Parliamentary questions

Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure

Eugene Murphy

521. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of flood relief capital allocation from 2011 to 2016 to date; the total drawdown per annum from 2011 to 2016 to date for each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22564/16]

Traffic Data

Eugene Murphy

827. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to request Transport Infrastructure Ireland to investigate the cause of serious accidents occurring on an ongoing basis on the national primary route N5 at Scramogue Cross junction, Strokestown, County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22140/16]

Public Service Vehicles

Eugene Murphy

848. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there are severe age limit restrictions on vehicles for use in the taxi sector, as opposed to the trucking or bus sector; the reason a 2007 E-class Mercedes Benz was considered not suitable as a taxi in June 2016 but could operate as a limousine in the same time period; the reason there are extra signage requirements on a taxi considering other SPSV vehicles carry no distinguishing markers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22681/16]

Flood Risk Management

Eugene Murphy

54. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on establishing a single authority to deal with all matters relating to the River Shannon including flood relief measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19750/16]

Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure

Eugene Murphy

56. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his expenditure on flood relief plans in 2016 to date; how this compares with projected expenditure at the start of 2016; the amount of expenditure that will be needed in the next ten years to deal with currently identified areas in danger of flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19749/16]

Garda Remuneration

Eugene Murphy

107. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an exemption for members of An Garda Síochána who had their increments frozen (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19655/16]

Waste Disposal Charges

Eugene Murphy

264. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an exemption for existing waste collection customers who pay by a tag system for their refuse collection but who are now being treated as first-time customers and are being subjected to a service charge and a pay-by-weight system despite the fact that the pay-by-weight charges have been frozen for 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19657/16]

Garda Station Closures

Eugene Murphy

374. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the ownership status of seven Garda stations which are currently closed in the Roscommon/Galway constituency (details supplied); and if any or all of these seven closed Garda stations are still in State ownership or if any of them have already been sold. [19654/16]

Community Care

Eugene Murphy

490. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to move a primary care centre (details supplied) out of community health care organisation area 2 and into community health care organisation area 1; if so, the consequences and repercussions this will have on patient care and quality of service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19287/16]

Public Transport

Eugene Murphy

632. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that while over 60% of Bus Éireann coaches, over 200 vehicles, are now wheelchair accessible, it is virtually impossible for wheelchair users to access the coach services in rural Ireland due to a lack of accessible bus stops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19107/16]

Local Authority Staff Recruitment

Eugene Murphy

193. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will lift the recruitment embargo in Roscommon County Council to allow the hiring of outdoor staff, as since the embargo was put in place in 2008 Roscommon County Council has lost a significant number of staff and front line services have been severely affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18205/16]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Eugene Murphy

438. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the percentage performance of the eight-minute and of the 19-minute echo-delta call-outs from the total number of call-outs in County Roscommon in each of the years 2015 and 2016 to date; his views on ongoing problems with ambulance response times in parts of counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon and in the ambulance blackspot of west County Roscommon and east County Mayo in particular. [18403/16]

Taxi Regulations

Eugene Murphy

515. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the lack of hackney licences being granted (details supplied). [18080/16]

Motor Insurance Coverage

Eugene Murphy

523. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why there are no insurance companies which will at this time give a quotation to a person who is a first-time taxi licence holder for a wheelchair accessible vehicle. [18251/16]

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland

Eugene Murphy

18. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the relatively low level of lending undertaken by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland to date, and the corresponding average loan size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17534/16]

Library Services

Eugene Murphy

147. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amalgamate library services in County Roscommon with counties Sligo and Leitrim; if such plans will put any of the six libraries in County Roscommon, namely, Roscommon, Boyle, Ballaghaderreen, Strokestown and Elphin, under threat of closure; and to clarify the breakdown and number of staff currently employed in each of the six library branches in County Roscommon. [17833/16]

Hospitals Funding

Eugene Murphy

221. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the €7.85 million funding for the proposed rehabilitation unit in Roscommon county hospital has been withdrawn; if so, on what grounds; and if the funding for the rehabilitation unit has been included in the Health Service Executive's 2016-2021 capital programme. [17663/16]

Primary Care Centres

Eugene Murphy

222. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to move the primary care centre in Monksland, south Roscommon from the Galway-Roscommon-Mayo area, CHO2, into the Laois-Offaly, Longford-Westmeath, Louth-Meath community health organisation CHO8; and if so, the rationale or reasoning behind such a proposal. [17664/16]

Garda Strength

Eugene Murphy

16. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each in counties Longford and Roscommon on 30 April 2011 and on 30 April 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17088/16]

Flood Relief Schemes

Eugene Murphy

200. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the remedial works or funding he can allocate to help alleviate the damage from flash floods in areas of north Roscommon where many home owners were forced to flee their homes recently after torrential rain. [17356/16]