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Wed, 6 Feb 2019
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Work Permits Eligibility
Noel Grealish
103. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if barbers can be removed from the list of ineligible categories under the work permit scheme in view of the fact that there is a significant shortage of barbers nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5850/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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IDA Ireland Portfolio
Noel Grealish
297. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the length of time the IDA site in Glenamaddy, County Galway has been vacant; the efforts being made to market it as a potential site of employment; the type of industries that might be best suited to locate there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5037/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Hospital Waiting Lists Data
Noel Grealish
329. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for inpatient appointments; the number waiting for outpatient appointments at Galway University Hospital and Portiuncula Hospital, respectively by length of time waiting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5034/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Hospital Waiting Lists Data
Noel Grealish
330. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for inpatient appointments and outpatient appointments, respectively at Galway University Hospital and Portiuncula Hospital at the end of 2017 and 2018; the number waiting under 18 or over 18 years of age in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5035/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Hospital Appointments Administration
Noel Grealish
331. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries cancelled at Galway University Hospital and at Portiuncula Hospital in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the reason for the cancellations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5036/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Treatment Abroad Scheme
Noel Grealish
356. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if appointments under the treatment abroad scheme which have been scheduled prior to Brexit on 29 March 2019 will be honoured regardless of the way in which the UK will leave the EU; if another appointment can be scheduled in another EU country immediately to avoid unnecessary delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5147/19]
Thu, 31 Jan 2019
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Noel Grealish
181. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for bariatric surgery at Galway University Hospital by length of time on the waiting list; the number on the equivalent waiting list at the same time one and two years ago, respectively; the number of surgeries carried out in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4841/19]
Thu, 31 Jan 2019
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Disability Services Provision
Noel Grealish
182. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if a person can secure funding to access private services for a child with disabilities if the services cannot be delivered within the public service locally or if the public service available locally has a waiting list of a year or more, in view of the fact that the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been ratified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4842/19]
Tue, 29 Jan 2019
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Seniors Alert Scheme
Noel Grealish
538. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if grants are available for the provision of house alarms for those over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4117/19]
Tue, 29 Jan 2019
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Security of the Elderly
Noel Grealish
571. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if grants are available for the provision of house alarms for those over 65 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4116/19]
Thu, 24 Jan 2019
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Light Rail Projects
Noel Grealish
265. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tram sets operating on the Luas green line (details supplied); the overall planned percentage increase in passenger capacity of all trams operating on the green line over the period 2018 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3677/19]
Thu, 24 Jan 2019
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Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
Noel Grealish
292. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of the provision of rent supplement schemes in 2016 to 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3682/19]
Thu, 24 Jan 2019
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Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
Noel Grealish
305. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons on a waiting list for social housing in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by local authority area and length of time on the list by single, couple, family applications and so on; the number of persons on local authority housing transfer lists in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by local authority area and length of time on the list, by single, couple, family applications and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3679/19]
Thu, 24 Jan 2019
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Emergency Accommodation Data
Noel Grealish
306. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons in emergency homeless accommodation by local authority area and by length of time in such accommodation; the number of children and adults in each case in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the cost of providing such accommodation in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3680/19]
Thu, 24 Jan 2019
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Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
Noel Grealish
307. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the cost of providing the HAP scheme 2016 to 2018; the cost of the RAS scheme 2016 to 2018; the cost of the provision of social housing by each local authority area in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3681/19]
Tue, 15 Jan 2019
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
Noel Grealish
544. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to changing the rules of the fair deal scheme to enable families and persons who are in nursing homes under the fair deal scheme to sell or rent their houses without financial penalty to help increase the number of properties available for purchase and rent and therefore help to alleviate the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54062/18]
Tue, 15 Jan 2019
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Medicinal Products Reimbursement
Noel Grealish
545. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if Spinraza will be made available to children with SMA to prevent permanent deterioration in their condition; the timeframe for the introduction of this drug to the children in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54065/18]
Tue, 15 Jan 2019
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Fishing Licences
Noel Grealish
817. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of marine salmon farm licences and land-based hatcheries; the number of salmon and-or biomass permitted for each; the system in place to check for overstocking as has taken place in the past; the regulation in place to deal with overstocking; the fish farm operators that had penalties imposed; the number of salmon farm licences that have been cancelled in the past ten years; the action he has taken to ensure that all equipment has been removed; the timeframe within which this should happen; if his Department holds bonds from fish farm operators to cover the costs of removing obsolete equipment in the event of an operator no longer being in a position to operate its licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54063/18]
Tue, 15 Jan 2019
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Road Traffic Legislation
Noel Grealish
901. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce legislation that would result in driving disqualifications for persons convicted of illegal dumping while using a vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54357/18]
Tue, 15 Jan 2019
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Road Safety
Noel Grealish
902. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with TII to secure the installation of temporary traffic lights to allow the safe crossing of schoolgoing children over a bridge with the least impact on through traffic on the bridge over the Owenriff river on the N59 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54358/18]