Parliamentary questions

Hospital Food

Ciara Conway

131. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown as to the amount spent by hospitals nationally on providing food for patients; the cost per head per patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40573/14]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Ciara Conway

138. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update, with a clear timeframe as to the progress that has been made on developing an appropriate scheme to replace the mobility allowance scheme and motorised transport grant; the progress that has been made in the development of new schemes; when we will see this in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40617/14]

Counselling Services

Ciara Conway

139. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown as to the waiting list for adult counselling services in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40618/14]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Ciara Conway

142. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health when he will have a decision, and details of, the replacement for the mobility allowance scheme and motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40629/14]

Broadband Service Provision

Ciara Conway

216. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the broadband for secondary schools scheme in County Waterford; the schools in County Waterford that have benefitted from the scheme to date and the schools outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40541/14]

After-School Support Services

Ciara Conway

351. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown on the way the €14 million announced in budget 2014 for after-school places was utilised; the number of places that have been created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40105/14]

Departmental Programmes

Ciara Conway

514. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date of the new social enterprise initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39974/14]

Irish Language

Ciara Conway

236. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on progress to ensure the ending of the derogation of the status of Irish as an official language of the European Union; if she recognises the potential for job creation associated with this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39529/14]

Health Services Provision

Ciara Conway

186. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reinstatement of orthopist services in Dungarvan Hospital, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39123/14]

Tourism Capital Investment Programme

Ciara Conway

375. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Fáilte Ireland tourism capital investment programme will be open to new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39100/14]

Palliative Care Facilities

Ciara Conway

145. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the palliative care unit in Waterford University Hospital; the timeframe for same; the progress to date; when he expects the unit will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38713/14]

Hospice Services

Ciara Conway

146. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the level of Health Service Executive funding received by each of the hospice groups nationally for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38714/14]

Hospice Services

Ciara Conway

147. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the annual running costs for each of the hospice groups nationally for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38715/14]

Hospice Services

Ciara Conway

148. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the level of Health Service Executive funding received by each of the hospice groups expressed as a percentage of the annual running costs for each of the hospice groups nationally for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38716/14]

Cycling Facilities Provision

Ciara Conway

203. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding national cycle routes (details supplied); the progress to date; the work that has been done; the timeframe for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37443/14]

JobsPlus Scheme

Ciara Conway

47. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when the review of the JobsPlus scheme will be published; if it is planned to broaden the eligibility of the scheme to encompass those who are in receipt of the one parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37219/14]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Ciara Conway

221. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the improved fiscal circumstances, his plans to lift the embargo on public sector recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36975/14]

Speech and Language Therapy

Ciara Conway

407. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide a speech and language therapy service at St. Patrick's rehabilitation unit in Waterford; when the current vacancies will be filled; if temporary replacement staff are being put in place to cover maternity leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36887/14]

Speech and Language Therapy

Ciara Conway

408. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide a speech and language therapy service in County Waterford at St. Patrick's rehabilitation unit; when the current vacancies will be filled, if temporary replacement staff are being put in place to cover maternity leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36896/14]

Schools Building Projects Administration

Ciara Conway

532. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the number of new schools being built; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37001/14]

Inland Fisheries

Ciara Conway

604. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a set-aside scheme for eel fishermen who have been unable to fish for the past number of years due to the ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36907/14]

Inland Fisheries

Ciara Conway

605. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will take into account information and statistics showing eel and elver numbers in rivers, from sources outside Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI, such as suitably qualified professionals, researchers and consultants who have been contracted by local fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36909/14]

Water Meters Installation

Ciara Conway

261. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed timetable or schedule with a breakdown by area showing when water meters will be installed in Waterford city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36324/14]

Child and Family Agency Funding

Ciara Conway

126. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on concerns raised recently (details supplied) regarding funding to the Child and Family Agency; if he will confirm the statistic that has emerged suggesting that there are currently 9,000 cases waiting to be allocated social workers and that, of these, 3,000 are classified as high priority; if he will provide, with a timeline, his plans to deal with this waiting list; the way this will be achieved and if he will confirm his commitment to deal with the crisis within the Child and Family Agency. [36135/14]

Child and Family Agency Staff

Ciara Conway

127. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases in County Waterford awaiting the allocation of social workers at present; if he will specify the number of these cases that have been classified as high priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36149/14]

Water Supply

Ciara Conway

189. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when Irish Water will have completed the first free fix to customers' homes; if he will confirm that this will be completed before customer metering begins; the provisions that are in place in cases where there is a leakage that has not been fixed yet metering is under way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36085/14]

Community Development Initiatives

Ciara Conway

194. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ring-fence funding to support the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks to deliver the only programme specifically targeted at women from disadvantaged communities; if he will outline the way his Department will provide support for this most marginalised group which was not named under the social inclusion and community activation programme, SICAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36096/14]

Community Development Initiatives

Ciara Conway

195. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to engage with the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks to resolve the difficulty that has arisen because that organisation created a national structure to meet the requirement of the community development programme which now precludes it from securing funding post 2014 under the new social inclusion and community activation programme, SICAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36097/14]

Community Development Initiatives

Ciara Conway

196. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to support the voluntary board of the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks, NCCWN, with its responsibilities to 17 local women’s projects, 44 staff members and approximately 200 non-directly employed staff in view of the fact that the NCCWN board's concerns regarding the future of the work with women from the most disadvantaged communities here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36098/14]

Community Development Initiatives

Ciara Conway

197. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that marginalised women are not a target group of the new social inclusion and community activation programme, SICAP; if he will provide reassurance to the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks that an alternative funding stream will be made available to continue this valuable work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36099/14]

Overseas Development Aid

Ciara Conway

426. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the way Ireland is contributing to international efforts to combat ebola; if the amount of resources directed towards this will be prioritised and increased in view of the significant threat level. [35856/14]

Rural Development Programme Projects

Ciara Conway

504. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on implementing or setting up a social farming scheme (details supplied); whether there are pilot schemes here and their outcomes. [35577/14]

Ciara Conway

663. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons availing of the direct provision facilities in County Waterford; the numbers who have entered direct provision centres in County Waterford for each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34362/14]

Ciara Conway

664. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of children currently in direct provision centres in County Waterford; if she will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of children according to age and the length of time they have been living in direct provision in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34363/14]

Ciara Conway

665. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children born to parents in direct provision centres nationally and in County Waterford over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34364/14]

Hospital Appointment Status

Ciara Conway

767. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown as to the number of outpatient appointments where appointees failed to show up at University Hospital Waterford over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32900/14]

Nursing Home Services

Ciara Conway

775. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the community nursing unit on the grounds of St. Patrick's Hospital in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32965/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Ciara Conway

793. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate medical cards to persons over 70 whose cards have been revoked because the living alone allowance payment of €7.70 week has pushed them marginally over the means assessment for eligibility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33058/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Ciara Conway

959. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he will reinstate medical cards to persons over 70 whose cards have been revoked because payment of a living alone allowance pushed them marginally over the means assessment for eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33711/14]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

Ciara Conway

1043. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if the expert panel has finished its work or made any findings in terms of their review of illnesses for inclusion in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34052/14]

Health Services Provision

Ciara Conway

1136. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to developing or supporting a social farming scheme or schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34790/14]

Departmental Properties

Ciara Conway

202. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to purchase to property (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32043/14]

Constitutional Convention Recommendations

Ciara Conway

123. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Taoiseach when the responses to reports 4, 5 and 6 from the constitutional convention will be published; the reason for the delay in their publication; if same will be available before the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30774/14]

Insurance Industry

Ciara Conway

258. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 18 June 2014 and further to the meeting of 11 June between his Department officials and the MIBI if he will provide an update with respect to the legal certainty in relation to Setanta Insurance issues, particularly relating to third party claimants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31449/14]

JobsPlus Scheme

Ciara Conway

378. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason persons in receipt of the one-parent family payment are not currently eligible for the JobsPlus incentive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31079/14]

JobsPlus Scheme

Ciara Conway

379. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the JobsPlus pilot scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31080/14]

JobsPlus Scheme

Ciara Conway

380. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department is considering broadening the eligibility of the JobsPlus scheme to include persons who are in receipt of the one-parent family payment; when this review will be completed and recommendations implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31081/14]

Water Charges Administration

Ciara Conway

688. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the process of determining the conditions that will qualify for a free water allowance; the way interested parties can make submissions in relation to same; if the end list will be flexible and subject to review and additions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31498/14]

Water Charges Administration

Ciara Conway

689. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if Crohn's disease will be included on the list of conditions that will qualify for a free extra water allowance. [31499/14]

Health Services Staff

Ciara Conway

697. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the issues faced by residential health care staff working on sleepover duty after the Labour Court ruling in view of the fact that some residential care staff are expected to work 63 hours per week instead of the statutory 48 hours; the reasons for same; if sleepover duty, where a member of staff is on-call while working overnight, is part of the working week and if it is treated as such for pay purposes; his views on whether these hours are in breach of EU and Irish working time legislation; his views on the low levels of hourly pay associated with sleepover duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31515/14]

Hospitals Inspections

Ciara Conway

698. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health the standards in place and how often public toilets in the public wards, particularly in maternity wards, are checked and cleaned at University Hospital Waterford; if there are sign-off sheets; the measures being taken in terms of infection control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31520/14]

Tourism Promotion

Ciara Conway

224. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason County Waterford has not been included in the Wild Atlantic Way; if he will outline the tourist strategy being put in place to promote Waterford and the Copper Coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30445/14]

One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility

Ciara Conway

429. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce an adequate number of free child care places, as previously promised, to counteract the difficulties being faced by parents who are losing the one-parent family payment; the timeline in place to provide the child care places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29914/14]

One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility

Ciara Conway

430. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list in tabular form of the numbers of persons who will move from the one-parent family payment to jobseeker's allowance over the next 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29915/14]

One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility

Ciara Conway

431. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce other supports for working parents who will lose the one-parent family payment; if she will reconsider the income disregards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29916/14]

Bus Éireann Services

Ciara Conway

49. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if proposals to privatise Bus Éireann routes in Waterford city will be reconsidered and preferably halted in view of the current economic climate and uncertainty in Waterford city, and in view of the fact that there are fears this move, which singles out Waterford, may lead to a downgrading of bus services, workers' pay and conditions, and eventually further job losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27100/14]

Hospital Staff

Ciara Conway

17. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the current situation in Waterford University Hospital whereby there will be no consultant dermatologist for the summer months and where a backlog of 3000 letters to patients exists; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients will not even be able to get on a waiting list for the next few months; his views that this is a crisis and emergency measures need to be put in place immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27042/14]

Disability Allowance Eligibility

Ciara Conway

94. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being faced by children with additional needs, having reached the age of 16 years and having been assessed as having an intellectual disability, to receive disability allowance; if she will examine correspondence (details supplied) and if she will advise as to the options available to persons in this situation and her views on plans to address this anomaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27434/14]

Tyre Labelling

Ciara Conway

104. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will improve tyre labelling in view of the fact that there is no independent body assessing each tyre and awarding the rating; his plans to establish such a body. [27500/14]

Hospital Food

Ciara Conway

545. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding hospital meals; if he will respond to the points made; the health policy regarding hospital food and the need for all food served in hospitals to be clearly recognisable in presentation and to be healthy and of high nutritional value in content; his views on the policy regarding supplying fruit and vegetable offerings with each meal; if he is satisfied that food being served in hospitals is fulfilling patients' health and nutritional requirements; his plans to improve the menus and nutrition value of foods available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26731/14]

Hospital Food

Ciara Conway

546. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health his views on whether chips are an acceptable dinner-time offering on a hospital menu; how often chips are being served on weekly menus in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26732/14]

Health Services Provision

Ciara Conway

547. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health the regulation and standards that exist in relation to home care/home support services, particularly but not limited to those servicing persons with neurological disabilities or those who have very specific support/care needs; if it is the case that the Health Service Executive is contracting for-profit service providers without any contract being drawn up regarding the specific types of services to be delivered and without any requirement for specifically trained or qualified carers; his plans to regulate and address the issues mentioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26736/14]

Health Services Provision

Ciara Conway

548. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a separate body or entity that has responsibility for home care/support services; if he is concerned that it appears to be the case that the HSE is contracting outside organisations to provide a service, but seems unable to state the type of service needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26737/14]

Tyre Labelling

Ciara Conway

214. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve tyre labelling in view of the fact that there is not an independent body assessing each tyre and awarding the rating; his plans to establish such a body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26457/14]

Insurance Industry Regulation

Ciara Conway

41. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports of citizens who are unable to get a response from the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland in respect of ongoing issues with Setanta Insurance; if he has given specific instructions to the MIBI to deal with third party claims as there appears to be confusion on the part of the MIBI in respect of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26299/14]

Local and Community Development Programme Planning

Ciara Conway

461. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is the case that the NTP can apply for SICAP (details supplied), if he will commit to ringfencing money to ensure Traveller projects are funded, and that this will be accessible to local Traveller organisations, thus ensuring that Travellers are not further marginalised or discriminated against; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25754/14]

Local and Community Development Programme Planning

Ciara Conway

463. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason it is the case that the National Traveller Partnership cannot apply for funding under the new social inclusion and community activation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25920/14]

National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments

Ciara Conway

182. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance the projects supported by the strategic investment fund; the way applications to the fund can be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24572/14]

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments

Ciara Conway

183. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance if he will make a commitment to ring-fencing moneys from the strategic investment fund for investment in County Waterford in view of recent job losses, the higher than average unemployment rate and the ongoing threat to jobs represented by the current uncertainty at a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24573/14]

Job Creation

Ciara Conway

289. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound actions his Department are in involved with in the interests of job creation in Waterford; the way these actions are being tracked and measured in terms of progression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24414/14]

Job Creation

Ciara Conway

290. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if work is underway or has been carried out to learn lessons from counties Cork and Galway in order that their successes in terms of job creation, and Industrial Development Agency created jobs in particular, can be applied in Waterford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24415/14]

Job Creation

Ciara Conway

291. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the feedback and follow-up from potential investors who looked at Waterford via the Industrial Development Agency and decided against locating there; if work has been done to collate and process the feedback with a view to addressing the issues cited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24416/14]

Inland Fisheries Ireland

Ciara Conway

362. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the current make-up of the Inland Fisheries Ireland board, which, currently, contains no representative to voice the concerns of commercial fishermen and coastal communities; if he will commit to a review membership of the board to include representation of interests of commercial fishermen and coastal communities; if he is satisfied with the level of engagement with commercial fishermen and coastal communities by the IFI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24386/14]

Inland Fisheries Stocks

Ciara Conway

363. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will commit to an independent scientific analysis and review of eel stocks on the River Suir in view of the fact that local fishermen are unhappy with the results of previous eel survey stocks and have expressed dissatisfaction with the independence and integrity of such surveys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24387/14]

Inland Fisheries Stocks

Ciara Conway

364. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he recognises the concerns of former eel fishermen on an issue (details supplied); if he proposes to engage further with this group to address the concerns raised; if he will engage with them to work on further support initiatives and alternative avenues that might be open to pursuit in view of the fact that the ban on eel fishing has resulted in a loss of livelihood and culture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24388/14]

Water Charges Exemptions

Ciara Conway

370. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if carers will be entitled to an extra free water allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24399/14]

Medicinal Products Availability

Ciara Conway

467. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health when Fampyra will be included on the drug payment scheme or other schemes such as the general medical services scheme or the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24173/14]

Hospital Services

Ciara Conway

97. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health when Waterford University Hospital will have a full 24-7 cardiology service; if he will confirm that the required expertise will be on hand at all times and that budgets exist to provide a full support staff, nursing staff, NCHDs and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23984/14]

Hospital Services

Ciara Conway

104. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reinstatement of orthoptist services in Dungarvan hospital; the reason for the delay in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24006/14]

Water Charges Administration

Ciara Conway

95. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who suffer from Crohn's disease will be entitled to an increased free allowance of water usage in view of the specific needs and complications of that condition; and if he will ensure persons with this and other bowel conditions receive a generous extra allowance as required by the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23550/14]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Ciara Conway

104. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that motor neurone disease is not included in the long-term illness scheme; the reason this is the case; his plans to add it to the scheme and when this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23540/14]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Ciara Conway

105. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health when the list of conditions covered under the long-term illness scheme will be reviewed and updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23541/14]

Banking Sector

Ciara Conway

142. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a situation (details supplied) regarding banking licences; his views on the veracity of the same; the actions his Department has carried out in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23011/14]

Insurance Industry

Ciara Conway

152. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance if he will request the liquidator of Setanta Insurance to make a statement on the position of third party claimants regarding high court cases next month; if he will request the Central Bank of Ireland to also provide an update or statement in respect of the same in view of the fact that they are in regular contact with the Maltese financial authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23108/14]

Insurance Industry

Ciara Conway

153. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports that MIBI has not been instructed to deal with third party claims under Setanta Insurance; his views on the position of having third party claims dealt with; if he will offer advice and clarify the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23109/14]

Motor Tax Collection

Ciara Conway

538. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a comparison of the commercial road vehicle tax in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; his plans to restructure commercials vehicle tax here to ease the burden and help improve competitiveness of operators here; if he will consider setting up a working group to examine this issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22549/14]

Fishing Vessel Licences

Ciara Conway

599. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine a case (details supplied); if his Department will assist or provide guidance in having this vessel registered as a 345 kW on the Irish registry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22509/14]

Fishing Vessel Licences

Ciara Conway

979. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine a case (details supplied); if his Department can assist or provide guidance in having this vessel registered a 345 kW on the on the Irish registry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22671/14]

Health Services Staff

Ciara Conway

1011. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 701 of 30 April 2014, if there is any further update on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23059/14]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Ciara Conway

97. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review and increase rent supplement levels to reflect increasing rent levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21631/14]

Child Abduction

Ciara Conway

148. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assistance Ireland is providing in tracing the 200 schoolgirls abducted last month by the Islamist group, Boko Haram, in Nigeria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21209/14]

Tax Credits

Ciara Conway

181. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance if in a situation where a separated couple can show evidence of the equal division of child benefit, this proof can be used to allow the splitting of the single person child carer credit between two working parents in view of the fact that the recipient of child benefit is being used as a deciding factor by the Revenue Commissioners in the allocation of this credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21100/14]

Tourism Promotion

Ciara Conway

676. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the Fáilte Ireland map (details supplied); if he will explain the reason this map has included Tramore, County Waterford, but leaves out Waterford city which has a much larger population; if he is satisfied with this measure in view of the significant spending on tourism projects in Waterford city not least by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21224/14]

Tourism Promotion

Ciara Conway

677. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a Fáilte Ireland map (details supplied); if he will provide details on the policy decision to include Tramore but to exclude Waterford city; the criteria used; if he will provide a detailed breakdown on when this map was published; the number of copies and where produced; where it is being distributed globally; to whom and by what means; if he will commit to amending this map to include Waterford city and the date on which he will do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21225/14]

Insurance Industry

Ciara Conway

47. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance in relation to policy holders with Setanta Insurance, if they will get their money back in the wake of the collapse of this company; if he will clarify the situation in respect of no claims bonus; if this will be affected; if policy holders will receive a refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20714/14]

Insurance Industry

Ciara Conway

48. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance with respect to third party claimants of Setanta Insurance, if the matter proceeds to the High Court and an award is made will third party claimants be entitled to receive 100% of this claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20716/14]

Motor Insurance Regulation

Ciara Conway

234. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with respect to third party claimants of Setanta Insurance, if the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland, MIBI, will appoint its own legal teams to individual cases or if the legal teams already in place will be permitted to continue to pursue the matters on which they have been working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20715/14]

Insurance Industry

Ciara Conway

159. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding policyholders at Setanta Insurance; the position of the State in respect of same; if those policyholders with active claims will be compensated via a State fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20156/14]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision

Ciara Conway

8. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the seven villages sewerage scheme in County Waterford. [19457/14]

Health Services Staff

Ciara Conway

701. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to issues faced by residential health care staff working on sleepover duty in view of the fact that some residential care staff are expected to work 63 hours per week instead of the statutory 48; the reasons for same; if sleepover duty, where a member of staff is on call while working overnight is part of the working week and if it is treated as such for pay purposes; her further views on whether these hours are in breach of EU and Irish working time legislation; her views on the low levels of hourly pay associated with sleepover duty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19287/14]