Parliamentary questions

Garda Stations

Billy Kelleher

574. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of previous parliamentary questions that this Deputy tabled regarding information on the relocation of Glanmire Garda station in County Cork which was not provided due to legal action that was being taken, if she is in a position to provide information regarding this station; if a site has been located; if so, where; the amount that has been allocated for the new station; when the build will go to tender; the timeframe for works; when the station will be opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37835/15]

Garda Station Refurbishment

Pádraig MacLochlainn

575. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her Department's plans to upgrade Castlepollard Garda station in County Westmeath, which is in a very poor state of disrepair; and the steps she will take to increase the number of Garda personnel serving in Castlepollard, where the complement in the station has been reduced from five to two units. [37853/15]

Garda Deployment

Peadar Tóibín

576. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours per week that Castlepollard Garda station is without a rostered garda; her plans to permanently increase the staffing complement; and the distance to the nearest available staffed Garda station when this station has no staff present. [37895/15]

Naturalisation Applications

Tom Fleming

577. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied), given that there has been an undue delay in processing it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37915/15]

Citizenship Applications

Bernard Durkan

578. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37924/15]

Garda Data

Niall Collins

579. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 22 October 2015, if she will provide the details for each of the years from 2011 to 2014 for each category of departure listed. [37927/15]

Crime Data

John Browne

580. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if online fraud and cybercrime are included in crime statistics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37930/15]

Legislative Programme

Finian McGrath

581. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support matters (details supplied) regarding the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37931/15]

Garda Station Closures

Colm Keaveney

582. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the savings to date generated by the closure of 139 Garda Síochána stations since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37958/15]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

583. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for leave to remain in the State submitted in May 2012 by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37974/15]

Crime Prevention

Noel Coonan

584. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will consider introducing the necessary resources for a pilot programme in County Tipperary to tackle the current crime epidemic, whereby closed-circuit television surveillance will be introduced in towns and villages and on motorway ramps on the M7 and M8; if she is aware that such surveillance will aid An Garda Síochána in tackling crime levels and in providing security for persons who are currently very anxious regarding crime rates, and could be a pilot project that would later be rolled out in other areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37979/15]

Crime Data

Brendan Griffin

585. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions that have occurred and details of the sentences imposed following assaults or other interference with the work of members of the fire service, by county, in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38030/15]

Crime Data

Brendan Griffin

586. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions that have occurred and details of the sentences imposed following assaults or other interference with the work of members of An Garda Síochána, by county, in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38031/15]

Garda Operations

Fergus O'Dowd

587. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on representations received from the Cooley Peninsula Community Alert Group regarding its concerns for the safety of members of An Garda Síochána and of the community following the murders of persons (details supplied) in the north Louth area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38032/15]

Crime Data

Brendan Griffin

588. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions and the details of the sentences imposed following the deliberate ramming of vehicles being operated by members of An Garda Síochána, by county, in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38033/15]

Garda Deployment

Anthony Lawlor

589. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the locations where newly trained gardaí from Templemore, since it has reopened, have been allocated, by county; if priority has been given to counties where there are Garda shortages, such as in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38073/15]

Garda Strength

Michael Healy-Rae

590. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the manpower crisis in An Garda Síochána is being addressed, given the large number of gardaí who have resigned and retired; how many new gardaí have been promised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38102/15]

Legislative Programme

Michael McGrath

591. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 will be enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38138/15]

Court Accommodation Provision

Fergus O'Dowd

592. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements the Courts Service will put in place by to facilitate car parking during construction of the new courthouse in Drogheda in County Louth, which will have the effect of closing two car parks in the centre of Drogheda town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38157/15]

Road Traffic Offences

Thomas P. Broughan

593. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge notices issued to drivers between 31 July 2015 and 30 September 2015, for parking in a cycle track during its period of operation; for invading an advance stop line by failing to bring a vehicle to a stop behind a primary stop line; and for dangerous overtaking of a cyclist, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38159/15]

Road Traffic Offences

Thomas P. Broughan

594. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 470 of 14 July 2015, the number of these disqualified drivers in the time period January 2013 to March 2015 (details supplied) who were disqualified specifically, for drink-driving; for dangerous driving; the other reasons for disqualification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38179/15]

Garda Equipment

Seán Kenny

595. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána mountain bikes allocated to each Garda Síochána district within Dublin in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38194/15]

Garda Misconduct Allegations

Róisín Shortall

596. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish an independent investigation into an incident (details supplied); if she is satisfied with the response of An Garda Síochána to the incident; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38211/15]

Garda Station Refurbishment

Fergus O'Dowd

597. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the details of the recently announced €1 million upgrade of Drogheda Garda station and the proposed works at Collon Garda station; when work will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38212/15]

Garda Misconduct Allegations

Finian McGrath

598. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality what action she intents to take in the case of the death of a person (details supplied) in examining the conduct of the An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions in the ensuing investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38240/15]

Visa Applications

Robert Dowds

599. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the conditions under which a Kosovan national living in Germany may come to live here to become a carer for a disabled Irish person. [38303/15]

Garda Station Refurbishment

Joe Costello

600. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice and Equality for details of the proposed refurbishment of the Bridewell Garda station in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38359/15]

Migrant Integration

Joe Costello

601. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her Department's policy on migrants, including access to accommodation, employment, and legal protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38360/15]

Visa Agreements

David Stanton

602. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if US citizens residing here on a stamp 4 basis, who wish to marry a non-EEA national who is not residing here, are required to meet a member of An Garda Síochána or the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Bureau to satisfy them that the relationship is not one of convenience; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38368/15]

Electronic Tagging

Denis Naughten

603. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason she has not signed the commencement order for sections 11,12 and 13 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007; the recommendations of the project board, led by the Probation Service, which in 2009 examined the implementation of electronic monitoring; if any concerns raised with regard to the operation of these sections were identified, and if so, if such concerns were relayed to the Law Reform Commission in advance of its review of the Act, which was published in 2014; the way in which the provisions regarding electronic tagging in the proposed bail Bill will differ from those within the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38371/15]

Garda Deployment

Brendan Smith

604. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ensure that additional Garda Síochána will be assigned to the Cavan-Monaghan division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38378/15]

Visa Applications

Bernard Durkan

605. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected position regarding an application for visas by persons in County Kildare (details supplied). [38395/15]

Legal Aid Service Data

Patrick O'Donovan

606. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality details of the successful applications for free legal aid, both criminal and civil, by county and by cost per county, in 2014, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37158/15]

Departmental Staff Career Breaks

Finian McGrath

607. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civil servants under her remit that have been reinstated in recent years after taking a career break; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38730/15]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Paul Murphy

608. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is an inspectorate for refuges for those persons escaping domestic violence; if this inspectorate examines the standards of the buildings used, cleanliness and safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37649/15]

Child Care Services Provision

Eric J. Byrne

609. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will support an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37709/15]

Child Care Costs

Eoghan Murphy

610. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is considering measures in the area of child care costs, which would assist working parents of children in primary school, for those hours between the end of the school day and the end of the working day. [37724/15]

Child Care Costs

Eoghan Murphy

611. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of providing one month of free preschool care. [37725/15]

Capitation Grants

Brendan Griffin

612. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child care facility (details supplied) in County Kerry will be provided with the higher capitation in 2015 for two early child care and education preschool rooms, with the required staffing level 7 qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37161/15]

Preschool Services

Robert Troy

613. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the source of the figure he cited on a programme (details supplied) on RTE that there are 10,000 vacant and unoccupied places in preschools; if it comes from the latest annual Pobal survey in 2014, his views that this survey's statistics are not a reliable indicator of free capacity in the preschool sector, given that they come from a single survey that will be two to three years old when the early childhood care and education scheme expansion takes place in September 2016; and his plans for undertaking a more comprehensive, contemporaneous and reliable survey of capacity in the preschool sector prior to implementing the expansion of the scheme. [37238/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

614. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated expenditure of his Department in 2015, in tabular form; the budget for expenditure agreed at the start of the year for 2015; the extra expenditure or savings in this budget during the year to date; when and under what process this expenditure and these savings were approved; and his Department's budget for expenditure in 2016. [37257/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Ciaran Lynch

615. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the flexibility available under the early childhood care and education scheme regarding the birth date of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37313/15]

Lansdowne Road Agreement

Pearse Doherty

616. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the allocation for his Department in 2016 which covers the Lansdowne Road agreement; and the demographic or other inflationary pressures. [37273/15]

Appointments to State Boards

Catherine Murphy

617. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will indicate, in respect of State boards under his Department's remit, the name of each appointee made from 7 March 2011 to date in 2015; the date of appointment; whether or not each appointee came through an advertised public application process; the number of vacancies which presently exist on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37357/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Michael McCarthy

618. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the early childhood care and education scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37409/15]

Child Protection

Ciaran Lynch

619. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding or support available to organisations which are required to provide child protection training to their members (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37390/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Ruth Coppinger

620. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs given the recent announced changes to the early childhood care and education scheme (details supplied), if he will revise the age criteria for those who turned three years of age in July or August 2015. [37380/15]

Foster Care Supports

Robert Troy

621. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will re-instate the foster carer's allowance to the full monthly rate for persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow [37410/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Helen McEntee

622. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way the changes to the early childhood care and education scheme will impact on a person (details supplied) [37431/15]

Emergency Accommodation Data

Mattie McGrath

623. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children known to his Department who are living in emergency accommodation, such as domestic violence refuges, and homeless shelter accommodation, by county, for each of the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37541/15]

Child and Family Agency Services

Mattie McGrath

624. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 21 October 2015, if he will provide a list of the approved organisations and solicitors firms that offer guardian ad litem services; the payments that each of these have received for the timeframe in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37627/15]

Child Care Services Data

Derek Nolan

625. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce a salary scale for workers in the child care industry to ensure  qualifications are reflected in salary achieved for these workers in the interests of quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37748/15]

Youth Services

Patrick O'Donovan

626. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts being made to secure a youth or community worker for the west Wicklow region. [37763/15]

Youth Services

Patrick O'Donovan

627. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the youth funding provisions that have been established in the west Wicklow region in the past three years. [37764/15]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Robert Dowds

628. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a submission (details supplied) regarding the mother and baby homes commission of investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37790/15]

Child and Family Agency Funding

Tony McLoughlin

629. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the financial breakdown of the Tusla, Child and Family Agency, budget for 2016; the allocation that has been granted to family resource centres in the budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38111/15]

Child and Family Agency

Michael McGrath

630. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence by an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38154/15]

Youth Employment Initiative

Tom Fleming

631. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the youth employability initiative; the funding available; the issues it will address; the age group it will target; the anticipated number of participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38170/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Jim Daly

632. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware that the budgetary decision regarding the second year of the early childhood care and education scheme will effectively exclude all children born between September 2012 and February 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38188/15]

Departmental Staff

Finian McGrath

633. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of civil servants under his remit that have been reinstated in recent years after taking a career break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38721/15]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Robert Troy

634. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the current legislation relating to Irish citizens and their choice to use a surrogate internationally. [37251/15]

Health Services

Michael Healy-Rae

635. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made or is proposed to be made to reform the Misuse of Drugs Acts to allow a cannabis nasal spray to be sold and used by persons suffering from cancer and brain tumours, and used strictly by persons who are in poor health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37487/15]

Health Services Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

636. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health in respect of statements made by Mr. Justice Quirke (details supplied), if he has taken into account that Mr. Justice Quirke also said, that he reproduced the entitlements enjoyed by Health (Amendment) Act cardholders, for the purposes of illustrating the type and extent of the primary and community services, which should be available to the Magdalen women. [37675/15]

Health Services Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

637. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he has taken into account Mr. Justice Quirke’s statement in his report, that the Magdalen women should be provided with access to a comprehensive suite of health care services [37676/15]

Health Services Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

638. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if the health care entitlements under the redress for women resident in central institutions card, could realistically be considered a comprehensive suite of health care services, compared to the standard medical card. [37677/15]

Health Services Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

639. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the precise differences between the redress for women resident in central institutions card and the standard medical card.
[37678/15]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Charlie McConalogue

640. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the costs of introducing speech language therapy on-site in primary schools for children with assessed special needs, which would involve the transfer of approximately 350 public speech and language therapists for children, from the employment of the Health Service Executive to his Department. [37874/15]

Health Services

Sandra McLellan

641. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if an immediate stream of funding is available for a social club for the elderly (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38106/15]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

Pádraig MacLochlainn

642. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason supplementary panels are being commenced by the national recruitment service to fill nursing posts, given that panels are in place since 2012; and his views that this is fair to applicants. [37178/15]

National Lottery Funding Applications

Noel Coonan

643. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Health when an application for national lottery funding will be finalised for a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the current status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37188/15]

HSE Staff

Billy Kelleher

644. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level; at assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level, in the Health Service Executive, as well as in section 38 organisations funded by the HSE, on 1 October 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. [37164/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Colm Keaveney

645. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for an urgently required orthopaedic procedure at Merlin Park University Hospital in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37169/15]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Jonathan O'Brien

646. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no specialised speech and language therapy for children with a speech delay and a hearing impairment; the reason the current system only provides speech therapy to children who can hear. [37245/15]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Jonathan O'Brien

647. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that specialised speech therapy, known as auditory verbal therapy, is necessary for children who receive cochlear implants; the reason children do not receive this here. [37246/15]

Health Services Provision

Jonathan O'Brien

648. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if any child has had advanced vision technology overseas funded by the Health Service Executive or his Department; the number of these children; the year this therapy took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37247/15]

Hospital Services

Ciara Conway

649. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health the funding allocations provided for the implementation of the winter resilience plan, by hospital; if he is satisfied that all hospitals have been granted adequate resources to deal with a surge in admissions over the winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37250/15]

Hospital Admissions

Ciaran Lynch

650. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be provided with a necessary ophthalmic procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37306/15]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

651. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all the relevant information has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37307/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

652. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the estimated expenditure of his Department in 2015, in tabular form; the budget for expenditure agreed at the start of the year for 2015; the extra expenditure or savings in this budget during the year to date; when and under what process this expenditure and these savings were approved; and his Department's budget for expenditure in 2016. [37264/15]

Nursing Staff Recruitment

Charlie McConalogue

653. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when a children's outreach nurse will be appointed to Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37310/15]

Medical Card Applications

Brian Walsh

654. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health the specific reasons an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Galway was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37312/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

655. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the allocation for his Department in 2016 which covers the Lansdowne Road agreement; and the demographic or other inflationary pressures. [37280/15]

Departmental Funding

Brendan Griffin

656. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if funding will be restored to a body (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37346/15]

Registration of Nurses

Gabrielle McFadden

657. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns of a nursing home provider (details supplied) regarding significant delays it is facing in the processing of nurse registration applications with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. [37320/15]

Appointments to State Boards

Catherine Murphy

658. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will indicate, in respect of State boards under his Department's remit, the name of each appointee appointed from 7 March 2011 to date in 2015; the date of each appointment; whether or not each appointee came through an advertised public application process; the number of vacancies that presently exist on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37364/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Seán Fleming

659. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive an appointment with the pain management clinic in St. James's Hospital in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37336/15]

Mental Health Services Provision

Brendan Griffin

660. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if she will meet a group (details supplied) in County Dublin to discuss mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37326/15]

Hospitals Building Programme

Peadar Tóibín

661. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when the building of a new laboratory in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Navan in County Meath will take place, as it has been on the estates management construction list for the past seven years. [37407/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Helen McEntee

662. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Health the reason treatment of eye conditions for elderly persons is taking up to 18 months (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37447/15]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Helen McEntee

663. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a shortage of typists which is causing a delay of up to four months in completing referral letters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37449/15]

Health Services Staff Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

664. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the current number of whole-time-equivalent consultant geneticists and whole-time-equivalent genetic counsellors employed in the public health system; and the estimated cost of increasing their number to reflect the standards recommended by the Royal College of Physicians in the United Kingdom and the Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors in the United Kingdom, which is one full-time genetic counsellor per 100,000 of the population, and a minimum of three consultant geneticists per 1 million of the population. [37450/15]

Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

665. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health for an update on the all-Ireland network of rare disease registries. [37451/15]

Registration of Nurses

Gabrielle McFadden

666. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the average length of time it takes for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland to process nurse registration applications; if he is satisfied that applications are being processed in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37454/15]

Home Help Service Provision

John McGuinness

667. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if home help, or some form of assistance, will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow to help the person cope with issues associated with Alzheimer's disease. [37457/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

John McGuinness

668. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny as the person's general practitioner deems the case to be urgent. [37459/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Ciaran Lynch

669. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with necessary treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37377/15]

Vaccination Programme

David Stanton

670. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health the vaccination requirements for first responder volunteers; the assistance available, if any, to assist volunteers to meet the cost of any required vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37394/15]

Medical Card Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

671. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if eligibility for a medical card will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37398/15]

Health Services

Mary Lou McDonald

672. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the differing arrangements across the Health Service Executive community health organisation 7 area by which occupational therapists' reports are provided or not provided by the executive to council tenants applying for local authority disability-mobility adaptation grants; the average waiting times within this area for the provision of occupational therapists' reports; the cost to the executive in 2013 and in 2014 associated with the provision of these reports in this area; and if he will provide an estimate of the cost in a full year if the executive were to provide these reports to all applicants in this area. [37479/15]

General Practitioner Services

Billy Kelleher

673. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 20 October 2015, his Department's estimate of the cost of extending free general practitioner care to all those under 18 years of age, and to the population at large, on the basis of the scope and content of the general practitioner service, and the relevant fee structure and the eligibility rates presently applying to the under-6s scheme; alternatively, if he will provide an estimate based on the budget 2016 allocation to provide free general practitioner care for those 12 years of age and under. [37484/15]