Written answers
Thursday, 28 June 2018
- Department of Health
- Hospital Services
11. To ask the Minister for Health if the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore will be designated as a trauma unit. [28297/18]
- National Dementia Strategy
13. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted a mapping project for dementia care needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28205/18]
- Disabilities Assessments
14. To ask the Minister for Health the reason almost half the number of applications for assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 that were overdue for completion at end of March 2018...
- Autism Support Services
15. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of autism services which took place in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28289/18]
- Hospital Services
16. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding his commitment to examine a number of proposals to improve cardiac care in the south east, including the deployment of a modular...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
17. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to reduce outpatient waiting times for ophthalmology consultations in Cork University Hospital in which 2,888 appointments are...
- Home Care Packages Funding
18. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a more flexible funding system to limit the delays being experienced by vulnerable older persons on waiting lists for home supports in view of the...
- HSE Correspondence
19. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to communications received by the Ombudsman for Children from HSE management in 2011 regarding the resources available and the...
- Hospital Groups
20. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place to enable the sharing of best practice between hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28313/18]
- Air Ambulance Service
21. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department tendered for the provision of air ambulance services. [27761/18]
- Abortion Services Provision
22. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which it will be ensured that women from Northern Ireland will have unfettered access to abortion services in County Donegal in view of its proximity...
- Health Services
23. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of healthcare for transgender persons wishing to avail of hormone treatment and surgery; if he will report on the...
- Mental Health Services Staff
24. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to bolster mental health services in County Waterford and the south east following the decision of three consultant paediatric...
- Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
25. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a performance measurement system to improve accountability across all sectors of local and regional drug task forces; and if he...
- Community Pharmacy Services
26. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to boost the role of community pharmacists in primary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28224/18]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
27. To ask the Minister for Health if the outpatient action plan will contain measures to help children waiting long periods for rheumatology appointments. [28319/18]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
28. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the two site visits conducted on the laboratories that conducted the cervical screening programme over the ten years of the programme to be...
- Dietician Service Provision
29. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of ketogenic diets for children with particular reference to availability in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
30. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives that will be taken to reduce long waiting times for an outpatient appointment in Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan; and if he will make a...
- Audiology Services Provision
32. To ask the Minister for Health if a full review of cases carried out by the audiologist that worked in counties Mayo and Roscommon for over a ten year period from the early 2000s will now be...
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
33. To ask the Minister for Health the processes in place for the recruitment of psychiatrists; the number of vacancies for consultant psychiatric posts; the number of same filled on a...
- Paediatric Services
34. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the chronic shortage of services for children such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy in...
- Home Care Packages Data
35. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home care packages in the north County Dublin LHO area. [28229/18]
- Ambulance Service Provision
36. To ask the Minister for Health if the level of ambulance provision in Dublin can be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28192/18]
- HIQA Reports
37. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken on foot of HIQA’s finding that the level of compliance with the health and safety and risk management outcome in disability...
- Home Help Service Provision
38. To ask the Minister for Health the reason CHO 8 was 51,000 home support hours behind target in the first quarter of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28226/18]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
39. To ask the Minister for Health when a cannabis for medicinal use access programme will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28316/18]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
40. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase orthopaedic capacity for patients in the north east in view of delays in persons accessing assessments and follow-up procedures; and if he...
- Mental Health Services
41. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a treatment purchase fund for mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28299/18]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
42. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the resignations of three consultant child and adolescent psychiatrists in the south east are least partly a result of the lack of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
43. To ask the Minister for Health the categories of patients now on various waiting lists throughout the country; if the most common causes for the accumulation of such waiting lists has been...
- Mobility Allowance Eligibility
44. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a mobility allowance or similar supports to those in receipt of disability allowance and other related payments. [26563/18]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
45. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to reduce outpatient waiting times for neurology consultations in Sligo University Hospital in which 263 appointments are...
- Hospital Services
46. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent investment will be provided for hospital services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28107/18]
- Home Help Service Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Health the reason CHO 1 was 61,000 home support hours behind target in the first quarter of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28188/18]
- Home Care Packages Provision
48. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the delays being experienced in the delivery of home care packages in the CHO 7 areas in counties Kildare and Wicklow; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Reports
49. To ask the Minister for Health when a Sláintecare implementation plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28312/18]
- Commencement of Legislation
50. To ask the Minister for Health when Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; the reason for the delay in their commencement; his plans to uphold the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
51. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to reduce waiting lists for gynaecological services at Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Overcrowding
52. To ask the Minister for Health his views on figures from an organisation (details supplied) which indicate that the number of patients on trolleys in St. Vincent's Hospital in May 2018 was...
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
53. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the long waiting times in the Dublin north west LHO area for children and adolescents needing an assessment for...
- Hospital Overcrowding
54. To ask the Minister for Health his views on figures from an organisation (details supplied) which indicate that the number of patients on trolleys in Naas Hospital in May 2018 was higher than...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
55. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to reduce outpatient waiting times for neurology consultations in Galway University Hospital in which 466 appointments are...
- Disabilities Assessments
56. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of new assessment of need procedures under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28317/18]
- Health Services Reform
57. To ask the Minister for Health if, in conjunction with the implementation of the Sláintecare report, a radical reorganisation of the HSE will be ensured (details supplied); and if he...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
58. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the ongoing wait list validation process which is being undertaken in the Children's Hospital Group; the steps that occur; the way in which a...
- Mental Health Services
59. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to bolster mental health services in County Wexford and the south east following the decision of three consultant paediatric...
- Health Products Regulatory Authority
60. To ask the Minister for Health if he has discussed the seizure of Mifepristone and Misoprostol with the Health Products Regulatory Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Expenditure
61. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of a supplementary budget he expects to need in 2018; his views on the reason the annual health budget is significantly underestimated in 2018; and...
- Disability Services Provision
62. To ask the Minister for Health when a hub or centre will be provided for a person (details supplied) and others to access adult disability services in Dunboyne, County Meath. [28174/18]
- Health Services Staff
63. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce new grades and professions into the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27790/18]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
64. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the continued requirement for children to travel to other European states to avail of medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Respite Care Services
65. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed establishment of the parental reference group aimed at addressing complex medical needs in children; if issues related to respite...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
66. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a recruitment and training programme in place to fill vacancies in services for children such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
67. To ask the Minister for Health his views on comments made by the Office of the Ombudsman for Children that it is disappointed with the lack of progress in relation to young persons struggling...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
68. To ask the Minister for Health if he will release or instruct the HSE to release the details requested by numerous members of Dáil Éireann in relation to each of the laboratories...
- Home Care Packages
70. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the number of elderly persons that can be cared for in their own homes through the provision of increased home care packages will be increased;...
- Hospitals Funding
71. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be forthcoming for a request for additional funding of €1.8 million from Letterkenny University Hospital to enable it to open an...
- Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
72. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether waiting lists for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychologists in County Meath are acceptable; if there is a...
- Ambulance Service
73. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the recently announced review of ambulance provision in south and west County Donegal will be carried out; the timeline for the review; and if...
- HSE Staff
74. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will have a new director general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28314/18]
- Mental Health Services Provision
75. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives being taken to improve psychiatric services in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28232/18]
- Hospital Overcrowding
76. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the measures to reduce overcrowding in emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28315/18]
- Disabilities Assessments
77. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve services for children awaiting appointments under assessment of needs and follow-up services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will...
- Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
78. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to an increase in funding for local drugs task forces in view of the increase in demand on such services and budget increases to...
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
79. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts vacant across the State; the vacant consultant posts by specialisation; the consultant posts filled by locum and or agency staff...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
80. To ask the Minister for Health the steps contained within the HSE waiting list action plans and initiatives for 2018 to reduce waiting lists for gynaecological services at Cork University...
- Suicide Prevention
81. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the increase in the suicides of young mothers in CHO 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28152/18]
- National Children's Hospital
82. To ask the Minister for Health the future plans for Crumlin children’s hospital once the new national children’s hospital is operational; if consideration has been given to...
- Food Marketing Programme
83. To ask the Minister for Health if he has discussed with the Ministers for Children and Youth Affairs and Communications, Climate Action and the Environment the issue of establishing a...
- Home Care Packages Data
84. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home care packages in the Dublin north west LHO area. [28322/18]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
85. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the increasing number of children and adolescents on CAMHS waiting lists in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mental Health Services
87. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to carry out an audit of the number of children that are being prescribed psychostimulant drugs in view of the interim report of the Oireachtas Joint...
- Direct Provision System
88. To ask the Minister for Health the physical and mental health supports which have been put in place for those in direct provision (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vaccination Programme
89. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he will take to insure there is sufficient capacity and resources to conduct the new HPV cervical screening testing here without outsourcing the...
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
90. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he has taken to address chronic recruitment issues in the CHO 1 region; his plans to revisit the centralised system of recruitment via the...
- Mental Health Services
91. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the over-reliance on medication in the absence of sufficient primary care resources across mental health services (details supplied) is in...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Funding
92. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the budget in the past five years in Vote 35 Army Pensions and Vote 36 Defence. [28428/18]
- Defence Forces Expenditure
93. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actual spend in the past five years in Vote 35 Army Pensions and Vote 36 Defence. [28429/18]
- Naval Service Data
94. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which a Naval Service vessel participating in Operation Sophia in the Mediterranean Sea transferred migrants and...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Brexit Issues
95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Brexit scenario planning that his Department officials are involved in; and the stage the preparations are at. [28543/18]
- Passport Applications
96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the correct procedure to be followed to obtain a passport for a child in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- EU Meetings
97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the recent EU Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28574/18]
- Department of Finance
- Betting Regulations
98. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the issue of possible increases in tax levels on the betting industry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28446/18]
- Brexit Issues
99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met with the Revenue Commissioners to discuss Brexit scenario planning since President Juncker's comments on same on 21 June 2018; and if he will...
- Stability Programme Data
100. To ask the Minister for Finance the effects of minimum compliance with the expenditure benchmark on the general government balance and structural balance respectively as a percentage of GDP...
- Fiscal Data
101. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the State’s borrowing if the net fiscal space under the expenditure benchmark, including the €0.5 billion earmarked annually for...
- Stability Programme Data
103. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected general deficit and the structural deficit in 2019 if the €900 million was spent as permitted solely under the expenditure benchmark and...
- Banking Sector
104. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on establishing a public banking model here along the lines of a Sparkasse model in Germany; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28611/18]
- Departmental Reports
105. To ask the Minister for Finance when his Department's report on corporation tax will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28612/18]
- Tax Data
106. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 21 June 2018, the annual cost of removing the income tax, including USC and PRSI, on dividend income and replacing...
- Tax Reliefs Data
107. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of expanding the CGT entrepreneurial relief to include individual external investors, such as angel investors and so on; and if he will...
- Tax Data
108. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost of expanding the SURE scheme to include persons that were previously self-employed before establishing a new company; and if he will...
- Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
109. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost of removing the 30% share ownership restriction for the EIIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28616/18]
- Tax Deduction Systems
111. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost of expanding the foreign earnings deduction to an extra country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28618/18]
- Tax Data
112. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost of removing the outsourcing restriction on the research and development tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Civil Service Staff Data
116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of information and communications technology specialists that have been hired in the Civil Service in County Mayo since July...
- Teachers' Remuneration
119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the issue of pay inequality for post-2010 entrants to the teaching profession will be resolved; if pay parity for primary school...
- Departmental Projects
120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to advance the project to create a pedestrian bridge and cycleway to connect the Phoenix Park to the War Memorial Gardens,...
- Office of Public Works Projects
121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when applications were last open for the OPW approved asbestos consultant list to sufficiently qualified companies; the reason there is...
- Expenditure Reviews
122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the mid-year expenditure report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28604/18]
- Public Procurement Contracts
123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public procurement rules surrounding public construction contracts; his views on whether small and medium sized construction...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation Provision
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) will be responded to as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed regarding class sizes at primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28418/18]
- State Examinations Commission
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the mileage rates for supervisors of State exams were reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28420/18]
- DEIS Eligibility
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the expansion of the DEIS programme as part of the school completion programme will be announced in view of the fact that it was due to be...
- Teachers' Remuneration
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the issue of pay inequality among teachers will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28447/18]
- School Accommodation Provision
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for additional accommodation; when a decision will issue in regard to the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce primary class sizes in 2019; the estimated cost of a reduction by 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 pupils per class, respectively; and if he...
- School Management
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fully restore middle management posts in primary schools; the estimated cost of a full restoration of posts in 2019; and if he will...
- School Staff
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department has failed to restore supply panels for primary schools in view of the importance of such panels in the past in...
- Capitation Grants
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase primary and secondary capitation grants in 2019 in view of the negative legacy of cuts in capitation since 2010 and the...
- Teachers' Remuneration
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the issue of pay inequality for post-2010 entrants to the teaching profession will be resolved; if pay parity for primary school principals...
- School Accommodation Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28469/18]
- Schools Building Projects Status
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the construction of the new boys and girls primary school in Monasterevin. [28481/18]
- DEIS Applications
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a fair appeals system for schools not admitted to the DEIS programme. [28482/18]
- Apprenticeship Data
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of females undertaking apprenticeships here. [28483/18]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of ASD units at both primary and post primary level in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Funding
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an SLE application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28504/18]
- Disabilities Assessments
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for conducting an assessment of need following an application being received; if there are variations between different parts of...
- Multidenominational Schools
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28520/18]
- DEIS Status
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS status will be awarded to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28525/18]
- Schools Building Projects Status
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when plans for a new school (details supplied) will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28526/18]
- Capitation Grants
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the capitation funding will be restored for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28529/18]
- School Therapy Services
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the Partnering for Change programme developed in Canada in 2013 and the benefits it has had for young persons...
- School Accommodation Provision
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a determination will be made in respect of an application for additional school accommodation made by a school (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to considerable delays processing visa applications at the New Delhi visa office; the reason...
- Garda Deployment
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the number of Garda in the Limerick city district; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28413/18]
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will request the INIS to engage with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28432/18]
- Ministerial Meetings
154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with a person (details supplied) in view of the delay in the case. [28450/18]
- Garda Data
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda sergeants in each of the Cork Garda divisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28462/18]
- Garda Stations
158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the opening hours of a Garda station (details supplied); his plans to increase the opening hours of the station; if there are...
- Prison Service Staff
159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 20 June 2018 in view of the fact that the statutory...
- Insurance Fraud
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to the set up an insurance fraud unit in An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Irish Prison Service
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of category A complaints received in 2017 and to date in 2018 that were upheld, not upheld, not proven, terminated...
- Prison Education Service
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 515 of 12 June 2018, the reason for the significant drop in the majority of prisons from...
- Garda Station Refurbishment
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Stepaside Garda station will open and will be providing a full 24 hour service; the number of full time gardaí and...
- Immigration Status
164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the consideration of an application pursuant to section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999 as amended and...
- Garda Investigations
167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are further developments arising from the assault of a person (details supplied); if the perpetrator has been...
- Immigration Policy
168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) that is requesting another person to join them here; and if he will...
- Immigration Status
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an update of stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Leave to Remain
170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the consideration of an application for permission to remain in the case of a person (details...
- Naturalisation Applications
171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Startup Funding
173. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the correct procedure to be followed by a start-up business to apply for financial assistance; the number of schemes operating that...
- Brexit Supports
174. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingency plans and strategies ready for deployment in the event of a no-deal Brexit for small and medium enterprises,...
- EU Directives
175. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she had discussions with the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding Ireland opting into the EU reception conditions directive...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Remit
176. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a proposal reported in the media (details supplied) that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has requested...
- Department of Health
- General Practitioner Services
177. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the depth of the manpower crisis that exists in general practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28531/18]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
178. To ask the Minister for Health if dementia will be added to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28412/18]
- Services for People with Disabilities
179. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of specific services to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and the reason for the ongoing delay in the delivery...
- Home Help Service Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for additional home help by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28417/18]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
181. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment sooner than 1 August 2018 will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28419/18]
- Commencement of Legislation
182. To ask the Minister for Health when sections 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced to allow registration of the non-biological parent's name on the...
- Counselling Services Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Health if contact can be made with a person (detail supplied) to facilitate a required counselling session; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28425/18]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
184. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the fair deal pricing mechanism will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28426/18]
- Hospital Appointments Delays
186. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [28467/18]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
187. To ask the Minister for Health if a nurse specialist for multiple sclerosis will be appointed in the Mid West hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28470/18]
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Health the location in which a person (details supplied) can access speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28472/18]
- Medical Card Applications
189. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28474/18]
- Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees that did not make the criteria in the first round of the Haddington Road regularisation process; and the number of that group whose...
- HSE Staff
192. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE human resources department conduct closed interviews for staff to be appointed in their post in the HSE SSWHG. [28477/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
193. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28486/18]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional CAMHS bed in tabular form. [28487/18]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
195. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional CAMHS team in tabular form. [28488/18]
- Mental Health Services Expenditure
196. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional crisis house in tabular form. [28489/18]
- Mental Health Services Staff
197. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional suicide crisis assessment nurse in tabular form. [28490/18]
- Mental Health Services Expenditure
199. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated average cost of recruiting a new consultant psychiatrist, including advertising and all related costs in tabular form. [28493/18]
- Mental Health Services
201. To ask the Minister for Health the community mental health services operating at seven day week schedules; the progress in developing this type of service model; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services Expenditure
202. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of establishing a dedicated advocacy service for mental health service users in tabular form. [28496/18]
- Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
203. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing a regulatory body for counsellors and therapy services in tabular form. [28497/18]
- Primary Care Centres Expenditure
204. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of ensuring that each primary care team has at least one mental health professional in tabular form. [28498/18]
- Mental Health Services Expenditure
205. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of providing a free counselling session at primary care. [28499/18]
- Mental Health Services Data
206. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of free counselling sessions in primary care in 2016 and to date in 2018, by CHO area; and the number that completed all eight...
- Mental Health Services Expenditure
207. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional mental health homeless service liaison nurse or an equivalent position in tabular form. [28501/18]
- Question Heading for question(s) 208
208. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of reopening the closed CAMHS bed at a centre (details supplied) in tabular form [28502/18]
- Mental Health Services Expenditure
209. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing a mental health nurse position in tabular form. [28503/18]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
210. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a nursing home support scheme appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28514/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
211. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28518/18]
- Services for People with Disabilities
212. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be examined; the reason for the delay in receiving an appointment; the status of the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
214. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28523/18]
- Health Services Provision
215. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions that have taken place with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to setting up a centre in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will...
- Hospital Appointments Status
216. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28527/18]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
217. To ask the Minister for Health if an officer (details supplied) is now in place; his plans to recruit additional staff to clear the backlog due to this position being vacant for a period of...
- Medical Card Administration
218. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of procedures for issuing medical cards to persons with cancer as per the programme for partnership Government has been conducted; and if so, the...
- Hospital Complaints Procedures
219. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been fully treated having been admitted to hospital four times in the past six weeks only to be discharged...
- Home Care Packages Data
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been approved and are waiting for home help services and home care packages in County Roscommon; and if he will make a...
- Respite Care Services Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Health the status of respite care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28580/18]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
222. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the National Treatment Purchase Fund can be utilised to alleviate waiting lists at various public hospitals; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
223. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which requests for specific medical and surgical procedures have dominated hospital waiting lists in the past two years; the procedures in place...
- Health Services Reports
224. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects the public hospital sector to respond to the challenges set out in the Sláintecare report; if he expects the necessary...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for hip replacements at various hospitals throughout the country; the longest period of time a person has been on this...
- Hospitals Building Programme
226. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of the next stage of development of Naas General Hospital with particular reference to upgrading the endoscopy services;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
227. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which a streamlined support service exists throughout the public hospital sector to ensure that consultants have an opportunity to carry out the...
- Mental Health Services Funding
228. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate and financial provision remains available to his Department to meet the requirements of the mental health services with particular...
- Nursing Staff Data
229. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which adequate numbers of nurses are likely to become available throughout the public health sector over the next three years; and if he will...
- Medicinal Products Supply
230. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which use of the single European market can be identified as a means of alleviating the impact of persons faced with the high cost of...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
231. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which staff shortages at various levels continue to be identified as a contributory factor causing delays for persons awaiting various...
- Primary Care Strategy
232. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which primary care in all regions, urban and rural, is likely to be reorganised in line with the increased demands and ready access to the...
- Health Services Staff
233. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is expected to ensure the retention of nursing, medical and consultant staff is sufficient to meet the demand nationwide; and if he will...
- Hospital Appointments Status
234. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28598/18]
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
235. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his attention was drawn to the use of private investigators to track hospital consultants pertaining to public and private work; if...
- Departmental Investigations
236. To ask the Minister for Health the oversight measures, contractual obligations and regulations in place in cases in which his Department hires a private investigator to investigate health...
- Disability Support Services Funding
237. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE national estates has discussed and made a determination in respect of an application for capital funding for a project proposal (details supplied)...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Issues
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the deadline of 1 July 2018 will be brought forward to allow farmers participating in GLAS to cut traditional hay meadows in the...
- GLAS Payments
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28466/18]
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of 2017 BPS recipients with payment entitlements with an initial unit value less than 90% of the BPS national average by...
- Commonage Management Plans
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonage farmers that have completed a commonage management plan by county in tabular form; the number of commonage...
- Brexit Issues
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency plans and strategies ready for deployment in the event of a no-deal Brexit in his Department for the agrifood and...
- Livestock Issues
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made changes to the operation of livestock bed and breakfast practice; if the option to apply for a certificate of...
- Dairy Sector
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to implement recommendations from the report People in Dairy Action Plan to address labour issues in the dairy sector....
- EU Budget Contribution
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of EU member states that are prepared to increase national contributions to the EU budget and MFF 2021-2027 in order to...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rail Network
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the design and planning of the proposed electrification of the Maynooth rail line; his plans for improvements in services...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a report on the agreed cost and safety recommendations on the N81 will be completed. [28505/18]
- Tourism Funding
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital funding available for tourism development in Ireland's Hidden Heartlands; the range of tourism projects eligible for grant...
- Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria used to decide the level of funding each individual application received in the 2017 sports capital programme; if all groups...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Legislative Programme
259. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the progression of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28510/18]
- HSE Properties
260. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children aged one or under buried at the HSE owned cemetery attached to a former home (details supplied); and if she will...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Local Improvement Scheme
262. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timeframe for the review of the national local improvement scheme; if the existing eligibility criteria will be amended to include...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Invalidity Pension Applications
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full cost of increasing the weekly State pension by €5 per week to build towards achieving the...
- State Pensions
269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full cost of reversing the changes introduced in 2012 to the State pension system by reducing the number of...
- Bereavement Grant
270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full cost of restoring the bereavement grant. [28438/18]
- Fuel Allowance Expenditure
271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full cost of restoring the fuel allowance to 32 weeks. [28439/18]
- Free Travel Scheme
272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full cost of increasing the funding for the free travel scheme by €5 million to make it more attractive...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28453/18]
- Carer's Benefit Payments
274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there are delays of up to 11 weeks for applications to be processed by the carer's benefit section (details...
- Social Insurance
275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a social insurance contribution review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been completed; and if...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance
278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will request the disability allowance section to complete a rate review requested in April 2017 in respect of a person...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if and when domiciliary care allowance payment will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- State Pensions Payments
280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will issue updated tax credit certificates to the Revenue Commissioners in respect of social welfare...
- Tús Programme
281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons that have completed their participation on a community employment scheme are not permitted to transfer...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Departmental Functions
282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a matter will be addressed regarding a conference (details supplied). [28422/18]
- Harbours and Piers Funding
283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be provided for Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to carry out the repairs necessary to Dún...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Turbary Rights
284. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the refusal of compensation for the turbary rights holders at a bog (details supplied) will be reviewed. [28409/18]
