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Schools Building Projects Status
Seán Fleming
480. 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. [25908/16]
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Schools Building Projects Status
Seán Fleming
481. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25913/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Motor Tax Exemptions
Seán Fleming
588. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will amend the statutory instrument on motor tax for vehicles (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25070/16]
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Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
Seán Fleming
591. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will increase the income limits for persons to be eligible to be included as applicants for social housing as the current limits make it exceptionally difficult for low-paid workers to be included on social housing lists and these positions are only substantially available to persons on payments from the Department of Social Protection; his views on whether this is appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25102/16]
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Motor Tax Collection
Seán Fleming
611. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of car tax collected from pre-2008 registered cars in 2015; the amount of tax collected regarding cars registered since that year; the number of cars included in the pre-2008 and post-2008 figures respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25454/16]
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Child Benefit Eligibility
Seán Fleming
708. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has given further consideration to approving Child Benefit for students who are in full-time 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 the Leaving Certificate to withdraw this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25005/16]
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Pension Provisions
Seán Fleming
713. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the changes to the contributory old age pension system whereby persons who have a very large number of paid contributions for their pension but their yearly average is less than the full amount because they had started work before they had taken up the position of homemaker and left the paid workforce for a period and are now being penalised by not being allowed the full pension compared with persons who have a much less number of reckonable or paid contributions to their pension but did not start work as early in their lifetime and they are now eligible for a higher contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25122/16]
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Social Welfare Code
Seán Fleming
745. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions in place whereby a person has received a large compensation payment from the State as a result of medical negligence by the State; if this payment is considered means if the person is making a subsequent application to his Department for a social protection payment; the circumstances in which this can be disregarded in view of the nature of the compensation received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25547/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
Seán Fleming
892. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the details of all the meetings and persons who attended the community sector high-level forum which was reconvened by his Department in November 2015 to scope out the issues relating to a pension scheme for supervisors of community employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24940/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Prison Staff
Seán Fleming
893. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the way a request for an injury warrant in respect of prison officers is assessed by his Department, taking into account the advice of the Chief Medical Officer; if he will provide information guidelines on the way this matter is dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24973/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Nursing Home Services
Seán Fleming
1139. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of State-run facilities that provide nursing home care; the number of staff in each of these facilities; the number of residents in each of these facilities; the weekly cost per resident in each of the institutions for 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24937/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Accident and Emergency Departments Data
Seán Fleming
1161. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of attendances at each of the 29 hospitals that offered emergency department services on a 24/7 basis in 2015 and the number to date up to the end of June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25079/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Medical Card Eligibility
Seán Fleming
1167. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a full medical card here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25094/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Hospital Appointments Administration
Seán Fleming
1168. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25095/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Seán Fleming
1213. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who is on a waiting list to see a consultant will be given an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25277/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Dental Services Provision
Seán Fleming
1215. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the reason a child whose parents have a medical card and requires dental fillings is put on a waiting list which can take several years whereas an adult in a similar situation can have two fillings without having to go on an extensive waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25287/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Hospital Appointments Status
Seán Fleming
1216. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to be seen in Crumlin hospital, Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25288/16]
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Home Help Service Data
Seán Fleming
1327. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who are wait listed for home help by health centres in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25732/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Home Help Service Data
Seán Fleming
1328. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who are wait listed for home help for less than three months, between three and six months, between six and 12 months, between one and two years, between two and three years and for over three years, by health centre, in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25734/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Home Help Service Oversight
Seán Fleming
1329. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the recruitment plans for home help in counties Laois and Offaly in view of the fact that a number of home help personnel are scheduled to retire in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25735/16]