Written answers
Thursday, 3 December 2015
- Department of Health
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
10. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received requests for increased capital spending to alleviate the ongoing serious overcrowding and delays in accident and emergency departments; and...
- Disability Services Provision
11. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 22 October 2015 regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24, the status of the serious delays in...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
12. To ask the Minister for Health his views on waiting lists for outpatients and inpatients to see specialists, and the performance of accident and emergency departments in the past five years....
- Health Services Provision
13. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to improve access to, and the quality of, treatment for lymphoedema in the south-east region and across the country; when he expects...
- Hospital Facilities
15. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to facilitate the opening of a specialised heart failure unit in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services Provision
16. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to ensure that young persons with mental health issues who are on counselling waiting lists will be seen as soon as possible, and that...
- Air Ambulance Service Provision
17. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the expansion of the air ambulance service based at Custume Barracks in Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- General Practitioner Contracts
18. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review and revise the rural practice allowance scheme for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42993/15]
- Mental Health Services Provision
19. To ask the Minister for Health if the level of mental health provision in County Wexford is adequate to meet the needs of the local population; the measures he is taking to resolve the...
- Hospital Staff
20. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the situation in Tallaght Hospital in Dublin 24 for staff who engage in whistle-blowing, as in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he...
- Orthodontic Service Provision
21. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the orthodontics budget directly to Letterkenny University Hospital instead of to Sligo University Hospital, and if he will clarify why he is...
- Mental Health Guidelines
22. To ask the Minister for Health if a review has been carried out into the increase in the application of electro-convulsive therapy to patients against their will; the action that is being...
- Hospital Services
23. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to improve and develop services at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43007/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
24. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on inpatient and day case waiting times at Waterford University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43012/15]
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
25. To ask the Minister for Health his views on nurses in emergency departments voting by 92% in favour of strike action as a stand against continuing overcrowding, inadequate staffing and the...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
26. 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 St. Patrick's Hospital in...
- Substance Misuse
27. To ask the Minister for Health if there are additional provisions being made for support services for persons experiencing drug and alcohol issues; and if he will make a statement on the...
- HSE Regional Service Plans
28. To ask the Minister for Health if the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan will provide for a 24/7 cardiac unit in Waterford University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
29. To ask the Minister for Health for an overview on surgical waiting lists at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogehda, County Louth, and at Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan, County Meath,...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
30. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional medical and nursing staff that have been recruited at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, County Laois, in 2015 to date; the...
- Disability Services Provision
31. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the lengthy delays for children accessing disability assessments and subsequent services in the Cork north Lee area; the efforts he is making...
- Home Care Packages
32. To ask the Minister for Health if the next Health Service Executive service plan will provide for a dementia case worker in the Louth local health office; the number of dementia related...
- Health Services Provision
33. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring in greater access to health services in County Donegal and thereby establish regional balance within the Government's health policy; if he...
- General Practitioner Contracts
34. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to put general practice on a sustainable basis, especially in rural areas; the progress that is being made on a new contract for...
- Orthodontic Service Provision
35. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that there is a full complement of six dental nurses attached to the orthodontic department in Letterkenny University Hospital and that the...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
36. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to address the overcrowding crisis in the accident and emergency unit in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement...
- Nursing Home Accommodation
37. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the upgrading of public nursing homes in County Cork to meet Health Information and Quality Authority standards; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
38. To ask the Minister for Health if the Camphill communities and L’Arche organisations will receive the support they need from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a...
- Open Disclosures Policy
39. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of an improved procedure for disclosure by hospitals and the Health Service Executive when reporting on tragic and adverse...
- Health Services Provision
40. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to boost services in arthritis and rheumatology for both adults and children; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
41. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the publicly-voiced concerns of survivors of symphysiotomy regarding the administration of the symphysiotomy payment scheme; if he will...
- Departmental Funding
42. To ask the Minister for Health the envisaged spend on health infrastructure as proposed under Building on Recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40610/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
43. To ask the Minister for Health having regard to the number of patients on waiting lists awaiting treatment for a longer period than acceptable in each of the past ten years to date, to...
- Mental Health Services Provision
45. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of mental health services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43009/15]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
46. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his efforts to improve overcrowding challenges at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mobility Allowance Review
48. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the long awaited scheme to replace the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance scheme; the details of the scheme; when he...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
49. To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment drive for nurses and doctors currently under way is effective; his plans to further incentivise medical personnel to return here,...
- Vaccination Programme
50. To ask the Minister for Health his response to concerns regarding the Gardasil vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43003/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
51. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to address the unacceptable waiting times for surgical intervention to treat scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Eligibility
52. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the promised medical cards for children diagnosed with cancer; the number of children to whom cards have been issued; if some children...
- Health Care Professionals
53. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to protect the public by protecting the titles of physiotherapist and physical therapist in one register for exclusive use by physiotherapists; and if...
- Hospital Services
54. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to encourage inclusion of a dedicated acquired brain injury pathway of care, supported by a specific programme of investment, in the 2016...
- National Dementia Strategy
55. To ask the Minister for Health the process of consent that is sought from persons living with dementia who are moved into long-term residential care, with particular regard to when they have...
- Medical Negligence Cases
56. To ask the Minister for Health if the process in which the State deals with medical negligence cases will be reviewed, given a number of recent high profile cases which have highlighted the...
- Home Care Packages
57. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to provide a statutory entitlement to a home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42999/15]
- Orthodontic Service Provision
58. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of orthodontic services in the midlands region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43001/15]
- General Practitioner Contracts
59. To ask the Minister for Health the additional supports he is putting in place to support general practitioners, especially in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42991/15]
- Universal Health Insurance
60. To ask the Minister for Health his plans on funding models in the wake of the abandonment of the universal health insurance model proposed in the 2011 programme for Government and the 2014...
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
61. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed throughout the public health sector in each of the past ten years to date; the extent to which he expects to be in a position to...
- HSE Staffing
62. To ask the Minister for Health if the next Health Service Executive service plan will provide for a dementia case worker in the Wexford local health office; the number of dementia-related...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
64. To ask the Minister for Health when the specific projects to be funded under the capital investment plan and the additional funding for health services will be published, and if a new...
- Hospital Services
65. To ask the Minister for Health if the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan will expand the services available at Ennis general hospital in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
- Disability Services Funding
66. To ask the Minister for Health if the next Health Service Executive service plan will provide adequate supports for much needed disability services in the Carlow and Kilkenny area; and if he...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
67. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the current address of the individual needs of those persons who are being allocated a wheelchair; if it is intended to legislate for this area,...
- General Practitioner Services
68. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken to attract a greater number of general practitioners to rural counties like Donegal, and how he will retain medical staff in this...
- Health Services Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Health if the next Health Service Executive service plan will provide for a dementia case worker in the Kildare local health office; the number of dementia-related...
- Hospital Services
70. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the failure to use the operating theatres in Ennis general hospital in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42994/15]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
71. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for the future of the emergency department at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on...
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
72. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals in place to tackle the increase in the number of persons on trolleys in St. Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny in 2015; and if he will make a statement...
- Primary Care Services Provision
73. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure that there is one fully operational primary care team for every 1,500 children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42679/15]
- Health Services Provision
74. To ask the Minister for Health if he is investigating the possibility of using neurofeedback training for children who are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, behavioural...
- Disability Services Provision
75. To ask the Minister for Health further to a Dáil debate (details supplied) on 12 November 2015, if he will update Dáil Éireann on his ambitions to provide equal access to...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Eligibility
76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will not be entitled to the social protection Christmas bonus for 2015; the...
- Illness Benefit Applications
77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be expedited due to...
- Carer's Benefit Applications
78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the carer's benefit scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the carer's allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [43299/15]
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for a refusal under the disability allowance scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 19 November 2015, why an application under the jobseeker's allowance scheme was refused...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the domiciliary care allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
- Commencement of Legislation
84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the action she will take to address the effective prohibition of marriages involving citizens from outside the European Union; if...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when rent support will be considered for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- One-Parent Family Payments
87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when the one-parent family payment will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the rent support of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is now homeless will be affected if that person joins with...
- Child Benefit Applications
89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when child benefit will be granted in respect of a second child to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is an Irish...
- Disability Allowance Applications
90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if and when an application under the disability allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be...
- Department of Finance
- NAMA Assets Sale
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the person responsible for an apartment block (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43258/15]
- Financial Services Regulation
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he and his European Union colleagues are taking to ensure better regulation of commodity future markets; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Commencement of Legislation
93. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish the commencement orders for the remaining sections of the Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseas Regulators Act 2012; and if he will...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the agencies, other than the National Asset Management Agency and the Central Bank of Ireland, which pay retention or bonus payments to staff; the bonuses or...
- Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Management
95. To ask the Minister for Finance how much of the announced Ireland Strategic Investment Fund's €500 million home-building finance joint venture with an investment firm (details...
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Expenditure
96. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the performance of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; the amount of lending it has supported to date; and if he will make a statement...
- Central Bank of Ireland
97. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a request from the Central Bank of Ireland to approve an increased levy on financial institutions to deal with a deficit in the Central Bank of...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Debt
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the amount of debt owed by small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs; the amount that is in arrears and classified as non-performing; and if he...
- Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
99. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of projects in which the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, has currently invested; the number of new jobs created as a result of these...
- Tax Residency
100. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish incorporated companies that are not judged to be resident here under the test of management and control and that have advised the Revenue...
- Mortgage Arrears Rate
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential mortgage holders classified as non-co-operating under the code of conduct on mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Collection
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of deposit savings accounts yielding less than €200 in deposit interest retention tax, DIRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Yield
104. To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects to achieve the €100 million in value added tax from changes in how it is applied for cross-border European Union telecommunications...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
106. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 224 to 227, inclusive, of 17 February 2015, the status of the enforcement investigation by the Central Bank of Ireland;...
- Tax Reliefs Cost
107. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected cost of tax relief for corporate investment in certain renewable energy projects in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43406/15]
- Tax Compliance
108. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 5 March 2015, if the investigation into the tax affairs of medical consultants has been concluded; the lessons...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation
109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if members of unions who do not sign up to the Lansdowne Road agreement will receive the pay increases and changes to the pension levy...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Microenterprise Loan Fund Expenditure
110. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out the amount of money lent by Microfinance Ireland in each year since its inception to the end of November 2015; the number...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Food Waste
111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his plans to introduce legislation requiring supermarkets and large food retailers of a certain size to donate and make...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will confirm whether all successful applicants for the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 under the rural...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the basic payment scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
- Fisheries Protection
114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his views on the sightings of super trawlers fishing off the western seaboard; the effect this is having on Irish fish...
- Fish Farming
115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct Bord Iascaigh Mhara to remove from its website all references to the amount and usage of chemicals on Irish fish...
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 17 November 2015, if he has completed the examination of all applications and the...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a headage payment for 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Afforestation Programme
118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put a scheme in place for trade nurseries for the replanting of ash tree plantations, such as the existing position for...
- Beef Data Programme
119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress of an application under the beef genomics scheme by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 16 July 2015, if forgotten farmers will have access to the national reserve and to...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive payment under the basic payment scheme and the areas of natural...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Defence
- Public Procurement Contracts
123. To ask the Minister for Defence the protocols in place for the procurement of supplies at Army barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43206/15]
- Defence Forces Properties
124. To ask the Minister for Defence the security in place to protect supplies and property in Army barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43207/15]
- Defence Forces Recruitment
125. To ask the Minister for Defence the appeals process for persons (details supplied) who were not selected to join the Army but who passed all required tests. [43253/15]
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
126. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to meet with the members of Action Lariam and those who are campaigning on that issue, as he indicated during Question Time on 24 November 2015....
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of applications for visas for family reunification for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Garda Equipment
128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding automatic number plate recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Deployment
129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) from the Cooley Peninsula community alert groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Postal Codes
130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána uses the Eircode system when responding to a call out during its day to day operations; and if she will make a...
- Court Accommodation Refurbishment
131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 16 July 2015, the plans the Office of Public Works has to refurbish Roscommon Courthouse; and if she...
- Citizenship Applications
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why there is a cost to register for citizenship (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43308/15]
- Prison Investigations
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 26 November 2015, if she will provide an update (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Garda Strength
134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her overall target for the number of members of An Garda Síochána, given the previous Minister’s assertion that Garda numbers...
- Sexual Offences Data
137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convicted sex offenders who will be released in the next 12 months under the current remission system having completed their...
- Crime Data
138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offences committed by persons on bail in each recorded category in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the system in place to compensate or provide rectification to a person whose front door was broken and whose property was damaged as a result of...
- Naturalisation Applications
141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status and eligibility for long-term residency and naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
- Immigration Status
142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the long-term residency, the eligibility for naturalisation and the renewal of a stamp 4 in the interim for a person (details...
- Residency Permits
143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the process in determining an application for long-term residency and naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Travel Documents
144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an up-to-date passport from a person's homeland will enable that person (details supplied) in County Galway to re-enter this jurisdiction...
- Immigration Status
145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the relevant submission has been made to his Department in connection with the prevention of refoulement in the case of a person (details...
- Residency Permits
146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in regularising that person's residency status; and if she will make...
- Naturalisation Applications
148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected status of applications for naturalisation by persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Deportation Orders
149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 24 September 2015, if all outstanding documentation relevant to the case of a person (details...
- Immigration Status
150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of whom a deportation order is proposed; if she has considered...
- Prison Security
151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps the Irish Prison Service is taking to address the frequency of assaults on inmates and prison officers in Castlerea Prison in County...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Abuse Prevention
152. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a dedicated email address for Teachtaí Dála to report abuse issues to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, for...
- Bereavement Services Funding
153. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will re-instate funding to a bereavement support group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43220/15]
- Early Childhood Care Education
154. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if children (details supplied) in County Cork will be able to avail of the second early childhood care and education scheme year; the...
- Youth Services Funding
155. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will augment the funding available to Kildare youth services, with particular reference to Leixlip youth project which has to meet...
- Family Resource Centres
156. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the financial allocation to each family resource centre in 2015 and the basis on which these allocations were made, in tabular form. [43451/15]
- Department of Health
- Respite Care Services
157. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that at some respite care facilities for children, parents now have to pay for any respite care time over 30 days per year where nursing care is...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
158. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the long waiting times for an outpatient appointment at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
- Disability Support Services
159. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding in 2016 for the construction of a new Holy Angels day care facility in County Carlow to replace the outdated prefabricated facility...
- Prescription Charges
161. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who holds a long-term illness card and a medical card is entitled to a waiver of the prescription levy in respect of all medicines dispensed to...
- Medical Card Drugs
162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who received refunds of prescription charges; the value of refunds arising from the change of the Health Service Executive's policy to...
- Mental Health Services
163. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 695 of 2 July 2013, the number of psychiatric nursing staff officially appointed or allocated; of involuntary resident...
- Hospital Services
164. To ask the Minister for Health when the intensive care rehabilitation unit at the Merlin Park University Hospital campus in County Galway will be operational; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
165. To ask the Minister for Health the justification, the estimated cost and the timeline for completion of the current works by Galway and Roscommon primary community continuing care at the St....
- Disability Services Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Health the additional residential services to be provided for persons with a disability in 2016; the number of places to be provided to Roscommon primary community...
- Mental Health Services Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 696 of 2 July 2013, the number of long-term involuntary or forensic patients; the number of these deemed suitable for...
- Health Services Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the treatment programme for haemochromatosis; the financial supports available to persons who have this condition and therefore must have...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
170. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43224/15]
- General Practitioner Services
171. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 24 November 2015 (details supplied), the full-year cost to the health services of providing an additional 1,000...
- Health Care Professionals
172. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Irish Association of Physical Therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43233/15]
- Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme Eligibility
173. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Louth has been excluded from the Lourdes hospital redress scheme. [43235/15]
- Medical Records
174. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with medical records, as requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43238/15]
- Ambulance Service Data
175. To ask the Minister for Health if the ambulance service is currently using the Eircode system when responding to call-outs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43246/15]
- Medical Card Applications
176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review an application for a medical card previously refused to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Orthodontic Service Provision
177. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive orthodontic treatment; why this person has been waiting so long; if this is considered...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
179. To ask the Minister for Health why a person who has a long-term illness book is liable to pay an accident and emergency charge if this is the only avenue through which the person can access...
- General Medical Services Scheme Data
181. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to medical doctors under the medical card scheme and the general medical services scheme by the Health Service Executive in 2014 and 2013; the...
- Respite Care Services
182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will resume the provision of respite care to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43293/15]
- Home Care Packages
183. To ask the Minister for Health if a confidential recipient has been specifically instructed to examine ongoing issues of inadequate and unreliable home care provision for a person (details...
- Primary Care Services Provision
184. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Exectives's position regarding the use of ArtAssist (details supplied); if the equipment is available for free in some counties and charged...
- Home Care Packages
185. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a home care package by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43302/15]
- Hospital Services
186. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of antenatal and gynaecology services at Dungloe Community Hospital in County Donegal has been formally completed; the outcome of this review; his...
- Medical Card Drugs
187. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Cork is not entitled to have a specific drug, Fampyra, covered by the medical card scheme and the long-term illness...
- Nursing Home Services
188. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will find a permanent placement for a person (details supplied) who no longer can be catered for at his current nursing home,...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
189. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive an appointment in University Hospital Galway. [43318/15]
- Ambulance Service Data
190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance cars in the mid-west area on a 24-hour roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43320/15]
- Hospital Appointment Status
192. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is waiting for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43340/15]
- Speech and Language Therapy
193. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry who is awaiting to be seen for therapy in Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Admissions
194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of planned day-case and inpatient admissions which were cancelled, by hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2015 to date; and if he will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
195. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times in the assessment-of-need process under the Disability Act 2005 in Roscommon primary community continuing care; a breakdown of the length of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
198. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is waiting to have an operation carried out in Kerry General Hospital; and if he will...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
199. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for an appliance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43366/15]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is waiting to have an appliance fitted; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointment Status
203. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is awaiting treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43371/15]
- Regulation of Health and Social Care Professions
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce regulations for the counselling and psychotherapy sector, as supported by the Irish Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, given...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the proposed appointment of a rheumatoid specialist nurse in Kerry General Hospital, given the increasing number of persons waiting to...
- General Practitioner Services
210. To ask the Minister for Health the time frame for the restoration of the rural general practitioners allowance to Bansha medical centre in County Tipperary. [43380/15]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of neurologists the Health Service Executive has appointed in the past two years; the steps being taken to recruit additional neurologists to speed...
- Mental Health Services Provision
212. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to protect patients and those seeking support from the mental health services, and the impact this is having on the east Galway...
- Medical Card Application Numbers
213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for medical cards; the number refused and the number pending; the extent to which the number of applications has fluctuated in each...
- Health Services Staff
214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra nurses, junior hospital doctors and consultants required throughout the public health service at present; the numbers available, including...
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
215. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which studies have been carried out into the comparable pay scales between this jurisdiction and adjoining jurisdictions in respect of nurses,...
- National Children's Hospital
216. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the finalisation of the preparations for the proposed new children's hospital; if savings have been made arising from previous proposals and...
- Primary Care Centres
217. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the network of primary care centres will remain sufficient to meet ongoing requirements in urban and rural areas; and if he will make a...
- General Practitioner Services
220. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which out-of-hour services, particularly at weekends, remain available or need to be augmented; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Beds Data
221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of available medical and surgical public hospital beds; the extent to which this number has fluctuated over the past ten years; and if he will make...
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
222. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he will be able to alleviate the congestion at accident and emergency departments in the public hospital system; and if he will make a...
- Health Insurance Cover
223. To ask the Minister for Health if patients with private health insurance have access to public and-or private health services; if any crossover affects either service in a positive or...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
224. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make a career in the public health sector more attractive in order to encourage newly qualified health professionals to take up a career in this...
- Primary Care Centre Provision
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of primary care centres currently in operation in County Kildare; the number proposed or pending; the current staffing levels and the...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
226. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the extra accommodation available at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare has been recommissioned, with a view to alleviating...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
227. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which waiting lists for elective surgery will be shortened by way of administrative practices, treatment purchase schemes and otherwise; and if...
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
228. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the extra nurses required at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare have taken up appointments or are pending; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
229. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which all operating theatres at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare are fully utilised and functional; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Orthodontic Service Provision
230. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which orthodontic treatment continues to be made available for children; the number of children on the lists for category one, two, and three...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on waiting lists for hip replacements, heart procedures, various transplants and other procedures; if the extent of pain suffered by the...
- Prescription Charges
232. 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. [43448/15]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
233. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath, who has been given a waiting period of 12 months after diagnosis for treatment to...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Issues
234. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation of an Irish citizen (details supplied) detained in Egypt; the recent actions he has taken regarding this...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Broadband Service Provision
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the roll-out of broadband to schools in an area (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when this roll-out will commence, the...
- Schools Refurbishment
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for replacement windows and other improvements to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the building of school extensions for schools (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
- School Transport Data
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form from the 2010 financial year to 2014, the number of eligible and separately the number of concessionary...
- School Transport Administration
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will impose strict rules determining distinct localities rather than these being decided by Bus Éireann or anybody else on her...
- State Examinations Oversight
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will retain the prescribed failure rates for honours mathematics in the 2015-16 leaving certificate cycle at 5%; why it was raised to this...
- State Examinations Exemptions
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend the exemption for students who fail an examination by a slim margin and who are entitled to a spelling and grammatical...
- Cyberbullying Issues
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce an awareness and educational programme on cyberbullying in post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has been denied emergency funding; the criteria for eligibility; and if she will make a statement...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding allowing correspondence from the Department of Social Protection as proof of address...
- Teaching Qualifications
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the selection process for teacher qualifications at second level includes steps to ensure an adequate supply of teachers...
- Special Educational Needs Data
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 5 November 2015, if she will arrange for the reply to be forwarded. [43303/15]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a primary school which is due to lose a teacher in September 2016 due to changes in the pupil-teacher ratio leaving the school one...
- Schools Building Projects Status
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the plans for the construction of a new post primary school for a location (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will...
- Disadvantaged Status
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a DEIS post primary school retains DEIS status on amalgamation with a non-DEIS school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43312/15]
- School Transport Provision
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the rules of entitlement relating to the provision of school transport for children with disabilities so that these rules can...
- Home Tuition Scheme Provision
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide home tuition for a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43330/15]
- Further Education and Training Programmes
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of further education and training courses available, by education and training board, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Education and Training Boards
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full-time, part-time, evening, and online courses provided by Donegal Education and Training Board, by category, by location, by intake...
- School Accommodation
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools renting prefabricated units and the number of these that are newly rented, and purchased, by cost, by school, by county,...
- Schools Building Projects Status
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project (details supplied) in County Roscommon, and when it is expected to be completed; and if she will make a...
- Minority Faith Schools
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure the future and ethos of the small minority faith schools in rural Ireland and to ensure they have adequate...
- School Accommodation
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact boundaries upon which projections for the demand for new schools in Dublin are based and the specific criteria and data within these...
- Foirgnimh Scoile
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil conraitheoir ceaptha le foirgneamh scoile nua a thógáil (sonraí...
- Third Level Staff Data
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of absenteeism in third level colleges (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43410/15]
- Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the payroll payment for substitute Special Needs Assistant duties will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she...
- School Holidays
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding schools returning in August; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43454/15]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Marine Plan
264. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the marine spatial plan; if it will include areas deemed favourable for the location of offshore wind farms;...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
265. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Correspondence
266. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) regarding homes affected by mica; and if he will make a...
- An Bord Pleanála Appeals
267. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in a case where An Bord Pleanála decides against the recommendation of the board's planning inspector, if he will...
- Planning Issues
268. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the six local authority planning inquiries are proceeding; the stage each is at; if interim reports have been...
- Security of the Elderly
269. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding made available in each year since 2011 for the provision of alarms, pendants and other security devices for...
- Leader Programmes Applications
270. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the spend incurred under the Leader programme 2007 to 2013; the original allocation; and if he will make a statement on...
- Local Authority Housing Rents
271. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why the 15% of income cap for State pensioners has not been applied to the differential rent scheme operated by local...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Service Speeds
272. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when Rathcaled and Ballynacarrigy, County Westmeath, will have access to broadband and high speed broadband. [43242/15]
- Postal Codes
274. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the operation of Eircode to date; if the system is being fully used by An Post; and if he will make a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the provision of traffic route lighting on the Bandon bypass in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Swimming Pool Projects
276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of discussions between his Department, Kildare County Council and the authorities at Maynooth College in County Kildare...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Voluntary Bog Purchase Scheme
277. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a decision will be made on the applications under the voluntary bog purchase scheme regarding sites in category 2 natural...
- Appointments to State Boards
278. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why she has not advertised the vacant position on the board of the Irish Film Board; when she intends to do it; and if she will make...
- Film Industry
279. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if women producers are adequately represented in the Irish film industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43334/15]
- Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge
280. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé mhéad airgead a íocadh amach faoi...
- Seirbhísí Eitilte
281. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé na comhráite a bhí aige le páirtithe...
- Folúntais Foirne Rannacha
282. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Gaeltachta cad é an líon post i Roinn na Gaeltachta atá folamh, cad iad na poist...
- Foras na Gaeilge
283. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Gaeltachta cad é an líon post i bhForas na Gaeilge atá folamh, cad iad na poist atá...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
284. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Gaeltachta cad é an líon post in Údarás na Gaeltachta atá folamh, cad iad na...
