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Wed, 6 May 2015
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Housing Assistance Payments
Regina Doherty
565. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the housing assistance payment will be made available in County Meath. [17754/15]
Wed, 29 Apr 2015
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Departmental Legal Costs
Regina Doherty
104. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the full extent of the cost of litigation to the State, to date, with regard to a case (details supplied). [16942/15]
Tue, 28 Apr 2015
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Social Insurance
Regina Doherty
104. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason behind the severing of the half-rate social welfare payment to widows or widowers who are in receipt of a pension payment; the reason for continued deductions of pay-related social insurance from those widows and widowers who are still in the workforce and who will not get to benefit from those deductions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16794/15]
Tue, 28 Apr 2015
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Proposed Legislation
Regina Doherty
221. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the advanced health care directives legislation will be brought before Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16597/15]
Tue, 28 Apr 2015
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Homeless Accommodation Provision
Regina Doherty
294. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if the mental health homeless outreach posts due under the December 2014 20-point action plan to tackle emergency and short-term homelessness have been recruited in quarter one of 2015; if not, the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16594/15]
Tue, 28 Apr 2015
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Hospital Services
Regina Doherty
295. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health when every hospital will have an end-of-life co-ordinator appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16598/15]
Tue, 21 Apr 2015
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Vaccination Programme
Regina Doherty
501. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the persons and bodies responsible financially for the medical costs of the young persons who as a result of receiving the human papilloma virus vaccine had an adverse reaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15566/15]
Tue, 21 Apr 2015
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Vaccination Programme
Regina Doherty
502. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason the age category of 12 to 13 years was chosen to administer the human papilloma virus vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15567/15]
Tue, 21 Apr 2015
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Vaccination Programme
Regina Doherty
503. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if the manufacturer of the human papilloma virus vaccine (details supplied) is indemnified against prosecution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15568/15]
Tue, 21 Apr 2015
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Vaccination Programme
Regina Doherty
504. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health since the commencement of the human papilloma virus vaccine, the number of young persons who have had a reaction to it; the type of reaction, by category; the percentage of the young persons vaccinated who had a reaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15573/15]
Wed, 11 Mar 2015
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Child Benefit Eligibility
Regina Doherty
43. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the logic behind ending child benefit for children who turn 18 years of age but who are still in full-time secondary school education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10613/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Legislative Measures
Regina Doherty
488. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the costs associated with enacting in full the Education For Persons With Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10420/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Further Education and Training Programmes Funding
Regina Doherty
490. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the training and further education budgets available to all SOLAS, formerly FÁS, employees by region; if she will provide a breakdown of the types of training and further education course by region, office and year for the past 34 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10427/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Sports Capital Programme Administration
Regina Doherty
602. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the clubs and organisations in receipt of sports capital grants in County Meath for the past three application periods in contrast to the actual applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10425/15]
Tue, 3 Mar 2015
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Medical Card Eligibility
Regina Doherty
423. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who has always contributed fully to pay as you earn, pay related social insurance and the universal social charge, and who is now living with a permanent colostomy bag as a result of extensive surgery to remove a malignant tumour, is entitled to a discretionary medical card on the basis of medical grounds and the permanent change to that person's body and not on the basis of that person's means. [9217/15]
Wed, 18 Feb 2015
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Milk Quota
Regina Doherty
93. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down the taxation position with regard to milk quota purchased but not depreciated when they will be abolished later this year. [7267/15]
Wed, 18 Feb 2015
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Health Services Provision
Regina Doherty
163. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if placement for full or part time residential care for young disabled persons will be increased; the current availability of such care for the Louth - Meath disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7271/15]
Tue, 17 Feb 2015
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VAT Payments
Regina Doherty
217. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of value-added tax collected in County Meath from 1996 to 2011. [6775/15]
Tue, 17 Feb 2015
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Motor Tax Yield
Regina Doherty
475. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the value of motor tax collected in County Meath from 1996 to 2011 by year. [6774/15]
Tue, 17 Feb 2015
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Wind Energy Guidelines
Regina Doherty
478. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to issue guidelines to planning authorities to mitigate the impact of wind turbines on those living with autism. [6955/15]
Tue, 17 Feb 2015
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Wind Energy Generation
Regina Doherty
504. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the names of wind farms here which are not operating to their maximum productivity due to limited spacing between turbines. [6957/15]
Tue, 17 Feb 2015
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Wind Energy Generation
Regina Doherty
505. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria used by his Department and local authorities to determine where wind farms and turbines should be situated to maximise productivity. [6958/15]
Tue, 17 Feb 2015
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Wind Energy Generation
Regina Doherty
520. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department monitors, or plans to monitor, the productivity and pattern of seasonal output of wind farms here; and if so, if these reports will be made publicly available. [6956/15]
Thu, 18 Dec 2014
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Orthodontic Service Provision
Regina Doherty
350. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health in view of the recent change in dental health policy announced by the Health Service Executive to concentrate on older children regarding orthodontic treatment, if he will provide an accurate date for treatment in respect of a person (details supplied). [48823/14]
Tue, 9 Dec 2014
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Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
Regina Doherty
294. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health his views on the mandatory inclusion of defibrillator equipment in all secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46922/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Wind Energy Generation
Regina Doherty
577. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of the total outputs in megawatts of each wind farm here by month and year and by turbine; if he holds such data for as long as he holds records along with the rated maximum output of each wind farm; the number of hours at maximum output or full output hours per year for each wind farm each of which provides details of its location; if he holds data on array losses for individual wind farms; if individual turbines are individually metered; if he holds data on the extent of any curtailment of individual wind farms; if generators are compensated for periods of curtailment and if so, the amount of same; if there is data that would allow the weibull number to be estimated for each wind farm; the extent of the data and analysis he holds on wind energy outputs here. [46358/14]
Wed, 26 Nov 2014
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Taxi Regulations
Regina Doherty
166. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of small public service vehicle licences that lapsed arising from SI 165 of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45458/14]
Tue, 25 Nov 2014
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Tax Exemptions
Regina Doherty
195. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will advise on the last known date of a review on the charitable status of the Dublin Cemeteries Committee by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45005/14]
Wed, 12 Nov 2014
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Pension Provisions
Regina Doherty
96. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) who served in the Irish Army is entitled to an Army pension and if on their death that pension is transferred to their widow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43409/14]
Wed, 12 Nov 2014
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Cycling Facilities Provision
Regina Doherty
173. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the ten greenway cycleway projects that received Department funding in May 2014 in terms of commencement and competition dates of the ten projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43406/14]
Tue, 11 Nov 2014
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Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
Regina Doherty
88. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the redress scheme for victims of symphysiotomy and his views on the timeframe, terms and conditions and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42729/14]
Tue, 11 Nov 2014
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Hospital Transfers
Regina Doherty
151. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health to set out his plans to address the issue of delayed discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42730/14]
Tue, 4 Nov 2014
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Palliative Care Services
Regina Doherty
667. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the actions his Department and or the Health Service Executive have taken arising from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children's report on end of life and palliative care in Ireland and in particular actions arising from the 37 recommendations in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41397/14]
Tue, 14 Oct 2014
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Environmental Protection Agency Remit
Regina Doherty
341. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a company (details supplied) which is licensed by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has contravened its industrial emissions licence; if so, the action that has been taken by the EPA as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39225/14]
Tue, 7 Oct 2014
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Dental Services Expenditure
Regina Doherty
367. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the cost of the delivery of dental services under the school scheme; the benefits provided to children of school-going age under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38081/14]
Tue, 7 Oct 2014
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Dental Services Waiting Lists
Regina Doherty
368. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for delivery of dental services and in particular those waiting for orthodontic services under the general medical scheme; if geographically there are variances in our ability to deliver these services; if the variances are due to staff vacancies that exists due to embargoes on recruitment of relevant staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38082/14]
Tue, 7 Oct 2014
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Regina Doherty
461. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills in the event that the pupil-teacher ratio were reduced for junior and senior infants to 20:1, the number of new teachers that would be required; the cost to the Exchequer of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37836/14]
Tue, 7 Oct 2014
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Heritage Sites
Regina Doherty
612. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the full conservation and management plan being prepared for Tara, County Meath; the expected publication date of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38155/14]
Tue, 30 Sep 2014
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Patient Safety Agency Establishment
Regina Doherty
394. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the status of the patient safety authority; the planned remit of same; when it will be put on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36842/14]
Tue, 30 Sep 2014
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General Practitioner Services
Regina Doherty
395. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the negotiations with the Irish Medical Organisation regarding delivery of free general practitioner care to children aged under six years; and when he expects delivery of same. [36843/14]
Tue, 30 Sep 2014
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Symphysiotomy Reports
Regina Doherty
396. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the redress scheme recently announced for survivors of symphysiotomy; the timeframe for its establishment; the process of applications; the anticipated results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36844/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Health Services
Regina Doherty
1156. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to deaf advocacy groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32943/14]
Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Regina Doherty
1246. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the increase in pupil teacher ratio numbers of private or fee paying schools, both financially and in terms of increase in attendance, has had on the public system, in view of the fact that 255 places have been lost in the fee paying sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33057/14]
Tue, 8 Jul 2014
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Water Charges Introduction
Regina Doherty
554. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any property which has been identified as currently not suitable for a meter will be considered suitable for installation during the metering roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29834/14]
Tue, 8 Jul 2014
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Water Charges Introduction
Regina Doherty
555. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way the CER will determine the tariff for properties which are connected to the public water and wastewater system but that will not have a meter installed before the commencement of billing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29835/14]
Tue, 8 Jul 2014
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Water Charges Introduction
Regina Doherty
556. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the completion and implementation timeline for public consultations to determine the water tariffs for properties that will not have a water meter installed when billing commences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29836/14]
Tue, 8 Jul 2014
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Water Charges Introduction
Regina Doherty
557. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the processes that are in place to facilitate the circumstances of a private property owner who wishes to have a water meter installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29837/14]
Tue, 1 Jul 2014
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Home Care Packages
Regina Doherty
570. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath is to lose their home care package of three hours per week at the end of June; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28433/14]
Wed, 25 Jun 2014
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Home Care Packages
Regina Doherty
188. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath is to lose their home care package of three hours per week at the end of June; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27556/14]
Tue, 24 Jun 2014
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Teacher Redeployment
Regina Doherty
225. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the discrepancy in policy where a teacher seeking redeployment to another county has to resign his or her post in order to be eligible to apply for another county panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27260/14]