Parliamentary questions

European Defence Capabilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

29. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the comments of the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, who recently stated that the EU needs a military headquarters to work towards a common military force; if he shares Mr. Junker’s views; and his views on whether the further militarisation of the EU and the attempts to create a standing EU army undermines and erodes Irish neutrality. [27136/16]

Military Neutrality

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

30. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he attended the informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers in Bratislava on 26 September 2016; the issues discussed; if he spoke out against any attempt to create a standing EU army; and if he informed his colleagues that Irish neutrality was non-negotiable. [27137/16]

Official Engagements

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

36. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his attendance and the topics discussed at the United Nations peacekeeping defence ministerial conference in London on 8 September 2016. [27133/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

400. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and when a decision can be expected on this case. [26928/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

646. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will grant the HSE urgent funding in order to supply a care package to a person (details supplied) as recommended by the team currently looking after him at the National Rehabilitation Hospital. [26840/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

975. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of officers or soldiers treated for the side effects of Lariam and the cost of same in the past ten years. [27336/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

976. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Malarone and doxycycline tablets issued to both officers or soldiers by the Defence Forces since 2012. [27337/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

977. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which it is determined whether Malarone or doxycycline is issued to soldiers instead of the preferred drug Larium (mefloquine). [27338/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

978. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of tablets of Lariam, Mefloquine, issued to both officers or soldiers by the Defence Forces since 2012. [27339/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

979. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers, RACO, had complained on behalf of its members to military authorities regarding serious side effects of the anti-malaria mefloquine drug Lariam; if his Department was aware of the issues they raised as far back as 2005; and if RACO raised concerns with the military authorities or directly with previous Ministers and if so when. [27340/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

980. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if alternative anti-malaria drugs, such as Malarone or doxycycline, were prescribed as a matter of course instead of Lariam, mefloquine, to soldiers of all ranks or just some ranks who were scheduled to be deployed in sub-Saharan Africa; and the medical criteria which was used to decide not to prescribe Lariam in individual cases or in the case of certain ranks. [27341/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

981. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if cost was routinely or ever a factor when choices were being made by the Defence Forces medical staff when deciding which anti-malaria drug was to be prescribed for soldiers to be deployed in sub-Saharan Africa since 2005. [27342/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

982. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if an explanation was ever given as to the reason the determination was reached that Lariam was to be the drug of choice for soldiers being deployed abroad in sub-Saharan Africa; if the determination has been reviewed since; and the reason thereof, especially in view of other countries' military authorities no longer prescribing Lariam due to concerns of its lasting side effects. [27343/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

983. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the countries which the military authorise and still regard Lariam as the prescribing drug of choice to be issued to units of deploying soldiers. [27344/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

984. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons who have died of malaria annually for the past ten years and the age profile of same [27345/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

985. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Lariam is prescribed to soldiers deploying to Afghanistan; and if the strain of malaria there, the frequency of administering the tablets or the sensitivity of skin to the sun were factors when deciding which anti-malaria drug to issue to deploying soldiers heading to Afghanistan. [27346/16]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

746. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason there is a delay in processing the appeal of the rejection of an application by a person (details supplied) for a carer's allowance. [25556/16]

General Medical Services Scheme Administration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1039. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if there is provision for financial assistance for a person (details supplied) [24472/16]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1200. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided a date for a hospital appointment. [25226/16]

Medical Card Drugs Availability

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1388. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will allow a person (details supplied) to access the drug Stelazine on the medical card scheme as they cannot afford to pay for it privately. [25907/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1402. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will continue to make funds available to a person (details supplied) in order that their child with special needs can continue to avail of a place in a learning centre (details supplied). [25962/16]

European Defence Capabilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1942. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on a paper presented by the EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, to the German and French defence Ministers that sets out plans for closer EU defence co-operation and enhanced defence capabilities, in the context of a deteriorating security environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26095/16]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

15. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will review legislation, given that the Crowe Horwath report into the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland is reported to note that the legislation underpinning the management of fitness-to-practise cases and the corporate governance of the board appears to be a major contributor to the current problems and is in need of urgent review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20923/16]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

91. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to the Crowe Horwath report into the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI; if he has had any meetings with the NMBI on the reports, its findings and its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20922/16]

Medical Card Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

515. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange for a person (details supplied) to be taken on urgently as a medical card patient. [20762/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

601. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he can provide a person (details supplied) with a date for an operation; and the reason for the delay. [21218/16]

Dental Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

605. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health why a person's (details supplied) referral from a general practitioner for an appointment in a hospital was rejected; and if the person can be granted an appointment at the hospital as soon as possible. [21225/16]

Property Tax Collection

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

115. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance if payments of local property tax are still accepted in the post office; and if not, when this service was taken away. [19279/16]

School Enrolments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

211. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he and the education welfare office will take to secure a school place for September 2016 for a person (details supplied). [19585/16]

Disability Allowance Eligibility

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

305. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused disability allowance. [19532/16]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

459. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is being terminated from St. Vincent's Hospital. [19161/16]

Disability Services Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

502. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have access to occupational therapy, psychology and speech and language therapy. [19308/16]

Tax Collection

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

83. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance the amount of value added tax the Revenue Commissioners has levied from the public making text donations to charities in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date. [18050/16]

Tax Collection

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

84. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance why the Revenue Commissioners levies tax on text charity donations but not on other donations and refunds tax for donations over €250. [18051/16]

Tax Collection

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

85. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider changing the legislation by which the Revenue Commissioners levies tax from charitable donations made by text so that charities do not get penalised for using this mechanism for fundraising. [18052/16]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

388. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health why St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin 4 is dispensing with the services of a person (details supplied). [18053/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

216. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to grant funding to a school (details supplied) in order that they may maintain the services they provide, after a hospital withdrew funding from the school, resulting in the loss of vocational education services. [17649/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

15. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he expects the malaria chemoprophylaxis working group to finalise its report into the prescribing of Lariam to members of the Defence Forces; the progress of the report to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17161/16]

Partnership for Peace

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

17. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will attend the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, summit which takes place on 8 and 9 July 2016 in Warsaw; and if he will review Ireland's membership of NATO's so-called Partnership for Peace. [17162/16]

Medical Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

354. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to set out the status of funding for a medical device for a person (details supplied). [16679/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

383. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to release the required funding to the Health Service Executive for extra home help for a person (details supplied). [16908/16]

National Drugs Strategy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

422. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when he will complete and publish the new national drugs strategy and the reason for the delay. [17170/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

452. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has been in St. Vincent's Hospital for eight months waiting for a bed in the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and when the person is likely to be admitted to the NRH. [17268/16]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

569. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence why he has not published the Dunbar report into suicide in the Defence Forces; and if he will issue a copy to me. [16670/16]

Passport Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

179. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider issuing a text and e-mail providing six months advance notice of a passport's expiry date to passport holders, given the huge backlog that occurs each summer and the problems persons have when they notice their passports are out of date. [16467/16]

Driver Licence Renewals

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

274. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure a text and e-mail are issued to holders of driving licences six months in advance of their expiry date, given that persons driving on a lapsed licence are not covered by insurance and that each year many persons find that their licence has expired and that they have been driving without a valid licence. [16468/16]

Health Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

168. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the grants and financial assistance available to a person (details supplied). [16166/16]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

232. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces, the number who retired, who were on extended sick leave, who were recruited and who did not complete training, by Army, by Naval Service, by Air Corps, for each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date. [16141/16]

Defence Forces Personnel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

233. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he is taking to address the issue of suicide among members of the Defence Forces since the publication of a report a number of years ago; and if he maintains contact with and support for former members who may have been suffering with depression or other mental illnesses when in the Defence Forces or who may have been invalided out with another illness or disability. [16142/16]

School Patronage

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

222. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills why there is no Gaelscoil for Ballyfermot, Dublin 10; and if the catchment area for Lucan, Clondalkin or Inchicore will be expanded to include Ballyfermot. [16033/16]

Ministerial Responsibilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

263. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will remain responsible for Leader, the social inclusion and community activation programme and the scheme to support national organisations; and if not, the Minister who will assume primary responsibility. [15748/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

332. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the limits under the rent supplement scheme by 10%. [16017/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

430. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health why he did not provide assistance to a person (details supplied) under the home help scheme; why no hours are available for applicants in Dublin 8, 10 and 12; and the measures he is taking to increase the hours available. [15588/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

300. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) and when the person can expect a decision on their case. [14533/16]

Education Welfare Service

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

666. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will arrange that an educational welfare officer will contact a person (details supplied) regarding a school place for their child. [14684/16]

Mental Health Services Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

14. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health his plans to end the scandal of adolescents being placed in acute adult mental health settings due to a lack of suitable inpatient spaces for young persons; when he will phase out this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13714/16]

Mental Health Services Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

109. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health his plans to support the implementation of a 24-7 crisis support service for mental health; and the timeline for this. [13715/16]

Regeneration Projects

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

188. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount allocated to each estate regeneration project in each of the years 2007 to 2016 to date. [14135/16]

Regeneration Projects

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

189. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the annual housing budget his Department allocated to Dublin City Council including the amount allocated to regeneration projects and if the money was fully drawn down in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; the housing projects, by Dublin local authority, by housing body, by those granted, by grant given, by the number of dwellings proposed, then authorised, by the number of applications refused; by commencement date and by rejection date, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form. [14136/16]

Regeneration Projects Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

190. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his future policy on and commitment to delivering social, economic, cultural and environmental goals in regeneration areas with particular regard to the level of resource allocation given a statement (details supplied). [14137/16]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

292. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills to re-open the redress board to investigate cases from a school (detrails supplied). [12503/16]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

429. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme, including when he will issue a decision. [12607/16]

Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

640. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when he will provide the drug, Orkambi, for sufferers of cystic fibrosis. [12500/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

944. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the person or company which supplied the anti-malaria drug Malarone to medical personnel for distribution to Irish soldiers serving overseas from 2000 and referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 591 of 18 July 2013. [12964/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

945. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 591 of 18 July 2013 to provide the name/s of the supplier anti-malaria drug Malarone to medical personnel for distribution to Irish soldiers serving overseas from 2000. [13558/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

252. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to provide an earlier appointment to a person (details supplied). [11981/16]

Carer's Allowance Payments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

345. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing a backdated payment to a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and to issue the payment as soon as possible. [11850/16]

Home Help Service Oversight

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

445. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health why the Health Information and Quality Authority has instructed all those who use the services of home help providers to have key lock boxes installed outside their home to store their house keys in rather than placing it in the care of the home help provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11389/16]

Hospital Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

450. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given a date to have a medical procedure scheduled. [11399/16]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

205. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will provide sufficient funding to Tipperary County Council to carry out the very urgent grade 5 repairs that are required on the busy historic bridge at Ardfinnan in County Tipperary which has been reduced to one lane due to heavy traffic, and closed during the recent floods for safety reasons, thus affecting the town's long-term economical viability. [10949/16]

Swimming Pool Programme Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

206. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will provide funding to start phase 2 of the Samuel Beckett Civic Campus in Ballyogan in County Dublin. [10950/16]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

89. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal by a person (details supplied) for a student grant will be awarded as all requesting documentation has been submitted showing that the family’s income is within the meanstest to be eligible for the grant. [10799/16]

Foreshore Issues

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

111. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Number 263 of 14 April 2016 and given that acting on legal advice received from the office of the Attorney General the original cartographic representation of the townlands affected by the lake line change is being re-established as per the original boundary register and sketch maps archived in the National Archives, when this will happen; and if it will include changes made recently to the boundary by a person (details supplied). [9835/16]

Miscarriages of Justice

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

128. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to a television programme (details supplied) regarding the miscarriages of justice in the Sallins mail train robbery case, her plans to review the alleged behaviour of members of An Garda Síochána. [10257/16]

Miscarriages of Justice

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

129. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number, date and results of reviews that were instigated as a result of the Sallins mail train robbery in view of a recent television programme (details supplied) regarding alleged miscarriages of justice. [10258/16]

Mortgage Interest Relief Extension

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

209. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the tax relief at source for mortgage interest paid on a home loan, given that many home owners who are eligible under this scheme will struggle to pay their mortgage when the scheme finishes in 2017. [10255/16]

School Staff

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

291. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills to accept an appeal from a school (details supplied) further to the loss of two teaching posts on the grounds that its rooms are too small to accommodate classes of 29 and 31 children and to maintain the two teaching posts, given that the loss would have a huge impact on this most disadvantaged community. [9935/16]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

432. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on a case (details supplied); and if he will allow the person an extra year up to retirement age. [10738/16]

Disability Support Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

472. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection to continue the funding of the walk peer programme under the disability activation project, given that otherwise the programme will close, resulting in a group of young persons who have taken the difficult steps into mainstream further education, training and employment options being without support from 1 August 2016 and as a result applying to the HSE for expensive day service places, and given that the cost to the Exchequer of continuing this initiative is €280,000 per year while the cost of ceasing it could be as high as €1.704 million per year. [9570/16]

Departmental Staff

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

510. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to ensure officials comply with the customer charter; and the actions which can be taken when an official fails to comply with the customer charter. [9901/16]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

511. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of cases in which a late claim for a social protection payment was backdated due to incorrect information having been supplied by his Department, in each of the years 2010 to 2015. [9902/16]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

512. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the maximum period of backdated payments which his Department will make where persons are unaware of their entitlements; and the amount of money which has been saved by his Department due to restrictions on backdating late claims under all schemes for each year from 2010 to 2015. [9903/16]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

520. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on a case (details supplied); and to allow the person an extra year which will bring the person up to retirement age. [10096/16]

Social Welfare Appeals Status

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

528. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the carer’s allowance scheme and if a medical report was attached with the original application. [10192/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

535. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection why the rent allowance scheme contact telephone line and e-mail address have been down for over two months; and to reactivate this facility as a matter of urgency in order for persons to be able to make enquires regarding payments. [10229/16]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

556. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection to grant a person (details supplied) an appeal in respect of a disallowance under the disability allowance scheme, given that at the time of the disallowance the person did not have the required documentation to lodge an appeal and was also in court during this period. [10467/16]

Passport Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

590. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional resources he has made available to ensure there is not undue delay in processing passport applications at this busy time of the year. [10503/16]

Passport Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

591. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that An Post is advising its customers that Passport Express will deliver a passport within ten working days whereas the Passport Office is suggesting at least six weeks; and to ensure An Post gives out the correct advice at times of increased workload on the Passport Office given that it cannot reasonably comply with or achieve the ambitious timeframe of Passport Express, thus leaving many Irish travellers scrambling to get their passports at the last minute. [10504/16]

Waterways Ireland Remit

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

611. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the person responsible for Waterways Ireland and why he or she is allowing a full commercial development to operate on land and water owned by Waterways Ireland which is clearly outside the Waterways Ireland jurisdiction line in Killinure Lough, County Westmeath. [9836/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

665. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to continue the funding of the walk peer programme under the disability activation project, given that otherwise the programme will close, resulting in a group of young persons who have taken the difficult steps into mainstream further education, training and employment options being without support from 1 August 2016 and as a result applying to the Health Service Executive for expensive day service places, and given that the cost to the Exchequer of continuing this initiative is €280,000 per year while the cost of ceasing it could be as high as €1,704,000 per year. [9571/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

753. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied). [9936/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

64. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when he will provide a person (details supplied) with a date for surgery. [9216/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

65. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when he will provide a person (details supplied) with a date for an operation. [9218/16]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

191. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for treatment abroad, as recommended by the person's doctor, will be re-examined by a medical assessor; and if the application will be granted. [9079/16]

Traveller Accommodation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

316. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the minimum distance limit between accommodation units on temporary Traveller halting sites. [9090/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

99. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has had to wait for over a year for surgery; and if he will urgently provide a date for the surgery. [8670/16]

Health Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

336. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who paid privately for an occupational therapist report for their child can be given a refund of the cost of the report. [8430/16]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

7. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the projected numbers of recipients of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance over the next five years and to provide a table including the estimated number of recipients in a given week each year and the percentage change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7258/16]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

8. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the projected numbers of recipients of supplementary welfare allowance over the next five years and to provide a table including the estimated number of recipients in a given week each year and the percentage change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7259/16]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

9. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the projected numbers of recipients of illness benefit and disability allowance over the next five years and to provide a table including the estimated number of recipients in a given week each year and the percentage change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7260/16]