Parliamentary questions

JobPath Data

Denise Mitchell

226. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of penalties applied by his Department each year from 2012 to date in 2016; the amount of penalties applied for failure in regard to interaction with both JobPath providers; the ages of those persons where a penalty was applied; and the financial penalty that was applied. [40555/16]

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Denise Mitchell

227. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of transfers in personnel between the social welfare appeals office and the rest of his Department or any other applicable Department each year from 2008 to 2016. [40556/16]

Health Care Policy

Denise Mitchell

39. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if data exist on the cost to the Exchequer of operating a private system of health care; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37865/16]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Data

Denise Mitchell

43. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if data are being collected on the type of treatment, the cost of treatment and the patient outcome for services commissioned from the private sector by the NTPF, National Treatment Purchase Fund; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37866/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Denise Mitchell

228. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend new low protein foods applicable under the long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38130/16]

Supplementary Welfare Allowance Data

Denise Mitchell

316. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of payments issued through the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, broken down between exceptional needs payment and urgent needs payment, and further broken down into the payments by each office which issued the payments in each of the years since 2008. [36943/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Denise Mitchell

582. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the waiting times at Beaumont Hospital for tonsillectomy procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37472/16]

School Accommodation

Denise Mitchell

192. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an analysis has made by his Department to accommodate a new proposed development (details supplied) with regard to school capacity in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35741/16]

Housing Data

Denise Mitchell

27. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of rapid builds currently under construction in Dublin; and if he will provide a detailed timeline for all of the rapid-build projects currently in the pipeline, indicating when they will commence, when they will be completed and when they will be tenanted. [35434/16]

River Basin Management Plans

Denise Mitchell

54. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of his Department’s work in preparing the second river basin management plan; and if the plan will be ready to submit to European Commission in quarter one of 2017. [35435/16]

IDA Ireland Portfolio

Denise Mitchell

277. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if IDA Ireland has plans on future enterprises occupying an industrial estate (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35574/16]

Garda Equipment

Denise Mitchell

62. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide funding for the issuing of bulletproof vests to each front-line garda; and if there is an estimated cost of same. [34223/16]

Garda Resources

Denise Mitchell

63. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide additional funding for the appointment of additional specialist personnel and equipment to the Garda computer crime unit. [34224/16]

Tax Exemptions

Denise Mitchell

117. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the cost in a full year if the small benefits exemption allowance was increased from €500 to €620. [34225/16]

Housing Adaptation Grant Data

Denise Mitchell

80. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of grants and the total amount of funding awarded in 2016 to date under the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability, broken down by local authority area; the number of grants and the total amount of funding awarded in 2016 to date under the housing aid for older people scheme, broken down by local authority area; the number of grants and the total amount of funding awarded in 2016 to date under the mobility aids grant scheme, broken down by local authority area; the anticipated funding for the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability in 2017; the anticipated funding for the housing aid for older people scheme in 2017; and the anticipated funding for the mobility aids grant scheme in 2017. [32256/16]

HSE Funding

Denise Mitchell

137. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for funding made to the HSE from a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32325/16]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Denise Mitchell

42. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the reason none of the new 14 primary care centres to be constructed as part of European Investment Bank funding, announced earlier this year, has plans for the recruitment of additional staff; the factors influencing the recruitment of staff in these centres; if staff are planned to be recruited in the medium or long term to supplement the services and staff available currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30512/16]

Maternity Services Provision

Denise Mitchell

44. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the availability of the detailed 20-week routine scans for pregnant women per hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30511/16]

School Transport Expenditure

Denise Mitchell

51. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport scheme; if his Department will consider increasing funding to the scheme in view of the recommendation by a charity (details supplied) of increasing funding by €5 million resulting in an abolition of fees for parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30059/16]

Garda Equipment

Denise Mitchell

61. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current age of the boats available to the Garda water unit; and when she expects the boats to be replaced. [29102/16]

Garda Transport Data

Denise Mitchell

62. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda traffic motorbikes that came into the fleet in the years 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; and the number of motorbikes that were withdrawn from the fleet during this period. [29103/16]

Education and Training Boards Funding

Denise Mitchell

95. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding has not been provided to make necessary works on a new building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29100/16]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Denise Mitchell

215. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health his plans to appoint two additional full time consultant neurologists with a special interest in migraine at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [29101/16]

Local Authority Housing Data

Denise Mitchell

26. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 47,000 social housing units detailed in pillar two of rebuilding Ireland, by local authority and year of delivery. [28710/16]

Local Authority Staff Data

Denise Mitchell

47. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of additional staff provided to each local authority housing department in 2015 and 2016, broken down by salary grade and function; and if he will provide a similar breakdown of all pending requests for local authority housing departments. [28711/16]

Fines Data

Denise Mitchell

170. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the fines that were issued in 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date to persons for abandoning pets. [25959/16]

Student Data

Denise Mitchell

501. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who completed the leaving certificate in a school (details supplied) in 2016; and the number who went on to further education. [26171/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Denise Mitchell

680. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have applied for domiciliary care allowance over the past four years; the number of people refused this allowance over this period; the number of decisions taken to the courts by these persons, if any; and to provide a breakdown on the different medical conditions of those applying and the medical conditions of those refused the allowance. [24391/16]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Denise Mitchell

1401. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the reason the speech and language therapist is being taken from a child and adolescent mental health service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25960/16]

Airport Development Projects

Denise Mitchell

1750. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an environmental impact assessment was conducted by the Dublin Airport Authority in relation to the maintenance work on a runway at Dublin Airport. [24581/16]

Inland Fisheries Ireland

Denise Mitchell

753. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the rationale for Inland Fisheries Ireland to cease all fish farm operations. [23755/16]

Tax Code

Denise Mitchell

148. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if he met with the IDA and discussed its recommendation to cut income tax rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22025/16]

Departmental Reviews

Denise Mitchell

396. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the determinations of the interdepartmental working group viewing the increased incidence of workers being classified as self-employed but not possessing the features of self-employment; and the impact this has on tax and PRSI payments. [21940/16]

Medical Aids and Appliances Applications

Denise Mitchell

569. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still on the waiting list for a new wheelchair; and when they will receive same. [22024/16]

Social Insurance

Denise Mitchell

151. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the proposal in the programme for Government that employers' pay related social insurance will be cut in the event of the minimum wage rising for low income workers. [21577/16]

General Medical Services Scheme Administration

Denise Mitchell

41. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the progress being made in the ongoing negotiations with the Irish Medical Organisation on a new general medical services, GMS, contract; if the National Association of General Practitioners will be included in the ongoing negotiations for a new GMS contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20940/16]

Departmental Agencies

Denise Mitchell

96. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if his Department conducted or is in the process of conducting financial audits of section 38 and 39 funded agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20941/16]

Waste Management Regulations

Denise Mitchell

336. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a waste collection company (details provided) are currently cancelling current consumer contracts and placing a new yearly charge on consumers; and his views on these actions. [21129/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Data

Denise Mitchell

408. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection why the report on the impact of reduced jobseeker payment rates for jobseekers aged 18 to 25 years of age has not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21238/16]

Supplementary Welfare Allowance

Denise Mitchell

409. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for the considerable drop in payments under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, formerly the community welfare officers budget; and if there has been a change in policy to initiate the drop in payments. [21271/16]

National Museum

Denise Mitchell

460. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for choosing the National Museum of Ireland for sittings of Seanad Éireann; and if the possible impact on educational programmes, is accounted for in this selection. [21337/16]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Denise Mitchell

274. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes she has made to the schemes applied by her Department whereby from August 2016 a group (details supplied) will not be able to accept infants under two years of age. [18916/16]

Local Government Fund

Denise Mitchell

27. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will offer compensation from the Local Government Fund in 2017 as was offered in 2016; the amount he will offer by local authority, in tabular form; if not, the funding deficit that each local authority will have to address; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18505/16]

Ministerial Meetings

Denise Mitchell

48. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to report on his recent meeting with the Local Authority Members Association, LAMA; his position on the group's demands (details supplied); and if he will give LAMA a place on the Local Government Reform Committee. [18504/16]

Garda Strength

Denise Mitchell

67. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of Garda Síochána numbers in Ballymun and Santry stations by year for each of the years 2010 to 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18350/16]

Schools Building Projects

Denise Mitchell

141. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied). [18347/16]

Regeneration Projects

Denise Mitchell

165. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to compensate for the cessation of the Ballymun social regeneration fund in 2017. [18352/16]

Local Authority Expenditure

Denise Mitchell

211. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for a breakdown of expenditure during the Ballymun regeneration programme. [18348/16]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Denise Mitchell

212. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the definition of anti-social behaviour for council tenants; and his plans to add domestic violence to that description in the future. [18349/16]

Road Safety

Denise Mitchell

527. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review traffic safety on Jamestown Road (details supplied). [18351/16]