Written answers
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
- Department of Health
- Departmental Reviews
14. To ask the Minister for Health the exact initial work that has taken place on the 2017 capacity review; the exact arrangements being put in place for the review to date; the timeline of the...
- Occupational Therapy
15. To ask the Minister for Health the reason more than 1,000 Cork children under 18 years of age were waiting more than a year for occupational therapy assessment in January 2017. [20780/17]
- Hospitals Patronage
16. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the ownership of hospitals by religious organisations; if he will review this situation, in view of the extensive public funding over decades of...
- Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
17. To ask the Minister for Health the reason behind the 40% increase in trolley numbers in Sligo University Hospital in March 2017 relative to March 2016. [20785/17]
- Services for People with Disabilities
18. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005; and the number of assessments that are overdue for each...
- Medicinal Products Availability
19. To ask the Minister for Health if asthma sufferers that have to cease medication during pregnancy can rejoin their medication programme without being penalised in any manner; and if he will...
- Hospitals Patronage
20. To ask the Minister for Health the assurances he can provide that the proposed agreement between the national maternity hospital and St. Vincent's Hospital will not restrict the provision of...
- Vaccination Programme
21. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the detail of the information held by his Department after November 2009 regarding the safety profile of the Pandemrix vaccine compared to...
- Hospital Services
22. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a dedicated obstetrics theatre at UHK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20448/17]
- Stroke Care
23. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund a properly resourced stroke register in addition to a rolling audit cycle incorporating acute, rehabilitation and community services every three...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
24. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to reduce the number of persons not presenting for outpatient appointments in the public health system; the annual cost of DNA's...
- Medical Conditions
26. To ask the Minister for Health his views on recent findings of the TILDA Wave report that the prevalence of untreated treatable conditions has not changed in four years. [20752/17]
- Hospital Services
27. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed new endoscopy unit at Naas hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20737/17]
- HSE Investigations
28. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary Question No. 91 of 8 March 2017, replied to by the HSE on 31 March 2017 (details supplied), the number of investigations into the care...
- Speech and Language Therapy
31. To ask the Minister for Health If he will examine delays in parents accessing speech and language therapy for their children in the Crumlin area of the HSE specifically in the case of a...
- Maternity Services
32. To ask the Minister for Health the reason detailed 20 week routine scans for pregnant women are not provided routinely and offered to all patients; his plans to extend this facility from the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
33. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the number of persons waiting over a year for their consultation in Mayo University Hospital has almost doubled in the year to March 2017 [20777/17]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
34. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken to address the significant shortfall in OT and SLT therapists to provide the inputs for children with disabilities outlined in the...
- Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation
35. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the rare disease register; the details of the progress made to date on implementing the rare disease plan; and if he will make...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
36. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the commitments he made in respect of reducing surgery waiting times for children suffering from scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on...
- HSE Staff
37. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the disability complaints section in the HSE is adequately staffed to deal with the complaints that are currently being received, in view...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
38. To ask the Minister for Health the action which will be taken to address the fact that more than 6,000 outpatient appointments are outstanding for more than 18 months in Cork hospitals as of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
40. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to see a real and substantial improvement in hospital waiting lists. [20743/17]
- Accident and Emergency Departments
41. To ask the Minister for Health the reason overcrowding in the emergency department in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise had doubled in March 2017 relative to March 2014. [20788/17]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date regarding the provision of three primary care centres in Dublin mid west (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Drugs Strategy Publication
43. To ask the Minister for Health the status of work on the new national drugs strategy; when the strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20456/17]
- Mental Health Services Data
45. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHTs operating across the State; the number of these which have a full complement of staff; the number of vacant positions; the length of time...
- Disability Support Services
47. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the proposed amendments to the review of the capital programme for disability and intellectual disability services in County Donegal; and if he...
- Respite Care Services Provision
48. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of respite care for families in County Donegal with children who have life-limiting conditions and high complex needs; and if he...
- General Practitioner Services Provision
49. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the worrying trend of a lack of general practitioners in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20450/17]
- Nursing Home Services
50. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes in Galway city and county with which the HSE west has entered into contracts for the provision of long-term and short-term nursing...
- Hospitals Building Programme
51. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allocate funding towards improvement and extension works at the emergency department at Cavan General Hospital in view of increased attendances...
- Hospitals Funding
52. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the existing cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford in order to increase the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
53. To ask the Minister for Health the reason as of the end of March 2017 more than 1,750 children were waiting more than a year for scheduled treatment in the three children's hospitals in...
- Mental Health Services Provision
54. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the delays parents of autistic children are experiencing in accessing child and adult mental health services over the past 12 months; the...
- Hospital Services
56. To ask the Minister for Health if, having met with various stakeholders and having had the opportunity to study the report and recommendations supplied by a person (details supplied) in...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
57. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the ongoing deterioration in waiting times at the three children’s hospitals in Dublin, with more than 10,000 waiting over a year for an...
- Addiction Treatment Services
58. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the delivery of a new recovery-based model for the treatment of dual diagnosis or mental health and addiction in the HSE's services; and...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
59. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 25 January 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that south Connemara has been without a physiotherapy...
- Medicinal Products
60. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce subsidised asthma medication in the absence of asthma being recognised on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Orthodontic Services Data
62. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 16 years of age in the Cavan-Monaghan LHO area waiting one to six months, seven to 12 months, 13 to 24 months, 25 to 48 months and...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
63. To ask the Minister for Health the number of properties the HSE has a lien on in terms of the fair deal scheme. [20199/17]
- Suicide Prevention
64. To ask the Minister for Health the status of both the national and local implementation plans on Connecting for Life. [20748/17]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
65. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a new health centre for Inisboffin, County Galway, in view of the unsuitability of the current accommodation and the delay to...
- Services for People with Disabilities
66. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the serious lack of services for children with complex and non-complex intellectual and physical disability needs in a special needs school...
- Occupational Therapy
68. To ask the Minister for Health the reason more than 900 children under 18 years of age in the Laois-Offaly LHO area were waiting more than a year for occupational therapy assessment in...
- Hospitals Expenditure
69. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to address the gap of €5.6 million between projected spending and expected income at Kerry University Hospital in 2017....
- Hospital Beds Data
70. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatry of old age beds specifically required nationwide under A Vision of Change, in view of demographic changes; the number now in place; and...
- Ambulance Service Accommodation
72. To ask the Minister for Health if he has contacted the HSE regarding Parliamentary Questions Nos. 414 of 7 February 2017 and 510 of 11 April 2017 regarding the ambulance service at the Merlin...
- Accident and Emergency Departments
75. To ask the Minister for Health the special steps or initiatives taken since November 2016 in response to the deteriorating overcrowding situation; the status of these initiatives or steps...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
77. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in opening the additional beds upstairs in the community hospitals in Kenmare and Dingle; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Respite Care Services Provision
78. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortage of respite beds for persons with disabilities in a service provider in Fingal; the way he will address the cuts...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
79. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the fair deal scheme with regard to its impact on farming families will be completed. [20746/17]
- Health Services Reports
80. To ask the Minister for Health if he and the HSE have satisfied themselves that the terms of reference for the assurance review conducted into a service (details supplied) was sufficient to...
- Health Promotion
81. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of mothers that breastfeed their babies; the action the HSE is taking to increase the level of breastfeeding; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
82. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries cancelled in each month to March 2017 inclusive; the number of persons whose elective surgery was cancelled or rescheduled more...
- Patient Deaths
84. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the failure of Portiuncula Hospital to inform the parents of a baby who died in the maternity unit there (details supplied) of either the existence...
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
85. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the ongoing difficulties in emergency departments in the south/south west hospital group. [20742/17]
- Medicinal Products Regulation
87. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE will undertake a comprehensive review of the use of the drug valproate by pregnant women here. [20745/17]
- National Stroke Programme Implementation
90. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that reductions in death and disability achieved under the national stroke programme may be compromised by the...
- Medicinal Products Availability
91. To ask the Minister for Health if Respreeza will be approved for persons with alpha-1 lung disorder. [20744/17]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
92. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of new primary care centres in Dublin Fingal. [20796/17]
- Citizens Assembly
93. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the degree to which he has noted the recent report of the Citizens' Assembly; his plans to respond to the recommendations following study by the...
- Respite Care Services
94. To ask the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself that the current levels of respite care and residential care provided by Wexford HSE disability services are adequate; if other...
- Hospital Groups
95. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the status of the Saolta group's urology strategy for the north west; to indicate when a consultant urologist will be appointed to Letterkenny...
- Hospitals Data
96. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE does not collect data on theatre use; if his attention has been further drawn to the number of hours...
- Occupational Therapy
97. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason for the significant regional disparities in referrals for occupational therapy first assessments for children under 18 years of age. [20749/17]
- Hospitals Funding
98. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the necessary funding for St Joseph's Community Hospital, Ramelton, and Lifford Community Hospital in County Donegal receive the funding...
- Dental Services
99. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to review legislation relating to dentists. [20774/17]
- Psychological Services
100. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the absence of a HSE psychology service in the catchment area of Oranmore, County Galway, whereby a person (details...
- National Children's Hospital
101. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the cost benefit analysis that has been performed by his Department for the national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement...
- Home Care Packages
102. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons under 65 years of age now account for one in every four strokes, yet home care packages are not...
- Air Ambulance Service Provision
103. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding the staffing difficulties that have meant transport of and transport timelines for priority 1 children called for heart and...
- Services for People with Disabilities
104. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason children are being sent to private assessment services, such as from a particular company (details supplied); the reason after this...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Employment Data
107. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons in employment in 2017. [21003/17]
- Income Data
109. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons earning the minimum wage or less in 2017. [21005/17]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Youth Diversion Projects
110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of establishing ten new Garda youth diversion projects; and the estimated full year cost of running these projects. [20995/17]
- Garda Compensation
111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a Garda compensation case (details supplied). [20899/17]
- Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015-2024; the cost of implementation to...
- Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application under the communities integration fund (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20933/17]
- Garda Promotions
114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure supervisory ranks are filled (details supplied); the positions vacant at present; when they are likely to be filled; and if...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application pursuant to section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 in the case of a person...
- Visa Applications
116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the hardship caused by the current limits placed on visas for persons visiting family members here (details...
- Garda Station Refurbishment
117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to build a new Garda station in Cootehill, County Cavan; her further plans for investment in this area; and if she will make a...
- Garda Station Closures
118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations which have been closed in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division in the past decade, in tabular form; the number of these...
- Citizenship Applications
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in processing citizenship for persons (details supplied). [21106/17]
- Garda Operations
120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the internal review within An Garda Síochána into the organisation's knowledge of a person's (details supplied)...
- Garda Strength
134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the crime and security branch; and the ranks of each. [21128/17]
- Garda Recruitment
135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider raising the age limit which is imposed on persons wishing to join An Garda Síochána whereby persons must be 18...
- Departmental Operations
136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of payments made by her Department or a public body under the aegis of her Department to a person (details supplied) in the past 36...
- Department of Finance
- Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
137. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of prosecutions which have arisen from the offences set out in section 12 of the Consumer Credit Act 1995 (details supplied); the names of the...
- NAMA Loans Sale
138. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the sales process engaged in by NAMA in respect of Project Shift; the reason the loans were not included in the Project Eagle loan sale;...
- Economic Policy
139. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has conducted a risk analysis of the potential impact to Ireland of reforms in the short, medium and long terms regarding the proposed US corporate tax...
- Tax Code
140. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to revise the favourable tax treatment, and in some cases exemptions, to taxes in the cases of retail estate investment trust Irish collective asset...
- Property Tax
141. To ask the Minister for Finance if the full local property tax for earlier years and to date in 2017 is paid for and by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- NAMA Property Sales
142. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 82 and 83 of 13 April 2017, the number of the 16 potential acquirers initially considered for the portfolio by the loan...
- Departmental Reports
146. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the implementation of the cost of insurance report recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21129/17]
- Central Bank of Ireland Reports
147. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the ongoing 2015 Central Bank review of tracker mortgage portfolios; when the final report of this review will be published; and if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
148. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of payments made by his Department or a public body under the aegis of his Department to a person (details supplied) in the past 36 months and to...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Reports
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the report to identify the supports and barriers to accessing higher education for lone parents as committed to in the programme for...
- School Accommodation
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for replacement accommodation by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction process for a school (details supplied); the response from the design team to date; and when his Department...
- School Textbooks Rental Scheme
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of primary schools and post-primary schools that operate a school books grant scheme; his plans to make the operation of this...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with a group (details supplied) in County Cork; if his Department has assessed the need for a new special primary ASD school in...
- Emergency Works Scheme Payments
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a grant for emergency repair to a prefab roof in a school (details supplied); when the school can expect to draw down the grant;...
- School Excellence Fund
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the new pilot projects for school clusters to test effective interventions and provide evidence for future resourcing, proposed...
- School Transport Eligibility
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons (details supplied) are unable to access the school transport scheme to attend a school. [20953/17]
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a leeway given to persons that apply for student grant applications that have disabilities when applying for education grants; and if...
- Child Abuse Reports
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the recommendations of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20963/17]
- Schools Building Projects Status
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence on a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20967/17]
- School Accommodation Provision
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress KWETB has made in securing accommodation for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that it is due to open in 2019;...
- Schools Building Projects Status
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the design team for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has submitted the stage 2b submission, including review arising from changes...
- Schools Building Projects
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a design team has been appointed for the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if so, the progress to date with...
- Schools Building Contractors
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the letter of acceptance has issued to the successful contractor for the Maynooth education campus; when contracts will be signed; when...
- School Management
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in receipt of substantial public money in the form of grants in the...
- Third Level Funding
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a document (details supplied); if he will examine alternatives to finance this sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views that there is an inconsistency in his Department's aversion to using school level data on education achievement or outcomes in addition...
- Education Data
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the scores applied to DEIS schools in the recent review based on the individual needs of each school; the score applied to each DEIS school in...
- Teachers' Remuneration
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe to end the pay inequality that teachers endure in view of the fact that it has now been six years of discrimination. [21061/17]
- Departmental Expenditure
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of payments made by his Department or a public body under the aegis of his Department to a person (details supplied) in the past 36...
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing
175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details on the rolling out of a new affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme
176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rights a person has in purchasing back a house under the mortgage to rent scheme (details supplied); and if he...
- Fire Stations Provision
177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of plans and the timeline for the delivery of a fire station (details supplied); if there are other...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when it is proposed to roll out the successor to the SICAP programme; his plans to have new tenders for the...
- Legislative Programme
179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to commence section 28(1) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies...
- Local Authority Housing
181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the proposed timescale for the consultation, design, tendering, planning and construction of a proposed major...
- Housing Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for introducing an affordable rental scheme rather than an affordable housing scheme; and if he will make...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20884/17]
- Free Travel Scheme Data
184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 23 March 2017, the number of journeys the €80 million allocation for the free travel pass...
- Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a partial capacity payment by a person (details supplied) in County Cork can be expedited. [20920/17]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a domiciliary allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Child Benefit Eligibility
188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on extending the cut-off for entitlement to children's allowance to allow children who turn 18 years of age who are still in secondary...
- Free Travel Scheme
189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection whether a person who holds a companion pass for a child with a disability can be issued with another companion pass to assist with other children...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20988/17]
- Departmental Schemes
192. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on schemes (details supplied) in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21002/17]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for and granted a domiciliary care allowance. [21011/17]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for and granted a carer's allowance. [21012/17]
- Disability Allowance Data
195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a disability allowance that are blind or have serious sight loss, that are deaf or blind and that have blindness...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a one parent family overpayment occurred for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the person informed his Department...
- Poverty Data
197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has conducted an analysis of the reason the latest Survey on Income and Living Conditions, SILC, figures show an increase in...
- Social Welfare Fraud Data
198. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expenditure on the campaign 'Welfare Cheats Cheat Us All' launched by his Department, including the expenditure on advertising, including...
- Social Welfare Benefits
202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the proposal that income received by social welfare recipients from the rent-a-room scheme should be disregarded in view of the...
- Social Welfare Offices
203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will give consideration to a request from a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21105/17]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21135/17]
- Departmental Expenditure
205. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of payments made by his Department, or a public body under the aegis of his Department, to a person (details supplied) in the past 36...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights
206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent atrocities inflicted on gay men in Chechnya as outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Human Rights Cases
207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent developments concerning a person (details supplied) who has been detained by Bahraini authorities...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Relief Schemes Status
208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of planned flood relief works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20935/17]
- Garda Stations
209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the completion date for construction works at the new Bailieborough Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20940/17]
- National Monuments
210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the Phase 2 restoration works to Maynooth Castle, County Kildare, which included the provision of a roof on the keep...
- Departmental Expenditure
211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of payments made by his Department, or a public body under the aegis of his Department, to a person (details supplied) in...
- Flood Relief Schemes Status
213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay in the Office of Public Works, OPW, formally approving the lower Morrell river flood relief scheme and the...
- Departmental Funding
214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional funding that will be made available to the Health Service Executive, HSE, for section 39 organisations' pay restoration...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the criteria and the processes which will be applied to proposed capital projects for inclusion in the Government's capital investment...
- Lobbying Reform
216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of submissions received as part of the consultation process on the legislative review of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015;...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge
220. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é go praiticiúil atá beartaithe aici a dhéanamh chun dul i ngleic leis na scéalta tubaisteacha go bhfuil...
- Department of Health
- Maternity Services
223. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost per child of introducing a baby box scheme similar to that operating in Scotland. [20998/17]
- Hospital Staff Data
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number and grades of all vacancies at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20889/17]
- Voluntary Sector Data
226. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of the HSE regarding zero-hour contracts and if-and-when contracts of employment for section 39 Health Act 2004 organisations; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services Funding
228. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to an organisation (details supplied) the annual amount of funding given to the organisation for each of the past five years to 2016 and to date in...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
229. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish the recommendations of the interdepartmental working group on the fair deal scheme; if he will introduce changes to the scheme to provide...
- Hospital Services
231. To ask the Minister for Health if full five day nursing led care is available at a hospital (details supplied); if not, his plans to reinstate this service; and if he will make a statement...
- Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for a multi million euro development proposed for a hospital (details supplied) in Roscommon town; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Equipment
233. To ask the Minister for Health the operational status of the DXA scanner at University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20921/17]
- Health Services Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not responded to a query raised in Parliamentary Question No. 584 of 11 April 2017. [20936/17]
- Dental Services Provision
235. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an emergency dental appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20959/17]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
237. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned €16 million new build at St. Patrick’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon; when work on the planned public private...
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
238. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to locate a stabilisation type unit at Roscommon County Hospital in the absence of a 24-hour accident and emergency department; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
239. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding that will be made available to the HSE for section 39 organisations' pay restoration in view of the fact that pay cuts were imposed...
- Health Services Data
240. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of negotiations between the State and an organisation (details supplied) during the transfer of St. Vincent’s Hospital from St....
- Hospital Appointments Status
241. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [20993/17]
- Health Services
242. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied). [20999/17]
- Drugs Payment Scheme
243. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the NCPE to review its decision to reject, for the purpose of reimbursement, the combined drugs (details supplied) in view of the data...
- Legal Proceedings
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal actions alleging misdiagnosis currently being taken against the HSE western division; the way in which cases are recorded in data; if such...
- Hospitals Data
245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with cardiac conditions in the south east region that were treated in hospitals in counties Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Wexford, Kilkenny...
- Health Screening Programmes
248. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21026/17]
- National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure
249. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 245 to 250, inclusive, of 6 April 2017, the details of the resources that would be needed for service roll out of the...
- Misuse of Drugs
254. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question number 55 of 1 February 2017, if his Department has invoked the urgency procedure to shorten the notification period in...
- Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
255. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the work of a centre (details supplied) in providing aftercare treatment for persons with addiction; his plans to assist the centre in view of the...
- Vaccination Programme
256. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the severe symptoms suffered by more than 100 girls that received the HPV vaccine; if he will meet the group representing these girls; and the...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
258. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule a second appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [21059/17]
- Services for People with Disabilities
259. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an assessment of needs for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21074/17]
- Health Services Provision
260. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which deficiencies in the delivery of the health service have been identified in specific areas; if specific deficiencies have been identified as...
- Medicinal Products Prices
261. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department has access to information regarding the cost to persons of drugs across the European Union with a view to ensuring equal...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
263. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on waiting lists for all orthopaedic and cardiac procedures; if the factors contributing to the waiting lists have been...
- Nursing Home Beds Data
264. To ask the Minister for Health the number of step-down or nursing home standard beds currently available throughout the public and private sectors; the degree to which augmentation is...
- General Practitioner Contracts
265. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new general practitioner contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21087/17]
- Health Services
266. To ask the Minister for Health his preferred options for the respective roles of the public and private sectors in the delivery of health services throughout the country in the future; and...
- Health Services Provision
267. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure early access to assessment for persons with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21089/17]
- Mental Health Services Provision
268. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to quality services for persons with mental health problems comparable to best international practice; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Administration
269. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards currently in circulation; the extent to which numbers have fluctuated in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
271. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to alleviate the problem of overcrowding at general hospitals throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
272. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be provided to the maxillofacial department in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8 in order to allow persons (details supplied) to be...
- Hospital Appointments Status
273. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in the maxillofacial department in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8. [21099/17]
- Medical Card Eligibility
274. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether income from the rent-a-room scheme should be included in the calculation of means for medical cards in view of the fact that this scheme...
- National Maternity Hospital
275. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify comments made in respect of the Government retaining a golden share in the new national maternity hospital in view of the 2010 European...
- Hospital Facilities
276. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider issuing guidelines to Naas Hospital to provide free parking for persons undergoing cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products Availability
277. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate with the relevant HSE officials and a hospital (details supplied) if a drug can be made available publicly to a person (details...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Horse Racing Industry
278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact there is no unannounced out-of-competition drug testing of horses and that at least three days' notice must be...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of 2015 and 2016 payments under the basic payment scheme for a person (details supplied). [20902/17]
- TAMS Payments
280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing TAMS payments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20929/17]
- Departmental Bodies Properties
281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current usage of a building (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20930/17]
- Livestock Issues
282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for livestock cattle dealer numbers his Department has received by county in each of the years 2009 to...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an outstanding farm payment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
- Teagasc Courses
284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the centres at which green cert courses will be delivered in 2017 in the Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal region; and if he will make a...
- GLAS Payments
285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20962/17]
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Question No. 590 of 4 April 2017, the status of payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Aquaculture Licence Applications
288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of aquaculture licences for oyster harvesting in an area (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Fisheries Protection
289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the fishing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21027/17]
- Farm Inspections
290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and type of farm inspections, cross-compliance and so on carried out in 2015 and 2016; the number of breaches found; the...
- Nitrates Usage
292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the concerns raised by persons (details supplied) in view of a proposed ban on splash plates; and if he will make...
- Aquaculture Licence Applications
293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a BIM application for a farm (details supplied). [21132/17]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
294. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government cén fáth nach bhfuil leagan Gaeilge den Phlean Náisiúnta um Maolú ar fáil; an ndeimhneoidh...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
295. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way in which he envisages the broadband intervention map of the national broadband plan impacting rural Internet...
- Cyber Security Policy
296. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of establishing a digital safety officer inclusive of a required staff team; and the estimated full year cost of...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
297. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) concerning revisions to the wind energy guidelines; if...
- Departmental Expenditure
298. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of payments made by his Department or a public body under the aegis of his Department to a person (details...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Brexit Issues
299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in his discussions at European Union level in relation to Brexit, he will emphasise the urgent need to provide major financial...
- Sports Capital Programme
300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will inform persons that applied for the sports capital grant programme 2017 if their applications have been successful; and if...
- Free Travel Scheme
301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has requested the Minister for Social Protection for a specific level of increased funding for the free travel scheme; and if he...
- Public Service Obligation Data
302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of Public Service Obligation, PSO, funding allocated by the National Transport Authority, NTA to each of the three CIÉ...
- Rural Transport Programme Data
303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons that have made use of the rural transport programme each year since 2011. [20909/17]
- Road Network
306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local authorities pay for the upkeep and maintenance of local and regional roads; and if so, if this funding is separate from the...
- Tourism Funding
310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding provided by his Department to Tourism Ireland in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [20916/17]
- Road Safety
312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of accidents which took place on the M8 motorway south of Cahir town, County Tipperary caused by aquaplaning; and the extent...
- Taxi Licences
313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the sale of taxi licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20957/17]
- Road Projects
314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the necessity to construct a new vehicular bridge over the River Liffey in Celbridge, County Kildare;...
- Driver Test
315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide this Deputy a copy of the reply; and if he will make a...
- Vehicle Clamping
316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which he will commence with the regulation of clamping vehicles which is provided for in the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 in...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Enterprise Support Schemes
317. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of the enterprise stabilisation fund in each of the years 2009 to 2011; the amount repaid to date; the amount outstanding;...
- Brexit Issues
320. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce a fund similar to the enterprise stabilisation fund to assist businesses affected by Brexit; and if she will...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
321. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of payments made by her Department or a public body under the aegis of her Department to a person (details supplied) in...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Family Resource Centres
322. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of establishing ten new family resource centres; and the estimated full year cost of running these centres. [20996/17]
- Aftercare Services
323. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full year cost of employing an aftercare worker. [20997/17]
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
324. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of payments made by her Department or a public body under the aegis of her Department to a person (details supplied) in the...
- Department of Defence
- Air Corps
325. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) appointed to investigate protective disclosures into health and safety issues at Casement Aerodrome is empowered...
- Naval Service Staff
329. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service personnel serving in humanitarian missions in the Mediterranean who have availed of the Defence Forces' counselling...
- Defence Forces Personnel
330. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the policy regarding military personnel availing of Defence Forces counselling; if this information is disclosed to their superior officer; and...
- Defence Forces Reserve
331. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons who have left the Reserve Defence Forces on an annual basis since 2010, in tabular form. [21015/17]
- Defence Forces Training
332. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the training courses currently available for enlisted personnel wishing to learn a trade while serving in the military. [21016/17]
- Defence Forces Strength
333. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the criteria for calculating the minimum number of Defence Forces personnel serving in the three branches; if it is calculated on a pro rata...
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
334. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel that are due to retire from the services by the end of 2017. [21018/17]
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
335. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of payments made by his Department or a public body under the aegis of his Department to a person (details supplied) in the past 36...
