Parliamentary questions

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Gerry Adams

639. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the funding he has allocated for speech and language therapy services for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, by community health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9425/16]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Gerry Adams

651. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health to publish the 2014 National Ambulance Service of Ireland emergency service and baseline capacity review; if he accepts the review's findings and if he has costed the three key proposals contained therein; if the implementation of these recommendations will improve the eight-minute response time from the current 26.6% to 60.6% and the 19-minute response time from the current 67.2% to 81.5%; if he has enacted any of the recommendations; if so, which; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9463/16]

Home Care Packages Data

Gerry Adams

673. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of packages provided under the home care scheme by county from 2010 to 2016, inclusive, to date. [9550/16]

Home Care Packages Data

Gerry Adams

674. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of packages requested under the home care package scheme by county from 2010 to 2016, inclusive, to date. [9551/16]

Home Care Packages Data

Gerry Adams

675. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of hours provided under the home care package scheme by county from 2010 to 2016, inclusive, to date. [9552/16]

Home Care Packages Data

Gerry Adams

677. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided under the home care package scheme by county from 2010 to 2016, inclusive, to date. [9553/16]

Home Care Packages Data

Gerry Adams

678. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for processing applications under the home care package scheme by county from 2010 to 2016, inclusive, to date; the number of persons awaiting approval; and the reason for the waiting time. [9554/16]

Home Care Packages Data

Gerry Adams

679. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health his views on media reports that certain community health care organisations cannot accept applications for packages under the home care scheme; if new applications are being placed on a waiting list; the areas in which waiting lists exist and the length of same. [9555/16]

Medical Products

Gerry Adams

689. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the status of a treatment for multiple sclerosis called Lemtrada, including its availability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9658/16]

Road Projects

Gerry Adams

1165. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the provision of slip roads on the M1 motorway at the junction with the main Dundalk-Armagh road at Kilcurry, County Louth; if this proposal has been considered before; if An Bord Pleanála previously rejected such a proposal and, if so, the rationale for doing so; the approximate cost for such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9909/16]

Rape Crisis Network Funding

Gerry Adams

1200. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding allocated to Rape Crisis north east in County Louth for each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9740/16]

Rape Crisis Network Funding

Gerry Adams

1201. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware that any of the existing Rape Crisis centres have had to reduce services provided as a result of cuts to funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9741/16]

Counselling Services Provision

Gerry Adams

1202. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the counselling services available for persons seeking support as survivors of sexual abuse in counties Louth and Meath; if there is a waiting time involved for such services; and her views that such services are sufficient to meet the needs of persons in Counties Louth and Meath. [9742/16]

HIQA Reports

Gerry Adams

1207. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 16 June 2015, if the indicated additional two liaison officers to work with residents and the Reception and Integration Agency have been appointed; the additional training these officers have received; the additional training social workers have received to improve cultural competency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10389/16]

HIQA Reports

Gerry Adams

1208. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 16 June 2015, if funding has been accessed by social workers working with families in Mosney direct provision centre for translation services during the past ten months. [10390/16]

HIQA Reports

Gerry Adams

1209. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 16 June 2015, if she will confirm that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has translated relevant information leaflets into French and Swahili for families in the Mosney direct provision centre. [10391/16]

HIQA Reports

Gerry Adams

1210. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of live child protection cases at Mosney direct provision centre. [10392/16]

Suicide Prevention

Gerry Adams

91. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive funding available to community and voluntary suicide prevention groups and the application process to access it. [8648/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Gerry Adams

96. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health where the 15 residents of the residential centre for persons with disabilities in Drumcar, County Louth, have been placed following the recent decision of the Health Information and Quality Authority to close the centre. [8660/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Gerry Adams

97. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with disabilities in County Louth; and if the closure of the residential centre at Drumcar has resulted in a reduction in provision. [8661/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Gerry Adams

10. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of the recent Seanad election, outlining in tabular form the costs incurred in respect of elections to the vocational panels and elections to the university panels; if total costs have not yet been compiled, the cost incurred to date and projected total cost once computed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8546/16]

European Fisheries Fund

Gerry Adams

24. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of spend for each sector (details supplied) of the European Fisheries Fund 2008 to 2015. [8579/16]

European Fisheries Fund

Gerry Adams

25. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the following details for the European Fisheries Fund 2015 under grant recipient, grant amount, date of approval, amount drawn down, amount not drawn down, total project cost, percentage of grant aid and the date the recipient notified Bord Iascaigh Mhara that funding would not be drawn down (if applicable). [8580/16]

Aquaculture Development

Gerry Adams

26. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tender process for the report, Potential for Land Based Salmon Grow-out in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems in Ireland; and the input Bórd Iascaigh Mhara has had into this report's terms of reference and its outcomes. [8581/16]

Aquaculture Development

Gerry Adams

27. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is any scope in the new National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development to develop the production from recirculation aquaculture systems beyond a 30% increase. [8582/16]

Aquaculture Development

Gerry Adams

28. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports available to persons to develop new land based recirculating aquaculture systems facilities. [8583/16]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Gerry Adams

180. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Defence when he will commence the application process for recruitment to the Irish Army in 2017; the entrance criteria he will set; the educational criteria he will set for applicants from the North of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8335/16]

Ambulance Service

Gerry Adams

254. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance shifts in the north-east national ambulance service area which have not been covered per month since the beginning of 2016. [8005/16]

Ambulance Service

Gerry Adams

255. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the location of the ambulance stations in the north-east national ambulance service area where shifts were not covered and the time of these shifts, since the beginning of 2016. [8006/16]

Ambulance Service

Gerry Adams

256. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of incidents where an ambulance has not been operational in the north-east region since the beginning of 2016 due to lack of personnel to cover the shift. [8007/16]

Ambulance Service

Gerry Adams

257. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of national ambulance service employees in the north-east region who are currently on long-term sick leave. [8008/16]

Ambulance Service

Gerry Adams

258. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of national ambulance service employees who are currently on long-term sick leave due to work related stress. [8009/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme

Gerry Adams

1. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of areas in which a co-operative system has been established between the local authorities and community welfare officers to intervene where families, in particular, are in danger of homelessness, and to address the issues they face; her plans to extend this system to other areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7900/16]

Homeless Persons Supports

Gerry Adams

124. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of current services available in counties Louth and Meath for persons who find themselves homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7891/16]

Homeless Persons Supports

Gerry Adams

125. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of emergency accommodation available to single male persons who present as homeless in counties Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7892/16]

Homeless Persons Supports

Gerry Adams

126. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of emergency accommodation available to single female persons who present as homeless in counties Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7893/16]

Homeless Persons Supports

Gerry Adams

127. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of emergency accommodation available to a couple or one-parent families with one child who present as homeless in counties Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7894/16]

Homeless Persons Supports

Gerry Adams

128. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of emergency accommodation available to couples or one-parent families with one or more children who present as homeless in counties Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7895/16]

Homeless Accommodation Funding

Gerry Adams

129. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of funding allocated to Louth and Meath County Councils for provision of emergency accommodation for the years 2010 to 2016, in tabular form; the details of the portion of allocated funds that were drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7896/16]

Homeless Persons Supports

Gerry Adams

130. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria that Louth and Meath county councils use in deciding on the hotels or bed and breakfasts to be used for emergency accommodation in the Louth-east Meath area. [7897/16]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Gerry Adams

131. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of the provision of emergency accommodation in counties Louth and Meath for the years 2010 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7898/16]

Homeless Persons Data

Gerry Adams

132. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of persons who have presented as homeless in counties Louth and Meath for the years 2010 to 2016, in tabular form; if he will further provide a breakdown in terms of single males, single females; couples or one-parent families with one child and couples or one-parent families with one or more children. [7899/16]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

133. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the average waiting time for an allocation of social housing in respect of a single applicant for counties Louth and Meath for the years 2010 to 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7935/16]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

134. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the longest waiting time for an allocation of social housing in respect of a single applicant for counties Louth and Meath for the years 2010 to 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7936/16]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

135. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the average waiting time for an allocation of social housing in respect of a couple or one-parent family with one child for counties Louth and Meath, for the years 2010 to 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7937/16]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

136. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the longest waiting time for an allocation of social housing in respect of a couple or one-parent family with one child for counties Louth and Meath, for the years 2010 to 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7938/16]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

137. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the average waiting time for an allocation of social housing in respect of a couple or one-parent family with one or more children for counties Louth and Meath, for the years 2010 to 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7939/16]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Gerry Adams

138. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the longest waiting time for an allocation of social housing in respect of a couple or one-parent family with one or more children for counties Louth and Meath, for the years 2010 to 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7940/16]

Local Authority Funding

Gerry Adams

139. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts allocated to Louth and Meath County Councils for local authority housing repairs, retrofitting and returning vacant units to use in the years 2010 to 2015 and to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7941/16]

Local Authority Funding

Gerry Adams

140. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding drawn down by Louth and Meath County Councils for local authority housing repairs, retrofitting and returning vacant units to use in the years 2010 to 2015 and to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7942/16]