Parliamentary questions

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Mary Lou McDonald

54. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance why religious organisations are not subject to the same level of financial scrutiny as secular organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10999/16]

Tax Code

Mary Lou McDonald

11. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance the cost of the commitment to phase out of the universal social charge; and the level of economic risk he attributes to this policy. [10544/16]

Programme for Government Initiatives

Mary Lou McDonald

14. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance the details of the quantum of the fund referred to in the commitment in the programme for Government to establish a rainy day fund; and the way in which it will operate. [10545/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

92. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school places currently available for children with autism in Dublin 15 for September 2016. [10860/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

93. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the options and services available for children with autism who have been refused secondary school places in Dublin 15 for September 2016; and the accommodations his Department is making to ensure that they can access education in their locality. [10861/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

135. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his time frame to end pay inequality for teachers, given that these measures have been in place for five years. [10739/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

136. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the time frame for a review of pay inequality for teachers, given the proposed establishment of a public service pay commission. [10740/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

137. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the continued inequality in teachers' pay and for the delay in reviewing pay for teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10741/16]

Health Services

Mary Lou McDonald

187. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health why he and the Health Service Executive did not send a representative to the International Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Symposium in New York in the United States of America especially given that 25 British delegates attended. [10906/16]

Health Services

Mary Lou McDonald

188. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he and the Health Service Executive intend to send a medical representative to the Baltimore, Maryland Conference in the United States of America in July 2016 where the findings of the Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Symposium will be formally delivered. [10907/16]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Mary Lou McDonald

189. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive, via the TAS, advises applicants who suffer from Ehlers Danlos Syndrome that they are not eligible for cover to travel abroad for treatment on the basis that treatment is available in Ireland, given that the Executive has stated that following its patient consultation process in 2014 it compiled a submission which was part of the 2016 Estimates process but was not selected for funding, thus acknowledging the need for a specialised consultant-led team for patients suffering from this Syndrome, yet in contrast applications via the European Directive are refused to patients on the basis that the referring consultant must be of the same speciality and there is no specialist in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10908/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

Mary Lou McDonald

190. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health his plans to update the eligible illnesses under the long term illness scheme, including adding Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. [10909/16]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

320. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 405 and 406 of 26 April 2016, the date of the first time Bus Éireann informed his Department and the subsequent dates in each year since 2005 that it had made no profit from school transport in a particular financial year, in tabular form, and to clarify his understanding of the definition of profit in answering my question. [10472/16]

Mental Health Services

Mary Lou McDonald

112. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for assessment with the child and adolescent mental health services. [8746/16]

Garda Vetting Applications

Mary Lou McDonald

32. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda Síochána clearance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8563/16]

Dietary Allowance Administration

Mary Lou McDonald

82. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the diet supplement, by primary social protection payment, and by county; and the cost of the supplement from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form. [8419/16]

Dietary Allowance Administration

Mary Lou McDonald

83. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have lost their entitlement to the diet supplement, by reason and by county since 2011, in tabular form. [8420/16]

Home Care Packages Data

Mary Lou McDonald

319. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if there is a target or preferred length of time for persons who are due to leave hospital and are availing of home care packages to return home upon discharge; and the number of persons who exceed these targets and remain in hospital, by length of time and by hospital, in tabular form. [8362/16]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

405. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 551 and 552 of 15 December 2015, if she will confirm the first time Bus Éireann informed her Department that it made no profit from school transport services for a particular financial year, and the dates for each year thereafter that it stated it made no profit from school transport since 2005; the date that her Department made any decisions in respect of procurement of school transport services, based on the fact that Bus Éireann stated in writing that it made no profit from school transport; and the meaning of the word "profit" outlined in her reply. [8410/16]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

406. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if surplus revenue received by Bus Éireann for providing the school transport services was accounted for in the Bus Éireann Annual Report and Financial Statements; if it was stated or co-mingled with other information, as a net surplus or deficit and-or profit; if these sums form part of any surplus taken into account in the calculations for the annual balance sheet, and if so, for which years since 1997. [8411/16]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Mary Lou McDonald

317. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 and the reason for the delay in this person receiving an appointment. [7510/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mary Lou McDonald

332. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will receive a hospital appointment. [7566/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Lou McDonald

374. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the details of patients on waiting lists for the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital for outpatient appointments, inpatient procedures and other lists who have been waiting for six months, 12 months, one year, two years and more than two years, broken down by speciality, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7818/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

703. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in assessing a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 for dyslexia; and when they will receive a date for their assessment. [6825/16]

Health Services Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

482. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in assessing a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 for a condition; and when this person will receive a date for an assessment. [5678/16]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Mary Lou McDonald

529. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the case of a person (detail supplied) in County Cork who is suffering from a condition; why the person was refused treatment abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5931/16]

Voluntary Housing Sector

Mary Lou McDonald

764. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that a housing association (details supplied) is increasing the rent for a number of its residents; if he will intervene on this matter as he did in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5976/16]