Parliamentary questions

Insurance Industry

Pearse Doherty

196. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland has been informed by any insurance brokerage that its relationship with any State banks has been altered recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46625/15]

Insurance Industry

Pearse Doherty

197. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the commercial relationship that exists between an insurance broker (details supplied) and a State-backed bank and if that relationship has recently changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46626/15]

Tax Compliance

Pearse Doherty

202. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the status of the public consultation process that he informed this Deputy during the finance Bill debates that he was putting in place around bogus self-employed workers and possible anti-avoidance regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46688/15]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the rationale for the recent change in employment status from self-employed to employees for home-tutors employed by the Department of Education and Skills for children with special needs; the expected effect the change will have; if he will clarify the tax treatment of out-of-pockets expenses, registration fees and so on for these home tutors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46689/15]

Freedom of Information Requests

Pearse Doherty

217. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when, following the Information Commissioner's decision to vary the decision of his Department in freedom of information request 177/2013, he will release the additional documents to this Deputy. [46894/15]

Universal Social Charge Yield

Pearse Doherty

233. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the effect of abolishing the universal social charge on the fiscal space available over the next five years, including how its abolition will benefit in absolute terms a worker on the minimum wage, the average industrial wage and an income of €100,000. [1352/16]

Universal Social Charge Yield

Pearse Doherty

234. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected revenue that will be generated by the universal social charge for each of the next five years on the basis of a no policy change. [1353/16]

Mortgage Data

Pearse Doherty

235. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of completed restructured arrangements and the figure, under the mortgage arrears resolution targets, that involved the loss of the family home. [1354/16]

Motor Insurance Regulation

Pearse Doherty

236. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the level of competition in the motor insurance industry and the steps he is considering to prevent further increases in this area. [1355/16]

Insurance Industry

Pearse Doherty

241. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the status of the liquidation process of the Setanta Insurance company; if liability with respect to the payment of all outstanding claims has been determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1454/16]

Flood Prevention Measures

Pearse Doherty

280. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will establish dedicated task forces comprising multiple agencies and bodies to be responsible for co-ordinating flood protection plans along rivers located within each of the current designated flood risk catchment areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1393/16]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

660. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if approval has been granted for the recruitment of a permanent replacement consultant obstetrician to fill a vacant post for the antenatal and gynaecology outpatient clinic at Dungloe Community Hospital, County Donegal; if not, the reason why; the number of days for which this post has been vacant; when this post will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1225/16]

HSE Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

663. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons waiting for appointments in the child and adolescent mental health services in County Cavan and in County Monaghan for up to six months, from six to 12 months, 12 to 18 months, 18 to 24 months, and 24 plus months, in tabular form. [1240/16]

Hospital Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

683. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the amount of spent on agency staff at Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal, in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1403/16]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

684. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if an overall review of ante-natal and gynaecology services at Dungloe Community Hospital, County Donegal, has been formally completed; the dates on which this review was initiated and completed; the outcome of this review including its key recommendations; when he will reinstate the clinic which has been suspended since November 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1404/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

685. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for inpatient and day case treatment at Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal, per specialty, who have been waiting for six, nine, 12, 15 months and 15 plus months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1405/16]

Nursing Home Accommodation Provision

Pearse Doherty

686. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the bed capacity of all nursing homes, by public, by private, by county, in tabular form; the current vacancy rates with respect to each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1406/16]

Nursing Home Accommodation Provision

Pearse Doherty

687. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the projected total need for nursing home beds, by public, by private, by county, over the next five year period in tabular form; how he will address this need and the action being taken to ensure that any additional beds required, based on these projections, come on stream within this time frame; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1407/16]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Pearse Doherty

688. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to reduce current waiting times for outpatient appointments at Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal; if he is aware that there are currently 1,736 patients waiting for a year or more for such appointments at the hospital, 331 of whom have now been waiting for longer than the current maximum permissible waiting time of 15 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1408/16]

Local Authority Funding

Pearse Doherty

883. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding he provided directly to Donegal County Council in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1392/16]

School Meals Programme

Pearse Doherty

47. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a school (details supplied) in County Donegal did not qualify for the full grant applied for under the school meal (local projects) scheme for 2015-2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45741/15]

School Meals Programme

Pearse Doherty

48. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the appeal process under the school meal (local projects) scheme for 2015-2016. [45742/15]

Community Services Programme

Pearse Doherty

54. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase current funding levels awarded to service providers under the community services programme as a result of the increases to the minimum wage, which is to come into effect from 1 January 2016; if she is aware of the need for additional funding to be made available under the programme in order for service providers to cover the cost of this increase in staff wages; if a failure to increase funding in line with increased staff payments will place additional financial pressures on already struggling service providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45898/15]

Youth Guarantee

Pearse Doherty

60. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the implementation of the Youth Guarantee, including the number of participants; the number of these who have received employment through the guarantee; and the amount spent implementing the guarantee to date. [46006/15]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

61. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of introducing a derogation from the habitual residency clause for returning emigrants. [46011/15]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

62. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of altering the habitual residence test for social protection eligibility for those returning to care for elderly relatives by applying the habitual residence test to the elderly relative as opposed to the returning emigrant. [46012/15]

Property Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

111. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the gross local property tax receipts with respect to properties in County Donegal for each of the years from 2013 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45720/15]

Live Exports

Pearse Doherty

238. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 19 November 2015, if he has successfully raised the issue of strict new limits imposed on cadmium levels for live crab intended for export to China with the authorities in China; the level of dialogue which has taken place with the Chinese authorities; if the Chinese authorities have indicated that these new measures will be withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45723/15]

Hospital Admissions

Pearse Doherty

418. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of elective surgical procedures which have been cancelled and-or postponed in each of the individual hospitals across the Saolta University Health Care Group in each month in 2014 and 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45721/15]

Home Help Service Provision

Pearse Doherty

434. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 19 November 2015, the criteria which were not met by a person (details supplied) in County Cavan to enable the person to receive home help hours, and the issues that were taken into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45900/15]

Palliative Care for Children

Pearse Doherty

441. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if, and the first date on which, a position for a paediatric palliative care nurse specialist to serve County Donegal, to be based at Letterkenny General Hospital, was advertised; the number of applicants for this post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46008/15]

Magdalen Laundries Data

Pearse Doherty

442. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the cost of broadening the scheme for women living abroad who suffered in the Magdalen laundries, who are now entitled to free general practitioner services, prescribed drugs, surgical appliances, nursing and home help services, dental, ophthalmic and aural services, counselling, chiropody and physiotherapy, upon their return to Ireland, to include all returning Irish emigrants over 65 years of age. [46013/15]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Pearse Doherty

521. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of communication and correspondence between his Department and authorities in the United States of America as part of efforts to resolve the ongoing plight and difficulties of undocumented Irish citizens living there; the progress in regularising their status and in introducing a dedicated visa waiver programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46009/15]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Pearse Doherty

522. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the authorities in the United States of America have made a specific request for a visa waiver programme for undocumented Irish citizens living there; if he is aware of the success of the efforts of the Mexican Government to negotiate such a programme with the United States of America on behalf of its citizens living illegally there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46010/15]

School Staffing

Pearse Doherty

537. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend the current rules under the school transport scheme whereby, in determining eligibility for school transport, applicants must meet the relevant distance criteria and must attend their nearest school; having regard to ethos and language, if school-goers would enjoy greater freedom to choose which school they would attend if a certain degree of flexibility was exercised with regard to the enforcement of this requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45725/15]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Pearse Doherty

560. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and the documentation that is required by Student Universal Support Ireland for this decision to be made. [46015/15]

Motor Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

598. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the gross motor tax receipts for County Donegal, for each of the years from 2013 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45718/15]

Local Authority Funding

Pearse Doherty

599. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding he provided directly to Donegal County Council, in each of the years 2013 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45719/15]

Wastewater Treatment

Pearse Doherty

600. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received correspondence from the European Commission as part of formal infringement procedures relating to the delays in introducing a dedicated wastewater treatment collection network for the Gaoth Dobhair agglomeration and the subsequent failure to comply with the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive 91/271/EEC; if he accepts the findings of the Commission that this failure represents non-compliance with the aforementioned legal act as communicated in this correspondence; his plans to reply to the Commission in respect of this charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45722/15]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Pearse Doherty

601. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the revised wind energy development guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45724/15]

Road Improvement Schemes

Pearse Doherty

715. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding package for improving the condition of rural roads for 2016. [46014/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

78. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach the ground rents payable by his Department or agencies under his remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45061/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

110. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the ground rents payable by her Department or agencies under her remit, by named property, by name of landlord by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016 and in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45060/15]

Departmental Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

149. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies that exist in his Department, by post, the timeframe for each vacancy that has been unfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44960/15]

Central Bank of Ireland Staff

Pearse Doherty

150. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies that exist in the Central Bank of Ireland by post, the timeframe for each vacancy that has been unfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44961/15]

Departmental Bodies Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

152. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the ground rents the Department or agencies under its remit will pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45055/15]

Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision

Pearse Doherty

188. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he received the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform on hearings regarding the provision of insurance in areas at risk of flooding, if he will implement its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45264/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

197. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45058/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Pearse Doherty

203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the basic farm payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44685/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, name of landlord and amount payable, in 2015 and 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45048/15]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications

Pearse Doherty

238. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45261/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

260. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Defence the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45052/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

282. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to detail, in tabular form, the ground rents she or agencies under the remit of her Department pay by named property, name of landlord and amount payable, in 2015 and 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45059/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

356. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department has paid and will pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45050/15]

Cross-Border Health Initiatives

Pearse Doherty

370. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the progress in delivering a cross-Border radiotherapy unit for the north west to be based at Altnagelvin area hospital in partnership with the Western Health and Social Care Trust; the timeframe for it to be operational; if he is committed to this; if he recognises the huge benefit it will yield for the people of the north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44706/15]

Hospital Staff

Pearse Doherty

391. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health his views that current rates of payment and premiums for student nurses for intellectual disability, as per the Haddington Road agreement, are a contributing factor to the difficulties faced by the health services in retaining and recruiting graduates; his plans to revise these rates; the efforts made to accommodate the schedules of students who hold positions in part-time employment outside the parameters of their studies and placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44838/15]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

396. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in receipt of the rural practice allowance and the cost of this, by county, for each of the years 2010 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44851/15]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

397. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who have had their rural practice allowance withdrawn, by county, for each of the years 2010 to date, in tabular form; why a decision was made to withdraw this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44852/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

417. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the waiting list in Letterkenny General Hospital, the date the procedure will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44963/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

426. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45057/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

493. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the ground rents payable by his Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45056/15]

Stádas faoi Mhíbhuntáiste Scoileanna

Pearse Doherty

514. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén fáth gur fágadh scoil i nDún na nGall (sonraí tugtha) amach as an scéim D.E.I.S.; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [44713/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

527. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the ground rents she or agencies under the remit of her Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45053/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

576. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45054/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

611. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the ground rent he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45051/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

649. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable in 2015 and 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45062/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

669. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and 2016 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45049/15]

School Services Staff

Pearse Doherty

190. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will accept the arbitrator's findings in the recent arbitration process into the pay and remuneration of school secretaries and caretakers which recommended that increases be made to the hourly rates paid to workers, the changes she will make to the ancillary service grant and if she will provide advice and assistance to boards of management in schools on how to proceed if these recommendations are implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44531/15]

Scéim Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh

Pearse Doherty

234. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sí sonraí faoin tacaíocht atá á cur ar fáil ag Údarás na Gaeltachta do chomhlacht i nDún na nGall (sonraí tugtha) agus gníomhaíochtaí an chomhlachta curtha ar fionraí go sealadach le déanaí; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [44502/15]

Health Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason for service disruptions to an outpatient clinic (details supplied) at Dungloe Community Hospital in County Donegal; when this clinic will be fully re-instated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44276/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

115. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for outpatient appointments at Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal per outpatient clinic, who have been waiting up to six months, from six months to 12 months and more than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44277/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Pearse Doherty

199. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications received from Donegal County Council for social housing units under the Social Housing Strategy 2020; the number of applications made with respect to long-term voids and to new builds; the cost which these applications collectively represent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44365/15]

Live Register Data

Pearse Doherty

96. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach the number of persons for each individual local social protection office and Intreo centre in County Donegal, who are recorded as having been on the live register on the last Friday of January in each of the years 2005 to date in tabular form; the number of claimants of jobseeker's allowance and of jobseeker's benefit, including the annual change to claimant numbers, in respect of each of these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43200/15]

Tax Collection

Pearse Doherty

155. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the effect, in percentage and absolute terms, on the investment component of gross domestic product and the knock-on effect on gross domestic product if the largest single transaction related to intellectual property by a multinational was excluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43791/15]

Corporation Tax Regime

Pearse Doherty

163. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Number 207 of 1 December 2015, the number of companies which paid €5,000.0001 to €7,500,000, €7,500,001 to €10,000,000, €10,000,001 to €15,000,000, €15,000,001 to €20,000,000, €20,000,001 to €30,000,000, €30,000,001 to €40,000,000, €40,000,001 to €50,000,000 and €50,000,000 plus, and the total amount paid in each band, in corporation tax, in tabular form. [43940/15]

Ground Rents Payments

Pearse Doherty

181. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the ground rents payable by the State, by named property, by name of landlord, by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43715/15]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration

Pearse Doherty

366. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the progress made in amending the application form for the long-term illness scheme, which can be downloaded from the Health Service Executive website to employ the correct term of intellectual disability as one of the qualifying conditions, when the new form will be available to download; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43735/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

428. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for surgery in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44067/15]

Planning Issues

Pearse Doherty

580. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of an enforcement order issued by Westmeath County Council in respect of a company (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he can provide an update in respect of the implementation of Order. [44080/15]

Planning Issues

Pearse Doherty

581. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a company (details supplied) was in receipt of Leader funding in 2013 after an enforcement order was issued against it; the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44081/15]

Environmental Protection Agency Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

612. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources how much has been spent to date on the study commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency on the environmental impact of unconventional gas exploration and extraction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44077/15]

Environmental Protection Agency Reports

Pearse Doherty

613. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will suspend the study commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency on the environmental impact of unconventional gas exploration and extraction, given the concerns raised in relation to the potential conflicts of interests of the lead consultants in the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44078/15]

Environmental Protection Agency Investigations

Pearse Doherty

614. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware that Queen’s University Belfast has confirmed it is not involved in the study commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency on the environmental impact of unconventional gas exploration and extraction; the date upon which he became aware of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44079/15]

Road Projects Status

Pearse Doherty

645. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Blackburn Bridge project located on the N15 road route approximately 1 km south of Ballybofey in County Donegal, the road safety measures in place to ensure that road users are adequately protected during the completion of phase 1, when phase 2 will proceed to construction, if he is aware of the need to expedite this project in order to enhance road safety along this road section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44247/15]

Road Safety

Pearse Doherty

646. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address road safety issues on the N56 national secondary route, if he is aware of the high frequency of road traffic incidents that have occurred along the section of road way between the towns of Termon and Creeslough in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44248/15]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]