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Wed, 25 Nov 2015

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Disability Allowance Data

Colm Keaveney

46. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons between 18 and 24 years of age who are in receipt of disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41890/15]

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Wed, 25 Nov 2015

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Employment Rights

Colm Keaveney

148. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the legal advice given regarding Article 27 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that necessitates a reservation, as signalled in her Department's roadmap to ratification of the convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42003/15]

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Tue, 24 Nov 2015

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Office of Public Works Expenditure

Colm Keaveney

176. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Question No. 347 of 3 November 2015, the reason for the delay in providing a full and comprehensive response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41513/15]

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Tue, 24 Nov 2015

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Services for People with Disabilities

Colm Keaveney

421. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalents working in the intellectual disability sector, the number employed by the Health Service Executive, and the number employed by agencies, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41657/15]

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Tue, 24 Nov 2015

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School Patronage

Colm Keaveney

505. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools under the patronage of the Catholic Church, including schools under the patronage of dioceses, religious orders or other bodies within the church that have been vacated and offered for divestment to her Department, but have yet to be handed over to other patron bodies; the location of each of these schools and the date from which her Department was made aware that these schools would be available for divestment; the reason for any delay by her Department in completing the divestment process in relation to these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41598/15]

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Tue, 24 Nov 2015

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Turbary Rights

Colm Keaveney

591. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Transport Infrastructure Ireland will compensate persons for their loss of turbary rights at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41702/15]

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Tue, 17 Nov 2015

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Invalidity Pension Appeals

Colm Keaveney

168. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Galway should be forced to await the processing of an appeal on an invalidity pension application since April 2015, and based on a conversation with the appeals section it is quite feasible that this delay will extend to April 2016 which will leave the applicant in a state of uncertainly for a 12 month period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40569/15]

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Tue, 17 Nov 2015

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Hospital Staff Data

Colm Keaveney

360. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant gynaecologists who are assigned to Galway University Hospital and to the entire Health Service Executive west administrative area; the details of their deployment; the facilities within this area; the waiting times for appointments and procedures, other than those directly related to routine pregnancy and childbirth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39994/15]

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Thu, 12 Nov 2015

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Hospital Appointments Status

Colm Keaveney

152. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway had four appointments for the fitting of a pubic catheter cancelled at the last minute; at a policy level, the measures he has directed to be taken to ensure that the health service provides proper respect and regard to a person's time, particularly in regard to the distress and inconvenience caused by cancellations where arrangements with carers, etc. are involved; when the person will receive a new appointment; if that appointment will be honoured, or if the person will, for the fifth time, be subjected to the distress of a last minute cancellation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39813/15]

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Thu, 12 Nov 2015

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Counselling Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

163. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the status of the counselling service in the primary care service, including the numbers referred to, seen by and on waiting lists for community health care organisations in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39893/15]

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Wed, 11 Nov 2015

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Flood Relief Schemes Applications

Colm Keaveney

66. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when urgently needed funding will be made available by the Office of Public Works for the drainage of swallow holes and the cleaning of the channel from Grannagh to Blackrock in Peterswell in County Galway, funds which were applied for in August 2015 for critically necessary works which aim at alleviating and resolving the severe inconveniences and seasonal flooding being experienced locally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39773/15]

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Wed, 11 Nov 2015

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Hospital Acquired Infections

Colm Keaveney

132. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health for a report on the outbreak of clostridium difficile at Portiuncula Hospital in County Galway; and the action being taken to deal with it. [39771/15]

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Wed, 11 Nov 2015

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Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Colm Keaveney

149. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who despite being deemed eligible to apply for a grant for the support of survivors of institutional abuse by Caranua on 11 March 2014, and to whom Caranua confirmed in writing on 10 April 2014 that all documents had been received to process this grant; that despite this Caranua has made no attempt to finalise this payment, or contact this person, despite several telephone calls and letters from both the person and this Deputy's office regarding this matter; her views that it is unacceptable that former victims of institutional abuse should become victims of institutional neglect in this manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39770/15]

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Tue, 10 Nov 2015

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Hospital Appointments Status

Colm Keaveney

429. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway, who is in considerable continuous pain and who was referred several weeks ago, will be scheduled for an appointment to see a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Merlin Park hospital in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39393/15]

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Thu, 5 Nov 2015

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Disability Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

15. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the resources his Department will provide in 2016 to move persons out of congregated settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38222/15]

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Thu, 5 Nov 2015

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Disability Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

21. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on housing records released by his Department under the Freedom of Information Act, which show that just 90 persons out of a target of 300 persons have been transferred from congregated settings over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38221/15]

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Thu, 5 Nov 2015

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Wage Subsidy Scheme

Colm Keaveney

64. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer in 2016 of extending the wage subsidy scheme to those in receipt of partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38705/15]

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Thu, 5 Nov 2015

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Commencement of Legislation

Colm Keaveney

148. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sections of the Disability Act 2005 that still have to be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38856/15]

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Wed, 4 Nov 2015

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Action Plan for Jobs

Colm Keaveney

22. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the 2016 Action Plan for Jobs will be published; if it will contain measures to help persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37945/15]

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Wed, 4 Nov 2015

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Hospital Waiting Lists

Colm Keaveney

140. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 146 and 156 of 8 October 2015 regarding average orthopaedic procedure waiting times in University Hospital Galway, and the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway, the way he can reconcile the two supplied replies, one of which states the average waiting times were 118 days in 2014 and 109 days in 2015, although the person waited 310 days in 2014 and a further 301 days in 2015 to date, resulting in a total wait of 611 days so far with no expectation of an appointment for a procedure, apart from a nebulous estimate that the person would be contacted in 2016; his conclusion on the disparity between the two replies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38456/15]

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