Parliamentary questions

Enterprise Ireland Funding

David Cullinane

781. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of the commercialisation fund of Enterprise Ireland for each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18105/17]

Enterprise Ireland Funding

David Cullinane

782. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount drawn down from the commercialisation fund of Enterprise Ireland for each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18106/17]

Enterprise Ireland Funding

David Cullinane

783. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and value of innovation vouchers issued by Enterprise Ireland for each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18107/17]

Enterprise Ireland Funding

David Cullinane

784. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of innovation partnerships undertaken by Enterprise Ireland for each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18108/17]

Enterprise Ireland Funding

David Cullinane

785. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of funds issued by Enterprise Ireland under the heading of Horizon 2020 for each of the years 2006 to 2016, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18109/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Funding

David Cullinane

56. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the capital allocation for housing that has been ring-fenced by his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10499/17]

Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration

David Cullinane

144. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the penalties for non-payment of the NPPR; the procedure for appealing a penalty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17161/17]

Intellectual Property Protocol

David Cullinane

184. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spin-out companies co-located in higher education institutes, broken down by institute in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17068/17]

Intellectual Property Protocol

David Cullinane

185. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spin-out companies co-located in higher education institutes, broken down by institute in tabular form; the details of the percentage shareholding in each company held by the higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17069/17]

Intellectual Property Protocol

David Cullinane

186. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the higher education institutions have a role to play in the governance of intellectual property policy; if they have carried out a review into intellectual property policy in recent years; if they have plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17070/17]

Intellectual Property Protocol

David Cullinane

187. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the revenue accrued by higher education institutions in respect of the sale of spin-out companies from 2008 to date in 2017, by institute, by amount and by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17071/17]

Intellectual Property Protocol

David Cullinane

188. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that all staff and management of higher education institutes, who are directors or have been directors since 2008, and those who had or have a shareholding in spin-out companies co-located in the institutions where they have worked have complied fully with their statutory and ethical obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17072/17]

Intellectual Property Protocol

David Cullinane

189. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vice presidents of institutes of technology or heads of research in institutes of technology who were directors or shareholders in spin-out companies co-located in the institute in which they are employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17073/17]

Intellectual Property Protocol

David Cullinane

190. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of current presidents of institutes of technology who are or were directors or shareholders in spin-out companies by institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17074/17]

Intellectual Property Protocol

David Cullinane

191. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the office that is the policyholder of intellectual property policy in higher education institutes; if it varies from institution to institution; the name of the office in each institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17075/17]

Election Management System

David Cullinane

231. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the right of visually impaired voters to vote in secret following the recent High Court ruling; the steps he will take to ensure these rights are implemented. [17062/17]

Health Services Funding

David Cullinane

290. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17061/17]

HIQA Inspections

David Cullinane

291. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of all HIQA examinations, visits, reports and recommendations into a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17064/17]

Nursing Home Subventions

David Cullinane

292. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to a nursing home (details supplied) in each of the years 2008 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17065/17]

Nursing Home Subventions

David Cullinane

293. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has received a request for increased funding from a nursing home (details supplied); if he will provide extra funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17066/17]

Nursing Home Subventions

David Cullinane

294. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding to enable a nursing home (details supplied) comply with HIQA recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17067/17]

Institutes of Technology

David Cullinane

235. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the internal review at Waterford Institute of Technology, as mentioned by officials from his Department at the Committee of Public Accounts on 23 March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16024/17]

Institutes of Technology

David Cullinane

236. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the purpose of the internal review at Waterford Institute of Technology, as mentioned by officials from his Department at the Committee of Public Accounts on 23 March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16025/17]

Institutes of Technology

David Cullinane

237. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to receive a copy of the internal review at Waterford Institute of Technology, as mentioned by officials from his Department at the Committee of Public Accounts on 23 March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16026/17]

Institutes of Technology

David Cullinane

238. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of reference of the internal review at Waterford Institute of Technology, as mentioned by officials from his Department at the Committee of Public Accounts on 23 March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16027/17]

Institutes of Technology

David Cullinane

239. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it is appropriate that the president of Waterford Institute of Technology does not have a role in the internal review at the institute, as mentioned by officials from his Department at the Committee of Public Accounts on 23 March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16028/17]

HSE Correspondence

David Cullinane

497. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for the inconsistency in the evidence of the chief executive of the HSE to the Committee of Public Accounts on 23 March 2017 regarding the information released to RTE under FOI regarding when the HSE had contacted gardaí regarding the publishing of the Devine report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16154/17]

Defence Forces Remuneration

David Cullinane

18. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the Public Service Pay Commission analysis on the most appropriate pay levels for the public service, including the Defence Forces, will be completed; and if the recommendations will be made public. [15267/17]

Defence Forces Remuneration

David Cullinane

52. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of discussions between the Workplace Relations Commission and PDFORRA on the Public Service Pay Commission. [15268/17]

Third Level Funding

David Cullinane

91. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the core funding for each institute of technology and university in each of the years 2008 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15585/17]

Third Level Funding

David Cullinane

92. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of core funding spent on pay by each institute of technology and university in each of the years 2008 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15586/17]

Intellectual Property Protocol

David Cullinane

93. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an internal review under way in a third level institution in respect of intellectual property policies and procedures; the institution and the nature of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15587/17]

Intellectual Property Protocol

David Cullinane

94. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a conflict of interest arising for senior personnel in third and fourth level institutes due to their employment, business or professional interest, including shareholdings, directorships and professional relationships; if he is satisfied that such conflicts are being appropriately managed in line with IP protocols as set out by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15588/17]

Youth Employment Initiative

David Cullinane

95. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if moneys allocated to the State under the youth employment initiative allocation had to be reimbursed to the European Commission; if so, the amount of the reimbursement; the reasons for the reimbursement; if his Department's attention was drawn to the requirement in order to access funding upon making an application; if there was a delay in getting the system up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15589/17]

NAMA Property Sales

David Cullinane

99. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance if he has read the Committee of Public Accounts report into Project Eagle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15505/17]

NAMA Property Sales

David Cullinane

100. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance if he will proceed with establishing a commission of investigation into the sale of Project Eagle by NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15506/17]

Insurance Industry

David Cullinane

125. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance when he expects payments to be made to persons as a result of the liquidation of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14929/17]

NAMA Property Sales

David Cullinane

138. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance if he has read the Committee of Public Accounts report into the sale of Project Eagle; his views on whether it was procedurally inappropriate for him to have met a company (details supplied) 24 hours before the loan sale deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15504/17]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

295. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full year cost of unwinding financial emergency measures in the public interest cuts for all public sector workers currently earning less than €65,000 gross per year, broken down by gross pay and pension-related deduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15236/17]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

296. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full year cost of unwinding financial emergency measures in the public interest cuts for all public sector workers currently earning more than €65,000 gross per year broken down by gross pay and pension-related deduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15237/17]

Hospital Beds Data

David Cullinane

422. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the trolley count at University Hospital Waterford for January and February in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15503/17]

Teaching Council of Ireland

David Cullinane

246. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can use their current teaching position in France as an NQT probation for the purposes of qualifying as a primary school teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12855/17]

Special Educational Needs

David Cullinane

261. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the National Behaviour Support Service removed 50% of funding support for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13006/17]

Intellectual Property Protocol

David Cullinane

277. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 222 to 226, inclusive, of 7 March 2017, if his attention was drawn to breaches of policy regarding intellectual property in higher education institutions since 2010, by year and institution, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13173/17]

Public Sector Pay

David Cullinane

622. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full year cost of unwinding FEMPI cuts for all public sector workers currently earning less than €65,000 gross per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13052/17]

Public Sector Pay

David Cullinane

623. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full year cost of unwinding FEMPI cuts for all public sector workers currently earning more than €65,000 gross per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13053/17]

Public Sector Pay

David Cullinane

624. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full-year cost of pay equalisation for post-2011 entrants into the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13054/17]

Public Sector Pay

David Cullinane

625. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full-year cost of making the public sector a living wage employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13055/17]

Public Sector Pay

David Cullinane

626. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full-year cost of making the Civil Service a living wage employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13056/17]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

627. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year saving as a result of reducing all Deputies' salaries to €75,000 and all Senators' salaries to €60,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13057/17]

Public Sector Pay

David Cullinane

628. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full-year costs of increasing gross pay of all public sector workers under €30,000 by 1%, 2%, 3% and 5%, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13058/17]

Commissions of Investigation

David Cullinane

694. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if it is the fact that any statement, admission or document given or sent to a commission of investigation is not admissible as evidence against a person in any criminal or other proceedings except proceedings regarding an offence under section 18; if this will apply to the proposed commission of investigation into the Grace case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13191/17]

Freedom of Information Requests

David Cullinane

766. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason his Department has not provided correspondence between him and a person (details supplied) and any other person regarding plans for, discussion of, submissions and the eventual publication of the independent clinical review of provision of a second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12986/17]

Freedom of Information Requests

David Cullinane

767. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if it is it normal practice for a freedom of information request to be three months overdue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12987/17]

Freedom of Information Requests

David Cullinane

768. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average turnaround time for a freedom of information request sent to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12988/17]

Freedom of Information Requests

David Cullinane

769. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the statutory obligations that pertain to FOI requests and their delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12989/17]

Health Reports

David Cullinane

827. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the planned national review of primary percutaneous coronary intervention, PPCI, will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13301/17]

Health Reports

David Cullinane

828. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the national review into PPCI services will be an independent clinical review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13302/17]

Health Reports

David Cullinane

829. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has identified the person or persons that will conduct the national review of PPCI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13303/17]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

830. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the option of having two distinct PPCI centres here namely a 24-7 service or a nine-to-five service as per the model of ACS services will remain in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13304/17]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

831. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are grounds upon which emergency PPCI services will cease at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13305/17]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

832. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will rule out ceasing limited PPCI services at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13306/17]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

833. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons to be treated and the length of time a mobile cath lab will be in place at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13307/17]

Health Reports

David Cullinane

834. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if terms of reference will be drawn up for the national review of PPCI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13308/17]

Health Reports

David Cullinane

835. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the national guidelines that will underpin a national review of PPCI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13309/17]

Health Reports

David Cullinane

836. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the consultations that will take place in respect of a national review of PPCI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13310/17]

Hospital Services

David Cullinane

837. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the national review of PPCI services is regarding the way to implement the recommendations of the Herity report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13311/17]

Health Reports

David Cullinane

838. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a national review into PPCI is being undertaken by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13312/17]

Health Reports

David Cullinane

839. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if an effective catchment population or the actual population of the south east will underpin the national review of PPCI services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13313/17]

Ministerial Meetings

David Cullinane

1200. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with a person (details supplied) in Waterford city the next time he visits the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13269/17]

DEIS Administration

David Cullinane

136. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school designated as a DEIS school (details supplied) was re-profiled from a DEIS band 2 to a DEIS band 1 school; when the staffing allocations in line with DEIS band 1 will be allocated; his views on the matter in view of the need for the school to plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12754/17]

DEIS Status

David Cullinane

137. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the DEIS status of schools in Waterford city and county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12755/17]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

David Cullinane

26. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional funding stream which has been allocated to his Department for 2017 and 2018 to cover the cost of the national children's hospital in view of public comments by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on funding for the national children's hospital on 7 February 2017 and the remarks by the director general of the HSE on 7 February 2017 that there is not enough money at present to ensure the project is carried through to fruition; if there is no additional funding available, the suggestions his Department has made as to the areas in which cuts and savings could be made to cover the cost of the national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10851/17]

Hospital Procedures

David Cullinane

65. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which UHW and the South/Southwest Hospital Group will provide both planned and emergency PPCI work at the cardiac unit at UHW with one lab; if this goes against the recommendation of the Herity report; his views on whether it is possible and safe to provide both planned and emergency work for the effective population with a single lab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11824/17]

Employment Data

David Cullinane

85. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in low-paid jobs, with "low-paid" defined as earning below two thirds of the median wage, broken down by percentage. [10941/17]

Intellectual Property Management

David Cullinane

222. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the national policy that exists to guide institutes of technology and universities on intellectual property policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11586/17]

Intellectual Property Management

David Cullinane

223. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is mandatory for universities and institutes of technology to have intellectual property guidelines and policy in place; if policy varies from institution to institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11587/17]

Intellectual Property Management

David Cullinane

224. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if national policy guidelines regarding the ownership of intellectual property or the commercialisation of intellectual property in institutes of technology exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11588/17]

Intellectual Property Management

David Cullinane

225. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the policy guidelines that exist in respect of spin-out companies from third and fourth level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11589/17]

Intellectual Property Management

David Cullinane

226. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to any breaches in intellectual property policy at institutes of technology or universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11590/17]

Irish Water Staff

David Cullinane

255. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Irish Water or local authorities are responsible for the payment of superannuation benefits for local authority employees transferred to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11239/17]

Hospital Facilities

David Cullinane

493. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if any renovations or upgrading works were carried out at the acute psychiatric department at UHW; if so, the nature and cost of such works; the unit bed size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11333/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

David Cullinane

494. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to re-open psychiatric services at Wexford General Hospital, in view of capacity issues at UHW as identified by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11334/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

David Cullinane

495. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which UHW will provide additional therapies at the acute psychiatric ward at the hospital, as identified by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11335/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

David Cullinane

496. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which UHW will provide additional recreational facilities at the acute psychiatric ward at the hospital, as identified by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11336/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

David Cullinane

497. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which UHW will provide additional dining space at the acute psychiatric ward at the hospital, as identified by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11337/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

David Cullinane

498. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which UHW will provide additional staff at the acute psychiatric ward at the hospital, as identified by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11338/17]

Hospital Facilities

David Cullinane

499. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which UHW and the South/Southwest Hospital Group will provide both planned and emergency PPCI work at the cardiac unit at UHW with one laboratory; if this goes against the recommendation of the Herity report; his views on whether it is possible and safe to provide both planned and emergency work for the effective population with a single laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11339/17]

Hospital Facilities

David Cullinane

500. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on comments made by a person (details supplied) at the Oireachtas Committee on Health that in hospitals that provide PPCI work, it is done on a 24/7 basis or not at all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11340/17]

Hospital Facilities

David Cullinane

501. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to acknowledge that the Herity report into cardiac services at UHW is not being implemented in full and that, in view of the decision to retain five-day-a-week PPCI work, this justifies the need for a second catheterisation laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11341/17]

HIQA Reports

David Cullinane

502. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has examined a report from HIQA into medication safety arrangements in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11342/17]

HIQA Reports

David Cullinane

503. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on the absence of governance arrangements at UHW for medication safety; the action he and his Department will take to remedy this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11343/17]

HIQA Reports

David Cullinane

504. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on a HIQA finding that medication related clinical incidents were likely to be under-reported at UHW; the actions the HSE will take on foot of this finding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11344/17]

HIQA Reports

David Cullinane

505. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on a HIQA finding that there was outdated and potentially conflicting reference information for using intravenous medication in clinical areas at UHW; the actions he will take on foot of these findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11345/17]

HIQA Reports

David Cullinane

506. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when a medicine safety pharmacist was appointed in Waterford; the nature of the role; the duration of the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11346/17]

National Transport Authority Data

David Cullinane

781. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for a variance to a license agreement between the National Transport Authority and Bus Éireann in respect of the Expressway service that were made since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11573/17]

Search and Rescue Service Provision

David Cullinane

782. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of contracts in place for search and rescue helicopter services; if such contracts were put in place as a result of a competitive tendering process; the value and duration of the contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11574/17]

Regional Airports

David Cullinane

783. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital and non-capital support given to regional airports since 2008, broken down by year and by airport, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11575/17]

Regional Airports

David Cullinane

784. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the formula used to determine capital and non-capital funding for regional airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11576/17]

Road Tolls

David Cullinane

785. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid in each of the years 2008 to 2016 in respect of public private partnership, PPP, operational payments as compensation to PPP companies for toll income payments being less than expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11577/17]