Parliamentary questions

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Alan Kelly

291. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when there will be an autism spectrum disorder unit for post-primary schools in Nenagh, County Tipperary. [12806/19]

Immigration Policy

Alan Kelly

542. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a change in the visa policies and procedures rules for ministers of faith from various different denominations coming here from outside the State. [13640/19]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Alan Kelly

729. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the projects that will be affected by the €24 million cut to the health capital budget; if the cut will result in further delay to persons with disabilities who are due to move from institutions to homes in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13305/19]

Semi-State Bodies

Alan Kelly

948. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a copy of all sales and marketing strategies by an organisation (details supplied) from 2013 to date in 2019 will be provided; if he is satisfied that all the actions in the strategies have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12738/19]

Bord na gCon Administration

Alan Kelly

949. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request an organisation (details supplied) to provide a copy of its organisational structure; the positions vacant in the organisation; the reason these positions are vacant; and if a copy of all previous organisational structures of the organisation since 2010 will be provided. [12739/19]

Bord na gCon

Alan Kelly

950. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the corporate governance structures in place for the past two years in an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12740/19]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Alan Kelly

34. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason the second Scally report into the cervical cancer scandal is delayed; and when it will be published. [11795/19]

Dental Services Data

Alan Kelly

77. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the targets under the 1994 dental health action plan that children are entitled to three routine screenings in first or second class, third or fourth class and in sixth class, including orthodontic screening, are being achieved across each HSE region; the percentage figures achieved for same across all regions in each of the years 2015 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11796/19]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

98. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the new 60 bed unit in University Hospital Limerick will be opened and operational. [11794/19]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times

Alan Kelly

270. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the criteria for treatment under the NTPF for public patients seeking wisdom tooth removal or impacted teeth removal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11511/19]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times

Alan Kelly

271. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the waiting times under the NTPF for patient access to wisdom tooth removal or impacted teeth removal; his views on whether the exclusion of accredited specialists from providing this service is causing another significant delay for this cohort of patients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11512/19]

HSE Properties

Alan Kelly

136. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the future of a building and site (details supplied); if the State asset, historical workhouse and famine graveyard will be put to public use or sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11321/19]

Air Quality

Alan Kelly

140. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if an analysis has been performed on the health risks associated with air quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11327/19]

Air Quality

Alan Kelly

141. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he has met with officials from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment to discuss the issue of sub par air quality here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11328/19]

Bituminous Fuel Ban

Alan Kelly

192. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the smoky coal ban will be enacted; the reason for its delay in view of the fact that the enactment of the ban had previously been confirmed for September 2018 by his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11329/19]

Bituminous Fuel Ban

Alan Kelly

193. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the clean air strategy; when it will be published; the reason he plans to include the enactment of the ban as a measure within the package in view of the fact that European Commission clearance has already been provided; if this delay will lead to a further 1,150 premature deaths due to air quality (details supplied) in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11330/19]

Bituminous Fuel Ban

Alan Kelly

194. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the arrangements that will apply in respect of the nationwide ban on smoky coal; when the ban will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11331/19]

Public Procurement Contracts Data

Alan Kelly

153. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contracts, the duration of each and values that have been awarded to companies (details supplied) for the restoration of Leinster House; the person or body that awarded each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9351/19]

Naturalisation Applications

Alan Kelly

244. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 18 December 2018, when a decision will issue in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9152/19]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Alan Kelly

434. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the second report into the CervicalCheck scandal will be published which was dealing with full contractual and quality control issues in relation the laboratories used by CervicalCheck; the reason it has been delayed; if the terms of reference provided to a person (details supplied) for this work will be published; when these terms of reference were provided to the person; if the person expressed concerns regarding this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9685/19]

National Parks

Alan Kelly

23. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contact she and her officials have had with executors of an estate (details supplied) with regard to the house, its surrounds and the approximate 5,000 acres of land in the estate and securing continuing public access to the lands. [8694/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Alan Kelly

218. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project to rebuild a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7890/19]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Alan Kelly

366. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when building will commence for the proposed new primary care centre at Ballyboden, Dublin 16 in view of the fact that the site was purchased a number of years ago and has received planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7888/19]

Health Services Funding

Alan Kelly

367. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if HSE projects in an area (details supplied) will be affected by the cost overrun in the building of the national children's hospital, such as a new renal unit at Tallaght University Hospital, new primary care centres and care-of-the-elderly facilities in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7889/19]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Alan Kelly

587. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare service providers that closed their services in 2018 and to date in 2019, or have indicated that they are not reopening in September 2019; the number of childcare places which will be lost due to these facilities closing by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8137/19]

State Pension (Contributory)

Alan Kelly

616. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the difficulties being experienced on the website MyWelfare.ie will be resolved; and when a paper application form inviting pensioners to fill in gaps in their records will be issued. [7959/19]

Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

654. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans for increasing housing supply in the South Dublin County Council area; the timeframe for same (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7891/19]

Hospitals Data

Alan Kelly

164. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments cancelled in January 2017, 2018 and 2019 by week and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7486/19]

Departmental Budgets

Alan Kelly

82. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has sent communication from his Department in recent months requesting the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to make budgetary savings in order to provide extra funding for the overspend in the national children’s hospital; and if so, if the correspondence will be published. [7301/19]

National Children's Hospital Administration

Alan Kelly

147. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the risk registers from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board for 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, respectively, will be published. [7373/19]

National Children's Hospital Administration

Alan Kelly

148. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the board minutes of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board from 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, respectively will be published. [7374/19]

Civil Service Accountability

Alan Kelly

202. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his officials and civil servants across the public service are subject to circular 12/2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6427/19]

Ministerial Briefing

Alan Kelly

203. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the dates, attendees and purposes of all meetings he or his special advisers had with a person (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [6519/19]

Departmental Correspondence

Alan Kelly

204. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish all correspondence between a person (details supplied) or his office or officials with the Minister, his special advisers, the Secretary General of his Department or the Secretary General's office in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date on 2019. [6520/19]

National Children's Hospital

Alan Kelly

207. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all communications between his Department and the Department of Health regarding the national children’s hospital in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019 will be published. [6610/19]

HSE Reports

Alan Kelly

434. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when a report (details supplied) on the review of genetics services here will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6630/19]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Alan Kelly

435. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied), under its contract to provide cervical screening services to the HSE, outsources some of its work outside of the contract with the HSE to labs in the United States of America; if so, when he and a person were notified of same; the actions that have been taken as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6631/19]

National Children's Hospital

Alan Kelly

464. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if a copy of all minutes of meetings of the board or sub-committees of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board held in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, will be provided. [6830/19]

Hospitals Data

Alan Kelly

514. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if funding is being provided in the 2019 capital plan for the new 60-bed modular unit at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7134/19]

Hospitals Data

Alan Kelly

515. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 721 of 15 January 2019, if the reply is accurate in view of his comments at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health regarding the proposed new 60-bed modular unit for University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7135/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Alan Kelly

90. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date, format and person or body by which he was informed of the cost overruns in the national children’s hospital in November 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6169/19]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

177. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the dates, times, minutes and personnel present for all meetings between his officials and the chief executive or acting chief executive of the HSE in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019. [6132/19]

Ministerial Meetings

Alan Kelly

178. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the dates, times, minutes and personnel present for all meetings between him and the Chief Medical Officer in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [6133/19]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

179. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the dates, times, minutes and personnel present for all meetings between a person (details supplied) and the Chief Medical Officer in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [6134/19]

Road Improvement Schemes

Alan Kelly

232. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all roads funding for Cavan County Council has been appropriately spent over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6063/19]

Protected Disclosures

Alan Kelly

268. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the actions he has taken regarding the protected disclosure received on the way in which roads funding has been spent in Cavan County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6062/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Alan Kelly

59. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the date in November 2018 on which his attention was first drawn to the cost overruns in the national children’s hospital. [5780/19]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Alan Kelly

140. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if there will be a delay in the provision of capital funding to Cavan General Hospital for the purpose of upgrading wards in view of the significant cost overruns in the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5910/19]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Alan Kelly

46. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if a guarantee will be provided that the 24-week delay in smear testing under the CervicalCheck programme has not adversely affected the health outcomes for some women [5414/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Alan Kelly

191. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date in October 2018 on which his attention was drawn to, either formally or informally, the overspends in the costs of the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5619/19]