Written answers
Thursday, 9 July 2015
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services Provision
10. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria in place for the provision of child and adolescent mental health services to the relevant age cohort; the reason certain persons with a very clear...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
12. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for new referrals for an outpatient orthopaedic appointment in Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal compared to the national...
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
13. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding was cut under the general practitioner contract for the insertion of contraceptive medical devices for medical card patients, with the...
- Tax Yield
14. To ask the Minister for Health of the €2.2 billion raised in tax revenue, both product tax and value added tax, through the sale of alcohol; and his views that a percentage of this...
- Nursing Home Beds
15. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied there are sufficient nursing home beds to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27651/15]
- Nursing Staff Provision
16. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he has identified a shortage of nursing staff throughout the public health service as a contributory cause of overcrowding at accident and...
- HSE Expenditure
17. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 29 April 2015, the progress to date at resolving the issue of outstanding payments for unsocial hours or twilight...
- Maternal Mortality
18. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has had discussions or correspondence with the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the eight maternal deaths by medical misadventure...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
19. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to reduce the waiting times for outpatients in the west seeking an outpatient rheumatology appointment; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services Provision
20. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 727 of 26 May 2015, (details supplied), his views that the deployment of one child psychologist at the mid-Kildare Linn...
- Care of the Elderly Provision
21. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a day care centre in Youghal in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27650/15]
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
22. To ask the Minister for Health his awareness of the crisis across the nursing home sector regarding the recruitment of nurses; the steps he is taking to ensure there are adequate nurses...
- Nursing Staff Provision
23. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department will take to address the shortage of nurses in the nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27576/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
24. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has to increase orthopaedic surgery capacity in the north east, given the numbers waiting for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
25. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that outpatient waiting list figures published for December 2013 by the National Treatment Purchase Fund were accurate; if the data reported...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
26. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to reduce waiting lists at the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
27. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the measures his Department has taken to resolve the immediate risks to patients' health arising from the closure of the pancreas...
- Child Care Services Provision
28. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there is no respite facility in County Kildare for children who are under seven years of age, who have significant physical, emotional and...
- Hospital Procedures
29. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he continues to monitor the number of patients awaiting various elective procedures at all public and private hospitals; the extent to which...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
30. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to reduce waiting times at the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Maternity Services
31. To ask the Minister for Health when the new national maternity strategy will be published; the timeframe in place for the relocation of the three Dublin maternity hospitals; and if he will...
- Vaccination Programme
32. To ask the Minister for Health the support his Department and the Health Service Executive will provide to children who have suffered serious health complications following the administering...
- Mental Health Services
33. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to commission any reviews on the over-use of drugs in mental health and disability services for children; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services Provision
34. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the roll-out of service delivery reform in the area of mental health as envisaged under A Vision for Change, particularly in County...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
35. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to address the overcrowding crisis in the accident and emergency unit in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
36. To ask the Minister for Health the policies being pursued to increase ambulance response times in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27653/15]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
37. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve services in the emergency department at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
38. To ask the Minister for Health his position regarding the continuing problem of drug abuse in Dublin city centre; his position on the proposal to allow the creation of injecting rooms in...
- Medical Card Eligibility
39. To ask the Minister for Health his views on providing sufficient financial support to sufferers of fibromyalgia who, due to the nature of the condition, often incur significant costs for...
- Mental Health Services
40. To ask the Minister for Health considering his Department's concerns regarding the over-use of drugs with elderly and adult patients, if he has similar concerns regarding children in mental...
- Ambulance Service Provision
41. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the west Roscommon and east Mayo ambulance blackspot is not to have an ambulance permanently appointed to it, as is the case in Tuam and Mulranny;...
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support the management of Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 to plan, urgently build and fully staff a new accident and emergency department; if he will...
- Drugs Seizures
43. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of recent seizures of illegal drugs; and if he will ensure that the Irish Medicines Board acts urgently to address this matter. [27695/15]
- Vaccination Programme
44. To ask the Minister for Health if a meningococcal B vaccine will be included in the primary childhood immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27671/15]
- National Cancer Strategy Implementation
45. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the steering group which is charged with developing the new national cancer strategy 2016 to 2025 to review the operation of Galway...
- Magdalen Laundries
46. To ask the Minister for Health how he will respond to the health needs of those Magdalen laundry survivors living outside Ireland; if he will prioritise those of advanced years with serious...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Health when the new cystic fibrosis unit in Cork University Hospital will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27575/15]
- Ambulance Service Response Times
48. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the Lightfoot report on ambulance services has not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27376/15]
- Hospital Services
49. To ask the Minister for Health the way he will address the concerns arising from the ending of the pancreas transplant service in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a...
- Universal Health Insurance
50. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the projections for the average cost-per-person for universal health insurance; if he will report on discussions he has had on this matter;...
- Maternity Services
51. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate an independent review of the Health Service Executive's handling of independent home-birth midwives. [27583/15]
- General Practitioner Services
52. To ask the Minister for Health the most up-to-date figures for general practitioner sign up for the roll-out of free general practitioner access for all children up to six years of age by...
- Hospital Closures
53. To ask the Minister for Health when he will have a reply regarding the future of Abbeyleix District Hopsital and St. Brigids Hospital, Shaen, County Laois; and the stage of the process [27666/15]
- Care of the Elderly Provision
54. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the additional funding announced in April 2015 to tackle overcrowding in emergency departments in hospitals has, to date, had the impact that was...
- Accident and Emergency Department Staffing
55. To ask the Minister for Health if it is his Department's intention and the Health Service Executive's intention to employ the required number of consultants to continue to provide 24-hour...
- Suicide Prevention
56. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is being provided for the new suicide prevention strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27574/15]
- Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
57. To ask the Minister for Health if will ensure that additional staff and equipment will be allocated to the orthodontic unit in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, to alleviate...
- Drug Treatment Programmes
58. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the principle of legal injecting rooms, as presented in papers by the Ana Liffey drug project; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Residential Institutions
59. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken on foot of several recent Health Information and Quality Authority inspection reports into residential services for persons with...
- Vaccination Programme
60. To ask the Minister for Health if a vaccine for meningitis B will be included in the primary childhood immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27587/15]
- Universal Health Insurance White Paper
61. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish and act on the results of the costings exercise commissioned by his Department into universal health insurance; and if he will make a...
- Ambulance Service Provision
62. To ask the Minister for Health how he proposes to address ongoing concerns regarding the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27588/15]
- Vaccination Programme
63. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the human papilloma virus Gardasil vaccine is totally safe; and his views that in light of concerns raised by parents and concerned...
- HSE Expenditure
65. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health Service Executive’s financial position; the net current deficit of the executive against profile at the end of...
- Medical Conditions
66. To ask the Minister for Health his views on increasing awareness of fibromyalgia among medical professionals; the measures his Department is taking to provides supports to fibromyalgia...
- Disability Services Provision
68. To ask the Minister for Health the ratio of therapy providers in speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy to those with special needs in all regions; the numbers on...
- Vaccination Programme
69. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendation by the national immunisation advisory committee that a meningococcal B vaccine be...
- Department of Social Protection
- Community Welfare Services
70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update as to when a community welfare office will be opened in Naas, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining eligibility for a dietary allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Maternity Benefit
73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to ensure new mothers who do not qualify for maternity benefit, due to not working for long enough, are not forced to return...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a full jobseeker's allowance of €188 will be reinstated to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Disability Allowance Payments
75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive back money under the disability allowance; and if she will expedite a reply. [28015/15]
- State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 received no social welfare payment for three weeks from 26 March 2014; and if she will make a...
- Invalidity Pension Payments
77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining a review in respect of eligibility for an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an application for an invalidity pension will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Respite Care Grant Eligibility
80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the fact that the respite care grant ceases to be paid in its entirety when the person being cared for passes away; if she will consider...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite payment of a disability allowance recently approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Disability Allowance Applications
82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a final decision will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 whose appeal was recently allowed; and if she will...
- Illness Benefit Payments
83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a social protection payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28087/15]
- Widow's Pension Eligibility
84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 9 June 2015, if employment undertaken in Sligo town, secretarial work for two years and further...
- Back to Work Allowance
85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9, in receipt of the back to work enterprise allowance and who is starting a design business, was...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) might expect to receive a reply to an application for an exceptional needs payment to fund new clothes. [28105/15]
- Social Welfare Appeals
89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a relevant social welfare payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, all of whose payments...
- One-Parent Family Payments
90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when the relevant payment in lieu of the one-parent family payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection If an increase in rent support is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a one-parent family payment will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a jobseeker's allowance will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 12 June 2015, if she will have the subsequent application of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Maternity Benefit
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason maternity benefit has not been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Child Benefit Eligibility
96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason child benefit has not been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28124/15]
- Invalidity Pension Applications
97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that her Department has received an application for an invalidity pension from a person (details supplied) in County Longford; if...
- Budget Consultation Process
98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the pre-budget forum hosted by her on 3 July 2015. [28147/15]
- School Meals Programme
99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the need to extend breakfast clubs for school children during the summer break. [28148/15]
- One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection following the pre-budget forum held on 3 July 2015 if she will reverse the recent changes made to the one-parent family payment. [28149/15]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection following the pre-budget forum held on 3 July 2015 if she will increase rent supplement levels to address homelessness. [28150/15]
- Data Protection
103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that a significant data breach occurred within her Department with regard to a person (details supplied); if she is aware that as a...
- Community Employment Schemes Operation
104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will consider funding a pension scheme or an ex gratia lump sum on retirement to community employment supervisors and assistant...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
105. To ask the Minister for Finance the legislative basis underpinning the obligation for employers to provide employee with their P45s upon cessation of employment; if there is any mechanism to...
- Banking Sector
108. To ask the Minister for Finance if qualifying loans in the private banking unit of the former Anglo Irish Bank transferred across to the National Asset Management Agency in the normal way;...
- Price Inflation
109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, for the years 2004 to 2014, the annual increase in the price of a standard pack of 20 cigarettes in cents; the percentage...
- Eurozone Crisis
110. To ask the Minister for Finance if given the continuing threat to the stability of the eurozone he will join with the other 19 eurozone finance Ministers to organise a debt conference to...
- State Banking Sector
112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given further consideration to the retention of Allied Irish Banks in the ownership of the people, given the commentary that at least one stable...
- Tax Forms
114. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the P21 forms for the years 2011 to 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the person is due a tax rebate;...
- Eurozone Crisis
115. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down his views on the result of the referendum in Greece; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28137/15]
- Tax Code
119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the communications his Department has had with the Revenue Commissioners regarding 5,300 Standard Life shareholders who have been...
- NAMA Receivers
120. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the number of receivers appointed by the National Asset Management Agency for the first six months of 2015; the number appointed in 2013 and in...
- NAMA Expenditure
123. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the top ten highest payments received by the named receivers appointed by the National Asset Management Agency since the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Lease Agreements
124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the lease reportedly held by the Government on the Department of Justice and Equality building at 74 to 76 St. Stephen's...
- Pension Provisions
126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact of the Lansdowne Road agreement on the yield from the public service pension reduction in 2016 and 2017; the number of...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Lease Agreements
128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will indicate any current Government leasehold interest in Carrisbrook House in Ballsbridge in Dublin 4; if the reported 65 year...
- Job Losses
129. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a loss of jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28045/15]
- Work Permit Criteria
130. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 who previously had spousal entitlement on foot of that their spouse's work permit and stamp...
- National Minimum Wage
131. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on increasing the minimum wage to bring it at least in line with the living wage of €11.50; and if he will make a...
- Trade Union Recognition
132. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on making the recognition of trade unions mandatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28145/15]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Superlevy Fine
134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the terms and conditions for the instalment scheme for the payment of the 2014-2015 super levy, as presented...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant assistance is available to a herd owner (details supplied) in County Cork to apply for a partial reimbursement of the costs...
- Equine Data
136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses in the country during the years 2011 to 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28074/15]
- Equine Identification Scheme
139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the horse passport and chipping programme for each year from 2009 and for 2015 to date; if he will bring in...
- Control of Horses
140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on current funding for horse control measures to avoid the terrible suffering of animals revealed in the ongoing...
- Horse Slaughtering Data
141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is conducting any studies on the ongoing slaughtering of horses for meat exports, given the great suffering involved for these...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the rural environment protection scheme; and if...
- Greyhound Industry
143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding greyhounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28128/15]
- Department of Defence
- Illegal Encampments
144. To ask the Minister for Defence his Department's policy position on addressing the problem of unauthorised encampments on the Curragh Plains in County Kildare; if he is aware of the growing...
- Defence Forces Equipment
145. To ask the Minister for Defence if ambulances belonging to the Defence Forces are continuing to be used to supplement Health Service Executive civilian ambulance services; and if so, the...
- Pension Entitlements
146. To ask the Minister for Defence the pension entitlements of retired members of the Defence Forces; and if retired members with 31 or 41 years' service receive the same pension as retired...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Court Accommodation Provision
147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an assurance that there are no plans to close the courthouse in Carndonagh, County Donegal. [27987/15]
- Garda Investigations
148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that An Garda Síochána utilises the Evo-Fit system to draft an image of a suspect on each occasion, when an...
- Garda Station Closures
149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to re-open Fitzgibbon Street Garda station in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27995/15]
- Immigration Status
150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a residency card or a temporary travel document will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Garda Communications
151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of concerns within An Garda Síochána relating to the leaking of confidential information from An Garda...
- Firearms Licences
154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review of firearms licensing legislation; if the concerns of the National Association of Regional Game Councils and...
- Sexual Offences Legislation
155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will bring forward the legislation regarding the sex trafficking industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28085/15]
- Residency Permits
156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 25 June 2015, in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo, if it will be possible to...
- Courts Service Data
159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of decrees of divorce applied for and granted in each year from 2004 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on...
- Gambling Legislation
160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if fixed odds betting terminals will be banned under the Gambling Control Bill 2013; when this Bill will become law; and if she will make a...
- Garda Recruitment
161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for which the current panel will remain in place after the most recent recruitment competition into the Garda Síochána;...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Children and Family Services
162. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of the waiting list for social workers for the Louth-Meath children's services by location since the end of...
- One-Parent Family Payments
163. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the recent changes to the one-parent family payment, if he will report on work being done to deliver affordable childcare for...
- HIQA Reports
164. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the Health Information and Quality Authority report on services operated by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in Fingal...
- Children and Family Services
165. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report on measures being taken to provide for an adequate number of social workers in Fingal County. [28153/15]
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
168. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all interviews with the confidential committee of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes will be recorded, unless a...
- Department of Health
- Mobility Allowance Decision
178. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to restoring the mobility allowance in budget 2016; the amount it cost in the years 2008 to 2013; the number of persons who...
- Health Services Provision
179. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which appropriate support will continue to be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Water Fluoridation
180. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding fluoride; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28189/15]
- Medical Card Applications
181. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determining an application for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Obesity Levels
186. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place to combat obesity; his views on the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in this regard; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Applications
187. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determining an application for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- EU Directives
188. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to hold a public consultation on the transposition of the European Union tobacco products directive; the timeframe for the transposition of the...
- Tobacco Control Measures
189. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland has responded directly to any of the concerns raised by various European Union member states to the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of...
- Departmental Legal Costs
190. To ask the Minister for Health the cost incurred to date by the State in legal actions in respect of tobacco plain packaging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28011/15]
- General Practitioner Services
191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 1 July 2015, if he will publish the memorandum of understanding referred to in the reply. [28017/15]
- Medical Card Administration
192. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for discretionary medical cards to be processed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28018/15]
- Mental Health Services
193. To ask the Minister for Health following on from a meeting held with the Health Service Executive and an organisation (details supplied), if he will provide an update on the potential plans...
- National Children's Hospital
194. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the site at the Mater hospital in Dublin 7 that had been originally chosen for the new children's hospital now that a new site has been...
- Mental Health Services
195. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that this Deputy has received a letter of concern from the board of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin regarding the functioning...
- Departmental Budgets
196. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the once-off revenue measures of €330 million that he announced for the health budget in 2015, the amount of this revenue that was raised...
- Health Services
197. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is being forced to change service provider for that person's care and support by the Health Service Executive against...
- Health Services Funding
198. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for a new buggy and a home chair in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Card Applications
199. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in determining an application for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Card Data
200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have full medical cards and who are in receipt of a domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28039/15]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
201. To ask the Minister for Health if the embargo on dental nurses will be lifted; if so, when; the number of positions that will be filled in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement...
- Medicinal Products Supply
202. To ask the Minister for Health in view of recent reports, the developments that have taken place since May 2015 between the manufactures of the drug, Fampyra, for patients who suffer with...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
203. To ask the Minister for Health when a consultant orthodontist will be appointed to the Health Service Executive midlands area; if this position is being advertised outside of Ireland, and if...
- Medical Card Applications
204. To ask the Minister for Health the reason correspondence in an application for a medical card to the Health Service Executive on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath was...
- Medical Card Eligibility
206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce an automatic entitlement to full medical cards for children in receipt of a domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Card Applications
208. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determining an application for a medical card for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Home Accommodation
209. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the Health Information and Quality Authority has advised that several nursing homes should reduce their patient numbers starting in...
- Hospital Appointment Status
210. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an eye operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28089/15]
- Health Services Provision
211. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will increase the staffing levels at St. Ita's in Newcastle West, County Limerick to allow this facility to be used to its...
- Hospital Appointment Status
212. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is having significant sight difficulties is immediately admitted for...
- Hospital Equipment
213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scanners operating in St. James's Hospital in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28104/15]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
214. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no uniformity throughout Ireland regarding the reimbursement of the cost of spectacles for children with Down's syndrome (details...
- Medical Card Applications
215. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will be renewed for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has already submitted all documentation requested; and if he...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
216. To ask the Minister for Health if provision will be made for a review of a case in respect of nursing home fees in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12, given that the...
- Medical Card Applications
217. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28121/15]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with hearing aids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28131/15]
- Nursing Home Inspections
219. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken in cases of non-compliance with regulations at nursing homes, as reported in a Heath Information and Quality Authority report; and if he...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting attention in respect of various elective procedures at various public hospitals; those who have already been seen by a...
- Nursing Staff Remuneration
221. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which nurses from this jurisdiction have opted to seek employment overseas in each of the past six years to date; the degree to which pay and...
- Nursing Staff Provision
222. To ask the Minister for Health thedegree to which initiatives he has taken have positively impacted on nursing staff levels in the various public hospitals; the extent to which the extra...
- Midwifery Services
224. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of midwives qualified and practising here corresponds to international best practice; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
225. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place to encourage new qualified medical professionals to take up employment in this jurisdiction; the extent to which he has examined the...
- Medical Card Data
226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for medical cards made in each of the past 12 months to date; the number refused or granted; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Orthodontic Service Provision
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthodontists operating in the public health system; the number of children receiving treatment; the number pending; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
228. To ask the Minister for Health the comparisons that have been made between the public and the private health sector in respect of the number of patients awaiting elective procedures; and if...
- Respite Care Services
229. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate provision remains available to meet the needs of those seeking respite care for themselves or their carers; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Staff Provision
230. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his initiatives in respect of extra nursing staff at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare have been implemented; the extent to which...
- Medical Card Reviews
231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards withdrawn from old-age pensioners over the past four years, and subsequently restored; if it is recognised that elderly patients...
- National Children's Hospital Status
232. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in respect of the provision of the new national children's hospital; when the planning procedures will be completed in full; and if he will make a...
- Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
233. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which dialogue has been entered into and settlement arrangements made with the victims of symphysiotomy in accordance with Government's decision...
- Primary Care Centre Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres fully operational; those pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28181/15]
- Health Insurance Community Rating
235. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor private health insurance with the objective of the continued implementation of lifetime community...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the parental accommodation at Our Lady's hospital in Crumlin in Dublin 12 is at such a low standard that parents, after spending the whole...
- Medical Card Applications
237. 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Card Eligibility
238. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the criteria and means test for families who have third level students who are not grant-aided and who are only allowed €78 per...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
239. To ask the Minister for Health if any evaluation has been completed throughout the public health system with a view to determining the precise scale and location of the backlog in respect of...
- Prescriptions Data
240. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which prescription costs have fallen or have stabilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28193/15]
- Public Procurement Contracts Data
241. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which procurement throughout the health services continues to achieve the best results for the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Delays
242. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for discretionary medical cards to be processed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28227/15]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Diplomatic Representation Expenditure
243. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount each Irish embassy overseas cost in 2014. [28006/15]
- Passport Applications
246. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28086/15]
- Greek Referendum Result
247. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the result of the referendum in Greece that took place on 5 July 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28140/15]
- Middle East Issues
248. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the killing of a person (details supplied) by the Israeli defence forces; and on the resulting escalation of tensions in...
- Foreign Conflicts
249. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on possible air strikes against the group calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in the parts of Syria this group...
- Air Accident Investigations
250. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on an international investigation of the shooting down of the MH17 flight in Ukraine; if he will support such measures at the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the allocation of special needs assistant hours; and if she will make a...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a Student Universal Support Ireland grant was refused to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will clarify the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if works at a school (details supplied) in County KIldare, for which tenders have been submitted to her Department, will be approved as a matter...
- School Transport Eligibility
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently address the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding school transport; and if she will make a statement...
- Adult Education
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current national policy on terms and conditions for teachers working in the adult literacy service; the circulars that exist for tutors and...
- Site Acquisitions
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the purchase of a permanent site in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine an application by the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for a new-build school, as the old...
- School Staffing
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a previous parliamentary question, if she will clarify the contradiction in the e-mail received from her office on 20 May 2015; and if...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Motor Tax Rates
260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received representations from the road haulage industry under the umbrella of the Irish Road Haulage Association...
- Motor Tax Collection
261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that heavy goods vehicles currently pay on road tax; if he will provide a breakdown by county for each of the...
- Local Authority Staff Data
262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of extra new staff who have been brought in to work in the housing section of Kildare County Council since...
- Property Tax Administration
263. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of a report that a portion of the revenue raised by the local property tax is being spent on a mayoral...
- Community Employment Schemes Cessation
264. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the next move community employment scheme, which has been successfully run in County Sligo for several years,...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
265. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a tenant purchase scheme will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28091/15]
- Building Regulations
266. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address the concerns outlined in correspondence (details supplied) regarding regulations; and if he will make a...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Service Provision
267. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to the recent announcement by Eircom for improved broadband service in parts of County Limerick, if a townland...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Car Test
269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position, by location, regarding waiting times for the national car test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28013/15]
- Road Safety
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the growing number of rickshaws now in operation in Dublin; whether this mode of transport is safe; whether there is a need...
- Road Traffic Offences
273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if drivers disqualified in court who fail to produce their licences are guilty of an offence; the section of legislation that provides...
- Rural Transport Programme
274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the National Transport Authority's oversight and monitoring of the transport co-ordination units and with the...
- Job Creation
277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of jobs that are created by the heavy goods vehicle industry; if his Department has any action plans to increase job creation...
- Wild Atlantic Way Project
278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown for a funding announcement for a discovery point on the Wild Atlantic Way, (details supplied); the works...
- Motor Tax Rates
279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received representations from the road haulage industry under the umbrella of the Irish Road Haulage Association on the...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Archives
280. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the fact that the Ireland-Australia transportation database is incomplete as a result of the destruction of the National...
- Natural Heritage
281. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures that are being taken to halt the loss of native plant biodiversity, given the increase occurrence of cases of invasive...
