Parliamentary questions

Water Services

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

231. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken since coming to office to resolve the issue of Irish Water refusing to access and resolve issues with public water and wastewater infrastructure that is located private side; his views on whether this is an issue across the State; the timeframe for resolution of this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25564/17]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

285. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25536/17]

Public Sector Pensions

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

366. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans regarding the restoration in full of all State employee pension entitlements cut under the FEMPI measures; the full impact of the cuts that applied; the partial restoration which has taken place to date; the timeframe for full restoration across all State employee sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25576/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

445. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the replacement services that will be in situ for the service users of a centre (details supplied) when it closes shortly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25509/17]

Local Authority Services

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

291. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of introducing a scheme that would make central funding available to local authorities for the purposes of installing, via adaptation or otherwise, fully accessible public toilets including a hoist and a changing bench with the objective of delivering 50 such facilities across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24305/17]

Home Care Packages Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

482. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 791 of 2 May 2017, the level of ongoing engagement with the social care division to optimise timely access to homecare packages; the areas that have been identified within this area as being problematic or are barriers to expansion of early supported discharge; the actions which will be taken to ensure access to homecare packages for stroke patients or those suitable for ESD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24314/17]

National Stroke Programme Implementation

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

483. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1071 of 2 May 2017, the cost of increasing the number of stroke unit beds to meet the predicted increase of stroke numbers; the further cost of bringing stroke units to quality standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24315/17]

Home Care Packages Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

484. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for home care packages that were submitted by persons under 65 years of age in 2015 and 2016; the number of these applications which were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24316/17]

Home Care Packages Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

485. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if the provision of homecare packages will be broadened to include persons under 65 years of age; the consideration which has been given to this in discussions between the national stroke programme and the social care division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24317/17]

Home Care Packages Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

486. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1072 of 2 May 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that increased difficulty in accessing home care support is worse for persons under 65 years of age who have suffered a stroke; the consideration which is being given to those persons to access home supports in order to avoid direct discharge to nursing homes, the increase in which has translated to additional expenditure of €17.25 million between 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24318/17]

Home Care Packages Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

487. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 793 of 2 May 2017, the enhanced number of persons who could access early supported discharge if there was prompt access to home-care packages; the number of persons have been unable to access ESD specifically due to a lack of access to ESD; the areas in which this has been an issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24319/17]

Hospitals Discharges

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

488. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 793 of 2 May 2017, the staffing vacancies that currently exist in the early supported discharge teams across the current sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24320/17]

Hospitals Discharges

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

489. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 793 of 2 May 2017, the challenges that exist in respect of the staffing in maintaining early supported discharge teams across the current sites; the challenges that exist in respect of the organisation, for example, catchment areas in maintaining early supported discharge teams across the current sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24321/17]

National Stroke Programme Implementation

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

490. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the findings of a report (details supplied); if there will be a multi-year plan put in place to address the service and staff deficits in stroke services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24322/17]

National Stroke Programme Implementation

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

491. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will meet representatives of an organisation (details supplied) that has requested a meeting on stroke services here in view of the findings of a report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24323/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

524. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if there is an appeal process through the HSE or fair deal office in the case of a nursing home provider introducing an additional monetary demand or redesignating particular services or particular needs as requiring additional contributions from the service user directly that is outside the calculation of the fair deal support approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24584/17]

Proposed Legislation

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

637. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the Copyright Bill; when she expects it will be published; if she will consider extending a college's (details supplied) current statutory copyright library status to include accessible digital formats, which would make for greater accessibility for blind and visually impaired persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24191/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

223. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23486/17]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

107. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the statistics for each of the two refugee sub-programmes, resettlement and relocation; if under the resettlement sub-programme the State has lived up to its own target of accepting a further 260 persons in spring 2017; if a selection mission visited Lebanon in the early months of 2017; the status of the agreement with Greece under the relocation sub-programme; the number of persons of the 1,100 the State has agreed to accept from Greece up to September 2017 who are now here; the number of the 200 unaccompanied minors, formerly detained at Calais in France, that Dáil Éireann agreed to accept in November 2016 who have been relocated here; her views on the State's responsibilities and undertakings regarding these humanitarian crises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22835/17]

School Meals Programme

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

251. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the free school meals programme for each of the past five years; the current rates of payment per meal, child and day, respectively; the number of students availing of each meal option, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22812/17]