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Wed, 25 May 2016
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Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
174. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided for the housing adaptation grant scheme in each of the years 2013 to 2015 and 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12157/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Disability Allowance Data
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
208. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing the weekly disability allowance by €20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12144/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Disability Support Services Funding
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
209. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding allocated to the reasonable accommodation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12146/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Employment Support Services
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
210. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money allocated to the EmployAbility service; the number of persons availing of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12147/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
255. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if, in the interest of persons being able to access residential senior citizen care in their own communities and in the interest of a greater number of bed opportunities for older persons no longer able to live independently, he will restore the previous entitlement of citizens living on this side of the Border to access residential nursing home placements in facilities close to where they live but located on the northern side of the Border and provide a full entitlement under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11992/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Health and Social Care Professionals
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
300. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of employing an additional ten speech and language therapists, ten physiotherapists, ten occupational therapists and ten clinical psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12148/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Disability Support Services Provision
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
301. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant hours currently provided by the State; the cost associated with same; the estimated cost over one year of increasing personal assistant hours by 500,000 hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12149/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Health Services
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
302. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost and make-up of a community neuro-rehabilitation team and all supports required for the team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12150/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Health Services
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
303. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost and make-up of a dedicated acquired brain injury transitional unit with intensive post-acute rehabilitation to enable persons to return home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12151/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Respite Care Services
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
304. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of providing respite care services; the estimated annual cost and implications of increasing respite care services by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12152/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Public Transport Provision
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
351. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of making all public transport wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12158/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Animal Welfare
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
241. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to request Cavan County Council to release its inspection reports of a so-called 'puppy farm' in County Cavan, recently referred to on a British Broadcasting Corporation Panorama investigation programme as shocking and operated on an industrial scale; to ensure the release of all relevant information regarding this location and its activities, in the interest of highest standards only applying at dog breeding establishments, and the restoration of public confidence that the law applies to all such operations; if and when he will change the relevant legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11604/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Emergency Works Scheme Applications
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
262. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of a situation in a school (details supplied) where during the course of renovations to its playground it was discovered that the wastewater facilities were in a bad state of repair; that his Department was immediately informed of this but the school was informed that there were no funds left to assist with an upgrade; whether this is a health and safety hazard for staff and pupils and if he needs to urgently address it; to intervene and advise the school on the necessary steps to ensure that the wastewater system is repaired as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9593/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Disability Allowance Applications
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
487. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; if there will be any obstacles with the application; if he will encourage discretion in granting this payment, considering the severity and complexity of the medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9691/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Medical Card Applications
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
704. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme including obstacles to it; to apply the greatest possible discretion in granting this person a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9669/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
732. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number and location of primary care centres in County Kildare; the number of staff employed in each centre; if he has filled all staff positions in each centre; his plans for further centres in County Kildare; the steps he is taking to fill vacant positions across each of the primary care teams already in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9862/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Hospital Services
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
880. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health to establish and advise if due to an agreement between the National Rehabilitation Hospital and a provider (details supplied) patients presenting who are already users of prosthesis from other providers, with which they are most satisfied and accustomed, are being refused access to see a consultant at any of the hospital's facilities or joint facilities unless they agree to move from their prosthetic provider to the hospital's preferred provider; his views on the appropriateness of this closed shop arrangement; if there are competition law issues involved; his plans to open up the hospital service to all prosthesis users without discrimination based on their previous and preferred supplier choice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10397/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Primary Care Centres
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
894. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health when the new health centre in Kildare town will be opening; the services it will provide when opened; the length of time the Health Service Executive has been paying rent for the premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10448/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
932. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive chose Collinstown, County Westmeath, as its location for a new residential home; if it carried out a feasibility study into the suitability of the site considering it is located on a secondary country road that has no footpath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10603/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
933. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the rationale behind the Health Service Executive’s decision to relocate its care facilities from St. Peter's estate, Castlepollard, to bungalows in Castlepollard, then on to Collinstown, County Westmeath; the executive's future plans for the buildings and grounds of St. Peter's estate, Castlepollard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10604/16]