Parliamentary questions

Defibrillators in Schools Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

222. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a defibrillator in each primary, secondary and higher education institution in the country. [49190/17]

Defibrillators in Schools Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

223. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all teachers in primary, secondary and higher education institutions are mandated to be trained in the use of a defibrillator. [49191/17]

Defibrillators in Schools Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

224. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of installing a defibrillator in every primary, secondary and higher education institution in the country. [49192/17]

School Accommodation

Catherine Martin

225. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the nature and terms of arrangements or agreements with each of the three schools occupying a site (details supplied). [49215/17]

Departmental Properties

Thomas Byrne

226. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the release of green space lands owned by his Department at Killegland in Ashbourne. [49245/17]

School Transport Eligibility

Robert Troy

227. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be assisted with transport issues by his Department to attend a course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49270/17]

DEIS Administration

Pat the Cope Gallagher

228. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the further expansion of the DEIS programme in 2018; his further plans to reopen the programme for those schools which did not receive DEIS designation in 2017 but fulfil the criteria as identified in the recently published deprivation report and that require additional resources and supports in their respective schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49293/17]

DEIS Administration

Pat the Cope Gallagher

229. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools added to the DEIS designations list 2017 following the verification process engaged in by the respective schools; his views on the verification process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49294/17]

Student Data

Michael McGrath

230. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students attending courses at third level colleges who qualify for tax relief on tuition fees in each year since 2010; the number who paid fees in excess of the student contribution charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49311/17]

Irish Language

Peadar Tóibín

231. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to set up an Irish language immersion pilot scheme to teach designated subjects though Irish in primary schools as outlined in the 20 year strategy for the Irish language; the timeframe to implement such a pilot scheme; and if he has given consideration to a pilot (details supplied) of language immersion in County Cork. [49335/17]

Minor Works Scheme

Robert Troy

232. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and the immediate steps he will take to address same. [49373/17]

Schools Building Projects Status

Pat the Cope Gallagher

233. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied); if his Department is treating this project with the utmost importance and dealing with it as a priority due to the pressures the school is under in its current building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49374/17]

Offshore Islands

Éamon Ó Cuív

234. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the secondary schools on the islands do not have small school status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49383/17]

Passport Services

Seán Barrett

235. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to introduce powers to revoke passports in circumstances in which a person is charged with paedophilia offences here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48691/17]

Brexit Issues

Micheál Martin

236. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the comments on 12 November 2017 by Michel Barnier regarding preparing for a hard Brexit. [48892/17]

Brexit Issues

Micheál Martin

237. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparations his Department is making in the event of there being a hard Brexit. [48893/17]

Syrian Conflict

Clare Daly

238. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to make representations to have the 54 Syrian Shia children (details supplied) who were kidnapped following the suicide bomb attack on the bus evacuating them from Foua and Kafraya in April 2017 returned home. [48685/17]

Brexit Issues

Stephen Donnelly

239. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparations made in his Department in the event of no agreement being reached between the United Kingdom and the European Union on the terms of the UK's exit from the EU; if such preparations involve the drawing up of detailed and specific contingency plans in the event of a hard Brexit and a trade regime based on WTO tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48778/17]

Departmental Staff Training

Catherine Murphy

240. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of providing external coaching and-or training services for staff development in his Department over the past five years and to date in 2017, by cost per year, in tabular form; the company that delivered the training courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48807/17]

Brexit Issues

Micheál Martin

241. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparations his Department is making in the event of there being a hard Brexit and in particular following Michel Barnier's comments on doing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48894/17]

Departmental Communications

Jonathan O'Brien

242. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the domain names registered to or owned by his Department or through a third party company. [48944/17]

Public Services Card

Jonathan O'Brien

243. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for incorporating the use of the public services card within his Department; the services that it will be used for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48945/17]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Mattie McGrath

244. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average costs associated with processing and answering written and oral parliamentary questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49125/17]

Brexit Negotiations

Micheál Martin

245. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he is planning to ensure no emergence of regulatory divergence from those rules of the Internal Market and the customs union which are necessary for meaningful North-South co-operation, the all-island economy and protection of the Good Friday Agreement. [49074/17]

Brexit Negotiations

Micheál Martin

246. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the working paper in relation to the dialogue on Ireland and Northern Ireland. [49075/17]

Foreign Conflicts

Darragh O'Brien

247. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the ongoing conflict in Yemen; the efforts being made at national, EU and international level to find a peaceful resolution to this conflict; the efforts that are being made to ensure vital aid shipments are allowed into the country, in view of the fact that millions of persons are on the brink of starvation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49246/17]

Humanitarian Aid

Darragh O'Brien

248. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the situation of the Rohingya people; the efforts being made at national, EU and international level to protect the Rohingya people; the specific steps Ireland has taken or will take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49247/17]

Foreign Conflicts

Darragh O'Brien

249. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the current situation in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49248/17]

Irish Prisoners Abroad

Maureen O'Sullivan

250. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a case (details supplied) and the level of engagement with the person concerned by the consular services. [49266/17]

Property Registration

Louise O'Reilly

251. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 469 of 7 November 2017, the status of the query in view of the fact it has not been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48731/17]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Thomas P. Broughan

252. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation that may need to be passed, as indicated by An Taoiseach recently, before the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be implemented, in view of the commitment made 12 months ago in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48756/17]

Commissions of Inquiry

Micheál Martin

253. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if officials in his Department were asked for or gave permission to the legal team for the former Garda Commissioner in respect of its legal strategy at the O'Higgins commission of inquiry. [48889/17]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Thomas Pringle

254. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the reasons for the delays to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48687/17]

Garda Deployment

Peter Burke

255. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 4 July 2017, his plans to fill the vacant Garda posts in the Edgeworthstown district (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48718/17]

Commissions of Inquiry

Jim O'Callaghan

256. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if officials within his Department were contacted in relation to the cross-examination of a person (details supplied) at the O'Higgins commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48762/17]

Commissions of Inquiry

Jim O'Callaghan

257. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department first became aware that the former Garda Commissioner had instructed her legal team in the O'Higgins cmmission to call evidence from two senior Garda officers with a view to establishing that a person (details supplied) was motivated by malice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48763/17]

Commissions of Inquiry

Jim O'Callaghan

258. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department first learned that the former Garda Commissioner's legal team was not going to call evidence in the O'Higgins commission from two senior Garda officers in relation to a meeting they had with a person (details supplied) in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48764/17]

Commissions of Inquiry

Jim O'Callaghan

259. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the involvement his Department had in deciding the witnesses that would be called to give evidence in the O'Higgins commission by the legal team for the former Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48765/17]

Commissions of Inquiry

Jim O'Callaghan

260. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of communication between his Department and the legal team for the Garda and the Garda Commissioner in the O'Higgins commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48766/17]

Commissions of Inquiry

Jim O'Callaghan

261. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when his attention was drawn to the fact that the former Garda Commissioner had instructed her legal team to attack the motivation and integrity of a person (details supplied) at the O'Higgins commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48767/17]

Commissions of Inquiry

Jim O'Callaghan

262. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if officials within his Department took issue with or disapproved of the instruction of the former Garda Commissioner to her legal team to attack the motivation and integrity of a person (details supplied) at the O'Higgins commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48768/17]

Brexit Issues

Stephen Donnelly

263. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the preparations made in his Department in the event of no agreement being reached between the United Kingdom and the European Union on the terms of the UK's exit from the EU; if such preparations involve the drawing up of detailed and specific contingency plans in the event of a hard Brexit and a trade regime based on WTO tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48781/17]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision

Noel Grealish

264. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to have CCTV cameras erected on motorways in an effort to counter the activities of roaming criminal gangs preying on vulnerable persons and businesses in rural areas, in addition to the community-based CCTV grant aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48786/17]

Departmental Staff Training

Catherine Murphy

265. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of providing external coaching and-or training services for staff development in his Department over the past five years and to date in 2017, by cost per year, in tabular form; the company that delivered the training courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48810/17]

Data Protection

Noel Rock

266. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if public and semi-State bodies are obliged to comply with the general data protection regulation which will pass into EU law in May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48818/17]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

267. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the names of the companies renting a fixing and-or space on telecommunications and-or communications masts from his Department; the income received for each of the past five years for same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48844/17]

Money Laundering

Pearse Doherty

268. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the grounds on which established bank customers in the State can be deemed subject to section 37 of the Criminal Justice Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48856/17]

Money Laundering

Pearse Doherty

269. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the grounds on which a bank is obliged to implement the issuing of a request pursuant to section 37 of the Criminal Justice Act 2010; if he is satisfied that these provisions are implemented consistently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48857/17]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

270. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the income received by his Department from the renting to companies of space to use and-or take fixings from telecommunications and-or communications masts on site or on the roof of his Department, in each of the past five years, by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48882/17]

Garda Deployment

Michael McGrath

271. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí deployed at each station in a Garda district (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48929/17]

Departmental Communications

Jonathan O'Brien

272. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the domain names registered to or owned by his Department or through a third party company. [48947/17]

Defence of the Dwelling

Michael Fitzmaurice

273. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the law to allow persons to hold products or items in their own homes which could be used for the purposes of self defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48955/17]

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Thomas Pringle

274. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for Ireland's ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the reason for the delay to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48986/17]

Coroners Service

Clare Daly

275. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason local authorities pay for coroners in view of the fact the office of the coroner is under the remit of his Department; and if such costs are reimbursed. [48998/17]

Domestic Violence

Catherine Connolly

276. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being take to provide mandatory training on gender-based and domestic violence for gardaí and other law enforcement officials, social workers, lawyers, prosecutors, judges and other public officials dealing with victims of gender-based, including domestic and sexual, violence as recommended by the committee against torture at its meetings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49030/17]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

277. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a residency visa will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49103/17]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Mattie McGrath

278. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the average costs associated with processing and answering written and oral parliamentary questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49128/17]

Garda Deployment

Thomas Pringle

279. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Donegal Garda division as of 1 January 2017 and 1 November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49210/17]

Proposed Legislation

Thomas Pringle

280. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward the passenger name record Bill 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49211/17]

Immigration Controls

Joe Carey

281. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 29 June 2016, the steps his Department has taken regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49235/17]

Garda Deployment

Charlie McConalogue

282. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to a station (details supplied); his plans to increase the number of gardaí in this station in view of the increasing instances of theft in local shops and anti-social behaviour in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49305/17]

Garda Deployment

John Curran

283. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the traffic corps as of January in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the number currently assigned to the traffic corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49316/17]

Anti-Social Behaviour

John Curran

284. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the meeting of all interested parties to find effective solutions to the problem of young persons with scramblers and quad bikes has been convened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49324/17]

Garda Deployment

Mary Lou McDonald

285. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to each Garda station in central Dublin in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [49358/17]

Garda Transport Data

Mary Lou McDonald

286. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles assigned to each Garda station in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [49359/17]

Garda Deployment

Mary Lou McDonald

287. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional gardaí that have been assigned to date in 2017 to the north inner city of Dublin. [49360/17]

Garda Station Closures

Mary Lou McDonald

288. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when Fitzgibbon Street Garda station will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49361/17]

Garda Deployment

Mary Lou McDonald

289. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the new Garda special crime task force has been established as recommended by the Mulvey report recommendations for the north-east inner city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49362/17]

Commencement of Legislation

Clare Daly

290. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when section 14C of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992, as inserted by section 36 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, will be commenced. [49375/17]

Leave to Remain

Éamon Ó Cuív

291. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for permission to remain that are held up in his Department awaiting a decision in the Luximon v. Minister for Justice and Equality case; the longest case waiting as a result of this outstanding issue; the status of those awaiting for a decision in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49388/17]

Departmental Funding

Dara Calleary

292. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received a grant application in relation to a project (details supplied); the amount sought; the timeframe for assessing the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48692/17]

Departmental Contracts

Mick Wallace

293. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which her Department arrived at the decision to give a group (details supplied) the sole power to administer the hunter competence assessment programme; and if she has given consideration to tendering the administration of the contract at stages in view of the fact that the HCAP certification will be mandatory from January 2018. [48693/17]

Hare Coursing Regulation

Clare Daly

294. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 8 November 2017, her views on the statement that there is no requirement for coursing clubs to publicise coursing trials in view of new conditions added to coursing licences effective from 15 November 2017 (details supplied); and if from 15 November all coursing clubs will be obliged from that date to make known to the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, when and the locations in which trials will be held in order that rangers can attend and observe these to ensure compliance with the law. [48728/17]

Hare Coursing Regulation

Clare Daly

295. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 8 November 2017, if all coursing clubs will be obliged from 15 November 2017 to make known to the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, when and the locations in which trials will be held in order that rangers can attend and observe these to ensure compliance with the law. [48729/17]

Brexit Issues

Stephen Donnelly

296. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the preparations made in her Department in the event of no agreement being reached between the United Kingdom and the European Union on the terms of the UK's exit from the EU; if such preparations involve the drawing up of detailed and specific contingency plans in the event of a hard Brexit and a trade regime based on WTO tariffs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48773/17]

Departmental Staff Training

Catherine Murphy

297. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of providing external coaching and-or training services for staff development in her Department over the past five years and to date in 2017, by cost per year, in tabular form; the company that delivered the training courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48802/17]

Communications Masts

Catherine Murphy

298. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of the companies renting a fixing and-or space on telecommunications and-or communications masts from her Department; the income received for each of the past five years for same, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48836/17]

Communications Masts

Catherine Murphy

299. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the income received by her Department from the renting to companies of space to use and-or take fixings from telecommunications and-or communications masts on site or on the roof of her Department, in each of the past five years, by location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48874/17]

Departmental Communications

Jonathan O'Brien

300. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the domain names registered to or owned by her Department or through a third party company. [49068/17]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Mattie McGrath

301. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the average costs associated with processing and answering written and oral parliamentary questions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49120/17]

Commemorative Events

Anne Rabbitte

302. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the west of Ireland was not chosen to host the national Famine memorial day 2018 (details supplied); the reason Munster has been chosen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49198/17]

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge

Peadar Tóibín

303. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta de bhun ceist pharlaiminteach uimhir 392 an 23 Bealtaine 2017 agus ceist pharlaiminteach uimhir 359 an 20 Meán Fómhair 2017, ós rud é go bhfuil an chéad spriocam a gealladh sáraithe agus go bhfuil an dara spriocam beagnach buailte linn, cathain a fhoilseofar an plean gníomhaíochta maidir leis an Straitéis 20 Bliain don tréimhse 2017-2022; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [49256/17]

Creative Ireland Programme

Peadar Tóibín

304. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria used by her for the selection of festivals that were granted State funding under the Creative Ireland budget. [49265/17]

Island Communities

Éamon Ó Cuív

305. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the island allowance for nurses to encourage suitably qualified persons to take such positions on the islands in view of the extra cost of living on the islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49382/17]

Hospital Services

Jackie Cahill

306. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who requested admission to acute hospital care but returned home due to the fact that the Community Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles, County Tipperary, is unable to admit them, in each week for the past six months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48695/17]

Home Help Service Provision

Robert Troy

307. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if additional home help services for a person (details supplied) will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48699/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

308. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for the pain clinic at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48701/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

309. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for the respiratory outpatient clinic (details supplied) in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48702/17]

Medical Card Reviews

Pearse Doherty

310. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision regarding a review of their medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48703/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

311. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be called for an orthopaedic procedure in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48704/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Michael McGrath

312. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) to improve and streamline the process for persons with a disability to access certain supports and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48713/17]

Psychological Services

Seamus Healy

313. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding child psychology services in south Tipperary; the number of approved psychology posts; the number of posts filled; the number of posts vacant; the number of children on the waiting list; and the length of time they have been waiting. [48719/17]

Public Sector Pensions

Billy Kelleher

314. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a former HSE employee in receipt of a public service pension is entitled to return to work for the HSE through an agency without affecting their pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48720/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Peter Burke

315. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [48725/17]

Mental Health Services

Billy Kelleher

316. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has failed to secure an independent living placement for a person (details supplied) who has been detained in a mental health facility for four years without having a psychiatric condition; when a place will become available; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48726/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Brendan Ryan

317. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) at the Mater hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48727/17]

Vaccination Programme

Bobby Aylward

318. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the details of research undertaken to date by his Department to ensure the safety of the Gardasil vaccine; his plans to engage with the advocacy groups and families representing the 628 persons who claim to have suffered adverse health effects shortly after having received the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48734/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

319. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the services that can be made available by the HSE to a person (details supplied) in view of the mental health concerns expressed by their general practitioner; if he is satisfied with the level of mental health services available to those under 18 years of age in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48736/17]

Home Care Packages Funding

Billy Kelleher

320. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive funding for their home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48737/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Billy Kelleher

321. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on spending in respect of the service reform fund; the amount that has been drawn down from this fund to date; the specific services that have received funding from the fund to date; the stated use of the funds drawn down from the fund by each applicable service to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48738/17]