Parliamentary questions

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Dessie Ellis

22. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of his plan to end the use of hotels, bed and breakfasts and similar accommodation for homeless persons; if his targets are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45103/17]

Public Private Partnerships Data

Dessie Ellis

28. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the housing PPPs; the timeframe for their delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45104/17]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Dessie Ellis

399. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the entitlement to invalidity pension for the self-employed will become operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44966/17]

Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration

Dessie Ellis

109. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills if special provision will be made for those special needs assistants on income supports who took part in his Department's July provision and are not already in full-time employment in order that payment for this July work for such SNAs will be made promptly and not in November as is currently the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44182/17]

Health Services Funding

Dessie Ellis

136. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to private rehabilitation beds and nursing homes from the health budget due to lack of bed spaces in the National Rehabilitation Hospital. [44122/17]

Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data

Dessie Ellis

143. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for wheelchairs waiting zero to three months, three to six months, six to 12 months and longer than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44141/17]

HSE Data

Dessie Ellis

144. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the procurement process used by the HSE to acquire wheelchairs; the names of the suppliers of wheelchairs including specialist wheelchairs to the HSE; the types of wheelchairs supplied to the HSE; the cost to the HSE of each type of wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44142/17]

Occupational Therapy Staff

Dessie Ellis

387. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health when a replacement for the occupational therapist for the Finglas area, who is on maternity leave, will be put in place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43921/17]

Drug Treatment Programmes

Dessie Ellis

396. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce suboxone for the treatment of narcotic addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43952/17]

Drug and Alcohol Task Forces

Dessie Ellis

397. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the allocation of funding that each of the local drugs and alcohol task forces received, in tabular form. [43953/17]

Emergency Accommodation Data

Dessie Ellis

601. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing and family hubs in Dublin to date in 2017; the location of each; the number of housing and family hubs planned for the remainder of 2017 for Dublin; the proposed locations of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41301/17]

Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

602. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of elderly persons' apartments unoccupied in complexes for elderly persons, for example, those in Glasanaon Court and Mellowes Court, Finglas; if such empty bedsits or apartments can be renovated to a standard to accommodate the large number of elderly persons awaiting accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41302/17]

Workplace Safety

Dessie Ellis

67. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to serious design flaws in the loading bays at the new Poolbeg incinerator (details supplied), and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35238/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Dessie Ellis

701. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided a date for surgery. [35115/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Dessie Ellis

480. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of inpatient beds and procedure beds in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33605/17]

Hospital Procedures

Dessie Ellis

481. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the number of outpatient hospital cancellations and the procedures cancelled from 2009 to date for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33606/17]

Hospital Services

Dessie Ellis

482. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of patients outsourced; the procedures for which the patients were outsourced; and the location to which patients were outsourced to from 2009 to present from Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33607/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Dessie Ellis

483. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of persons on trollies from 2009 to date in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33608/17]

Hospital Services

Dessie Ellis

484. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the waiting times for each hospital department from 2009 to present for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33609/17]

Hospital Services

Dessie Ellis

485. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of emergency department attendances from 2009 to date for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33610/17]

Hospital Groups

Dessie Ellis

486. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the capital spend for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33611/17]

Hospitals Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

487. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the operational spend at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33612/17]

Hospitals Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

488. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the total agency staff spend at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33613/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Dessie Ellis

489. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments before cancellations at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33614/17]

Hospitals Data

Dessie Ellis

490. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the did-not-attend rate in percentages per year at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33615/17]

Hospitals Policy

Dessie Ellis

491. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown implements the SDU and HSE guidelines for "did not attend". [33616/17]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Dessie Ellis

492. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown operates or plans to operate a text alert to persons in advance of outpatient department appointments. [33617/17]

Hospital Services

Dessie Ellis

493. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of theatres and the number operational at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to date. [33618/17]

Hospitals Data

Dessie Ellis

494. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the percentage of persons attending the emergency department aged between 18 and 30, 31 and 45, 46 and 60 and aged 61 and above at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and the reason for attending the department by each of these age groups at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2009 to present. [33619/17]

Hospital Staff Data

Dessie Ellis

495. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in each of the years 2004 to date. [33621/17]

Hospital Staff Data

Dessie Ellis

496. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in each of the years 2004 to date. [33622/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Dessie Ellis

497. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of beds at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in each of the years 2004 to date. [33623/17]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Dessie Ellis

498. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol has been deployed at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 2012 to date; the process for implementing this protocol at the hospital; and the effect on wider services at the hospital when it was deployed. [33624/17]

Hospitals Data

Dessie Ellis

499. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of persons whose elective surgery was cancelled or rescheduled more than once in 2016 and to date in 2017 at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33625/17]

Hospitals Policy

Dessie Ellis

500. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the policy or procedures in place in the accident and emergency department of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown when an adult, adolescent or child, respectively, presents with suicidal ideation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33626/17]

Hospital Staff Data

Dessie Ellis

501. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurses in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33627/17]

Hospital Staff Data

Dessie Ellis

502. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the psychiatric and mental health services and facilities currently available at the Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; the number of consultants, specialists and nurses working in these services and facilities; the role of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33628/17]

Hospitals Data

Dessie Ellis

391. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the waiting times for each hospital department in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017 for Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32244/17]

Hospitals Data

Dessie Ellis

392. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of theatres and the number operational at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [32245/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Dessie Ellis

506. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been given a definitive date for surgery; the reason they have not received a date for surgery in view of the urgency of the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32797/17]

Housing Policy

Dessie Ellis

257. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for an audit of vacant commercial properties, specifically shops, by county, as was carried out when establishing the list of vacant homes in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31619/17]

Building Regulations

Dessie Ellis

302. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for a safety audit of all existing apartment and commercial blocks built over the years to the present, with a particular emphasis on those built during the Celtic tiger era from 1994 to 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30299/17]

Building Regulations

Dessie Ellis

303. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for fire safety checks on all lift shafts in apartment and commercial blocks to ensure that they are fully compliant with building fire safety standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30300/17]

Departmental Funding

Dessie Ellis

496. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the funding for the renovation of a building (details supplied); the timeframe of works for its renovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30038/17]

Office of Public Works Properties

Dessie Ellis

409. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the OPW funding for the renovation of Abbotstown House; the timeline of works for its renovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29047/17]

Architectural Heritage

Dessie Ellis

996. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Aldborough House on Portland Row, a listed building, is in a state of disrepair; if she will ensure that the owners will fully comply with their obligations to preserve this protected structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29048/17]

Public Transport Provision

Dessie Ellis

585. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the route for the extension of the Luas from Broombridge through Finglas to the N2 has been agreed; and if so, the preferred option. [25404/17]

Dublin Bus Services

Dessie Ellis

572. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans by Dublin Bus to remove or downgrade their services in and from Larkhill, Whitehall and Santry. [23345/17]

Bus Services

Dessie Ellis

573. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the process of putting out to tender 10% of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann routes is completed; and if so, the outcome of that process. [23346/17]

Local Authority Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

227. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authority rented dwellings in 2015 directly rented by the local authority, managed by a housing agency or under HAP. [21691/17]