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Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Respite Care Services Provision
John Brassil
1291. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide respite care beds for families of persons with intellectual disabilities in Tralee and its environs in view of the fact that no respite beds have been available since January 2016; his plans to replace the beds lost at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1572/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Respite Care Services Provision
John Brassil
1292. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide respite care beds for families of persons with intellectual disabilities in Listowel and its environs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1573/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Respite Care Services Provision
John Brassil
1293. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will work with the relevant stakeholders to make the facility at Ballyseedy, Tralee suitable and available for respite care services for families of persons with autism and other intellectual disabilities, in view of the fact there is no current service available to families to provide respite in Tralee and its environs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1574/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Hospital Appointments Status
John Brassil
1319. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1774/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Air Services Provision
John Brassil
1560. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current timeframe in regards to PSO support for the Kerry to Dublin regional flight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41299/16]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Air Services Provision
John Brassil
1561. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the PSO subsidy for the Kerry to Dublin regional flight to ensure the viability that is imperative in supporting tourism for the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41300/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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General Practitioner Training
John Brassil
359. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the number of new and additional general practitioner training places which will come on stream in 2017. [40615/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Community Pharmacy Services
John Brassil
360. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of the Government's plans to expand the role of community pharmacists in managing the health of their patients and in medicine prescription. [40616/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Primary Care Centres
John Brassil
364. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of the examination of the use of tax instruments and other incentives to support investment by general practitioners, dentists and other professionals in primary care centres, technology and service developments. [40630/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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General Practitioner Services Provision
John Brassil
365. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health when he will publish proposals following consultation with representatives to support general practitioner practices in disadvantaged urban areas. [40631/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Medical Card Administration
John Brassil
366. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health when he asked the clinical advisory group on medical cards to examine the guidelines for the awarding of discretionary medical cards for persons undergoing treatment for cancer; and when he expects to receive their recommendations. [40632/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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GLAS Applications
John Brassil
425. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all conditions for GLAS 1 payment have been met in the case of a person (details supplied); if so, when the application will be processed; when the person will receive payment; the current issue delaying payment; when and the way in which the issue will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40522/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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GLAS Payments
John Brassil
426. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department kept applicants fully informed of the issues delaying payment with regard to the more than 200 GLAS 1 payments pending for farmers here that are awaiting payment subject to development of additional IT functionality; when this development of IT functionality will be completed in order to process payments; if these applications will be processed manually in the absence of this IT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40523/16]
Tue, 13 Dec 2016
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Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
John Brassil
420. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre system (details supplied) of blood testing will become available on the Irish market; if the HSE has plans to provide the technology on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39438/16]
Tue, 13 Dec 2016
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Waste Disposal Charges
John Brassil
569. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the introduction of the pay by weight system for refuse collection, both in Dublin and the remaining counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39409/16]
Tue, 13 Dec 2016
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Waste Disposal Charges
John Brassil
570. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding households paying for recycling material per kg (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39410/16]
Tue, 13 Dec 2016
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Waste Disposal Charges
John Brassil
571. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a commitment given at the time of the disputes regarding refuse collection earlier in 2016 by the refuse collection industry that no household would pay more in 2016 than in 2015 is binding; if so, the person or body the companies are answerable to if they are non compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39424/16]
Thu, 8 Dec 2016
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Hospital Waiting Lists
John Brassil
175. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39203/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Preschool Services
John Brassil
143. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will liaise with an organisation (details supplied) in regard to an application by a school to provide preschool services; the reason the school has been refused permission to date in view of the fact the school has the facilities to provide the service and, by not providing such a service, is at a distinct disadvantage to other schools which do so, resulting in numbers into the school reducing and ultimately jeopardising the future of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38463/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Passport Services
John Brassil
255. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that first time adult applicants for passports, who are requested to present a photocopy of their public services card, PSC, but do not have a PSC can take, in view of the fact that to acquire a PSC a copy of a current passport is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38484/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Grant Aid
John Brassil
408. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an emergency compensation fund will be made available to grain farmers situated on the western seaboard who have had a poor year in terms of yield due to poor weather and are under severe financial hardship as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38449/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Roads Maintenance Funding
John Brassil
466. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide emergency funding to Kerry County Council to carry out works on the Dale Road, Abbeydorney Cross to Ballinclogher Cross, R551, at which urgent upgrades are necessary due to an extremely dangerous road layout resulting in seven vehicles crashing over ditches in 2016 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38490/16]
Thu, 1 Dec 2016
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Primary Care Strategy
John Brassil
22. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he has a target spend for primary care as a share of the health budget between now and 2021; the way in which Ireland’s expenditure on primary care compares to other OECD countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38022/16]
Thu, 1 Dec 2016
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General Practitioner Services Provision
John Brassil
86. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his Department’s estimate of the number of additional general practitioners that will be required over the next decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38021/16]
Thu, 1 Dec 2016
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Medicinal Products Prices
John Brassil
209. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to provide a timeframe for a decision on price negotiations with the manufacturer of Kalydeco, Ivacaftor (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38082/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Immigration Status
John Brassil
131. Deputy John Brassil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate and allow for stamp 4 permission to be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37644/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Hospital Appointments Administration
John Brassil
545. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an ear, nose and throat, ENT, assessment for a person (details supplied); the reason the person has been referred to Mallow General Hospital instead of the nearest hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37170/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Services for People with Disabilities
John Brassil
575. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will request that the Health Service Executive provide clarity on the programme of support for a person (details supplied); if the assessment will be expedited as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37445/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Commission for Energy Regulation
John Brassil
694. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the structure being applied to a company (details supplied) for the sale of gas into the network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37161/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Commission for Energy Regulation
John Brassil
695. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if proposed tariffs to deal with the loss of capacity which will occur for the interconnector pipes across the Irish Sea is being applied to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37162/16]
Thu, 24 Nov 2016
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Health Insurance Cover
John Brassil
179. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the current protocol in place for persons visiting here from EU member states who require holiday dialysis; the way they can access the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36617/16]
Wed, 23 Nov 2016
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General Practitioner Services
John Brassil
191. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will request SouthDoc to provide a standard landline contact number that is not a low cost number as at present visitors here with foreign mobile phones cannot access the low cost number and therefore have no way of contacting South Doc in times of medical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36536/16]
Wed, 23 Nov 2016
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Departmental Meetings
John Brassil
197. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene in the case of persons (details supplied) and allow for a meeting between them and his Department in order that they might discuss their case in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36482/16]
Tue, 22 Nov 2016
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Illegal Dumping
John Brassil
518. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department investigated any cases of illegal dumping of industrial waste on bogland owned by Bord Na Móna in County Kerry over the period 2010 to 2016; the steps which were taken in such cases; the discussions his Department had with Kerry County Council and the EPA in this regard; the actions taken to prevent such future activity and to provide for penalties to be given to persons involved in such illegal dumping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36102/16]
Tue, 22 Nov 2016
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Penalty Points System Data
John Brassil
531. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of penalty points awarded in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of persons in the same years who received penalty points; the number of offences that caused penalty points to be awarded over the same time period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35862/16]
Tue, 22 Nov 2016
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Driver Licence Renewals
John Brassil
539. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, when drivers renew their licences, he will ensure that the classes they previously qualified for are automatically added to their new licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36104/16]
Tue, 22 Nov 2016
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Driver Licence Renewals
John Brassil
540. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend the drivers licence recently renewed by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36106/16]
Thu, 17 Nov 2016
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Wildlife Rangers Appointments
John Brassil
194. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans to replace wildlife rangers (details supplied) in County Kerry, as the lack of these rangers has left large areas of the county unattended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35576/16]
Thu, 17 Nov 2016
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Medicinal Products Availability
John Brassil
213. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will allow the drug Kalydeco to be available to a person (details supplied); the reason this drug is not available for children aged two to five years of age at the same agreed price as it is available to the over six age group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35573/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Medical Card Eligibility
John Brassil
171. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the Minister for Social Protection to ensure that the income guidelines for medical card applicants will increase to, at a minimum, reflect the increases in social protection in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35282/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Medical Card Eligibility
John Brassil
175. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if persons in receipt of a social protection payment, whose sole income is from social protection, will automatically qualify for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35281/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Crime Levels
John Brassil
43. Deputy John Brassil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Kerry are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in County Kerry 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. [34685/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Garda Deployment
John Brassil
82. Deputy John Brassil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Kerry on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the proportion of the proposed 800 additional recruits in 2017 that are likely to be assigned to County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34687/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Carbon Tax Exemptions
John Brassil
187. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Finance his views on an opinion expressed by a co-op (details supplied). [35009/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Summer Works Scheme Applications
John Brassil
265. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make the necessary funding available to a school (details supplied) to carry out construction works for bus and car parking facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34910/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Medicinal Products Prices
John Brassil
475. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he has met with representatives of the medical nutrition industry to secure a cost saving framework for medical nutrition products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34546/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Medicinal Products Reimbursement
John Brassil
476. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the steps taken to ensure HSE draft guidelines for clinical nutritional products, as proposed by the primary care reimbursement service, do not negatively impact the availability of product or patient services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34547/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Hospital Appointments Delays
John Brassil
616. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite hospital appointments in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35153/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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Motor Industry
John Brassil
109. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 3 November 2016, if he will clarify the policy regarding private car rental companies which operate here; if these companies are required to use cars taxed and registered here or if they can use vehicles taxed and registered in Northern Ireland and England; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34149/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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Hospital Appointments Status
John Brassil
246. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34229/16]