]
- General Practitioner Services
57. To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care for children under six years will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2408/15]
- HIQA Inspections
58. To ask the Minister for Health the reason community nursing homes are being treated differently from private nursing homes with regard to the Health Information and Quality Authority...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
59. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make EpiPens more widely available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2356/15]
- HSE Expenditure (1 comment)
60. To ask the Minister for Health the total Health Service Executive budget for food and catering; if the HSE has considered a single system for procurement of food and setting of menus in...
- Health Insurance Regulation
61. To ask the Minister for Health when the VHI will receive authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland; the reasons for the delay in the VHI achieving this; and if he will make a statement...
- Primary Care Centre Provision
62. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for the development of a primary care centre in Johnstownbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Administration
63. To ask the Minister for Health the changes in the medical card system; the way same will work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2353/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
64. To ask the Minister for Health when follow up funding will be provided for the patients of Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, who were outsourced under the 2013 outpatients...
- Health Services Provision
65. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to reconsider the transfer of the rehabilitation and respite unit from St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel,...
- Abortion Legislation
66. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act in view of the effect of the criminal sanction and the subsequent replacement of medical...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
67. To ask the Minister for Health the details of meetings of the emergency department task force; the number of times it is envisaged it will convene over the next quarter; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Home Services
68. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all public nursing homes will meet the Health Information and Quality Authority standards for physical environment regulations and...
- Drug Treatment Programmes
69. To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction counsellors employed by the Health Service Executive drug treatment service in 2006; the area from which they operated; the geographical...
- Hospitals Discharges
70. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the €25 million funding to address delayed discharges is insufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2393/15]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
71. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the report from the emergency task force on the crises in emergency departments here; the measures that will be put in place to resolve the crises...
- Medical Card Applications
72. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); and the reason there has been an unacceptable delay in the...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
73. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed outline as to the way the additional €3 million which he allocated to alleviate overcrowding in hospital emergency...
- Medical Card Administration
74. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made with regard to the implementation of medical card proposals announced late in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2390/15]
- Services for People with Disabilities
75. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the new Health Service Executive guidelines on providing accessible services to patients with disabilities; if a right to health care was...
- Hospital Services
76. To ask the Minister for Health the way waiting times for children inpatient day cases at Cavan General Hospital may be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2401/15]
- Health Services Staff
77. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the performance appraisal methods that are in place to assess the performance of consultants and top management levels in the Health...
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
78. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent increase in the Nursing and Midwifery Board’s registration fee from €100 to €150 (details supplied) and on reports...
- Nursing Home Inspections
79. To ask the Minister for Health if CCTV and covert inspections will be introduced in nursing homes to monitor standards of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2376/15]
- National Children's Hospital Status
80. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the development plans for the national children’s hospital; the extent to which the project has been advanced to the next...
- Hospital Services
81. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the overcrowding problems at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2400/15]
- Ambulance Service Response Times
82. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address poor ambulance response times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2363/15]
- Disease Management
84. To ask the Minister for Health the test that is performed in the State under the public health system to diagnose a person for Lyme disease; the location at which the test is performed; and...
- Mental Health Services Funding
85. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €20 million allocated for community mental health services in budget 2014 spent in 2014; if he will provide a breakdown on the way the...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
86. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the overcrowding problems at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2406/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
87. To ask the Minister for Health the way waiting times for patients seeking diagnostic scans may be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2405/15]
- Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Delays
89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in a decision being made in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 who has applied for carer's allowance. [2877/15]
- Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the current waiting time in processing social welfare claims, including the location of the social welfare office...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [2884/15]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 14 January 2015, if she will provide the information on the appeal processing times for rent supplement...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will restore the full entitlement of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin in view of the fact that...
- Live Register Data
94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide separate statistics for the Tralee, Castleisland and Dingle areas, County Kerry, on the jobs live register in future, as...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options for lone parents if they have more than one child and want to avail of a community employment scheme. [2930/15]
- Community Employment Schemes Places
96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if community employment schemes could interview the persons who are applying for the schemes involved with the caring of persons to ensure they have...
- Social Welfare Benefits
98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of one parent family payment plus a half rate carer's allowance who will be impacted by the lowering of the qualifying age...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the...
- Department of Finance
- Customs and Excise Controls
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of goods destroyed by the Revenue Commissioners, Customs and Excise in the each of the past five years. [2874/15]
- Proposed Legislation
103. To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose of the proposed insurance Bill; and if it will prevent another situation such as that relating to the collapse of Setanta Insurance from affecting...
- Tax Agreements
104. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to enter into a double taxation agreement with Taiwan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2885/15]
- Tax Exemptions
105. To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of persons who availed of the artists exemption scheme in 2014; the amount of income to which the scheme related; the top ten earners who availed...
- Banking Sector
106. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in terms of the proposed analysis of options regarding the State's shareholding in AIB, the terms of reference relating to Goldman Sachs include analysing...
- Tax Code
108. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether DIRT paid on children's savings is unfair and a disincentive to save; his further views on an exemption for children under 18 years of...
- Tax Collection
109. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been a change in the rules regarding the Revenue Commissioners' correspondence with the TAIN-registered agent or representative of a customer;...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Funding
110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department carries out any ongoing evaluation of the per cent for art scheme; if his Department gathers statistics in relation to...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Trade Missions
111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the trade missions he will undertake over the next six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Jobs Data
112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 15 January 2015 in relation to Industrial Development Agency supported employment in each...
- Consumer Protection
113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to introduce legislation to ensure that no one can solicit business on a doorstep without a licence. [2971/15]
- Job Creation
114. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the regional enterprise strategy for the west, which includes counties Roscommon, Leitrim and Galway, will be rolled out; if he...
- Company Closures
115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the set up and financial supports that were provided to a company (details supplied) in County Waterford to locate in the city; if the...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the annual fees mandated by the Irish Tax Institute that can in some cases cause severe financial...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Administration
117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be a condition of the GLAS scheme traditional hay meadow option that farmers will have to top the meadows by 15 March each...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive rural environment protection scheme payments for 2013; the reason for...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the disadvantaged areas scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason...
- Fishing Industry Development
120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information on the Killybegs jobs initiative which was established in 2011; the names of the members of the...
- Grant Payments
121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal for a grant for a milking machine in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Aquaculture Licence Applications
122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on issuing a licence for mussel farming (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has not received a grassland payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has not received their suckler cow grant payment and single farm payment;...
- Sheep Technology Adoption Programme Eligibility
125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a sheep technology adoption programme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the young farmer top-up scheme to include all first-time applicants under 40 years of age irrespective of the...
- Agriculture Schemes
127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an off-farm income limit of €40,000 is being applied to young farmers applying to the national reserve to have...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of direct payments paid each year to farmers under EU and national schemes from 2007 to 2014; the profiled amount to be...
- GLAS Expenditure
129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount provided in the Revised Estimates for 2015 for expenditure on the GLAS; his views that this expenditure will take place;...
- Milk Quota
130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date on reducing Ireland's super levy bill for 2015 particularly in view of falling milk prices; the details of...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Pensions
131. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 296 of 2 December 2014, the grounds on which the High Court quashed his Department's original decision of March 1987,...
- Air Corps Recruitment
132. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces plan to have a recruitment drive for the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2900/15]
- Defence Forces Properties
133. To ask the Minister for Defence if there are any structures or mechanisms to facilitate families living in Army accommodation where the martial relationship has broken down and notice has...
- Defence Forces Operations
134. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 14 January 2015, the purpose of the deployments of armed soldiers; if it was to protect US military or state...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Legislative Process
135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the present status of the Spent Convictions Bill. [2893/15]
- Garda Transport Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide unmarked motorcycles for the Garda traffic corps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2901/15]
- Firearms Seizures
137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearms and knives seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to obtain citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Direct Provision Data
139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have died while residing in direct provision during the years 2002 to 2014 inclusive; if she will provide a breakdown...
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving and former members of the Garda who have been disciplined for telling lies to the forensic division; and the sanctions...
- Seized Property
141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the value of non-illegal goods destroyed by An Garda Síochána for each of the past five years. [2937/15]
- Garda Transport Data
142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and marked and unmarked Garda vans in the Garda R and J districts in the years 2013, 2014 and to...
- Garda Operations
143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles seized by An Garda Síochána in the Dublin region in the years 2014 and to date in 2015. [2941/15]
- Proposed Legislation
145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the upcoming Landlord and Tenant Reform Bill will propose to reform the law concerning estate management companies; and if she will make a...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Garda vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2951/15]
- Garda Deployment
147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when additional gardaí will be assigned to Ballyjamesduff Garda station, County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3034/15]
- Military Aircraft Landings
148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 417 of 14 January 2015, the nature of the investigations undertaken; the investigations that were referred...
- Court Orders
150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to an eviction which took place (details supplied) in County Kildare wherein a person was evicted from their...
- Department of Health
- Scéim na dTinneas Fadtréimhseach
151. To ask the Minister for Health an dtabharfaidh sé sonraí faoi liosta na dtinneas fadtréimhseach; an bhfuil beartaithe téarmaí ar nós 'mental handicap' a...
- Medical Card Data
152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for 1 January 2014 and 1 January 2015 for each local health area the number of medical cards in circulation; the number...
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
153. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has a scheme to provide funding for persons who need to have specialist surgery carried out in the USA, when this surgery is not available...
- Medical Card Applications
154. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2912/15]
- Medical Card Eligibility
155. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the reported anomaly relating to medical card eligibility in respect of persons aged between 18 and 26 years who, following changes to...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
156. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive an orthosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2923/15]
- HSE National Service Plan
157. To ask the Minister for Health if a revised Health Service Executive plan will be published to take account of cancelling elective surgery and admissions and reallocation of resources; and...
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
158. To ask the Minister for Health the reason serious overcrowding continues at the accident and emergency in Beaumont Hospital in view of the fact that he had ample time to prepare a programme...
- Accident and Emergency Department Staffing
159. To ask the Minister for Health if additional medical staff will be allocated to the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [2946/15]
- Home Care Packages
160. To ask the Minister for Health if a home help care package being provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed and increased; and if he will make a...
- Health Insurance Regulation
161. To ask the Minister for Health the details of private health insurance and the fact that maternity benefits are included in the minimum level of benefits that companies must offer; if this...
- Disease Incidence
162. To ask the Minister for Health the details of reports of a cluster of cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome in an area (details supplied) in County Meath; if the Health Service Executive...
- Medicinal Products Availability
163. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will fund a drug in order to assist persons (details supplied) with the rare condition paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria;...
- Services for People with Disabilities
164. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 18 December 2014, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current waiting list for the early...
- Medicinal Products Availability
165. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will fund the drug soliris, eculizumab, for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
166. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who requires urgent surgery has not yet received confirmation of this surgery; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
167. To ask the Minister for Health the grants available in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Limerick for funding either from his Department or from lottery funding. [3000/15]
- Freedom of Information Requests
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a freedom of information application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3005/15]
- Hospital Beds Data
169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the total number of publicly-funded beds available in each acute hospital in the State for each year from 1985 to date in...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
172. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been derived from the fair deal nursing home scheme in each year of its operation; the total cost of implementing the scheme in...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
173. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposal to provide five additional beds in Monaghan hospital, an initiative that was due to be implemented by the end of 2014; when...
- Home Care Packages
174. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a shortage in availability of agency nurses trained in the correct management of tracheotomies; the measures he will take to...
- Primary Care Centre Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres currently operational throughout the country; the extent to which the general hospitals in the respective catchment areas...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
176. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to alleviate the problem of overcrowding at various general hospitals throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospitals Discharges
178. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which step-down, public or private nursing home beds are available or are being made available throughout the country with particular reference...
- Nursing Home Accommodation
179. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of public nursing home beds that have been reduced throughout the country in the past ten years; the extent to which any such beds...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
180. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which waiting times can be reduced for elective procedures in hospitals throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Children's Hospital
181. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the plans for the national children’s hospital have been advanced; the degree to which the proposed site has been architecturally...
- Autism Incidence
183. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the extent to which the incidence of autism here compares with other countries in the European Union; whether particular research is ongoing to...
- Cancer Incidence
184. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the countries throughout Europe most affected by fall-out from Chernobyl; the extent of the health issues arising in terms of the number of...
- Medicinal Products Supply
185. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to make adequate provision for the potential life-saving availability of an EpiPen without prescription in emergency situations; and if he...
- Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
186. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the extent to which dialogue has been entered into and settlement arrangements made with the victims of symphysiotomy in accordance with the...
- Vaccination Programme
187. To ask the Minister for Health when he and his office was first informed by the Health Service Executive that its anti-flu vaccine is for a different strain of illness than the one which is...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on whether there will be no cut to Health Service Executive preschool special needs funding in County Meath, in view of indications to the...
- Primary Care Services Provision
189. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the arrangements made to provide nursing services on Inishturk island in County Mayo; the number of days that a nurse or doctor provided a service...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Teachers' Remuneration
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of reinstating teaching qualification allowances for new beneficiaries in the public sector which were removed in January...
- Departmental Surveys
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the survey conducted by the Educational Research Centre at the request of her Department that required the collection of PPS numbers...
- School Enrolments
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the reduction in junior infant intake in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Teachers' Remuneration
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason 30 teachers who have completed an honours degree are being penalised in respect of the further degree allowance (details supplied);...
- Schools Building Projects Status
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school extension project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available in respect of a person (details supplied) who has secured a college placement in the UK; if discretion may be used when...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied). [2975/15]
- Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason special needs assistants have not received their increments; the reason it has taken six weeks to rectify the matter; and if she will...
- Teachers' Remuneration
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to rectify the anomaly concerning dates of employment for students who find themselves in a situation (details supplied); and if she...
- School Enrolments Data
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of prospective pupils whose parents have indicated a preference to attend three primary schools...
- School Patronage
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way her Department has measured school diversity in Kildare North in terms of facilitating the major prevailing preferences of parents; the...
- School Enrolments Data
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 854 of 14 January 2015, if she will provide a copy of the nationwide demographic review on primary school...
- Teachers' Remuneration
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on re-opening the qualification allowance for post-primary teachers to new entrants, in view of the unfairness of two teachers being...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Homeless Accommodation Funding
209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received correspondence from the north-west homeless region in which it was advised that section 10 funding be...
- Private Rented Accommodation Provision
210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on introducing a deposit retention scheme for the private rented sector; and if so, the timeframe; and if he...
- Local Authority Housing
211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to make available funding for local authorities to carry out insulation of the older, solid brick local...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the delivery of 5,386 social houses in 2015 as promised in his Social Housing Strategy 2020, including the...
- Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department has not yet informed local authorities of the social housing budget for 2015; and the...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants available in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Limerick for funding either from his Department or...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the total number of social housing units provided each year from 2000 to 2014 broken...
- Local Authority Housing Data
219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of long-term voids to be returned to social housing use under the new arrangements outlined in his Social...
- Water Meters Installation
220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a county breakdown of the roll-out of water meters to date; and the number of additional water meters...
- EU Regulations
221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the correspondence his Department has had to date with EUROSTAT in respect of the off balance sheet test; if concerns have...
- Water Meters Expenditure
222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the repayment schedule for the National Pensions Reserve Fund loan used to finance the...
- Leader Programmes Funding
223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the new Leader programme will become operational; the total funding that will be allocated to the Cavan Monaghan...
- Library Projects
224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposal to provide a new library in Virginia, County Cavan; when this project will proceed to...
- Fire Stations Provision
226. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposal to provide a new fire station in Virginia, County Cavan; when this project will...
- Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
228. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of uncommitted funds in the dormant accounts fund, taking into account the need for a statutory reserve; if any...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
229. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding. [3055/15]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Semi-State Bodies
231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total amount spent on the process of changing the name of Bord Gáis Éireann; the reason for the name...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Traffic Legislation
232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is a legal requirement for a county council engineer to attend the scene of a fatal road traffic collision and complete a written...
- Public Transport Provision
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Bus Éireann will provide a service for persons in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- National Car Test
234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the current difficulties faced by motorists encountering long waits for a national car test that can lead to their...
- Road Safety Strategy
235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has studied the Swedish Vision Zero programme for road safety; and his plans to implement any element of this programme...
- Road Traffic Accidents Data
236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the rising number of fatalities on Irish roads since 2013; and if he has liaised with the Department of Justice and Equality...
- Road Safety Strategy
237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the deteriorating road safety here, if he and his officials have engaged with the Irish motor industry to ensure that vehicles...
- Tourism Promotion
238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to ensure the implementation of the Destination Dublin Strategy 2020 through the Grow Dublin Tourism Alliance; the...
- Bus Éireann Services
239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Bus Éireann plans to withdraw bus services to Pelletstown, County Meath, to Dublin...
- Road Traffic Legislation
240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question of October 2014, relating to drivers who are disqualified in court, he states the following, where a...
- Road Projects Status
241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the development of a long-term strategic plan for the N11 in order to cater for merging with the M50 and...
- Airport Landing Slots
242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a guarantee that the Government will ensure that Ireland’s Heathrow slots will be protected if it goes ahead...
- Sports Capital Programme Administration
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants that are available from his Department to assist with associated costs in the running of a club (details supplied) in County...
- Cycling Facilities Provision
244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding roads and cycling facilities in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Dublin Bus Services
245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3006/15]
- Road Safety Authority
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3007/15]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
247. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the policy of the National Parks and Wildlife Service regarding planning applications for wind farms in highly scenic protected areas...
- Wildlife Regulations
248. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to change or extend the dates for the cutting of hedgerows; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2926/15]
- Arts Funding
249. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department carries out any ongoing evaluation of the per cent for the arts scheme; if her Department gathers statistics in...
- Pleananna Teanga
250. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a iarradh ar Fheidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte (FSS) plean teanga a réiteach; an bhfuil aon phlean...
- Offshore Islands
252. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason it is intended to have the one contract for the management of the aerodromes on the Aran Islands and for Cleggan and...
- Special Protection Areas Designation
253. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the delay in making a decision regarding an appeal for a proposal to designate nine sites on Inishbofin Island, County...
