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Tue, 15 May 2018
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Project Ireland 2040 Funding
Imelda Munster
580. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if Drogheda is eligible to apply for grants which are designed to specifically target urban regeneration in view of the fact that some grants are only available to towns that are classified as hubs and gateways under Project Ireland 2040 and Drogheda is, therefore, excluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21027/18]
Thu, 10 May 2018
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Nursing Home Beds Data
Imelda Munster
163. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds available in County Louth prior to the establishment of HIQA in 2007. [20513/18]
Thu, 10 May 2018
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Nursing Home Beds Data
Imelda Munster
164. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds available in County Louth excluding step down and transitional beds. [20514/18]
Thu, 10 May 2018
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Nursing Home Beds Data
Imelda Munster
165. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of public stepdown and transitional care beds available in County Louth; and the locations of same. [20515/18]
Thu, 10 May 2018
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Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
Imelda Munster
166. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the projected completion dates of planned projects for the provision of public nursing home beds; and the resulting numbers of new build nursing homes, new beds and the refurbishment of existing beds. [20516/18]
Thu, 10 May 2018
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Hospital Services
Imelda Munster
167. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated for the transfer of services from the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda to St. Mary's Hospital, Drogheda; and the funding allocated in this regard. [20517/18]
Wed, 9 May 2018
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Occupational Therapy Data
Imelda Munster
186. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the average wait time, the longest wait time and the number of persons on the waiting list for adult occupational therapy assessments in each primary care unit in tabular form. [20355/18]
Wed, 9 May 2018
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Occupational Therapy Data
Imelda Munster
187. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists working in each primary care unit; and if the positions are full-time or part-time. [20356/18]
Tue, 8 May 2018
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
Imelda Munster
350. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the reason, when it is the case that medical card holders of pension age are entitled to State-funded physiotherapy, transport to medical appointments, dressings and other medical entitlements, residents of private nursing homes are required to pay for these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20044/18]
Tue, 8 May 2018
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Taxi Regulations
Imelda Munster
416. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair-accessible taxis registered in each county. [19703/18]
Tue, 8 May 2018
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Sports Facilities Provision
Imelda Munster
417. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to the large-scale sport infrastructure fund announced by the Minister in his budget 2018 speech for each of the years 2018 to 2020; the amount of this funding he plans to ring-fence for disadvantaged areas; his plans to put safeguards and conditions in place to ensure that the majority of the available funding is used in disadvantaged areas with poor sports facilities as part of the process of his Department drafting terms and conditions for the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19823/18]
Wed, 2 May 2018
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Mental Health Services Expenditure
Imelda Munster
128. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the average cost of treating persons who are sent to Britain by the HSE to access mental health services due to the fact that no suitable service exists here. [19191/18]
Wed, 2 May 2018
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Mental Health Services Expenditure
Imelda Munster
129. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the amount his Department has spent treating persons who are sent to Britain by the HSE to access mental health services due to the fact that no suitable service exists here in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and the number of persons sent to access such mental health services in Britain in each of these years. [19192/18]
Wed, 2 May 2018
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Patient Files
Imelda Munster
130. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the mechanism in place in the HSE to enable regular updates or reports on the treatment and progress of patients; the way in which progress and treatment is monitored by the HSE in cases in which persons have been sent to Britain for treatment due to a lack of suitable treatment options here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19193/18]
Wed, 2 May 2018
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Mental Health Services Data
Imelda Munster
131. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of wards of the State sent to Britain for mental health treatment due to the fact that no suitable treatment is available here in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [19194/18]
Tue, 24 Apr 2018
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Road Tolls
Imelda Munster
24. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposal to remove the slip road tolls in Drogheda for Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann which is taking place in the town in August 2018; the steps he has taken to pursue the removal of the tolls; the engagement that has taken place with relevant stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18030/18]
Tue, 24 Apr 2018
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Driver Test Waiting Lists
Imelda Munster
26. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that the implementation of the proposed amendment to the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017, which seeks to impose penalties on the owners of vehicles operated by unaccompanied learner drivers, does not cause driver test waiting times to worsen, in view of the fact that driver test waiting times are lengthy in most parts of the State and there has been a significant drop in the number of driver testers; if the wait times for both the scheduling of tests and the time spent waiting for tests have reduced in the past quarter; his further plans to assist the Road Safety Authority, RSA, in reducing the waiting times for driver tests, including agreeing to the formation of a panel of driver testers; the assistance he has given to the RSA regarding the establishment of additional driver test centres and increased recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18031/18]
Tue, 24 Apr 2018
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Sports Capital Programme Review
Imelda Munster
77. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on an independent review of the sports capital programme with a view to creating additional guidelines or rules to ensure that funding under the programme is allocated in a more equitable manner (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17732/18]
Tue, 24 Apr 2018
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Taxi Regulations
Imelda Munster
87. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend section 15 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 to ensure that taxi drivers are required to nominate a person to continue to operate a taxi licence in the event of the licence holder's death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17731/18]
Tue, 24 Apr 2018
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Bus Éireann Services
Imelda Munster
482. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the review of the operation of Bus Éireann route 52 between Ballina and Galway. [17464/18]