Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

TAMS Applications

Kevin O'Keeffe

732. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applicants under the TAMS II category, which closed on 5 April 2019, will be given initial approval in order that relevant works can commence. [23492/19]

TAMS Applications

Kevin O'Keeffe

734. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS application by a person (details supplied). [23531/19]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Kevin O'Keeffe

81. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be provided to a person (details supplied). [23054/19]

Health Services Provision

Kevin O'Keeffe

102. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be called for an assessment as soon as possible. [23155/19]

Public Sector Staff Retirements

Kevin O'Keeffe

77. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person (details supplied) is entitled to extend a period of employment under the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018. [22783/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Kevin O'Keeffe

108. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an increase in special education teacher hours for a school (details supplied) will be approved; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the circumstances in the school have changed in the past number of years. [22616/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Kevin O'Keeffe

220. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be called for an outpatient appointment as a matter of urgency. [22377/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Kevin O'Keeffe

249. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if the reinstatement of specific medication which was withdrawn from medical card holders over two years ago (details supplied) will be reconsidered. [22510/19]

Respite Care Services Provision

Kevin O'Keeffe

278. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if respite care will be made available to a person (details supplied) who is urgently in need of same. [22650/19]

Blind Welfare Allowance Eligibility

Kevin O'Keeffe

282. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if a blind welfare allowance will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied). [22668/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration

Kevin O'Keeffe

296. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied). [22804/19]

Bus Éireann Services

Kevin O'Keeffe

390. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties with a specific bus route (details supplied) in County Cork; and if the difficulties will be investigated and alleviated for those dependent on this route to travel to work. [22482/19]

Taxi Licences

Kevin O'Keeffe

401. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied). [22842/19]

State Pension (Contributory)

Kevin O'Keeffe

470. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of a payment, receives this payment in their State pension (contributory) in view of the fact they were advised that this payment would be paid separately from their pension; and if the person has received homecaring credits for caring for their children. [22648/19]

Septic Tank Grants

Kevin O'Keeffe

487. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if consideration will be given to making a grant available to private residents whose domestic septic tanks are not compliant with section 70 of the Water Services Act 2007 in circumstances in which the resident is not in a financial position to replace their septic tanks but needs to do so for the the reasons of health and safety. [22325/19]

Tax Code

Kevin O'Keeffe

89. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Finance if he will resolve the anomaly in which the means of a person are taken into consideration when their partner is being assessed for a social welfare payment but in which they are not entitled to claim tax credits for their partner (details supplied). [22281/19]

HSE Staff

Kevin O'Keeffe

162. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a lump sum payment in respect of a former employee of the HSE (details supplied). [22234/19]

Child Benefit Eligibility

Kevin O'Keeffe

203. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the payment term of child benefit to all children over 18 years of age that remain in second-level education up to leaving certificate examination stage; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many children will in fact be 18 years of age for part of their fifth year term in view of the fact that transition year is compulsory in some schools; and if her attention has further been drawn to the expenditure incurred in transition year in which child benefit would be of enormous help particularly for those having to meet transport costs to and from work experience in which they have to pay adult bus fares in view of their age. [22199/19]

Office of Public Works Properties

Kevin O'Keeffe

209. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if signage will be provided in an area (details supplied). [21499/19]

Public Service Vehicles

Kevin O'Keeffe

292. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) who made an application has been refused. [21618/19]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Kevin O'Keeffe

365. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a child (details supplied) had to spend 110 days in hospital awaiting the provision of the correct type of wheelchair thus incurring costs in maintaining them in hospital of approximately €130,000 in comparison to the cost of the wheelchair; and if consideration will be given to having two separate funding streams for wheelchairs appliances, respectively, thus ensuring that those in urgent need of specialised wheelchairs do not have to wait resulting in serious medical conditions arising. [21488/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Kevin O'Keeffe

366. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be called for an urgent surgical procedure. [21489/19]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Kevin O'Keeffe

367. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if the number of outpatient appointments provided and then cancelled in respect of a person (details supplied) will be investigated with a view to clarifying the position. [21490/19]

Home Care Packages Eligibility

Kevin O'Keeffe

388. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the abolition of a clause (details supplied) in view of the difficulties arising for parents. [21595/19]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Kevin O'Keeffe

392. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be assisted in securing an appliance. [21644/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Kevin O'Keeffe

396. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) can be admitted for surgery. [21660/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Kevin O'Keeffe

397. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health the position regarding medical intervention in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [21663/19]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

Kevin O'Keeffe

425. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if fibromyalgia will be included on the long-term illness card scheme in view of the fact that the condition is now recognised as same in Northern Ireland. [21861/19]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Kevin O'Keeffe

161. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide specific units (details supplied) in north and east County Cork. [21239/19]

Hospitals Funding

Kevin O'Keeffe

175. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if funding is to be withdrawn from a specific unit in a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork and redistributed to a hospital in another county; if all funding and resources at the hospital will be maintained at current levels and-or increased; and if the upgrade of a unit at another hospital will have no impact on funding or service levels at the hospital. [21033/19]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Kevin O'Keeffe

243. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be made available for a project (details supplied). [20998/19]

Carer's Support Grant

Kevin O'Keeffe

251. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [20951/19]

Vehicle Registration

Kevin O'Keeffe

115. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the VRT rate on the importation of motorhomes with an EU category of M1, M2 or M3 and an EU bodywork code of SA as defined in EU/678/2011 in view of the fact that such rates are much higher here and not in parallel with other EU countries. [20423/19]

Home Help Service Provision

Kevin O'Keeffe

280. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be assisted in being assessed for home help. [20347/19]

Work Permits Eligibility

Kevin O'Keeffe

79. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for the removal of the healthcare assistant role from the ineligible categories of employment for the employment permits list in view of the shortage of same which is presenting as a crisis for the management of nursing homes. [20178/19]

Nursing Home Services

Kevin O'Keeffe

81. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if a request by an organisation (details supplied) on a specific service will be considered. [20163/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration

Kevin O'Keeffe

88. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the publication and implementation of the pricing review for high-dependency, specialist care needs of persons requiring nursing home care. [20183/19]

Medical Card Applications

Kevin O'Keeffe

89. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if he will seek clarification from the HSE on the submission of documentation to the medical card unit on 14 March 2019 and a subsequent letter issuing from the unit in recent days seeking the same documentation concerning a person (details supplied); and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the application is being held up as a result of the delay. [20188/19]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Kevin O'Keeffe

91. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the new wheelchair provided for a person (details supplied) needs to be repaired or replaced; and if the problems will be resolved out of respect to the person in view of the expenditure of public funding for the wheelchair. [20196/19]

Thalidomide Victims Compensation

Kevin O'Keeffe

102. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health his plans for persons who have been affected by a drug (details supplied). [20241/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications

Kevin O'Keeffe

110. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for nursing home support by a person (details supplied). [20255/19]

GLAS Appeals

Kevin O'Keeffe

119. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal submitted by a person (details supplied) in respect of a scheme. [20170/19]

Tax Clearance Certificates

Kevin O'Keeffe

120. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department is not accepting the contractors tax clearance certificate of a person (details supplied) which was in date at the time of the application and completion of the works and which has led to a delay in issuing payment. [20174/19]

Grant Aid

Kevin O'Keeffe

121. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a group (details supplied) in County Cork was not successful in securing grant aid. [20176/19]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Kevin O'Keeffe

124. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if assistance will be provided in resolving the issue of payment of the 2018 basic farm payment scheme to a farmer (details supplied) whose 2019 payment is in order. [20243/19]

Public Transport Fares

Kevin O'Keeffe

153. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Bus Éireann is charging more for a shorter bus journey (details supplied). [20184/19]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Kevin O'Keeffe

248. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been offered an apprenticeship course in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, instead of either Shannon or Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19456/19]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Kevin O'Keeffe

296. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if grants, scholarships, a bursary or financial aid are available for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who wishes to study abroad. [18874/19]

Disability Services Provision

Kevin O'Keeffe

660. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if he will consider two properties for respite care facilities for persons residing in a catchment area (details supplied). [18587/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Kevin O'Keeffe

829. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a property (details supplied) for conversion to a respite care facility for persons residing in the catchment area. [19235/19]