Parliamentary questions

Hospitals Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1038. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the operating budget for Our Lady's children's hospital and the Coombe women and children's hospital in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36231/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

514. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given an urgent appointment to have a surgical procedure performed in St James's Hospital. [33696/17]

Health and Safety Inspections

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

29. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether it is credible that all copies of the reports of inspections into health and safety at Casement Aerodrome in the 1990s sent by Forbairt to the Department of Defence in 1995, 1997 and 1998 have disappeared; his further views on the position of military authorities whose lack of concern at their disappearance is matched by their inaction when informed the reports were missing; if he will initiate an independent probe into the disappearance of these reports which whistleblowers claim in a protected disclosure were to be shredded on the orders of a named official; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32215/17]

Military Medals

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

33. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he plans to award medals to the surviving veterans and next of kin of the deceased veterans who served with distinction during the siege of Jadotville in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1961; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32263/17]

Air Corps Operations

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

36. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department contacted the companies or persons that carried out the 1990s safety reports into aspects of the Air Corps' safety procedures at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, on behalf of the State agency Forbairt in order to ascertain if they might still have copies of the reports that his Department claims to have lost. [32262/17]

Common Security and Defence Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

41. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on efforts by France and Germany to get EU member states to sign up to a new pan-EU defence scheme; if he will attend the ministerial conference in Paris on 13 July 2017 when this matter will be discussed; and if Ireland will reject the plans for a pan-EU defence scheme and refuse to participate or contribute to the scheme. [32265/17]

Defence Forces Pensions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

51. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason for the decision to end the supplementary pension paid to military personnel commissioned after 2013 that was in place to bridge the gap from the date of their mandatory retirement to the time of receipt of the State pension; his plans to remove mandatory retirement in lieu of the decision to end the supplementary pensions for military personnel commissioned after 2013; the effect the decision to end the supplementary pensions for military personnel commissioned after 2013 will have on retention within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32264/17]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

53. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has instructed the military authorities to cease issuing lariam to soldiers as per the Dáil Éireann's instructions on 28 June 2017; and if he has begun the preparations for consultation with soldiers' representative groups in conjunction with the HSE to help alleviate the ongoing effects on some soldiers that were issued the anti-malaria drug lariam. [32261/17]

Nursing Home Accommodation Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

476. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be given a bed in a nursing home which would allow them to be discharged from St. James's Hospital. [32729/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

837. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the unallocated spend within his Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; the funds that will become available within his Department's expenditure profile in 2018 due to changes in demand for services and goods and-or changes to costs within his Department and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32241/17]

Protected Disclosures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

838. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the Air Corps is proceeding with attempts to medically dismiss a serving Air Corps health and safety whistleblower, whom he met recently, in direct contravention of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32457/17]

School Enrolments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

184. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can be granted a school place to attend a school. [30972/17]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

304. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Air Corps personnel suffering from occupational asthma; the number of personnel discharged or refused further sign on due to occupational asthma in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30640/17]

Leader Programmes Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

305. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of Leader funding allocated to each county council annually in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [29555/17]

Health Services Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

131. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding physiotherapy for a person (details supplied). [29276/17]

Commemorative Events

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

62. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans to reinstigate an Oireachtas decade of centenaries committee under the auspices of her office, as was the practice before (details supplied). [22975/17]

Commemorative Events

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

70. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the Decade of Centenaries commemorative events she has attended since 26 March 2016; and the commemorative events she hopes to attend during the remainder of 2017. [22974/17]

School Management

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

638. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body which ran a school (details supplied); the body which funded it; the way in which referrals were made; the organisation that inspected and oversaw it; and the courses that were taught in the school. [28926/17]

Hospital Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1234. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of children with diabetes attending Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, diabetes service in 2015 and 2016; the amount of whole-time equivalent consultant time that was dedicated to this service in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27479/17]

Hospital Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1235. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the waiting time in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, to put children with type 1 diabetes of five years of age and under on insulin pump treatment; the waiting time to put children with type 1 diabetes between six and 16 years of age on insulin pump treatment; the number of children on the waiting list for insulin pump treatment; the age of these children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27480/17]

Hospital Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1236. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of new referrals of children with diabetes by county which were received by the diabetes service in Our Lady’s Children Hospital, Crumlin, in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27481/17]

Hospital Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1237. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the ratio of whole-time equivalent dietitians per patient in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, and Temple Street diabetes services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27482/17]

Hospital Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1238. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent psychology professional time dedicated to the diabetes service in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin; the number of patients who have availed of this service in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27483/17]

Hospital Staff

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1239. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the agreed retirement date of a person (details supplied) at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin; the date on which their replacement will take up the post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27484/17]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

2278. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will instruct an independent third party to carry out an investigation into the reason Forbairt inspection reports dating from the 1990s cannot be found in view of his Department's failure to locate the Forbairt files and in further view of the possible significance of these missing documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26895/17]

Military Archives

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

2285. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all records pertaining to the siege of Jadotville in 1961 remain within the military archives. [27509/17]

Nursing Home Accommodation Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

182. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason the residents and staff of a nursing home (details supplied) temporarily moved out to Mount Carmel Community Hospital while their facility was being refurbished; if they were promised that they were due to move back in February 2017; the new timeframe for staff and residents moving back into the nursing home; the number of beds which are in the refurbished unit; the number of respite beds which will be available in the refurbished unit; if there is a day care facility in the unit; and the number of public and private respite beds which are available in the Dublin 8 area; the bed capacity of each; and the current staff complement in each. [26462/17]

Military Aircraft

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

101. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the person that has the ultimate responsibility for allowing RAF jets to fly over Irish airspace on intercept missions; the details of the bilateral agreement reached by his Department and the Irish Aviation Authority and its British counterparts (details supplied) that permits such missions; if RAF planes are allowed to conduct armed operations over Ireland in the event of a terrorist attack, real or suspected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23194/17]

Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

142. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance the options available to vendors who, despite having home insurance themselves, cannot sell their home due to the prospective purchasers not being able to get the required home insurance (details supplied). [25362/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

259. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons employed by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the details of the current staffing levels and vacancies in all locations in tabular form; his views on the way the effective delivery of services in his Department has been affected by the restrictions on staffing levels imposed by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25273/17]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

260. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to recruit permanent staff to deal with current delays in all areas of his Department's services in view of difficulties in the processing of maternity benefit claims in County Donegal. [25274/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

424. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given an urgent hospital appointment. [25405/17]

Home Care Packages Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

427. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a home care package for a person (details supplied). [25461/17]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

656. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the 2014 internal Air Corps report was made available to the independent third party appointed to investigate protected disclosures regarding health and safety issues at Casement Aerodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25557/17]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

657. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he or his predecessor were provided with the 2014 internal Air Corps report on health and safety issues at Casement Aerodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25558/17]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

658. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department or the military authorities have provided the reason Air Corps inspection reports carried out by Forbairt in the 1990s have gone missing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25559/17]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

659. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the 2014 internal Air Corps report on health and safety issues at Casement Aerodrome prompted a review of health and safety management at the aerodrome at the time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25560/17]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

266. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a military police investigation has been commenced to ascertain under whose orders documentation of Air Corps air quality tests were destroyed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24894/17]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

267. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a military police investigation has commenced to ascertain whether the failure to maintain health and safety standards and the subsequent illnesses caused to staff of the Air Corps breached military law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24895/17]

General Practitioner Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

475. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if persons (details supplied) can be taken on as medical card patients at a surgery. [24293/17]

Naval Service Vessels

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

680. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the date the last survey was carried out on the LÉ Aisling; the survey’s findings regarding the seaworthiness of the vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24535/17]

Naval Service Vessels

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

681. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the agreement reached between his Department and Malta when the LÉ Aoife was gifted to the Maltese naval service; when the last survey was carried out on the LÉ Aoife; and the survey’s findings regarding the vessels seaworthiness. [24536/17]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

682. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of officers, excluding those posted abroad or involved in training and staff courses, who were available for operational duties at home, by month, in 2014 to 2016, inclusive and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [24537/17]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

683. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of officers who were posted abroad or were participating in training or staff courses in 2014 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [24538/17]

Defence Forces Personnel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

684. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of recorded suicides of personnel serving in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps from 2010 to date, in tabular form. [24001/17]

Ministerial Travel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

690. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the 44 locations to which the Government Learjet travelled to and from in 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [24230/17]

International Agreements

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

691. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland was one of the 27 EU member states that agreed a legal mandate in preparation for an EU military headquarters; the nature of the proposed legal mandate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24242/17]

Defence Forces Records

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

693. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on claims in a newspaper (details supplied) that his Department is unable to locate copies of technical reports from the 1990s which raise concerns regarding health and safety conditions at Casement Aerodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24407/17]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

699. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider removing the ban on non-commissioned officer, NCO, pilots in order to address the pilot shortage, as was done in the 1940s during the Emergency. [24454/17]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

318. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if, when an Air Corps CASA aircraft was refused entry into Swedish airspace, this was due to the fact the submitted paperwork completed by his Department failed to meet the necessary requirements of the Swedish authorities; if he will provide the requirements that must be met when filing paperwork for an Air Corps plane to enter foreign airspace; and the reason on this occasion those requirements were not met. [23788/17]