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Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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School Admissions
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
122. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts he will make to ensure a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be allocated a junior infants primary school place in Ashbourne, County Meath in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17385/16]
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Speech and Language Therapy Provision
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
217. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for speech and language therapy services for children by Health Service Executive area, in tabular form; the process that is employed to determine who will be assessed and when; if during that process consideration is given to the severity of each individual case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17393/16]
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Services for People with Disabilities
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
218. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for personal assistant hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17394/16]
Wed, 15 Jun 2016
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Hospital Services
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
157. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health when he will schedule an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16093/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Disability Activation Projects
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
289. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing an additional 1,000 places to increase the capacity of the employability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15382/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Services for People with Disabilities
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
406. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the funding he has allocated to disability services for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15378/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
79. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of increasing funding under the housing adaptation grant scheme by 50%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15076/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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HSE Investigations
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
451. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the status of each of the four investigations into the loss of newborns at the maternity unit at Cavan General Hospital from 2012 to 2014; if any of the investigations have not yet concluded and if so, why they have not concluded; if the final report has been received in any of these cases and if so, why these reports have not yet been published and released into the public domain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14638/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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HSE Staff
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
471. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of employing an additional 250 speech and language therapists, 100 physiotherapists, 100 occupational therapists and 150 clinical psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14768/16]
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
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Irish Sign Language
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
117. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her plans to officially recognise Irish Sign Language to ensure equality for deaf persons in Irish society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13731/16]
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
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Wage Subsidy Scheme
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
198. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps he has taken or will take to address the loss of jobs by 14 disabled workers at the Rehab Enterprises cardboard box manufacturing facility on the Hebron Industrial Estate, Kilkenny, given the announcement this month by Rehab Enterprises that it will close the facility and that these special needs workers all qualify for the wage subsidy scheme; if he will intervene and secure the facts regarding the economics of this enterprise; if the closure is irreversible, if he will help ensure alternative employment is secured in the Kilkenny area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13674/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Motor Tax Rates
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
351. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he accepts that road tax should apply on the basis of the cubic capacity of the vehicle and not on age; if he will seek to end the discriminatory practice of applying a more costly road tax charge on vehicles that were first registered pre-2008; if he will ensure that an appropriate amendment will be introduced in budget 2017, or sooner if possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12754/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Disability Activation Projects
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
520. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection in respect of the 14 disability activation projects that have been jointly funded by his Department and by the European Social Fund from the end of 2012; his plans to replace the disability activation project, DACT, how much it cost on an annual basis to fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13646/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Tax Reliefs Costs
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
82. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost associated with refunding vehicle registration tax and VAT to taxi drivers who purchase wheelchair-accessible vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12159/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Momentum Programme
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
95. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places on the Momentum scheme for jobseekers with a disability; the annual cost associated with same; the estimated annual cost of providing 500 extra places on the Momentum scheme for jobseekers with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12145/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Special Educational Needs Staff
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
111. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants currently employed by the State; the full year cost of employing these special needs assistants; the estimated cost of increasing the number of special needs assistants by 1,450; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12153/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Psychological Services
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
112. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the National Educational Psychological Service resources by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12154/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Special Educational Needs Expenditure
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
113. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the number of resource teaching hours to children with special needs by 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12155/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Special Educational Needs Expenditure
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
114. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending funding supports for persons with disabilities in higher education to part-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12156/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Special Educational Needs Expenditure
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
154. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the number of resource teaching hours to children with special needs by 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter.