Parliamentary questions

Child Detention Centres

Sandra McLellan

292. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of boys and girls currently within the system in Oberstown boys school, in Oberstown girls school and in Trinity House school. [27563/15]

Child Detention Centres

Sandra McLellan

293. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of minors on remand in Trinity House from the year 2000 to 2015. [27564/15]

Child Detention Centres

Sandra McLellan

294. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average length of time a minor is spending on remand; and the longest length of time a minor can spend on remand. [27565/15]

Child Detention Centres

Sandra McLellan

295. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the grounds that qualify a minor to be classified for being on remand. [27566/15]

Child Detention Centres

Sandra McLellan

296. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the age range and profile for minors currently living in Oberstown schools. [27567/15]

Child Detention Centres

Sandra McLellan

297. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a clear boundary between mixing children of younger ages with those turning 18 years of age in Oberstown schools. [27568/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

499. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a family (details supplied) in County Cork who are just under the distance to qualify for free school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27256/15]

Health Services Staff

Sandra McLellan

149. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the protection in place for Health Service Executive staff who are accused of assaulting or abusing a patient or service user in facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26713/15]

Community Employment Schemes Data

Sandra McLellan

34. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently taking part in the community employment scheme for early childhood care and education. [25655/15]

Early Childhood Care Education

Sandra McLellan

149. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of providing 15 hours per week special needs assistant support to 1,000 children with disabilities, to enable them to participate in the early childhood and care education scheme. [25496/15]

Early Childhood Care Education

Sandra McLellan

151. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will give a complete breakdown of the total learner fund of €3 million; and the way it is allocated and provided. [25654/15]

Children Services Committees

Sandra McLellan

152. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role the child care committees carry out nationally; the number that exist; the number of persons employed; the amount of money that is allocated to cover wages and salaries. [25656/15]

Child Care Services Expenditure

Sandra McLellan

153. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of the current total spend on early childhood care and education. [25657/15]

Child Poverty

Sandra McLellan

154. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the next phase of the ABC project will commence and be rolled out. [25658/15]

Child and Family Agency Expenditure

Sandra McLellan

155. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total 2014 spend for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. [25659/15]

Hospitals Funding

Sandra McLellan

160. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25454/15]

Capitation Grants

Sandra McLellan

231. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the figure for capitation grants for primary education. [25653/15]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Sandra McLellan

177. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will approve and expedite an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24880/15]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Sandra McLellan

194. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will withdraw forms issued by her Department, which recommend that persons opt to receive payments through commercial banks rather than through the post office, to implement the Irish Postmasters Union's six-point action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25003/15]

Vehicle Registration

Sandra McLellan

257. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 9 June 2015, if he will declare a vehicle (details supplied) exempt from vehicle registration tax, as he has discretion to do under section 134(5) of the Finance Act 1992; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24979/15]

Road Traffic Offences

Sandra McLellan

382. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the identification or markings a Garda Síochána roadside Gatso van must display; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24994/15]

Infant Mortality

Sandra McLellan

399. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a national baby loss awareness day as a day of remembrance for bereaved families, as discussed by Féileacháin at an Oireachtas health committee meeting in October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24588/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sandra McLellan

452. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health his plans for the 30 patients at University Hospital Waterford who are on the waiting list for an orthopaedic specialist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24879/15]

Rural Development Programme Funding

Sandra McLellan

593. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to a club (details supplied) in County Limerick which organises activities for older persons in the area, the immediate stream of funding available for this type of group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24709/15]

National Monuments

Sandra McLellan

2. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a detailed update on the Government's purchase of Nos. 14-17 Moore Street in Dublin 1. [24222/15]

Wildlife Protection

Sandra McLellan

5. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that upland habitats are being destroyed at an alarming rate and that the national parks are at huge risk; and if she will outline the measures her Department is taking to protect them. [24223/15]

Hospital Services

Sandra McLellan

578. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork can have a knee operation done privately, as the person has been waiting on the public list for four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23271/15]

School Patronage

Sandra McLellan

193. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the transfer of patronage to Educate Together for one of the national schools in Cobh in County Cork; if she will identity the school that is to be transferred; the timeframe for this transfer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22740/15]

Vehicle Registration

Sandra McLellan

331. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance the reason a search and rescue organisation was refused a request for a vehicle registration tax exemption on a vehicle required to carry out that organisation's emergency response work (details supplied); if this decision will be overturned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22037/15]

Autism Support Services

Sandra McLellan

859. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health his views on the minimum age requirements at which a child may receive a diagnosis of autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22283/15]

Health Services Provision

Sandra McLellan

860. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment for a assessment through the early intervention services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22285/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Sandra McLellan

1010. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the planning permission for a new school (details supplied) in Fermoy, County Cork, will be lodged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22457/15]

Child Care Services Data

Sandra McLellan

2. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the interdepartmental group which was established by his Department to address the child care crisis is addressing the issue of low wages for early childhood professionals whose work is critical during this key foundation stage of child development; and his views that Government must take responsibility for the issue of training and upskilling professionals in the sector. [19984/15]

Child and Family Agency Funding

Sandra McLellan

19. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, ceasing to fund the Disability Equality Specialist Support Agency on 30 June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19795/15]

Child and Family Agency Remit

Sandra McLellan

25. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is responsible for the care of children with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19794/15]

Departmental Bodies

Sandra McLellan

26. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a detailed update on the work and meetings of the interdepartmental group established to address the issue of child care and related issues. [19797/15]

Child Protection

Sandra McLellan

39. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to have any input or make recommendations, specifically under his remit of the protection of children, to the working group set up by the Department of Justice and Equality which plans to review a range of issues pertaining to asylum seekers and direct provision, which will inevitably include the welfare of children residing in this State living in direct provision. [19798/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Sandra McLellan

40. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when details of the Open Policy Debate on Future Investment in Early Years and School-Age Care and Education Services, which was hosted by his Department on 31 March 2015, will be published, in order that the proposals made at the meeting by parents, providers, academics, city and county child care committees and non-governmental organisations can be discussed by Members of the Oireachtas, prior to the publishing of the report of the interdepartmental group. [19796/15]

Local Authority Staff

Sandra McLellan

183. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure funding is provided to Cork County Council as per its request to employ a school warden to manage a pedestrian crossing at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20902/15]

Wild Atlantic Way Project

Sandra McLellan

209. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for pubs and restaurants located along the Wild Atlantic Way tourism route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20961/15]

General Medical Services Scheme

Sandra McLellan

665. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the reason some general practitioners are charging medical card patients for taking blood; his views on whether this is acceptable; if he will instruct general practitioners to end this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20210/15]

General Medical Services Scheme

Sandra McLellan

702. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the reason some general practitioners are charging medical card patients €20 for letters in support of applications for payments such as carer's allowance, disability allowance and so on; his views that this is acceptable; if he will instruct general practitioners to end this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20466/15]

Counselling Services Provision

Sandra McLellan

722. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that counselling and psychotherapy services are regulated here, as is the practice in other European Union countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20596/15]

Water Charges Administration

Sandra McLellan

939. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the persons and bodies responsible for paying water charges for elderly persons who live in sheltered accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19972/15]

Energy Efficiency

Sandra McLellan

949. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when Cork County Council will be allocated money by his Department for insulation works for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20168/15]

Foreshore Licence Applications

Sandra McLellan

952. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when his decision to grant a foreshore licence to Irish Water for a wastewater treatment plant in Youghal in County Cork will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20249/15]

Sports Capital Programme Administration

Sandra McLellan

1040. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when decisions will issue on sports capital grants for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20591/15]

Heritage Fund

Sandra McLellan

1057. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grants are available for trusts (details supplied) to carry out upgrading and maintenance works on their properties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19992/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sandra McLellan

354. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an operation at Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19599/15]

Water Charges Administration

Sandra McLellan

505. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the person responsible for water charges, where persons live in homes owned by a trust; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19779/15]

Tourism Promotion

Sandra McLellan

525. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the exclusion of Youghal, County Cork, as a heritage town from Ireland's Ancient East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19305/15]

Road Improvement Schemes

Sandra McLellan

530. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to Cork County Council to carry out works to the viewing area at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19197/15]

Rail Services

Sandra McLellan

533. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the proposed non-stop morning route by Iarnród Éireann, from Cork to Dublin, is not going ahead as planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19389/15]

Ash Dieback Threat

Sandra McLellan

7. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of ash trees that have been destroyed as a result of ash dieback since January 2013; and the number that were hedgerow, privately owned or planted under the rural environment protection scheme. [16838/15]

Ash Dieback Threat

Sandra McLellan

36. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the restrictions on the sale and movement of ash wood from infected countries into Ireland is monitored; and if any are the sanctions for ignoring these restrictions. [16840/15]

Health Services Funding

Sandra McLellan

494. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for transport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18566/15]

Local Authority Housing

Sandra McLellan

594. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funding has been approved for Cork County Council to purchase housing, under Part V of the planning process in respect of an estate (details supplied) in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18535/15]

Local Authority Housing

Sandra McLellan

595. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that has been approved for disability works on council houses in Limerick city and county; when Limerick City and County Council will be notified of this; the reason for the delay in notifying the Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18544/15]

Disability Allowance Applications

Sandra McLellan

70. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will approve and expedite a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17200/15]

Local Authority Assets

Sandra McLellan

597. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make the land on which the tourist office building in Salthill in County Galway is located, available for purchase, the land being owned by Galway City Council and the building being owned by Fáilte Ireland. [17556/15]

National Monuments

Sandra McLellan

2. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a detailed update on developments since the Government's recent purchase of Nos. 14-17 Moore Street, Dublin 1. [16962/15]

Arts Plan

Sandra McLellan

10. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide this Government's detailed plan for a national strategy in for the arts, culture and heritage; and the funding that has been allocated for its implementation. [16836/15]

Architectural Heritage

Sandra McLellan

25. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the Government’s request that Dublin City Council protect the buildings on Moore Street, Dublin 1, built after the 1916 Rising, by adding them to the Record of Protected Structures. [16837/15]

Disability Allowance Applications

Sandra McLellan

41. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will approve and expedite a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17024/15]

Foreshore Licence Applications

Sandra McLellan

190. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a foreshore licence will be issued to complete the main drainage scheme in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17056/15]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Sandra McLellan

70. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will approve and expedite a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16434/15]

Health Services

Sandra McLellan

273. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that funding is provided to a foundation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16425/15]

Medical Card Reviews

Sandra McLellan

337. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the length of time medical card reviews are currently taking to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16800/15]

Medical Card Reviews

Sandra McLellan

338. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will approve and expedite a medical card review in respect of a family (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16809/15]

Third Level Facilities

Sandra McLellan

382. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure funding is provided to Mary Immaculate College, County Limerick, to urgently increase its library space as it has a seat ratio of 16:1, which is unacceptable and well out of line with the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16610/15]

Education and Training Boards

Sandra McLellan

392. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is acceptable that students studying animal science, level 6, in Croom, County Limerick, which is run by Coláiste Chiaráin, have been contacted by the awarding body, Quality and Qualifications Ireland, stating that four of the modules being covered had to be accredited by the Veterinary Council of Ireland but had not been so covered and therefore must be scrapped, all work submitted in respect of these modules is now void and students must now take up extra modules to fulfil course requirements and obtain their qualification; if her attention has been drawn to this and her plans to address same; if she will ensure such instances do not recur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16686/15]

Ash Dieback Threat

Sandra McLellan

337. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of ash that have been destroyed here as a result of ash dieback since January 2013; the number of hectares that were hedgerow; the amount that was privately owned; and the amount of that ash that was planted under the Rural Environment Protection Scheme. [15528/15]

Ash Dieback Threat

Sandra McLellan

338. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the subsidies available for destroying infected ash stands or hedgerows; the persons eligible to apply for them; if there are payments for farmers or growers who are restricted on sale or movement but do not have to destroy the stock; and the amount this payment is per hectare per year. [15529/15]

Ash Dieback Threat

Sandra McLellan

339. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process for inspecting sites designated for destruction; the agency responsible for these inspections; and the staffing and implementation costs for these inspections. [15530/15]

Ash Dieback Threat

Sandra McLellan

340. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been any research carried out here into chalara fraxinea; the cost of this research; and the amount his Department spent on informing and educating growers, farmers and the general public of the disease. [15531/15]

Ash Dieback Threat

Sandra McLellan

341. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the restrictions on the sale and movement of ash from infected countries into Ireland is monitored; and the sanctions for ignoring these restrictions. [15532/15]

HSE Reports

Sandra McLellan

508. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the cost of the report commissioned by the Health Service Executive in 2006 in relation to maternity services; the reason it was never published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15592/15]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Sandra McLellan

515. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in University Hospital Waterford in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15604/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

611. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 705 of 15 April 2015 the way she proposes that the child travels to school in view of the fact there is no transport servicing that child's nearest school and the child's parents cannot afford private transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15800/15]

Mental Health Services Provision

Sandra McLellan

18. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the holistic and alternative therapies that are being incorporated into the treatment of children's mental health within State services; and if the Government is actively promoting the use of these types of therapies for children. [14463/15]

Cancer Services Funding

Sandra McLellan

38. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the allocation of funding for children with cancer; and the terms of reference for the treatment of children. [14464/15]

Child Protection Services Provision

Sandra McLellan

2. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions taken to urgently address the substandard and inadequate provision of care to minors, in view of the recent report by the Health Information and Quality Authority which revealed shocking findings from a full inspection of services in County Cork in October 2014, where children have been waiting years to be allocated a social worker and are accordingly at risk. [14710/15]

Foster Care

Sandra McLellan

10. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provision this Government made for survivors of child abuse, who lived under State-paid foster care during the period 1953 to 1967, which abuse was reported by social workers and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to the Government of the day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14465/15]

Child Care Services Provision

Sandra McLellan

11. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the recent interdepartmental group policy seminar, in which he invited child stakeholders to contribute to the discussions; and the outcome of that meeting. [14467/15]

Infant Mortality Data

Sandra McLellan

26. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the infant mortality rate of children in direct provision; and if he agrees that, as Minister for Children, he has a duty of care to these children and a responsibility to ask why children between zero and five years of age account for a quarter of all deaths of persons living in direct provision. [14466/15]

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

74. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will approve and expedite an appeal under the carer's allowance scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14345/15]

VAT Rate Application

Sandra McLellan

142. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance the reason a utility company (details supplied) which offers a discount can apply the value added tax before it deducts the discount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14058/15]

Child and Family Agency

Sandra McLellan

427. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children from Ireland who have been sent to Kibble, Scotland, in the years 2011 to 2014; the cost in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14290/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

705. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include a child (details supplied) in County Cork in the free school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14302/15]

Rail Network Maintenance

Sandra McLellan

879. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Irish Rail cut down trees on the rail line in Cobh in County Cork, leaving the former site of Irish Fertilisers Industries visible and exposed, in view of the fact that Cobh is a tourist town, and this is not an attractive sight; the way Irish Rail will address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14563/15]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Sandra McLellan

101. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the reason a school (details supplied) in County Waterford has been without a speech and language therapist since November 2014; his views that this is acceptable; when this vital therapy will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13433/15]

Carer's Allowance Delays

Sandra McLellan

235. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the length of time reviews for carer's allowance are currently taking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13209/15]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Sandra McLellan

237. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will approve an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13215/15]

Garda Vetting Applications

Sandra McLellan

417. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is such a delay with a Garda vetting application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when the application will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13380/15]

Child Abuse

Sandra McLellan

555. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the judgment in a case (details supplied), if she will confirm if others are eligible to be included in any further redress in respect of pupils who were abused in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12707/15]

Local Authority Housing Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

657. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a 17 year old mother can be discriminated against and refused access to social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13153/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Sandra McLellan

693. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 24 March 2015, and in view of difficulties experienced by the enterprise centre (details supplied), if he will ensure fibre optic cables are brought as far as the enterprise centre as a priority without such cost implications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13269/15]

Driver Licence Renewals

Sandra McLellan

723. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there are such long delays in processing applications for and renewals of licences in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13351/15]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

820. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available to assist a person who has been accepted into a university in the United Kingdom to study a degree in paramedic science; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12029/15]

Climate Change Policy

Sandra McLellan

876. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if geo-engineering is taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11371/15]