Parliamentary questions

Child Detention Centres

Sandra McLellan

292. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of boys and girls currently within the system in Oberstown boys school, in Oberstown girls school and in Trinity House school. [27563/15]

Child Detention Centres

Sandra McLellan

293. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of minors on remand in Trinity House from the year 2000 to 2015. [27564/15]

Child Detention Centres

Sandra McLellan

294. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average length of time a minor is spending on remand; and the longest length of time a minor can spend on remand. [27565/15]

Child Detention Centres

Sandra McLellan

295. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the grounds that qualify a minor to be classified for being on remand. [27566/15]

Child Detention Centres

Sandra McLellan

296. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the age range and profile for minors currently living in Oberstown schools. [27567/15]

Child Detention Centres

Sandra McLellan

297. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a clear boundary between mixing children of younger ages with those turning 18 years of age in Oberstown schools. [27568/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Sandra McLellan

499. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a family (details supplied) in County Cork who are just under the distance to qualify for free school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27256/15]

Health Services Staff

Sandra McLellan

149. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the protection in place for Health Service Executive staff who are accused of assaulting or abusing a patient or service user in facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26713/15]

Community Employment Schemes Data

Sandra McLellan

34. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently taking part in the community employment scheme for early childhood care and education. [25655/15]

Early Childhood Care Education

Sandra McLellan

149. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of providing 15 hours per week special needs assistant support to 1,000 children with disabilities, to enable them to participate in the early childhood and care education scheme. [25496/15]

Early Childhood Care Education

Sandra McLellan

151. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will give a complete breakdown of the total learner fund of €3 million; and the way it is allocated and provided. [25654/15]

Children Services Committees

Sandra McLellan

152. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role the child care committees carry out nationally; the number that exist; the number of persons employed; the amount of money that is allocated to cover wages and salaries. [25656/15]

Child Care Services Expenditure

Sandra McLellan

153. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of the current total spend on early childhood care and education. [25657/15]

Child Poverty

Sandra McLellan

154. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the next phase of the ABC project will commence and be rolled out. [25658/15]

Child and Family Agency Expenditure

Sandra McLellan

155. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total 2014 spend for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. [25659/15]

Hospitals Funding

Sandra McLellan

160. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25454/15]

Capitation Grants

Sandra McLellan

231. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the figure for capitation grants for primary education. [25653/15]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Sandra McLellan

177. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will approve and expedite an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24880/15]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Sandra McLellan

194. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will withdraw forms issued by her Department, which recommend that persons opt to receive payments through commercial banks rather than through the post office, to implement the Irish Postmasters Union's six-point action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25003/15]

Vehicle Registration

Sandra McLellan

257. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 9 June 2015, if he will declare a vehicle (details supplied) exempt from vehicle registration tax, as he has discretion to do under section 134(5) of the Finance Act 1992; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24979/15]

Road Traffic Offences

Sandra McLellan

382. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the identification or markings a Garda Síochána roadside Gatso van must display; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24994/15]

Infant Mortality

Sandra McLellan

399. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a national baby loss awareness day as a day of remembrance for bereaved families, as discussed by Féileacháin at an Oireachtas health committee meeting in October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24588/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sandra McLellan

452. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health his plans for the 30 patients at University Hospital Waterford who are on the waiting list for an orthopaedic specialist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24879/15]

Rural Development Programme Funding

Sandra McLellan

593. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to a club (details supplied) in County Limerick which organises activities for older persons in the area, the immediate stream of funding available for this type of group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24709/15]

National Monuments

Sandra McLellan

2. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a detailed update on the Government's purchase of Nos. 14-17 Moore Street in Dublin 1. [24222/15]

Wildlife Protection

Sandra McLellan

5. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that upland habitats are being destroyed at an alarming rate and that the national parks are at huge risk; and if she will outline the measures her Department is taking to protect them. [24223/15]

Hospital Services

Sandra McLellan

578. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork can have a knee operation done privately, as the person has been waiting on the public list for four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23271/15]

School Patronage

Sandra McLellan

193. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the transfer of patronage to Educate Together for one of the national schools in Cobh in County Cork; if she will identity the school that is to be transferred; the timeframe for this transfer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22740/15]

Vehicle Registration

Sandra McLellan

331. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Finance the reason a search and rescue organisation was refused a request for a vehicle registration tax exemption on a vehicle required to carry out that organisation's emergency response work (details supplied); if this decision will be overturned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22037/15]

Autism Support Services

Sandra McLellan

859. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health his views on the minimum age requirements at which a child may receive a diagnosis of autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22283/15]

Health Services Provision

Sandra McLellan

860. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment for a assessment through the early intervention services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22285/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Sandra McLellan

1010. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the planning permission for a new school (details supplied) in Fermoy, County Cork, will be lodged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22457/15]

Child Care Services Data

Sandra McLellan

2. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the interdepartmental group which was established by his Department to address the child care crisis is addressing the issue of low wages for early childhood professionals whose work is critical during this key foundation stage of child development; and his views that Government must take responsibility for the issue of training and upskilling professionals in the sector. [19984/15]

Child and Family Agency Funding

Sandra McLellan

19. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, ceasing to fund the Disability Equality Specialist Support Agency on 30 June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19795/15]

Child and Family Agency Remit

Sandra McLellan

25. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is responsible for the care of children with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19794/15]

Departmental Bodies

Sandra McLellan

26. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a detailed update on the work and meetings of the interdepartmental group established to address the issue of child care and related issues. [19797/15]

Child Protection

Sandra McLellan

39. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to have any input or make recommendations, specifically under his remit of the protection of children, to the working group set up by the Department of Justice and Equality which plans to review a range of issues pertaining to asylum seekers and direct provision, which will inevitably include the welfare of children residing in this State living in direct provision. [19798/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Sandra McLellan

40. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when details of the Open Policy Debate on Future Investment in Early Years and School-Age Care and Education Services, which was hosted by his Department on 31 March 2015, will be published, in order that the proposals made at the meeting by parents, providers, academics, city and county child care committees and non-governmental organisations can be discussed by Members of the Oireachtas, prior to the publishing of the report of the interdepartmental group. [19796/15]

Local Authority Staff

Sandra McLellan

183. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure funding is provided to Cork County Council as per its request to employ a school warden to manage a pedestrian crossing at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20902/15]

Wild Atlantic Way Project

Sandra McLellan

209. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for pubs and restaurants located along the Wild Atlantic Way tourism route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20961/15]

General Medical Services Scheme

Sandra McLellan

665. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the reason some general practitioners are charging medical card patients for taking blood; his views on whether this is acceptable; if he will instruct general practitioners to end this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20210/15]

General Medical Services Scheme

Sandra McLellan

702. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health the reason some general practitioners are charging medical card patients €20 for letters in support of applications for payments such as carer's allowance, disability allowance and so on; his views that this is acceptable; if he will instruct general practitioners to end this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20466/15]

Counselling Services Provision

Sandra McLellan

722. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that counselling and psychotherapy services are regulated here, as is the practice in other European Union countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20596/15]

Water Charges Administration

Sandra McLellan

939. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the persons and bodies responsible for paying water charges for elderly persons who live in sheltered accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19972/15]

Energy Efficiency

Sandra McLellan

949. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when Cork County Council will be allocated money by his Department for insulation works for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20168/15]

Foreshore Licence Applications

Sandra McLellan

952. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when his decision to grant a foreshore licence to Irish Water for a wastewater treatment plant in Youghal in County Cork will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20249/15]

Sports Capital Programme Administration

Sandra McLellan

1040. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when decisions will issue on sports capital grants for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20591/15]

Heritage Fund

Sandra McLellan

1057. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grants are available for trusts (details supplied) to carry out upgrading and maintenance works on their properties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19992/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sandra McLellan

354. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an operation at Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19599/15]

Water Charges Administration

Sandra McLellan

505. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the person responsible for water charges, where persons live in homes owned by a trust; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19779/15]