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Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Nursing Education
Michael Healy-Rae
204. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the number of student nursing places available in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16404/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Medical Card Eligibility
Willie Penrose
205. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria that will apply in the context of a person who currently holds a medical card because of serious illness that requires ongoing and continuous medical treatment (details supplied) but who is about to receive a personal injuries award that arises from negligent treatment and diagnosis; how the receipt of such compensation would impact upon this person’s eligibility to retain a medical card where the level, nature and extent of the treatment warranted to deal with the medical condition will continue to increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16414/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Health Services
Michael Healy-Rae
206. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16423/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Hospital Appointments Status
Gerry Adams
207. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [16428/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
Róisín Shortall
208. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to a recent parliamentary question, if he has received an alternative proposal from the Central Remedial Clinic on a pension scheme involving 47 employees and his response. [16449/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Health Services
Michael Healy-Rae
209. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16450/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Patient Safety
Róisín Shortall
210. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the legislation on the disclosure of medical mistakes in the Health Service Executive and his plans to update it or to publish new legislation. [16454/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
211. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16456/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Medical Card Eligibility
Brendan Griffin
212. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health why a card was withdrawn from a person (details supplied) and if he will reinstate it under the medical card scheme. [16457/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Health Services
Michael Healy-Rae
213. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of nursing support for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16459/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
214. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16464/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments
Mary Lou McDonald
215. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health why the National Treatment Purchase Fund has reduced funding to a care home (details supplied); and if he is aware that the care home is passing this cost on to its residents. [16474/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Prescriptions Charges
Michael McGrath
216. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the proportions of the projected cost of prescribed drugs which relate to payment to manufacturers; to wholesale distributors and to retail pharmacists under the general medical scheme and community drug scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16513/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Hospital Services
Michael Healy-Rae
217. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a placement on a register in Cork University Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16522/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
Fergus O'Dowd
218. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health his policy on citizens of the Republic of Ireland who were placed in nursing home care in Northern Ireland under the nursing home subvention scheme; if his Department reviewed their cases per the regulations in place under the national guidelines, the Nursing Homes (Subvention) Regulations 1993 to 2006 and when it introduced the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16529/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Hospital Services
John Brassil
219. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health to urgently examine and expedite an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16533/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Orthodontic Services
Michael Healy-Rae
220. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16535/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Hospital Appointments Status
Willie Penrose
221. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16576/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Cancer Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
222. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in cancer patients receiving compression sleeves in County Galway. [16585/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Éamon Ó Cuív
223. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting and the average waiting time for magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scans in Galway University Hospital; when he will complete and evaluate the business case for providing a second scan; his policy objectives on waiting times for MRI scans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16590/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Departmental Properties
Peadar Tóibín
224. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the properties his Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the lessors who were involved with the National Asset Management Agency or with any of the State banks; and the details of each lease. [16602/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Medical Card Applications
Bernard Durkan
225. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16634/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
Michael Healy-Rae
226. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16382/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Single Payment Scheme Appeals
Michael Healy-Rae
227. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the area aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16394/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Pesticide Use
Brendan Smith
228. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the continued licensing of glyphosate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16419/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Basic Payment Scheme Applications
Thomas Pringle
229. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1036 of 17 May 2016, when he will issue a decision and notify a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16490/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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GLAS Eligibility
Michael Healy-Rae
230. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a person (details supplied) who did not qualify for tier 2 under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16492/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Beef Data Programme
Michael Healy-Rae
231. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a herd size for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16516/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
Brendan Griffin
232. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support sheep farmers, including the rates of support he is considering and if these are open to increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16527/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Harbours and Piers Development
Pearse Doherty
233. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the pier at Killybegs Harbour in County Donegal, including if he has formally approved it, if he has allocated the required funding, its cost and the start and completion dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16551/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Transfer of Entitlements Application
Brendan Griffin
234. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16555/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Pesticide Use
Charlie McConalogue
235. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking with other European Union member states, regarding the re-authorisation of glyphosate before the 1 July 2016 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16562/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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TAMS Applications Data
Charlie McConalogue
236. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications his Department has received, part-approved, fully approved and paid under tranche 1, 2 and 3 of the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 by county in 2016 to date, in tabular form; the number of payments he has not yet issued; when he will issue them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16563/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Agriculture Industry
Charlie McConalogue
237. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the dairy forum and the beef forum will next meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16564/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Dairy Sector
Charlie McConalogue
238. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he supports a review of the public intervention instrument and reference threshold levels for butter and skimmed milk powder, as permitted under the Common Agricultural Policy's regulation 1308/2013; if he had discussed this at European Union level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16565/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Beef Exports
Charlie McConalogue
239. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the original value his Department put on beef export targets to the US for 2015; the actual value realised; his 2016 beef export targets in value terms; and when Irish manufacturing beef will be permitted to enter the market in the US. [16566/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Live Exports
Charlie McConalogue
240. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the European Union and non-European Union states to which Ireland has access to export live cattle, in tabular form; the new markets he will open in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16567/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Live Exports
Charlie McConalogue
241. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why previous large-scale live cattle exports to Belgium have declined; his plans to rectify this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16568/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Rural Development Programme Funding
Charlie McConalogue
242. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allocate the underspend on agri-environmental schemes under the rural development programme in 2015 to schemes under the programme in the remaining window of the Common Agricultural Policy; the status of unused funding after 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16569/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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GLAS Data
Charlie McConalogue
243. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average annual payment farmers will be entitled to draw down, based on current participation rates under the GLAS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16570/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Beef Genomics Scheme
Charlie McConalogue
244. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider re-opening the beef data and genomics scheme to new applications, given that participation rates are well below the original participation target set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16571/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Agriculture Schemes
Charlie McConalogue
245. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria he is considering for the amended application to receive European Union approval for the sheep payment scheme under the rural development programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16572/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Rural Development Programme Funding
Charlie McConalogue
246. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering applying for an amendment to Ireland's rural development programme at European Union level to create financial instruments to draw down on European Investment Bank funding sources and to provide affordable credit to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16573/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Superlevy Fine
Charlie McConalogue
247. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants and the amount of funding remaining under the superlevy instalment scheme; if he will consider postponing the collection of the remaining instalment payments for up to two years, given the severe market volatility in the sector and associated cash flow difficulties; if these fines will be imposed at European Union level should he pursue a postponement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16574/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Departmental Legal Cases
Éamon Ó Cuív
248. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if legal issues have been raised with him in relation to the request for tender he issued on 23 May 2016 to award a concession services contract to a sole provider of identification tags for beef and dairy cattle; if he intends to defer this request for tender until the legal implications raised are fully examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16588/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Departmental Properties
Peadar Tóibín
249. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the properties his Department and agencies under its remit leased; the number they leased on upward-only rents and the number of the lessors who were involved with the National Asset Management Agency or with any of the State banks; and the details of each lease. [16593/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Broadcasting Charge
Timmy Dooley
250. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy on the public service broadcasting charge as was committed to under the previous Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16396/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Climate Change Policy
Bernard Durkan
251. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to reduce the importation of fossil fuels, given the need to meet carbon dioxide reduction targets; if he is satisfied with the attainability of existing targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16536/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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Telecommunications Infrastructure
Catherine Murphy
252. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to request Eir to outline the status of the upgrading of the Coolcarrigan exchange near Coill Dubh, County Kildare, given its negative impact on small businesses and households in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16545/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
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National Broadband Plan Implementation
James Browne
253. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the roll-out of broadband in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16559/16]