Parliamentary questions

Air Ambulance Service Data

Denis Naughten

132. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to secure the air ambulance service at Custume Barracks, Athlone; the number of missions flown in each year of operation and to date in 2019; if assurance will be provided that its role will be expanded on foot of the operation of the second air ambulance in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40270/19]

Ambulance Service Data

Denis Naughten

133. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to a service (details supplied) for operations tasked by the National Ambulance Service in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, respectively; the average cost per mission in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40271/19]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Denis Naughten

138. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the seven-year delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40188/19]

Hospital Discharges

Denis Naughten

165. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if funding under the winter initiative will be released to provide respite services in nursing homes to allow for the discharge of older persons from acute hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40272/19]

Health Reports

Denis Naughten

166. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the steps which have been taken to implement recommendation 21 of the trauma steering group report; the plans to fully implement this recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40273/19]

Air Quality

Denis Naughten

282. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to bring the clean air strategy to Government for approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40233/19]

Bord na Móna

Denis Naughten

283. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to ensure a just transition in Bord na Móna in view of further concerns regarding the future of 2,000 jobs by the group of unions following a meeting with management at the end of September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40257/19]

Schools Building Projects

Denis Naughten

126. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in developing a purpose-built school for the pupils of a school (details supplied) further to the Private Members' debate in Dáil Éireann of 25 September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40005/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data

Denis Naughten

185. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing home residents availing of the saver transitional arrangements under the nursing home support scheme; if the saver provision also applied to persons in long-term residential psychiatric care on the day the nursing home support scheme came into force that subsequently transferred to long-term geriatric care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40094/19]

School Services Staff

Denis Naughten

211. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement since 16 September 2019 with unions representing school secretaries in an effort to resolve the dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39579/19]

Direct Provision Data

Denis Naughten

253. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of residents in direct provision granted refugee status or subsidiary protection; the cost of retaining these residents in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39351/19]

Hospital Transfers

Denis Naughten

401. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the person or body with whom responsibility for transport to hospital appointments rest in cases in which a person is a long-stay in a nursing home under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39746/19]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

Denis Naughten

436. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39385/19]

Repair and Leasing Scheme

Denis Naughten

627. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applications granted under the repair and leasing scheme; the number of applications refused; the number of applications refused on the basis that there is no social housing demand for the property in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39352/19]

Vaccination Programme

Denis Naughten

138. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce proposals for the introduction of a vaccine damage compensation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39052/19]

Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility

Denis Naughten

177. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if all means from employment are assessed when calculating a HAP payment for a person in receipt of a disability allowance and working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39062/19]

Industrial Relations

Denis Naughten

176. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to avoid industrial action by members of a union (details supplied); if further talks are scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38721/19]

Fallen Animal Collection Scheme

Denis Naughten

170. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals processed through the fallen animal scheme which was in place from 2001 to 2009; the cost in this regard; the cost of the 48 month plus subsidy scheme; the number of animals processed since its inception; when he plans to recommence talks with the knackeries across the country; if his attention has been drawn to the impact this is having on farms due to the warm weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38020/19]

Fallen Animal Collection Scheme

Denis Naughten

176. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals processed under the fallen animal scheme in each of the years 2001 to 2009; the cost of the scheme; the number of animals processed through the current TSE subsidy scheme since its inception; the cost involved; if his attention has been drawn to the environmental implications of the non-collection of fallen animals during the current warm weather; his plans for engagement with an association (details supplied) to resolve the impasse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38132/19]

Weather Events

Denis Naughten

177. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if assistance will be provided to farmers in the Shannon Callows who have lost fodder, aftergrass and to those that have been forced to house cattle early due to flooding; the engagement that he has had with Waterways Ireland and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding works at Meelick weir; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38136/19]

Inland Waterways Maintenance

Denis Naughten

272. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement that she has had with Waterways Ireland and its contractors regarding the management of water levels in the vicinity of works at Meelick weir; the impact these works are having on the flooding experienced by farmers in the Shannon Callows; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38137/19]

Planning Issues

Denis Naughten

178. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37874/19]

EU Programmes

Denis Naughten

179. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will define the midlands peat region as designated in the EU platform for coal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37875/19]

Sports Funding

Denis Naughten

192. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide additional financial support to elite boxing athletes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37872/19]

Naturalisation Eligibility

Denis Naughten

297. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to resolve the uncertainty that has arisen regarding the naturalisation process; when the matter will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37584/19]

Proposed Legislation

Denis Naughten

301. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to publish the sex offenders (amendment) Bill; the reason for the delay in presenting a stamped copy of the Bill to Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37662/19]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Denis Naughten

331. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 25 June 2019, when a person (details supplied) will receive a date; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36994/19]

Horse Sport Ireland

Denis Naughten

504. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to implement a review by a company (details supplied) of Horse Sport Ireland; his views on the recommendation in the report of the additional resource requirements of Horse Sport Ireland to support the expansion of the sector in view of a series of recent reports on the need for diversification in agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37500/19]

School Transport

Denis Naughten

378. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow the medical card waiver to apply for school transport for pupils who may not be attending their nearest school for a variety of reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35701/19]

Commencement of Legislation

Denis Naughten

665. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the decision support service within the Mental Health Commission will become operational; the reason it has taken so long; the impact this is having on the commencement of large parts of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and the operation of the wards of court system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36386/19]

National Dementia Strategy Implementation

Denis Naughten

859. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand the dementia adviser service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35017/19]

HSE Staff Recruitment

Denis Naughten

1010. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure positions are available for graduate nurses in a hospital (details supplied); his views on the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35702/19]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Denis Naughten

1254. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the status of the plan to provide prefabricated theatres at Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway; when the decision was first taken to go for a prefabricated solution; when tenders were sought, received and a preferred tender selected; the original timeline for completion; the current timeline; the projected capacity of the new facility over the current capacity at the hospital; the current capacity and the number of patients treated to date in 2019; the interim measures being taken to make up for the shortfall in capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36369/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data

Denis Naughten

1263. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in nursing homes under the fair deal scheme who have a family home registered in their name which is included as part of the assessment for the scheme; the number of these houses that still have a spouse or family member residing in the property; the number of these family homes that are rented and generating an income; the number of these houses that are vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36408/19]

Meat Processing Plants

Denis Naughten

1429. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of instances in which mechanical grading was suspended in meat plants in cases in which a machine is found to be working outside of tolerance and manual grading is instigated to date in 2019; when the report on the replacement of the outdated grading machines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36273/19]

Planning Issues

Denis Naughten

1981. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when amending regulations for solar panel exemptions on rooftops will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36138/19]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Review

Denis Naughten

1986. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if local authorities will be allowed discretion regarding the income threshold under the tenant purchase scheme for isolated rural houses for which there is no housing demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36272/19]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

19. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Taoiseach the different income streams directly paid by persons to his Department or agencies under his remit, such as motor tax; the number of persons making annual payments; the value of same; the number of payments made through staged or incremental payments; the value of same; the additional income generated as a result of payments being made on an incremental basis; if incremental payments are not available, the reason for same; and the corresponding figures for 1999 and 2009. [31570/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Denis Naughten

1415. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32818/19]

Meat Processing Plant Inspections

Denis Naughten

2055. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of unannounced on-the-spot inspections carried out in the 23 plants with mechanical grading machines in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, respectively; the number of instances to date in 2019 when meat plants were instructed to revert to manual classification when a machine was found to be working outside of tolerance by inspectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32121/19]

Animal Slaughtering Standards

Denis Naughten

2056. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 848 of 15 January 2019, if he has applied a fine on a particular carcase for non-compliance with the carcase trim specification in January 2019; the plant involved; the payment made to the farmer supplier to reflect loss; the number of other instances of non-compliance with the carcase trim specification to date in 2019; if a fine has been applied in each case, the plant involved in each instance; the payment made to the farmer supplier to reflect the loss in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32122/19]

Beef Industry

Denis Naughten

2068. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 16 April 2019, if the corresponding figures for the year to date in 2019 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32465/19]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

105. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the different income streams directly paid by persons to his Department or agencies under his remit, such as motor tax; the number of persons making annual payments; the value of same; the number of payments made through staged or increment payments; the value of same; the additional income generated as a result of payments being made on an incremental basis; if incremental payments are not available, the reason for same; the corresponding figures for 1999 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30851/19]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

135. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the different income streams directly paid by persons to his Department or agencies under his remit, such as motor tax; the number of persons making annual payments; the value of same; the number of payments made through staged or incremental payments; the value of same; the additional income generated as a result of payments being made on an incremental basis; if incremental payments are not available, the reason for same; the corresponding figures for 1999 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30855/19]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

187. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance the different income streams directly paid by persons to his Department or agencies under his remit, such as motor tax; the number of persons making annual payments; the value of same; the number of payments made through staged or increment payments; the value of same; the additional income generated as a result of payments being made on an incremental basis; if incremental payments are not available, the reason for same; the corresponding figures for 1999 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30854/19]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

235. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the different income streams directly paid by persons to his Department or agencies under his remit, such as motor tax; the number of persons making annual payments; the value of same; the number of payments made through staged or increment payments; the value of same; the additional income generated as a result of payments being made on an incremental basis; if incremental payments are not available, the reason for same; the corresponding figures for 1999 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30859/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Denis Naughten

259. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the estimate of an organisation (details supplied) that the extension of the July provision to all children with Down's syndrome that need access would cost €1 million per annum is correct; his views on whether children with Down's syndrome need the additional support during the summer months in order that they can catch up with their peers and stay in mainstream education; if he will review the current policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30626/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Denis Naughten

260. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his engagement with an organisation (details supplied) further to the recent court settlement regarding the July provision for children with Down's syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30627/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Denis Naughten

261. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the provision of post-primary specialised units for students with Down's syndrome similar to that provided to children with autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30628/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Denis Naughten

262. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the recommendations of the NCSE review on the July provision will be implemented; if the implementation group has provided him with a report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30629/19]