Parliamentary questions

Brexit Supports

Declan Breathnach

142. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the Brexit funding that will be available to the Border region for large IDA Ireland clients and for small and medium scale enterprises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50461/19]

Social Welfare Benefits

Declan Breathnach

230. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the alternative supports in place for students in view of the decision to cease payments to parents in receipt of child benefit for students aged 18 to 22 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50484/19]

Road Improvement Schemes

Declan Breathnach

506. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of class 3 cul-de-sac local roads which have been resurfaced by local authorities in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, excluding CIS funded resurfacing by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49973/19]

Road Improvement Schemes

Declan Breathnach

507. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the inequitable situation that persons living on class 3 cul-de-sac roads have to tolerate in that the only chance of having such roads resurfaced is by means of the CIS scheme; his views on the unfairness of those persons having to pay towards the upkeep of the roads in addition to paying road tax and other taxes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49974/19]

Road Improvement Schemes

Declan Breathnach

508. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that since the introduction of the CIS scheme that class 3 cul-de-sac roads are being overlooked in the normal course of a local authority roadworks programme; if he will consider issuing guidelines to local authorities to allocate a percentage of their road works funding to class 3 cul-de-sac roads in proportion to the lengths in kilometre of those roads needing resurfacing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49976/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration

Declan Breathnach

103. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health the initiatives being taken to improve CAMHS in CHO 8 and also to ensure there is no service gap when a transition to adult services occurs at 18 years of age. [48858/19]

Medical Card Administration

Declan Breathnach

113. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to expedite the provision of medical cards for cancer patients. [48857/19]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Declan Breathnach

239. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene to speed up the process of ANC and basic payment scheme applications in circumstances in which land is selected for remote sensing, that is, satellite inspection; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a large number of applicants are awaiting payment due to a delay in carrying out the inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48218/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Declan Breathnach

214. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a new 600 pupil post-primary school for south Drogheda and east County Meath announced in April 2018, which was to open in 2019, has not been built; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that temporary accommodation for the school can only accommodate 48 pupils; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that demand for places at this school is very high with a large number of disappointed applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47730/19]

Garda Recruitment

Declan Breathnach

256. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider increasing the age limit for applying to An Garda Siochána for members of the Garda Reserves only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47296/19]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Declan Breathnach

606. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department has reneged on a promise to meet with union officials (details supplied) in respect of the 2008 Labour Court recommendation in relation to community employment supervisors pension entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47236/19]

Housing Estates

Declan Breathnach

661. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the persons or body with which liability stands for the upkeep of roads in cases in which a housing estate is not taken in charge by a local authority, does not have a management company and the builder is no longer in business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47507/19]

Local Authority Staff Remuneration

Declan Breathnach

664. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funds being made available to local authorities to meet the costs of public sector pay increments in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47555/19]

Respite Care Services Provision

Declan Breathnach

126. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a fully accessible accommodation operated by an organisation (details supplied) is set to close due to funding and refurbishment issues; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that there will be approximately 40 job losses; if he will intervene to reverse the decision of the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46939/19]

Approved Housing Bodies

Declan Breathnach

220. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of approved housing bodies that have sold housing units funded under the CLSS scheme; the number of units sold; the conditions under which sale agreements were entered into; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45754/19]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Declan Breathnach

459. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of general practitioner availability in mid-County Louth; when a review of the contractual terms for the GMS and other publicly-funded general practitioner services will be complete; the measures which will be put in place to attract general practitioners to rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44334/19]

Road Network

Declan Breathnach

902. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a motion was passed at the Laytown and Bettystown municipal district meeting to designate the R132 Julianstown Road a national road and that this motion will be going before Meath County Council on 7 November 2019; if he will consider a ministerial order to designate the R132 Julianstown Road a national route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44378/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Declan Breathnach

197. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an inequitable situation which has arisen between public and private patients in respect of the treatment of patients with stage 3 melanoma by a company (details supplied) which has sanctioned the use of immunotherapy for its customers, which has been proven to be successful to prevent the cancer recurring in stage 3 patients; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this treatment is unavailable to public patients who have stage 3 melanoma despite his pronouncement earlier in 2019 that patients in public hospitals are not treated in a different way regardless of whether they have private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44053/19]

Teacher Training Provision

Declan Breathnach

106. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Gaeltacht grant was not restored for students in the professional masters of education; his plans to restore the grant to such students; the amount of Gaeltacht fees which will be covered by the grant that was restored for non-professional masters of education students; the amount of the budget of his Department which will be set aside for the provision of the grant in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43680/19]

Knackery Industry

Declan Breathnach

440. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the knackery industry cannot continue as it stands at present in view of the fact that it is no longer financially viable to stay in business; if written confirmation will be provided to an association (details supplied) outlining commitments given at a meeting on 16 September 2019 between the organisation and his officials confirming the immediate commencement of a bridging scheme to address the financial crisis in knackeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42930/19]