Parliamentary questions

Olympic Games Ticketing Arrangements

Bobby Aylward

1523. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full cost of the non-statutory State inquiry report into the 2016 Rio Olympic Games ticket matter undertaken by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37207/17]

Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure

Bobby Aylward

1798. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost the State to exclude maintenance payments from means assessment for social welfare payments; if she has previously investigated the feasibility of same; if she will consider this action as part of budget 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37364/17]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Bobby Aylward

333. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the summer works scheme application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35990/17]

Hospital Staff Data

Bobby Aylward

967. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the number of urologists available to cater for public patients in hospitals in the south east; the waiting time for urology appointments for public patients classed as urgent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35912/17]

Hospital Staff Data

Bobby Aylward

968. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the number of urologists available to cater for public patients in hospitals in the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35913/17]

General Medical Services Scheme Administration

Bobby Aylward

974. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health when FreeStyle Libre will be made available on the general medical scheme, GMS, and the long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35965/17]

Local Authority Boundaries Review

Bobby Aylward

62. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the administrative boundary between counties Waterford and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33116/17]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Bobby Aylward

333. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the summer works scheme application by a school (details supplied); when decisions on applications for the summer works scheme will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34657/17]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Bobby Aylward

334. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the application for temporary accommodation by a school (details supplied) with a view to increasing the funding allocation in line with the original sum requested for urgent works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34658/17]

Ministerial Correspondence

Bobby Aylward

430. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the file and issue a full report to a former prison officer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34661/17]

Hospital Services

Bobby Aylward

914. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 432 of 18 October 2016, 339 of 6 December 2016, and 496 of 21 of February 2017 when the national steering group established by him to develop policy on a major trauma system for Ireland will publish its first report; if the group visited St. Luke's General Hospital to assess its current services; the status of the group's recommendations specifically in respect of St Luke's General Hospital, County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34659/17]

Health Services Provision

Bobby Aylward

915. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that adequate services are in place to cater for children in the south east with type 1 diabetes in University Hospital Waterford; his plans to examine the provision of services to manage children with type 1 diabetes on insulin pumps attending University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34662/17]

Health Services Provision

Bobby Aylward

916. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the progress made in filling the vacant consultant paediatrician post for provision of services for children with type 1 diabetes in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34663/17]

Health Services Provision

Bobby Aylward

917. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 16 years of age with type 1 diabetes that attend University Hospital Waterford; the number of same being treated with insulin pump therapy; the number of same waiting on insulin pump initiation training at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34664/17]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Bobby Aylward

931. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if the freestyle libre, a sensor for monitoring blood sugars for sufferers of diabetes, will be made available on the GMS and long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34805/17]

Garda Deployment

Bobby Aylward

36. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in counties Carlow and Kilkenny as of 30 June 2017; and the number of new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [32845/17]

Schools Amalgamation

Bobby Aylward

222. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant an additional funding request made to the capital appraisals unit from a school (details supplied) to assist with the associated cost of the recent amalgamation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31157/17]

Garda Station Closures

Bobby Aylward

270. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the garda stations closed in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in 2012 and 2013 are included in the six stations examined for reopening under the pilot programme report that was due to be furnished by the Garda Commissioner to his Department by the end of May 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30824/17]

Prisoner Transfers

Bobby Aylward

290. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if Irish citizens imprisoned in Northern Ireland can seek transfer to prisons here in order to be closer to their families; if not, the reason for this situation; the work being undertaken by his Department to address issues within the transfer system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31265/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Bobby Aylward

451. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists available to children and adolescents in the south east within the public health system; the average waiting time for access to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31411/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Bobby Aylward

452. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the number of child psychotherapists available to children and adolescents in the south east within the public health system; the average waiting time for access to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31412/17]

Post Office Network

Bobby Aylward

62. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made in implementing the recommendations of two reports (details supplied) on the future and reform of the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29759/17]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility

Bobby Aylward

567. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Social Protection if parents of children with diabetes are considered for domiciliary care allowance upon application; the criteria for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29768/17]

JobPath Implementation

Bobby Aylward

568. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider legislation governing JobPath and community employment schemes to allow participants to transfer from a JobPath placement to a community employment scheme placement in order to address the shortage of candidates available for the latter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29769/17]

Agriculture Scheme Administration

Bobby Aylward

9. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to identify and rectify the persistent problems with the information technology system in his Department's Portlaoise office, which is leading to consistent delays in payment for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28162/17]

Veterinary Inspection Service Administration

Bobby Aylward

45. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will guarantee the future of the regional veterinary laboratory in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28161/17]

Hospital Services

Bobby Aylward

63. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the existing cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford in order to increase the laboratory's current capacity to accommodate the estimated 450 additional procedures that will be referred there through additional diagnostic angiograms set to be provided by the mobile catheterisation lab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27908/17]

Long-Term Illness Scheme

Bobby Aylward

83. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if motor neurone disease is not included in the long-term illness scheme; the reason this is the case; his plans to add it to the scheme; if this can be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27907/17]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Bobby Aylward

1313. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health when the National Treatment Purchase Fund will be fully accessible; the way in which it will be applied for; the criteria for persons to access the fund; the hospitals both public and private that will be participating in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27874/17]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Bobby Aylward

164. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the progress which has been made in appointing a permanent consultant medical oncologist with special interest in the area of sarcoma at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4 in line with previous commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26318/17]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Bobby Aylward

58. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Social Protection the average time it takes for a file to be sent from the carer's allowance section in Sligo to the social welfare appeals office in Dublin once the file has been requested by the latter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25766/17]

Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times

Bobby Aylward

77. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for decisions on carer's allowance and domiciliary care allowance applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25765/17]

Hospital Services

Bobby Aylward

406. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the reason persons with type 1 diabetes attending University Hospital Waterford are experiencing a lack of access to dose adjustment for normal eating, DAFNE, carbohydrate counting courses for public patients in St. Luke's hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25340/17]

Local Authority Boundaries Review

Bobby Aylward

20. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the administrative boundary between counties Waterford and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24975/17]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility

Bobby Aylward

55. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will extend the terms and conditions of the mortgage-to-rent scheme to include local authorities as part of the review process of the scheme as an action in the rebuilding Ireland action plan for housing and homelessness in view of the very low level of engagement from housing agencies with the scheme in its current form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24976/17]

HIQA Inspections

Bobby Aylward

237. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if approval will be given to grant an extension on the two week HIQA closure order to allow staff of an organisation (details supplied) sufficient time to ensure all HIQA requirements are met; if approval for funding will be given to facilitate employment of required qualified persons in line with HIQA recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24969/17]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision

Bobby Aylward

58. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress which has been made to date on the commitment in the programme for Government to support investment in closed-circuit television, CCTV, at key locations along the road network and in urban centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24396/17]

Hospital Services

Bobby Aylward

522. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the cost of the daily running of the mobile catheterisation laboratory for the south east (details supplied); when the mobile catheterisation laboratory will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24572/17]

Carer's Allowance Delays

Bobby Aylward

256. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in sending the file of a person (details supplied) relating to a carer's allowance claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22832/17]

Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility

Bobby Aylward

516. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the review of the entitlements of a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme allocated to them since 2002 will be expedited; if findings of the review will be furnished in an efficient manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23222/17]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Bobby Aylward

261. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost the State to exclude maintenance payments from means assessment for social welfare payments; if he has previously investigated the feasibility of same; if he will consider this action as part of future budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21592/17]

Labour Activation Measures

Bobby Aylward

263. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Social Protection his short and long-term plans for the community employment and employment services and programmes, with particular reference to their benefits in rural areas; his plans for an increase or reduction in places on programmes in the short term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21395/17]

Agriculture Schemes

Bobby Aylward

9. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider increasing the level of direct support for the suckler cow herd to €200 per cow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21065/17]

Laboratory Facilities

Bobby Aylward

29. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure the future of the regional veterinary laboratory in County Kilkenny, which serves the farmers of the entire region of the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21064/17]

Disability Services Provision

Bobby Aylward

200. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health to outline the reason the proposed temporary respite house in Bagenalstown for children with disabilities in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, which was due to open in 2017, will not go ahead; the status of this project; the alternative respite services that are available to parents to cater for children with disabilities in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in the immediate to short term; his long-term plans for a respite house for children with disabilities in counties Carlow and Kilkenny area in view of recent announcements; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21306/17]

State Bodies Data

Bobby Aylward

259. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the employee headcount in each of the nine regional Enterprise Ireland offices by grade; the non-payroll costs of each of the nine regional Enterprise Ireland offices; the employee headcount in each of the eight regional IDA offices by grade; the non-payroll costs of each of the eight regional IDA offices; if she will provide a breakdown by NUTS3 region and county of Enterprise Ireland the allocation of funds for each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21303/17]

Enterprise Ireland

Bobby Aylward

260. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a breakdown by NUTS3 region and county with regard to Enterprise Ireland client companies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21304/17]

Regional Development Initiatives

Bobby Aylward

261. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her policy on balanced regional economic development with particular reference to the specific directions given to funded economic agencies in respect of balanced regional investment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21305/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Bobby Aylward

36. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the progress of the commitments he made in respect of reducing surgery waiting times for children suffering from scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20728/17]

Hospitals Funding

Bobby Aylward

52. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the existing cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford in order to increase the laboratory's current capacity to accommodate the estimated 450 additional procedures that will be referred there through additional diagnostic angiograms set to be provided by the mobile catherisation lab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20729/17]