Parliamentary questions

Infectious Disease Epidemics

Bobby Aylward

65. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement a similar practice to that in Germany for the detection and treatment of Lyme disease; his views on whether testing mechanisms here are adequate; his further views on whether the non-recognition of test results taken abroad is a fair and proper practice; his plans to improve follow up care for persons following diagnosis; his views on whether current training for doctors is adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6092/18]

Hospital Services

Bobby Aylward

101. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the existing cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford to increase the laboratory's capacity to accommodate the estimated 450 additional procedures that will be referred there through additional diagnostic angiograms set to be provided by the mobile catheterisation lab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6093/18]

Family Resource Centres

Bobby Aylward

263. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the application by a family resource centre (details supplied) for entry into the Tusla FRC programme 2018 will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6569/18]

Infectious Disease Epidemics

Bobby Aylward

229. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if there will be an expansion of supports for victims of Lyme disease in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6434/18]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Bobby Aylward

73. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social housing units built under Rebuilding Ireland per annum in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in each of the years 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4342/18]

Motor Insurance Costs

Bobby Aylward

93. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Finance the status of the implementation of the recommendations made in the report by his Department's working group on reducing the cost of motor insurance; the number of recommendations that have not been implemented to date; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3998/18]

Local Drugs Task Forces Funding

Bobby Aylward

188. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health his plans to take action regarding the need for prompt approval of crucial funding a group (details supplied) to ensure that those living in urban and rural areas of counties Carlow and Kilkenny have equal access to important supports and resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53504/17]

TAMS Administration

Bobby Aylward

198. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on possible amendments to an agricultural scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53503/17]

Equine Industry

Bobby Aylward

199. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the absence of a time limit for the registration of newly born foals; if he has satisfied himself that the current arrangements are beneficial to stud owners in the collection of stud fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53505/17]

Invasive Plant Species

Bobby Aylward

200. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if approval will be given to allow for on-site incineration of invasive weeds (details supplied); his plans to counteract potential impacts of these invasive weeds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53506/17]

Summer Works Scheme

Bobby Aylward

173. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the summer works scheme application submitted by a school (details supplied) to assist with the cost of window repairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52842/17]

Respite Care Services Provision

Bobby Aylward

251. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of overnight respite for children with special needs in counties Carlow and Kilkenny through the purchase of suitable property (details supplied); the position regarding the provision of interim alternative respite solutions for children with special needs in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52615/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Bobby Aylward

278. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of services at a residential care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52723/17]

Respite Care Services Provision

Bobby Aylward

350. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the progress being made in alleviating waiting lists for day respite for parents of children with special needs in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in centres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53083/17]

Disabilities Assessments

Bobby Aylward

351. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health his views on the significant number of parents of children with special needs that have had to take cases to the High Court due to failure in the provision of assessments of need by the Health Service Executive; his plans to alleviate the waiting lists for assessments of need for children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53084/17]

Agriculture Scheme Penalties

Bobby Aylward

400. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of cross-compliance and non-compliance fines collected by his Department in 2015 and 2016; the value of such fines collected in the period concerned which were refunded to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53026/17]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Bobby Aylward

524. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); if she will request that every effort is made by the disability allowance section to process this application before Christmas 2017 to provide financial assistance to the family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53082/17]

Garda Strength

Bobby Aylward

46. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in counties Carlow and Kilkenny as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in the division; and the number of Garda Reserve and new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [51634/17]

School Transport

Bobby Aylward

100. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has satisfied himself that the location of a school transport pick-up-drop-off point (details supplied) provides no health and safety risk to children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51326/17]

School Transport Eligibility

Bobby Aylward

101. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a meeting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51327/17]

Hospital Services

Bobby Aylward

284. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the date for the re-opening of beds at a hospital (details supplied) following receipt of Health Information and Quality Authority registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50769/17]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

Bobby Aylward

458. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if there has been a change to the reimbursement status of a drug (details supplied) in respect of the medical card scheme; the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50641/17]

Road Projects Status

Bobby Aylward

39. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of general safety works and the tender documentation for the consultancy service for the proposed overbridge on the Piltown bypass on the N24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49342/17]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Bobby Aylward

51. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the national broadband plan and the measures contained to ensure equality in the roll-out of broadband services for rural areas, rural communities and regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48678/17]

Vaccination Programme

Bobby Aylward

318. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the details of research undertaken to date by his Department to ensure the safety of the Gardasil vaccine; his plans to engage with the advocacy groups and families representing the 628 persons who claim to have suffered adverse health effects shortly after having received the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48734/17]

Hospitals Funding

Bobby Aylward

47. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the existing cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford in order to increase the current capacity to accommodate the estimated 450 additional procedures that will be referred there through additional diagnostic angiograms set to be provided by a mobile catheterisation laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48096/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Bobby Aylward

169. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if the HSE drugs committee group met on 14 September 2017 to discuss a drug (details supplied); if a decision was made to reimburse the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48371/17]

Medicinal Products

Bobby Aylward

170. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the witnesses outside of the Health Service Executive drugs group who presented evidence at hearings in respect of reimbursement of a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48372/17]

Rare Diseases

Bobby Aylward

171. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the evidence the Health Service Executive drugs group considers in the assessment of rare and ultra rare diseases for drugs for potential reimbursement; the measures in place to ensure the participation of impartial expert clinicians in this assessment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48373/17]

Teacher Secondment

Bobby Aylward

340. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by the management committee of a centre (details supplied) in relation to statutory instrument number 394 of 2017 (details supplied). [46109/17]

Foreign Conflicts

Bobby Aylward

447. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the adequacy of the international response to the situation regarding the Rohingya in Rakhine State, Myanmar (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45962/17]

Hospital Services

Bobby Aylward

659. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health his plans for South Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel; his views on the impending hospital group transfer which may take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45813/17]

Hospitals Building Programme

Bobby Aylward

743. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to provide a comprehensive status report on plans for refurbishment, renovation and new building works at a hospital (details supplied), as committed to in the capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46486/17]

Orthodontic Services Provision

Bobby Aylward

773. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to expedite orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46639/17]

Road Projects Status

Bobby Aylward

41. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the progress of general safety works and the appointment of design consultant for the proposed overbridge on the Piltown bypass on the N24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41988/17]

Prison Service

Bobby Aylward

217. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the process by which the Prison Service is offering six-month contracts to retired former personnel under 60 years of age is cost-effective or counterproductive to the process of hiring of new recruits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42875/17]

Palliative Care Facilities

Bobby Aylward

382. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if a submission seeking funding for palliative care rooms within the replacement ward accommodation under phase two of the current developments at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny has been submitted in conjunction with a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42891/17]

Medical Aids and Appliances Applications

Bobby Aylward

407. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health when FreeStyle Libre will be made available on the GMS and long-term illness card; if that availability will not be restricted only to persons with type 1 diabetes but will be made available to all persons on multi-daily insulin injections based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42206/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Bobby Aylward

11. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress regarding the commitments he made in respect of reducing surgery waiting times for children with scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40786/17]

Hospitals Funding

Bobby Aylward

77. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the existing cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford to increase the laboratory's current capacity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40787/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans

Bobby Aylward

145. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if any child will have to wait longer than four months for a scoliosis operation by the end of 2017. [40952/17]

Special Educational Needs

Bobby Aylward

403. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the possibility of including sensory processing disorder as a qualifying medical condition for access to SNA support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38162/17]

School Accommodation

Bobby Aylward

404. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the additional accommodation application by a school (details supplied); when decisions on applications for the summer works scheme will be returned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38163/17]

Garda Station Closures

Bobby Aylward

627. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if Garda stations closed in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in 2012 and 2013 (details supplied) are among the six stations being examined for reopening under the pilot programme; the position regarding the Commissioner's report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37959/17]

Prison Service

Bobby Aylward

628. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review being undertaken by officials of the Prison Service and his Department in consultation with the Attorney General examining the necessary legislative and-or administrative changes arising from the ruling in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37960/17]

Vaccination Programme

Bobby Aylward

1140. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 531 of 11 April 2017, the position regarding the work being undertaken by the Health Service Executive to put in place clinical care pathways appropriate to the differing medical needs of some children that may require access to specialist services, in view of claims of an association between HPV vaccination and a number of medical conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37961/17]

Care of the Elderly

Bobby Aylward

1141. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive subvention provided to a care home (details supplied) for the elderly in County Kilkenny can be increased as part of budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37962/17]

Care of the Elderly

Bobby Aylward

1142. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive administered additional funds to supported care homes can be increased by at least 10% during the three-year lifetime of the Government in addition to the current annual allowance as part of budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37963/17]

Care of the Elderly

Bobby Aylward

1143. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if a working group consisting of representatives of HIQA, supported care homes for the elderly and the Health Service Executive can be established to examine the inspection guidelines that can be applied to supported care homes for the elderly (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37964/17]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Bobby Aylward

1166. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the possibility of including motor neurone disease under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38161/17]

Olympic Games Ticketing Arrangements

Bobby Aylward

1523. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full cost of the non-statutory State inquiry report into the 2016 Rio Olympic Games ticket matter undertaken by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37207/17]

Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure

Bobby Aylward

1798. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost the State to exclude maintenance payments from means assessment for social welfare payments; if she has previously investigated the feasibility of same; if she will consider this action as part of budget 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37364/17]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Bobby Aylward

333. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the summer works scheme application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35990/17]

Hospital Staff Data

Bobby Aylward

967. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the number of urologists available to cater for public patients in hospitals in the south east; the waiting time for urology appointments for public patients classed as urgent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35912/17]

Hospital Staff Data

Bobby Aylward

968. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the number of urologists available to cater for public patients in hospitals in the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35913/17]

General Medical Services Scheme Administration

Bobby Aylward

974. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health when FreeStyle Libre will be made available on the general medical scheme, GMS, and the long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35965/17]

Local Authority Boundaries Review

Bobby Aylward

62. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the administrative boundary between counties Waterford and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33116/17]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Bobby Aylward

333. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the summer works scheme application by a school (details supplied); when decisions on applications for the summer works scheme will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34657/17]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Bobby Aylward

334. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the application for temporary accommodation by a school (details supplied) with a view to increasing the funding allocation in line with the original sum requested for urgent works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34658/17]

Ministerial Correspondence

Bobby Aylward

430. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the file and issue a full report to a former prison officer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34661/17]

Hospital Services

Bobby Aylward

914. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 432 of 18 October 2016, 339 of 6 December 2016, and 496 of 21 of February 2017 when the national steering group established by him to develop policy on a major trauma system for Ireland will publish its first report; if the group visited St. Luke's General Hospital to assess its current services; the status of the group's recommendations specifically in respect of St Luke's General Hospital, County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34659/17]

Health Services Provision

Bobby Aylward

915. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that adequate services are in place to cater for children in the south east with type 1 diabetes in University Hospital Waterford; his plans to examine the provision of services to manage children with type 1 diabetes on insulin pumps attending University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34662/17]

Health Services Provision

Bobby Aylward

916. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the progress made in filling the vacant consultant paediatrician post for provision of services for children with type 1 diabetes in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34663/17]

Health Services Provision

Bobby Aylward

917. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 16 years of age with type 1 diabetes that attend University Hospital Waterford; the number of same being treated with insulin pump therapy; the number of same waiting on insulin pump initiation training at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34664/17]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Bobby Aylward

931. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if the freestyle libre, a sensor for monitoring blood sugars for sufferers of diabetes, will be made available on the GMS and long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34805/17]

Garda Deployment

Bobby Aylward

36. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in counties Carlow and Kilkenny as of 30 June 2017; and the number of new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [32845/17]

Schools Amalgamation

Bobby Aylward

222. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant an additional funding request made to the capital appraisals unit from a school (details supplied) to assist with the associated cost of the recent amalgamation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31157/17]

Garda Station Closures

Bobby Aylward

270. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the garda stations closed in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in 2012 and 2013 are included in the six stations examined for reopening under the pilot programme report that was due to be furnished by the Garda Commissioner to his Department by the end of May 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30824/17]

Prisoner Transfers

Bobby Aylward

290. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if Irish citizens imprisoned in Northern Ireland can seek transfer to prisons here in order to be closer to their families; if not, the reason for this situation; the work being undertaken by his Department to address issues within the transfer system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31265/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Bobby Aylward

451. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists available to children and adolescents in the south east within the public health system; the average waiting time for access to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31411/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Bobby Aylward

452. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the number of child psychotherapists available to children and adolescents in the south east within the public health system; the average waiting time for access to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31412/17]

Post Office Network

Bobby Aylward

62. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made in implementing the recommendations of two reports (details supplied) on the future and reform of the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29759/17]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility

Bobby Aylward

567. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Social Protection if parents of children with diabetes are considered for domiciliary care allowance upon application; the criteria for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29768/17]

JobPath Implementation

Bobby Aylward

568. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider legislation governing JobPath and community employment schemes to allow participants to transfer from a JobPath placement to a community employment scheme placement in order to address the shortage of candidates available for the latter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29769/17]

Agriculture Scheme Administration

Bobby Aylward

9. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to identify and rectify the persistent problems with the information technology system in his Department's Portlaoise office, which is leading to consistent delays in payment for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28162/17]

Veterinary Inspection Service Administration

Bobby Aylward

45. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will guarantee the future of the regional veterinary laboratory in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28161/17]

Hospital Services

Bobby Aylward

63. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the existing cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford in order to increase the laboratory's current capacity to accommodate the estimated 450 additional procedures that will be referred there through additional diagnostic angiograms set to be provided by the mobile catheterisation lab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27908/17]

Long-Term Illness Scheme

Bobby Aylward

83. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if motor neurone disease is not included in the long-term illness scheme; the reason this is the case; his plans to add it to the scheme; if this can be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27907/17]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Bobby Aylward

1313. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health when the National Treatment Purchase Fund will be fully accessible; the way in which it will be applied for; the criteria for persons to access the fund; the hospitals both public and private that will be participating in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27874/17]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Bobby Aylward

164. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the progress which has been made in appointing a permanent consultant medical oncologist with special interest in the area of sarcoma at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4 in line with previous commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26318/17]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Bobby Aylward

58. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Social Protection the average time it takes for a file to be sent from the carer's allowance section in Sligo to the social welfare appeals office in Dublin once the file has been requested by the latter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25766/17]

Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times

Bobby Aylward

77. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for decisions on carer's allowance and domiciliary care allowance applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25765/17]

Hospital Services

Bobby Aylward

406. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the reason persons with type 1 diabetes attending University Hospital Waterford are experiencing a lack of access to dose adjustment for normal eating, DAFNE, carbohydrate counting courses for public patients in St. Luke's hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25340/17]

Local Authority Boundaries Review

Bobby Aylward

20. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the administrative boundary between counties Waterford and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24975/17]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility

Bobby Aylward

55. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will extend the terms and conditions of the mortgage-to-rent scheme to include local authorities as part of the review process of the scheme as an action in the rebuilding Ireland action plan for housing and homelessness in view of the very low level of engagement from housing agencies with the scheme in its current form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24976/17]

HIQA Inspections

Bobby Aylward

237. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if approval will be given to grant an extension on the two week HIQA closure order to allow staff of an organisation (details supplied) sufficient time to ensure all HIQA requirements are met; if approval for funding will be given to facilitate employment of required qualified persons in line with HIQA recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24969/17]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision

Bobby Aylward

58. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress which has been made to date on the commitment in the programme for Government to support investment in closed-circuit television, CCTV, at key locations along the road network and in urban centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24396/17]

Hospital Services

Bobby Aylward

522. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the cost of the daily running of the mobile catheterisation laboratory for the south east (details supplied); when the mobile catheterisation laboratory will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24572/17]

Carer's Allowance Delays

Bobby Aylward

256. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in sending the file of a person (details supplied) relating to a carer's allowance claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22832/17]

Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility

Bobby Aylward

516. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the review of the entitlements of a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme allocated to them since 2002 will be expedited; if findings of the review will be furnished in an efficient manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23222/17]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Bobby Aylward

261. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost the State to exclude maintenance payments from means assessment for social welfare payments; if he has previously investigated the feasibility of same; if he will consider this action as part of future budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21592/17]

Labour Activation Measures

Bobby Aylward

263. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Social Protection his short and long-term plans for the community employment and employment services and programmes, with particular reference to their benefits in rural areas; his plans for an increase or reduction in places on programmes in the short term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21395/17]

Agriculture Schemes

Bobby Aylward

9. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider increasing the level of direct support for the suckler cow herd to €200 per cow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21065/17]

Laboratory Facilities

Bobby Aylward

29. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure the future of the regional veterinary laboratory in County Kilkenny, which serves the farmers of the entire region of the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21064/17]

Disability Services Provision

Bobby Aylward

200. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health to outline the reason the proposed temporary respite house in Bagenalstown for children with disabilities in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, which was due to open in 2017, will not go ahead; the status of this project; the alternative respite services that are available to parents to cater for children with disabilities in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in the immediate to short term; his long-term plans for a respite house for children with disabilities in counties Carlow and Kilkenny area in view of recent announcements; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21306/17]

State Bodies Data

Bobby Aylward

259. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the employee headcount in each of the nine regional Enterprise Ireland offices by grade; the non-payroll costs of each of the nine regional Enterprise Ireland offices; the employee headcount in each of the eight regional IDA offices by grade; the non-payroll costs of each of the eight regional IDA offices; if she will provide a breakdown by NUTS3 region and county of Enterprise Ireland the allocation of funds for each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21303/17]

Enterprise Ireland

Bobby Aylward

260. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a breakdown by NUTS3 region and county with regard to Enterprise Ireland client companies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21304/17]

Regional Development Initiatives

Bobby Aylward

261. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her policy on balanced regional economic development with particular reference to the specific directions given to funded economic agencies in respect of balanced regional investment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21305/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Bobby Aylward

36. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the progress of the commitments he made in respect of reducing surgery waiting times for children suffering from scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20728/17]

Hospitals Funding

Bobby Aylward

52. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the existing cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford in order to increase the laboratory's current capacity to accommodate the estimated 450 additional procedures that will be referred there through additional diagnostic angiograms set to be provided by the mobile catherisation lab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20729/17]