Written answers
Thursday, 1 December 2016
- Department of Health
- Home Help Service Provision
8. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in home help hours the Sligo-Leitrim local health area can expect in 2017. [38029/16]
- Palliative Care for Children
13. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide respite for families of children with life-limiting conditions in County Donegal as existing home care help does not facilitate the respite...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
15. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the 137% increase in inpatient and day case waiting lists in Temple Street Children’s Hospital since April 2014, significantly ahead of...
- Home Help Service Provision
16. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in home help hours planned for the Dublin south east and Dún Laoghaire local health areas in 2017. [38052/16]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
17. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in emergency department overcrowding in South Tipperary General Hospital over the past two years. [38047/16]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
18. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the negotiations between the HSE, Health Service Executive, and NCPE, National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, and a pharmaceutical company (details...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
19. To ask the Minister for Health the reason more than 6,000 children were waiting over a year for an outpatient consultation in the children’s hospital group in October 2016; and if he...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
20. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in emergency department overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick over the past two years. [38051/16]
- Occupational Therapy
21. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the fact that latest figures indicate some 230 persons under 18 years of age are waiting more than a year for a first time...
- Primary Care Strategy
22. To ask the Minister for Health if he has a target spend for primary care as a share of the health budget between now and 2021; the way in which Ireland’s expenditure on primary care...
- Palliative Care Services Provision
23. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the HSE plans in place to support north Westmeath hospice and palliative care in the county generally; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
24. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in emergency department overcrowding in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, over the past two years. [38037/16]
- Home Help Service Provision
25. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in home help hours the Cavan-Monaghan local health area can expect in 2017. [38030/16]
- HSE National Service Plan
27. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE service plan for 2017 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38012/16]
- Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
28. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of international public funding models for fertility treatment; if he has received the Health Research Board review of international...
- Occupational Therapy
29. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the fact that latest figures indicate some 1,049 persons under 18 years of age are waiting more than a year for a first time...
- Services for People with Disabilities
30. To ask the Minister for Health the urgent respite that can be offered to such carers and the long-term remedy he is considering in view of the reply to parents of disabled adults that there...
- Medicinal Products Prices
31. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drugs where, following the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE, assessment of the manufacturer's economic dossier on the cost...
- Rare Diseases Strategy
32. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of genetic counsellors as outlined in the national rare disease plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37770/16]
- Palliative Care Services
33. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the refusal to grant funding for the redevelopment of the palliative care unit in Our Lady's Hospice and Care Unit in...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
34. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the struggles faced by persons suffering from the rare metabolic condition phenylketonuria, PKU, in accessing suitable very...
- Services for People with Disabilities
35. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the deficits in the legislative powers given to the HSE in the 2007 Health Act in protecting vulnerable adults in different...
- Prescriptions Data
36. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the monitoring of trends in the prescription of psychoactive psychotropic drugs here, especially to children, over the past 20 years; if his...
- Hospital Beds Data
37. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the number of available inpatient beds has reduced from 12,051 in 2006 to 10,473 in 2015 and 10,629 in 2016 to date; the number of psychiatry and...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
38. To ask the Minister for Health further to the budget announcement of additional funding being made to the NTPF, the evaluation mechanisms that are in place to ensure value for money in terms...
- Health Care Policy
39. To ask the Minister for Health if data exist on the cost to the Exchequer of operating a private system of health care; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
40. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 3,635 persons were waiting more than a year for inpatient and day-case treatment in University Hospital Galway in October 2016; and the reason the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
41. To ask the Minister for Health the private hospitals and health providers that are under contract with the NTPF, National Treatment Purchase Fund, and his Department and the HSE with respect...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
42. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be put in place to assist the 6,989 persons waiting more than a year for an outpatient appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
43. To ask the Minister for Health if data is being collected on the type of treatment, the cost of treatment and the patient outcome for services commissioned from the private sector by the...
- Medicinal Products Prices
44. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an initiative he is reported to be taking with a European bloc of countries to negotiate collectively to lower prices of drugs; the status of...
- Hospital Acquired Infections
45. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which hospitals have begun to cope with hospital bugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37970/16]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
46. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department will take to increase capacity in acute hospitals and their emergency departments in view of the fact that the full capacity protocol...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
47. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to address the fact that 441 persons are waiting over 18 months for an outpatient appointment at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital,...
- Home Help Service Provision
48. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 453 of 5 July 2016, if home help will be provided as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37963/16]
- Nursing Home Services
49. To ask the Minister for Health his medium and long-term proposals to enhance services and secure the future of Abbeyleix and Shaen nursing hospitals in County Laois. [37778/16]
- Home Care Packages Data
50. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive home care packages currently being provided to persons with dementia for each local health office in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Beds Data
51. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of bed capacity in the acute hospital sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38010/16]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
52. To ask the Minister for Health the number of treatments commissioned from the private sector by the NTPF, National Treatment Purchase Fund, in each year since its inception in tabular form;...
- Medicinal Products Prices
53. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE negotiations with the pharmaceutical company responsible for the production of the cystic fibrosis drug Kalydeco in respect of the effort...
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
54. To ask the Minister for Health if the Saolta group has developed a urology strategy for the north west in particular to ensure that there is a consultant urologist for Letterkenny University...
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
55. To ask the Minister for Health when the neuro-rehabilitation policy will be implemented including the development of inpatient rehabilitation services, the establishment of community...
- Nursing Staff Remuneration
56. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has studied the potential benefits to the public health care system that could arise if the demands of the INMO, Irish Nurses and Midwives...
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
57. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that for eight years there was no consultant urologist at Temple Street Children's Hospital until the appointment of...
- Services for People with Disabilities
58. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to address the shortage of full-time residential care placements in County Wexford and the issues arising from respite care beds being...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
59. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the fact that 854 persons were waiting over 18 months for an outpatient appointment at Mayo University Hospital in October...
- Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
60. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the findings of the surgical symphysiotomy ex gratia payment scheme report, with particular reference to the fact that the scheme refused...
- Nursing Staff Remuneration
62. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his discussions with the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation regarding pay restoration and recruitment and retention of nurses and midwives;...
- Traveller Community
63. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to end the high infant mortality rate among children in the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33531/16]
- Disabilities Assessments
64. To ask the Minister for Health the number and cost of assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005, between 2011 and 2015, that were contracted out to therapists in private practice and...
- Public Private Partnerships Data
66. To ask the Minister for Health the level of PFI, private finance initiative, or PPP, public private partnership, that currently exists in the health system; the details of any hospitals,...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
67. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the 350% increase in inpatient and day case waiting lists in Roscommon hospital since April 2014, significantly ahead of the national average...
- Primary Care Services Provision
68. To ask the Minister for Health the way it is proposed to address the growing demand for counselling in primary care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38016/16]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite special education assessments, in the view of the National Disability Authority and the Disability Act 2005, due to the failure to commence...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
72. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to address the fact that 2,155 persons are waiting more than18 months for an outpatient appointment at University Hospital Galway;...
- Mental Health Services Staff
73. To ask the Minister for Health the targets that will be in the 2017 HSE service plan for child and adolescent mental health service teams staff levels in CHO 5 next year to bring them closer...
- Medicinal Products Prices
74. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE negotiations with the pharmaceutical company responsible for the production of the cystic fibrosis drug, Orkambi, in respect of the effort...
- Mental Health Services Staff
75. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric psychiatrists employed in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38019/16]
- Medicinal Products Expenditure
76. To ask the Minister for Health the reason spending on prescribed drugs according to a recent survey here remains extremely high, second only to Germany in the EU, while lifesaving drugs, such...
- HSE Reports
77. To ask the Minister for Health when the report on services for St. Christopher’s, Longford, completed in 2015, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38061/16]
- Hospital Facilities
78. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to develop facilities at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38020/16]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
79. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects the accident and emergency services to cope with the overcrowding situation in view of the problem that have arisen in recent...
- Disabilities Assessments
82. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that, according to the HSE, in cases of completed applications received for an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, between 2011 and...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
83. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s estimated impact on waiting times of the additional €15 million in 2017 for the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
84. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 1,425 persons were waiting more than a year for inpatient and day case treatment in Waterford University Hospital in October 2014; and the reason the...
- General Practitioner Services Provision
86. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s estimate of the number of additional general practitioners that will be required over the next decade; and if he will make a statement...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
87. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alleviate the overcrowding crisis at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37993/16]
- Occupational Therapy
89. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the fact that latest figures indicate some 698 persons under 18 years of age are waiting more than a year for a first time...
- Health Services Data
90. To ask the Minister for Health the data that exists relating to the number of treatments commissioned from the private sector versus the number of treatments carried out; the number, type and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
91. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 1,102 persons were waiting more than a year for inpatient and day case treatment in Beaumont Hospital in October 2016; and the reason the numbers...
- Vaccination Programme
92. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the fall in the take up of the human papilloma virus, HPV, vaccine; the estimated number of deaths annually from cervical...
- Rare Diseases Strategy
93. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the 48 recommendations of the national steering group on rare diseases; the specific actions that are being taken on access...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
94. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the substantial increase in emergency department overcrowding in St. Vincent’s hospital over the past two years. [38053/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
95. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the 162% increase in inpatient and day case waiting lists in Sligo University Hospital since April 2014, significantly ahead of the national...
- Hospital Services
97. To ask the Minister for Health the alternatives he will put in place in view of the fact that orthodontic surgery at St. James's hospital is no longer taking referrals from Loughlinstown...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
98. To ask the Minister for Health the reason and the basis on which the medicines management programme is ceasing the reimbursement for products (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Occupational Therapy
99. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the fact that latest figures indicate some 240 persons under 18 years of age waiting more than a year for a first time...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
102. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be put in place to assist the 4,027 persons waiting more than a year for an outpatient appointment in the Mater Hospital; and if he will...
- Congregated Settings Report
103. To ask the Minister for Health the status on the implementation of the congregated settings report; the measures being put in place to support persons when they leave residential...
- Health Services Funding
104. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 61 of 18 October 2016, and in view of County Wexford's high suicide rate, if he will consider expediting the introduction of the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Legislative Reviews
105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has conducted a review of the operation of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011; and her plans to introduce amending legislation to...
- Road Traffic Offences
106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cyclists who received fixed penalty notices for offences contrary to road traffic laws; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Road Safety
107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding road safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38116/16]
- Legal Services Regulation
108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Question No. 155 of 18 October 2016, the action she is taking in regard to a matter (details supplied); and the likely timeframe for...
- Property Registration
109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a case (details supplied) with the Land Registry will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38159/16]
- Garda Strength
110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the most recent figures for the number of community gardaí in each Garda division in tabular form. [38162/16]
- Immigration Status
115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will facilitate an application for permission to remain here in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Residency Permits
116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will facilitate regularisation of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Student Visas Eligibility
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which a person (details supplied) can be facilitated in a request for the necessary regularisation; and if she will make a statement...
- Immigration Status
120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 10 November 2016, if she will update the information available in the case of a person (details...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review as a matter of urgency her Department's proposals to deport in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Residency Permits
122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and likely future residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38198/16]
- Student Visas Applications
123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which residency status will be extended in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Asylum Applications
124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position and likely eligibility and entitlement in respect of residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Residency Permits
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 20 October 2016, if the person's entitlement to remain will be re-evaluated; and if she will make a...
- Deportation Orders
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will revoke the decision to deport in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38204/16]
- Residency Permits
128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to update stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38205/16]
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the approach that has been made to the French Government in order to locate the unaccompanied migrant children previously situated at the Calais...
- Garda Data
130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that have had to discard holidays due to unscheduled work obligations. [38252/16]
- Prisoner Data
131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mobile phones that were confiscated from the prison population for each of the past five years and to date in 2016; and if she will...
- Garda Powers
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the powers under legislation that an An Garda Síochána has to deal with begging on streets; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Inquiries
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure in setting up the terms of reference for five inquiries to be established under section 42 of the Garda Síochána Act...
- Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of legal fees paid by her Department in respect of tribunals of inquiry established by the State and any resulting legal actions; if...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Coverage
135. To ask the Minister for Finance the options that exist for affordable home insurance for persons in the Riverview area of Cork who have received high quotes or no quotes from private...
- Tax Collection
136. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding correspondence from the Revenue Commissioners with regard to a tax liability; and if he will make a...
- Insurance Costs
137. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is illegal for the insurance industry to penalise a driver by charging a higher premium on the basis that the Irish citizen has an EU driving licence;...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
138. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which his Department defines "drawdown" for the purposes of the help to buy incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38129/16]
- Mortgage Applications Approvals
139. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to difficulties potential new businesses are having in accessing new mortgages and loans on mixed use properties from the...
- Banking Licence Applications
140. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of expressions of interest, new applications for licences and applications for the extension of permissions the Central Bank has received from...
- Departmental Staff Data
143. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of extra staff that have been added to each of the areas of banks, insurance and funds and asset management in the Central Bank or his Department...
- Central Bank of Ireland Staff
144. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has experienced difficulty hiring in any of the areas of banks, insurance and funds and asset management; the reason for such difficulties...
- Banking Sector Data
145. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant homes in possession in each of the State-backed banks in each of the past ten months; his plans to use these homes to alleviate the...
- Tax Code
146. To ask the Minister for Finance the rules that apply to the taxation, VAT, excise duty and so on, of goods purchased online by persons here from abroad; the obligations that apply in respect...
- IBRC Liquidation
147. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money he expects the State to receive from the liquidation of IBRC; the timeframe he expects the State will receive it and the use the proceeds...
- Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions
148. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of investment firms found to be unauthorised by the Central Bank in 2015 and 2016; the total value of assets involved; the penalties imposed; his...
- Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
149. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of legal fees paid by his Department in respect of tribunals of inquiry established by the State and any resulting legal actions, by tribunal for...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
150. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the combination of the Government's help-to-buy scheme and the change in the Central Bank's macro prudential mortgage rules will have an...
- Property Tax Exemptions
151. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of home owners exempt from property tax due to unfinished estates; if a review has been undertaken of the exemption system; if so, the details of...
- Government Debt Servicing Cost
152. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected annual cost of servicing the Government debt of €200 billion in 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; the assumptions used in arriving at this...
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
153. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to increase the rate of credit lending to businesses via the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; the level of take up from the...
- Pension Levy Data
154. To ask the Minister for Finance the semi-State companies which absorbed the private pension levy; and the semi-State companies which have passed the cost of the levy onto their pension...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education and Training Boards
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the project regarding the Louth-Meath education and training board, ETB, Drogheda, County Louth is still going ahead; when the tendering for...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 409 of 16 September 2016, if there is a further update on this matter. [38140/16]
- Schools Building Projects Status
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 19 October 2016, if his Department has made contact with the education and training board in respect...
- School Transport
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an alternative avenue of complaint exists, away from school transport inspectors, which is available to parents and pupils that wish to raise...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a statutory basis for the provision of special ASD classes in primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Health and Safety
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines that exist for teachers in secondary schools that are confronted with physical altercations between students in the classroom,...
- Teaching Contracts
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 17 November 2016, the reason it is not expressly detailed in chapter 5, 5.5 of the terms and...
- Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of legal fees paid by his Department in respect of tribunals of inquiry established by the State and any resulting legal actions; if...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Motor Tax Exemptions
163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing tax relief on motor tax for persons providing valuable assistance in view of the...
- Motor Tax
164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are plans to give the entire motor tax income taken in by Cavan and Monaghan county councils on a yearly...
- Motor Tax Exemptions
165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding persons that declare a vehicle off the road in advance of the appropriate period and the...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of certificates which have been issued to home owners indicating that their properties are pyrite free,...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has responded to the reasoned opinion issued by the European Commission in September 2016 in respect of a...
- Local Authority Funding
168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if local authorities are required under legislation to fund the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly, the...
- Approved Housing Bodies
169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is funding available to approved housing bodies to purchase houses; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Proposed Legislation
170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Planning and Development Bill 2016; and if he will make a...
- Residential Tenancies
171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if further protection will be put in place to protect tenants who are renting houses owned by vulture funds; and if...
- Commercial Rates
173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a comprehensive public consultation and review of the commercial rates system has been instigated by him; if so,...
- Housing Policy
174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated overall cost of the consultation, communication and engagement strategy of the Rebuilding Ireland...
- Foreshore Issues (1 comment)
175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the names and qualifications of the members of the marine licence vetting committee who will be undertaking the...
- Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of legal fees paid by his Department in respect of tribunals of inquiry established by the State and any...
- Department of Social Protection
- Public Sector Staff
177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the treatment and hiring of temporary clerical officers by his Department will be re-examined in view of the fact that many temporary clerical...
- Family Income Supplement Applications
178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) is expected to receive a family income supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38094/16]
- JobsPlus Scheme
179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the responsibility his Department assumes for protecting the rights of workers participating in the JobsPlus incentive; the way in which his...
- Employment Schemes
180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he expects the review into the Tús scheme to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38097/16]
- Jobseeker's Allowance
181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the purpose of the three waiting days for new applicants for jobseeker's allowance that is not backdated on award of the payment; and if he will...
- Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which jobseeker's benefit is now calculated with the inclusion of previous earnings rather than means testing for a person; and if he...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a hearing aid will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38134/16]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for carer's allowance for a person (details supplied). [38188/16]
- Invalidity Pension Applications
185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38195/16]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason payment of rent allowance has been delayed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance
187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the full circumstances of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38202/16]
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an entitlement to disability allowance exists in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38207/16]
- Exceptional Needs Payments
190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38210/16]
- Free Travel Scheme
191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a companion travel pass will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38211/16]
- Carer's Allowance Payments
192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if carer's allowance will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38227/16]
- Community Employment Schemes Administration
193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who was on a community employment scheme with a firm for three years and who was denied a Sunday premia can obtain a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights
194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the killing of a person (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to increasing levels...
- Consular Services Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the action his Department has taken to aid a person (details supplied) in the Philippines since the situation was discussed as a...
- Good Friday Agreement
196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland seeking the release of a person (details supplied) who has...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Dormant Accounts Fund Deposits
197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will arrange for the transfer to the dormant accounts fund of any monetary assets of dissolved companies held by his Department...
- Public Sector Pay
198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set down in tabular form the total public sector gross pay, net pay, Government income and the total public sector net pay as a...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set down the number and percentage of public servants whose performance-related pay was withheld as a result of not meeting targets...
- Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the semi-State companies which absorbed the private pension levy and the semi-State companies which have passed the cost of...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Post Office Network
201. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when full post office services will be restored to Ardagh, County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38111/16]
- Banking Sector
202. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the progress under the programme for Government on introducing a Sparkasse model for small and medium-sized enterprises...
- Regional Development Funding
203. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether any European funding is available for infrastructure projects in a bid to develop and create opportunities in disadvantaged...
- Ulster Canal Restoration Project
204. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Brexit will have any direct implications for the completion of the Ulster Canal project; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Health
- Abortion Legislation
205. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the consideration his Department has given to a ruling of the High Court in July 2016, which found that "unborn" means an unborn child with rights...
- Health Insurance Prices
206. To ask the Minister for Health whether a review has been undertaken into the rising cost of health insurance; if so, the details of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Provision
207. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can obtain a hearing aid on a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38206/16]
- Primary Medical Certificates
208. To ask the Minister for Health if the Revenue Commissioners will locate a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38244/16]
- Medicinal Products Prices
209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to provide a timeframe for a decision on price negotiations with the manufacturer of Kalydeco, Ivacaftor (details supplied); and if...
- Occupational Therapy
210. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the waiting list for occupational therapy services in County Wexford in view of the fact some persons are waiting over two years for essential...
- Audiology Services Provision
211. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be prioritised for a hearing appointment. [38086/16]
- Hospital Appointments Delays
212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting indefinitely for a hospital appointment; the length of time this waiting time...
- Medicinal Products Supply
213. To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) which makes Orthotics is available as a service provider via the long-term HSE scheme or medical card scheme; if it was ever...
- Medicinal Products Availability
214. To ask the Minister for Health the status of children with cystic fibrosis who are waiting for treatment with the drug Kalydeco; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38100/16]
- Medicinal Products Data
215. To ask the Minister for Health the details of any studies completed by the HSE prior to the decision to discontinue reimbursement support for eye supplements from 2017. [38102/16]
- Medicinal Products Supply
219. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to and his views on the current views of the clinical community of ophthalmologists on the use of eye supplements in treating...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
221. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any provision under the HSE's discretionary hardship arrangements for reimbursements to persons for any drugs or treatments for long-term illnesses...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
222. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are drugs available, or if there are any plans to make available, drugs for long-term illnesses such as arthritis, thyroid, or fibromyalgia on...
- Hospitals Data
223. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage breakdown in terms of public and private treatment in each hospital in each hospital group to date in 2016 in tabular form. [38119/16]
- Disability Services Provision
224. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); the reason this person's family were told that the person was next on the list for the National...
- Ambulance Service Data
225. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.211 of 26 May 2016 (details supplied), the number of ambulance call outs to north west Connemara in County Galway and the...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
226. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the clinical nutritional expert group on new applications for additions to the reimbursement list, particularly in relation to...
- Health Screening Programmes
227. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to put physiotherapy services and Schroth therapy in place including early school screenings for children with scoliosis. [38128/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
229. To ask the Minister for Health the status of waiting lists for cataract operations (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38133/16]
- Health Services
230. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to provide dialectical behaviour therapy in the Cork area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38142/16]
- Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
233. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Government and the HSE has decided not to grant access to the Orkambi drug which has proved to be a game changer in the lives of those cystic...
- General Practitioner Services Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding retirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38154/16]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
235. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Respreeza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38155/16]
- Mental Health Services Data
236. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers waiting for a child and adolescent mental health service appointment in each local health office area in tabular form; and the numbers waiting up...
- Speech and Language Therapy
237. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding employment opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38157/16]
- Medical Card Applications
239. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38209/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
240. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which waiting times can be reduced for elective procedures in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38212/16]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
241. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he continues to take to alleviate the problem of overcrowding at various general hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38213/16]
- Medical Card Administration
242. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to further streamline the medical card application process to ensure that children with disabilities are provided with the required support; and if...
- Primary Care Centres Data
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres currently fully staffed and operational; the extent to which evidence exists of the alleviation of overcrowding in hospital...
- Medical Card Data
245. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who currently hold a medical card; the number of such cards that have been withdrawn and-or updated in each of the past three years...
- Medicinal Products Prices
246. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place to encourage manufacturers of medicines to make their product available for sale to the health services at a manageable cost with...
- Hospice Services Provision
247. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which ongoing development plans for Naas General Hospital continue with particular reference to the next phase of the development; when the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
248. To ask the Minister for Health when free transport for young adults registered at St. Raphael's, County Kildare, and attending various educational outlets can be restored; and if he will...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
249. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that rural areas continue to be included by way of provision of local health centre primary care centre with particular reference to the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
250. To ask the Minister for Health when free transport will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38222/16]
- Respite Care Services Provision
253. To ask the Minister for Health when respite accommodation will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38225/16]
- Respite Care Services
254. To ask the Minister for Health if, and when, respite accommodation will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38226/16]
- Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
255. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will intervene to ensure the survival of the Kilbarrack coast community programme, which is a highly regarded drug rehabilitation project...
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
256. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) with a medical card can be charged for getting bloods taken. [38277/16]
- Medical Card Eligibility
257. To ask the Minister for Health if getting married would affect access to an existing medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
258. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of legal fees paid by his Department in respect of tribunals of inquiry established by the State and any resulting legal actions; if he will provide...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive their single farm payment for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Nitrates Action Programme Implementation
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding transitional agreements for pig and poultry farmers; and if he will make a...
- GLAS Applications
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers to date who have applied to join GLAS III, and in each respective tier, in tabular form; and if he will...
- GLAS Issues
262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views regarding tillage farmers and the criticism surrounding the min-till requirement, which is acting as deterrent from...
- Grocery Industry Regulation
263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that supermarkets and retail multiples do not repeat below-cost selling of vegetables in the run up...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the latest discussion at EU level regarding EU 2030 GHG emissions targets and the role of agriculture in contributing...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers under the areas of natural constraints scheme and basic payments scheme that have yellow card cases and...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress on introducing financial instruments under the Common Agriculture Policy; when will the ex ante evaluation will be...
- Milk Supply Data
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers who have applied to the EU voluntary milk reduction scheme, by county, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Food Wise 2025 Strategy
269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review Food Wise 2025 following the recent ESRI report, the Product and Sector Level Impact of a Hard Brexit across the...
- Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of legal fees paid by his Department in respect of tribunals of inquiry established by the State and any resulting legal...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Applications
271. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 11 October 2016 (details supplied), if a suitable source of funding is...
- Renewable Energy Projects
272. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38115/16]
- Renewable Energy Incentives
273. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current status of the renewable heat incentive and other relevant measures to support the sector; if purchases of a...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
274. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the latest progress in meeting the overall renewable targets by 2020 under Directive 2009/28/EC on renewable energy,...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
275. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the potential implications that the upcoming auction of the 3.6 GHz spectrum may have...
- Broadcasting Sector
276. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will contact the director general of RTE to obtain the play log for all RTE stations for the previous three months...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sports Capital Programme
277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the outstanding issues and requirements regarding the payment of a 2015 sports capital grant (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Rail Network
278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the rail network here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38117/16]
- Road Projects
279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding roadworks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38118/16]
- Road Projects Status
280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the construction of the Cork to Limerick motorway; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rail Network
281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is available for a culvert at a rail crossing (details supplied) in County Sligo; if he will identify possible sources of...
- Road Safety
282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department has taken to regulate the operation of automated cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38168/16]
- International Agreements
283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's position on the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38169/16]
- Road Safety
284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department has taken to address learner drivers who have repeatedly failed their practical driving test; and if he will...
- Driver Test
285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the 2014 Road Safety Authority review of the driver test; the steps that have been taken to implement same; and if he will...
- Road Projects Status
286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a road scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38230/16]
- Roads Maintenance
287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding complaints concerning road infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on...
- Road Projects Status
288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport #the status of a project (details supplied); the route being considered at present; the timeframe for this project; and if he will make a...
- Airport Development Projects
290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met or consulted with any potentially interested parties before commissioning a feasibility study into the possible third...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a low-cost credit fund will be extended to all SMEs as was announced for the agrifood sector in budget 2017; and if she will make a...
- Economic Competitiveness
292. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which she expects Ireland to attain a top-five ranking for global competitiveness, considering Irish rankings on the World...
- Brexit Issues
293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Government employment and export targets will be reviewed following the recent ESRI report, The Product and Sector Level Impact of...
- Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of legal fees paid by her Department in respect of tribunals of inquiry established by the State and any resulting legal...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Inter-Country Adoptions
295. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress of the accreditation process between Ireland and Kazakhstan for the purposes of adoption between the two countries; the...
- Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
296. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure that unaccompanied migrant children will be cared for when they arrive here; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure
297. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of legal fees paid by her Department in respect of tribunals of inquiry established by the State and any resulting legal...
