Parliamentary questions

Schools Site Acquisitions

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

288. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the allocation of a site for a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9741/17]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

482. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the completion of the OPW report on the solution to the flooding problem at Paddy's Bridge, Ballinhassig, County Cork and the provision of funds for the solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9744/17]

Disabilities Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

347. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting a first assessment from the Health Service Executive, HSE, under the Disability Act 2005 for each local health office in tabular form. [9499/17]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

348. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list; and the number waiting less than four months, four to 12 months and more than 12 months, for each local health area in tabular form. [9500/17]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

349. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the speech and language therapy treatment waiting list; and the number waiting less than four months, four to 12 months and more than 12 months, for each local health area, in tabular form. [9501/17]

Occupational Therapy

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

350. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list; the number waiting less than four months, four to 12 months, and more than 12 months; and if he will provide for each category, the number waiting that are aged zero to four years of age, five to 17 years of age, 18 to 64 years of age, and aged more than 65 years of age, for each local health area in tabular form. [9502/17]

Occupational Therapy

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

351. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the occupational therapy treatment waiting list; the number waiting less than four months, four to 12 months, and more than 12 months; and if he will provide for each category the number waiting aged zero to four years of age, five to 17 years of age, 18 to 64 years of age and aged more than 65 years of age, for each local health area, in tabular form. [9503/17]

Free Travel Scheme Administration

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

47. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to charge an annual fee to persons who avail of the free travel pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8362/17]

Poverty Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

295. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the latest CSO survey on income and living conditions, SILC, data which showed a rise in the rates of deprivation and consistent poverty for those persons not at work due to an illness or a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8364/17]

Paternity Leave

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

308. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans his Department has to incentivise expectant fathers to apply for paid paternity leave; if he will consider a mandatory system of paid paternity leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8717/17]

National Disability Authority

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

6. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the role of the National Disability Authority; when the review will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7613/17]

National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

16. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a recent assertion that the national disability strategy is abject, failing to comprehensively deliver on a single area of policy or legislative reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7614/17]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

132. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Finance the reason that those who are appealing their denial of disabled driver status must travel to Dublin for a medical review when this causes undue hardship and stress for the persons, as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will examine the possibility of rural appellants attending medical reviews in HSE centres in their local regions. [6987/17]

Tourism Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

196. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated in the Cork south west constituency in 2015 and 2016; the amount of funding allocated to tourism and hospitality skills training; the agency or Government body which has responsibility for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5436/17]

Tourism Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

208. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated in the Cork South West constituency in 2015 and 2016; the amount of funding allocated to tourism and hospitality skills training; and the agency or Government body which has responsibility for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5432/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

397. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the commencement date for the development of the rehabilitation unit in Bantry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5578/17]

Hospitals Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

398. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of patients from west Cork who are and have been presenting at Cork University Hospital for dialysis over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5579/17]

Disability Support Services Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

86. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the reason the 2017 target for the number of personal assistant service hours to be delivered to adults with a physical and or sensory disability is less than the projected outturn for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4663/17]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

143. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the HSE's one-year target for children's speech and language therapy assessments is sufficiently ambitious; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4664/17]

Employment Support Services

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

75. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Social Protection the specific measures he plans to introduce to address the issue of high levels of unemployment being experienced by persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2730/17]