Parliamentary questions

Carer's Allowance Applications

John McGuinness

261. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer's benefit by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [7576/19]

Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision

John McGuinness

201. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that insurance companies are using the OPW website and the flood report on the site to refuse flood insurance at a location (details supplied) and are ignoring the note that the information is not for commercial use; if confirmation will be provided on the website that the estate has not been subject to flooding since its construction 25 years ago; his views on the fact that property owners living in the estate are unable to sell their property due to the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6393/19]

Employment Data

John McGuinness

327. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 31 January 2019, if her Department or an agency under her remit holds the information; the extent of the involvement of her Department with the company at the time of transfer or purchase; the involvement by the State in rescuing the company and the jobs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6381/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists Data

John McGuinness

372. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); if the matter will be expedited; the number on the waiting list; the length of time they have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6382/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John McGuinness

373. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in arranging an operation at Cappagh hospital for a person (details supplied); the way in which he is addressing the waiting list for young children who require urgent hip operations; if there is a restriction on the use of the operating theatre at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6384/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists Data

John McGuinness

377. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an MRI scan will be expedited for a person (details supplied); the number of MRI scans carried out each week at WUH; the number of persons on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6392/19]

Health Services Provision

John McGuinness

378. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand the services for those affected by Alzheimer's and who attend a centre (details supplied); the funding received by the centre from the HSE in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6396/19]

Health Services Staff

John McGuinness

505. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 814 of 15 January 2019 and the reply issued by the HSE on 22 January 2019, the further meetings that have taken place between the staff concerned, the union and the HSE to help resolve all outstanding issues and fully deal with the Labour Court recommendations; if a redundancy package has been offered to employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7036/19]

Bus Services

John McGuinness

601. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the request from an organisation (details supplied) that consideration be given to the provision of dedicated bus corridors along the arterial routes into Dublin; if the project could be funded from the Climate Action Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6462/19]

Child and Family Agency Policy

John McGuinness

673. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 15 May 2018, the progress in providing the same level of insurance through Tusla to foster carers as they had with the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6394/19]

Disability Allowance Appeals

John McGuinness

706. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a claim for a disability allowance now under appeal will be expedited and approved in the case of a person (details supplied). [6397/19]

Education and Training Boards

John McGuinness

262. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 911 of 3 November 2018, the usage to be made of the vacant site at Gaol Road, Kilkenny, once occupied by a school (details supplied); the length of time the site has been vacant; the reason therefore; if the site can be leased to an organisation that wishes to provide training courses for volunteers at a central location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5644/19]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

John McGuinness

484. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments relative to commonage in County Kilkenny will be paid to a person (details supplied). [5040/19]

Employment Data

John McGuinness

120. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the benefits accrued to a person (details supplied) when their pension entitlements transferred from a company to the public sector transfer network in 1974; if they were paid a lump sum at the time; the way in which this transfer improved their pension entitlements; the details of the knock-for-knock system of contributions relative to the company at operative date 30 April 1976; the effect on entitlements when they were made redundant in December 1987 by the company; the amount of redundancy received; if a record of the contributions of the person will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4838/19]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

John McGuinness

158. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) was entitled to pay increments from 1983 and pension entitlements arising from the increments in view of the fact the person was a full-time employee; and if the record of payments and entitlements will be made available. [4452/19]

Disability Services Provision

John McGuinness

159. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 7 November 2018, the progress made in providing the level of care urgently required by a person (details supplied); if the HSE has had discussions with an organisation in County Kilkenny; if so, the outcome of the discussions and the decisions taken; his plans to provide respite services in counties Carlow and Kilkenny for such persons; if a personal healthcare plan will be put in place for the person covering all aspects of the care required; if the case will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4455/19]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

John McGuinness

213. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the single farm payments due for 2008 and 2009 to a person (details supplied) will be issued. [4453/19]

Commencement of Legislation

John McGuinness

262. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when section 5 of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017 will be commenced; and if her attention has been drawn to the inconvenience being caused to persons wishing to open a credit union account with no other form of identification than the public services card. [4451/19]

JobPath Programme

John McGuinness

263. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by clients of Turas Nua who work on a part-time basis (details supplied); if one such case will be examined; and if issues relative to the case will be resolved. [4454/19]

Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts

John McGuinness

226. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 17 January 2019 and Circular 0058/2006 from his Department, if clarification will be provided regarding the area in which SNA employment contracts state that their employment is with a specific school and names the school; if redundancy payments will issue as a result of such contracts to SNAs when their employment at the school ceases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4112/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John McGuinness

361. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an appointment at University Hospital Waterford, UHW, urology department will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [4056/19]

Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications

John McGuinness

381. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund treatment for a person (details supplied) in London in view of the fact that the treatment is not available here; if the matter will be expedited in further view of the fact that alternative forms of treatment and other existing treatments here have failed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4114/19]

National Broadband Plan Administration

John McGuinness

471. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the property at a location (details supplied) is included as part of the national broadband plan; the timeframe for the delivery of broadband to this location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4113/19]

Illness Benefit Applications

John McGuinness

570. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1118 of 15 January 2019, the value or purpose of allocating credited contributions from February 2018 in respect of a claim for illness benefit by a person (details supplied); if the person's application has been refused; if the person qualifies for invalidity pension; and if not, if the person will be refused for the same reasons. [4115/19]

Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration

John McGuinness

85. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if circular 0058/2006, in particular sections 3.1 and 3.2, applies to the education and training boards, ETBs; if the Labour Court recommendation 20308 and the circular referenced are being monitored to ensure compliance by ETBs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2179/19]

Cross-Border Health Services Provision

John McGuinness

172. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an assessment and the operation needed for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; if urgent cases such as the case of same can be dealt with under the cross-border initiative; if so, if the HSE will make contact with the person to make the arrangements; the number of persons such as the one in question that were informed on 23 February 2018 that it would be 51 months plus before they would be seen; the steps being taken by him and the HSE to resolve this level of service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2182/19]

Childcare Services Funding

John McGuinness

237. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to fund crèches required to meet standards being set down by Tusla following random inspections; if her attention has been drawn to the financial pressures being experienced by the sector as it struggles to meet the rising cost of regulation; her views on the discussion her officials had with a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2178/19]

Tax Code

John McGuinness

230. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if he will address matters relating to section 114 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1373/19]

Revenue Commissioners Powers

John McGuinness

232. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if the issues raised by a person (details supplied) have been resolved; the incidents involved and the way in which each one was dealt with by the Revenue Commissioners; and if the circumstances relate to the lack of outcomes to complaints made by them in the past or to a breach of agreements by the Revenue Commissioners. [1381/19]

Superannuation Schemes

John McGuinness

262. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person has been awarded an injury warrant and subsequently takes a successful court case against the State for compensation for their injuries, if the injury warrant will be withdrawn. [1370/19]

National Monuments

John McGuinness

284. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed at Kilkenny Castle, permanent and temporary, respectively; the title of the position of each; the number of visitors to the castle in each of the past five years; the budget set aside for 2019 to 2020; the cost of private security at the castle for each of the past five years; if further park wardens will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1465/19]

Office of Public Works Projects

John McGuinness

288. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if cell windows fitted in courthouses and Garda stations are fully compliant with standards relative to that product; if an engineer was contracted to report on the standard and compliance of cell windows already fitted; if so, if that report is available; if the supplier or suppliers of cell windows have been issued with specifications for this product by the OPW; if so, if they met the required specifications; if the product was tested by the OPW or the supplier; if cell windows that were in place have now been removed and replaced by this new product; if cell windows in newly constructed or refurbished stations have been checked recently for damage or defects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1786/19]

Public Inquiries

John McGuinness

472. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a motion passed by Dáil Éireann relative to an inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); if all matters leading to the person's death, the investigation afterwards and the court cases which ensued will be included as part of the inquiry; if the inquiry will be a public inquiry; his overall approach to the inquiry; and the timeframe for the inquiry. [1371/19]

Garda Support Services

John McGuinness

473. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if stress interventions and-or counselling sessions are mandatory following traumatic incidents that involve gardaí at work, further to Question No. 295 of 16 October 2018, and his response regarding the analysing of the report and consultations with An Garda Síochána. [1382/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists Data

John McGuinness

689. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital for hip operations (details supplied); if the operating theatres are being used to their capacity; if emergency operations can be undertaken elsewhere to reduce the waiting lists; the number of professionals qualified to carry out these operations at the hospital; the number waiting on each list; and his plans to reduce the list in 2019. [1036/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

John McGuinness

694. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 27 November 2018, when a reply will issue. [1054/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John McGuinness

739. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1372/19]

Health Services

John McGuinness

743. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if benefit schemes and supports for persons with Wolfram syndrome will be put in place to cover such needs as medical devices, dietary demands, transport to services and personal medical requirements; the supports and services automatically available to date; if he will request the HSE to engage directly with persons (details supplied) to determine their needs and ensure that both are in receipt of the full range of entitlements and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1380/19]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

John McGuinness

767. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the progress in relation to the approval process for the drug Nusinersen, also known as Spinraza; if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; the type of care and medication that his Department and-or the HSE will fund in this case; if he will meet the parents of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1464/19]

Health Services Staff

John McGuinness

814. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the action being taken by the HSE to accommodate and redeploy staff from Saint Patrick's Centre, Kells Road, County Kilkenny; the number of staff involved; the number redeployed to date or accommodated by other agreements; if staff have opted for redundancy; if so, the number; if the Labour Court recommendations have been considered by all stakeholders; if so, the actions to be taken or the actions taken to date; his plans to support the workers who have given loyal service over a number of years and feel abandoned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1785/19]

Wild Atlantic Way Project

John McGuinness

941. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to date of the Wild Atlantic Way cycle project under each heading in which payments have been made; if there are outstanding costs; the tendering process involved; the number of bidders who participated in the process; his plans for the future of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1440/19]

Public Services Card

John McGuinness

1106. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to allow the public services card to be used as identification for customers of credit unions who have no other means of identification. [1416/19]

Illness Benefit Applications

John McGuinness

1118. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an illness benefit by a person (details supplied). [1745/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

John McGuinness

387. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason a school transport option has not been put in place for a person (details supplied). [52943/18]

Hospital Procedures

John McGuinness

443. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if intensity-modulated radiation treatment as recommended by a consultant will be arranged and expedited in the case of a person (details supplied). [53299/18]

Patient Data

John McGuinness

173. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the amount held or managed by the patients' private property account central unit; the way in which this fund is invested and safeguarded; the amounts held on behalf of each organisation within its remit by county; if the fund comes under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General; the number of individual cases in which the Circuit Court's direction was sought in circumstances in which the HSE used in excess of €5,000 of client funds in a single calendar year; the number of families refused access to the funds of a family member in circumstances in which the funds were being used to benefit the owner of the fund; the number of persons who have had welfare benefits or cut-off due to the funds held on their behalf; the way in which the fund is used for end of life care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52292/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

John McGuinness

174. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an operation will be arranged at WUH for a person (details supplied); if the matter will be expedited; and the reason the person has had to wait for nine years. [52294/18]

Home Care Packages Provision

John McGuinness

369. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a long-term home care package will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [51873/18]

Emergency Departments Services

John McGuinness

47. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, will be provided with 24-7 emergency medicine consultant cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50793/18]

Superannuation Schemes

John McGuinness

166. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of injury warrants paid in the past five years; if there are conditions attached to these injury warrants; the range of conditions that must be met before qualifying for a warrant; the reason injury warrants are refused; and the number of refusals issued in the past five years. [50401/18]

School Transport Eligibility

John McGuinness

188. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school transport option has not been put in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will address the matter without delay. [50152/18]

Home Care Packages Data

John McGuinness

309. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of care packages and care hours provided under all home care tenders by county in September and October 2018; the comparative information for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50150/18]

Hospital Equipment

John McGuinness

310. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a MRI scanner for St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the funding required. [50151/18]

Hospital Procedures

John McGuinness

414. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health his views on the concerns being raised on the use of MAGEC rods for patients who have undergone operations for scoliosis; if there is a formal tracking register for patients who have had MAGEC rod implants; his plans to respond to the concerns being expressed about these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50738/18]

Commissions of Investigation

John McGuinness

432. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the progress of the Farrelly commission of investigation; if staff giving evidence to the commission who are employed by section 38 and 39 organisations will have their jobs protected; if the costs associated with their absences from work are covered by the HSE; if a reply will issue to queries raised in this regard through correspondence he received on 19 November 2018; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the refusal of the HSE to address this issue will result in key witnesses not being able to attend and give evidence at future hearings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50875/18]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

John McGuinness

433. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in appointing a nurse to administer medication on a daily basis to a person (details supplied) at home; if the delay in making the arrangement is a cause of the person being kept as a patient at St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny; and if a resolution of this issue will be expedited [50877/18]

Hospital Appointments Administration

John McGuinness

159. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [49954/18]

Education and Training Boards Administration

John McGuinness

223. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of a series of matters relating to an invitation to tender for the supply of goods to a further education and training centre in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48915/18]

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data

John McGuinness

300. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal involving the Irish Prison Service; the length of time that each has been waiting for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49014/18]

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data

John McGuinness

301. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and name of those who serve on the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; the number of cases dealt with each year; the cost per year of the tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49015/18]

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Applications

John McGuinness

318. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for processing an application to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal by a person (details supplied); and the process involved. [49409/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

John McGuinness

355. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early appointment for a cataract operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and the reason they have not been called to date as promised at the time of their assessment [48914/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

John McGuinness

356. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when a place will be made available for a person (details supplied) in a community home in Kilkenny city; his views on whether persons fitting this profile should be given priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48916/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

John McGuinness

357. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding paid to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for services in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason a sustainable long-term care plan was not put in place; the reason the family has had no support services for the past 11 years; if a long-term plan for funding will be put in place by the HSE in agreement with the person's mother; and if the matter will be expedited. [48917/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

John McGuinness

358. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [48918/18]

Health Insurance Data

John McGuinness

380. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the amount outstanding in payments due from private health insurers to public hospitals; the details of the amount due to each hospital (details supplied); if there is a system in place in each hospital to ensure that the full amount is claimed from health insurance companies and that the hospital is not under-billing; the number of bed nights that are partially paid for or rejected by insurers in public hospitals in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49013/18]

Disability Allowance Applications

John McGuinness

555. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied). [48919/18]

Illness Benefit Applications

John McGuinness

556. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) will be approved; if supplementary welfare will be approved while they are waiting; if there are arrangements with the Australian authorities for the person to benefit from their seven years work in Australia which ceased due to injuries from an assault. [48920/18]

Disability Allowance Applications

John McGuinness

596. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied). [47689/18]

Illness Benefit Applications

John McGuinness

612. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) will be approved; if supplementary welfare will be approved while they are waiting; and if there is an arrangement with the Australian authorities for the person to benefit from their seven years work in Australia. [47890/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

John McGuinness

144. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding issued to an organisation for services in respect of a person (details supplied); the period involved; the attendance record of the person; the amount of funding paid to an organisation in County Kilkenny in respect of another person; the period involved; the attendance record of the person; the reason a sustainable long-term care plan was not put in place; the reason the family has had no support services for the past 11 years; and if a long-term plan with funding will be put in place by the HSE in agreement with the children's parent. [46208/18]

Paediatric Services

John McGuinness

145. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an immediate appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) with the paediatric services at Kilcreene Hospital, Kilkenny; and if correspondence from the person's parents, school and general practitioner will be considered. [46209/18]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

John McGuinness

71. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a secondary school place will be provided for a person (details supplied) in a city school; and if their parent will be informed in view of the fact that preparations must be made for them relative to the change of school. [46055/18]

Education and Training Boards Administration

John McGuinness

101. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on an education and training centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46111/18]

Blind Welfare Allowance

John McGuinness

134. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the blind person's allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); the reason this payment was ceased in this case; the financial and other supports available to persons diagnosed with Wolfram syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46056/18]

Respite Care Services Provision

John McGuinness

139. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when a place will be made available in Kilkenny city in one of the community homes for a long-term client of an organisation (details supplied); if he or she will be accommodated at a facility; the reason the family has not received respite services for over 12 months; the Minister's plans to provide respite services in counties Kilkenny and Carlow for the future and in the short-term; his further plans to provide one-to-one services for clients such as persons who have medical, psychological and mobility problems and have been in care for most of their lives; his views on whether persons fitting this profile should be given priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46110/18]

Child Abuse

John McGuinness

157. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 3 July 2018, if she has received the data from Tusla as committed to in the reply; if she will direct Tusla to reply to this Deputy in view of the fact the agency has not responded; if there is a process within Tusla to fully investigate the way in which a complaint was handled dating back to 1998 and having significant repercussions to date; if Tusla will investigate the complaints of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46093/18]

Illness Benefit Payments

John McGuinness

163. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive an illness benefit payment and all arrears due. [45991/18]

Education and Training Boards Staff

John McGuinness

250. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the entitlements that will arise for temporary day instructors that are employed by education and training boards, ETBs, and are paying pension related deductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44645/18]

Mental Health Services Staff

John McGuinness

501. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health his plans to fund an increase of staff required at a centre (details supplied); if a counselling service and dementia adviser service will be provided at the centre; if more adequate accommodation will be approved with an improved transport service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44643/18]

Health Services Reports

John McGuinness

502. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the Chief Medical Officer's report on the issues raised on the use of vaginal mesh is now completed; and the timeframe for completion of the report and a decision on his Department's response. [44646/18]

Nursing Home Subventions

John McGuinness

503. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the level of funding needed by a care home (details supplied) to enable it to meet the costs of improving the home to meet new standards associated with the care and security of residents and the standard and level of pay that should be paid to those employed there; if the funding received under the section 39 grant will be increased to meet the rising costs and demand of operating such a facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44647/18]

Mental Health Services Provision

John McGuinness

552. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the community health services will engage directly with a person (details supplied); if the department of psychiatry will assess them as requested by their general practitioner; if the HSE will explain the reason a person did not arrange a home assessment as requested; and if the matter will be expedited in view of the circumstances. [44868/18]

Disability Support Services Provision

John McGuinness

555. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a bed will be provided at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, for a person (details supplied). [44891/18]

Medical Card Drugs Availability

John McGuinness

689. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had the medication prescribed for them by a general practitioner and consultant restricted in quantity by the HSE and-or medical card managers; if the medical direction being followed by the person outweighs the view and direction of others not medically qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45517/18]

Horse Sport Ireland

John McGuinness

768. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the funding to Horse Sport Ireland will be increased for 2019; if funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) based on the pre-budget submission made; his plans to develop this part of the sector and to promote its efforts at home and abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44919/18]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

John McGuinness

1039. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for domiciliary care allowance, DCA, will be backdated to the date of the original application by a person (details supplied). [44892/18]

Disability Allowance Payments

John McGuinness

1111. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department is pursuing a debt of €198 relative to a disability allowance claim by a person (details supplied); and if the payment which was collected by the agent of the person was being paid in arrears or in advance. [45516/18]

Disease Management

John McGuinness

69. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health his plans to bring forward a Lyme disease strategy to help those suffering from the condition. [43600/18]

School Staff

John McGuinness

256. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 7 September 2018, if a response to the appeal now lodged will be expedited in view of the circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43263/18]

DEIS Eligibility

John McGuinness

257. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) will be expedited; if the review committee is scheduled to meet to deal with pending appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43264/18]

Tax Settlements

John McGuinness

153. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if the tax affairs of a person (details supplied) will be determined in view of the fact that the ability of the business to tender effectively is being affected; the rationale behind the decision to set the rate of RCT at 35%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41983/18]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

John McGuinness

231. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a SUSI grant by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if consideration will be given to the special circumstances in the case with a view to granting the person the maximum payment. [42256/18]

Garda Support Services

John McGuinness

295. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if stress interventions and-or counselling sessions are mandatory following traumatic incidents involving gardaí at work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42007/18]

Garda Data

John McGuinness

296. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí absent due to stress-related illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42008/18]

Garda Promotions

John McGuinness

297. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of candidates who failed to progress in the past two garda to sergeant competitions who had the decision reviewed and-or appealed; and the number of these decisions overturned on review. [42009/18]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

John McGuinness

528. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing an areas of natural constraint scheme payment to a person (details supplied); the reason the same delay occurs each year; and if the payment will be expedited. [42257/18]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

John McGuinness

662. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will provide information (details supplied) on the 10,000 affordable houses planned for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42258/18]

Illicit Trade

John McGuinness

49. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that there is sufficient staff at Irish ports and airports to monitor single parcel consignments entering the country, particularly from non-EU countries; if he has quantified the effect of illegal imports on the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41593/18]

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Applications

John McGuinness

68. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for processing an application to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal by a person (details supplied); and the process involved. [41590/18]