Written answers

Thursday, 25 June 2015

  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service Vessels
      11. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department received financial compensation for the service that the LÉ Samuel Beckett and an air corps helicopter provided to assist the filming of...
    • State Properties
      12. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will commit to donating ten acres of the lands at Magee Barracks in County Kildare, or the value thereof, to the local community; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      13. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the proceeds arising from the disposal of various military installations decommissioned over the past number of years have been used to...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      14. To ask the Minister for Defence if Defence Forces personnel were party to any activity anywhere in Libyan territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25092/15]
    • Naval Service Vessels
      15. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details on the operations, to date, that the LÉ Eithne has been engaged with in the Mediterranean Sea; and if he will make a statement...
    • Irish Red Cross Governance
      16. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the Irish Red Cross has fully implemented the recommendations of the Committee of Public Accounts contained in its report on the Irish...
    • Air Corps
      17. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is concerned over allegations that some Air Corps inspectors are not qualified to sign-off on repairs to a number of the force’s aircraft; if...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      18. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will instigate an independent study into the rate of Lariam-related suicide in the Defence Forces; if he will include in the terms of reference for any...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      19. To ask the Minister for Defence in view of the LÉ Eithne’s most recent rescue of migrants in distress in the Mediterranean Sea, if he will provide an update on the work carried...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      20. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 9 June 2015, and in view of the fact that the case has been ongoing for over 40 years, and the fact that the...
    • Overseas Missions
      21. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he has been notified of the requirements for further deployment of Irish troops overseas, at various locations; and if he will make a...
    • Naval Service Operations
      23. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the LÉ Eithne’s mission in the Mediterranean; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25087/15]
    • Overseas Missions
      24. To ask the Minister for Defence the role that the Irish Defence Forces are taking, and plan to take, in the new European Union military mission which intends to disrupt the groups involved in...
    • Departmental Properties
      25. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the future of Custume Barracks in Athlone in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24868/15]
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      26. To ask the Minister for Defence in view of recent revelations regarding new side effects to those who take the anti-malarial drug Lariam, if he will allow an independent investigation into...
    • Defence Forces Expenditure
      28. To ask the Minister for Defence the additional annual costs in 2013 and 2014 of troops from Dundalk in County Louth, Athlone in County Westmeath, and County Donegal carrying out routine...
    • Air Corps
      29. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to expand the role of the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24844/15]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      30. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent meeting with the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25112/15]
    • Commemorative Events
      31. To ask the Minister for Defence the involvement of the Defence Forces in the Ireland 2016 commemorative programme; and if the personnel involved will be drawn on a regional basis. [25115/15]
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      32. To ask the Minister for Defence the current number of personnel permanently based at Custume Barracks in Athlone, County Westmeath; the number of staff who perform operational duties in the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on concerns that the JobsPlus scheme may be preventing persons with suitable qualifications from obtaining employment as they are at a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently taking part in the community employment scheme for early childhood care and education. [25655/15]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a current application under the disability allowance scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; the reason the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average time spent in receipt of the one-parent family payment, per parent. [25461/15]
    • Family Income Supplement
      39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason there is no option given on the application form for the family income supplement to have payment paid via the post office; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the fact that all...
    • Social Welfare Code
      42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will simplify the application process for zero hour contracts and for casual employees to make it more affordable and timely, as the current...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, prior to the change in policy, her Department considered the negative impact of the reduction in unemployment assistance for persons from 18 to...
    • Departmental Budgets
      44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of the underspend by her Department against its projected spending in 2015 to date; and the amount that this underspend is now expected to...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are currently on the Gateway scheme. [25507/15]
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the annual back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €50 in 2016. [25509/15]
    • School Meals Programme
      49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the school meals scheme in 2015; the projected cost in 2016; the number of schools in which this scheme is available; and the cost of...
    • Social Insurance Rates
      50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated revenue that would be raised by introducing a new employer’s rate of pay related social insurance of 15.75% on the portion of...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of reversing the lower age-related rates of jobseeker’s allowance and supplementary welfare allowance for young persons, and...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the respite care grant by €325 in 2016. [25514/15]
    • Back to Education Allowance
      54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the rate of back to education allowance for young persons aged under 26 to €188 per week. [25515/15]
    • Fuel Allowance Data
      55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending the fuel allowance season by three weeks. [25516/15]
    • Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure
      56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total cost of the €50 top-ups paid to JobBridge participants in 2014; and the expected cost for 2015. [25517/15]
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the average community employment place for one year, including income support and all other costs, such as training fees and materials,...
    • Family Income Supplement Data
      61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the family income supplement by 10% in 2016. [25522/15]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
      66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of raising the one-parent family payment income disregard to €120 in 2016. [25527/15]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Expenditure
      68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost in 2016 of reopening her Department's diet supplement scheme to new applicants from 1 January 2016. [25530/15]
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year additional cost under the farm assist scheme of reducing the assessment of means from self-employment, including farming, to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reassessing the access that unemployed persons whose spouses are working have to training courses or upskilling options; if she...
    • Social Welfare Application Forms
      71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will withdraw the revised application forms issued by her Department and replace them with the previous issue of forms, where payment at the...
    • Free Travel Scheme Review
      72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 289 and 290 of 1 April 2014, if the working group referred to in her reply has concluded...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance application will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for jobseeker's allowance or benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [25583/15]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the file of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8, noting that this person is suffering hardship because of the rates the person...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance currently under appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [25588/15]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
      78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of Jobseeker's Allowance or alternative payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility
      80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a Back to School Allowance might be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Back to Work Allowance Eligibility
      81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection indicate the reason a Back to Work Enterprise Allowance was not approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility
      82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a Back to School Allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25621/15]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when Rent Support will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason Jobseeker's Allowance or a Back to Work Enterprise Scheme payment has not been paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Department of Finance
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 9 June 2015, if it is his understanding that the new mortgage products, leading to lower payments for borrowers,...
    • National Economic Dialogue
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the persons and organisations invited to take part in the National Economic Dialogue on 16 and 17 July 2015. [25457/15]
    • Pension Provisions
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 11 June 2015, if information (details supplied) can determine the entitlements of the person to an increase in the...
    • Tote Licences
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Irish trotting and harness racing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25469/15]
    • Tax Code
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Capital Gains Tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25484/15]
    • Banking Sector
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that Allied Irish Banks is currently developing proposals to outsource work and staff from its Application and Development Management teams...
    • Pension Provisions
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider maintaining Approved Retirement Fund limits at current levels of income, that is €12,700 income with €63,500 investment, or...
    • Tax Code
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to raise the threshold for inheritance tax for those who inherit from their parents, whilst being under 18 years of age. [25559/15]
    • Customs and Excise Staff
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 26 May 2015, if he is aware that the HEO forum, customs at the airport and Dublin Port and other employees have...
    • Tax Code
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason employer contributions to a provider are now deemed to be benefit-in-kind when the purpose of personal retirement savings accounts was to obtain a...
    • Tax Collection
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, for each year from 1985 to 2014, the rate of betting tax; the total turnover; the amount of betting duty collected; and...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works Staff
      96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a resolution will be expedited in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, relative to their complaints regarding...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the children's play area at Kilkenny Castle to accommodate wheelchair users and the disabled; if furniture...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funds spent to date on producing catchment flood risk assessment and management study flood maps; if he is aware that...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Harbours and Piers
      99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will initiate and develop a proper walkway along the harbour foreshore out to the Dingle lighthouse (details supplied) at Lough,...
    • On-farm Investment Schemes
      100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if retrospective grants will be provided for constructed slotted units from unclaimed grant aid in respect of farmers who did not...
    • Aquaculture Development
      101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the targets for growth in production forecast in the national strategy plan for sustainable aquaculture development can be taken...
    • Sea Lice Controls
      105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a forum for the long-term management of sea lice on salmon farms, comprising experts from Inland Fisheries...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the harbour in Daingean Uí Chúis in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the agri-environment options scheme 3. [25533/15]
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway, whose single farm payment is below €100 in total,...
    • Forestry Sector
      111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for a grant under the forest road scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the function the herd register continues to perform for an Irish farmer, and for his Department, in view of the operation of the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an overpayment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Herd Numbers
      116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a new herd number will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim, relating to farmlands in Arigna in...
    • Bord na gCon Inspections
      117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that Ballydoyle Honey won the Sporting Press Oaks at Shelbourne Park on 20 June 2015, collecting €25,000 in...
    • Bord na gCon Administration
      118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General has a note attached to the 2013 Irish Greyhound Board accounts...
    • Greyhound Industry
      121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of persons employed in the Irish greyhound industry as of 1 January...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      122. To ask the Minister for Defence the way he plans to comprehensively address the widespread concerns in respect of the continued use of Lariam by the Defence Forces, including a timescale for...
    • Naval Service Operations
      123. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will clarify his statements to Dáil Éireann that the Defence Forces were solely involved with search and rescue operations in association with...
    • White Paper on Defence
      124. To ask the Minister for Defence if an association (details supplied) can submit a submission on the defence White Paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25503/15]
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      125. To ask the Minister for Defence the current strength of the reserved armed forces in the Army, Navy and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25599/15]
    • Defence Forces Reserve Training
      126. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which members of An Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil receive annual training to the full extent required, on an annual basis; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      128. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which recruitment to the Defence Forces has addressed any shortage of personnel in specific areas; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      129. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he expects Irish troop deployment overseas to be of sufficient strength to ensure their viability at all times in particularly hostile...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      130. To ask the Minister for Defence the total receipts from disposal of decommissioned military installations disposed of since 1998; the location of the various barracks or other installations...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      132. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of women currently serving in the Air Corps; the extent to which the numbers might be set to increase; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legislative Measures
      135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an amendment proposed on Committee and Report Stages of the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 (details supplied) has come to her attention...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a meeting (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25483/15]
    • Residency Permits
      137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; if the passport in question will now be associated...
    • Deportation Orders
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if provision can be made for an appeal against a decision to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; if the...
    • Asylum Applications
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if long-term residency is available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if an application for long-term residency...
    • Residency Permits
      143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if provision will be made for the regularisation of residency status and a review of the position in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason naturalisation was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Qualifications
      146. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare workers qualified in early childhood care and education to Further Education and Training Awards Council Levels 5,...
    • School Completion Programme
      147. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an assurance that there will be no cuts to the school completion programme, and that the success of the programme in...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      149. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of providing 15 hours per week special needs assistant support to 1,000 children with disabilities, to enable them to...
    • HIQA Reports
      150. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 9 June 2015, when he expects Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to finalise the action plan...
    • Early Childhood Care Education
      151. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will give a complete breakdown of the total Learner Fund of €3 million; and the way it is allocated and provided. [25654/15]
    • Children Services Committees
      152. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role the childcare committees carry out nationally; the number that exist; the number of persons employed; the amount of money that is...
    • Child Care Services Expenditure
      153. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of the current total spend on Early Childhood Care and Education. [25657/15]
    • Child Poverty
      154. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the next phase of the ABC project will commence and be rolled out. [25658/15]
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      155. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total spend for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency for 2014. [25659/15]
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services
      156. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of proposals by Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 to close the taxi rank in the hospital which has been in existence for 20 years; the implications...
    • Universal Health Insurance Expenditure
      157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overseas study visits undertaken by officials of his Department since 9 March 2011 with regard to the proposed introduction of universal health...
    • Medical Card Applications
      159. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, given that the person has...
    • Hospitals Funding
      160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25454/15]
    • HSE Legal Cases
      161. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements under way to procure legal services for the Health Service Executive and for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, when its current legal...
    • Medical Card Applications
      162. 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. [25459/15]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      163. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25470/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      164. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have an application for a medical card processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25476/15]
    • Hospital Services
      165. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the dermatology department in Temple Street hospital in Dublin 1 has closed; the reason it has closed; and the alternative that has...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      166. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for a hip replacement operation at Tallaght hospital in Dublin 24; and if...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      167. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a claim under the national repayment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, given the circumstances; and if he will make a...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      169. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have Lyme disease added to the long-term illness scheme. [25500/15]
    • HSE Investigations
      170. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no independent mechanism to investigate a relative's allegations (details supplied) of serious psychological, emotional and financial abuse...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      172. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 591 of 16 June 2015, if the person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for a medical card on discretionary...
    • Medical Card Applications
      173. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical expenses in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork, which were incurred during the processing of an application...
    • Dental Services
      174. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the dental care of a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25545/15]
    • Hospital Services
      175. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin 3 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25551/15]
    • Medical Card Applications
      176. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25561/15]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      177. To ask the Minister for Health his views on claims that one in three of the persons currently in nursing homes could live at home if they were supported to do so; that the number of...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      178. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to design and deliver a wide ranging communications campaign for the public, along the lines of the under-six general practitioner publicity...
    • Home Care Packages
      179. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the number of intensive home care packages was almost two-thirds under target in April 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Applications
      181. To ask the Minister for Health when a full medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if the matter will be expedited. [25570/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      182. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation to remove cataracts will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [25571/15]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      185. To ask the Minister for Health the date from which funding to provide nursing home care was approved for payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [25574/15]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is provided with an ear, nose and throat appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital,...
    • Hospital Procedures
      188. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an urgent operation at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 has been cancelled at short notice on three occasions in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Medical Card Applications
      189. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25622/15]
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the annual net and gross saving to the Exchequer following the implementation of the Haddington Road agreement if hospital...
    • Hospital Charges
      191. To ask the Minister for Health the annual saving to the Exchequer if the full economic cost for the use of beds in public and voluntary hospitals for the purposes of private medical practice...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive public sector workers in receipt of salaries within certain bands (details supplied). [25628/15]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      196. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the total State spend on medicines in each of the years 2011 to 2014; and a breakdown of same by scheme and by generic and...
    • Generic Drugs Substitution
      197. To ask the Minister for Health the measures introduced to promote the increased use of generic medicines; the practical implication of same; the amount saved to date; the estimated savings...
    • HSE Governance
      198. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the full implementation of the recommendations of the PA Consulting report, Addressing Weaknesses in Financial Management and Cost Containment...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      199. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the Economic and Social Research Institute report, Delivery of Pharmaceuticals in Ireland – Getting a Bigger Bang for the Buck...
    • Hospital Services
      200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the total amount of moneys collected in each of the years 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date from private patients using...
    • Suicide Prevention
      202. To ask the Minister for Health the total State spend on suicide prevention and awareness projects, including on the National Office of Suicide Prevention in each of the years 2012 to 2014...
    • Disability Services Funding
      203. To ask the Minister for Health the total State spend on Health Service Executive disability services for each of the years 2012 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; if he will provide a breakdown...
    • Home Care Packages
      204. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [25643/15]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      205. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the European working time directive, and the April 2015 Health Service Executive performance report which states that compliance with a maximum...
    • Generic Drugs Substitution
      206. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year saving that would be realised by reducing the spend on branded medicines by 2%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25662/15]
    • Hospital Services
      207. To ask the Minister for Health if he has investigated the introduction of diagnostic related groupings and case-mix based payment in strategic purchasing; if this would give potential...
    • Hospital Procedures
      208. To ask the Minister for Health if the World Health Organisation safe surgery checklist has been implemented in full in Irish hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25664/15]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      210. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year savings that would be realised from the immediate introduction of generic substitution for the 60 most commonly used off-patent medications,...
    • National Vision Coalition Report
      212. To ask the Minister for Health if he has introduced the interventions recommended by the National Vision Coalition in its Report on the Economic Cost and Burden of Eye Disease and...
    • Tax Code
      213. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue that would be raised by introducing a sugar tax on sugary drinks, as proposed by the Irish Heart Foundation (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      214. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of employing ten community physiotherapists or hospital physiotherapists at entry level, ten community physiotherapists or hospital...
    • Hospital Staff
      223. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of providing ten midwives at entry level in emergency departments in hospitals, ten midwives at the level of five years' experience, and ten...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      224. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of the extension of BreastCheck in 2015; the further cost envisaged for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25680/15]
    • Prescription Charges
      225. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of the reduction of prescription charges for medical card holders by €0.50 per item; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Data
      226. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year average cost of granting a person a medical card, including the care, services, and medications that it entails, on average; and if he will make...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Visa Applications
      227. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made to assist the Irish students currently in Canada, who continue to await their summer working visas; and if he will...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      228. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to provide additional humanitarian aid to assist in Gaza, particularly with the needs of children, due to the ongoing humanitarian...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reinstating the SOLAS training allowance in 2016. [25529/15]
    • Capitation Grants
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the figure for capitation grants for primary education. [25653/15]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will have an entitlement to grant support, in view of the progression the person is making; and...
    • Third Level Charges
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's estimates for the amount of extra revenue that will accrue to universities, colleges and institutes of technology in 2016, as a...
    • School Staffing
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the case of a person (details supplied) who wishes to become a grade IV teacher at a school; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Student Accommodation
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department and-or the Higher Education Authority have any plans to facilitate the expansion of student accommodation for students...
    • Momentum Programme
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of an additional 500 places on the Momentum programme. [25532/15]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25537/15]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she plans to carry out a review of the Caranua scheme; the format of that review; the likely timeframe for its completion, in view of the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the apprenticeship of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny was terminated; if she will investigate the fact that the person...
    • Site Acquisitions
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the allocation of a site for the building of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Climatological Stations
      241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter regarding the development of a weather station (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if The Fairways estate in Ballygawley in County Sligo will receive funding under the unfinished development special...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of units that were renovated for social housing use in 2014 and to date in 2015; the planned figure for 2015;...
    • Water Quality
      244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline to Irish Water, the concerns of the residents of Balbriggan in County Dublin, in regard to the quality...
    • Local Authority Members' Remit
      245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale regarding local authority members' consent on the disposal of assets within their jurisdiction but not the...
    • Waterways Issues
      246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be made available for the urgent repair of the weir on the Vartry river in Ashford in County Wicklow; and...
    • Water Services Provision
      247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the details of what is contained in the Government's first fix free policy in regard to water services,...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the stock levels of eels; if he has costed and valued the loss of eels through the Electricity Supply Board turbine per...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Transport
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied ) regarding the privatisation of public transport; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the economic benefits of harness racing; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any discretion applicable in relation to the six-month rule for a person on a learner permit, before the person can sit a...
    • Road Charges
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the work being carried out by his Department and the interdepartmental review group on road charges and...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Parks
      253. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Killarney National Park in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      254. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a decision will be made on three applications made under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme by persons (details...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      255. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action the National Parks and Wildlife Service is taking to cease the ongoing practices of bait digging, shellfish collecting and...
    • National Gallery
      257. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the issue of any remuneration or payment of any fees to the current or previous directors of the National Gallery in connection...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      260. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when payment under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme on special areas of conservation bogs will issue in respect of a...