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Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Medical Card Data
Eamon Scanlon
945. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the extent to which a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has access to a medical card to cover costs associated with treatments prior to March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13792/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Laboratory Facilities
Eamon Scanlon
1070. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the fit-out costs for the newly designed containment laboratory at the Backweston facility in County Kildare are included in the declared costs; if the fit-out costs are not included in the projected costs for this fit-out, which is due to be handed over in May 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13706/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Laboratory Facilities
Eamon Scanlon
1071. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the original contractors were not held liable for the faults in the original works in 2005 when the high-containment laboratory was built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13707/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Laboratory Facilities
Eamon Scanlon
1072. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are other expenditures involved in the redesign, build and commissioning of the high containment laboratory at the Backweston facility in County Kildare that have not been provided. [13708/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Basic Payment Scheme Applications
Eamon Scanlon
1091. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible for a person (details supplied) to submit a late basic payment scheme application for 2015 and 2016, in view of the fact payments for 2013 and 2014 are only now issuing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13961/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Sports Capital Programme Applications
Eamon Scanlon
1215. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a capital sports grant application by a club (details supplied); when an announcement of funds allocated is expected under the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13565/17]
Thu, 9 Mar 2017
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Laboratory Facilities
Eamon Scanlon
11. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the Sligo regional veterinary laboratory will be kept open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12352/17]
Thu, 9 Mar 2017
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Laboratory Facilities
Eamon Scanlon
51. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the Sligo regional veterinary laboratory will remain open following the recently completed review of the veterinary laboratory services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12351/17]
Wed, 8 Mar 2017
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Services for People with Disabilities
Eamon Scanlon
105. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the HSE does not reduce the availability of services at the Solas respite centre for children in County Sligo. [12086/17]
Wed, 8 Mar 2017
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
Eamon Scanlon
150. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will allocate funding to a group sewage scheme (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12247/17]
Wed, 8 Mar 2017
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
Eamon Scanlon
151. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will allocate funding to a group sewage scheme (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12248/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Prison Service
Eamon Scanlon
112. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Prison Service will recruit staff in the near future; the procedures to be used; her views on the fact that applicants that already hold the relevant custodial care qualification must go through stages one and two of the recruitment process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11476/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Rural Development Plan
Eamon Scanlon
384. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the Action Plan for Rural Development involves a commitment to provide grant assistance to persons who wish to renovate the second floor of a house into an apartment and refurbish residential and non-residential buildings in rural communities; if so, the details of the grant aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11507/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Health Insurance Community Rating
Eamon Scanlon
525. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the reason previous health insurance cover taken out in other countries, for example, the UK, is not taken into consideration with respect to the lifetime community rating that is applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11487/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Patient Transport
Eamon Scanlon
633. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) who must be transported by ambulance for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12156/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Hospital Beds Data
Eamon Scanlon
663. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the acute bed capacity of Sligo University Hospital. [12087/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Nursing Home Services
Eamon Scanlon
664. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the procedures in place for transporting private and non-private nursing home residents by ambulance for emergency and non-emergency treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12042/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Laboratory Facilities
Eamon Scanlon
675. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is accepting submissions from the public on the network of regional veterinary laboratories; if so, the date from which the consultation has been open to submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11320/17]
Thu, 2 Mar 2017
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Laboratory Facilities
Eamon Scanlon
269. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount it costs to remedy a recent design fault in the newly designed category four high containment laboratory at the Backweston facility in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10806/17]
Thu, 2 Mar 2017
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Laboratory Facilities
Eamon Scanlon
279. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on a piece of equipment called maldi-TOF in the regional veterinary laboratory at Backweston facility; when this piece of equipment was purchased; if it is in daily use; the number of samples tested on it on a daily basis; if full time staff are working on the instrument; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10944/17]