Parliamentary questions

Disability Services Provision

Anne Rabbitte

406. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if his Department or agencies under his remit have conducted a review of the services and supports which are offered to children in care who have disabilities; and if so, if this report will be published. [12070/19]

Disability Services Provision

Anne Rabbitte

407. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if his Department or agencies under his remit have developed performance metrics to monitor and measure the outcomes of children in care with disabilities. [12071/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Anne Rabbitte

522. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated time for connection under the roll-out of the national broadband plan for an area (details supplied); if this property was part of the additional 80,000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11463/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Anne Rabbitte

523. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated time for connection of a property (details supplied) under the roll-out of the national broadband plan for the area; if the property was part of the additional 80,000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11472/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Anne Rabbitte

525. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated time for connection to the roll-out of the national broadband plan for a property (details supplied); if this property was part of the additional 80,000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11485/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Anne Rabbitte

526. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated time for connection to the roll-out of the national broadband plan for a property (details supplied); if this property was part of the additional 80,000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11486/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Anne Rabbitte

527. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated time for connection to the roll-out of the national broadband plan for a property (details supplied); if this property was part of the additional 80, 000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11487/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Anne Rabbitte

528. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated time for the connection of a property (details supplied) to the roll-out of the national broadband plan for a property; if the property was part of the additional 80,000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11506/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Anne Rabbitte

529. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated time for connection to the roll-out of the national broadband plan for a property (details supplied); if the property was part of the additional 80,000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11519/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Anne Rabbitte

530. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated time for connection to the roll-out of the national broadband plan for a property (details supplied); if the property was part of the additional 80,000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11520/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Anne Rabbitte

531. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated time for connection to the roll-out of the national broadband plan for a property (details supplied); if the property was part of the additional 80,000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11522/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Anne Rabbitte

532. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated time for connection to the roll-out of the national broadband plan for a property (details supplied); if the property was part of the additional 80,000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11523/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Anne Rabbitte

533. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated timeframe for a broadband connection for a property (details supplied); the timeframe for the roll-out of the national broadband plan for the area; if the property was part of the additional 80,000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11529/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Anne Rabbitte

534. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated timeframe for a broadband connection for a property (details supplied); the timeframe for roll-out of the national broadband plan for the area; if the property was part of the additional 80,000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11530/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Anne Rabbitte

535. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated timeframe for a broadband connection for a property (details supplied); the timeframe for roll-out of the national broadband plan for the area; if the property was part of the additional 80,000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11531/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Anne Rabbitte

536. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated timeframe for a broadband connection for a property (details supplied); the timeframe for roll-out of the national broadband plan for the area; if the property was part of the additional 80,000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11532/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Anne Rabbitte

537. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated timeframe for a broadband connection for a property (details supplied); the timeframe for roll-out of the national broadband plan for the area; if the property was part of the additional 80,000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11533/19]

Child and Family Agency Investigations

Anne Rabbitte

604. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the assurance review by Tusla of allegations made regarding a carer of a child or young person with a disability. [12115/19]

Disability Support Services Provision

Anne Rabbitte

605. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or Tusla has reviewed the provision of disability supports and services to children in care as discussed in the Ombudsman for Children report on a case (details supplied). [12116/19]

Children in Care

Anne Rabbitte

606. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce an enhanced support payment for children in care with disabilities. [12117/19]

Children in Care

Anne Rabbitte

607. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there has been an engagement between the Department of Health and her Department on formulating a national policy to support children in care with a disability. [12118/19]

Disability Support Services Provision

Anne Rabbitte

608. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or agencies under her remit have conducted a systematic review of the supports and services being offered in a case (details supplied) that was reviewed in 2018. [12119/19]

Disability Support Services Provision

Anne Rabbitte

609. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or agencies under her remit have conducted a review of the services and supports which are offered to children in care who have disabilities; and if so, if this report will be published. [12120/19]

Child and Family Agency Data

Anne Rabbitte

610. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or agencies under her remit have developed performance metrics to monitor and measure the outcomes of children in care with disabilities. [12121/19]

Amusement Machine Licences

Anne Rabbitte

78. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the number of amusement machine and amusement premises licences issued by the Revenue Commissioners in 2016, 2017 and 2018; the amount of fees collected from the issue of such licences in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11346/19]

Schools Administration

Anne Rabbitte

99. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a policy on the practice of reduced timetables; if so, if such a policy includes direction to schools utilising reduced timetables if it is deemed to be in the best interests of the child, be for the shortest duration and a clear reintegration plan is agreed from the outset; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11417/19]

Schools Administration

Anne Rabbitte

100. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department gathers evidence of the use of reduced timetables in mainstream primary and secondary schools; if so, the prevalence of this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11418/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Anne Rabbitte

101. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the number of students placed on reduced timetables have been included in the special needs inspection model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11419/19]

Job Creation Data

Anne Rabbitte

121. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the additional jobs created over 2018 in the western region. [11298/19]

Addiction Treatment Services

Anne Rabbitte

132. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated through his Department and or the HSE for the provision of services to persons suffering from gambling addiction in each of the years 2015 to 2018; the number of persons availing of such services in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11292/19]

National Broadband Plan

Anne Rabbitte

191. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if residences (details supplied) will be connected to the fibre optic roll-out plan in County Galway; the expected date of delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11300/19]

Working Family Payment Payments

Anne Rabbitte

214. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11307/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Anne Rabbitte

294. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10418/19]

Youth Services Funding

Anne Rabbitte

495. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding provided to the youth advocate programme Ireland from 2011 to 2018, by county in tabular from; the locations in which services will no longer continue to operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10421/19]

Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility

Anne Rabbitte

586. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the basis, under Statutory Instrument No. 84 of 2011, of the decision not to grant HAP in a case (details supplied); the elements within the statutory instrument that apply to this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10444/19]

Physiotherapy Provision

Anne Rabbitte

131. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age on the physiotherapy waiting list by local health area in tabular form; and the numbers waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [8869/19]

TAMS Funding

Anne Rabbitte

154. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants available to agricultural contractors that are SMEs and not farmers who do not have a herd number and wish to purchase slurry spreading machinery which has low emissions and is environmentally friendly in line with climate action policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8917/19]

Departmental Funding

Anne Rabbitte

169. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants available to agricultural contractors who are SMEs and not farmers and do not have a herd number who wish to purchase slurry-spreading machinery which has low emissions and is environmentally friendly in line with climate action policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8918/19]

Child Abuse

Anne Rabbitte

179. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) is operating its own helpline regarding retrospective abuse allegations against the organisation; and her views on whether this is appropriate. [8791/19]

Child Abuse

Anne Rabbitte

180. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to ensure that the staff operating a helpline (details supplied) are appropriately trained; if she has set out minimum operating guidelines for the helpline; and if she is satisfied that it is providing an adequate service to potential abuse victims. [8792/19]

Child Abuse

Anne Rabbitte

181. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a co-operation mechanism between a helpline (details supplied) and the Tusla helpline with regard to historic cases of abuse; if the helpline is mandated to share information with Tusla or another unit within her Department; and if arrangements have been put in place to that effect. [8793/19]

Child Abuse

Anne Rabbitte

182. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an organisation (details supplied) is using State funding in order to provide counselling supports to victims of alleged abuse within the organisation; and if the organisation is independently funding this service. [8795/19]

Child Abuse

Anne Rabbitte

183. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an organisation (details supplied) is using State funding in order to provide hardship to victims of alleged abuse within the organisation; and if the organisation is independently funding the service. [8796/19]

Child Abuse

Anne Rabbitte

184. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if counselling services are being offered to victims of historic abuse at an organisation (details supplied); and if other supports are being offered to these persons. [8797/19]

Child Abuse

Anne Rabbitte

185. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department is ensuring a minimum standard in terms of the quality and appropriateness of the counselling services being offered by an organisation (details supplied) to victims of historic abuse at the organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8798/19]

Home Loan Scheme

Anne Rabbitte

213. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a person who wishes to avail of a loan under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme and wishes to self-build can use the site as a deposit or part of in view of the fact that all other financial institutions on self-builds allows same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8928/19]

Home Loan Scheme

Anne Rabbitte

214. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if planning permission is sufficient for initial approval of a loan when a person applies for a Rebuilding Ireland home loan on a self-build; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8934/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists Data

Anne Rabbitte

175. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a radiology appointment in Temple Street Children’s University Hospital; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [8759/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists Data

Anne Rabbitte

176. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a radiology appointment in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [8760/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists Data

Anne Rabbitte

177. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a radiology appointment in Tallaght Children’s University Hospital; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [8761/19]