Parliamentary questions

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Jackie Cahill

746. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the funding for an officer with specific responsibility for broadband will be provided to Tipperary County Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41698/16]

Health Services Provision

Jackie Cahill

814. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that a centre of excellence is established in Saint James' Hospital in 2017 for sufferers of unique narcolepsy disorder; if funds will be set aside and ring fenced for that centre of excellence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41056/16]

Hospital Services

Jackie Cahill

825. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the restrictions at Nenagh accident and emergency department, County Tipperary in the diagnosis and treatment of a five year old child with a fractured arm; the reason these restrictions exist in a HSE accident and emergency facility; the other restrictions there are on the staff in the diagnosis and treatment of children at this facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41102/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Jackie Cahill

889. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate making the FreeStyle Libre available on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41232/16]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Jackie Cahill

1008. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the position of registrar for births, deaths and marriages at the civil registration department in Thurles, County Tipperary, will be filled by the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41529/16]

Occupational Therapy

Jackie Cahill

1016. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of resources in St. Mary’s medical clinic, Thurles, County Tipperary, namely, the lack of an occupational therapist, which is making it impossible for staff to do their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41594/16]

Imports Data

Jackie Cahill

1382. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep imports into the Republic of Ireland for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41531/16]

Imports Data

Jackie Cahill

1383. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume of milk imports into the Republic of Ireland for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41532/16]

TAMS Payments

Jackie Cahill

1449. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an application for a TAMS payment is being held up in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1542/17]

Mobile Telephony Services

Jackie Cahill

1482. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for introducing a licensing regime for repeaters in 2017 that will allow householders and businesses to install high-quality signal repeaters on their buildings to boost in-house signals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41697/16]

Road Improvement Schemes

Jackie Cahill

1566. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the funding for the Ballina-Killaloe bridge is ring-fenced; the value of the funding; when the project will commence; the estimated timeframe for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41668/16]

IDA Ireland Portfolio

Jackie Cahill

1650. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide the research and statistics, including a listing of possible sites, that IDA Ireland holds for the old urban district council area of Tipperary town, County Tipperary, which can be made available to a prospective foreign direct investor that is being shown the opportunities in that region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1143/17]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Jackie Cahill

1651. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of visits by the IDA with prospective foreign direct investors to the old urban district council area of Tipperary Town, County Tipperary, each year from 2010 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1144/17]

DEIS Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

158. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the general criteria used to have a school or a group of schools included in the DEIS programme up to now and prior to the review which is due in 2017; the guidelines that were issued to assist applicants; the supporting information that was required to process an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40551/16]

DEIS Review

Jackie Cahill

159. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed starting date for the review of the DEIS programme in 2017; his plans to have a target date for the conclusion of this review; when he anticipates the approximate date when the new programme will begin roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40552/16]

DEIS Data

Jackie Cahill

160. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the ranking of Tipperary town in terms of level of need in the current DEIS programme, as an urban centre and the individual ranking of the schools in the town, based on information and research in the possession of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40553/16]

Nitrates Usage

Jackie Cahill

197. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government 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, in view of the fact that this is necessary to ensure that pig slurry is not disenfranchised and to promote its use as an environmental alternative to imported chemical slurry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40530/16]

Crime Data

Jackie Cahill

80. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of prosecutions and convictions, separately, for trespass on private property, in the courts for each of the years, 2011 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40336/16]

Tourism Promotion

Jackie Cahill

44. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made to develop Ireland’s Lakelands brand, with specific reference to the Ballina Killaloe area, as a separate proposition to sit alongside the Wild Atlantic Way and Ireland’s Ancient East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38656/16]

Educational Disadvantage

Jackie Cahill

150. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will include Tipperary town and schools (details supplied) in the DEIS programme 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38498/16]

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]

Driver Test Centres

Jackie Cahill

266. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out in tabular form the total number of tests taken and the total number of fails for truck licences at each of the driving test centres in County Tipperary, that is, Nenagh, Thurles, Tipperary town and Clonmel, individually by centre and by tester, unnamed, for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35529/16]

Civil Defence

Jackie Cahill

291. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are any funding schemes available to voluntary search and rescue units (details supplied) as the work they do in supporting the civil authorities at a time when persons are missing or injured is vital and requires funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35540/16]

Rural Social Scheme Data

Jackie Cahill

164. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of positions from the rural social scheme that will be allocated to County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35409/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Jackie Cahill

202. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of an ear, nose and throat appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35399/16]

Public Order Offences

Jackie Cahill

96. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review, amend and strengthen the trespass laws to protect the rights of land and property owners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34402/16]

Crime Levels

Jackie Cahill

111. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Tipperary are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in County Tipperary have access to the PULSE system; if not, the details of the stations without access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34723/16]

Budget 2017

Jackie Cahill

55. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the reason there was no practical or meaningful package presented in the budget to commence the defence of Irish business interests in view of the fact that as a country, Ireland does business worth €1.2 billion weekly with the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31809/16]

Fines Data

Jackie Cahill

54. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total value of uncollected fines for criminal offences in courts here for 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33911/16]

Imports Data

Jackie Cahill

174. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of lambs that were imported from Northern Ireland in October 2016; the way this compares to the number of lambs imported in October 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33909/16]

Imports Data

Jackie Cahill

175. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of lambs that were imported from the United Kingdom in October 2016; the way this compares to the number of lambs imported in October 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33910/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme

Jackie Cahill

188. 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 the 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. [33327/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration

Jackie Cahill

79. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a tenant of 30 years of Tipperary County Council can purchase their home from the council with a lump sum which is not a loan and the lump sum is not secured against the property; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33158/16]

Unfinished Housing Developments

Jackie Cahill

80. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address the crisis in estates around the country that are not completed to the satisfaction of the local council to allow them to be taken in charge where the development company are no longer in business and the council have not been provided funding by Government to complete the work as these estates are deteriorating and in some cases do not have completed public lighting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33162/16]

CLÁR Programme

Jackie Cahill

110. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of the €3 million allocated nationally for the CLÁR programme that is designated for County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33108/16]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Jackie Cahill

19. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding being made available to local authorities for roads for 2017; the specific figure for County Tipperary; the way in which they compare as a percentage, plus or minus, yearly, versus funding in each of the years 2010 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32675/16]

Sports Capital Programme

Jackie Cahill

25. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's plans for the sports capital programme for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32676/16]

Prisoner Data

Jackie Cahill

83. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from County Tipperary that were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment; the number who were processed at the prison where they were sent and released on the same day or the following day, by prison, by category of crime, by length of sentence given, in 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32840/16]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Jackie Cahill

99. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme in order to allow access to persons with severe cerebral palsy who due to their illness are incapable of independent movement and require modified vehicles to attend hospital, physiotherapy and all other care which helps them with their quality of life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32527/16]

Departmental Schemes

Jackie Cahill

268. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the allocation from the €10 million nationally for the town and village renewal scheme 2016 that has been made for County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32821/16]

Legislative Programme

Jackie Cahill

284. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the legislation required for a new transport support scheme as currently the financial supports for provision of adapted transport for persons with severe disability is grossly underfunded and is having a profound impact on the quality of life of those suffering from disability and also their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32528/16]

Primary Medical Certificates Applications

Jackie Cahill

285. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the provision of a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32529/16]

Medical Card Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

322. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the illnesses and disabilities that automatically qualify a person for a medical card; the details of the severity and stage of the illness when the automatic qualification starts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32714/16]

Farm Assist Scheme

Jackie Cahill

384. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to utilise existing state aid rules and the temporary concessions allowed to provide lower cost financial support to assist farmers through the income crisis of 2016 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32665/16]

Farm Assist Scheme

Jackie Cahill

386. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland’s €11.1million share of the July 2016 EU aid package for dairy and other livestock farmers will be matched with national funding, as the EU allows; the way he plans to utilise the potential €22.2million to support farmers’ cash flow, under pressure from low produce prices and accumulating merchant credit, utility, superlevy and tax bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32663/16]

Brexit Issues

Jackie Cahill

22. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the immediate actions being taken to alleviate the initial effects of Brexit, particularly in the area of horticulture, an area that has already seen significant job losses due to Brexit. [31806/16]

Competition Law

Jackie Cahill

24. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the serious concerns in the beef industry following a takeover by a company (details supplied), in view of the fact the primary producers may now find themselves selling into a less competitive market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32210/16]

Basic Payment Scheme

Jackie Cahill

146. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the late payments to farmers caused by administration problems and delayed processing of satellite inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32211/16]

Fines Administration

Jackie Cahill

116. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will take the necessary steps to ensure that all fines imposed by District Courts are collected at source by the office of the Revenue Commissioners and deducted, if required, from individuals' social protection payments or by their employer (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31666/16]

Bail Law

Jackie Cahill

117. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reform the bail laws to include electronic monitoring for persistent offenders and to ensure that any accused person charged for a third time with an offence similar to a previous conviction would only be granted bail on condition that he or she is electronically monitored by an approved monitoring system (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31667/16]

Fines Data

Jackie Cahill

118. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total value of uncollected fines for criminal offences in courts in Tipperary for 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31668/16]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Jackie Cahill

223. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of consultants Caranua has employed and the amount it has paid them since its formation on 31 March 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31880/16]

Animal Identification Schemes

Jackie Cahill

511. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all of the official bovine identification tags offered for supply in the new scenario will be subjected to the same standards surrounding tag security that has applied to every tag tender here for the past 21 years and which has been one of the cornerstones of the animal identification and traceability system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31629/16]

Food and Agriculture Organisation

Jackie Cahill

512. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding to be received by Bord Bia as part of budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31646/16]

Environmental Schemes

Jackie Cahill

519. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any extra funding has been made available to the special areas of conservation, SACs, to compensate for the restrictions imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31878/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

Jackie Cahill

520. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers waiting for area of natural constraints, ANC, payments due to delays in administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31882/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Jackie Cahill

522. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment and area of natural constraint payment will be received by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31924/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Data

Jackie Cahill

526. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers waiting for the first instalment of the single farm payment due to the delay in processing inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31966/16]

Driver Test Data

Jackie Cahill

573. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of tests taken and the total number of fails at each of the driving test centres in Nenagh, Thurles, Tipperary town and Clonmel, County Tipperary, for each of the years 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31972/16]

Ambulance Service

Jackie Cahill

93. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the details of the proposed review of the provision of ambulance services in County Tipperary; if he will undertake that this review will not lead to a reduction in the number of national ambulance service vehicles in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30670/16]

Ambulance Service Provision

Jackie Cahill

152. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service is reviewing the provision of rapid response vehicles in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30188/16]

Ambulance Service Provision

Jackie Cahill

153. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for each year since 2011 the number of rapid response vehicles provided by the National Ambulance Service in County Tipperary in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30189/16]

Ambulance Service Provision

Jackie Cahill

154. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that operate out of each ambulance station in County Tipperary on a daily basis, Monday to Sunday; and if he will provide a breakdown of this on an hourly and daily rota basis to ascertain the actual level of service in County Tipperary. [30190/16]

Ambulance Service Provision

Jackie Cahill

155. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for each year since 2011 the number of emergency ambulances assigned to each ambulance station in County Tipperary in tabular form; the number of intermediate care vehicles assigned to each; and number of rapid response vehicles assigned to each. [30191/16]

DEIS Scheme

Jackie Cahill

20. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be assessed for inclusion in the DEIS programme, which is currently under review, as all research carried out in its catchment area emphasises the need for the school's inclusion in the programme given that the second level schools in the area that it feeds into are currently included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29968/16]

DEIS Scheme

Jackie Cahill

21. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be immediately assessed for inclusion in the DEIS programme, which is currently under review, in view of the fact that all research carried out in its catchment area emphasises the need for its inclusion in the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29975/16]

Disability Services Provision

Jackie Cahill

50. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) who requires early intervention services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29986/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Jackie Cahill

73. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the way, under the National Treatment Purchase Fund, a person (details supplied) can access an urgently needed knee replacement operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29985/16]

Mobile Telephony Services

Jackie Cahill

84. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will engage with the mobile telephone service providers about the poor and sometimes non-existent coverage in rural Tipperary and insist that they cease cherry-picking the high-population urban centres while neglecting the rural population, in view of the fact that many small businesses in rural Tipperary are depending on mobile Internet coverage to operate their business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29965/16]

Legal Aid Service Data

Jackie Cahill

37. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the top earning free criminal legal aid solicitors, and their earnings, for each of the years 2012 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29711/16]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Jackie Cahill

151. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can be assessed for a capital investment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29708/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme

Jackie Cahill

237. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is possible under the current tenant purchase scheme for long time tenants of county councils to purchase their homes by way of a lump sum complete payment while not fulfilling the age criteria; and if not, the reasoning behind this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29779/16]

Gorse Burning

Jackie Cahill

327. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will investigate the need to extend the time deadline for the burning of gorse on the Knockmealdown Mountains, County Tipperary, from the end of February to 15 April annually, which is the standard in the UK, to encourage and help the viability of five species of ground nesting birds (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29717/16]

Disability Services Funding

Jackie Cahill

369. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of capital investment in intellectual disability services since 2006 by making an extra €100 million available annually for the next five years to address the 17,883 persons who are on waiting lists for services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29309/16]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Jackie Cahill

376. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will immediately appoint a Parkinson's disease nurse specialist for the south east in view of the circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29333/16]

Meat Processing Plants

Jackie Cahill

529. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his officials at meat processing plants are aware of cattle being paid for under the meat processor-run insurance scheme; the percentage of injured or rejected cattle that are actually paid for under this insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29712/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration

Jackie Cahill

135. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will amend the tenant purchase scheme guidelines to allow long-time tenants of county councils to purchase their homes by way of lump sum while not fulfilling the age criteria. [28815/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration

Jackie Cahill

136. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will amend the anomaly in the tenant purchase scheme to allow long-term tenants to purchase their homes with funds raised independently of the council while not fulfilling the income criteria. [28816/16]

Electricity Transmission Network

Jackie Cahill

218. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review the revamping of lines by the ESB currently under way throughout County Tipperary (details supplied). [28824/16]

Knowledge Transfer Programme

Jackie Cahill

552. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the knowledge transfer programme to allow the entry of young farmers in particular who are not in a financial position to slaughter cattle at this time but who would otherwise benefit from participation in the programme. [28588/16]

Community Policing

Jackie Cahill

18. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Tipperary Garda division. [27400/16]