Parliamentary questions

Defence Forces Personnel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1323. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made in developing the role of women in peacekeeping functions, as has been highlighted by the Secretary General of the UN and identified under UNSCR 1325; and the status of the engagement with other stakeholders, such as the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána, to explore the contribution of gender-focused measures, particularly regarding the appropriate deployment of female personnel. [12819/17]

Cyber Security Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1324. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the increased threats to the State from cyberattacks and terrorism as identified in the Government’s White Paper on defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12820/17]

Air Corps Equipment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1325. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to equip the Air Corps with fighter jets that are capable of defending Irish airspace; and if he has considered leasing options similar to the Czech-Swedish contract for aircraft (details supplied). [12821/17]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1326. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a progress report on increases to personnel in the Army, Air Corps, Naval Service and Reserve to meet the proposals in the White Paper on defence. [12822/17]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1327. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated costs needed to restore Defence Force personnel to the levels prior to the cuts that resulted from the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts of 2009 to 2015 and the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013-2018, the Lansdowne Road agreement. [12823/17]

Defence Forces Strength

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1328. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a comparative breakdown of Defence Force personnel from 2009, prior to the introduction of cuts arising from the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts of 2009 to 2015 and the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013-2018, the Lansdowne Road agreement, with current levels. [12836/17]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1329. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost to the Exchequer should the 10% cut to new entrants to the military be restored. [12840/17]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1331. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number and ranks of the Defence Forces personnel who served in sub-Saharan Africa in 2015; and the duration of their posting. [12967/17]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1332. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost to the Exchequer of returning the Reserve Defence Force to pre-2009 levels. [13044/17]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1333. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of restoring retrospectively the weekly €50 increase for members of the Army Ranger Wing back to 2006 as awarded by the adjudicator under the conciliation and arbitration scheme in 2010. [13045/17]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1334. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost to the Exchequer if the €20 cut to the 24-hour duty payment to Defence Forces personnel was reinstated. [13046/17]

Defence Forces Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1335. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an incremental breakdown of the cuts that have been imposed on the Defence Forces since 2010. [13050/17]

Human Rights Cases

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

174. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to urge the Egyptian Government to release a person (details supplied) on humanitarian grounds. [12457/17]

Suicide Incidence

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

254. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that died of suicide within 24 hours of being discharged from or having left St. James's Hospital, the Mater Hospital, James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Beaumont Hospital or St. Vincent's Hospital for each of the past five years. [12761/17]

Suicide Incidence

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

255. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that died of suicide in St. James's Hospital, the Mater Hospital, James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Beaumont Hospital or St. Vincent's Hospital for each of the past five years. [12762/17]

Suicide Incidence

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

256. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the additional steps being taken to try and tackle suicide among persons discharged from or having left St. James's Hospital, the Mater, James Connolly Memorial, Beaumont or St. Vincent's hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12763/17]

Parking Charges

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

334. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if electric hybrid car users can be exempt from parking charges while parked and plugged into charging points. [12552/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

55. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 1 February 2017, if he will highlight, of those 105 beds that are closed due to staffing constraints, the staff that are needed; the number of nurses that have taken up and left employment respectively in the acute hospital sector since the start of 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11893/17]

Electronic Health Records

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

66. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the status of an evaluation being undertaken by his Department in respect of the business case for a national electronic health record, EHR; the time it will take to deliver a full EHR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11892/17]

Commemorative Events

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

202. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce the lumper project as part of the green school project, as suggested by the Committee of the Commemoration of the Irish Famine Victims, similar to that which is being rolled out in schools in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11375/17]

Postal Codes

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

742. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the website for the Irish national postcode is hosted in the UK by a company (details supplied); and the reason the site, which is national infrastructure, is not hosted here by an Irish Internet service provider. [11382/17]

Postal Codes

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

743. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the Eircode business name is registered as being owned by a company (details supplied) rather than the State. [11383/17]

Postal Codes

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

744. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the trademark for Eircode is registered in London and owned by a company (details supplied) rather than the State. [11384/17]

Defence Forces

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

848. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons that have submitted protected disclosures regarding hazardous working conditions at Casement Aerodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11864/17]

Defence Forces

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

849. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will commission a study to investigate the potential link between chronic illnesses suffered by former Air Corps technicians and their exposure to toxic chemicals during the course of their duties, similar to inquiries established in Australia that found that medical conditions suffered by its air force staff were a direct result of their working conditions. [11866/17]

Postal Codes

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

322. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Eircode website was down for approximately 24 hours over the weekend of 25 and 26 February 2017; and his views on the matter. [10874/17]

Postal Codes

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

323. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the fact that a piece of national infrastructure such as the Eircode website can have a 24-hour outage; and if consideration will be given to a more resilient offline global positioning service-based code for emergency services as a back-up. [10875/17]

Garda Vetting Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

82. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in processing a person's Garda vetting application (details supplied). [10616/17]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

314. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason seven years after the court of arbitration ruled in favour of a weekly €50 increase for members of the Army Ranger Wing, ARW, to be paid retrospectively back to 2006, the ARW is still awaiting payment of this pay rise; and the steps he will take to resolve this matter. [10662/17]

DEIS Eligibility

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

316. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not awarded DEIS status when all its neighbouring schools were and the students of these schools are within the same catchment area as this school and the level of disadvantage is the same; and if he will reconsider this decision. [10076/17]

DEIS Eligibility

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

317. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not awarded DEIS status when all its neighbouring schools were and the students of these schools are within the same catchment area as this school and the level of disadvantage is the same; and if he will reconsider this decision. [10077/17]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

829. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of enlisted Defence Forces personnel that are in receipt of income support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9620/17]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

830. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures his Department plans to take to address the disparity in pay for new recruits whose weekly pay is under €300; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9621/17]

Defence Forces Allowances

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

831. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the efforts being made to reinstate the 24-hour duty payment to Defence Forces personnel that was cut from €40 to €20. [9622/17]

Defence Forces Allowances

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

832. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the out-of-barracks payment paid to Defence Forces personnel will be reinstated; and his views on criticism over the time being taken to process subsistence payments. [9623/17]

Defence Forces Allowances

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

833. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of duty pay allowances given to Defence Forces personnel to pay for rations; and if his Department, or the military authorities, have been made aware of concerns regarding the quality of meals provided to Defence Forces personnel. [9624/17]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

834. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel whose homes have been repossessed in the past five years; and his views on the difficulties faced by military personnel whose poor credit rating and reliance on moneylenders can be directly attributed to cuts in pay and entitlements. [9625/17]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

835. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of any reports commissioned by the Government into the anti-malaria drug Lariam; and if the findings of these reports will be made public. [9626/17]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

836. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way his Department is responding to a climate survey that was carried out in 2016 and which showed low morale among Defence Forces personnel, whose reduced take-home pay is not enough to pay for the significantly increased travelling costs due to relocation following the closure of several barracks in recent years. [9627/17]

Protected Disclosures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

837. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the military authorities were first made aware of the health and safety issues at Casement Aerodrome; the way in which these concerns were communicated to the authorities; if they were passed on to him; and the action that was taken in respect of these disclosures. [9628/17]

Protected Disclosures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

838. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to other health and safety reports done by or for the Air Corps since the 1990s, which highlighted breaches of health and safety procedures at Casement Aerodrome; and the way in which the recommendations in these reports were actioned. [9629/17]

Protected Disclosures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

839. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason, when the HSA inspected Casement Aerodrome on 4 February, 5 April and 28 September 2016, authorities waited until 21 October 2016 before taking action to implement the HSA's recommendation. [9630/17]

Protected Disclosures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

840. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the eight phases that are being implemented to improve health and safety at Casement Aerodrome. [9631/17]

Protected Disclosures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

841. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason it took from November 2015, when his Department first received a protected disclosure relating to the Air Corps, until July 2016 to appoint an independent reviewer to examine breaches of health and safety at Casement Aerodrome. [9632/17]

Protected Disclosures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

842. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he expects the independent reviewer to complete the report into health and safety at Casement Aerodrome; if he will publish the report and all other internal reports to his Department pertaining to this matter; and if he will ensure full public disclosure on this matter. [9633/17]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

843. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the findings of the 2013 review into the safety management system at Casement Aerodrome; and if he will publish the recommendations of the review and the way in which the recommendations were implemented. [9634/17]

Defence Forces Personnel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

844. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to other branches of the Defence Forces reviewing their risk assessment protocols for personnel handling hazardous materials, in view of the seriousness of health and safety standards at Casement Aerodrome. [9635/17]

Protected Disclosures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

845. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the concerns of whistleblowers regarding the impartiality of a person (details supplied) who was appointed as independent assessor to investigate health. [9636/17]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

848. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to pending litigation by former Scottish RAF servicemen who are launching a multimillion pound legal case on behalf of air crew who have suffered serious illnesses and death as a result of exposure to hazardous chemicals when working on Scottish air bases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9695/17]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

849. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on claims the British Ministry of Defence have failed to take responsibility for the serious illnesses and deaths of 26 former servicemen who were regularly exposed to toxic substances at Scottish air bases; and his further views on the fact there are striking similarities between those cases and the situation which has allegedly occurred at Casement Aerodrome in respect of Air Corps personnel. [9696/17]

White Paper on Defence

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

850. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made to date on policy initiatives involving both civil and military defence personnel in order to support the comprehensive approach to crisis management, post-conflict stabilisation and security sector reform as set out in the 2015 White Paper on Defence. [9776/17]

White Paper on Defence

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

851. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress on the review into Ireland's declared contribution to UNSAS and the EU Headline Goal in view of the changing security environment and the ongoing modernisation and transformation of the Defence Forces' capabilities; and the details of the contents of the review. [9777/17]

Defence Forces Operations

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

852. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the countries his Department has co-operated with over the past five years when developing and maintaining military capabilities required for peace support and crisis management operations, pooling and sharing opportunities to deliver additional capability and capacity for Defence Forces' operations and joint training and planning in order to deliver the requisite combined military capabilities for crisis management operations. [9778/17]

Disability Support Services Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

328. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided a date for an assessment of needs appointment under the Disability Act 2005. [9299/17]

Health and Safety Inspections

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

465. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Health and Safety Authority inspections of the Air Corps at Casement Aerodrome were by invitation or as a result of complaints regarding ongoing and long-term health and safety violations by serving and former personnel. [9393/17]

Disability Allowance Eligibility

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

128. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person's holiday home is taken into consideration under the means assessment when applying for disability allowance. [8858/17]

Disability Allowance Eligibility

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

129. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if mortgage payments can be taken into consideration under a person's means assessment when applying for disability allowance. [8859/17]

Hospital Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

403. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when mammogram services were discontinued in Tallaght hospital; the reason for same; the number of persons that were using this service; and the locations where these persons are now availing of this service. [8115/17]

Hospital Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

404. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting time of 26 weeks for the mammogram service in St. James's Hospital for those persons under 50 years of age. [8116/17]

Defence Forces Personnel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

36. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the length of time he, his Department and the military authorities have been aware of the issues highlighted by the protected disclosures made by former and serving members of the Air Corps into the health and safety and working conditions in Casement Aerodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7648/17]

Defence Forces Investigations

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

41. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the investigations into ten cases of bullying and sexual harassment by members of the Defence Forces that have been reported in the past two years; his views on claims by the soldiers' representative groups that the actual numbers of complaints could be much higher; and the efforts that have been made to put in place better procedures and protocols that will reduce the amount of time it takes to investigate a complaint. [7302/17]

Air Corps Equipment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

44. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the military authorities did not act on foot of the first Health and Safety Authority report into the handling of dangerous and carcinogenic materials by Air Corps personnel without the appropriate protective clothing, adequate training or basic equipment, instead of waiting for the final report, thus prolonging the exposure of personnel at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel. [7298/17]

Health and Safety Regulations

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

63. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if health and safety investigations have been initiated by the other branches of the Defence Forces, whether by themselves or by external health and safety experts, to ensure that no other military personnel are exposed to the dangerous and carcinogenic materials or chemicals without the appropriate protective clothing, adequate training or basic equipment; and if he is satisfied that no other damning report such as that from the Health and Safety Authority into practices at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel will emerge. [7299/17]

Defence Forces Ombudsman

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

64. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to extend the remit of the Defence Forces Ombudsman by removing the restrictions to its remit as per the Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004 and as highlighted by the Ombudsman in his most recent annual report. [7300/17]

Proposed Legislation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

78. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider introducing legislation similar to the Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Act 2013 to pardon Free State troops who were executed or imprisoned by the State for switching allegiance to the IRA during the Civil War. [7301/17]

Medical Card Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

209. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [7506/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

211. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of residential properties that have had to be sold at the request of the HSE legal department in order to make a settlement for the health care received by the owner. [7525/17]

Air Corps Operations

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

307. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he has taken to increase the capacity of the Air Corps in view of the fact that eight cadets are in training and ten are retiring in 2017 and that already there is such a shortfall that the Air Corps cannot fulfil its obligations regarding air patient transfer for children from Our Lady's Hospital Crumlin awaiting heart and liver transplants in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7770/17]

Social Insurance

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

276. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the purpose of reckonable credits if they are not taken into account when calculating eligibility for various social welfare payments. [6671/17]

Departmental Websites

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

282. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the JobsIreland website is the only online vacancy and job matching service available to local employment services and Intreo, and the only method of advertising for vacancies in employment programmes, such as community employment schemes, permitted by his Department (details supplied). [6766/17]

Disabilities Assessments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

406. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be granted a date for an assessment of needs to be carried out. [6865/17]

Back to Work Allowance Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

139. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a person’s (details supplied) application for back to work allowance; and when they can expect a decision on their case. [6435/17]

Tax Code

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

171. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) is still being taxed as a single person. [5426/17]

Jobseeker's Benefit Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

308. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for jobseeker's benefits in respect of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect a decision on their case. [5595/17]

Health Services Staff Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

370. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the names, contact phone number and email address for all the environmental health officers in Dublin; and the areas which they cover in Dublin. [5439/17]

Defence Forces

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

716. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action taken to ensure the safety of those persons currently working in the Casement Aerodrome upon receipt of protected disclosures made relating to the working conditions in the Casement Aerodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6120/17]

Defence Forces

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

717. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the independent third party appointed to investigate the protected disclosures made relating to the working conditions in the Casement Aerodrome has yet to contact those persons who made the disclosures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6121/17]

Skills Development

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

106. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated to the Dublin South Central constituency in 2015 and 2016. [4966/17]

Skills Development

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

107. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that was allocated to the Dublin South Central constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016 by his Department and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. [4968/17]

Skills Development

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

108. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the agency or Government body that has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy. [4969/17]

Medical Card Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

262. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) [5084/17]

Tourism Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

344. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that was allocated to the Dublin South-Central constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016 by his Department and the Department of Education and Skills. [5312/17]

Military Uniforms

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

369. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason members of the Reserve Defence Force wore the peak cap during the 1916 commemorations, in tandem with their Permanent Defence Force colleagues, but have now been instructed to wear the glengarry cap as their headdress for future parades; and the way in which this instruction tallies with the single force concept. [5278/17]

Hospitals Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

54. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of persons whose elective surgery was cancelled or rescheduled more than once in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4568/17]

Hospitals Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

82. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries cancelled in each hospital in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4567/17]

School Enrolments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

182. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current enrolment numbers and the capacity for schools (details supplied). [3973/17]

Disability Services Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

713. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend legislation in order that wheelchair users have a legal right to use the wheelchair spaces provided by service providers similar to the way on-street disabled parking bays are reserved for disabled persons; and if disabled spaces on buses, trains and so on can be reserved. [3972/17]

Irish Water Administration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

269. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current process for Irish Water when a leak or issue with a water supply occurs in an area (details supplied); if Irish Water deals with the issue and repairs it or if the local authority is issued with a job number and it carries out the repairs; and if each leak in one area requires the local authority to get a different job number or, if when issues have been notified to a local authority, it can work on resolving all issues that arise until solved. [3167/17]

Water Services Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

270. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Irish Water or the local authority in question is responsible for providing a water tankard for an area if residents in the area are left without a water supply for more than 24 hours. [3168/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

396. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be granted a date for an assessment of needs to be carried out. [2564/17]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

155. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) including when they can expect a decision on their case. [2293/17]

Hospital Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

186. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with a date for orthognathic surgery to be carried out at the National Dental Hospital. [2221/17]

Waterways Issues

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

162. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps she is taking in conjunction with Waterways Ireland to bring to an end an issue that is occurring with increasing frequency (details supplied). [2199/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

171. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided a date for hip replacement surgery in St James's Hospital. [2057/17]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

243. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to ongoing vandalism and anti-social behaviour that could jeopardise the provision of services to green line Luas stations beyond Sandyford; and the actions his Department is undertaking to deal with them under the Railways Acts. [2186/17]

Schools Building Projects

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

371. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the urgency of the plight of a school (details supplied); the provisions in place to ensure that second level education will be available to the 2017-18 intake of students at a school; the provision in place to meet the 2017-18 need if the national school in Belarmine is unable to accommodate the school; the reason for the delay in the construction in Belarmine; and the status of the provision of a permanent Educate Together secondary school in Stepaside. [41302/16]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

443. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are counselling and psychotherapy courses that a person would be eligible to apply for and eligible for the SUSI grant. [1836/17]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

532. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was not awarded a Christmas bonus; and if this decision will be reviewed. [41016/16]

Disability Allowance Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

534. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by person (details supplied); and when a decision will issue. [41020/16]

Free Travel Scheme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

564. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to indicating on a disabled person's free travel companion pass that the person is allowed to be accompanied by more than one carer in the exceptional circumstances where two persons are required due to the patient's condition; and his views on the matter. [41524/16]