Parliamentary questions

Architectural Heritage

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

1619. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address the perceived decades of neglect that has led to the deterioration of the Market House, Castleblayney, County Monaghan, in view of the significant cost of the repair and restoration; if she will pursue funding sources including from the historic structures fund and the built heritage investment scheme in view of the significant cost of repair and restoration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19785/19]

Garda Station Refurbishment

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

108. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress towards the reopening of the Garda station in Bawnboy, County Cavan; the works involved; the projected cost; the timeframe to completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17958/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

159. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the report on the pricing review of the nursing homes fair deal scheme that was to conclude on 1 June 2017. [15559/19]

Architectural Heritage

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

624. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to save a building (details supplied) from destruction. [15329/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

105. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if an urgent intervention and appropriate follow-up with the HSE regarding the failure of child services, including CAMHS, to intervene properly and speedily in the case of a person (details supplied) will be carried out. [14553/19]

Dental Services Staff

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

137. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the limitations that apply to the business of a dental technician; if dental technicians provide a service to dentist practitioners only and not directly to members of the public; the body with the responsibility of regulating same; the efforts being made to inform the public of the difference between a clinical dental technician and a dental technician; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14702/19]

Direct Provision Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

168. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons with a registered disability residing in the direct provision system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14423/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

169. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions in place to support persons with a disability living in the direct provision system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14424/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

208. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for neurology treatments by CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14443/19]

Planning Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

292. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applications for fast-track housing development made under the legislation introduced in the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016, by county; the number of developments that went to build after securing planning permission; the number of development sites that were sold on the market after securing planning permission and before going on to build; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14435/19]

Immigration Policy

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

245. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an immigration levy is payable for non-EEA national students with children attending State schools; if so, the amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10886/19]

Education Fees

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

75. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an immigration levy is payable for non-EEA national students with children attending State schools; if so, the amount of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9834/19]

Education Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

109. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an immigration levy is payable for non-EEA national students with children attending State schools; if so, the amount of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8648/19]

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

123. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of start-up entrepreneur applications received in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number approved by year; and the number rejected by year. [8646/19]

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

124. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an applicant under the start-up entrepreneur programme is required to demonstrate a minimum level of assets in addition to the sum to be invested in the start-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8647/19]

Health Services Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

162. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of new therapy posts (details supplied) that have been filled to date; when all 100 posts will be filled; the breakdown of posts between assessment of need waiting lists for children with disabilities, personal assistance and home support service hours, residential places and respite places; the details of the additional posts by region and county, in tabular form; and the assessment of needs waiting lists by county and CHO area for children with disabilities, in tabular form. [8634/19]

Autism Support Services

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

275. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the distance from Dublin 12 to the nearest school with a designated classroom for students with autism. [6980/19]

Home Tuition Scheme

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

276. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of payments of home-school tuition made to persons in the Dublin 12 area. [6981/19]

Health Products Regulatory Authority

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

339. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if the public information leaflet and associated stickers are being included mandatorily in the dispensing of sodium valporate to prescribed patients. [6735/19]

Health Products Regulatory Authority

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

446. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if an impact study being carried out by an organisation (details supplied) is delaying action on commitments made to raise public awareness regarding the use of sodium valproate for certain groups of persons. [6736/19]

Health Products Regulatory Authority

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

447. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the status of an agreement to place a public information poster in all general practitioner and primary care practices concerning warnings about side effects from the prescribing of sodium valproate. [6737/19]

Medical Card Applications

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

484. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6931/19]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

488. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the repairs policy in place for wheelchair users when repairs are required to their wheelchairs in the Waterford city area; the recommended and average timeframe for repairs to take place at present; if further delays are encountered depending on the monetary value of the estimated repair bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6953/19]

Bus Éireann Fleet

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

669. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the difference in area dimension of the door space on the new bus fleet in operation in Waterford city since December 2018; the width between the driver area and the baggage area on the same buses as opposed to those which have since been removed from service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7132/19]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

737. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason compensation payments awarded to persons as a result of medical negligence in the circumstances of birth here are taken into account when assessing means for entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6946/19]

Passports for Investment Scheme

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

123. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the historical facts, take-up and status of the passports for sale scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6055/19]

Passport Applications Administration

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

124. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps to be undertaken by a non-national with no qualifying ancestral entitlement to secure Irish citizenship; the potential timeframe of each step; the overall process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6056/19]

Medicinal Products

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

108. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the progress to date towards the introduction of a national biosimilars strategy; if it will be drafted and implemented; the timeframe for each step; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5796/19]

Motor Insurance Coverage

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

179. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the green card for cross-Border workers that the insurance industry proposes issuing in the context of a no-deal Brexit; the reason he is of the view that this is either necessary or welcome; the locations where such a device will be needed by Irish workers and motorists who have to drive outside the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5795/19]

Customs and Excise Staff

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

161. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Finance the identified number of customs posts to be filled in advance of Brexit following the advertisement of 600 posts in 2018, by county and region in tabular form; if additional posts to the already advertised 600 posts will be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5075/19]

Asylum Applications Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

266. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protection applicants residing in emergency beds by location; the number of single males; the number of single females; the number of families; the number of children under 18 years of age; the contact person for each centre in each case; the person or body by which each emergency location was secured; the ongoing Reception and Integration Agency relationship with the party or parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4295/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

664. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the details of the use of and access to the limited capacity of the respite house in Cootehill, County Cavan; the reason service users and families that would normally benefit from its services are having access denied; his plans for additional respite provision in counties Cavan and Monaghan to cater to the needs of persons across the Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54512/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

349. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the definition of the personal assistance service (details supplied). [53722/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

350. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if the envisaged newly defined personal assistance service will be funded separately from the existing home help and home care packages; and if it will have a ring-fenced budget. [53723/18]

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

351. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health when legislation will be introduced to guarantee persons with disabilities the right to a personal assistant service as per Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which Ireland ratified in March 2018. [53724/18]

Disability Support Services Expenditure

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

352. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the amount of expenditure allocated in budget 2019 for personal assistant services to enable persons with disabilities to live independent lives. [53725/18]

Disabilities Assessments

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

353. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a standard assessment of need for persons with disabilities to access the personal assistance service across all HSE CHO areas; and if such a standard system will include support for independent assessments of need as per the Disability Act 2005. [53726/18]

Disability Support Services

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

354. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the work carried out on a cross-departmental basis in co-operation with the HSE to create a system that will allow for portability of personal assistance services across CHO areas that can meet the social, personal and employment needs of disabled persons without bureaucratic barriers. [53727/18]

Disability Support Services

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

355. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the systems to be put in place to ensure that the attention of persons with disabilities is drawn to the availability of the personal assistant service in order that they can seek to lead independent lives and access the necessary supports to allow them to do so. [53728/18]

Assisted Decision Making

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

284. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to commence the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 in full and at the earliest practicable date; the timeframe for its commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53364/18]

Assisted Decision Making

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

453. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health his plans to commence Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 in full and at the earliest practicable date; the timeframe for its commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53365/18]

Consumer Protection

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

153. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if an organisation (details supplied) has applied for prescriber status under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act 2007 in order to take action against denture manufacturers that illegally provide directly to the public and other unregistered, unregulated practitioners; if so, when the application was received; if it has been approved; when it will be dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52409/18]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

81. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the recent engagement with the representatives of a company (details supplied) in the context of securing an agreement for the provision of Spinraza for children and adults with spinal muscular atrophy and who would benefit from its properties; if the talks are ongoing; the timeframe in this regard; the outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50803/18]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

87. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding additional beds at Monaghan Hospital; his plans regarding these additional beds; and his further plans to expand the service delivery profile of the Monaghan Hospital site. [50594/18]

Teacher Training Places

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

182. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the changes which occurred to the educational points system following the introduction of a restructured leaving certificate programme in 2017 (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the number of students of leaving certificate year 2016 who have been impacted by this change in qualifying criteria; if those excluded from that leaving certificate year cohort will be granted access to the interview process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51182/18]

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

227. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative barriers that remain in place arising from the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD; the progress that has been made to bring forward the necessary legislation since Ireland ratified the convention in March 2018; when he plans to ratify the optional protocol to the UNCRPD providing persons with disabilities and advocacy groups a means to challenge Government on its failures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50608/18]

Traveller Community

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

499. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the reason the national Traveller health advisory committee has not been convened since 2012; when the national Traveller health action plan will be published; if he will ensure the simultaneous establishment of the promised planning advisory body for Traveller health to ensure the speediest implementation of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50603/18]

HSE Properties

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

455. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will seek and secure from the HSE's corporate estates office or other sources a map or maps of all lands held by the HSE at and surrounding the former St. Davnet's psychiatric hospital in Monaghan town, that is, all lands in the HSE's stewardship in the townland of Rooskey and all adjoining townlands; the acreage involved; and the buildings and structures thereon. [49471/18]

Crime Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

152. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes carried out against persons with disabilities; if such information is compiled and held; if An Garda Síochána has evidence or is of the view that these crimes were committed against these vulnerable persons due to their having a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48508/18]

Home Repossessions Rate

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

153. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of home repossessions lending institutions applied for, by number; and the number of those that were either refused, adjourned or granted, respectively, in each of the past seven years, by court district, in tabular form. [48509/18]