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Tue, 23 Oct 2018
oral
Hospital Waiting Lists
Marc MacSharry
74. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the action which will be taken to address the long outpatient waiting times in Sligo University Hospital in which 1,136 persons are waiting more than 18 months for an appointment. [43620/18]
Thu, 18 Oct 2018
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Fuel Allowance Applications
Marc MacSharry
324. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo was refused the fuel allowance even though their combined income from their State pension (contributory) and disablement benefit is under the weekly income limit of €343.30 in order to qualify for the free fuel allowance; her plans to amend the operational guidelines for the free fuel allowance scheme to make disablement benefit a qualifying payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42809/18]
Wed, 17 Oct 2018
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Garda Deployment
Marc MacSharry
46. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42417/18]
Tue, 16 Oct 2018
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Student Grant Scheme Administration
Marc MacSharry
197. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the accuracy of using an application and Eircodes as the measurement benchmark for assessing eligibility for the non-adjacent rate of student maintenance grant in which the practical evidence of a clocked drive of the distance proves that the measurements by the application using Eircodes to be inaccurate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41764/18]
Tue, 16 Oct 2018
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Illness Benefit Payments
Marc MacSharry
606. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person who received illness benefit payments as a result of a personal injury is still liable for tax on the said payments received in circumstances in which compensation was subsequently awarded and the compensator has paid an amount equal to the illness benefit payments made to the person concerned directly to them, which is taken off the compensation award; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41772/18]
Tue, 9 Oct 2018
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Forestry Management
Marc MacSharry
388. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a moratorium on forestry development in County Leitrim and a rebalancing of the focus on forestry throughout other counties to include regulations that will require full planning permission for the planting of forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40797/18]
Tue, 2 Oct 2018
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Tax Exemptions
Marc MacSharry
161. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners does not inform married couples or couples in a civil partnership on reaching 65 years of age of their possible entitlement to a tax exemption limit of €36,000 as a matter of course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39419/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Wildlife Protection
Marc MacSharry
2791. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES, certificates issued by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in each of the years 2013 to 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32428/18]
Thu, 28 Jun 2018
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Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
Marc MacSharry
45. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to reduce outpatient waiting times for neurology consultations in Sligo University Hospital in which 263 appointments are outstanding for more than 18 months. [28207/18]
Tue, 26 Jun 2018
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Marc MacSharry
198. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures followed when a school is compelled by him to establish an autism unit; the funding provided for the school to establish such a unit; the specialist expertise the school is resourced to procure; the training provided to existing staff to ensure that the autism unit is competent and effective in the delivery of specialist education to pupils as opposed to just an autism unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27662/18]
Tue, 12 Jun 2018
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Primary Care Centres Provision
Marc MacSharry
730. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the provision of a primary care centre in Kinlough (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24897/18]
Tue, 12 Jun 2018
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Public Transport
Marc MacSharry
1082. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the retrofitting of both audio and visual equipment to the Bus Éireann fleet in counties Sligo and Leitrim to assist persons who are deaf and visually impaired to travel independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24925/18]
Tue, 12 Jun 2018
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Public Transport
Marc MacSharry
1083. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair-accessible buses available on routes licensed by the National Transport Authority serving counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24926/18]
Tue, 12 Jun 2018
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Public Transport
Marc MacSharry
1084. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Transport Authority will have its bus stop accessibility audit completed for counties Sligo and Leitrim; if it will be publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24927/18]
Tue, 12 Jun 2018
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Public Transport
Marc MacSharry
1085. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had an engagement with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government with regard to the provision of additional funding to enable local authorities to provide wheelchair-accessible bus stops nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24928/18]
Tue, 12 Jun 2018
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Tourism Policy
Marc MacSharry
1086. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if either his Department or Fáilte Ireland has ever attempted to quantify the value of the accessible tourism market; if not, if he will request that one be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24929/18]
Tue, 12 Jun 2018
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Tourism Promotion
Marc MacSharry
1087. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if either his Department or Fáilte Ireland has ever investigated the delivery of an accessible tourism marketing campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24930/18]
Wed, 30 May 2018
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Alcohol Sales Legislation
Marc MacSharry
114. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the relevant section of legislation which deals with the issue of pub and hotel licences in cases in which if they have not been trading for a period of five years, if the licence expires or if there are procedures in place to revalidate the licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23904/18]
Tue, 29 May 2018
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Emergency Departments
Marc MacSharry
80. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in overcrowding in Sligo University Hospital emergency department over the first four months of 2018 relative to the same period in 2017. [23536/18]
Tue, 29 May 2018
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Inland Fisheries
Marc MacSharry
502. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 1 May 2018, if eel fishery owners that rented or leased their eel fishery or that were unable to fish for eel due to illness or old age are to be excluded in the proposed support scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23310/18]