Parliamentary questions

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

137. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the continued inequality in teachers' pay and for the delay in reviewing pay for teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10741/16]

Health Services

Mary Lou McDonald

187. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health why he and the Health Service Executive did not send a representative to the International Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Symposium in New York in the United States of America especially given that 25 British delegates attended. [10906/16]

Health Services

Mary Lou McDonald

188. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he and the Health Service Executive intend to send a medical representative to the Baltimore, Maryland Conference in the United States of America in July 2016 where the findings of the Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Symposium will be formally delivered. [10907/16]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Mary Lou McDonald

189. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive, via the TAS, advises applicants who suffer from Ehlers Danlos Syndrome that they are not eligible for cover to travel abroad for treatment on the basis that treatment is available in Ireland, given that the Executive has stated that following its patient consultation process in 2014 it compiled a submission which was part of the 2016 Estimates process but was not selected for funding, thus acknowledging the need for a specialised consultant-led team for patients suffering from this Syndrome, yet in contrast applications via the European Directive are refused to patients on the basis that the referring consultant must be of the same speciality and there is no specialist in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10908/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

Mary Lou McDonald

190. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health his plans to update the eligible illnesses under the long term illness scheme, including adding Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. [10909/16]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

320. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 405 and 406 of 26 April 2016, the date of the first time Bus Éireann informed his Department and the subsequent dates in each year since 2005 that it had made no profit from school transport in a particular financial year, in tabular form, and to clarify his understanding of the definition of profit in answering my question. [10472/16]

Mental Health Services

Mary Lou McDonald

112. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for assessment with the child and adolescent mental health services. [8746/16]

Garda Vetting Applications

Mary Lou McDonald

32. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda Síochána clearance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8563/16]

Dietary Allowance Administration

Mary Lou McDonald

82. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the diet supplement, by primary social protection payment, and by county; and the cost of the supplement from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form. [8419/16]

Dietary Allowance Administration

Mary Lou McDonald

83. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have lost their entitlement to the diet supplement, by reason and by county since 2011, in tabular form. [8420/16]

Home Care Packages Data

Mary Lou McDonald

319. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if there is a target or preferred length of time for persons who are due to leave hospital and are availing of home care packages to return home upon discharge; and the number of persons who exceed these targets and remain in hospital, by length of time and by hospital, in tabular form. [8362/16]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

405. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 551 and 552 of 15 December 2015, if she will confirm the first time Bus Éireann informed her Department that it made no profit from school transport services for a particular financial year, and the dates for each year thereafter that it stated it made no profit from school transport since 2005; the date that her Department made any decisions in respect of procurement of school transport services, based on the fact that Bus Éireann stated in writing that it made no profit from school transport; and the meaning of the word "profit" outlined in her reply. [8410/16]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

406. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if surplus revenue received by Bus Éireann for providing the school transport services was accounted for in the Bus Éireann Annual Report and Financial Statements; if it was stated or co-mingled with other information, as a net surplus or deficit and-or profit; if these sums form part of any surplus taken into account in the calculations for the annual balance sheet, and if so, for which years since 1997. [8411/16]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Mary Lou McDonald

317. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 and the reason for the delay in this person receiving an appointment. [7510/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mary Lou McDonald

332. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will receive a hospital appointment. [7566/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Lou McDonald

374. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the details of patients on waiting lists for the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital for outpatient appointments, inpatient procedures and other lists who have been waiting for six months, 12 months, one year, two years and more than two years, broken down by speciality, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7818/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

703. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in assessing a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 for dyslexia; and when they will receive a date for their assessment. [6825/16]

Health Services Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

482. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in assessing a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 for a condition; and when this person will receive a date for an assessment. [5678/16]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Mary Lou McDonald

529. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the case of a person (detail supplied) in County Cork who is suffering from a condition; why the person was refused treatment abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5931/16]

Voluntary Housing Sector

Mary Lou McDonald

764. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that a housing association (details supplied) is increasing the rent for a number of its residents; if he will intervene on this matter as he did in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5976/16]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Mary Lou McDonald

80. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a financial statement for Caranua for the year 2015 including a breakdown of the moneys spent in 2015. [4535/16]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Mary Lou McDonald

81. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that remains in Caranua's fund. [4536/16]

Hospitals Discharges

Mary Lou McDonald

295. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has not been discharged from St. Vincent's Hospital in County Dublin; the length of time this person has been medically ready to be discharged; what the hospital is doing to ensure that the person's discharge to a family member pending placement in appropriate nursing home care and that this is arranged as soon as is medically appropriate. [3949/16]

Public Service Vehicles

Mary Lou McDonald

578. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of complaints made to the National Transport Authority and to Transport for Ireland against taxi drivers, by category of complaint, by number of drivers against whom complaints were made, by number of enforcement actions as per category of complaint, by number and type of prosecution, by number of drivers licences revoked, by number of staff dealing directly with complaints by year since 2013, under section 64 of the Taxi Regulations Act 2013. [4102/16]

Road Safety

Mary Lou McDonald

586. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations and legislation in place to govern the use of rickshaws on public roads in County Dublin and in other urban centres; and the action he has taken to ensure that rickshaws are licensed, taxed and adhere to proper road safety standards. [4325/16]

Sports Capital Programme Administration

Mary Lou McDonald

367. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide sports capital funding in 2016; when he will announce details of same; when the process will open and close; and the amount money that will be allocated in 2016. [3488/16]

Home Care Packages Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

320. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 is being refused additional home care package hours despite being moved into independent living in 2014; his policy on supporting persons with disabilities in independent living; and if it is adequate to provide a person with the same level of home care hours when living with a family as when living independently. [2814/16]

Schools Refurbishment

Mary Lou McDonald

404. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding has been approved, tenders completed and contractors appointed for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; why she has not yet issued the letter to approve the commencement of works, given the length of time teachers, pupils and parents have been waiting for them to start; when this letter will issue; and when the works will commence. [2711/16]

Human Rights Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

133. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if An Taoiseach has referred a case (details supplied) to him; the steps he is taking to address the issues involved; why he has not made any contact with the family involved and to indicate when he will meet this family. [2651/16]

Irish Water Administration

Mary Lou McDonald

50. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will extend the remit of the Ombudsman to include all companies in public ownership. [2081/16]

Health Services Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

53. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his discussions with the Department of Health regarding expenditure on health. [2082/16]

Tender Advisory Service

Mary Lou McDonald

56. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of complaints made by small and medium enterprises to the Tender Advisory Service since it was launched in February 2015; the nature of the complaints, concerns and issues raised and which of them were the most common; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1946/16]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mary Lou McDonald

57. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which, in all public procurement processes, accessibility is considered, given that users have differing capabilities and that users' abilities may be impaired, either permanently or temporarily, by various physical, intellectual, sensory or mental health disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1947/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

60. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public sector posts, including posts in commercial State companies and posts as Government advisers, that he has approved a breach of a pay-cap for. [1949/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility

Mary Lou McDonald

230. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why a family (details supplied) in Dublin 22 is at risk of losing the family home, given that, as former local authority tenants, its members wish to purchase the home from the local authority to prevent them from becoming homeless; why they have been told that his Department will not allow the purchase of the local authority home; his views that a couple in their 60s who have worked and paid taxes their entire lives are faced with homelessness as they approach retirement; and if he will intervene to assist the family in remaining in their home as council tenants. [1583/16]

Stability and Growth Pact

Mary Lou McDonald

185. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance if under European Union fiscal rules the required annual structural budget balance improvement for Ireland from 2016 must be at least 0.5% each year and that the higher levels of adjustment contained in the Government's fiscal plan for each year from 2016 to 2021 is a policy choice made by Government rather than a requirement under the fiscal rules. [46703/15]

Stability and Growth Pact

Mary Lou McDonald

186. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance the gross and net fiscal space available to the Government for each year from 2016 to 2021 if the structural balance improvement is maintained at 0.5% per year from 2016 to 2021. [46704/15]

Special Educational Needs Staffing

Mary Lou McDonald

587. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health why a child (details supplied) in County Dublin is losing an entitlement to a special needs assistant, SNA; if he will reinstate the child's SNA hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46701/15]

Special Educational Needs Staffing

Mary Lou McDonald

588. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health why a child (details supplied) in County Dublin is losing an entitlement to a special needs assistant, SNA; if he will reinstate the child's SNA hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46702/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

754. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for students in secondary schools who suffer from dyslexia, memory impairments and severe receptive speech issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46586/15]

Education Policy

Mary Lou McDonald

761. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been refused an exemption from learning Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46664/15]

Public Sector Pensions Levy

Mary Lou McDonald

197. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full-year cost of ceasing public service pension reductions with effect from 1 January 2016. [46032/15]

Unemployment Data

Mary Lou McDonald

72. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the number of persons categorised as not in employment, education or training who are resident in the areas covered by the Clondalkin and Tallaght social protection offices. [45340/15]

European Globalisation Fund

Mary Lou McDonald

135. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons categorised as not in employment, education or training from the Tallaght and Clondalkin social protection office areas who have been referred to the Lufthansa Technik European globalisation adjustment fund programme to date, the criteria by which these persons were selected, the future plans to refer more of these persons to the fund to ensure the maximum level of their participation in the programme. [45341/15]

Property Tax Yield

Mary Lou McDonald

162. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of the local property tax revenue the Revenue Commissioners retain and the percentage passed on to the local authorities if a property is in arrears; the percentage of the local property tax, including arrears and penalties; when collected, that the Revenue Commissioners retain; and the percentage passed on to the local authorities. [45352/15]

Sale of State Assets

Mary Lou McDonald

170. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list all State-owned companies or companies that the State has had shares in that have been sold in the past five years and in the past ten years, and list them in tabular form. [44740/15]

Sale of State Assets

Mary Lou McDonald

171. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list, in tabular form, all State-owned companies and companies that the State has shares in. [44741/15]

Sports Facilities Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

175. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 299 of 17 November 2015, if he or the Office of Public Works have received correspondence from South Dublin County Council regarding the acquisition of lands (details supplied) by way of a deed of waiver and assistance in expediting this request as a matter of urgency to assist the council in providing a sports facilities for the local community. [44849/15]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

176. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full-year cost of the full restoration of financial emergency measures in the public interest reductions, pension-related deductions and pay deductions in respect of employees earning €65,000 or less in pay bands of €5,000. [44920/15]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

191. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full-year cost of the full restoration of financial emergency measures in the public interest reductions, pension-related deductions and pay deductions in respect of employees earning €110,000 or less in pay bands of €5,000 to €65,001. [45418/15]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Mary Lou McDonald

406. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the reason for the lengthy delay in a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 receiving an appointment at Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin for emergency surgery; and when a date for the surgery will be provided. [44918/15]

European Globalisation Fund

Mary Lou McDonald

508. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the additional specialised programmes she provides as part of the Lufthansa Technik European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, EGF, programme in Rathcoole in County Dublin. [45342/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

511. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 is receiving an allocation of special needs assistant hours appropriate to the diagnosed special needs. [44702/15]

Schools Building Projects Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

515. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 506 to 508, inclusive, of 24 November 2015, the status of the proposal from Castlethorn Construction regarding the provision of a sports hall and community centre at Adamstown community college in Lucan in County Dublin, including when she will make a decision on this proposal and if she will update the delegation of parents from the school with whom she recently discussed this the provision of this important facility. [44714/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Mary Lou McDonald

516. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time Castlethorn Construction was given by the education and training board to build the sports hall and community centre at Adamstown community college in Lucan in County Dublin from the start date of the original contract, and if, when and by how long the original completion date was extended. [44715/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

520. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistant hours allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [44794/15]

European Globalisation Fund

Mary Lou McDonald

530. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish the EGF applications for Lufthansa Technik and PWA International Limited in Rathcoole in County Dublin or make them available to Teachtaí Dála. [45144/15]

European Globalisation Fund

Mary Lou McDonald

531. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills why only 200 persons categorised as not in employment, education or training were detailed in the Lufthansa Technik EGF application, when the European Commission rules allow for a maximum of one such person per redundant worker, if she will allow the Lufthansa Technik EGF programme to increase the number of persons who can participate in the programme to 424. [45145/15]

European Globalisation Fund

Mary Lou McDonald

546. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projected or estimated expenditure to date for the Lufthansa Technik EGF programme in Rathcoole in County Dublin. [45343/15]

European Globalisation Fund

Mary Lou McDonald

547. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the EGF service stakeholders for the Lufthansa Technik Programme in Rathcoole in County Dublin are required to submit projected or estimated expenditure to the European Globalisation Fund unit, the details of these provided to date. [45344/15]

European Globalisation Fund

Mary Lou McDonald

548. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of expenditure claims submitted by the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund service stakeholders for the Lufthansa Technik programme in Rathcoole in County Dublin; and the value of these claims. [45345/15]

European Globalisation Fund

Mary Lou McDonald

549. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills to add an additional EGF stakeholder group in all existing and future funding programmes for the community and voluntary sector, to provide an additional avenue to ensure the maximum level of participation in current and future programmes, particularly from those classified as not in employment, education or training. [45346/15]

European Globalisation Fund

Mary Lou McDonald

550. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the additional specialised programmes being provided by the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire education and training programme as part of the Lufthansa Technik EGF programme. [45347/15]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

551. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 18 September 2013 and with reference to a request to publish the Farrell Grant Sparks, FGS, report of 2009 that was published in redacted form on 16 April 2014, if she will clarify that Bus Éireann does not make a profit from the school transport scheme, considering that the FGS report mentions, on page 150, a discarded option full cost recovery with no profit allocation. [45355/15]

School Transport Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

552. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to my Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 18 September 2013 and with reference to her statement regarding a signed confidentiality agreement, if she will provide the date Farrell Grant Sparks, FGS, commenced work on redactions, the date it completed its work on reaching an agreement with Bus Éireann and on making agreed redactions to the FGS report so that it could be published; the date that Bus Éireann first indicated that it was satisfied with the agreed redactions; the date of the FGS invoice for payment; the date and amount paid to FGS for agreeing the redactions; the date it was first decided to publish the FGS report; the date that her Department’s officials became aware that the freedom of information decision maker in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform decided that it was going to provide access to the FGS report in redacted form; the date Bus Éireann first became aware that the FGS report was going to be published on 16 April 2014; if she will explain the circumstances surroundings its publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45356/15]

Private Rented Accommodation Price Controls

Mary Lou McDonald

563. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a private rental tenant who has been in a tenancy for more than 12 months and who has not had a rent review since 2014 will be subject to a rent review in 2016, subject to the period between rent reviews being no less than 24 months. [44848/15]

Health Services Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

130. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a headstrong jigsaw site in the north inner city of Dublin following from a meeting held with an organisation (details supplied) in summer 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44352/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

171. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is losing an entitlement to a special needs assistant; if she will reinstate the person's special needs assistance hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44341/15]

Home Care Packages Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

357. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health why the home care package hours of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 were not increased when the person moved into independent living accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43572/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Mary Lou McDonald

470. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills when construction work will begin and be completed on a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43537/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Mary Lou McDonald

495. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the funding and building of St. Thomas's national school in Lucan, County Dublin, including the amount of funding allocated from the current capital programme, the stage that planning is at and when the works will be completed. [43753/15]

Third Level Fees

Mary Lou McDonald

522. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a fee waiver for independently managed community education providers for Quality and Qualifications Ireland re-engagement. [43954/15]

Third Level Fees

Mary Lou McDonald

523. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills why organisations already accredited by the four bodies that are being amalgamated into Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, are being asked to apply for accreditation with QQI, thereby having to pay an additional fee, and if she will waive this fee. [43955/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

525. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills why the resource hours of a person (details supplied) were withdrawn at the start of this school year and if these will be re-instated for the coming school year. [43957/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

526. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills why a person with multiple special needs (details supplied) in Dublin 22 was not allocated a special needs assistant at the start of this school year and if she will consider providing this allocation to the person for the coming school year. [43958/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

527. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which persons with multiple diagnoses are assessed for resource hours or special needs assistants and if a person with the following diagnoses (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will be allocated resource hours or a special needs assistant on the grounds of the multiple diagnosis. [43959/15]

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Certification

Mary Lou McDonald

529. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills why the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund funded training courses are not recognised by SOLAS and if she will reconsider this policy. [43964/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

532. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is losing an entitlement to a special needs assistant; if she will re-instate this entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44029/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

533. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 against the withdrawal of resource hours for the current school year and why the original deciding officer is overseeing the appeal despite this being in contravention of the National Council for Special Education rules. [44031/15]

Departmental Funding

Mary Lou McDonald

42. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the envisaged spend on health infrastructure as proposed under Building on Recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40610/15]

Foreign Adoptions

Mary Lou McDonald

363. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to facilitate the adoption of orphans from Syria as part of the Government's participation in the European Union's refugee resettlement programme. [42361/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

498. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will be provided with a place at a school that meets that person's special needs. [42364/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

499. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide sufficient resources to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin to ensure that it can cater for all the children with special needs who are on its waiting list for a placement in 2016. [42365/15]

Schools Building Projects Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

506. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills for details of the contractor she funded to build Adamstown Community College in Lucan in County Dublin, and the cost for the provision of this school. [41620/15]

Construction Contracts

Mary Lou McDonald

507. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the contract between the Education and Training Board and Castlethorn for the provision of a sports hall and community centre at Adamstown Community College which was funded by her Department; the cost to her Department and to the board for the sale of the land from Castlethorn; the moneys she and the board have paid to date to Castlethorn for the purchase of this site; any additional payment agreed for the building of the sports hall and community centre; and the date by which these facilities were to be provided under the terms of the contract. [41621/15]

Construction Contracts

Mary Lou McDonald

508. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she or the Education and Training Board are taking legal action against Castlethorn for its failure to meet the terms of its contract to build the sports hall and community centre at Adamstown Community College in Lucan in County Dublin; and if the board sought her approval or guidance, prior to taking this legal action. [41622/15]

Construction Contracts

Mary Lou McDonald

509. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills in the absence of an agreement between her Department, the Education and Training Board and Castlethorn for the provision of the sports hall and community centre at Adamstown Community College in Lucan in County Dublin, and in the context of a possible lengthy legal action by the board against Castlethorn, if she will directly fund, or co-fund with South Dublin County Council, the provision of the sports hall and community centre at this location. [41623/15]

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

2. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out in monetary terms the income, including pension-related benefits, to be reinstated to current and former Ministers under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill, FEMPI, 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40796/15]

Public Procurement Regulations

Mary Lou McDonald

5. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the guidelines in place to ensure best practice in public procurement; the oversights that exist in the process of the awarding of Government contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40797/15]

Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses

Mary Lou McDonald

14. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has given consideration to the inclusion of a social clause in capital public procurement projects to the value of €1 million or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40611/15]

Public Procurement Contracts Data

Mary Lou McDonald

24. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the indicators that exist to measure the participation of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in public procurement; if there are targets for the participation of these enterprises in public procurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40612/15]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

89. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the gains to public sector workers' incomes (details supplied) under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41097/15]

Public Sector Staff

Mary Lou McDonald

90. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to impose additional reductions in pay, and changes to working terms and conditions, on those public sector workers who are members of unions who have not signed up to the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41098/15]

Public Sector Staff Grades

Mary Lou McDonald

91. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he has in place to improve the representation of women in higher civil service grades above assistant principal officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41099/15]

Freedom of Information Data

Mary Lou McDonald

42. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of information requests made to the National Asset Management Agency; of the number submitted, the number that were denied or rejected; the reasons for their denial or rejection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40613/15]

Office of Public Works Properties

Mary Lou McDonald

229. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has responsibility for a parcel of land (details supplied) in Dublin 22; why the legal process initiated by South Dublin County Council a number of years ago to acquire the lands by way of a deed of waiver has not yet been completed; and if he will expedite this transfer, as a matter of urgency. [40260/15]

Health Services Access

Mary Lou McDonald

413. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs report will be released to the parents of a person (details supplied) as it is delaying that person's access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40414/15]

Health Services Access

Mary Lou McDonald

414. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with the early intervention team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40415/15]

Schools Building Contractors

Mary Lou McDonald

515. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the contract between the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB) and Castlethorn Construction to build the Adamstown community college and adjoining sports hall in Lucan in County Dublin was a public private partnership; the details of the original funding agreement between her Department, the DDLETB and the contractor; the amount of central government funding agreed for this project; the portion of this funding that has been drawn down to date by the DDLETB, and paid to the contractor; the reason the adjoining sports hall has not been built; her views on whether the original terms of the contract between the DDLETB and Castlethorn have been breached; if penalties were incurred, and if so, by whom; the efforts she is making to ensure the completion of this project; and her views on whether it is acceptable that a school, as large as this, has been left for such a long time with no adequate sports facility. [40229/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Mary Lou McDonald

516. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding to complete the sports hall at Adamstown community college in Lucan in County Dublin in 2016. [40230/15]