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Thu, 3 Dec 2015
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Food Waste
Pearse Doherty
111. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his plans to introduce legislation requiring supermarkets and large food retailers of a certain size to donate and make available, without charge, any unsold and edible food stuffs to registered charitable organisations and food banks, while also making it a criminal offence for such businesses to dispose of and destroy edible produce without having first offered it to these groups; if he has given consideration to the potential benefit which such legislation may yield in the reduction of food wastage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43201/15]
Thu, 3 Dec 2015
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Home Care Packages Provision
Pearse Doherty
183. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a confidential recipient has been specifically instructed to examine ongoing issues of inadequate and unreliable home care provision for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43296/15]
Thu, 3 Dec 2015
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Hospital Services
Pearse Doherty
186. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a review of antenatal and gynaecology services at Dungloe Community Hospital in County Donegal has been formally completed; the outcome of this review; his plans to re-instate these services; the time frame for resuming these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43310/15]
Thu, 3 Dec 2015
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Further Education and Training Programmes
Pearse Doherty
254. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of further education and training courses available, by education and training board, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43337/15]
Thu, 3 Dec 2015
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Education and Training Boards
Pearse Doherty
255. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the full-time, part-time, evening, and online courses provided by Donegal Education and Training Board, by category, by location, by intake number to each course, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43338/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
Pearse Doherty
59. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number and names of lenders who have availed of funds from the Strategic Banking Corporation, and the value of Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland funds distributed to each one of these in 2015 to date. [43100/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
Pearse Doherty
60. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff who were on a total remuneration package including pension payments, allowances and benefits of between €100,000 and €200,000, €200,001 and €300,000, €300,001 and €400,000, €401,000 and €500,000, and of €500,000 plus, at all of the covered banking institutions, the National Treasury Management Agency and National Asset Management Agency, in the years 2014 and 2015 to date, in tabular form. [43130/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Pension Provisions
Pearse Doherty
61. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has given any consideration to allowing Irish persons who have emigrated for economic reasons to transfer their pensions, up to a certain threshold, to their country of residence, including to outside the European Union, without penal taxes being applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43134/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Flood Risk Assessments
Pearse Doherty
63. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if towns located within the Finn Valley region in County Donegal, including Ballybofey, Castlefinn, Killygordon, Lifford, Liscooley and Stranorlar, are being assessed under the catchment flood risk assessment and management programme being developed by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43191/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Parliamentary Questions
Pearse Doherty
115. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health why this Deputy has not received a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 30 September 2015; and if this information is available or not. [43050/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
Pearse Doherty
137. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the status of the application to include the drug Kuvan Sapropterin in the drug re-imbursement programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43172/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Pearse Doherty
138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for orthopaedic hip replacement surgery in Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43173/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Hospital Services
Pearse Doherty
139. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health why the outpatients clinic at the Sheil Hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, has been cancelled on a number of occasions in the past number of months (details supplied); his plans to have it re-instated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43174/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Hospital Appointments Status
Pearse Doherty
140. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital. [43175/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Pearse Doherty
141. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43176/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Hospital Services
Pearse Doherty
142. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the inpatient and outpatient care services provided at St. Joseph's Community Hospital in County Donegal in each year from 2005 to 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43188/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Hospital Services
Pearse Doherty
143. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds at St. Jospeh's Community Hospital in County Donegal in each year from 2005 to 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43189/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Hospital Services
Pearse Doherty
144. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels, including details of positions and job titles, at Saint Joseph's Community Hospital in County Donegal, in each year from 2005 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43190/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Medical Card Eligibility
Pearse Doherty
145. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a family income supplement is taken into consideration when assessing an application for a discretionary medical card (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43195/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Motor Tax Collection
Pearse Doherty
172. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a rebate scheme for truck owners who paid their motor tax at a higher rate before the Court of Appeal ruling of 21 October 2015 to allow them to recoup overpaid tax' if hauliers who were paying at this rate before 21 October 2015 are entitled to a rebate; the reason for the discrepancy in treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43145/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Wastewater Treatment
Pearse Doherty
173. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the findings of the urban wastewater treatment in 2014 report by the Environmental Protection Agency in which inadequate wastewater treatment infrastructure was found to exist at a number of agglomerations and locations in County Donegal; the action he will take to resolve the issues identified by the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43147/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Wastewater Treatment
Pearse Doherty
174. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the findings of the urban wastewater treatment in 2014 report by the Environmental Protection Agency in which wastewater discharge was found to have contributed to pollution at a river (details supplied) in County Donegal; the action which is being taken to address pollution at the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43148/15]
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
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Vehicle Registration
Pearse Doherty
180. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in processing a log book for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for tax purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43171/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Unemployment Data
Pearse Doherty
122. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach the number of persons under the age of 24 who were unemployed and on the live register, who were in employment, who were on activation schemes and who were in tertiary education, over the past 18 months, in tabular form. [42604/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Unemployment Data
Pearse Doherty
123. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach the number of persons under the age of 34 who were unemployed and on the live register, who were in employment, who were on activation schemes and who were in tertiary education, over the past 18 months, in tabular form [42605/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
Pearse Doherty
151. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on widening the eligibility for community employment schemes in areas where places are unfilled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42594/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Community Services Programme
Pearse Doherty
153. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a recently submitted application for funding by a community and enterprise centre (details supplied) in County Donegal, which sought funding through the community services programme for additional staffing for the centre and which funding was only partially granted, will be re-appraised; if she is aware that the facility requires these additional staff members if it is to continue to provide services to the local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42617/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Mortgage Lending
Pearse Doherty
197. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when he or the Central Bank of Ireland will review the current lending restrictions on mortgage lending and, in the context of such a review, if he will consider extending the base 10% first-time buyer deposit limit to second-time buyers who are seeking to trade up to larger homes to accommodate increased family size. [42557/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Universal Social Charge Yield
Pearse Doherty
206. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected revenue from the universal social charge for 2015 and for 2016 [42826/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Corporation Tax Regime
Pearse Doherty
207. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 24 November 2015, the amount of corporation tax paid in 2014 by the bands identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42837/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Health Services Funding
Pearse Doherty
384. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the funds allocated to the Travel2Care scheme for 2016. [42305/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Hospital Appointments Status
Pearse Doherty
417. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42595/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Dental Services Waiting Lists
Pearse Doherty
419. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a dental appointment; the reason for the delay; the waiting time for children in Counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42602/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Home Care Packages Provision
Pearse Doherty
432. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health why a care worker to provide morning care at appropriate times to a person (details supplied), as indicated by a care assessment, (details supplied) in County Donegal has not been appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42703/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Medical Card Applications
Pearse Doherty
450. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42830/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Hospital Services
Pearse Doherty
460. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the details of inpatient and outpatient care services provided at Lifford Community Hospital in County Donegal, for each year from 2005 to 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42932/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Hospital Services
Pearse Doherty
461. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the details of the number of inpatient beds at Lifford Community Hospital in County Donegal, for each year from 2005 to 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42933/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Disability Services Provision
Pearse Doherty
462. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for appointments for physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech and language therapy in County Cavan and in County Monaghan for six months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, and 24 months plus, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42934/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Disability Services Provision
Pearse Doherty
463. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the status of the Cavan and Monaghan implementation plan for progressing disability services for children and young people, and the accessibility of therapy services and assessments for children in these counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42935/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Disability Services Provision
Pearse Doherty
464. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the time frame for the services that are being restructured and proposed under the Cavan and Monaghan implementation plan for progressing disability services for children and young people; how this will help those children on waiting lists of over 29 months to get access to critical therapies in the short to medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42936/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Disability Services Provision
Pearse Doherty
465. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the status of the additional posts that have been allocated to the specific services that are being restructured and proposed under the Cavan and Monaghan implementation plan for progressing disability services for children and young people in County Cavan and in County Monaghan; how these will be filled; how the network teams are being developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42937/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Pearse Doherty
514. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person qualifies for a special rate student grant if he or she is within the threshold and meets all qualifying conditions but is in employment for two days a week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42596/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
Pearse Doherty
515. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of outstanding applications under the Student Universal Support Ireland scheme that remain to be processed despite all necessary documentation having been received; when the students who qualify will receive their grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42597/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Leader Programmes Funding
Pearse Doherty
555. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of European Union funding from the Leader programme for the periods 2014 to 2020 and for 2008 to 2014, to allow for a comparison of funding for both periods. [42301/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Commercial Rates
Pearse Doherty
561. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of compensation that will be paid to each local authority as a result of the global rates revaluation, in tabular form; the amount each local authority stands to lose as a result of the process, before compensation; the way the level of compensation was calculated in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42514/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Fáilte Ireland Expenditure
Pearse Doherty
611. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Fáilte Ireland’s spend on the marketing campaign for the Wild Atlantic Way. [42298/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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The Gathering Expenditure
Pearse Doherty
612. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the spend on the recent marketing campaign for the The Gathering. [42299/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Airport Development Projects
Pearse Doherty
613. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is committed to the current application by the Ireland West Airport Knock for 90% Exchequer funding for the expansion plans associated with the operation of the airport, and to further business proposals to facilitate the ongoing development of the airport and the region; and if these expenditure measures are included in the capital expenditure programme. [42302/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Rail Network
Pearse Doherty
614. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has established the timeframe for the completion of the western rail corridor and its associated cost. [42303/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Road Projects Expenditure
Pearse Doherty
615. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has established the cost of upgrading the N4 road between Cloonamahon and Castlebaldwin in County Sligo to enhance the Sligo to Dublin link; and if this cost has been included in the capital expenditure programme. [42304/15]