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Thu, 17 May 2018
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National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
Fiona O'Loughlin
165. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who received treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2017, and to date in 2018, by category of treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21740/18]
Thu, 17 May 2018
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Fodder Crisis
Fiona O'Loughlin
206. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional resources have been provided to assist farmers whose herds are restricted and are suffering from the fodder crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21741/18]
Wed, 16 May 2018
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Schools Site Acquisitions
Fiona O'Loughlin
112. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are other issues that may delay the legal process of transfer of property for the new build at a school (details supplied); and if so, the details of same. [21590/18]
Wed, 16 May 2018
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Special Educational Needs Staff Data
Fiona O'Loughlin
113. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of resource teachers recruited in each of the years 2005 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county, in tabular form. [21595/18]
Wed, 16 May 2018
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Parking Provision
Fiona O'Loughlin
185. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a parking infrastructure increase is planned for Portarlington train station to match the increase in service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21589/18]
Wed, 16 May 2018
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Child and Family Agency Funding
Fiona O'Loughlin
193. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that Tusla is adequately resourced to deal with its workload in view of the recent introduction of mandatory reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21591/18]
Wed, 16 May 2018
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Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
Fiona O'Loughlin
194. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21592/18]
Wed, 16 May 2018
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Family Resource Centres
Fiona O'Loughlin
195. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of family resource centres; and her plans to roll out more centres. [21593/18]
Wed, 16 May 2018
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Social Workers Recruitment
Fiona O'Loughlin
196. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans with regard to recruiting more social workers. [21594/18]
Wed, 9 May 2018
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Organ Donation
Fiona O'Loughlin
176. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans to introduce the opt-out process for organ donation; the process involved in the implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20299/18]
Wed, 9 May 2018
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Disability Services Provision
Fiona O'Loughlin
177. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is publishing a social care operational plan in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20300/18]
Wed, 9 May 2018
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Telecommunications Services Provision
Fiona O'Loughlin
228. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the implementation of recommendations from the mobile telephone and broadband task force report is assisting persons in County Kildare who experience poor mobile telephone and broadband coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20297/18]
Wed, 9 May 2018
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Sports Capital Programme
Fiona O'Loughlin
242. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next round of sports capital grants will open for sports organisations; if changes will be made to the scheme in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20298/18]
Tue, 8 May 2018
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Site Acquisitions
Fiona O'Loughlin
152. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a site (details supplied) will be considered as a new secondary school for south County Kildare. [19718/18]
Tue, 8 May 2018
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School Placement
Fiona O'Loughlin
179. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a child (details supplied) who has not been able to secure a place in second level school for the past two years will be examined. [20152/18]
Tue, 8 May 2018
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Medical Card Applications
Fiona O'Loughlin
264. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied). [19680/18]
Tue, 8 May 2018
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Hospitals Car Park Charges
Fiona O'Loughlin
358. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the amount earned from the car park of Tallaght hospital in 2017; and the amount for 2016. [20149/18]
Tue, 8 May 2018
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Hospitals Car Park Charges
Fiona O'Loughlin
359. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the HSE car park income for 2017 for each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20150/18]
Tue, 8 May 2018
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Fiona O'Loughlin
360. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 27 February 2018, if the two paediatric outpatient and urgent care centres in Connolly and Tallaght hospitals are still on schedule to open in mid-July 2018 and 2019. [20151/18]
Tue, 8 May 2018
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Medical Card Appeals
Fiona O'Loughlin
367. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused medication on a medical card. [20204/18]
Wed, 2 May 2018
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Foster Care
Fiona O'Loughlin
154. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum age for a person to commence fostering children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19170/18]
Wed, 2 May 2018
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Foster Care Data
Fiona O'Loughlin
155. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in foster care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19171/18]
Tue, 1 May 2018
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Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
Fiona O'Loughlin
103. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a date has been set for a meeting of the high-level forum on community employment supervisor pensions; if his attention has been drawn to the anger and frustration of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; his views on the fact that their contribution to improving the life chances of scheme participants and to their overall local communities is not being properly recognised at the end of their careers in spite of a Labour Court ruling in their favour; his further views on whether the Government may be undermining the Labour Court by ignoring its recommendation; and the steps he will take to resolve the matter. [18580/18]
Tue, 1 May 2018
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Hospital Appointments Status
Fiona O'Loughlin
235. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [18690/18]
Tue, 1 May 2018
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Hospital Waiting Lists Data
Fiona O'Loughlin
236. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for outpatient surgery in Our Lady's Children's Hospital who have had their initial appointments changed to a later date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18691/18]
Tue, 1 May 2018
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Hospital Waiting Lists Data
Fiona O'Loughlin
237. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for outpatient surgery in Temple Street Children's University Hospital who have had their initial appointments changed to a later date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18692/18]
Tue, 1 May 2018
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Hospital Waiting Lists Data
Fiona O'Loughlin
238. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for outpatient surgery in Tallaght hospital who have had their initial appointments changed to a later date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18693/18]
Tue, 1 May 2018
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Housing Issues
Fiona O'Loughlin
443. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the options available to support a person buying a second home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18581/18]
Wed, 25 Apr 2018
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Hospitals Policy
Fiona O'Loughlin
129. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health if a consultation process has commenced relating to the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise as previously indicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18139/18]
Tue, 24 Apr 2018
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Disability Services Provision
Fiona O'Loughlin
384. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health if the situation of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17635/18]
Tue, 24 Apr 2018
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Disability Services Provision
Fiona O'Loughlin
385. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [17637/18]
Tue, 24 Apr 2018
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Tourism Funding
Fiona O'Loughlin
497. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason funding has not been received by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17636/18]
Thu, 19 Apr 2018
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Hospitals Building Programme
Fiona O'Loughlin
50. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health if new hospitals built in Dublin under the National Development Plan 2018-2027 will be located in areas of easy access for persons from the wider Leinster area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17103/18]
Thu, 19 Apr 2018
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Mental Health Services Staff
Fiona O'Loughlin
92. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the way in which the clinical staffing levels for the community psychiatry of old age mental health services in CHO7 compare to that recommended under A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17102/18]
Wed, 18 Apr 2018
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Medicinal Products Reimbursement
Fiona O'Loughlin
140. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a company (details supplied) in relation to a new drug scheme for persons with MS; and his plans to meet the company to discuss the matter further [16844/18]
Wed, 18 Apr 2018
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Mobility Allowance
Fiona O'Loughlin
141. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health if the mobility allowance will be reintroduced for new applicants in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16845/18]
Wed, 18 Apr 2018
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Mobility Allowance
Fiona O'Loughlin
142. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the new transport support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16846/18]
Wed, 18 Apr 2018
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Speech and Language Therapy
Fiona O'Loughlin
143. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE’s engagement with the introduction of a new in-school speech and language service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16848/18]
Wed, 18 Apr 2018
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Speech and Language Therapy
Fiona O'Loughlin
144. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health if the review into existing speech and language therapy from 2018 has been carried out; and if so, if the findings and recommendations have been finalised. [16849/18]
Wed, 18 Apr 2018
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Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
Fiona O'Loughlin
145. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the way in which it is planned to reduce the long waiting times being experienced by children in counties Laois and Offaly who are in need of an assessment for occupational therapy. [16850/18]
Wed, 18 Apr 2018
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Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
Fiona O'Loughlin
146. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the way in which it is planned to reduce the long waiting times being experienced by children in County Kildare who are in need of an assessment for occupational therapy. [16851/18]
Wed, 18 Apr 2018
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Public Transport Fares
Fiona O'Loughlin
204. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the NTA's plans to consider rail prices in County Kildare for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16852/18]
Wed, 18 Apr 2018
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Child Protection
Fiona O'Loughlin
221. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether her Department is adequately resourced to protect children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16847/18]
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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Strategic Communications Unit
Fiona O'Loughlin
117. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Taoiseach if the staff employed under the Strategic Communications Unit will be paid redundancy. [15330/18]
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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Passport Applications Administration
Fiona O'Loughlin
201. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the length of time to process an adult passport renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16689/18]
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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Passport Services
Fiona O'Loughlin
202. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the communication process in place for a person looking for an update on their passport application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16690/18]
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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Passport Applications Administration
Fiona O'Loughlin
203. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the new online passport portal is delivering passports in the time guaranteed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16691/18]
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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Schools Building Projects Status
Fiona O'Loughlin
325. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14987/18]
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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Teachers' Remuneration
Fiona O'Loughlin
326. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to regularise the situation of teachers with regard to equal pay for equal work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14991/18]
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Fiona O'Loughlin
327. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the hours of special needs assistants in a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14992/18]