Written answers
Thursday, 22 October 2015
- Department of Health
- Hospital Services
5. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels at the dermatology department of University Hospital Waterford; if the unit is fully staffed and operating to its full potential;...
- Vaccination Programme
13. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received representations regarding the vaccination for Human Papilloma Virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36259/15]
- Health Services Data
14. To ask the Minister for Health the number of west and north Clare persons, and their age bracket, being catered for by dialysis in the home, at University Hospital Galway and at University...
- Disability Diagnoses
15. To ask the Minister for Health if he will recognise deafblindness as a distinct disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36260/15]
- Hospital Appointment Delays
16. To ask the Minister for Health given that on 13 May 2015 this Deputy received a reply further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 6 May 2015, and was informed by University Hospital Galway...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
17. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to see an improvement in services at University Hospital Limerick, especially in the emergency department and in the numbers on waiting lists;...
- Mental Health Services Staffing
18. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department is taking to address the issue of staffing in mental health services, which, according to Mental Health Reform, was 22% below...
- Air Ambulance Service Provision
19. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the expansion of the air ambulance service based at Custume Barracks in Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36583/15]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
20. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he will provide or avail of step-down bed accommodation as a means of alleviating overcrowding in public hospitals in general; if he has...
- Vaccination Programme
21. To ask the Minister for Health his response to concerns regarding the Gardasil vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36258/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
22. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting for inpatient or day patient orthopaedic treatment in the north east [36579/15]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
23. To ask the Minister for Health the Government's plans to upgrade Shaen and Abbeyleix hospitals in County Laois to meet Health Information and Quality Authority standards. [35556/15]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
24. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed new accident and emergency unit for Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; if the necessary planning and construction funding will be...
- Nursing Home Accommodation
25. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a commitment to fund the refurbishment of the Sacred Heart Hospital in Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Maternity Services
26. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of the new labour unit in County Waterford; when it is due to open; if funding has been allocated to provide...
- Medicinal Products Prices
27. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there was no new agreement on drugs pricing in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36586/15]
- Vaccination Programme
28. To ask the Minister for Health the reason parents are not provided with a copy of the patient information leaflet prior to signing the consent form for the human papilloma virus vaccine,...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
29. To ask the Minister for Health the reason University Hospital Waterford has seen its inpatient-day case waiting list increase by more than twice the national average and by four times the...
- Dental Services Provision
30. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to improve dental services, especially for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36587/15]
- Registration of Nurses
31. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will take action to expedite the processing of nurse registration applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36565/15]
- Autism Support Services
32. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for a full diagnostic assessment for autism in University Hospital Waterford; the composition of the team; if all the...
- Health Services Provision
33. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed national office for rare diseases; if he will confirm the address and the contact details, if established; the staffing...
- Registration of Nurses
34. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of staff shortages within the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, which is causing a backlog in the number of nursing applications being...
- Home Help Service Provision
35. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be an increase in the number of home help hours in County Louth in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36573/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
36. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting more than 18 months for an outpatient appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore, in September 2015; and if he will...
- Home Help Service Provision
38. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the projected outturn in home help hours for County Galway in 2015 is 64,000 behind target for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Cross-Border Health Initiatives
39. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's assessment of the effectiveness of the State's adherence to Directive 2011/24/EU on patients' rights in cross-border health care; if he will...
- Hospital Services
40. To ask the Minister for Health when the outreach rheumatology clinic will be reinstated in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36255/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
41. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the length of time old age pensioners are on waiting lists for knee, hip and cataract procedures, and other treatments generally; and if he...
- Respite Care Services
42. To ask the Minister for Health if more funding will be allocated to provide adequate respite facilities for carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36471/15]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
43. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on his Department's engagements with the Health Service Executive to address overcrowding challenges at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
44. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced from University Hospital Waterford to private hospitals for outpatient appointments in 2014 and in 2015 to date; the average...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
45. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has evaluated the ongoing requirement in respect of hospital beds and accident and emergency accommodation at all general hospitals, with...
- Hospital Services
46. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of rehabilitative services and facilities available in County Westmeath for post-operation patients; and if he will make a statement...
- Mental Health Services Funding
47. To ask the Minister for Health for a detailed account of the spend to date, at end quarter 3, of the additional €35 million allocated for mental health purposes in 2015; if he will...
- Mental Health Services Provision
48. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for specific measures to reduce the waiting list for child and adolescent mental health services across the country, which, according to the Irish...
- Health Services Provision
49. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the establishment of an island of Ireland-based deep brain stimulation service from suitability assessment through to and...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
50. To ask the Minister for Health his assessment of the progress made to address the overcrowding crisis in the emergency department at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a...
- Primary Care Centres
51. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is aware of the overcrowding issue at its health care facility (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will arrange to have...
- Emergency Services Personnel
52. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided for more community first responder teams and more paramedics that will go directly to County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
53. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the waiting list for surgery for scoliosis patients in University Hospital Galway. [36585/15]
- Health Services Funding
54. To ask the Minister for Health when it is envisaged that the specific projects to be funded under the capital plan allocation for health services will be finalised; and if the projects will...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
55. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unfilled consultant positions at University Hospital Waterford by Department; the measures the hospital has taken to fill these posts to date; the...
- Speech and Language Therapy
56. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to reduce the waiting times for speech and language therapy in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
57. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals being brought forward to upgrade facilities and improve services at Saint Vincent's Hospital in Athy in County Kildare. [36655/15]
- Ambulance Service Provision
58. To ask the Minister for Health how budget 2016 will improve and enhance the National Ambulance Service, especially in the western region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36590/15]
- Home Help Service Provision
59. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be an increase in home help hours in County Wexford in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36566/15]
- Mental Health Services Funding
60. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there was no specific 2016 funding commitment of €35 million for mental health on budget day, in line with the programme for Government and...
- Nursing Staff Provision
61. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the pressure being exerted on nursing homes in terms of a shortage of nursing staff at present; that extreme delays in the registration...
- General Practitioner Contracts
62. To ask the Minister for Health when negotiations will open on a new general practitioner contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36576/15]
- Speech and Language Therapy
63. To ask the Minister for Health his views on current waiting list times for speech and language therapy, given that Health Service Executive reports that the number of applications for...
- Home Help Service Expenditure
64. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per hour of employing home helps directly by the Health Service Executive; and the cost per hour of home helps provided by private companies [35555/15]
- Disability Services Provision
65. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36577/15]
- Cancer Services
66. To ask the Minister for Health when the Saolta University Health Care Group will establish a rapid access prostate clinic in Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal, given that a...
- Medicinal Products Availability
67. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make adequate provision for the potential life-saving availability of an EpiPen without prescription in emergency situations; if he will...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
68. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the changes that have taken place on the Emergency Department Task Force since a person (details supplied) very recently took over as...
- Programme for Government Implementation
69. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline, in tabular form, the commitments on health in the programme for Government that he deems to be fully delivered; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
70. To ask the Minister for Health how he proposes to reduce the waiting times for outpatients, inpatients and day cases at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
- General Practitioner Contracts
71. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of expanding free general practitioner care to children under 12 years of age, as announced on budget day; and if he will make a...
- Maternity Services
72. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made on the development of a national maternity strategy; if all hospitals have reported back to him with their submissions; if not, the...
- Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
73. To ask the Minister for Health his views as to why independent medical assessments and reports are not being considered by the surgical symphysiotomy payment scheme; his plans regarding same;...
- Hospitals Building Programme
74. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed use of the three top floors of the new regional specialist inpatient unit and day service in palliative medicine building on the grounds of...
- HIQA Reports
75. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he will take in response to the Health Information and Quality Authority's report which found issues of hygiene compliance at Letterkenny General...
- Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
76. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the administration of the surgical symphysiotomy payment scheme, as the refusal to take oral testimonies and over-reliance on the need to...
- Disability Support Services Provision
77. To ask the Minister for Health the support the Health Service Executive has provided to move persons with disabilities out of congregated settings in 2015; and if he will make a statement on...
- Misuse of Drugs
78. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on addressing the legislation deficits to deal with the massive quantities of Z-drugs sold freely, particularly in Dublin city; and if he will...
- Health Screening Programmes
79. To ask the Minister for Health if he, his Department or the Health Service Executive have considered the real health and consequent economic benefits of targeted screening of all first-line...
- Care of the Elderly Provision
80. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available from his Department for the development of a day care centre for older persons in Youghal in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
- HIQA Reports
81. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Health Information and Quality Authority report on the ambulance service; and if he will make...
- Pharmacy Services
82. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland's guidance in relation to the supply of emergency contraception, NorLevo and ellaOne, that pharmacists may...
- Health Services Provision
83. To ask the Minister for Health with particular attention to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24, his views on the serious delays in providing occupational therapy and other...
- Hospital Staff Data
84. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the number of additional staff in the health service, specifically hospital staff, the number and type allocated to University Hospital Galway;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
85. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on surgical waiting lists in the Health Service Executive Dublin-north east region; an update on the Ireland East Hospitals Group’s pilot...
- HSE Funding
86. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the issue of funding being withdrawn from the Oasis Project in Mounttown Resource Centre in Dún Laoghaire, which will leave vulnerable...
- Ambulance Service Provision
87. To ask the Minister for Health if a new ambulance base for Tralee in County Kerry will be provided at Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35550/15]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
88. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available from his Department to assist with the extension of Midleton Community Hospital in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
89. To ask the Minister for Health how the ongoing problems in the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Budgets
90. To ask the Minister for Health given the implementation in 2016 of provisions under the Fiscal treaty which prevent supplementary budgets, his view on whether the budget allocation for 2016...
- Vaccination Programme
91. To ask the Minister for Health for details of the winter flu vaccine programme for the months ahead; the persons who will have free access; the promotional steps being employed; the research...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
92. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on measures to improve the situation in emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36660/15]
- Department of Social Protection
- Registration of Marriages
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to change the law so that more categories of persons or professions can solemnise the ceremony of marriage, for example,...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an application for a disability allowance; and if she...
- Social Insurance Data
95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of employees whose employers will benefit from the reduced rate of employer's pay-related social insurance introduced in...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 is receiving the full entitlement of benefits; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Family Income Supplement Eligibility
97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason special needs assistants, contracted to work 37.11 hours per fortnight plus 48 Croke Park agreement hours per annum,...
- Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application for jobseeker's benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal,...
- Community Services Programme
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the community services programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- National Internship Scheme Eligibility
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will abolish the waiting period for the JobBridge scheme to ensure that all those in receipt of jobseeker's payments and...
- Employment Support Services
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of participants who engaged with the WALK PEER programme over its lifetime. [36894/15]
- Departmental Staff Data
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of Intreo staff employed currently and the number employed in October 2014. [36900/15]
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if there is any form of payment available for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who has been given permission by the...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
- Disability Allowance
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the plans that exist to ease the path for persons (details supplied) on long-term disability allowance who wish to take up...
- Ministerial Meetings
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the recent meeting held with the Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection with special...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Offices
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if more suitable premises will be allocated for a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is in receipt of an invalidity pension will be entitled to the free fuel...
- EU Regulations
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person who is coming to live in Ireland from Romania and who has a disability may transfer a disability payment between the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if partial rent support is applicable for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare who are unable to meet their current rent,...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason rent support has not been awarded to a person (details supplied) who has been homeless for the past two years, has...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance payment will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who is currently...
- Maternity Benefit Expenditure
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending maternity benefit to 30 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37127/15]
- Department of Finance
- Primary Medical Certificates Provision
127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36915/15]
- NAMA Property Sales
128. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the National Asset Management Agency is breaking the tenancy of residents in dwellings that have fallen under its control owing to...
- Universal Social Charge Yield
129. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount expected to be collected from the 1% band of the universal social charge in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36833/15]
- Tax Reliefs Data
134. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of first-time buyers who have received a refund of deposit interest retention tax paid in the previous 48 months; when the scheme is due to be...
- Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
135. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has signed a ministerial order commencing the section of the Finance Act 2014 which would extend the employment and investment incentive for medium...
- Redundancy Payments
136. To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances under which redundancy payments are taxable; are tax free; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36939/15]
- NAMA Housing Construction
137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the recently announced policy whereby the National Asset Management Agency will construct 20,000 houses in the next number of years is...
- Tax Yield
138. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional revenue generated by new vehicle sales to date in 2015, compared with 2014, 2013, and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Code
139. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36991/15]
- Alcohol Sales Legislation
140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will include a proposal (details supplied) in the Finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37000/15]
- Financial Institutions Levy
141. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on concerns expressed (details supplied) regarding any proposal to increase the intermediate industry funding levy by 500%; the consequent impact on...
- Tax Code
142. To ask the Minister for Finance the correct tax credit entitlements in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is a lone parent with two dependent children, who...
- Tax Yield
143. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 13 October 2015, the percentage of the tax yield from incomes of less than €30,000 in 2016, under the terms...
- Tax Code
144. To ask the Minister for Finance following budget 2016, the cost of increasing the standard tax band for, a single person; a married-civil partnership couple, by €1,000; €2,000;...
- Budget Targets
146. To ask the Minister for Finance if an estimate has been made of the available fiscal space for budget 2017 and budget 2018, based on current information; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Property Valuations
147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an appeal with the Valuation Office will be lodged on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
- Flood Relief Schemes
148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on a matter (details supplied) regarding funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36825/15]
- Public Sector Staff Redeployment
149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on current sick leave arrangements regarding staff on redeployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36956/15]
- Flood Relief Schemes
150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of works to prevent flooding at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Office of Public Works Properties
151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a small section of a structure at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry which is owned by the Office of Public Works will be...
- Garda Remuneration
152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salary scale; allowances; and other expenses, available to members of An Garda Síochána in 2007, compared to at present;...
- Independent Members
153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amounts claimed by each Independent Teachta Dála and Seanadóir under the heading "leader's allowance", or under any...
- Public Sector Staff
154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to establish a central transfer agency for public servants, to improve transfer times and make a broader range of potential...
- Office of Public Works Expenditure
155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by the Office of Public Works on private security; pest control; and other services, relating to the maintenance of the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Regional Development
156. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to previous parliamentary questions, if he has given further consideration on how best to promote and learn from the success...
- Employment Data
157. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs and net new jobs in Industrial Development Agency Ireland supported companies in County Kerry in 2015; and if...
- Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
158. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact that the high rental prices in urban areas are having on employee availability to take up new roles in city centres; the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Hare Coursing
159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm or deny that hares were sick and dying in the compound of Cashel Coursing Club leading up to the weekend of 10...
- Public Sector Staff Redeployment
160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding staff who were redeployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Equine Passports
161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received animal passports back from the Minister's Department; and if...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme; the reason for the...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the area of natural constraints scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the area of natural constraints scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received payment under the areas of natural constraints scheme; if...
- Beef Industry
168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding meat processing factories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36886/15]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the agri-environment options scheme; the reason for the delay; and if he...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been penalised under the single payment scheme; if he will examine the...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a payment under the single payment scheme and the areas of natural...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will have a claim cleared for payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person in County Leitrim will have an appeal processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36936/15]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
- Harbours and Piers Funding
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on funding that is required at Scraggane Pier, Maherees, Brandon, Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments for 2015 under the Single Farm Scheme and area aid schemes will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) will be issued with an area based payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37058/15]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure, that the appropriate rectification is carried out in respect of lands which are being farmed by a...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Strength
183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí allocated to each Garda Síochána Division and District in Cork City and County, as of 1 October 2015; the...
- Domestic Violence Incidence
184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases of domestic violence against male victims which have been reported to An Garda Síochána in 2014, by county, in...
- Residency Permits
185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36827/15]
- Garda Misconduct Allegations
186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding corruption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36828/15]
- International Agreements
187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36829/15]
- Visa Applications
188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding an application for a visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36830/15]
- Citizenship Applications
189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of the costs of applying for citizenship; if there are any avenues of assistance available to those who cannot come up with the...
- Garda Investigations
190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36856/15]
- Crime Prevention
191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an estate (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Garda Data
192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have departed the force owing to voluntary retirement, compulsory retirement, cost-neutral early retirement,...
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation
193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers who have been granted asylum status but are unable to exit their direct provision accommodation because of their...
- Garda Vetting Application Numbers
194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vetting applications processed by the Garda Síochána central vetting unit in each month in 2015 to date, in tabular form....
- Garda Recruitment
195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for additional recruitment to An Garda Síochána; the timeframe involved; if she is satisfied that the current assessment...
- Garda Strength
196. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank and by division for each year since 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36981/15]
- Crime Data
197. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Mayo Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and...
- Spent Convictions Legislation
224. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of all provisions of the spent convictions legislation, in particular the sections dealing with how minor offences committed a number...
- Garda Investigations
230. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which all of the issues arising from an incident followed by an arrest on 7 April 2012 in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Residency Permits
231. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to achieve long-term residency for a person (details supplied) in County Longford who has been in constant...
- Immigration Status
232. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which long-term residency and naturalisation is available for a person (details supplied) in County Longford, who has been in...
- Garda Recruitment
235. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures available to applicants to join An Garda Síochána who fail one phase of their application process but have the...
- Deportation Orders
236. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who has been refused long-term residency and leave to remain on humanitarian...
- Immigration Status
237. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected position in regard to long-term residency and eligibility for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
- Residency Permits
238. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Stamp 4 can be renewed for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who is a patient of the Mater Hospital and who has three children,...
- Immigration Status
239. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed to facilitate an upgrade of stamp 2 to stamp 4 for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is in...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Youth Cafés Provision
240. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding a youth service (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36853/15]
- Child and Family Agency
241. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 24 June 2015, when a response will issue; if he will provide the timeframe for which...
- Youth Services
242. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding his Department provided to an organisation (details supplied) in 2014; and in 2015; the portion of its budget this makes up;...
- Child Care Costs
243. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasons for not introducing demand-side measures for making child care more affordable, such as child care tax credits or direct child...
- Early Childhood Care Education
244. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the projected cost of the early childhood care and education programme in 2016; and in 2017, following the proposed changes to the...
- Department of Health
- Water Fluoridation
246. To ask the Minister for Health the member states in the European Union that fluoridate their public water supply; how Ireland's public health policy of adding fluoride to the public water...
- Hospital Services
247. To ask the Minister for Health given the decision by members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation to initiate industrial action at St. Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin 4, the...
- Medical Card Applications
248. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will have a decision on an application for a medical card; if the application will be expedited, given that...
- Medical Card Data
249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and general practitioner cards as of 1 October 2015; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that...
- Hospital Appointment Status
250. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment for a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Provision
252. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 774 of 22 September 2015, if he will clarify a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Access
253. To ask the Minister for Health the reason redress for women resident in certain institutions cardholders are not given priority for counselling services; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medicinal Products Availability
254. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address persistent shortages of epinephrine injectors for anaphylaxis, given his announcement on 15 October 2015 to make these medicines more...
- Medicinal Products Supply
257. To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the decision to inform the media regarding the administration of life saving medication by trained persons without a prescription, in...
- Open Disclosures Policy
258. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce a duty of candour on a statutory basis for Irish health care professionals and administrators. [36889/15]
- Vaccination Programme
261. To ask the Minister for Health given the seriousness of some of the adverse reactions to Gardasil, reported to his Department and to the Health Product Regulatory Authority, and given that...
- Medical Card Administration
263. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical cards which are under review have been cancelled in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Galway, despite the fact that a request...
- Health Services Provision
264. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a community health service (details supplied) in County Mayo is threatened with closure; if he will provide funding for the service; and if...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an endoscopy in Tallaght hospital in Dublin 24; the current waiting time for such a procedure; and if there are interim or...
- Nursing Staff Remuneration
266. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the subsistence and below minimum wage salary that fourth year student nurses currently experience, as they work 39 hours per week for nine...
- Nursing Home Accommodation
267. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the capital application of a community nursing unit for older persons in Tuam in County Galway; if this is one of the 129 projects to be included...
- Hospital Appointment Status
268. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) is given a retinopathy screening in the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin, without further delay [36940/15]
- General Practitioner Services
269. To ask the Minister for Health for information on the services available to persons living in Dundalk in County Louth who are seeking out-of-hours doctor services; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
271. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding additional beds at a community hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36977/15]
- Disposal of Hazardous Waste
273. To ask the Minister for Health his views on, and the steps he will take to investigate, reports of toxic waste from developer and fixer tanks in the radiography department at Naas General...
- Health Services Access
275. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns raised by a national organisation (details supplied) regarding access to services in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
- General Practitioner Services
276. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the ongoing need for a full-time resident general practitioner, GP, in Rathmore in County Kerry to replace the former retired GP, of whom...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
277. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick had to wait for over three hours for an ambulance to arrive; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Autism Support Services
278. To ask the Minister for Health the support services available from his Department for home support services for autistic children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37031/15]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
279. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have narcolepsy included in the long-term illness scheme. [37032/15]
- Medicinal Products Availability
280. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Health Products Regulatory Authority was first informed by a company (details supplied) that Lariam was being withdrawn. [37033/15]
- Hospital Appointment Status
281. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for emergency orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
- Speech and Language Therapy
282. To ask the Minister for Health for details of the Speech and Language Occupational Therapy services that are available through the Health Service Executive to a child (details supplied) in...
- Nursing Staff Provision
284. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to retain newly qualified nurses in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37069/15]
- Hospital Appointment Delays
285. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that urgent treatments and operations for patients are being postponed to ensure the facilitation of similar procedures for those with private...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
287. To ask the Minister for Health if and when specific dental treatment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who urgently requires this treatment; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Staff
291. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the extent to which he remains satisfied that adequate nursing and medical staff remain available throughout public sector hospitals to ensure...
- Medical Card Eligibility
292. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the extent to which serious conditions and, in some cases, serious health conditions continue to influence the award of a medical card with a view...
- Hospital Services
293. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of nursing staff recruited at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare; those who have taken up duty; the extent to which adequate...
- Hospital Staff Data
294. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the extent to which staffing levels at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare have fluctuated in the past seven years to date; and if he will make...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
295. To ask the Minister for Health when the next development phase of Naas General Hospital in County Kildare will commence; the extent to which work is ongoing in this regard; and if he will...
- National Children's Hospital Status
296. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the current status of the building of the new children's hospital; the degree to which preliminary costs associated with previous proposals in this...
- Orthodontic Service Provision
299. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the extent to which the availability of orthodontic treatment can be improved in all areas without exception in light of the need to ensure the...
- Hospital Appointment Status
300. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the extent to which cancellations of hospital appointments have fluctuated in the past seven years to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
301. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the extent to which the agreement reached in respect of victims of symphysiotomy has been completed to the satisfaction of the...
- Dental Services
302. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the number of children hospitalised for dental treatment, by county and by local health office, in each of the past four years and...
- Health Insurance Regulation
303. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor private health insurance with the objective of the continued implementation...
- Prescription Charges
304. 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. [37140/15]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Issues
305. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36826/15]
- Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
306. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a breakdown of how the €40 million increase in Ireland’s official development assistance will be spent; and if he will set...
- Diplomatic Representation
307. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding recruitment for Irish embassies overseas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36918/15]
- Northern Ireland Issues
309. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up to date position on the all-party talks in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37018/15]
- Overseas Development Aid
310. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures that have been taken to monitor the spending of agencies in receipt of Irish Aid to ensure there is a strong record of...
- Passport Services
311. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider the introduction of a system within the Passport Office whereby elderly persons can avail of a more economical...
- Human Rights Issues
312. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the border fence the Republic of Hungary has erected; if he or his Department have discussed the matter with the Hungarian...
- Middle East Issues
313. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any discussions held with European Union counterparts regarding the situation in occupied Palestine. [37064/15]
- Human Rights Issues
315. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department have raised with the Iranian Embassy or with the Iranian authorities the cases of persons (details supplied) who...
- Shannon Airport Facilities
317. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of permissions for landing at Shannon Airport that have been sought to date in 2015 for refuelling planes belonging to the...
- Commemorative Events
323. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to commemorate 60th anniversary of Ireland's membership of the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sustainable Development Strategy
324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the commitments undertaken following the ratification of the Sustainable Development Goals to lead the way in securing their implementation;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Bullying in Schools
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding bullying in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36855/15]
- School Transport Availability
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to a pupil (details supplied) with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36859/15]
- School Inspection Reports
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report resulting from an inspection carried out on 14 September 2015 will be available to a school (details supplied) in County Galway;...
- RAPID Programme
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students living in, or from, the defined RAPID area of Ennis in County Clare who are attending, or who have attended, third level...
- Site Acquisitions
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Victory Centre on Firhouse Road in Dublin 24 was rejected as a possible site or sites for two new patronage schools in this...
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision made by Student Universal Support Ireland and the student grants appeal board will be revised for a person (details supplied) in...
- School Accommodation
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether an additional classroom is needed for a secondary school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- School Transport Provision
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will process an application for free secondary school transport to Castleisland Community School for a person (details...
- School Staffing
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the teacher retention and appointment thresholds for two-teacher, three-teacher and four-teacher schools for the 2016-17 academic year; and if...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a liaison person from her Department on an issue in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Teachers' Remuneration (2 comments)
337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to equalise the pay gap for newly qualified teachers to ensure that they are not receiving 34% less than other teachers with equal...
- School Transport Provision
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a specific policy on the withdrawal of school bus services for school children travelling from Johnstown Bridge in County Kildare; if...
- Schools Building Projects Expenditure
340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding for the completion of building works for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [37036/15]
- School Funding
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the ancillary services grant for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare where there is a shortfall of funding; the...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for students who were in receipt of student grants until they progressed to a postgraduate course; and if she will make a...
- School Transport Scheme Data
343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for statistics on the number of children accessing the school transport scheme in the 2013/2014, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 academic years; and if...
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the refusal of a higher education grant to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be reviewed, given that the person's parent's...
- DEIS Programme Data
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, scheme; the number of pupils enrolled; the number of...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
346. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why the number of homeless children in Dublin has doubled in the past year; why he and his Government did not give this...
- Public Lighting
347. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure lighting is restored to an estate (details supplied) in County Longford without further delay. [36869/15]
- Housing Issues
348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the proposals for the refurbishment of housing units at Jamestown Court in Inchicore in Dublin 8, for which...
- Register of Electors
349. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding procedures involving electoral registers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
350. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the protections tenants will have in the face of ever increasing private rents that are now on par with the high rents...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Public Service Obligation Levy Payments
351. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount received in the last full year from the public service obligation on electricity bills; the amount paid to...
- Fishing Industry Development
352. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36973/15]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Traffic Legislation
353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce regulations or legislation governing the use of rickshaws, trikes and other novelty type vehicles; if so, if he...
- Traffic Calming Measures
354. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the problem of motorists speeding in housing estates; his plans to tackle this problem to protect vulnerable road users,...
- Wild Atlantic Way Project
357. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a breakdown of the number of persons holiday-making on the Wild Atlantic Way, by month, in 2015, compared to previous years; and if...
- Air Services Provision
358. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a request from the authorities at City of Derry Airport for funding to be allocated to a proposed Derry to Dublin air...
- Sports Capital Programme Administration
359. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all future applicants to the sports capital programme will receive confirmation that their application is either valid or invalid, in...
- Sports Capital Programme Application Numbers
360. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and percentage of applications for the 2015 Sports Capital Programme which were valid and successful; valid and unsuccessful;...
- Sports Events
361. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of efforts to host the Rugby World Cup in Ireland in 2023; if there is any detail available on potential host venues; and if...
- Hotel Accommodation
362. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of inspections that have taken place each year to ensure compliance with maximum chargeable rates for hotel and guest house...
- Road Projects Status
363. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of allocating funding for a road (details supplied) in County Kerry; the time frame for completion; and if he will make a...
- National Roads Authority Projects
364. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority will intervene and remedy drainage adjacent to a property (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Rail Network
365. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the planned re-opening of the Phoenix Park Tunnel to passenger trains (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Public Service Vehicles
366. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if grant-aid will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37070/15]
- Driving Test Regulations
367. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to assist students and unemployed persons with the costs associated with driving lessons in preparation for driving tests; if...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding
368. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if capital funding will be made available for a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
