Parliamentary questions

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Dessie Ellis

22. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of his plan to end the use of hotels, bed and breakfasts and similar accommodation for homeless persons; if his targets are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45103/17]

Public Private Partnerships Data

Dessie Ellis

28. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the housing PPPs; the timeframe for their delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45104/17]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Dessie Ellis

399. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the entitlement to invalidity pension for the self-employed will become operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44966/17]

Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration

Dessie Ellis

109. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills if special provision will be made for those special needs assistants on income supports who took part in his Department's July provision and are not already in full-time employment in order that payment for this July work for such SNAs will be made promptly and not in November as is currently the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44182/17]

Health Services Funding

Dessie Ellis

136. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to private rehabilitation beds and nursing homes from the health budget due to lack of bed spaces in the National Rehabilitation Hospital. [44122/17]

Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data

Dessie Ellis

143. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for wheelchairs waiting zero to three months, three to six months, six to 12 months and longer than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44141/17]

HSE Data

Dessie Ellis

144. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the procurement process used by the HSE to acquire wheelchairs; the names of the suppliers of wheelchairs including specialist wheelchairs to the HSE; the types of wheelchairs supplied to the HSE; the cost to the HSE of each type of wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44142/17]

Occupational Therapy Staff

Dessie Ellis

387. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health when a replacement for the occupational therapist for the Finglas area, who is on maternity leave, will be put in place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43921/17]

Drug Treatment Programmes

Dessie Ellis

396. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce suboxone for the treatment of narcotic addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43952/17]

Drug and Alcohol Task Forces

Dessie Ellis

397. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the allocation of funding that each of the local drugs and alcohol task forces received, in tabular form. [43953/17]

Emergency Accommodation Data

Dessie Ellis

601. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing and family hubs in Dublin to date in 2017; the location of each; the number of housing and family hubs planned for the remainder of 2017 for Dublin; the proposed locations of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41301/17]

Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

602. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of elderly persons' apartments unoccupied in complexes for elderly persons, for example, those in Glasanaon Court and Mellowes Court, Finglas; if such empty bedsits or apartments can be renovated to a standard to accommodate the large number of elderly persons awaiting accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41302/17]

Workplace Safety

Dessie Ellis

67. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to serious design flaws in the loading bays at the new Poolbeg incinerator (details supplied), and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35238/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Dessie Ellis

701. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided a date for surgery. [35115/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Dessie Ellis

480. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of inpatient beds and procedure beds in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33605/17]

Hospital Procedures

Dessie Ellis

481. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the number of outpatient hospital cancellations and the procedures cancelled from 2009 to date for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33606/17]

Hospital Services

Dessie Ellis

482. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of patients outsourced; the procedures for which the patients were outsourced; and the location to which patients were outsourced to from 2009 to present from Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33607/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Dessie Ellis

483. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of persons on trollies from 2009 to date in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33608/17]

Hospital Services

Dessie Ellis

484. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the waiting times for each hospital department from 2009 to present for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33609/17]

Hospital Services

Dessie Ellis

485. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of emergency department attendances from 2009 to date for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33610/17]

Hospital Groups

Dessie Ellis

486. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the capital spend for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33611/17]

Hospitals Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

487. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the operational spend at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33612/17]

Hospitals Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

488. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the total agency staff spend at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33613/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Dessie Ellis

489. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments before cancellations at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33614/17]

Hospitals Data

Dessie Ellis

490. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the did-not-attend rate in percentages per year at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33615/17]

Hospitals Policy

Dessie Ellis

491. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown implements the SDU and HSE guidelines for "did not attend". [33616/17]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Dessie Ellis

492. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown operates or plans to operate a text alert to persons in advance of outpatient department appointments. [33617/17]

Hospital Services

Dessie Ellis

493. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of theatres and the number operational at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33618/17]

Hospitals Data

Dessie Ellis

494. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the percentage of persons attending the emergency department aged between 18 and 30, 31 and 45, 46 and 60 and aged 61 and above at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and the reason for attending the department by each of these age groups at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to present. [33619/17]

Hospital Staff Data

Dessie Ellis

495. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in each of the years 2004 to date. [33621/17]

Hospital Staff Data

Dessie Ellis

496. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in each of the years 2004 to date. [33622/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Dessie Ellis

497. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of beds at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in each of the years 2004 to date. [33623/17]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Dessie Ellis

498. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol has been deployed at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2012 to date; the process for implementing this protocol at the hospital; and the effect on wider services at the hospital when it was deployed. [33624/17]

Hospitals Data

Dessie Ellis

499. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of persons whose elective surgery was cancelled or rescheduled more than once in 2016 and to date in 2017 at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33625/17]

Hospitals Policy

Dessie Ellis

500. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the policy or procedures in place in the accident and emergency department of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown when an adult, adolescent or child, respectively, presents with suicidal ideation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33626/17]

Hospital Staff Data

Dessie Ellis

501. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurses in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33627/17]

Hospital Staff Data

Dessie Ellis

502. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the psychiatric and mental health services and facilities currently available at the Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; the number of consultants, specialists and nurses working in these services and facilities; the role of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33628/17]

Hospitals Data

Dessie Ellis

391. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the waiting times for each hospital department in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017 for Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32244/17]

Hospitals Data

Dessie Ellis

392. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of theatres and the number operational at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [32245/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Dessie Ellis

506. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been given a definitive date for surgery; the reason they have not received a date for surgery in view of the urgency of the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32797/17]

Housing Policy

Dessie Ellis

257. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for an audit of vacant commercial properties, specifically shops, by county, as was carried out when establishing the list of vacant homes in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31619/17]

Building Regulations

Dessie Ellis

302. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for a safety audit of all existing apartment and commercial blocks built over the years to the present, with a particular emphasis on those built during the Celtic tiger era from 1994 to 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30299/17]

Building Regulations

Dessie Ellis

303. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for fire safety checks on all lift shafts in apartment and commercial blocks to ensure that they are fully compliant with building fire safety standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30300/17]

Departmental Funding

Dessie Ellis

496. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the funding for the renovation of a building (details supplied); the timeframe of works for its renovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30038/17]

Office of Public Works Properties

Dessie Ellis

409. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the OPW funding for the renovation of Abbotstown House; the timeline of works for its renovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29047/17]

Architectural Heritage

Dessie Ellis

996. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Aldborough House on Portland Row, a listed building, is in a state of disrepair; if she will ensure that the owners will fully comply with their obligations to preserve this protected structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29048/17]

Public Transport Provision

Dessie Ellis

585. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the route for the extension of the Luas from Broombridge through Finglas to the N2 has been agreed; and if so, the preferred option. [25404/17]

Dublin Bus Services

Dessie Ellis

572. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans by Dublin Bus to remove or downgrade their services in and from Larkhill, Whitehall and Santry. [23345/17]

Bus Services

Dessie Ellis

573. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the process of putting out to tender 10% of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann routes is completed; and if so, the outcome of that process. [23346/17]

Local Authority Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

227. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authority rented dwellings in 2015 directly rented by the local authority, managed by a housing agency or under HAP. [21691/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Dessie Ellis

433. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied). [21724/17]

Stroke Care

Dessie Ellis

23. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if he will fund a properly resourced stroke register in addition to a rolling audit cycle incorporating acute, rehabilitation and community services every three years to ensure that service deficits are identified and addressed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current stroke register receives no dedicated funding and operates in only two thirds of hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20220/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Dessie Ellis

82. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries cancelled in each month to March 2017 inclusive; the number of persons whose elective surgery was cancelled or rescheduled more than once in the past year to March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20219/17]

Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

172. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether his commitment of having no families living in hotels and bed and breakfasts by July 2017 is still achievable (details supplied). [17449/17]

Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

173. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the average price for and the number of rapid build modular housing units built to date. [17450/17]

Job Losses

Dessie Ellis

355. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the loss of 85 jobs at a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17165/17]

State Properties Data

Dessie Ellis

333. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of land in public ownership or held in trust for the State, such as, but not exclusively, schools, third level institutions, local authorities, State and semi-State bodies in the constituency of Dublin North West. [16667/17]

State Properties

Dessie Ellis

425. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans under section 31 of the State Property Act 1954, to waive property at a site owned by a dissolved company (details supplied). [16790/17]

Third Level Courses Availability

Dessie Ellis

184. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the full list of degree courses relevant to the area of counselling and psychotherapy available through the public colleges and university system here (details supplied). [15366/17]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Dessie Ellis

307. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will give consideration to removing the year 2000 rule to community employment schemes, which is proving to be a barrier to recruitment. [11447/17]

Passport Services

Dessie Ellis

463. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to reinstate the free passport for over-65s. [9840/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Dessie Ellis

516. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health his plans to roll out the use of the drug abiraterone (details supplied). [9572/17]

RAPID Programme

Dessie Ellis

36. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the structure and timeline for delivery of selected projects of the reactivated RAPID scheme; and the way the budget of €4.5 million will be broken down. [8996/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

55. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce an affordable housing scheme; and if so, the timeframe. [8995/17]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Dessie Ellis

222. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of urban regeneration schemes and the projected cost of these for 2017. [6692/17]

Local Authority Housing Applications Data

Dessie Ellis

172. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the most recent figures for persons on the housing waiting list for all county and city councils, in tabular form; and the figures for homelessness in the State. [6371/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Dessie Ellis

38. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of beds that have not or cannot be reopened or are experiencing a delay in being opened as a result of the absence of safe staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4562/17]

Nursing Staff Recruitment

Dessie Ellis

95. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the status of talks on staffing, recruitment and retention in nursing and midwifery between the INMO, his department, the HSE and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; if he is considering special measures to address the deepening crisis with regard to staffing, recruitment and retention in nursing and midwifery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4561/17]

Education and Training Provision

Dessie Ellis

208. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated to the Dublin North-West constituency in 2015 and 2016; the amount of funding which was allocated to the Dublin North-West constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in the same years; and the regulatory or ministerial responsibility for oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here. [4276/17]

Departmental Funding

Dessie Ellis

678. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm the withdrawal of funding for the intergenerational learning programme for persons over 55 years in DCU; and, if so, whether his attention has been drawn to the impact of this decision on older persons in the area. [4016/17]

Garda National Immigration Bureau

Dessie Ellis

96. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address concerns and make representations with regard to persons (details supplied). [3290/17]

Youth Guarantee

Dessie Ellis

300. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans for the youth guarantee (details supplied) in Ballymun. [3062/17]

Traveller Accommodation

Dessie Ellis

484. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of Traveller families on the waiting list under the local authority Traveller accommodation programmes 2014-2018, by local authority, in tabular form; the current budget spend on the local authority Traveller accommodation programmes 2014-2018, in tabular form; the details of the housing stock each local authority has provided up to 2016 and plans to be built before the end of the local authority Traveller accommodation programmes; if any local authority has not used its full monetary allocation for the programmes; and if not, the amount that was returned for each year from 2013. [41739/16]

Labour Activation Measures

Dessie Ellis

550. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Social Protection the current and future status of the Tús initiative which is managed by local development companies and Údarás na Gaeltachta; and if he has committed to additional funding for the initiative going forward. [41223/16]

Hospitals Funding

Dessie Ellis

990. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health his plans to continue to fund the sleep clinic in St. James's Hospital; and if his Department is committed to recruitment of specialist staff in the unit when vacancies arise due to retirement and so on. [41452/16]

Hospital Procedures

Dessie Ellis

998. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who requires a medical procedure [41478/16]

Local Authority Staff Recruitment

Dessie Ellis

108. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is a bar on recruitment for Dublin City Council, and in particular for apprentices; and if not, the reason Dublin City Council is not replacing staff that have left or is not hiring new staff. [39360/16]

Private Rented Accommodation Evictions

Dessie Ellis

123. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider immediately introducing a moratorium on evictions leading to homelessness for the duration of the housing crisis as recommended by organisations (details supplied). [39017/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Dessie Ellis

127. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in the Dublin north-west area that have special autism units to facilitate children with autism; and the number of children that have been diagnosed with autism in the north-west area of Dublin. [38316/16]

Local Authority Housing

Dessie Ellis

184. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the funding for amalgamation works in senior citizen complexes will be continued for 2017 (details supplied); if there is a commitment to funding for particular amalgamation projects in the Dublin north west area which are expected to take place in the near future, namely, Glasanaon Court and Hampstead Court. [38315/16]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Dessie Ellis

191. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the working group established to deliver a new urban renewal scheme to regenerate central urban areas has considered a site (details supplied) which is now under a CPO for inclusion in any further renewal scheme. [38496/16]

Alcohol Treatment Programmes

Dessie Ellis

334. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the roll-out stages and funding allocation for the extension of the CARE project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38544/16]

Hospital Beds Data

Dessie Ellis

37. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the reason the number of available inpatient beds has reduced from 12,051 in 2006 to 10,473 in 2015 and 10,629 in 2016 to date; the number of psychiatry and long-term care beds that have been excluded since 2006 to show only acute beds in the 2015 and 2016 figures; the factors that determine the reason an inpatient bed in 2006 is no longer available in 2015 and 2016; if the physical infrastructure still exists for these beds; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37864/16]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Dessie Ellis

38. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health further to the budget announcement of additional funding being made to the NTPF, the evaluation mechanisms that are in place to ensure value for money in terms of the spend; the evaluation mechanisms that are in place to ensure satisfactory outcomes and number of treatments in accordance with the funding allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37863/16]

Social and Affordable Housing

Dessie Ellis

56. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to expand an affordable and co-op housing schemes such as a scheme (details supplied) which recently committed to provide a fully integrated, mixed income, affordable, co-operative housing. [35464/16]

Regeneration Projects

Dessie Ellis

77. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the working group of officials comprising senior representatives from his Department, local authorities and other relevant actors to bring forward proposals for new urban regeneration measures chaired by a Minister of State (details supplied) have decided on a list of proposals or a course of action for urban regeneration; the part that public or private partnerships will play in those proposals; and the timeframe for same. [35465/16]

Local Authority Staff Data

Dessie Ellis

362. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of Dublin City Council employees, broken down by department and area; the number of new employees over the past five years, by department; and the number of those who are tradesmen or apprentices, in tabular form. [35118/16]

Road Safety

Dessie Ellis

460. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA has received legal advice regarding rickshaws that are carrying passengers for hire that are operating without a licence, in some cases without insurance, proper driver vetting or roadworthiness certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33050/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Dessie Ellis

258. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to extend pyrite remediation to deal with cases of muscovite mica. [31734/16]

Nursing Staff Provision

Dessie Ellis

439. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a shortage of nurses in the Ballymun health clinic and that recently two nurses resigned due to the stressful work environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31787/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Dessie Ellis

121. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the cost per dwelling for the additional 400 dwellings that have been targeted for pyrite remediation in 2017 through investment of €22 million; and the location of those additional dwellings. [31220/16]

Public Private Partnerships Cost

Dessie Ellis

122. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total cost of the Charlemont Street development where Dublin City Council is engaged in a major private public partnership scheme. [31224/16]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Dessie Ellis

25. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, in each of the years since its inception; the way the money was spent; the number of surgeries and services that were purchased in each of the years since its inception; the way the funding allocated in budget 2017 to the NTPF will be administered; the surgeries to be prioritised under the NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30510/16]

Maternity Services Provision

Dessie Ellis

86. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the availability of detailed 20 week routine scans for pregnant women per CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30509/16]

Mortgage Resolution Processes

Dessie Ellis

140. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will intervene and request receivers to agree to cease giving notice to those occupying repossessed properties until a sale is agreed, rather than once it goes on sale as is the common practice. [30550/16]

School Transport Review

Dessie Ellis

255. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport scheme; and if his Department will consider increasing funding to the scheme in line with the recommendation of a charity (details supplied) of €5 million resulting in an abolition of fees for parents. [30586/16]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility

Dessie Ellis

291. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department will provide a sensible solution to a housing issue for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30548/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

45. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the 11,000 acquired units in Pillar 2 of the rebuilding Ireland action plan for housing and homelessness, detailing the types of acquisitions involved. [28708/16]

Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

60. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 10,000 long-term lease units which would be automatically owned by local authorities and approved housing bodies at the end of the lease term and those that will not automatically be owned by said bodies. [28709/16]

Commencement of Legislation

Dessie Ellis

90. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the ministerial order for the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, which was enacted on 30 December 2015. [26510/16]