Parliamentary questions

Public Health Policy

Michael McCarthy

588. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of the healthy Ireland council; the number of positions available; if he will provide a full job description of the roles available; when recruitment is likely to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6384/14]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

589. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6385/14]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

590. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6395/14]

Disability Support Services Provision

Tom Fleming

591. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the additional resources that are being made available for children and young adults with autism in County Kerry in the 2014 Health Service Executive service plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6406/14]

Nursing Home Services

Brian Walsh

592. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has considered a proposal to make an existing 50-bed nursing facility available for use by a charitable organisation (details supplied) in County Galway; the decision reached following any such considerations; and the reasons for reaching that decision. [6408/14]

Speech and Language Therapy

Patrick Nulty

593. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will receive speech and language therapy; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6411/14]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

594. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he plans to replace the spinal surgeon at Tallaght hospital given the previous surgeon has ceased practising; if provisions are being made to facilitate affected patients waiting for specialist procedures to be moved to another facility while keeping their place on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6415/14]

Medical Card Administration

Heather Humphreys

595. Deputy Heather Humphreys asked the Minister for Health when a change of doctor issue will be rectified on medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6429/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Halligan

596. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm for the months, November 2013, December 2013 and January 2014, the number of persons that were left waiting on trolleys for more than12 hours prior to being given a bed; the way these figures compare to the same months in the preceding year; his views on whether the Health Service Executive is providing a sufficient level of care to the public here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6434/14]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Michael McGrath

597. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health when an electric bed will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6440/14]

Departmental Contracts Data

Billy Kelleher

598. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies under his aegis since May 2011; the value and purpose of the contract; if a competitive tendering process was undertaken in line with public procurement best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6457/14]

Speech and Language Therapy

Bernard Durkan

599. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when required speech therapy will commence in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6464/14]

Hospital Investigations

Charles Flanagan

600. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure the chief medical officer, who is currently preparing an initial report on the maternity unit at Portlaoise Hospital, will have included in any report the fact and circumstances surrounding the birth of a baby (details supplied) at the hospital. [6465/14]

Medical Card Appeals

Tom Fleming

601. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6466/14]

Ambulance Service Provision

Michael McCarthy

602. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the reason ambulance transport was denied in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will provide an explanation regarding the circumstances surrounding the emergency transfer of this person in County Cork; the steps being taken to address such a situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6487/14]

Patient Transfers

Bernard Durkan

603. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be urgently admitted to Beaumount Hospital from Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6505/14]

Accident and Emergency Services Provision

Seán Kenny

604. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to install a messaging system in each accident and emergency department that displays the current waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6532/14]

Departmental Advertising Expenditure

Damien English

605. Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Health the total spent on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown of the amount spent on each of TV, radio, print, outdoor, Internet and social media platform advertising; the amount spent on advertising agencies; if he will provide the information in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6584/14]

Information and Communications Technology

Damien English

606. Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Health if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6600/14]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Denis Naughten

607. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health further Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 18 December 2013, if he will furnish a follow up reply to the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6611/14]

Home Care Packages

Seán Fleming

608. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if a home health package will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6614/14]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Finian McGrath

609. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the waiting list in Beaumont Hospital regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6625/14]

Hospital Trusts

Joe Carey

610. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will establish an independent review of the University of Limerick hospital group tasked with evaluating if a model three hospital is required in the network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6661/14]

Ambulance Service Provision

Michael McGrath

611. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the level of ambulance cover available for the east Cork area on a 24-hour basis; his views on whether this level of cover is adequate; the average response times for the east Cork area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6662/14]

Health Services Provision

Dara Calleary

612. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 10 December 2013, when he expects the Health Service Executive to supply information requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6670/14]

Ambulance Service Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

613. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate reports received by this Deputy that three relatives of the chief ambulance officer of the national ambulance service have recently been employed in the positions of ambulance control supervisor, acting team leader and ambulance controller following interviews by a panel, the membership of which included the chief ambulance officer; if these reports are confirmed, if such recruitment practices are deemed acceptable in the public service and if they might jeopardise health and safety considerations which should apply to the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6671/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Jack Wall

614. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason the applicant has not received any clarification of the position despite the fact that they were informed by their pharmacist that their card has not been renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6672/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

James Bannon

615. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has had their full medical card taken from them after five years and a general practitioner card issued instead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6674/14]

Hospital Procedures

Billy Kelleher

616. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of operations and-or procedures that were cancelled or postponed in each public hospital in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6680/14]

Hospital Procedures

Billy Kelleher

617. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures the special delivery unit-health service procured from private and or independent hospitals in 2013; the amount spent by the health service-SDU on these procedures in private and or independent hospitals in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6682/14]

Blind Welfare Allowance Eligibility

Martin Heydon

618. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Health the reason a blind welfare allowance has ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6684/14]

Health Services Provision

Tom Fleming

619. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for an eye examination and-or optical appliance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6711/14]

HSE Staff Responsibilities

Patrick O'Donovan

620. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive personnel assigned to dealing with media queries in respect of matters relating to HSE functions in County Laois and the HSE Dublin mid-Leinster area; and the number of those persons that took leave or were on holiday on 31 January 2014 [6712/14]

Maternity Services

Lucinda Creighton

621. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health when his Department is expected to complete the audit of hospitals on the way in which perinatal mortality statistics are being provided to the national perinatal epidemiology centre; if the findings of the audit will be published; the total number of officials responsible for conducting this audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6733/14]

Health Services Provision

Joanna Tuffy

622. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health position regarding the application for a residential place in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6746/14]

Sexual Offences Data

Gerry Adams

623. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's attitude to the Drogheda review and requests for transcripts by complaining attendees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6748/14]

Sexual Offences Data

Gerry Adams

624. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the amount legal challenges are costing his Department and-or the Health Service Executive in respect of the High Court proceedings with the Information Commissioner and the Circuit Court proceedings with the Office of the Ombudsman in respect of the Drogheda review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6749/14]

Sexual Offences Data

Gerry Adams

625. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the amount the legal challenge is costing his Department and-or the Health Service Executive in respect of last year's court decision that the transcripts of the attendees at the Drogheda review be handed over to the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6750/14]

Sexual Offences Data

Gerry Adams

626. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the projected full costs to his Department and-or the Health Service Executive of the decision to legally challenge and oppose the release of the transcripts of the complaining attendees to the Drogheda review. [6751/14]

Sexual Offences Data

Gerry Adams

627. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health his reasons for opposing the provision of the transcripts of complaining attendees' evidence to the Drogheda review to the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6752/14]

Sexual Offences Data

Gerry Adams

628. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will review his decision not to hold a public inquiry into the circumstances of sexual abuse inflicted on patients in the hospital dealt with in the Drogheda review. [6753/14]

Sexual Offences Data

Gerry Adams

629. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if in view of his acknowledgement in his recent reply to parliamentary questions that Dignity 4 Patients provides very valuable work, that he accepts that some of those hurt and distressed by the sexual abuse in the hospital covered by the Drogheda review prefer to avail of counselling facilities provided by Dignity for Patients; if he will make available the necessary funding to Dignity for Patients to manage, access and provide the counselling that the victims require. [6754/14]

Hospital Appointment Status

Billy Timmins

630. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if same will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6759/14]

Health Services Access

Bernard Durkan

631. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the quality and level of support including therapeutic services available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6762/14]

Primary Care Centre Provision

Pat Deering

632. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the primary care centres announced in 2012. [6774/14]

Primary Care Centre Provision

Pat Deering

633. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the primary care centre announced in 2012 for Tullow, County Carlow; when work will commence; and when he expects the centre to be in use. [6775/14]

Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times

Terence Flanagan

634. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the wait time for elderly persons in Beaumont Hospital has lessened since his last visit to the hospital; if additional facilities should be put in place to ensure that elderly persons are more comfortable while waiting in the accident and emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6778/14]

Environmental Policy

Clare Daly

635. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the health implications arising from Professor Jacqueline McGlade's report for the European Environment Agency in terms of assessing the cost of air pollution, which the Irish Environmental Forum has put before him showing the effects emissions from the seven plants are causing to the health of people and the impact this is having on the health service. [6779/14]

Autism Support Services

Brian Walsh

636. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for early intervention services in respect of children under the age of six who have been diagnosed with autism; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these services have been withdrawn from such children in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6781/14]

Autism Support Services

Brian Walsh

637. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated for autism services provided through CAMHS teams since 2011; and the way increases in funding have been utilised to benefit service users. [6782/14]

Autism Support Services

Brian Walsh

638. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to the establishment of a new autism spectrum disorder team within CAMHS in the Health Service Executive western area; if he will identify the members of a steering committee formed to oversee the establishment of the ASD team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6783/14]

General Medical Services Scheme Administration

Joan Collins

639. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the situation of a family (details supplied). [6786/14]

Dietician Service

Seán Fleming

640. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for the provision of dietician services by the Health Service Executive; if these vary across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6805/14]

Prescription Charges

Seán Fleming

641. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to increase the prescription charge for persons on the State pension who are holders of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6808/14]

Official Engagements

Éamon Ó Cuív

642. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken place in Northern Ireland since he took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6820/14]

Health Services Provision

Brendan Griffin

643. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of vital services for a child (details supplied) in County Kerry, who has suffered a serious deterioration in personal service under reconfigured services. [6831/14]

Hospital Consultants Contract

Róisín Shortall

644. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any special arrangements that exist with regard to the employment of consultants in St. Vincent's Hospital outside the terms of the standard consultant contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6832/14]

Cochlear Implants

Gerry Adams

645. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if the €3.22 million set aside in the Health Service Executive's service plan for a bilateral simultaneous and sequential cochlear implant programme has been allocated yet to the national cochlear implant programme at Beaumont Hospital; if recruitment and training has begun in the specialised unit in Beaumont for the roll-out of the programme; when he anticipates that the first operations will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6838/14]

Orthodontic Service Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

646. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding braces in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6844/14]

HSE Investigations

Denis Naughten

647. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health in view of the RTE "Prime Time Investigates" programme on Portlaoise Hospital if similar reviews into baby deaths have been performed in other maternity hospitals; the number of such incidents; if families have been informed of any such reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6855/14]

Open Disclosures Policy

Denis Naughten

648. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that have implemented the Health Service Executive open disclosure policy; the timeline for its roll-out out across all maternity units and hospitals respectively; if he intends to put the disclosure policy on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6856/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Éamon Ó Cuív

649. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive have the legal right to refuse a medical card patient (details supplied) in County Galway two weeks free recuperative care after a serious operation on the basis that the person is a subscriber to a private health insurer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6876/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

650. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the progress to date in redetermination of eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6891/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Finian McGrath

651. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the mental health services available on the northside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6902/14]

Medical Negligence Cases

Charles Flanagan

652. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will initiate a full and detailed report into all the circumstances surrounding the appointment and employment of a doctor (details supplied) who worked at Portlaoise Hospital and who was the subject of a Medical Council fitness to practice inquiry which they failed to attend arising out of a series of allegations of incompetence against them; if he will seek confirmation of the interview process; if references supplied were read and/or acted upon; if reports were sought and obtained in respect of previous employment of this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6903/14]

Speech and Language Therapy

Jonathan O'Brien

653. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder two and a half years ago and has a disability, that they have been on an early intervention list for speech and language therapy but has not received any yet at Ashgrove House for over two years and that when they turn six years, they will not be eligible for this list; if he will personally intervene in this case to ensure that the child receives the therapy they are entitled to. [6913/14]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

Dan Neville

654. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health if he will consider chronic obstructive pulmonary disease qualifying for the long-term illness card; and to outline its exclusion to date as it is treatable but not curable [6958/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Richard Boyd Barrett

655. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the private hospitals which have received patients transferred from public lists; the costs paid to each hospital for patients transferred from public waiting lists for 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6959/14]

State Bodies

Kevin Humphreys

656. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff that were employed by the Railway Procurement Agency in each year from 2010 to date in 2014; the staff grades; the annual salary costs; the duties carried out by each staff member at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6363/14]

Road Improvement Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

657. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the local improvement scheme grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6444/14]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Billy Kelleher

658. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies under his aegis since May 2011; the value and purpose of the contract; if a competitive tendering process was undertaken in line with public procurement best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6463/14]

Road Improvement Schemes

Joe Carey

659. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the condition of a public road (details supplied) in County Clare following the recent storms; and if he will ensure that the necessary funding is provided to safeguard the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6479/14]

Public Transport Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

660. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the public bus transport service to and from Kentstown, County Meath. [6488/14]

Public Transport

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

661. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason second level students, upon reaching the age of 18 but remaining in full-time secondary education, no longer qualify for school child DART fares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6518/14]

Public Transport

Seán Kenny

662. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the immediate steps Iarnród Eireann will take to improve the quality of the audio announcements on the DART; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6533/14]

Electric Vehicle Grants

Eoghan Murphy

663. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering introducing any additional incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles, for example, freedom from tolls on motorways, tunnels and bridges. [6549/14]

Traffic Management

Eoghan Murphy

664. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been consulted in the past 12 months on the introduction of a congestion charge for Dublin city centre. [6550/14]

Taxi Regulations

Regina Doherty

665. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason behind the different licensing procedures for limousines registered before and after 1 January 1980; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6558/14]

Taxi Regulations

Regina Doherty

666. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the event or research that prompted his Department's changes to licensing for pre-1980 limousine owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6561/14]

Taxi Regulations

Regina Doherty

667. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the purpose or intent of the engineer's inspection report required by limousine owners to be taken annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6562/14]

Taxi Regulations

Regina Doherty

668. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of licensed limousine owners who use non-PSV licensed drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6563/14]

Penalty Points System Offences

Thomas P. Broughan

669. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the full section 53 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 will be commenced; and the steps that need to be taken to facilitate the commencement of the provision so that any driver who commits an offence attracting penalty points and who produces a non-Irish driving licence will have those penalty points applied to their licence. [6565/14]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Damien English

670. Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount spent on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown on the amount spent on each of TV, radio, print, outdoor, Internet and social media platform advertising; the amount spent on advertising agencies; if he will provide the information in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6590/14]

Departmental Reports

Damien English

671. Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6606/14]

Taxi Regulations

Regina Doherty

672. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the unlicensed operators within the limousines and wedding car industry; and the resources allocated to this issue within the regulators office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6620/14]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Brendan Smith

673. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be allocated to the National Roads Authority this year in respect of necessary upgrading of the east-west route from Cootehill, County Cavan through Shercock and Carrickmacross to Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6622/14]

Driver Licences

Brendan Griffin

674. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a decision has been made on an application for the reinstatement of a trailer licence category BE in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6660/14]

Taxi Licences Renewals

Dessie Ellis

675. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will have their inactive small public service vehicle licence made void in view of the fact that it will be one year since they were due to renew it in May 2014 and the new requirement is for it to be renewed within one year, as opposed to the previous renewal window of five years; and if any special provision can be made due to the ongoing insurance dispute which has left them without their vehicle. [6719/14]

Driver Licence Renewals

Jack Wall

676. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the renewal of driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6739/14]

Dublin Bus Services

Bernard Durkan

677. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is possible to amend the route of bus No. 66 to pass through Green Lane, Leixlip, in the morning to collect school-going children on their way to school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6764/14]

Dublin Bus Services

Patrick Nulty

678. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give consideration to the provision of a direct bus service between areas (details supplied) and Beaumont Hospital as currently access is very difficult for those who have to depend on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6766/14]

Air Services Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

679. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a flight route from Dublin to Kerry Airport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6799/14]

Official Engagements

Éamon Ó Cuív

680. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken place in Northern Ireland since he took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6826/14]

Cycling Facilities Provision

Robert Troy

681. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider an application by Westmeath County Council to extend the pathway along the banks of the Royal Canal from Mullingar to Coolnahay; and when a decision will be made on this application. [6837/14]

Roads Maintenance

Seán Kyne

682. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the community involvement scheme introduced in 2013; the uptake of the scheme; and if a similar investment project would be considered for footpath projects. [6906/14]