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Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Single Payment Scheme Payments
Tom Fleming
741. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will award a single farm payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5865/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Public Sector Pensions Data
Willie O'Dea
742. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of former public servants recruited before 6 April 1995 who receive public sector pensions, including both pensions funded by the Exchequer and through the Local Government Fund, and those pension schemes for which he has responsibility; the age profile of the public servants; if he will provide in tabular form the numbers of public sector pensioners in the following parameters, between €1,000 intervals up to €20,000 and those on more than €20,000. [5884/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Suckler Welfare Scheme Applications
Pat Breen
743. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 30 January 2013, the position regarding a review of a suckler welfare scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5953/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
Martin Ferris
744. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive an agri-environment options scheme payment for 2012. [6066/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
Tom Fleming
745. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the common agricultural policy negotiations regarding maintenance of the CAP budget and his efforts to secure a fully funded CAP budget for Pillars I and II; his further views on each of the following priority issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6071/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Child Care Services Provision
Paudie Coffey
746. Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1477 of 18 September 2012, if capital funding will be made available from her Department for 2013 to fund a maintenance programme for childcare facilities, the aim of which is to provide support to childcare settings to address medial, maintenance and renovation work or to purchase equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5257/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Capital Expenditure Programme
Sean Fleming
747. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of her Department’s €26 million capital spending for 2013 that will go towards construction projects; the projects involved; the details of these projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5270/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Community Development Projects
Damien English
748. Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of all funding programmes in her Department that community, voluntary and sporting organisations may apply to for funding; if she will provide a brief overview of each programme; the opening and closing dates of each programme; the minimum and maximum amounts of funding that may be applied for [5378/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Thomas Pringle
749. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline in tabular form the total cost of all conferences and seminars attended by her Department in 2012; the purpose of each conference/seminar; the location; the number of delegates that attended from her Department/agencies or otherwise that were represented; the total cost of each conference/seminar; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5632/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Health Services Staff
Robert Troy
750. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form the number of social workers for children in County Meath in March 2011, in March 2012 and in January 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5708/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Child Care Services Provision
Robert Troy
751. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form the details of child care providers in County Meath in receipt of State funding in 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5709/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Child Care Services Provision
Robert Troy
752. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare places in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5710/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Child Care Services Provision
Robert Troy
753. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in County Meath who avail of the free preschool year; the number who have availed of it each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5711/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Child Poverty
Nicky McFadden
754. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way the further €2.5 million allocated to her Department for the area-based child poverty initiative will be utilised; if areas in the midlands will be included in the initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5813/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Health Services
Finian McGrath
755. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [5869/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Public Sector Pensions Data
Willie O'Dea
756. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of former public servants recruited before 6 April 1995 who receive public sector pensions, including both pensions funded by the Exchequer and through the Local Government Fund, and those pension schemes for which she has responsibility; the age profile of the public servants; if she will provide in tabular form the numbers of public sector pensioners in the following parameters, between €1,000 intervals up to €20,000 and those on more than €20,000. [5886/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Departmental Funding
Micheál Martin
757. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the arrangements in place to provide full funding for the estate management projects in Fettercairn and Killinarden, Tallaght, Dublin 24; if he appreciates the importance to the local communities of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5903/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Health Care Infrastructure
Pearse Doherty
758. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to the publication by RTÉ of a letter (details supplied) which includes a statement that he requested that two projects be accelerated in the Health Service Executive's capital programme, the reasons he accelerated the two projects. [5066/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Food Safety Authority Investigations
Éamon Ó Cuív
759. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the date on which his Department was first informed by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland that positive tests showed the presence of horsemeat in beef burgers for human consumption; the actions he initiated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5109/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Food Safety Authority Investigations
Éamon Ó Cuív
760. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the date on which his Department was first alerted that positive tests indicated that beef burgers for human consumption were adulterated with horsemeat; the action he took in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5110/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Medicinal Products Licensing
Simon Harris
761. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Health if the drug, Kalydeco, will be available to patients suffering from Cystic Fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5114/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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HSE Funding
Brendan Smith
762. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to the concerns outlined in correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for general practice-primary care; if he will take into account the concerns of general practitioners about the difficulties that will arise due to the reduction in funding announced in budget 2013; if he will also take into account the additional difficulties that will arise particularly for rural practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5127/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Capital Programme Expenditure
Sean Fleming
763. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the €61 million of capital funding spent by his Department during December; the reason 17% of his Department's overall capital spend was held until December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5137/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Capital Programme Expenditure
Sean Fleming
764. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the reason his Department had a capital underspend of €41 million for 2012; what the funding was due to go towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5138/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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General Medical Services Scheme
Gerry Adams
765. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if doctors in the Health Service Executive north east region have been charging medical card patients for blood tests; the timeframe in which the practice has been going on; if the practice is in breach of the GMS contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5145/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Primary Care Strategy
Dara Calleary
766. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the total amounts invested in his Department's primary care strategy on an annual basis since 2010; if he will outline in a tabular form the number of medical posts and administration posts created under the strategy on a regional basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5146/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
Dara Calleary
767. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he will outline, in tabular form and on a regional basis, the amount of moneys due to service providers from his Department under headings (details supplied) for more than one month, two months, three months and more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5147/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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General Practitioner Co-operatives
Dara Calleary
768. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade the Westdoc Base at St. Joseph's District Hospital, Ballina, County Mayo [5148/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Mental Health Services Provision
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
769. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will provide data on the provision of child and adolescent psychological services; the numbers of early school leavers who avail of mental health or other health or social services from his Department in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5160/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Hospital Services
Denis Naughten
770. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if he will furnish the latest Health Service Executive emergency department activity comparison and the corresponding one from 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5170/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Medical Card Applications
Dan Neville
771. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health if he will approve an emergency medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of the fact that there are extreme medical issues at stake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5178/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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HSE Staffing
Alan Farrell
772. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health his views on the conditions and working hours of junior doctors in the Health Service Executive; his plans to engage with the Irish Medical Organisation to re-examine their working hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5181/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Vaccination Programme
Alan Farrell
773. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health his policy regarding the addition of the meningitis vaccination to the national vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5182/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Proposed Legislation
Mattie McGrath
774. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the Human Tissue Bill which has been in preparation by his Department since 2009; when will it be brought before Dáil Éireann; what is contained in the proposed Bill with respect to the presumed consent versus expressed consent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5190/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Orthodontic Service Provision
Finian McGrath
775. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the position regarding orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [5194/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Health Services
Finian McGrath
776. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a long-term care plan in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [5195/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Mental Health Services Provision
Finian McGrath
777. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on autistic services for teenagers in the Dublin area. [5196/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Primary Care Centre Provision
Anthony Lawlor
778. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the health centre in Johnstownbridge, County Kildare; his plans to develop a new health centre in the area that would incorporate both the Enfield County Meath and Johnstownbridge, County Kildare areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5199/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Primary Care Centre Provision
Charles Flanagan
779. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of the closure of the health centre at Monasterevin, County Kildare; and in view of the fact that the current health centre in the town serves a population base of in excess of 7,000 people, if he will take appropriate steps to secure its future. [5203/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
Thomas P. Broughan
780. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding is made available for children who have a profound hearing impairment to receive the double cochlear implant procedure which is standard in other EU states, including the NHS in the UK, particularly in view of the fact that there are around 350 children waiting for the procedure and at present can only receive a single implant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5205/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Suicide Prevention
Thomas P. Broughan
781. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he has received and reviewed a copy of the Men's Health Forum in Ireland's new report Young Men and Suicide Project; the measures he is taking on foot of the report to specifically address the problem of suicide among young men here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5218/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Health Services Staff
Thomas P. Broughan
782. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the appointment of the Director of the National Suicide Office and the key aims of the agency for the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5219/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Medical Card Applications
Thomas P. Broughan
783. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for an application for a medical card and a general practitioner card; the number of applicants currently waiting for their medical card and GP application to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5237/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Medical Card Appeals
Thomas P. Broughan
784. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a medical card appeal; the number of applicants waiting for their medical card appeal to be assessed and a decision made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5238/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Vaccination Programme
Brendan Griffin
785. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce the new Meningitis B vaccine into the childhood immunisation schedule (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5241/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Hospital Services
Dara Calleary
786. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the make up of the new Mayo Galway Roscommon Health Board; the reason Mayo is not represented on the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5252/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Hospital Services
Dara Calleary
787. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his plans for the future of Mayo General Hospital; the timeframe expected in attaining these goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5253/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Hospital Services
Dara Calleary
788. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his plans for the future of the Sacred Heart Hospital Castlebar, County Mayo; the time-frame expected in attaining these goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5254/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Primary Care Centre Provision
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
789. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to the closure of local health centres in County Kildare; if he will identify any such centres under consideration; if he will desist from the closure of such facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5256/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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HSE Staffing
Finian McGrath
790. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will support the non-consultant hospital doctors' campaign to cut the maximum shift worked from 36 hours down to 24 hours. [5258/13]