Parliamentary questions

Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility

Anthony Lawlor

163. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Health in view of the fact that no community physiotherapy service for children with rheumatoid conditions exists in the Kildare and west Wicklow area, if children in this area can avail of treatment abroad under the European Union Cross-Border Directive; if so, if he will direct the Health Service Executive to actively inform patients of the alternative options available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22793/15]

Cross-Border Health Initiatives

Anthony Lawlor

127. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Health Service Executive actively informs patients on waiting lists of their rights to access medical treatment abroad, under the cross-border Directive 2011/24/EU; the reason the executive has to date failed to do so in spite of the threat of European Union sanctions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22800/15]

Services for People with Disabilities

Anthony Lawlor

663. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the total number of children with rheumatology conditions currently waiting for physiotherapy services in the Kildare and west Wicklow area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21395/15]

Substance Misuse

Anthony Lawlor

692. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the reason for the very significant funding cuts to the Barrymore House residential programme; in view of the clear demand for the service, if funding will be made available via the Health Service Executive to replace the loss of two facilitators in order to maintain the current level of service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21592/15]

Hospital Groups

Anthony Lawlor

831. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the establishment of the various hospital groups, in particular the Royal College of Surgeons group; if he will provide a timeframe for when he expects it to be possible for staff to transfer between non-Health Service Executive and Health Service Executive hospitals once the groups are established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22171/15]

Israeli Settlements

Anthony Lawlor

910. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Israel's plans to forcibly relocate up to 7,000 Palestinian Bedouins from 46 communities in occupied Palestine, and in view of the assertion by the Secretary-General of the United Nations that, if implemented, these plans would represent a breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention, if his Department will call on the Israeli Government to halt its plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22258/15]

Waste Management

Anthony Lawlor

1024. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the development of a civic amenity site in north Kildare to provide adequate recycling services for the large towns and growing population of the constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21279/15]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Data

Anthony Lawlor

228. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection with regard to the domiciliary care allowance if she will provide a breakdown for 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015 of the number of applicants whose children suffer from Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, hyper mobility type; the number of these applications that were granted or refused; the criteria used to assess the severity of the condition in determining eligibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20597/15]

Wind Energy Generation

Anthony Lawlor

994. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the British Government's commitment to abolish onshore wind farm subsidies and growing public resistance to wind farm development, if his Department will follow suit and review the high level of subsidies provided for wind farm development here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20662/15]

Money Advice and Budgeting Service Funding

Anthony Lawlor

96. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if additional funding will be provided to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service in view of the Government's announcement to strengthen the service's role, as part of a suite of measures to address mortgage arrears; if so, if she will provide details of funding increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19733/15]

Public Health Policy

Anthony Lawlor

162. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 6 May 2015, if he will confirm with a "Yes" or "No" reply if his Department has undertaken any research to identify any possible negative effects of industrial wind turbines on human health. [18862/15]

HSE Investigations

Anthony Lawlor

163. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Health following the internal Health Service Executive investigation of an independent midwife (details supplied), if further investigations of this midwife are taking place; if so, if he will provide details of the investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18879/15]

Garda Strength

Anthony Lawlor

418. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current level of Garda coverage for Celbridge in County Kildare; her views that current resourcing is adequate for the town; if she envisages any new recruits being allocated to the area in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18686/15]

Public Health Policy

Anthony Lawlor

451. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Health if his Department was consulted on the revision of the wind energy guidelines, which are due to be published shortly; if his Department made a submission, or if his officials had any input into the review; if so, if he will provide the details of his Department's involvement; if the advice given, or submissions made, are publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18197/15]

Hospital Services

Anthony Lawlor

488. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 25 November 2014, when physiotherapy services will be available in the Kildare and west-Wicklow area for children with referrals from rheumatoid paediatricians; and in view of the long delays experienced by children in accessing treatment as a result of the withdrawal of these services by Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12, the steps he is taking to ensure that, in the future, services will not be withdrawn by hospitals before appropriate alternatives are available at community level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18539/15]

Irish Water Expenditure

Anthony Lawlor

599. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown in tabular form of public funding used to date for the establishment and running of Irish Water broken down by year and source of funding. [18573/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Anthony Lawlor

612. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources when e-fibre broadband will be available to residents on the Timahoe-Hodgestown Road near the Coolcarrigan mast in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18512/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Anthony Lawlor

613. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources when rural areas such as Thomastown and Enfield in County Meath, which appear to be beyond the reach of Eircom's commercial efibre roll-out, may expect to have access to efibre broadband, under the Government's national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18513/15]

Tax Code

Anthony Lawlor

127. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the 4,000 Standard Life shareholders, who opted to receive their money from the sale of the business as a capital payment, will not suffer a financial loss or be subject to tax as a result of significant postal delays, through no fault of their own; if he will liaise with the Revenue Commissioners, and introduce a measure similar to that undertaken in 2014, in a similar incident with Vodafone shareholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17216/15]

Public Procurement Contracts

Anthony Lawlor

183. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that, in spite of his Department's Circular 10/14: Initiatives to assist small and medium enterprises in public procurement, many local authorities are still not applying the principles of the circular in their procurement, and as a result, Irish small and medium-sized enterprises are still largely excluded from Government tenders, with a very high percentage of our procurement going outside the country; the steps he and the Office of Government Procurement are taking to ensure that the above circular is implemented, in order that Irish small and medium enterprises, which find it impossible to compete with foreign multinationals, are not precluded from, or disadvantaged by, tendering for Government contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17803/15]