Parliamentary questions

Hospital Appointments Status

Dessie Ellis

433. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied). [21724/17]

Stroke Care

Dessie Ellis

23. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if he will fund a properly resourced stroke register in addition to a rolling audit cycle incorporating acute, rehabilitation and community services every three years to ensure that service deficits are identified and addressed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current stroke register receives no dedicated funding and operates in only two thirds of hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20220/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Dessie Ellis

82. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries cancelled in each month to March 2017 inclusive; the number of persons whose elective surgery was cancelled or rescheduled more than once in the past year to March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20219/17]

Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

172. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether his commitment of having no families living in hotels and bed and breakfasts by July 2017 is still achievable (details supplied). [17449/17]

Housing Data

Dessie Ellis

173. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the average price for and the number of rapid build modular housing units built to date. [17450/17]

Job Losses

Dessie Ellis

355. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the loss of 85 jobs at a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17165/17]

State Properties Data

Dessie Ellis

333. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of land in public ownership or held in trust for the State, such as, but not exclusively, schools, third level institutions, local authorities, State and semi-State bodies in the constituency of Dublin North West. [16667/17]

State Properties

Dessie Ellis

425. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans under section 31 of the State Property Act 1954, to waive property at a site owned by a dissolved company (details supplied). [16790/17]

Third Level Courses Availability

Dessie Ellis

184. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the full list of degree courses relevant to the area of counselling and psychotherapy available through the public colleges and university system here (details supplied). [15366/17]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Dessie Ellis

307. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will give consideration to removing the year 2000 rule to community employment schemes, which is proving to be a barrier to recruitment. [11447/17]

Passport Services

Dessie Ellis

463. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to reinstate the free passport for over-65s. [9840/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Dessie Ellis

516. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health his plans to roll out the use of the drug abiraterone (details supplied). [9572/17]

RAPID Programme

Dessie Ellis

36. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the structure and timeline for delivery of selected projects of the reactivated RAPID scheme; and the way the budget of €4.5 million will be broken down. [8996/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

55. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce an affordable housing scheme; and if so, the timeframe. [8995/17]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Dessie Ellis

222. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of urban regeneration schemes and the projected cost of these for 2017. [6692/17]

Local Authority Housing Applications Data

Dessie Ellis

172. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the most recent figures for persons on the housing waiting list for all county and city councils, in tabular form; and the figures for homelessness in the State. [6371/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Dessie Ellis

38. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of beds that have not or cannot be reopened or are experiencing a delay in being opened as a result of the absence of safe staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4562/17]

Nursing Staff Recruitment

Dessie Ellis

95. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the status of talks on staffing, recruitment and retention in nursing and midwifery between the INMO, his department, the HSE and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; if he is considering special measures to address the deepening crisis with regard to staffing, recruitment and retention in nursing and midwifery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4561/17]

Education and Training Provision

Dessie Ellis

208. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated to the Dublin North-West constituency in 2015 and 2016; the amount of funding which was allocated to the Dublin North-West constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in the same years; and the regulatory or ministerial responsibility for oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here. [4276/17]

Departmental Funding

Dessie Ellis

678. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm the withdrawal of funding for the intergenerational learning programme for persons over 55 years in DCU; and, if so, whether his attention has been drawn to the impact of this decision on older persons in the area. [4016/17]

Garda National Immigration Bureau

Dessie Ellis

96. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address concerns and make representations with regard to persons (details supplied). [3290/17]

Youth Guarantee

Dessie Ellis

300. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans for the youth guarantee (details supplied) in Ballymun. [3062/17]

Traveller Accommodation

Dessie Ellis

484. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of Traveller families on the waiting list under the local authority Traveller accommodation programmes 2014-2018, by local authority, in tabular form; the current budget spend on the local authority Traveller accommodation programmes 2014-2018, in tabular form; the details of the housing stock each local authority has provided up to 2016 and plans to be built before the end of the local authority Traveller accommodation programmes; if any local authority has not used its full monetary allocation for the programmes; and if not, the amount that was returned for each year from 2013. [41739/16]

Labour Activation Measures

Dessie Ellis

550. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Social Protection the current and future status of the Tús initiative which is managed by local development companies and Údarás na Gaeltachta; and if he has committed to additional funding for the initiative going forward. [41223/16]

Hospitals Funding

Dessie Ellis

990. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health his plans to continue to fund the sleep clinic in St. James's Hospital; and if his Department is committed to recruitment of specialist staff in the unit when vacancies arise due to retirement and so on. [41452/16]

Hospital Procedures

Dessie Ellis

998. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who requires a medical procedure [41478/16]

Local Authority Staff Recruitment

Dessie Ellis

108. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is a bar on recruitment for Dublin City Council, and in particular for apprentices; and if not, the reason Dublin City Council is not replacing staff that have left or is not hiring new staff. [39360/16]

Private Rented Accommodation Evictions

Dessie Ellis

123. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider immediately introducing a moratorium on evictions leading to homelessness for the duration of the housing crisis as recommended by organisations (details supplied). [39017/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Dessie Ellis

127. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in the Dublin north-west area that have special autism units to facilitate children with autism; and the number of children that have been diagnosed with autism in the north-west area of Dublin. [38316/16]

Local Authority Housing

Dessie Ellis

184. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the funding for amalgamation works in senior citizen complexes will be continued for 2017 (details supplied); if there is a commitment to funding for particular amalgamation projects in the Dublin north west area which are expected to take place in the near future, namely, Glasanaon Court and Hampstead Court. [38315/16]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Dessie Ellis

191. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the working group established to deliver a new urban renewal scheme to regenerate central urban areas has considered a site (details supplied) which is now under a CPO for inclusion in any further renewal scheme. [38496/16]

Alcohol Treatment Programmes

Dessie Ellis

334. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the roll-out stages and funding allocation for the extension of the CARE project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38544/16]

Hospital Beds Data

Dessie Ellis

37. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the reason the number of available inpatient beds has reduced from 12,051 in 2006 to 10,473 in 2015 and 10,629 in 2016 to date; the number of psychiatry and long-term care beds that have been excluded since 2006 to show only acute beds in the 2015 and 2016 figures; the factors that determine the reason an inpatient bed in 2006 is no longer available in 2015 and 2016; if the physical infrastructure still exists for these beds; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37864/16]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Dessie Ellis

38. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health further to the budget announcement of additional funding being made to the NTPF, the evaluation mechanisms that are in place to ensure value for money in terms of the spend; the evaluation mechanisms that are in place to ensure satisfactory outcomes and number of treatments in accordance with the funding allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37863/16]

Social and Affordable Housing

Dessie Ellis

56. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to expand an affordable and co-op housing schemes such as a scheme (details supplied) which recently committed to provide a fully integrated, mixed income, affordable, co-operative housing. [35464/16]

Regeneration Projects

Dessie Ellis

77. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the working group of officials comprising senior representatives from his Department, local authorities and other relevant actors to bring forward proposals for new urban regeneration measures chaired by a Minister of State (details supplied) have decided on a list of proposals or a course of action for urban regeneration; the part that public or private partnerships will play in those proposals; and the timeframe for same. [35465/16]

Local Authority Staff Data

Dessie Ellis

362. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of Dublin City Council employees, broken down by department and area; the number of new employees over the past five years, by department; and the number of those who are tradesmen or apprentices, in tabular form. [35118/16]

Road Safety

Dessie Ellis

460. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA has received legal advice regarding rickshaws that are carrying passengers for hire that are operating without a licence, in some cases without insurance, proper driver vetting or roadworthiness certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33050/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Dessie Ellis

258. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to extend pyrite remediation to deal with cases of muscovite mica. [31734/16]

Nursing Staff Provision

Dessie Ellis

439. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a shortage of nurses in the Ballymun health clinic and that recently two nurses resigned due to the stressful work environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31787/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Dessie Ellis

121. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the cost per dwelling for the additional 400 dwellings that have been targeted for pyrite remediation in 2017 through investment of €22 million; and the location of those additional dwellings. [31220/16]

Public Private Partnerships Cost

Dessie Ellis

122. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total cost of the Charlemont Street development where Dublin City Council is engaged in a major private public partnership scheme. [31224/16]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Dessie Ellis

25. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, in each of the years since its inception; the way the money was spent; the number of surgeries and services that were purchased in each of the years since its inception; the way the funding allocated in budget 2017 to the NTPF will be administered; the surgeries to be prioritised under the NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30510/16]

Maternity Services Provision

Dessie Ellis

86. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the availability of detailed 20 week routine scans for pregnant women per CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30509/16]

Mortgage Resolution Processes

Dessie Ellis

140. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will intervene and request receivers to agree to cease giving notice to those occupying repossessed properties until a sale is agreed, rather than once it goes on sale as is the common practice. [30550/16]

School Transport Review

Dessie Ellis

255. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport scheme; and if his Department will consider increasing funding to the scheme in line with the recommendation of a charity (details supplied) of €5 million resulting in an abolition of fees for parents. [30586/16]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility

Dessie Ellis

291. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department will provide a sensible solution to a housing issue for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30548/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

45. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the 11,000 acquired units in Pillar 2 of the rebuilding Ireland action plan for housing and homelessness, detailing the types of acquisitions involved. [28708/16]

Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

60. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 10,000 long-term lease units which would be automatically owned by local authorities and approved housing bodies at the end of the lease term and those that will not automatically be owned by said bodies. [28709/16]

Commencement of Legislation

Dessie Ellis

90. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the ministerial order for the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, which was enacted on 30 December 2015. [26510/16]