Written answers
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
- Department of Health
- Palliative Care Services Provision
23. To ask the Minister for Health when the urgent funding will be allocated for a full time palliative care social worker in Longford-Westmeath, considering the willingness of a hospice (details...
- Mental Health Services Provision
29. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for child and adolescent mental health service teams staff levels in CHO, community health care organisations, 3 in 2017 to bring them...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
30. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the lack of provision of primary care centres in Clondalkin and Lucan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30293/16]
- Mental Health Services Provision
31. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for community psychiatry of old age service teams staff levels in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for Change; and...
- Hospitals Building Programme
32. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the planning for a new hospital for County Galway on the grounds of Merlin Park, in view of the fact that the capacity of the existing hospital is...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
33. To ask the Minister for Health if resources for the nursing home support scheme will be increased in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30642/16]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
34. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the September 2016 figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund which showed that 2,964 persons are waiting more than 12 months for an...
- General Practitioner Contracts
35. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the negotiations of general practitioner contracts; if there is a plan for the key components; the details of same; and the deadline for the...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
36. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the substantial increase in overcrowding in the emergency department in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement...
- Performance Management Systems
37. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a definition for underperformance in the context of the performance and accountability framework within the HSE specifically for those staff...
- Health Services Provision
38. To ask the Minister for Health the cuts which have been imposed on a day care centre (details supplied); the reason these cuts have taken place; if staff were notified of the downgrading of...
- Maternity Services Provision
39. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll out of the national maternity strategy; the number of staff required to ensure a full complement of maternity staff across the State; the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
40. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, who are on a waiting list for treatment from a consultant who also works privately...
- Mental Health Services Provision
41. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for child and adolescent mental health service teams staff levels in CHO 6 in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Health the reason none of the new 14 primary care centres to be constructed as part of European Investment Bank funding, announced earlier this year, have no plans for...
- Mental Health Services Staff
43. To ask the Minister for Health the way, in the absence of additional funding for mental health in the budget, A Vision for Change can be implemented when secondary mental health...
- Maternity Services Provision
44. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of the detailed 20-week routine scans for pregnant women per hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30511/16]
- Hospital Services
45. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the promised dialysis unit in County Wexford which is currently being delayed due to a planning permission dispute; the actions he will take in...
- Mobility Allowance Decision
46. To ask the Minister for Health if he will replace the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant which was closed to new applicants in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
- General Practitioner Services Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that there has been a closure and reduction of Shannondoc services in County Clare in recent weeks; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
48. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure there will be adequate supply of nurses in our health service in the coming years to meet demand [30696/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
49. To ask the Minister for Health the funding required as part of the digital package solution to the waiting list crisis that has been presented to him; his views on whether the funding that is...
- Medical Card Administration
50. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding medical card refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30303/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
51. To ask the Minister for Health the strategy and funding in place to ensure that the waiting list for scoliosis patients is reduced; the status of the recruitment of a further additional...
- Health Services Provision
52. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department briefed against the expansion of cardiac services in Waterford prior to the undertaking of the Herity review [30684/16]
- Medicinal Products Prices
53. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to secure cost-effective prescribing, pricing and payment systems; the reason the cost of drugs here is greater than in comparable...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
54. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the September 2016 figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund which showed that 1,805 persons are waiting more than 18 months for an...
- Health Services Provision
56. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding cataract operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30302/16]
- Medicinal Products Availability
57. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the assessment by the HSE of the NCPE, National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, health technology assessment of ataluren brand name (details...
- Primary Care Centres Expenditure
58. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the health budget that is spent on primary care, in particular general practitioners' primary care centres, and allied professionals working...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
59. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce gynaecology waiting times for inpatient and day cases in Cork University Hospital. [30663/16]
- Hepatitis C Compensation Payments
60. To ask the Minister for Health if he will, under the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act 1997, make available the measures provided for the majority who have tested positive, to the small...
- Health Services Funding
61. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the funding which is to be allocated to the peer support worker positions in CHO area 5; if these jobs, which are to be based in counties Carlow,...
- Hospital Services
62. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to transfer maternity services from Portlaoise Regional Hospital; and if such matters are being considered by his Department and the HSE [30304/16]
- Mental Health Services Provision
64. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll out of Jigsaw; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30697/16]
- Ambulance Service Provision
65. To ask the Minister for Health the reason ambulance services in Edenderry have been relocated to Tullamore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30667/16]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
66. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the September 2016 figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund which showed that 1,069 persons are waiting more than 12 months for an...
- Hospitals Building Programme
69. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed regional hospital for counties Meath, Louth, Cavan and Monaghan which was to be constructed in Navan, County Meath; and when...
- Medicinal Products Expenditure
70. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a greater use of biosimilars could assist in controlling the cost of medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30641/16]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
71. To ask the Minister for Health if a third consultant rheumatologist has been appointed to Sligo General Hospital; when the outreach rheumatology clinic will be reinstated in Letterkenny...
- Mental Health Services Staff
72. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for child and adolescent mental health service teams staff levels in CHO 9 in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for...
- Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
74. To ask the Minister for Health if, regarding the new access and inclusion model, AIM, in preschools and recent incidences of children with special educational needs, SEN, who were provided...
- Health Services Staff
75. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recruitment of a new general manager at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, with the stated job remit to downgrade the hospital from a model three to a...
- Mental Health Services Staff
76. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for child and adolescent mental health service teams staff levels in CHO 4 in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
77. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the September 2016 figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund which showed that 1,805 persons are waiting more than 12 months for an...
- Health and Social Care Professionals
79. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement in full the decision taken by his immediate predecessor to protect the two titles of physiotherapist and physical therapist in one...
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
81. To ask the Minister for Health his plans, exclusive of investment in the new NRH hospital development, for investment in neuro-rehabilitation services in 2017; his further plans to invest new...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
82. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the September 2016 figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund which showed that 1,569 persons are waiting more than 12 months for an...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
84. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the new 75 bed unit in GUH is almost complete and will not be able to take in patients due to the lack of...
- Abortion Services Provision
85. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to ensure that information relating to termination of pregnancy that is being provided is factual; the way the regulation of...
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
87. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects provisions now in place to deal with overcrowding at accident and emergency centres at general hospitals throughout the winter...
- Hospital Trusts
88. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed creation of hospital trusts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30645/16]
- Mental Health Services Provision
89. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a serious threat of closure regarding a number of psychiatric day centres in County Roscommon including Strokestown, Ballaghaderreen and Boyle; if...
- Maternity Services Provision
90. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in introducing the 20-week maternity scan into Cavan General Hospital; the action taken to date; if there is a timeframe for its...
- Mental Health Services Staff
91. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for psychiatry of old age service teams staff levels in CHO 9 in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for Change; and if...
- Maternity Services
92. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide specific evidence of the implementation of the national maternity strategy; his views regarding the funds that have been made available for...
- Ambulance Service
93. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the proposed review of the provision of ambulance services in County Tipperary; if he will undertake that this review will not lead to a...
- Care of the Elderly Funding
94. To ask the Minister for Health if the extra funding provided for in budget 2017 will meet the demand assessed by the HSE for all home care packages and home help hours required; and if he...
- Home Care Packages Funding
96. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the budget 2017 allocation for home care in terms of the spend on private and HSE-provided home help; the detail in...
- Maternity Services
97. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the 17% deficit in the number of midwifery staff needed to run maternity services cited by the master of the Coombe hospital on 13 September...
- Mental Health Services
98. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Economist Intelligence Unit's mental health integration index which shows Ireland lying in 11th position out of the EU 15 and 14th overall of...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
99. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the September 2016 figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund which showed that 2,936 persons are waiting more than 18 months for an...
- Mental Health Services Funding
103. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding he is committing in budget 2017 to mental health; the way in which this compares with the percentage of the health budget that is spent on...
- Services for People with Disabilities
104. To ask the Minister for Health the therapeutic services for children, such as occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, clinical psychology, physiotherapy and dietetics that are...
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
105. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm a date for the publication of the implementation plan to include a detailed timeline for the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy; and if...
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
106. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to reduce waiting times for children needing speech and language therapy in CHO 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mental Health Services Provision
107. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for child and adolescent mental health service teams staff levels in CHO 2 in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for...
- Mental Health Policy
109. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review for A Vision for Change; when the review will be published; the steps that have been taken to reinstate the implementation body that...
- Home Care Packages Funding
110. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and the timeframe for dealing with the shortfall in the budget for home care packages that means that the HSE cannot provide supports for persons in...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
111. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the September 2016 figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund which showed that in excess of 5,000 children are waiting more than a year...
- HSE Staff
112. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the restructuring of HSE management; the number of additional managerial posts that are being put in place in each hospital group and CHO; and if...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
113. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to address the persistent emergency department overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
- Home Help Service Provision
114. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals in place to increase the number of home help hours in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30675/16]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
115. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing cancellation of outpatient appointments for oncology services in Galway University Hospital; the explanation...
- Ambulance Service Provision
116. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of ambulance services in the mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30695/16]
- Mental Health Services Staff
118. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for child and adolescent mental health service teams staff levels in CHO 7 in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for...
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
119. To ask the Minister for Health the papers his Department has put together on the implications of Brexit for cross-Border health co-operation; if he had any contact with his counterpart in...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
120. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the September 2016 figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund which showed that 1,674 persons are waiting more than 18 months for an...
- Home Care Packages Funding
121. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to invest in home-based care to support and enable persons with dementia to remain living at home in budget 2017; and his views on whether an initial...
- Occupational Therapy
122. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to reduce waiting times for children needing occupational therapy in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement...
- National Drugs Strategy
123. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding that is being provided for the drugs strategy in 2017; the targets the funds are expected to deliver; and if he will make a statement on...
- Disability Services Provision
124. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve disability services for children in counties Laois and Offaly. [30296/16]
- Mental Health Services Staff
125. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for child and adolescent mental health service teams staff levels in CHO 5 in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
127. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the September 2016 figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund which showed that 1,137 persons are waiting more than 12 months for an...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
128. To ask the Minister for Health if he envisages difficulties in recruiting additional nurses and midwives that have been outlined in the budget speech of the Minister for Public Expenditure...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
130. To ask the Taoiseach cad é an líon daoine a bhfuil cumas feidhmeach acu sa Ghaeilge agus atá ag obair ina Roinn. [30062/16]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
132. To ask the Taoiseach the details and outcomes of his discussion with a person (details supplied) following their meeting last week. [30446/16]
- Citizens Assembly
133. To ask the Taoiseach the schedule of which topics to be discussed at the upcoming Citizens Assembly and, specifically, when the discussion regarding the eighth amendment is expected to take...
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
134. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for bilateral meetings with other Heads of Government in the period up to end-March 2017. [30718/16]
- Departmental Staff Data
135. To ask the Taoiseach the number of personnel in his Department assigned to lead interdepartmental groups not directly linked to a Cabinet committee and the names of the relevant groups....
- North-South Ministerial Council
136. To ask the Taoiseach if he is preparing any proposals on North-South infrastructure for discussion with Northern Ireland's First Minister. [30722/16]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Equality Issues
138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure for a prospective tenant in the private rental market to report cases of discrimination against rent allowance recipients; her...
- Student Visas Administration
139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will intervene in cases such as that of a person (details supplied) in view of the launch of the international education...
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will intervene and request receivers to agree to cease giving notice to those occupying repossessed properties until a sale is...
- Immigration Policy
143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the detail of the commitment in the programme for Government concerning ensuring a balanced migration policy. [30717/16]
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees Ireland is planning to take in here considering in 2015 it was only a very small number. [30959/16]
- Irish Sign Language
146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps her Department is taking to ensure that Irish Sign Language is designated an official language; the further steps being taken to ensure...
- Garda Vetting Applications Data
147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cause of the delays in the Garda vetting process and in particular with regards to special needs assistants and teachers waiting to be vetted...
- Legislative Programme
148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill will come before the Dáil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30234/16]
- Garda Reports
149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will make public the Garda report on mismanagement of public funds by the Garda Training College in Templemore; the recipients of rental...
- Visa Applications
151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a visa to join a spouse by a person (details supplied); if the application is processed as quickly as possible...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if funding is available for community CCTV; the way a community group can apply for funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Legal Services Regulation
155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that all procedures were properly followed by the Bar Council in nominating a person (details supplied) to the Legal Services...
- Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is not a national sex offenders register available for inspection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30467/16]
- Cross-Border Co-operation
157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for the current delays in her Department, as well as the Chief State Solicitor's Office, furnishing the Coroner's Court in Belfast...
- Garda Recruitment
158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí provided by Government since the enactment of the Police Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2015. [30487/16]
- Garda Promotions
159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assistant Garda commissioners who have been appointed in 2016. [30488/16]
- Prison Staff
163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the prisoner population and the number of staff employed within Mountjoy Prison for 2012 to date in tabular form; the number of staff on...
- Budget 2017
165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the exact funding increase provided by budget 2017 for her department in 2017, minus provision required for demographics and the Lansdowne Road...
- Naturalisation Applications
166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Garda Vetting Applications
167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the undue delay in the finalising of a Garda vetting application by a person (details supplied) which was submitted ten weeks ago....
- Visa Applications
168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of study visas received, issued and refused by her Department for the years 2013, 2014, and 2015 by country in tabular form; and if...
- Garda Operations
169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on Garda Operation Sonnet; if this operation is still active; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30769/16]
- Criminal Assets Bureau
171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide funding for the appointment of extra full-time forensic accountants and extra full time financial crime analysts for the...
- Prison Staff
172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of incremental pay of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30789/16]
- Legal Services Regulation
173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 159, 161, 163 and 174 of 16 September 2016, when the provisions implementing sections 149 to 161 of the...
- Garda Stations
174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the location of the new building acquired by the OPW for the new Garda station in Bailieborough; if there is funding in place for this...
- Judicial Council
175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which she will publish legislation to establish a judicial council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30900/16]
- Asylum Applications
176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the European Court of Human Rights judgment in B.A.C. v. Greece, which held unanimously that there had been a...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Reliefs Availability
177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce reliefs for first-time buyers who are self-building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30223/16]
- Money Laundering
178. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the report of gangs utilising mortgages to launder money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30486/16]
- Customs and Excise Controls
179. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of visits by Customs and Excise officers to a location (details supplied) in 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of those visits that...
- House Purchase Schemes
180. To ask the Minister for Finance if a couple who commenced building a house one year ago but have not drawn down their full mortgage on the build are eligible for the new first-time buyer's...
- Property Tax Data
182. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 80 and 82 of 6 October 2016, the reason for the difference of 1,813 units between the number of properties owned by...
- Irish Strategic Investment Fund
184. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration is being given to the Irish Strategic Investment Fund divesting from fossil fuels as part of the current review of its investment strategy;...
- Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
185. To ask the Minister for Finance the schemes available through his Department by way of tax relief or other measures for persons who carry out home improvement works; and if he will make a...
- Tax Reliefs Application
186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing roll over tax relief to be given to persons who are subject to land purchase orders where the proceeds are used to replenish...
- Tax Credits
187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline in respect of the earned income tax credit which has been increased to €950 in the budget; where a person also qualifies for the...
- Tax Code
188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the details of the costing of the measure with regard to the section 110 and funds changes item within budget 2017; and if he will make a...
- Fiscal Data
189. To ask the Minister for Finance further to box one on page C.22 of the budget book, when each of the adjustments to the fiscal space calculation became known to his Department; and the...
- Tax Reliefs Data
191. To ask the Minister for Finance the uptake of the special assignee relief programme in each of the years since its inception; and the amount of revenue foregone in each of those years. [30741/16]
- Legislative Process
193. To ask the Minister for Finance the date he will publish the finance Bill. [30745/16]
- Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
194. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the assertion from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, that the State will miss its key borrowing target, the structural balance in 2017, as...
- VAT Rate Application
197. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the lower rate of VAT is not being applied to the hire of suits, dresses, costumes and so on, as the hire is classified as a service; and if he...
- Tax Credits
199. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the cost of introducing refundable tax credits. [30862/16]
- Pension Provisions
200. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to a suggestion in terms of pension access (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30880/16]
- Budget Measures
201. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason full-year yield and cost figures were not included in the summary of 2017 budget measures and policy changes; if he will provide these figures, for...
- Fiscal Policy
202. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has a detailed plan on the way to achieve the reduction of the debt to GDP ratio to 45% by the mid-2020s as outlined in budget 2017; if he...
- Budget Measures
203. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce for SMEs generally a loan scheme similar to the €150 million loan fund for the agrisector announced as part of budget 2017; the...
- Exchequer Returns
204. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the gain for the Exchequer in 2017 through the non-indexation of the taxation system; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Brexit Issues
205. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to explore the possibility of establishing a national hedging strategy, involving the expertise of the NTMA, which may be able to give practical...
- Budget Measures
206. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of first-time buyers his Department expects to avail of the help to buy scheme, announced in the budget, in 2016, 2017 and 2018; if he is putting...
- Budget Consultation Process
209. To ask the Minister for Finance the groups, persons or political representatives he has met in the context of planning budget 2017 and the finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Provision
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected that full transport services will be restored for children attending special schools throughout north Kildare in view of the...
- Teachers' Remuneration
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing the pre-February 2012 pay scale and allowances for all primary school teachers (details supplied). [30758/16]
- Schools Building Projects Status
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when work will commence on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30212/16]
- School Costs
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to address the disparity in school costs which exists from school to school throughout the country and the inequality...
- Schools Building Projects Status
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new building for a primary school (details supplied). [30221/16]
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Dublin mid-west currently waiting for a special needs assistant to fill a vacant post due to the delays in the Garda vetting...
- Site Acquisitions
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied), as announced in November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend third level grants to low-income students who attend QQI degree courses in recognised private colleges, as well as access to...
- School Costs
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider issuing a circular to schools with an agreed wording to be used when writing to parents highlighting the opportunity they...
- School Management
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; if its future will be safeguarded; the actions his Department is taking to...
- School Costs
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when plans to restore the capitation grant to schools, as set out in the Action Plan for Education 2016-2019, will be realised; if the...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which children with special needs have been successful in obtaining primary and second level school places throughout north Kildare...
- Preschool Services
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the availability of preschool places for children with special needs throughout north Kildare; the extent to which augmentation is expected; and...
- Child Care Services Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who requires child care assistance while studying; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in the Dublin 8, 10 and 12 areas which are not recognised as DEIS schools; if they had applied in the past; and, if so, the reason...
- Schools Healthy Living Strategies
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider supporting a national roll-out to second level schools to teach children about healthy eating and cooking; and if he will...
- Third Level Facilities
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make funding available to Mary Immaculate College in Limerick for the purpose of developing library facilities as the building...
- Garda Vetting Legislation
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken by his department to ensure that Garda vetting is undertaken in an efficient manner; if his Department has plans to review the...
- Special Educational Needs Data
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special educational needs organisers by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30383/16]
- Sports Facilities Provision
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options available for schools who wish to build a sports facilities such as all-weather and astro turf pitches or sports halls on...
- School Costs
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to address the disparity in school costs which exist from school to school throughout the country and which are being...
- School Transport Review
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport scheme; and if he will consider increasing funding to the scheme in line with the recommendation...
- Schools Building Projects Status
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval to go to tender will be given for a school project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30452/16]
- School Accommodation
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding can be facilitated for required accommodation at a school (details supplied) with particular reference to the growing...
- Schools Building Projects Status
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval can be given for a school project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30460/16]
- Education and Training Boards Funding
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding training boards have been given to build new kitchen facilities in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; the amount allocated for...
- Residential Institutions
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has been a delay in the publication of Caranua annual report for 2015 and the appeals officers report for 2015; and when they...
- Emergency Works Scheme Eligibility
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are grants or funding available to a school (details supplied) in County Cork to cover emergency repair works needing to be carried out...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the ongoing review of July provision for children with cerebral palsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30564/16]
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of recipients of support from Caranua which were wrongly told in July 2015 that their claims were complete; and the number which have...
- School Accommodation Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional school accommodation at a school (details supplied) when he envisages progress will be made in the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take steps to ensure funding is provided for the construction of a new school (details supplied) which has progressed through all the...
- Departmental Funding
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact funding increase provided by budget 2017 for his Department in 2017, minus provision required for demographics and the Lansdowne Road...
- School Patronage
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on his meeting with the Irish Episcopal Conference on 22 July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30607/16]
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) submitted a formal application and supporting documentation for...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he will address the pupil-teacher ratio in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30708/16]
- Departmental Funding
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide extra funding to the Dyslexia Association of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30712/16]
- Schools Amalgamation
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied); when the amalgamation will progress and take place; and if he will make a...
- Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an application by a school (details supplied) for DEIS band 1 status; the stage this application is at; the...
- Third Level Facilities
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite funding for a new library building at a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30786/16]
- Education Funding
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure children’s constitutional right to free primary education by providing free school books, classroom resources and not...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pupil-teacher ratios that will apply in 2017 as a result of budget 2017. [30861/16]
- Training Support Grant
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will be increasing the rates for young persons aged under 26 years on programmes such as VTOS, Youthreach, CTC and Solas training courses...
- Schools Building Projects Status
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the rebuild of a school (details supplied) is to be released to tender; when works on the rebuild of the school will commence; and if he will...
- Schools Building Projects Data
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the M4/N4 report which dealt with an assessment of educational infrastructure in the Mullingar area; if in this context progress is...
- Teaching Qualifications
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene to resolve the Droichead/INTO issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30929/16]
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Nitrates Action Programme Implementation
274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider giving discretion to the local authority to extend the slurry ban deadline time for 2016 and for...
- Social and Affordable Housing
277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a 2015 National Development Finance Agency project (details supplied); his views...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is increased funding available in his Department to assist volunteer centres and information services; if...
- Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of the €50 million of the €200 million local infrastructure housing activation fund that...
- Electoral Commission Administration
281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in concluding the Drogheda boundary review process; when he will bring a recommendation to...
- Water Charges Administration
282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the commission investigating water charges takes account of the needs of those who require...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Data
283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons currently on the waiting list for the housing adaptation grant scheme for people with a...
- Fire Service
284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the report currently being conducted into the provision of fire services in south Donegal in both...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board Enforcement
285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the recourse, other than a court action, that is available to persons in cases where a Private Residential Tenancies...
- Rural Resettlement Scheme
287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the excellent work that is carried out by an organisation (details supplied); his...
- Credit Union Lending
288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the potential role credit unions can play in housing finance, as indicated in the programme for Government; and if...
- Departmental Schemes
290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the grant schemes available for persons to improve heating systems in their houses that are available through his...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility
291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department will provide a sensible solution to a housing issue for persons (details supplied); and if he will...
- Housing Provision
293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will require local authorities to produce an empty homes strategy with objectives; aims and actions needed to...
- Departmental Funding
295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the exact funding increase provided by budget 2017 for his Department in 2017, minus provision required for...
- Library Services Staff
296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the chief executive of Sligo County Council has warned that...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing units he envisions will be delivered under the social housing construction and acquisition...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the funding under the social housing current expenditure programme for 2017 will provide social housing units...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is the policy of his Department that where a homeless single parent presents or declares as homeless with...
- Housing Provision
300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will publish the results of the national housing needs assessment; and the reasons for the delay in doing so....
- Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will examine an issue (details supplied) and take measures to resolve same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Animal Welfare
302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of inspections of dog breeding premises carried out in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016 under the Dog...
- Department of Social Protection
- Jobseeker's Payments
303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost in budget 2017 of extending the jobseeker's allowance and benefit payment for persons under 26 years of age. [30961/16]
- Labour Activation Measures
306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a use or lose by year end rule is or has been in operation within his Department when devolving funding to labour activation programmes; and if...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 6 October 2016, if approved housing bodies are counted as landlords providing multiple lettings in the...
- Community Employment Schemes Funding
308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for an underspend in the budget allocation 2015 for supervision of €1.5 million on the labour activation programme, community...
- Disability Allowance Applications
309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Applications
310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a claim for carer's allowance (details supplied). [30245/16]
- Household Benefits Scheme
311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider reinstating the telephone allowance in the household benefits package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30246/16]
- Departmental Legal Services
312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 446 of 27 September 2016, if he will reconcile the reply he provided with a claim subsequently made to this...
- Social Welfare Appeals
313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); when the person can expect to receive a decision from his Department; and if he will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress of an appeal regarding his Department's decision on a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Respite Care Grant
315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which respite care and respite care grants can be restored in the current year, with particular reference to the needs of parents and...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the payments which remain outstanding in respect of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address the existing situation whereby some public sector workers must retire at 65 years of age but cannot qualify for the old age...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite a carer's allowance review for a person (details supplied). [30409/16]
- Invalidity Pension Applications
319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application in respect of a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme. [30410/16]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the carer’s allowance scheme. [30414/16]
- Invalidity Pension Applications
321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme. [30428/16]
- Disability Allowance Applications
322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme. [30435/16]
- Child Benefit Eligibility
323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered the position of children who were over five years of age when they started primary school and are therefore 19 years...
- Personal Micro Credit Scheme
324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to an issue with the It Makes Sense personal micro-credit loan scheme which is being run in conjunction with his...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal in respect of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect a...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Funding
328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied); his views on the negative impact the uncertainty regarding funding is...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if supplementary welfare will be facilitated while awaiting a decision for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- JobPath Implementation
330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons served by the JobPath programme, especially in the Coolock and Kilbarrack employment exchanges in the Dublin Bay North...
- Family Income Supplement Payments
335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an overpayment of family income supplement, FIS, can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 4 October 2016, the way it is expected that the balance can be made in the case of a...
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 5 October 2016, if a person (details supplied) qualifies for an invalidity pension...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal regarding the decision on a payment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30794/16]
- National Internship Scheme Administration
344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to increase the weekly payment to JobBridge participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30939/16]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Application Refusals
346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a person (details supplied) is being denied an Irish passport, given that her siblings were granted Irish passports; and if he...
- Ministerial Meetings
347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the diplomatic contacts and-or bilateral he has arranged or meetings he has attended to highlight the plight of civilians in Aleppo; and if...
- Brexit Issues
348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the voting majority required within the European Council or Parliament to agree any negotiated conclusions following the invoking of Article...
- Diplomatic Representation Expenditure
350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of accommodation for all Irish diplomats worldwide, following on from recent news reports on the high cost of the Irish...
- Overseas Development Aid Data
352. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the increase there will be in Ireland's overseas development assistance, ODA, in 2017; and the percentage of gross national income, GNI,...
- Middle East Issues
353. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to LAW-TRAIN, which is a project to build a technological platform to unify the interrogation methodology...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on an issue (details supplied). [30803/16]
- Syrian Conflict
355. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to help support Syrian refugees. [30958/16]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
356. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform an bhfuil beartas earcaíochta faoi leith i bhfeidhm chun aon chuóta maidir le líon daoine a bhfuil cumas feidhmeach acu...
- Brexit Issues
357. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his understanding of the current status of INTERREG and PEACE IV funding under the umbrella of the Special EU Programmes Body, SEUPB, in...
- Departmental Budgets
358. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, pursuant to his announcement following the 2013 budget, his Department has any continuing arrangement in place for oversight of...
- Flood Prevention Measures
359. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the cleaning of a bridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30200/16]
- Office of Public Works Projects
360. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a new building (details supplied); if the OPW has carried out any preparatory works regarding this new building; if the...
- Public Sector Pensions
361. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the arrangements for retired prison officers in respect of the post-1995 agreement; the body which is liable to provide the pension; and...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
362. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will recognise and implement the community employment supervisor-assistants pension claim (LCR19293) in view of the fact the issue...
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
363. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the appointment has taken place in his Department to the vacant position of assistant secretary, who was also chairperson of the high...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reconvene the meetings with the community sector informal forum in order to resolve outstanding issues regarding the...
- Flood Relief Schemes Status
365. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a revised application regarding the construction of a retaining wall (details supplied); when a decision can be expected...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
366. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he has decided that a post in the public service attracts a financial gain compared to persons who are employed in...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
367. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the claim for an appropriate pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors remains...
- Lansdowne Road Agreement
368. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the levels of pay restoration that will be given to Deputies, Ministers, Ministers of State and the Taoiseach under the Lansdowne Road...
- Flood Relief Schemes
369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the OPW's flood relief works and plans in relation to the east Meath area specifically highlighting the Northlands Estate; the cost of...
- Budget 2017
370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the groups, persons or political representatives he has met in the context of planning budget 2017 and the Finance Bill; and if he will...
- Public Sector Reform Implementation
372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has in place in his Department's social policy and public sector reform division, any arrangements for acting on recommendations...
- Public Sector Pay
373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the commitment in the confidence and supply agreement and in the programme for Government concerning the public...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Heritage Projects
374. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when works are expected to begin and be completed at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- National Monuments
375. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will consider adopting an abbey (details supplied) as a national monument; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rural Broadband Scheme
377. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made by the local and regional broadband taskforces and rural digital strategies she advised would be established to aid...
- Heritage Sites
378. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the purchase by the State of The Featherbeds in the Dublin mountains; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Legislative Measures
379. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the long delay in progressing the Heritage Bill 2016 through the Houses of the Oireachtas; when she expects the pilot...
- Department of Health
- Services for People with Disabilities
380. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which any improvements will be facilitated in the availability of post-school residential places for children and young adults with special needs...
- Medicinal Products Licensing
381. To ask the Minister for Health the licensed importers here for the anti-malarial drug mefloquine; and the licensed distributors here for mefloquine. [30387/16]
- Mental Health Services Staff
382. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels for specialist mental health services for particular high-risk groups of children who require urgent attention; the number of mental health...
- Legislative Programme
383. To ask the Minister for Health the timescale he is working to for the taking of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 in view of the fact that it has been published since December 2015...
- Departmental Legal Cases
384. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which matters relating to the allegations of missing blood and other samples (details supplied) was addressed in the High Court on 18 June 2015....
- Cancer Research
385. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the level of investment for cancer trials in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30201/16]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
386. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the programme for mammography services at Sligo University Hospital over the next 12 months; the dates on which mammography services will be...
- Hospital Appointments Status
387. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for assessment for a possible surgical treatment. [30208/16]
- Disability Allowance Payments
388. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a HSE payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30210/16]
- Respite Care Services Provision
389. To ask the Minister for Health his views on an identified need for additional adult respite accommodation and services in County Louth to cater for older adults living at home with older...
- Health Products Regulatory Authority
390. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Products Regulatory Authority has banned the sale of apricot kernels here with no evidence that this product can be dangerous (details...
- Hospital Appointments Status
391. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an operation for scoliosis. [30225/16]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
393. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of HSE equipment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30233/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
394. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30237/16]
- Traveller Community
395. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to meet with the Carrickmines steering committee to discuss the long-term needs of the survivors and bereaved family members of the tragic fire on 12...
- Nursing Staff Data
397. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of student nurses that take up employment in Ireland following graduation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30248/16]
- Services for People with Disabilities
398. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation made to St. John of God, St. Raphael's adult services, Celbridge in respect of adult services in 2014, 2015 and to date 2016; the number of...
- Health Services Provision
399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies still unfilled in respect of speech and language, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and so on; the locations involved; and if he will...
- Medical Records
400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will release the medical records for a deceased person (details supplied) to the person's family. [30265/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
401. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) with a specialist consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30313/16]
- Respite Care Services Availability
403. To ask the Minister for Health the respite beds that are currently available to persons from the adult services at St. John of God, St Raphael's, Celbridge; the way that compares to 2014 and...
- Services for People with Disabilities
404. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the requisite number of residential and day places are likely to continue to be made available at St. Raphael's Celbridge, County Kildare,...
