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Page 190 of 202
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Education Funding
Pearse Doherty
140. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the planned course of action in relation to the Cassells report on higher education funding, which was presented to his Department in March 2016, including when he will publish it. [11248/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Special Educational Needs
Pearse Doherty
142. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in mainstream education who have Down's syndrome; if he is aware of the implications for future resource provision and planning within the education system due to the absence of the condition on the low incidence list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11258/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Community Services Programme
Pearse Doherty
290. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to link allocation amounts paid to community groups through the community services programme to the minimum wage rate in order to subvent any increase to wage costs incurred by service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11485/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Capital Expenditure Programme
Pearse Doherty
359. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 17 May 2016 the impact of the €4 billion cumulative capital spend in the gross and net fiscal space; and the amount of projected spend of this €4 billion cumulative for each of the years from 2017 to 2021 in tabular form. [11603/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Departmental Expenditure
Pearse Doherty
366. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of each measure in each commitment relevant to his Department in the programme for Government and how he will finance these, either through already committed spending, additional new spending from the fiscal space, European Union funding or otherwise, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11371/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Hospital Appointments Status
Pearse Doherty
417. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment from the ear, nose and throat department in Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11272/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Housing Adaptation Grant
Pearse Doherty
443. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect the occupational therapist to carry out a report for Donegal County Council relating to the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11384/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Cross-Border Health Services Provision
Pearse Doherty
446. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health regarding the cross-border directive, CBD, if he will outline the way the total cost of comparable treatment in another jurisdiction versus the costs incurred of having the treatment provided here is communicated to persons applying to access the scheme; the way in which persons are informed of the fact that reimbursement rates are set at whichever cost is the lesser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11390/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Psychological Assessments
Pearse Doherty
456. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect to have an assessment carried out by a child psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11464/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
Pearse Doherty
459. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for children to be assessed by a child psychologist in County Donegal; the total number of persons waiting for up to three months, six months, nine months, one year, 15 months, 18 months, 21 months, 24 months, and for more than 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11481/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Cross-Border Health Services Provision
Pearse Doherty
508. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has not received a reimbursement payment due since March 2016 under the cross-border health care directive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11788/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Cross-Border Health Initiatives
Pearse Doherty
509. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the timeframe in which he will reimburse persons availing of the cross-border health care directive scheme under the rules of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11789/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Medical Card Applications
Pearse Doherty
510. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an application by a person (details supplied) for a medical card under the European Union entitlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11790/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Beef Genomics Scheme
Pearse Doherty
522. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why he declined payment to a person (details supplied) under the 2014 beef data genomics programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11247/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Live Exports
Pearse Doherty
525. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress which has been made to grant live cattle exporters access to the Turkish market; if the requisite health certificate to facilitate accession is now in place; if he is aware of the negative impact which any delays in opening the market will have on exporters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11309/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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TAMS Eligibility
Pearse Doherty
544. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant assistance available to persons wishing to avail of rain harvesting systems on their farms. [11663/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Green Enterprise
Pearse Doherty
618. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant assistance available to businesses wishing to avail of rain harvesting systems on their premises. [11664/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Children in Care
Pearse Doherty
628. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an explanation for the recent closure of a children and young person's residential care unit (details supplied) in County Donegal; the alternative accommodation arrangements which have been provided for residents of the facility; the measures which have been put in place to guarantee the welfare and well-being of service users as part of this sudden relocation; if the aforementioned facility will reopen; if so, when this is expected to occur; if it is anticipated that all former residents will be subsequently returned to the unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11567/16]
Thu, 19 May 2016
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Legislative Measures
Pearse Doherty
27. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to amend the existing rules governing entitlement to Irish citizenship by descent in order to include those born overseas who have extended Irish ancestry such as a great grandparent having been born in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10951/16]
Thu, 19 May 2016
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
53. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his Department's recent dealings with the European Commission relating to the ongoing investigation into tax arrangements of a company (details supplied) in Ireland and if he has an expected date for the verdict of the investigation. [10995/16]