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Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Mental Health Services Provision
John McGuinness
21. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve psychiatric services at acute and at community level in counties Carlow and Kilkenny. [20987/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Commissions of Investigation
John McGuinness
22. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a statutory commission of investigation into a foster home in the south east. [20988/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Travel Documents
John McGuinness
156. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the history of the status of a person (details supplied) since they first entered the country almost 16 years ago; and if their passport and personal papers will be returned to them from Cloverhill Prison. [20831/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Data
John McGuinness
386. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on the community employment scheme in Borris St. Mullins, County Carlow; if persons on the scheme are offered courses to improve their skills; if courses are planned in such a way as not to clash with other courses being organised; if persons on the scheme get a reasonable opportunity to attend the course of their choice; the reason some courses were held in Ballon Community Centre, Carlow, a 70km round trip from the location of the scheme; and if all scheme participants were issued with the appropriate work gear and were up skilled with such courses as Safepass and so on. [20833/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Labour Court Awards
John McGuinness
800. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will pay what was awarded to a person (details supplied) by the Labour Court in 2012 to the person's estate; if she will outline the determination of the Labour Court in this case and her Department's response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20834/16]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Disability Allowance Applications
John McGuinness
148. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a claim by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme was registered with his Department in May 2015. [20240/16]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Health Services Provision
John McGuinness
209. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to provide funding for the care of a person (details supplied); if he will accept the opinion of the person's professional care team and make an immediate decision to support the person as there is no other option in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20127/16]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Disability Services Provision
John McGuinness
248. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite and approve funding for the long-term care of a person (details supplied). [20241/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
John McGuinness
188. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Caranua is now closing clients' files and insisting that they must go through the approval process all over again just to be accepted as a client; if the request for services in the name of a person (details supplied) will be processed and approved; and if he will confirm the level of State funding granted to this organisation over the past three years. [19306/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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School Transport Provision
John McGuinness
221. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements he will put in place to provide school transport for persons (details supplied); if he will approve an application under the school bus transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19691/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
John McGuinness
299. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 23 June 2016, if it was the fraud section of his Department that investigated this matter; if payment of contributions continued after 2008, as to date this person has not been issued with a P45; the action that was taken by the fraud section following the discussion by phone with this person; if this person's future pension entitlements will be adversely affected by not having contributions credited to them while they were in employment after 2008; and if he will provide the contribution records. [19339/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Orthodontic Services
John McGuinness
501. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he or the Health Service Executive covers claims from clients of orthodontists where the procedure has gone wrong; if there is a national body to monitor the insurance cover for dentists and orthodontists; and if there is a regulatory body tasked with ensuring that such professionals comply with best practice. [19307/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Palliative Care Services
John McGuinness
546. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the work of palliative care teams will be extended to include end of life patients with dementia and Alzheimer's disease; the funding made available by his Department and the Health Service Executive for such services in the past three years; and if he will support such a request. [19494/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Orthodontic Services Data
John McGuinness
547. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the full report of an investigation into the damage caused to children while under the care of the public orthodontic services; if he will publish the results of the examination of 6,000 clients' charts relative to the investigation; if he is satisfied that those children affected have been recalled to rectify any issues that might have been identified; the action his Department has taken since concerns were first raised in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19496/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Hospital Procedures
John McGuinness
548. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early date for a procedure at Cork University Hospital will be arranged for a person (details supplied) given the fact that the person attended the hospital for injections and an assessment almost three months ago and is three years waiting for the procedure. [19497/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
John McGuinness
549. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a walker frame for outdoor use will be approved for a person (details supplied). [19499/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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National Lottery Funding Applications
John McGuinness
574. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for lottery funding by the Health Service Executive in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19813/16]
Thu, 30 Jun 2016
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Social Welfare Overpayments
John McGuinness
137. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the way an overpayment occurred in the case of a person (details supplied); if he will pay in full the amount due to them relative to their carer's allowance claim and deduct €20 per week to cover the debt repayment plan given the financial pressures of the case. [18929/16]
Thu, 30 Jun 2016
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Hospital Consultant Recruitment
John McGuinness
195. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to extend the current contract of a person (details supplied); if he will ensure that a permanent position is offered to this person based on his or her expertise in treating sarcoma cancer; if he is aware of the concern of patients at the loss of this person and their desire to have this consultant made permanent and the position approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18928/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Garda Misconduct Allegations
John McGuinness
72. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the statutory inquiry relative to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17775/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Garda Misconduct Allegations
John McGuinness
73. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be consulted on the terms of reference of the proposed statutory inquiry in order to ensure that justice is seen to be done. [17780/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Garda Misconduct Allegations
John McGuinness
74. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons given to her by her Department's review mechanism that caused her in May 2016 to establish the statutory inquiry into the long-standing complaint of a person (details supplied). [17781/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Revenue Documents Issuance
John McGuinness
116. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have investigated the reason a P45 was not issued to a person (details supplied). [17905/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Disability Allowance Payments
John McGuinness
189. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the disability allowance claim in the case of a person (details supplied) will be backdated to the date the person applied for invalidity pension; and why the disability allowance claim which was approved did not commence on the date of application, that is, November 2015. [17903/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Social Insurance
John McGuinness
190. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of an investigation into the employment of a person (details supplied). [17904/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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EU Programmes
John McGuinness
302. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has issued a reply to correspondence (details supplied); the action she intends to take on the matter; if she will meet all of the parties concerned in an effort to establish the truth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17773/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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EU Programmes
John McGuinness
303. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation why her Department did not reply to a letter from the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association, ISME, of 29 January 1999; and her views on whether concerns ISME had expressed were null and void, as in August 1997 her officials had visited ISME where they had checked and approved three unpaid invoices, as was then her Department's standard practice. [17777/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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EU Programmes
John McGuinness
304. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation why the parliamentary reply issued by her predecessor on 18 May 2004 denying that rules governing European Union grants had been changed in 1997 was wrong; and if she will confirm that at the time of that parliamentary reply her Department had been in litigation against the EU Commission pleading that it had been unfairly compelled by EU Regulation 2064/97 to reinterpret retrospectively and change the rules governing EU grants in 1997. [17778/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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EU Programmes
John McGuinness
305. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a case involving an application for a European Union grant and her Department's compliance with European Union Regulation 2064/97 since 1994. [17779/16]
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Garda Station Closures
John McGuinness
21. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each of the counties Kilkenny and Carlow on 30 April 2011 and on 30 April 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17094/16]
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Services for People with Disabilities
John McGuinness
254. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the supports in place for a person (details supplied); if the same level of supports are available at weekends and holidays; and if he will provide a full range of support at weekends in the family home. [17630/16]
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Accident and Emergency Departments Data
John McGuinness
255. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors on duty in St. Luke's Hospital, County Kilkenny, on 5 June 2016; the number of patients in the hospital on the same day; the number of persons treated in the accident and emergency department on the same day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17631/16]
Wed, 22 Jun 2016
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Services for People with Disabilities
John McGuinness
256. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when the full range of services will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); the action taken by the Health Service Executive when the person was referred for early intervention in 2015 and the assessment of need was completed on 22 October 2015; the occupational therapy and speech and language therapy that has been made available to the person since being assessed on 30 October 2015; and if he will expedite an immediate response from the Health Service Executive and insist on a full care plan being put in place. [17632/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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School Transport Administration
John McGuinness
216. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the changes were made to the charging system for maintenance charges for school transport buses for Bus Éireann from the apportioned mileage system in the 1975 agreement to the percentage apportionment of school buses as a portion of total buses, as described in the Farrell Grant Sparks report; if this change was by mutual consent and how was the change documented; if informed calculations were made in respect of cash savings and the amount he expects to save by the recent cutbacks in school transport given in the recent report he received for each year from 2017 to 2022; if informed calculations were made in respect of the number of large buses being withdrawn from school transport services to be replaced by smaller buses; the number of buses that will be withdrawn or replaced and the capital cost of this in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form. [15975/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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School Staff
John McGuinness
226. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve and expedite the appointment of an extra teacher for a school (details supplied). [16061/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
John McGuinness
320. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will approve an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer’s allowance scheme; if he will examine the medical evidence submitted; and if he will grant an oral hearing. [15898/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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State Pensions
John McGuinness
328. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will restore the supplementary State transition pension payment scheme; and if he has established an interdepartmental group to examine this and other matters. [15978/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Departmental Correspondence
John McGuinness
351. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review correspondence from a person (details supplied) to determine if he can meet and provide assistance and information to persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15746/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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HSE Staff
John McGuinness
438. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the panel of applicants for the position of groundsman with the Health Service Executive in Castlebar, County Mayo, established in 2015 is exhausted. [15713/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
John McGuinness
448. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a medical device to a person (details supplied) without delay. [15897/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Hospital Appointments Status
John McGuinness
449. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will prioritise and arrange an early date for surgery for a person (details supplied); and the reason the surgery was not conducted at another hospital. [15899/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Departmental Staff
John McGuinness
517. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if staff in the cattle movement and monitoring system of his Department complained of intimidation, harassment and bullying (details supplied); if professional help was sought by and if he granted it to the complainants; if staff of the cattle movement and monitoring system were precluded from investigative work at export lariages, marts, local authority abattoirs and factories despite what is clearly set out in Circular ER 35-2002; if the staff reporting to a manager was reduced from 21 in 2002 to two in recent times; the current make-up of the new unit; and the number of staff who have joined it from the special investigation unit. [15751/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Child and Family Agency Services
John McGuinness
631. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the assistance she will provide to a person (details supplied) to obtain documents from the State; and if she will meet the person to progress matters. [15674/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Adoption Records Provision
John McGuinness
643. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the assistance she can provide to a person (details supplied) in obtaining records on adoptions; if she will review certain correspondence; if Tusla, the Child and Family Agency will meet with the persons concerned; and if legislation is required to deal with such matters. [15747/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Drugs Payment Scheme
John McGuinness
445. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason the drug Fampyra is not being prescribed for a person (details supplied); if the matter will be sorted as soon as possible as having to pay for the drug each week is causing family hardship and distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14623/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Legal Costs
John McGuinness
54. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his Department's discussions with the Bar Council on the demand for a fee increase from the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13079/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Teachers' Remuneration
John McGuinness
332. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the Government's timeframe to end the pay inequality that teachers who qualified after 2011 endure, considering it has now been five years of discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13447/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Mental Health Services Provision
John McGuinness
398. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the full range of psychiatric supports are being made available to a person (details supplied). [11206/16]
Thu, 19 May 2016
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Spent Convictions
John McGuinness
50. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process for persons applying under the spent convictions Act; the timeframe for dealing with such applications and the criteria involved. [11159/16]
Thu, 19 May 2016
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Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
John McGuinness
60. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance to expedite a review of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disabled drivers regulations 1994. [11160/16]