Parliamentary questions

Flooding Data

Eugene Murphy

254. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the establishment and operation of the national flood forecasting and warning service unit; the number of staff employed in the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34233/17]

Flooding Data

Eugene Murphy

255. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings held by the River Shannon co-ordination group in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34234/17]

Flooding Data

Eugene Murphy

256. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount put aside for the pilot scheme of individual home protection measures; the amount of money drawn down; the timeframe for a decision on the future of the pilot scheme's national roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34235/17]

Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme

Eugene Murphy

257. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the minor works flood scheme review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34236/17]

Flooding Data

Eugene Murphy

258. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Office of Public Works' work on the legal obligations of landowners with riparian rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34239/17]

Humanitarian Assistance Scheme

Eugene Murphy

1200. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money paid out under the humanitarian assistance scheme per annum in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34237/17]

Humanitarian Assistance Scheme

Eugene Murphy

1201. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting times for payment under the humanitarian assistance scheme in 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34238/17]

Garda Data

Eugene Murphy

41. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in counties Longford and Roscommon as of 30 June 2017; and the number of new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [32879/17]

Citizenship Status

Eugene Murphy

131. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans in respect of advising UK citizens living here about their citizenship status once the Brexit negotiations are complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32053/17]

Citizenship Applications

Eugene Murphy

132. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to waiver the application fee for citizenship applications in relation to UK citizens married to Irish citizens that are residing here for longer than five years. [32054/17]

Immigration Controls

Eugene Murphy

290. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the personal belongings of a person (details supplied) would be held by the National Immigration Bureau six months after a court case was resolved regarding immigration matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30010/17]

Health Services Provision

Eugene Murphy

415. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a physiotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact this person has waited three years to attend a consultant; the reason there is now a further delay to attend a physiotherapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30109/17]

Health Services Provision

Eugene Murphy

416. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list to attend a physiotherapist in counties Roscommon and Galway, including Galway city, in 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number of persons who have been waiting for six months, 12 months and 18 months or more, respectively, for a physiotherapy appointment in both counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30110/17]

TAMS Payments

Eugene Murphy

455. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) who has been approved for TAMS and has complied with all additional requests for information and documentation has still not received payment; when the TAMS payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30120/17]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Eugene Murphy

62. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the further length of time it will take to appoint a paediatric diabetes consultant at University College Hospital Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27731/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Eugene Murphy

82. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a paediatric diabetes consultant or paediatric diabetes endocrinologist at University College Hospital Galway in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27732/17]

Teacher Recruitment

Eugene Murphy

520. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will be given to the appointment of a fourth classroom teacher at a school (details supplied) for September 2017 in view of the fact that this is a DEIS school and enrolment figures are on the increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27682/17]

DEIS Status

Eugene Murphy

660. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision not to award DEIS status to a school (details supplied) can be reversed. [28832/17]

DEIS Status

Eugene Murphy

661. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the appeals process that is in place for a school that has not been awarded DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28833/17]

Departmental Funding

Eugene Murphy

908. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will increase the core funding available to an organisation (details supplied) under the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks, in view of the scope and range of services currently provided by the organisation on a very modest budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28884/17]

Departmental Funding

Eugene Murphy

911. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the core funding available to a group (details supplied) under the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks in view of the scope and range of services provided by the group on a very modest budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29174/17]

Hospitals Data

Eugene Murphy

1193. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures carried out at the new endoscopy unit at Roscommon county hospital since it was established in June 2016 to date in 2017, by month, in tabular form; the average length of stay for a person; the number of staff currently employed at the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27239/17]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Eugene Murphy

1264. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) with a speech and language therapist; the reason for the delays in securing a speech and language therapy appointment in Boyle, County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27665/17]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Eugene Murphy

1265. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list to see a speech and language therapist in counties Roscommon and Galway in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27666/17]

Medicinal Products Supply

Eugene Murphy

1557. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for the Respreeza drug for persons suffering with emphysema or alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28919/17]

Home Help Service Provision

Eugene Murphy

1558. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if additional home help hours can be provided for a person (details supplied) who is visually impaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28920/17]

Home Help Service Provision

Eugene Murphy

1559. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to allocate additional home help hours to a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of one hour per week. [28921/17]

Disease Management

Eugene Murphy

1560. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take regarding the lack of adequate testing for the diagnosis of Lyme disease in view of the fact that many persons are forced to travel abroad to receive a diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28923/17]

GLAS Payments

Eugene Murphy

1695. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate the situation in which GLAS payments are not being processed or payments made due to the functionality required to process a payment that differs from the previous years payment is not in place on the information technology system that processes the payments for GLAS and his Department cannot give a timeframe as to when this situation will be resolved in order that payments that are now outstanding for some months can be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28482/17]

GLAS Payments

Eugene Murphy

1696. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate a GLAS payment to a person (details supplied) that is held up due to the information technology system not having the functionality required to process the payment that is overdue due to the fact there is a linear reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28483/17]

Family Resource Centres

Eugene Murphy

1968. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the proposed Tusla family resource centre for Castlerea, County Roscommon; the timeframe for when the centre will open; the location of the new centre; the way the centre will be funded; the proposed number of staff involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28882/17]

Departmental Funding

Eugene Murphy

1969. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider allocating funding for counselling to an organisation (details supplied) on an interim basis in view of the fact that a centre (details supplied) has closed and there is no timeframe for when a planned Tusla family resource centre will open in the town and there is currently a void in services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28883/17]

Counselling Services Provision

Eugene Murphy

1970. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the status of a free youth counselling service operated by an organisation (details supplied); the amount of funding allocated to the service from 2011 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; if there is a risk of closure of the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28913/17]

Teachers' Remuneration

Eugene Murphy

128. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the Government's timeframe to end the pay inequality for teachers in view of the impending publication of the Public Service Pay Commission report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26108/17]

Respite Care Services Provision

Eugene Murphy

478. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide weekend respite to a person (details supplied) on a weekly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25767/17]

Respite Care Services

Eugene Murphy

479. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list to date in 2017 to avail of respite services operated by a charity (details supplied) in the north east County Galway area; the number of weekend respite places available in its facilities in the north east County Galway area on a monthly basis in 2017; the criteria and catchment area used to determine the way in which weekend respite places are allocated by the charity in the north east County Galway area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25768/17]

Renewable Energy Generation Targets

Eugene Murphy

249. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to ensure that Ireland will meet its commitments to provide 40% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25259/17]

Alternative Energy Projects

Eugene Murphy

250. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason no coherent Government strategy or guidelines on the development of solar energy farms have been provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25260/17]

Dental Services Waiting Lists

Eugene Murphy

461. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the non-emergency waiting list for dental services in Roscommon County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24203/17]

Dental Services

Eugene Murphy

462. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of a HSE dentist in the area of south Roscommon; and when the position will be filled. [24204/17]

Mental Health Services

Eugene Murphy

518. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the regulations, policies and procedures for allocated exercise time or outside recreational time for persons who are admitted to County Roscommon psychiatric services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24530/17]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

Eugene Murphy

565. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of time the permanent post of a district superintendent has been vacant in both the ERAD and single farm payment section of his Department; the date both district superintendent posts were vacated; the reason they were only filled on a temporary basis; the length of time the posts have been filled on a temporary basis; his plans to fill both posts on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24615/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Eugene Murphy

566. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff employed in the County Roscommon district office of his Department by staffing levels and grades in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [24616/17]

Irish Water Data

Eugene Murphy

141. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue collected by Irish Water for commercial rates in 2016, in counties Roscommon, Galway, Leitrim, Longford and Westmeath, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23660/17]

Irish Water Data

Eugene Murphy

142. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue collected by Irish Water for new connections in 2016 in counties Roscommon, Galway, Leitrim, Longford and Westmeath, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23661/17]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data

Eugene Murphy

244. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under AEOS; the number of approvals issued; the payment claims lodged and the number of cases approved for payment by county in 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number of persons who have been approved for AEOS who have yet to receive payment in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23674/17]

TAMS Data

Eugene Murphy

252. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under TAMS 2; the approvals issued for this; the payments claims lodged and the number of cases approved for payment in 2016 and to date in 2017, by county, in tabular form; the number of persons who have been approved for TAMS 2 who have yet to receive payment in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23477/17]

Job Creation

Eugene Murphy

74. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to create new jobs in County Roscommon. [22660/17]

Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Data

Eugene Murphy

125. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the revenue generated by Roscommon, Galway, Westmeath, Leitrim, Longford and Sligo county councils in relation to the non-principal private residence charge for each of the years 2009 to 2013, in tabular form; the overall amounts still outstanding; the compliance rates for each of the years 2009 to 2013 in each respective local authority, in tabular form; his views on whether this was a cost-effective exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22483/17]

Schools Property

Eugene Murphy

190. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the release of the lease for the sale of a school (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21594/17]

School Enrolments

Eugene Murphy

192. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider a three year deferral on the decision not to allow enrolment for first year students in a school (details supplied) by the GRETB in order to allow for the proposed increase in numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21672/17]

Home Care Packages

Eugene Murphy

428. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide additional home care hours for a person (details supplied). [21599/17]

Garda Deployment

Eugene Murphy

75. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the post of community Garda for the Taughmaconnell area of County Roscommon will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21320/17]

Hospital Services

Eugene Murphy

231. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked 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 on the matter. [20900/17]

Nursing Home Accommodation Provision

Eugene Murphy

232. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked 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 matter. [20901/17]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Eugene Murphy

237. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked 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 partnership will commence; the timeframe for the completion of works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20981/17]

Emergency Services Provision

Eugene Murphy

238. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked 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 statement on the matter. [20982/17]

School Transport Provision

Eugene Murphy

293. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports he will put in place for persons who are facing losing their school transport due to lack of numbers in a school availing of the bus transport scheme in that area; his plans to lower the numbers required in order that rural schools do not lose more students due to the lack of transportation to their school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20243/17]

Heritage Sites

Eugene Murphy

747. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of the application for UNESCO World Heritage Site status for the ancient royal sites in Rathcroghan, County Roscommon; when the decision will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20195/17]

Sports Capital Programme Administration

Eugene Murphy

1383. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital programme grants for 2017 will be announced. [20587/17]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Eugene Murphy

1418. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times the IDA has visited County Roscommon in the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20189/17]

Company Closures

Eugene Murphy

1419. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps that were taken to try to avert the closure of a factory (details supplied) in Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon; and when she was informed of the impending closure. [20192/17]

Job Creation Data

Eugene Murphy

1420. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by companies supported by Enterprise Ireland and the Industrial Development Authority between 2015 and to date in 2017, by county, in tabular form. [20193/17]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Eugene Murphy

1421. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of all foreign direct investment secured through State agencies in 2014, 2015 and 2016 by county, in tabular form; the name, location and financing details of foreign direct investment secured in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20194/17]

Passport Services

Eugene Murphy

225. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider Roscommon town as a potential location for a new passport office to serve the west and midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18608/17]

Health Services

Eugene Murphy

225. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the detail of the incident which led to the death of a person (details supplied) in the psychiatric unit of Roscommon University Hospital in June 2013. [17174/17]

Dental Services Provision

Eugene Murphy

227. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if there are dental services available in the south Roscommon area; if not, the reason there are no services available; and the expected timeframe as to when there will be a dentist appointed to the post. [17179/17]

Mortgage Resolution Processes

Eugene Murphy

199. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16393/17]

Humanitarian Assistance Scheme

Eugene Murphy

363. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money paid out under the humanitarian assistance scheme per annum from 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16530/17]

Humanitarian Assistance Scheme

Eugene Murphy

364. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting times for payment under the humanitarian assistance scheme in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16531/17]

Flood Relief Schemes

Eugene Murphy

411. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of proposals for a voluntary home relocation scheme for domestic dwellings affected by flooding and unable to receive insurance cover or adequate remedial works; the number of homes due to be covered by the scheme; the amount due to be allocated; the timeframe of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16522/17]

Flood Relief Schemes

Eugene Murphy

412. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a voluntary farm building relocation scheme due to flooding issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16523/17]

Flood Relief Schemes

Eugene Murphy

413. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the trial on lowering water levels in Lough Allen undertaken by the Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group; if there are legal or statutory impediments to such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16524/17]

Flood Relief Schemes

Eugene Murphy

414. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings held by the interdepartmental flood policy co-ordination group in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16525/17]

Flood Relief Schemes

Eugene Murphy

415. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the establishment and operation of the national flood forecasting and warning service unit; the number of staff employed in the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16526/17]

Flood Relief Schemes

Eugene Murphy

416. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings held by the River Shannon co-ordination group in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16527/17]

Flood Relief Schemes

Eugene Murphy

417. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding put aside for the pilot scheme of individual home protection measures; the amount of money drawn down; the timeframe for a decision on the future of the pilot scheme's national roll out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16528/17]

Flood Relief Schemes

Eugene Murphy

418. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the minor works flood scheme review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16529/17]

Flood Relief Schemes

Eugene Murphy

419. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Office of Public Works' work on riparian rights and landowners' legal obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16532/17]

Hospital Staff Data

Eugene Murphy

546. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeons currently based at University College Hospital Galway; if there are current vacancies, when the orthopaedic surgery posts became vacant; when these positions will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16610/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Eugene Murphy

547. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for pain management injections at University Hospital Galway's orthopaedic department. [16611/17]

Hospital Services

Eugene Murphy

548. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the administration of pain management injections is currently available at University College Hospital Galway; if not, the expected timeframe for this service to become available; and if there are other options for persons experiencing extreme pain in the interim [16612/17]

Garda Station Closures

Eugene Murphy

57. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Tarmonbarry Garda station on the national primary route N5 along the River Shannon and on the border of counties Longford and Roscommon can be included as one of the six Garda stations to be reopened as promised in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15537/17]

Cancer Services Funding

Eugene Murphy

161. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 648 of 7 March 2017, if he will source some level of State funding towards the remuneration of a centre manager and full-time office administrator for a cancer support centre (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the fact that over 140 persons a week use the centre and a range of vital therapies and support is provided on an entirely voluntary basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14774/17]

Cancer Services Funding

Eugene Murphy

162. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 649 of 7 March 2017, the reason a cancer support centre (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive funding under the national lottery grant scheme despite the fact that a full-time service is run on an entirely voluntary basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14775/17]

Renewable Energy Projects

Eugene Murphy

35. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will investigate the possibility of Coillte transferring a single wind turbine in a location (details supplied) to local community ownership which could provide free electricity for residents in a five to ten mile radius of the wind farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13289/17]

Commercial Rates Calculations

Eugene Murphy

94. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the method of calculation new wind farm developments are subject to in order to calculate the rateable valuation of the development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13036/17]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision

Eugene Murphy

97. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the installation of CCTV cameras on the bridges over the River Shannon at Termonbarry, Roosky, Ballyleague and Lanesborough in counties Roscommon and Longford to help combat criminal gangs using these routes. [12784/17]

Social Welfare Offices

Eugene Murphy

477. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff on temporary contracts in the social welfare offices in Carrick-on-Shannon for each of the years 2013 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the reason staff have been left on long term temporary contracts which resulted in no vacancies in County Leitrim under the recent recruitment of permanent clerical officers for the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13498/17]

Waste Disposal Charges

Eugene Murphy

1140. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are any plans in place to bring in a waste disposal relief scheme for those families and carers that look after young persons and adults that need to use incontinence pads and adult nappies on a long-term basis, to help relieve the added financial burden that the disposal of these items will take on them once the pay by weight disposal scheme comes on line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8831/17]

Forestry Management

Eugene Murphy

41. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current percentage of planted forestry land in counties Roscommon, Leitrim and Galway for 2016 and 2017 to date, in tabular form; if local authorities will be given the power to veto further planting in areas when the projected target of 17% is achieved by 2020 in view of the negative impact on farming practices in small rural townlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12184/17]

Forestry Management

Eugene Murphy

50. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a large percentage of planted forestry land here features the Sitka spruce species as opposed to native Irish trees; the criteria for the selection of specific tree species for planted forestry land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12185/17]

Hospital Services

Eugene Murphy

50. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the proposed ten bed rehabilitation unit at Roscommon University Hospital. [12128/17]

Disability Support Services Provision

Eugene Murphy

223. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if plans for the provision of a school age team for children with disabilities in Roscommon town have now been stalled due to budgetary issues in securing a lease on a premises in the county town despite the fact that negotiations were at an advanced stage and proposed plans for a 11,000 sq ft facility had been drawn up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12305/17]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Eugene Murphy

644. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views on a situation whereby a person (details supplied) was subject to a set of circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11794/17]

Hospitals Discharges

Eugene Murphy

645. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure that beds are not being taken up at weekends by persons who are physically fit to go home on a Friday but due to the lack of consultants on site over the weekend to sign them fit to leave are being kept in hospital beds until Monday morning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11831/17]

Electronic Cigarettes

Eugene Murphy

646. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health his Department's position on vaping; if there are any measures to introduce regulation of vaping in public places; if so, the details of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11832/17]

HSE Reports

Eugene Murphy

647. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason there has been such a significant delay in the publication of the external review into mental health services in County Roscommon, in view of the fact that the report was commissioned over two years ago and the services are in crisis mode without a clear service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11833/17]

Cancer Services Funding

Eugene Murphy

648. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will source some level of State funding towards the remuneration of a centre manager and full-time office administrator for a vital cancer support centre (details supplied) in County Galway, in view of the fact that over 140 persons a week use the centre and a range of vital therapies and support is provided on an entirely voluntary basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11836/17]

Cancer Services Funding

Eugene Murphy

649. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason a vital cancer support centre (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive funding under the national lottery grant scheme despite the fact that a full-time service is run on an entirely voluntary basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11837/17]