Parliamentary questions

Health Services Data

Joe Carey

14. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the number of west and north Clare persons, and their age bracket, being catered for by dialysis in the home, at University Hospital Galway and at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35557/15]

RAPID Programme

Joe Carey

329. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students living in, or from, the defined RAPID area of Ennis in County Clare who are attending, or who have attended, third level education for the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive, and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36901/15]

Road Traffic Legislation

Joe Carey

353. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce regulations or legislation governing the use of rickshaws, trikes and other novelty-type vehicles; if so, if he will provide a timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36917/15]

Departmental Staff Grades

Joe Carey

43. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the scenario whereby a person (details supplied) in County Clare is outside of the incremental pay scales with respect to working in the Civil Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36699/15]

EU Funding

Joe Carey

45. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received in 2015 to date by her Department under the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived programme; when she will approve these individual schemes to proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36676/15]

Flood Prevention Measures

Joe Carey

58. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the use of tyres in flood defence works, particularly given their use in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36737/15]

Forestry Sector

Joe Carey

66. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department requires repayment of €6,545.45, including both annual premium and establishment grant, on a forestry contract (details supplied) from the landowner, when a third party forestry company is in receipt of the actual establishment grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36685/15]

Forestry Sector

Joe Carey

67. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason all Department payments, including payments under the Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Clare, are suspended and withheld while a Forestry appeal is ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36688/15]

Single Payment Scheme Appeals

Joe Carey

68. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive the outcome of an appeal under the 2014 single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36700/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Joe Carey

113. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health when a medical procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36684/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Appeals

Joe Carey

343. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress of an appeal by persons (details supplied) in County Clare under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36040/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Appeals

Joe Carey

344. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36041/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Joe Carey

533. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 6 October 2015, when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be provided with an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36648/15]

Rural Development Programme

Joe Carey

212. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects that Leader funding will be available to community groups in County Clare, under the new rural development programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35049/15]

Counselling Services Provision

Joe Carey

125. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the necessary funding to re-establish the scheme of grants for marriage, child and bereavement counselling services, as previously administered by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34823/15]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Joe Carey

489. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the position in relation to the recruitment of a permanent full-time consultant endocrinologist to University Hospital Limerick, to support the care and treatment of children under six years of age with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34061/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Joe Carey

525. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive another appointment for surgery following a number of cancellations; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34341/15]

State Airports

Joe Carey

24. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the positive effect the national aviation policy will have on Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31802/15]

Public Transport Provision

Joe Carey

151. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the restriction of a licence applied to a bus company (details supplied) with respect to picking up passengers from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. travelling between Ennis and Arthur's Quay, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32381/15]

Road Signage

Joe Carey

153. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Transport Infrastructure Ireland, formerly the National Roads Authority, to provide directional signage at Shannon Airport and right along the M18 to the Wild Atlantic Way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32417/15]

Farm Household Incomes

Joe Carey

551. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he has submitted to the Department of Finance to deal with income volatility for farmers as it pertains to income tax owed, especially dairy farmers in the context of the published national farm survey average dairy farm income figure of €68,887 for 2014 and an estimated Teagasc figure of between €35,000 and €40,000 for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32147/15]

Hospital Services

Joe Carey

1097. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 20 January 2015, his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the insulin pump programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31963/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Joe Carey

1236. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for additional devolved grant funding by a school (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31033/15]

Rural Recreation Policy

Joe Carey

1687. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a walking trail (details supplied) in County Clare will be made safe and reopened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31065/15]

Milk Quota Data

Joe Carey

372. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that has been collected early by Irish co-operatives in milk super levy moneys from October 2014 to March 2015; his plans for redistributing these moneys should a farmer now wish to avail of the instalment scheme for the payment of the 2014-15 super levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28287/15]

Hospital Services

Joe Carey

524. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the position regarding access to specialist after-care services for all kidney and pancreas transplant patients; the position regarding the continuation of the specialist outpatient clinic at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9, following the retirement of a consultant surgeon (details supplied); if a consultant nephrologist has been appointed to fill this post; if so, when the clinic will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28296/15]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Joe Carey

812. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views, in light of the significant change to net pay with the specific introduction of pension contributions, that the gross pay of public servants is still used to determine qualification for a third-level grant for the child of a public servant, and whether this fact has been factored into the determination of the financial thresholds for qualification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28983/15]

Superlevy Fine

Joe Carey

134. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the terms and conditions for the instalment scheme for the payment of the 2014-2015 super levy, as presented by his Department in June 2015, are being followed by all milk purchasers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28022/15]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Joe Carey

103. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27892/15]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Joe Carey

204. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for a family on family income supplement to avail of a third level education grant despite that family's gross income being in excess of the published cut-off limits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27890/15]

Central Bank of Ireland Expenditure

Joe Carey

142. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Finance the payments made by the Central Bank of Ireland to Ernst and Young for the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27468/15]

National Standards Authority of Ireland

Joe Carey

171. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is aware of the long delays in securing independent verification agency certification for new vehicles; the number of applications received for such certification, and processed, from January to June 2015; the average length of time taken to process such applications in these months; the steps he intends to take to reduce the processing times associated with securing this certification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27402/15]

Garda Vetting Applications

Joe Carey

233. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for Garda Síochána vetting will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27167/15]

Student Universal Support Ireland Administration

Joe Carey

515. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the anomaly whereby a person may be in receipt of family income support, but because of gross income limits as applied by Student Universal Support Ireland, may not qualify to have a child or children covered for a third level education grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27489/15]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Joe Carey

272. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to a Topical Issue debate of 3 December 2014 on a project (details supplied) in County Clare, if the tendering process is completed; if the tender has been awarded; the reason for the delay in commencing work; when is it envisaged that work will commence; the contract duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25802/15]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Joe Carey

528. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to deal with class teaching resources for schools where the class pupil numbers range from 30 to 34 and 35 to 39; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25957/15]

Social Welfare Application Forms

Joe Carey

71. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will withdraw the revised application forms issued by her Department and replace them with the previous issue of forms, where payment at the post office was the first option given and no recommendation was made on the application form as to the best payment option; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25541/15]

Animal Identification Schemes

Joe Carey

112. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the function the herd register continues to perform for an Irish farmer, and for his Department, in view of the operation of the animal identification and movement system and the cattle movement monitoring system; the reason it is considered as a breach, and with respect to its operation and maintenance, can lead to possible penalties, following on from farm inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25548/15]

Banking Sector Staff

Joe Carey

232. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Finance his views and those of his Department in respect to the plans by Allied Irish Banks to transfer application and development management to a third-party service provider in the context of consumer service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24604/15]

Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme

Joe Carey

31. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the various initiatives funded by her Department that support the restoration of built heritage projects; her views on the success of the built heritage jobs leverage scheme; if she will extend that scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23939/15]

Historic Towns Initiative

Joe Carey

39. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details on the historic towns initiative, and the way funding support was allocated under this scheme; the cost of this initiative; the total number of projects supported; if she will consider extending this initiative to other towns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23553/15]

Flood Relief Schemes

Joe Carey

293. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 10 February 2015, if he will provide a further update in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23305/15]

Flood Relief Schemes

Joe Carey

294. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23306/15]

National Monuments

Joe Carey

295. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update in relation to the completion of a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23324/15]

National Monuments

Joe Carey

296. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the provision of signage in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23330/15]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Joe Carey

349. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in a payment under the agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; when the applicant may expect to be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23081/15]

Agriculture Scheme Eligibility

Joe Carey

353. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position with respect to the allocation of entitlements under the old young farmers criteria, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23134/15]

One-Parent Family Payment Payments

Joe Carey

255. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in view of the phased nature of changes to the lone parent's allowance since 2012, whether the full impact of the changes has been considered with respect to the current position of more common zero-hours employment contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22284/15]

Child Care Services Data

Joe Carey

256. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the additional child care facilities and subvention that have been put in place for single parents since the phased changes to the qualification for the one-parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22286/15]

Tax Relief Eligibility

Joe Carey

341. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend a property tax incentive to larger towns, similar to that offered by the Living City Initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22250/15]