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Wed, 25 Jan 2017
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Roads Maintenance Funding
Lisa Chambers
277. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the money that will be allocated to the R312 for upgrade works in 2017; his Department's long-term plan for this vital road connecting Erris to Castlebar in which the county's main hospital is situated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3436/17]
Thu, 19 Jan 2017
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Occupational Therapy
Lisa Chambers
226. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for an appointment with an occupational therapist with Occupational Therapy Services Mayo PCCC. [2467/17]
Thu, 19 Jan 2017
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Occupational Therapy
Lisa Chambers
227. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age on the waiting list for occupational therapy in County Mayo, in tabular form; and the number of children who have been waiting between zero and three months, three and six months, six and nine months, nine and 18 months and more than 18 months. [2468/17]
Thu, 19 Jan 2017
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Occupational Therapy
Lisa Chambers
228. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in the public health system in County Mayo. [2469/17]
Thu, 19 Jan 2017
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Occupational Therapy
Lisa Chambers
229. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health if there are vacancies for occupational therapists in County Mayo [2470/17]
Thu, 19 Jan 2017
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Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
Lisa Chambers
241. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing an ANC payment to a person (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2332/17]
Thu, 19 Jan 2017
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Defence Forces Training
Lisa Chambers
322. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason members of the Naval Service Reserve are prohibited from training new recruits for the Naval Service Reserve, unlike their Army Reserve counterparts who are permitted to train their own new recruits; the reason Permanent Defence Force members of the Naval Service are exclusively required to train the Naval Service Reserve despite the availability of willing Naval Service Reserve instructors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2413/17]
Thu, 19 Jan 2017
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Defence Forces Reserve
Lisa Chambers
323. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason several Reserve Defence Force members of 1 Brigade Artillery Regiment were posted as non-effective since 1 January 2017 despite having satisfied the criteria to remain effective, as laid down in Defence Forces regulation R5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2414/17]
Thu, 19 Jan 2017
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Defence Forces Reserve
Lisa Chambers
324. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of applications that have been received to join the Naval Service Reserve up to December 2016 in view of the fact an RDF recruitment competition was launched in September 2015; and the number of these applicants that have been attested into the Naval Service Reserve as of 1 January 2017. [2415/17]
Thu, 19 Jan 2017
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Defence Forces Reserve
Lisa Chambers
325. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 27 September 2016, the number of RDF applicants that were awaiting security clearance as of that date; and the number of those applicants whose security clearance was fully processed as of 1 January 2017. [2416/17]
Thu, 19 Jan 2017
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Garda Vetting of Personnel
Lisa Chambers
326. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the average time taken before the Defence Forces forward Garda security vetting applications to An Garda Síochána once an applicant for the RDF has successfully completed a fitness test and interview; the average time taken before the Defence Forces subsequently apply to An Garda Síochána for Garda security clearance upon return of these applications; and the average forwarding times in the case of both vetting and clearance for applicants joining the PDF. [2417/17]
Thu, 19 Jan 2017
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Defence Forces Reserve
Lisa Chambers
327. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association has yet to receive a reply to letters sent to his office dated 13 July 2016 and 13 September 2016 regarding the case for commissioning a qualified leading seaman to become an officer in the Naval Service Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2418/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Fiscal Policy
Lisa Chambers
253. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Finance his views on supporting proposals to exclude defence spending from the calculation of excess deficit rules. [41619/16]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Hospital Appointments Delays
Lisa Chambers
1045. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in arranging a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41755/16]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Forestry Sector
Lisa Chambers
1395. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a tax incentive to plant forestry; the objective of his Department with this scheme; the percentage of the west of Ireland which is predicted to be forested by 2020; and the percentage of land in Munster and Leinster which is predicted to be forested by 2020. [41664/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Crime Levels
Lisa Chambers
14. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that will be taken to address the low burglary detection rate in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40452/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Sexual Offences Data
Lisa Chambers
44. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the fall in detection rates for sexual offences highlighted in the recent CSO survey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40451/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Common Security and Defence Policy
Lisa Chambers
559. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which defence discussions within the EU are fragmenting into bilateral and mini-multilateral frameworks; and his views on the extent to which these conversations are taking place outside formal European structures. [40578/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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EU Funding
Lisa Chambers
560. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the interdepartmental preparations his Department is participating in to ensure businesses here are well positioned to participate in new defence-related research funding schemes being set up by the European Commission. [40579/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Stability and Growth Pact
Lisa Chambers
561. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has a view on supporting proposals to exclude defence spending from the calculation of excess deficit rules. [40580/16]