Parliamentary questions

Teachers' Remuneration

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

340. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the report on the costings of pay equality and the timeframe to achieve it as called for in an amendment to section 11 of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15163/18]

Community First Responders Network

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

1353. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding streams accessible by local authorities and voluntary responder groups to equip communities with the essential equipment needed by community first responders and public access defibrillator schemes to provide their key services across both rural and urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15371/18]

School Enrolments

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

64. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that there is an adequate number of primary school places in Greystones, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14429/18]

Vacant Properties

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

231. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the suite of measures and supports she has available and plans to introduce to encourage existing businesses and new business start-ups take up live occupancy of vacant commercial properties that are having an impact on the viability of existing enterprises along the urban streetscapes and other shopping and commercial zones. [13025/18]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

114. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the regulations on the disabled drivers' and passengers' scheme to allow drivers of cars bought through a PCP to avail of the scheme. [12928/18]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

115. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications under the disabled drivers' and passengers' scheme who were refused access to the scheme to date on the basis that the vehicle in question was bought under a PCP; when the disallowing distinction was introduced; the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12929/18]

HSE Funding

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

291. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of funding by the HSE for the genomic sequencing machine in the next generation sequencing laboratory in the Mater Hospital; the status of the recruitment of a national clinical director who will have responsibility for developing the services envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10956/18]

Home Help Service Expenditure

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

341. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing home care services on an annual basis from 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by CHO area; the division of funding provided by the HSE on a public versus private basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11174/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

260. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision on tenders in regard to a school (details supplied) will be announced; when commencement will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9838/18]

Health Services

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

511. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of short term beds in each area in counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan; the funding available to each area for service arrangements and grant aid agreements for older persons in CHO1 in each of the years 2016 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10059/18]

Animal Culls

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

555. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the badger tuberculosis vaccination programme; the commencement date and roll-out, by county; the estimated timeframe for same (details supplied); his plans to continue the programme in response to new badger births; if its rollout will see a progressive reduction in badger cull numbers annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9824/18]

Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

382. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting over 52 weeks for an occupational therapy assessment in a primary care setting, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8583/18]

Mental Health Services Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

383. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a first appointment for CAMHS, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8584/18]

Mental Health Services Staff

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

384. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS staff working less than a 48 hour working week, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8585/18]

Respite Care Services Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

385. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of overnight respite hours that were provided in each of the years 2012 to 2017, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8586/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

386. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that waited longer than 20 working days to receive treatment for prostate cancer, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8587/18]

Mental Health Services Funding

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

387. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the complete mental health budget and actual spend for 2017 in this regard, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8588/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

418. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the wait times for providing clinical supports to children with a confirmed diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder without a significant intellectual disability, by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8789/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

419. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the wait times for providing occupational therapy to children with a confirmed diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder without a significant intellectual disability, by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8790/18]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

118. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme for tax relief for drivers and passengers with disabilities rejected in the past five years due to not having a family member for the purpose of the application process; his views on whether the condition that this scheme is exclusively available to only family members of a disabled person needs to be re-examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6556/18]

Primary Medical Certificates Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

127. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Finance the number of appeals lodged by persons refused a primary medical certificate to the Disabled Drivers Board of Appeal in the past five years, by county; the number of these appeals which were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5738/18]

National Lottery Funding Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

156. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual return to the Exchequer from the national lottery in each of the years 2008 to 2017; the payout to charities and other beneficiary organisations and entities by the national lottery for each of the years; the arrangements in place with the national lottery operators; the timeframe of their tenure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5370/18]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

284. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of financial support under the nursing homes support scheme as of December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52768/17]

Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

167. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Monaghan who are on a waiting list for occupational therapy; the length of time they have been on the waiting list; the number of occupational therapists employed by the HSE in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52076/17]

Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

168. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Cavan who are on a waiting list for occupational therapy; the length of time they have been on the waiting list; the number of occupational therapists employed by the HSE in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52077/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

332. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 746 of 7 November 2017, the name, the capacity, the date on which they were established and the aegis under which all accommodation settings in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Meath, Westmeath and Leitrim that provide residential care for persons with an intellectual disability operate; his plans for expansion at the listed providers or of new facilities planned across the five-county catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51572/17]

Garda Reform

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

127. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to remove the primary responsibility for security from the remit of the office of the Garda Commissioner and An Garda Síochána; the engagements there have been with senior Garda officers on such a proposal and by whom; the alternative structure envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49480/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

164. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive a hospital appointment. [48615/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

321. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for knee replacement surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48000/17]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

207. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received the 75% advance of their 2016 single farm payment; if the payment issues will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47496/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

746. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the accommodation options available to adults with an intellectual disability in County Cavan and its wider hinterland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46491/17]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

968. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the planned roll-out of fibre broadband in County Monaghan will stop 200 m short of the Border meaning that households and businesses within that area will not have access to high speed broadband; if he will request a company (details supplied) to ensure that the provision of fibre broadband is extended in order that all households and businesses based within 200 m of the Border have access to high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45850/17]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

340. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the status of the draft HSE rehabilitation medicine model of care; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43686/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

286. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive a hospital appointment. [42490/17]

Ambulance Service Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

387. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the level of ambulance cover available each day of the week on a 24-hour basis at each of the ambulance stations across counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42921/17]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

515. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out to all businesses and households in Glaslough, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42592/17]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

650. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a mortgage repayment to a lending institution paid by a person living apart from the person's spouse on a property in both their names and in which the spouse lives would impact on the calculation of the spouse's entitlement to jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42506/17]

Disability Allowance Payments

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

677. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason disability allowance for a person (details supplied) was not backdated to the actual date of application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42820/17]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

123. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unaccompanied minors that have been relocated here under the refugee protection programme in each of the past 12 months; the country of origin of each; the date on which they were relocated here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42127/17]

North-South Interconnector

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

502. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a tender process for 400 pylons commenced by a company (details supplied) was not publicised in its Autumn 2017 leaflet on the north south interconnector, in view of the fact that under the PCI process all information regarding the status of the project must be made public on an ongoing basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41766/17]

Waterways Ireland Expenditure

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

243. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and capital expenditure by Waterways Ireland in each of the years 2014 to 2016; the estimated level of current and capital expenditure for 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40607/17]

Waterways Ireland Staff

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

244. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of employees that have moved from the OPW to Waterways Ireland in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40608/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

267. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the amount recouped through the ancillary State support facility under the nursing home support scheme for each year of its operation; the amount owed by participants in the nursing home support scheme who are availing of the ancillary State support facility; if the collection of funds owed under the ancillary State support facility has been unable to take place; if so, the amount; if funds owed under the ancillary State support facility have been cancelled; if so, the amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40156/17]

Health Services Reform

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

268. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the obligation he or the HSE has to engage with the public or patients regarding health service planning, for example on the reconfiguration of acute hospital services; the legislative or statutory basis for this obligation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40157/17]

Health Services Reform

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

269. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the avenues available to persons to be involved in decisions regarding health service planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40172/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

297. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the supports that exist in County Mayo for young persons with an intellectual disability who have just turned 18 years of age for their continuing education and development; the further supports which exist or are planned; the number of applications that have been made in County Mayo for day services for young persons with an intellectual disability; the number of those who have secured a place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40280/17]

TAMS Applications

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

440. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the signalled difficulties being experienced by poultry farmers regarding TAMS II grant approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40609/17]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

449. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of fibre to the premises, FTTP, connections in County Monaghan; the number of new connections that have been made in each of the past four quarters; the average connection cost; the eircodes connected; his plans for FTTP connections in the next four quarters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40337/17]

Rail Services

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

460. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce the required 24 hours notice that passengers with a disability must give to travel on an Irish Rail service; if so, the amount of time the notice will be reduced to; the timeframe for these changes to come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40158/17]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

1791. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the situation that applies when assessing the old age pension entitlement of persons who have spent a period of their working lives in prison; if an allowance is made in calculating their entitlements to a contributory pension in view of the fact that they could neither make a paid contribution or sign for credits during their incarceration; if not, if there are exceptions; if there is a precedent in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37353/17]