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Tue, 22 Mar 2016
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Ambulance Service
Seán Kyne
372. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the operating procedures for calls to the Health Service Executive ambulance service; if there is a national or regional call centre service; the locations where calls from Galway are directed to; and if patients from the north Connemara and Clifden area are being sent by ambulance to Castlebar rather than Galway University Hospital [5128/16]
Tue, 22 Mar 2016
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Seán Kyne
376. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health when the practice of general practitioners routinely taking stool samples from patients to test for a wide range of diseases ceased; if this has had a negative impact on the diagnosis of bowel diseases in particular; if he has satisfied himself with the present protocol for preventing bowel cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5144/16]
Tue, 22 Mar 2016
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Hospital Facilities
Seán Kyne
381. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health his plans for Clifden District Hospital in view of plans to provide new facilities at St. Anne's in Clifden, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5158/16]
Tue, 22 Mar 2016
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Insurance Costs
Seán Kyne
383. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of concerns arising from the increased insurance costs faced by nursing home providers, some of which have experienced substantial increases in premiums over the past two years, which is undoubtedly impacted by the limited number of insurance providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5163/16]
Tue, 22 Mar 2016
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Schools Building Projects Status
Seán Kyne
452. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills when she will sign a contract with the winning contractor for a new school building (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; when work will start; and the timescale for the development of the project. [4848/16]
Tue, 22 Mar 2016
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Public Transport
Seán Kyne
585. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress he has made and the plans to be realised in making public transport, in particular outside urban areas, more accessible to persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5159/16]
Tue, 22 Mar 2016
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Public Transport
Seán Kyne
586. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend improvements to public transport services such as on-board signs and announcements regarding routes and stops which are of considerable benefit to passengers with disabilities, including visual or hearing impairment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5162/16]
Wed, 3 Feb 2016
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Planning Issues
Seán Kyne
39. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 11 November 2014, if the plans have been updated. [4517/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Ambulance Service Response Times
Seán Kyne
73. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the progress in improving emergency vehicle response times in rural areas and in Connemara, County Galway, in particular; if the stationing of ambulances at primary care centres or local hospital facilities and the introduction of advance emergency vehicles, with a paramedic, is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3887/16]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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General Practitioner Services Provision
Seán Kyne
75. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the type of measures he is considering to help support the provision of general practitioner services in rural areas, given the global pressures on the recruitment and training of health care staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3888/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Lansdowne Road Agreement
Seán Kyne
118. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015, if a non-union public servant working in a sector, where the relevant union has voted against the Lansdowne Road agreement, will be negatively impacted and will not be awarded an increment, and that the operation of the pay scale that applies to such a non-union public servant shall stand suspended until 1 July 2018. [3605/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Lansdowne Road Agreement
Seán Kyne
119. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015, if a public servant working in a sector where the relevant trade union has voted against the Lansdowne Road agreement, and who is not a member of the trade union, or who resigns from the union, is outside the agreement. [3606/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Lansdowne Road Agreement
Seán Kyne
120. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015, if a public servant of pensionable age, working in a sector where the relevant union has voted against the Lansdowne Road agreement, who will reach the 25th point of the salary scale on 7 August 2016, and who will resign on 31 August 2016, will have their retirement lump sum and annual pension calculated as if their final salary was at the 25th point of the salary scale. [3607/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Renewable Energy Generation Targets
Seán Kyne
357. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the grave concerns about the possibility of Ireland missing the 2020 16% renewable energy targets by 4%, which would cost Ireland an estimated €600 million per year in fines; and the steps he is taking to meet these targets. [3608/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Renewable Energy Generation Targets
Seán Kyne
358. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of concerns that his Department requires additional resources, particularly human resources, to ensure the successful adoption of renewable energy into our economy, which is without doubt a substantial but necessary task for environmental reasons and for the avoidance of fines, the financial resources for which could be much better directed elsewhere. [3609/16]
Wed, 27 Jan 2016
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Garda Operations
Seán Kyne
8. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of Operation Thor; if she has provided additional resources or sanction for the allocation of resources to facilitate it in fulfilling its objectives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3034/16]
Wed, 27 Jan 2016
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Garda Deployment
Seán Kyne
14. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the assignment of new Garda Síochána recruits since the reopening of Templemore training college, by division; and if she will confirm the recruitment of suitable candidates for service in Gaeltacht communities. [3037/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Agriculture Scheme Payments
Seán Kyne
200. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under the young farmers payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2932/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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School Accommodation Provision
Seán Kyne
441. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of an application for additional classroom, resource, learning support and special needs accommodation for a school (details supplied); when the application will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3052/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Septic Tank Grants
Seán Kyne
469. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a grant scheme for old septic tanks damaged by floods in the recent bad weather or if he will provide an additional scheme for those registered under the Water Services (Amendment) Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2934/16]