Parliamentary questions

Drug Treatment Programmes

Declan Breathnach

388. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health to outline the detoxification treatment provision for those who have become dependent on opiate painkillers (details supplied); the detail of the inpatient detoxification treatment for complex cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20984/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Declan Breathnach

119. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the opening date of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20711/18]

Hospital Charges

Declan Breathnach

292. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if a meeting about patients with haemochromatosis having to pay €80 per venesection or phlebotomy therapy has taken place (details supplied); if a decision has been made on waiving charges for persons with haemochromatosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19777/18]

Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme

Declan Breathnach

438. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided to Louth County Council and ring-fenced to further develop the Great Eastern Greenway to extend it south of Carlingford and to Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19971/18]

GLAS Administration

Declan Breathnach

212. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a further extension of the grazing period on traditional hay meadows in GLAS until 14 May 2018 will be considered due to the hardship caused by the fodder crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19328/18]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Declan Breathnach

76. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a date has been set for a meeting of the high level forum on community employment supervisor pensions; if his attention has been drawn to the anger and frustration of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; his views on the fact that their contribution to improving the life chances of scheme participants and to their overall local communities is not being properly recognised at the end of their careers in spite of a Labour Court ruling in their favour; his further views on whether the Government may be undermining the Labour Court by ignoring its recommendation; and the steps he will take to resolve the matter. [18401/18]

Garda Retirements

Declan Breathnach

310. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda retirements from each Garda station in County Louth in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18087/18]

Hospital Services

Declan Breathnach

6. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health his plans to reconfigure cardiovascular services in County Louth and the north-east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17085/18]

Civil Registration Service

Declan Breathnach

164. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if arrangements will be made to reopen the Civil Registration Office in Dundalk, County Louth; his views on whether it is unacceptable for persons in the north of the county to have to travel over 60 km to access this service now located in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16936/18]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Declan Breathnach

169. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre reimbursement scheme will be extended to all persons with type 1 diabetes; if not, the reason for excluding older persons from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16958/18]

Social Welfare Offices

Declan Breathnach

233. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if arrangements have been made to find alternative accommodation in Dunleer, County Louth for the community welfare clinic in view of the recent closure of the social welfare office in Dunleer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16929/18]

Garda Data

Declan Breathnach

51. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda station in County Louth in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16571/18]

Teacher Training Provision

Declan Breathnach

470. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a training scheme for teachers at both primary and secondary levels in the use of emergency medicines such as EpiPens and salbutamol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16647/18]

Passport Applications Data

Declan Breathnach

48. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports awaiting processing through the An Post Passport Express system; the reason for the delays in the processing of passports; his plans to hire new staff to deal with the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12698/18]

Passport Applications Administration

Declan Breathnach

49. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the turnaround time for the An Post Passport Express applications is approximately two weeks longer than the turnaround time stated on his Department's website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12699/18]

Medicinal Products Supply

Declan Breathnach

538. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if a HSE tender for the supply of medicine for a specific therapy area will preclude the HSE from reimbursing newly launched medicines for that therapy throughout that tender period regardless of whether the new medicine is more cost effective and clinically effective than the existing treatment option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12345/18]

Medicinal Products Supply

Declan Breathnach

539. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if a HSE tender for the supply of a medicine for a specific therapy area will deny clinicians' autonomy of choice for their determination of the most appropriate licensed and reimbursed therapy option for their patient should that medicine not be the designated tender winner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12346/18]

Medicinal Products Supply

Declan Breathnach

540. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to issue tenders to pharmaceutical manufacturers for the supply of medicine for specific therapy areas in the coming months; if so, the therapy areas that will be tendered for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12347/18]

National Driver Licensing Service

Declan Breathnach

832. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the requirement for a person to produce a public services card to access services offered by the National Driver Licensing Service; the specific legal basis that the NDLS is using to make the card compulsory to access services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12004/18]

EU Regulations

Declan Breathnach

222. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the EU's Electronic System for Travel Authorisation, ESTA, proposal; if he has discussed it with his UK counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11633/18]