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Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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National Drugs Strategy Budget
John Lahart
460. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health his plans to allocate additional funding to support the national drugs strategy in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28533/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Legislative Programme
John Curran
461. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health when he will advance all Stages of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad] through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28536/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Motorised Transport Grant Closure
Thomas Byrne
462. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health when he envisages an alternative to the motorised transport grant, which was discontinued in 2013, will commence and begin accepting applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28572/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Occupational Therapy
Michael Healy-Rae
463. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for occupational therapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28574/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Home Help Service Data
Michael Moynihan
464. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for home help hours in County Cork in the 12 months up to the end of August 2016; the total amount of home help hours that were provided in the same period; the corresponding number of home help hours that were provided in the previous 12 months to the end of August 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28579/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Prescriptions Charges
Thomas P. Broughan
465. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in a full year if the prescription charges were abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28584/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Home Care Packages Funding
Gino Kenny
466. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will fund home care packages on a demand-led basis to reduce the unnecessary suffering and financial costs of delayed discharges from hospital and residential care; if he will quantify these financial costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28592/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Medical Card Applications
Bernard Durkan
467. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28593/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Motorised Transport Grant Applications
Michael Healy-Rae
468. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a request by a person (details supplied) for a new motorised scooter from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28595/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
Jan O'Sullivan
469. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if a registered charity (details supplied) will be adequately funded in view of the fact that it is the only residential detoxification and treatment service for adolescents here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28599/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Services for People with Disabilities
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
470. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of a home (details supplied); if there are plans to close this facility; in the event of closure, his plans for residents and those employed in this facility; if there has been any form of consultation with the families and the employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28602/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Primary Care Centres Provision
Seán Sherlock
471. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the progress regarding the construction of the Celbridge primary care centre in County Kildare, which commenced construction in September 2015; and if the centre will open in January 2017. [28603/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Obesity Strategy
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
472. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health if the Government has a national nutrition and healthy food strategy; if not, his plans to produce one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28613/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Hospital Services
Robert Troy
473. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) who requires a number of scans and cannot afford to pay for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28618/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Services for People with Disabilities
Joan Collins
474. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on whether personal assistance hours for persons with disabilities need to be increased by at least an additional 500,000 hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28619/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
Jack Chambers
475. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the only adolescent detoxification and treatment facility for young people between the ages of 15 and 21 (details supplied) is at risk of closure due to funding issues and is in need of assistance from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28629/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
Jack Chambers
476. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current State funding a service (details supplied) receives is insufficient to cover the costs required to adequately deal with the increasing demand and complexity with respect to young persons which requires such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28630/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
Jack Chambers
477. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health if he will increase funding to a vital service (details supplied) to ensure that it is able to continue to help young people suffering with addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28631/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Services for People with Disabilities
Alan Farrell
478. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in need of residential care; the supports which will be made available to the person and their family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28646/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Cross-Border Health Initiatives
Pearse Doherty
479. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is no longer eligible to have treatment carried out in Belfast children's hospital under the cross-Border health care directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28651/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Home Care Packages Data
Willie Penrose
480. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health the number of home care hours and packages allocated by the State to independent and private home care providers, setting out the names of the companies or entities involved and the precise basis upon which each company receives its specific allocation; the details of such home care packages and home care hours, as provided by the private sector on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28728/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Public Sector Pensions Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
481. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension who have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28981/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Departmental Staff Data
Brian Stanley
482. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by his Department or seconded to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28994/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Fish Farming
Clare Daly
483. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department expects to complete an examination of overstocking at fish farms operated by a company (details supplied); and if the examination will include potential damage to the marine environment and to the organic status of the fish produced at the sites. [28064/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Aquaculture Licences
Clare Daly
484. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will conduct the proposed review of aquaculture licensing; and if he will suspend all aquaculture licensing pending the outcome of the review. [28065/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Departmental Bodies Expenditure
Clare Daly
485. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of public money that has been spent by Bord lascaigh Mhara to date on its proposed licence application for a giant fish farm off Inishturk. [28066/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Bord na gCon Staff
Michael Healy-Rae
486. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28067/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Bord na gCon Staff
Michael Healy-Rae
487. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons now employed in the greyhound industry, in tabular form. [28068/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Bord na gCon Administration
Michael Healy-Rae
488. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28071/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Bord na gCon Administration
Michael Healy-Rae
489. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28073/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Agriculture Scheme Appeals
Michael Fitzmaurice
490. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) who successfully appealed the inspection results of his Department by way of oral hearing, the result of which was communicated to them, has not received all payments now due to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28075/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Agriculture Scheme Appeals
Michael Fitzmaurice
491. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the agricultural appeals office has found against his Department, the procedure in place to ensure that the applicant receives payment as soon as possible to avoid further hardship being inflicted on the applicant, who often has had payments withheld for years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28076/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Agriculture Scheme Appeals
Michael Fitzmaurice
492. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine where his Department has not made payments to successful applicants to the schemes, the steps available to enforce the decision of the agricultural appeals office against his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28077/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Íocaíochtaí Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
Éamon Ó Cuív
493. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cén uair a íocfar deontas faoi scéim na limistéar faoi shrianta nádúrtha do 2016 le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí leis seo); cén fáth go bhfuil moill leis an íocaíocht seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [28084/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Herd Number Applications
Kevin O'Keeffe
494. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person's (details supplied) herd number can be reactivated urgently. [28085/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Public Procurement Contracts
Michael Collins
495. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has established the standard to enable other bovine tag suppliers to compete in the market for the benefit of farmers; and his views on same. [28088/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Public Procurement Contracts
Michael Collins
496. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether having only one supplier of bovine tags is not in keeping with the EU ethos of competition and free market. [28089/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
Michael Healy-Rae
497. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28092/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility
John McGuinness
498. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) has been approved for the national reserve and the young farmers schemes; the other financial supports available for young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28117/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Agriculture Scheme Payments
Pat Breen
499. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28177/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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TAMS Applications
Pat Breen
500. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28179/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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GLAS Payments
Éamon Ó Cuív
501. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1561 of 16 September 2016, the reason he did not provide, as requested, the total payments made to date under the GLAS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28186/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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GLAS Issues
Mattie McGrath
502. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the procedures governing inspection of non-GLAS farms; if he will instruct planners in his Department who are carrying out GLAS commonage management plans to provide adequate notice to non-GLAS shareholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28192/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Agriculture Scheme Payments
Pat Breen
503. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28216/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Waste Management
Richard Boyd Barrett
504. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the environmental and health impact assessments which have been carried out in relation to human biosolids being used as fertiliser; the regulations in place on the storage and spreading of this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28229/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
Éamon Ó Cuív
505. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the areas of natural constraint scheme for 2016 to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment and the details of issues affecting the issuing of this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28248/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Basic Payment Scheme Payments
Timmy Dooley
506. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a 2015 basic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28269/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Forestry Grants
Martin Kenny
507. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons or companies, and the associated amount of income or gains in increments of €5,000, in receipt of grant aid related to the ownership of woodlands and all woodland activity from 2009 and 2015 in tabular form and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28274/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
Timmy Dooley
508. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive 2015 and 2016 disadvantaged area scheme payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28278/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Milk Prices
Michael Collins
509. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue a suggestion to all co-ops nationwide to pass on the recent increase in global dairy prices to dairy farmers and to ensure that this is reflected immediately in the prices paid for milk by co-ops; and his views in this regard. [28282/16]