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Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Cross-Border Health Services Provision
Declan Breathnach
508. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health to give an update on the implementation of the cross-border directive. [19314/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Cross-Border Health Services Provision
Declan Breathnach
509. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if he has held or plans to hold meetings with his Northern Irish counterparts with regard to the cross-border directive in light of the Brexit referendum result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19315/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Hospital Consultant Contracts
Declan Breathnach
537. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if St. Vincent's Hospital can provide the same level of expert care regarding sarcoma, in view of the non-renewal of a person's contract (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19423/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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VAT Rebates
Declan Breathnach
22. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Finance his views on a rebate of value added tax on authorised works associated with protected structures. [11546/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Broadband Service Provision
Declan Breathnach
513. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the additional efforts and focus being provided to ensure the speedy roll-out of high-speed broadband to businesses, homes and schools that are at serious disadvantage in this imbalance of broadband delivery, and to publish a detailed plan for same, given the recent survey of broadband usage stating that 25% of small to medium businesses here do not have an online presence and-or no broadband service. [17305/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
Declan Breathnach
53. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received, approved and that have received payments to date under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS II; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14480/16]
Wed, 1 Jun 2016
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Heritage Sites
Declan Breathnach
58. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to introduce an incentive scheme for persons for the upkeep of protected structures. [11546/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Teacher Training Provision
Declan Breathnach
285. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Education and Skills to meet with representatives of the Walk Tall programme urgently to facilitate his being apprised of the situation and to seek a solution before he makes a final decision on its future on 1 June 2016. [12534/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Hospital Staff Data
Declan Breathnach
678. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff required to fulfil the required complement across the health service and, in particular, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; if he will supply this figure for Our Lady's and other hospitals and health-related centres that come under the responsibility of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12797/16]
Thu, 26 May 2016
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Schools Building Projects Status
Declan Breathnach
94. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a long awaited building project will commence in a school (details supplied), given that the original planning for the project started in 2003 and ten of the school's 16 classrooms are prefabricated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12391/16]
Thu, 26 May 2016
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Teachers' Remuneration
Declan Breathnach
99. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Education and Skills to investigate and respond to overpayments to a person (details supplied), where the miscalculations were made in error by his Department. [12410/16]
Thu, 26 May 2016
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Tenant Purchase Scheme
Declan Breathnach
111. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why the banking sector is not willing to make mortgages available to persons who meet the eligibility and banking requirements under the new tenant purchase scheme as they are not satisfied with the conditions laid down under the scheme. [12409/16]
Thu, 26 May 2016
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National Monuments
Declan Breathnach
161. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to protect St. Laurence's Gate in Drogheda in County Louth against vehicular traffic; and to provide resources to Louth County Council to ensure that damage that is continuing to happen to this historical site ceases immediately. [12490/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Housing Adaptation Grant
Declan Breathnach
37. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to allocate additional moneys to local authorities to allow for the reintroduction of a housing aid for the elderly scheme to complement the housing adaptation scheme, given that many elderly persons cannot qualify for the housing aid for older people, housing adaption grant for people with a disability and mobility aids grant schemes, which would have extended their quality of life in their own homes and local communities. [11545/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Tax Code
Declan Breathnach
116. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Finance the status of agricultural land used or leased out for the production of renewable energies in respect of capital acquisition tax in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11685/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Household Benefits Scheme
Declan Breathnach
324. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Social Protection to permit older persons who accommodate immediate family members who would otherwise be homeless to retain the household benefits package given the current housing emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11712/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Basic Payment Scheme
Declan Breathnach
553. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the effect of the number of solar energy companies seeking to lease lands for energy production on the basic payment scheme in the future. [11683/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Renewable Energy Generation
Declan Breathnach
573. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline the effect of the number of solar energy companies seeking to lease lands for energy production on the basic payment scheme in future. [11684/16]
Wed, 18 May 2016
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Health Services Charges
Declan Breathnach
159. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners can charge for a blood test from a patient who is a holder of a medical card; to expedite the reimbursement of the blood test receipts submitted from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10805/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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TAMS Administration
Declan Breathnach
994. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme and claims that the computer system is not capable of processing payments within the three-week period stated in the scheme's programme; that this is causing many persons to carry large overdrafts and subjecting them to considerable distress while awaiting the undue delay in grant payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9521/16]