Parliamentary questions

Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility

Pat the Cope Gallagher

254. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review of part-time and seasonal workers entitlements to jobseeker's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15363/17]

Mental Health Services Staff

Pat the Cope Gallagher

372. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the contract of nurses due to retire if they are willing to continue working; if he will consider re-engaging any nurse who has already retired if he or she is willing to be re-employed, particularly in the context of current staff shortages in the nursing profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15240/17]

Hospital Services

Pat the Cope Gallagher

373. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting lists for services, procedures and operations at Letterkenny University Hospital; the number of services, procedures and operations cancelled over the period from 1 January 2016 to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15241/17]

Hospital Services

Pat the Cope Gallagher

374. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if the full review of the three community hospitals (details supplied) in County Donegal has been completed; if funding has been put in place for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15242/17]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Data

Pat the Cope Gallagher

375. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Donegal who have benefited from the National Treatment Purchase Fund over the period from 2016 to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15243/17]

Home Help Service Data

Pat the Cope Gallagher

376. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours being provided at present in County Donegal directly through the HSE and by private contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15244/17]

Hospital Staff

Pat the Cope Gallagher

377. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a second breast cancer surgeon has been appointed on a permanent basis at Letterkenny University Hospital; if all necessary medical staff are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15245/17]

Hospital Staff

Pat the Cope Gallagher

378. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if a second endocrinologist, an additional diabetic nurse specialist and a dietician have been appointed at Letterkenny University Hospital; if all necessary medical staff are in place in that service to deal with patient demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15246/17]

Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects

Pat the Cope Gallagher

560. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the allocation of €10,595,000 made to Donegal County Council in January 2017 by Transport Infrastructure Ireland and his Department; if he will further confirm an additional allocation of €17 million made by his Department as reported in the local press on 20 March 2017 (details supplied) for Donegal County Council including a further grant of €12 million for the N56 at Glenties; when works on the N56 phase 3 will commence in view of the additional budget announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15300/17]

Hospital Services

Pat the Cope Gallagher

1004. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the electro encephalogen service has been reduced from a four day to a two day service in Sligo University Hospital since May 2016; his plans to return it to a four day service and to increase it to a five day service, in view of the fact that this hospital is servicing the west Mayo, north west regions and the Border counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14106/17]

Proposed Legislation

Pat the Cope Gallagher

20. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for publishing the Sea Fisheries Bill; the timeframe for its introduction; if he will provide an overview of its content and its impact on the sea fisheries sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12359/17]

Legislative Programme

Pat the Cope Gallagher

26. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for publishing the sea fisheries Bill; if the Bill will deal with the penalty points issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12358/17]

Medical Card Eligibility

Pat the Cope Gallagher

241. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce medical cards for the children of parents in receipt of domiciliary care allowance; if primary legislation is required to allow this; if so, the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11113/17]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Pat the Cope Gallagher

242. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans for the appointment of a second endocrinologist at Letterkenny General Hospital; if no changes occurred in the staffing of the endocrinologist services at Letterkenny in a specific time period (details supplied) in either the treatment of adult patients or children; if the service is appropriately staffed for the demands placed on it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11114/17]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

Pat the Cope Gallagher

243. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans to extend the long-term illness scheme to include those persons who currently suffer from Crohn’s disease and asthma, in view of the fact that currently they are not covered by this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11115/17]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

Pat the Cope Gallagher

306. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an areas of natural constraint, ANC, payment will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11073/17]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

Pat the Cope Gallagher

320. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an areas of natural constraint, ANC, payment will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11175/17]

Educational Disadvantage

Pat the Cope Gallagher

50. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the non-inclusion of certain schools in County Donegal that were unsuccessful in obtaining DEIS status following the recent designation; the process used in determining the designations and the appeals mechanism open to those unsuccessful schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10121/17]

Educational Disadvantage

Pat the Cope Gallagher

51. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the non-inclusion of certain schools for DEIS designation while at the same time designating adjoining schools within the same communities and districts; the appeals processes open to the school authorities regarding their failure to obtain DEIS status; his plans for further designations in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10122/17]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Pat the Cope Gallagher

373. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to bring all local authority owned rental property up to an acceptable energy rating standard (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9974/17]