Parliamentary questions

Tourism Industry

Jackie Cahill

470. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made to develop the Ireland Lakelands brand as a separate proposition to sit alongside the Wild Atlantic Way and Ireland’s Ancient East, with specific reference to the Ballina-Killaloe area and Lough Derg to Portumna Bridge taking in villages and Nenagh along the way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38562/16]

Emergency Departments

Jackie Cahill

17. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in emergency department overcrowding in South Tipperary General Hospital over the past two years. [38047/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Jackie Cahill

96. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the increase in home help hours Tipperary local health area can expect in 2017. [38046/16]

Middle East Issues

Jackie Cahill

389. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will, along with his EU Council of Minister colleagues, press the Israeli authorities for an immediate moratorium on demolitions and confiscations and request compensation for confiscated or demolished EU assets in area C of the West Bank; if he will raise the concern regarding the urgent spike in demolitions and confiscation of EU-funded structures in area C of the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37659/16]

Middle East Issues

Jackie Cahill

390. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will, along with his Council of Minister colleagues, mandate the European External Action Service, EEAS, to publish and proactively disseminate the biannual EU Representative in Jerusalem's, EUREP, report on demolitions and confiscations of EU-member state funded structures and put pressure on the EEAS to mandate the EU delegation in Jerusalem to step up its role in co-ordinating demarches with heads of missions after demolitions and urge continuing support for aid operations in area C financially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37660/16]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Jackie Cahill

514. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of securing general practitioners for provincial town practices in which a client bank of 800 medical cards is not deemed to be economically feasible or attractive enough, resulting in no applications being received for a position which has become vacant due to a general practitioner retirement in Thurles, County Tipperary (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36941/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

544. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to immediately engage with the PKU Association of Ireland in view of the fact that PKU is a rare metabolic disorder which requires a low-protein diet and prescribed low-protein foods are a key part of the diet due to its limited nature (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37169/16]

Public Health Policy

Jackie Cahill

578. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the planned changes to the public health nurse service in west Tipperary that is the ending of the public health nurse attending at local health clinics at Bansha, Cappawhite, Emly and Dundrum; if the public health nurse is to be centrally based only in Tipperary town and if the public health nurse will continue to make house calls to elderly patients on a regular basis or if they will have to visit the nurse at the central location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37453/16]

Nitrates Action Programme Review

Jackie Cahill

673. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the transitional arrangements for pig farmers can be allowed to continue in the current format until the full review of the nitrates regulations in 2017 is completed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37665/16]

Excise Duties Collection

Jackie Cahill

170. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the excise duty collected on a pint of beer served over the counter at a licensed premises; the excise duty collected on a 500 millilitre can of beer purchased in an off licence premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35828/16]

Minor Works Scheme

Jackie Cahill

221. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor works grant for primary schools is being paid to primary schools in 2016; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36166/16]

Flood Relief Schemes Funding

Jackie Cahill

344. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is funding ring-fenced for a flood relief programme in Templemore, County Tipperary; if so, the amount; when it is due to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35795/16]

Planning Issues

Jackie Cahill

375. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will expedite the review of the archaeological impact assessment of a house (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36169/16]

Care of the Elderly Provision

Jackie Cahill

447. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the services available in County Tipperary for persons who are diagnosed with early stages of dementia in the area of counselling, physical therapy and other quality of life services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36154/16]

Animal Identification Schemes

Jackie Cahill

507. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a second cattle tag is on the verge of being approved for use here under his Department's tag approval process; the changes that have been made to this tag to allow it to pass on security grounds, considering that it failed to get his Department's approval on a number of occasions in the past after having been closely examined by his Department's experts; if the same security standards will apply in the current tag approval process as applied to the previous tenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36161/16]

House Purchase Schemes

Jackie Cahill

47. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review and amend the criteria of the local authority house purchase scheme to accommodate financial support that families wish to give their parents, who are council tenants, in the purchase of their homes from the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35358/16]

House Purchase Schemes

Jackie Cahill

75. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the income criteria for the local authority house purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35359/16]

Insurance Costs

Jackie Cahill

123. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the impact on SMEs of the rising cost of insurance, which if not addressed will result in job losses in an important sector of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35514/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

182. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend the access to rent supplement to those who may not be on a local authority housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35619/16]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Jackie Cahill

212. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason a power wheelchair was sanctioned for a person (details supplied) in July 2016 but was not ordered until October 2016 with a waiting time of 12 weeks for delivery; if the HSE will fast forward the delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35572/16]