Parliamentary questions

Medicinal Products Prices

Sean Fleming

97. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the savings he anticipates from the agreement with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association. [20975/16]

Work Permits Applications

Sean Fleming

796. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a work permit will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20756/16]

Private Security Authority Membership

Seán Fleming

67. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will put the arrangements in place to appoint the new Private Security Appeals Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20328/16]

Fire Stations Provision

Seán Fleming

125. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20077/16]

Fire Stations Provision

Seán Fleming

126. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding for a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20078/16]

Disability Act Employment Targets

Seán Fleming

189. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of positions he will make available for persons with a disability or special needs as part of the current recruitment campaign for clerical officers and other grades in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20079/16]

HSE Properties

Seán Fleming

233. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health his plans or if he is considering whether any hospitals owned by the Health Service Executive could be sold to the private sector to operate as privately run hospitals or operated on a public, private partnership or a joint basis between the executive and a private organisation; if a premises could be leased to the private sector for it to provide the services; the other options he is considering for the use of private funds for developments in or the operation of public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20076/16]

Private Security Industry Regulation

Seán Fleming

89. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the private security appeal board will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19251/16]

Charities Regulation

Seán Fleming

105. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual funding available to the Charities Regulatory Authority; the current staff numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19646/16]

Charities Regulation

Seán Fleming

106. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will commence the legislation giving the Charities Regulatory Authority power to investigate charities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19647/16]

Supplementary Welfare Allowance

Seán Fleming

290. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of a supplementary welfare allowance can receive up to €20 per week for helping to feed their dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19183/16]

Electricity Transmission Network

Seán Fleming

628. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his role relating to compliance or non-compliance with the strategic environmental impact assessment regarding Gate 3 decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19652/16]

Departmental Bodies

Seán Fleming

629. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the role of his Department regarding bodies operating under the aegis of his Department, including oversight functions; his role with regard to the Commission for Energy Regulation to ensure that all statutory obligations are being complied with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19653/16]

Road Safety

Seán Fleming

636. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding speed limits in housing estates that have not yet been taken in charge by local authorities; the speed limits that apply in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19182/16]

Accident and Emergency Departments Data

Seán Fleming

203. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of visits to each accident and emergency department in each hospital throughout the country; the number of such visits that happened during the hours of 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. in each of these hospitals; the number of staff in each of these accident and emergency departments analysed by category of consultants, doctors, nurses and other categories of staff; the number of admissions to the hospital that are made through the accident and emergency department in that hospital for 2015 or the most recent period for when information is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18944/16]

Organic Farming Scheme Eligibility

Seán Fleming

237. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason some organic farmers cannot receive payments under various categories under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18941/16]

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme

Seán Fleming

238. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the information technology system that was put in place to deal with the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; if he is fully satisfied it is operating to highly efficient standards; if there is a need for improvements in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18942/16]

Pigmeat Sector

Seán Fleming

239. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a forum for the pig industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18943/16]

Dairy Sector

Sean Fleming

192. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the €15,000 cashflow loan proposal to farmers who experienced financial difficulties as a result of the milk superlevy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18682/16]

Schools Establishment

Seán Fleming

148. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18431/16]

Local Authority Boundaries Review

Seán Fleming

221. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the Carlow boundary review committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18442/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Seán Fleming

254. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider changing the rules whereby persons who are third level students and are not in college, are fully available for work, seeking work but not able to find work during the summer months, would be allowed sign for jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17997/16]

Public Sector Staff Redeployment

Seán Fleming

345. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a person who wishes to transfer within the public service (details supplied); the arrangements in place for transfers and swaps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18434/16]

Departmental Staff Promotions

Seán Fleming

346. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans regarding the internal promotion mechanism in Departments, the filling of vacancies and the issue in respect of external competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18435/16]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Seán Fleming

444. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will consider reducing the timeframe from five to three years for transferred assets and income being included in the financial assessment for farm families and other self-employed persons under the nursing home support -fair deal - scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18436/16]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Seán Fleming

445. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will inquire into the termination of a contract (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18437/16]

Garda Deployment

Seán Fleming

42. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in counties Laois and Offaly on 30 April 2011 and on 30 April 2016. [17090/16]

School Accommodation Provision

Seán Fleming

119. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide funding for additional school accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17367/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Seán Fleming

120. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a school project (details supplied) will be advanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17368/16]

Motor Tax

Seán Fleming

136. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why a person who pays motor tax on an annual basis, and where the car is subsequently crashed and taken off the road, can get a rebate of the car tax in respect of the outstanding period whereas this facility is not available to people who tax their car on a quarterly basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17395/16]

Health Services Funding

Seán Fleming

216. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17377/16]

Tax Code

Seán Fleming

153. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if the legislation on close company professional service surcharge (details supplied), section 441 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, distorts competition; if the lack of clarity about what is and is not a professional services company may become damaging to Ireland's reputation for clear taxation policies and rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17288/16]

Child Benefit Eligibility

Seán Fleming

289. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider extending child benefit to students who are in full-time secondary education even though they have reached 18 years of age, given that it is a very expensive time for parents and families when the students are coming up to leaving certificate to withdraw this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16867/16]

Adoption Data

Seán Fleming

568. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adoptions into Ireland from China, for each of the past ten years; when adoptions will resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17309/16]

North-South Interconnector

Seán Fleming

12. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to support putting the North-South electricity interconnector underground using high-voltage direct current technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16229/16]

School Accommodation

Seán Fleming

117. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will issue grant approval for a project in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16473/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Seán Fleming

123. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills how soon pay equalisation will occur for persons entering the teaching profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16523/16]

School Staff

Seán Fleming

124. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for and when he will reduce class sizes in primary schools to 20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16524/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Seán Fleming

153. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if third level students who are seeking employment during summer 2016 but who have not been successful can claim while they are not attending college under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16465/16]

Low Pay Commission Establishment

Seán Fleming

186. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will establish a new pay commission and when it will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16521/16]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Seán Fleming

87. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance to consider financial assistance for the purchase of gluten-free products by way of tax relief or tax credit for persons who do not have a taxable income, given that where this is required for medical grounds persons on a taxable income can receive a tax benefit rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16367/16]

School Staff

Seán Fleming

90. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the situation where staff who are working in primary schools and are paid under the ancillary grant such as secretaries, caretakers or other staff have not received a pay increase for a number of years, in some cases up to 15 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16100/16]

Shared Ownership Scheme

Seán Fleming

105. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who acquired houses under the shared ownership scheme will be eligible to purchase houses under the new tenant incremental purchase scheme 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16104/16]

Shared Ownership Scheme

Seán Fleming

106. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who were allocated social housing under the Part V arrangements will be eligible to buy out their houses under the tenant incremental purchase scheme 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16105/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Seán Fleming

107. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social houses allocated under Part V agreements, by county; the number of social houses in existence under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16106/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Seán Fleming

108. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses that were included under the affordable housing scheme through Part V agreements since Part V was introduced, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16107/16]

Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Data

Seán Fleming

125. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department paid out and the number of persons who received a payment under the mortgage interest supplement scheme since its introduction, by year, and the amount that will be paid out in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16101/16]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Seán Fleming

126. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a system whereby self-employed persons can be included in a new scheme so that they can be eligible for support if the need arises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16102/16]

Horse Racing Industry

Seán Fleming

185. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine His plans to amend the statutory instrument that deals with the foal levy whereby this is payable in respect of a valuation placed on it by the owner of the stallion and not on the actual fee payable in these cases; if this is an equitable arrangement, given that there is no relationship between the levy and the stud fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16099/16]

School Closures

Seán Fleming

209. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an examination into the closure of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15884/16]