Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Nursing Staff

Brendan Griffin

798. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health to provide funding for an oncology nurse at a facility (details provided); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10178/16]

Foster Care

Brendan Griffin

920. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the requirements for an Irish couple to foster a Syrian child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10551/16]

Health Insurance Community Rating

Brendan Griffin

931. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10590/16]

Sheepmeat Sector

Brendan Griffin

997. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide additional support for sheep farmers who are struggling to make a living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9537/16]

GLAS Applications

Brendan Griffin

998. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue approval for an application by a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9540/16]

Forestry Grants

Brendan Griffin

1018. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to extend approval of a forest road grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9712/16]

Felling Licences Applications

Brendan Griffin

1045. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will replace a felling licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10209/16]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Brendan Griffin

1095. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9952/16]

Road Safety

Brendan Griffin

1157. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ban the import of category B write-off vehicles from other countries for repair, given the safety risks posed by putting these vehicles back on the road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10555/16]

Community Enterprise Centres

Brendan Griffin

1191. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will issue a grant to a centre (details supplied). [10602/16]

GLAS Payments

Brendan Griffin

38. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the green low carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9291/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Brendan Griffin

101. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding unequal pay in the teaching profession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9272/16]

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

9. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why on a voluntary training opportunities scheme course no longer counts towards the eligibility period for community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8875/16]

Family Income Supplement Appeals

Brendan Griffin

29. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to review a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the family income supplement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8949/16]

Hospital Services

Brendan Griffin

174. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when he will make staffing resources available to make the magnetic resonance imaging scanner fully operational in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9008/16]

HIQA Remit

Brendan Griffin

202. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Health Information and Quality Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9121/16]

Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation

Brendan Griffin

243. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when she will accredit a course (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8876/16]

School Accommodation

Brendan Griffin

274. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills to grant additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9124/16]

Mountain Access Schemes

Brendan Griffin

283. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if commonage owners who grant permission to walkers to walk through their lands are responsible for the safety of the walkers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8881/16]

Mountain Access Schemes

Brendan Griffin

284. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if compensation is available to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry who allow hill walkers to use trails on their lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8906/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Brendan Griffin

10. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8721/16]

Tax Code

Brendan Griffin

22. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance the tax incentives and other incentives available to Irish emigrants hoping to return home to take up employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8646/16]

GLAS Payments

Brendan Griffin

43. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment for 2016 to a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; if he will issue it in stages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8713/16]

Agriculture Scheme Applications

Brendan Griffin

45. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will make a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the Scottish derogation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8718/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Funding

Brendan Griffin

148. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to respond positively to a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8751/16]

State Examinations

Brendan Griffin

80. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if reasonable accommodation will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8590/16]

Rural Development Programme Funding

Brendan Griffin

104. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8589/16]

Invalidity Pension Applications

Brendan Griffin

6. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has made a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8033/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Brendan Griffin

60. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8287/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Brendan Griffin

61. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8288/16]

Retail Sector

Brendan Griffin

134. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available for small retailers who expand their business to include a hot food counter and seating area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8289/16]

Insurance Costs

Brendan Griffin

236. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is concerned at the rise in the cost of insurance premiums in the child care sector; if he will intervene and support crèches that are at risk of closure due to these increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8175/16]

Motorised Transport Grant Closure

Brendan Griffin

281. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when the alternative scheme to the motorised transport grant will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8152/16]

School Staff

Brendan Griffin

407. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers in primary and secondary schools who were on unpaid leave for the years 2010 to 2015; the number who received payment for summer and other holidays periods, while they were on leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8414/16]

Legislative Measures

Brendan Griffin

444. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the Local Government Act 2014 to allow the chair of municipal areas to be named mayor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8237/16]

Planning Issues

Brendan Griffin

445. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if prescribed bodies or stakeholders are permitted to lodge objections to planning applications outside the five-week period for submissions and observations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8290/16]

Tourism Industry

Brendan Griffin

481. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the practice of car rental companies requesting significant credit card deposits for damage excesses when tourists arrive to pick up rental vehicles at airports; if he will raise these concerns with rental car companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8204/16]

Driver Licences

Brendan Griffin

483. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review driving licences regulations for a person (details supplied) who wishes to keep both licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8300/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Brendan Griffin

38. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue for Scottish derogation to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7841/16]

Road Safety

Brendan Griffin

148. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7837/16]

JobsPlus Scheme

Brendan Griffin

40. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will engage with the Departments of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and Children and Youth Affairs to make the benefits currently available to employers availing of the JobsPlus scheme available to parents seeking to employ persons to provide affordable child care in the home; her views on the many benefits that would accrue from such a development for the child care worker, parents and Exchequer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7487/16]

Social Welfare Appeals

Brendan Griffin

52. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who has been resident in County Kerry for over a year has not satisfied the habitual residency clause; if this decision will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7524/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals

Brendan Griffin

53. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details provided) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7538/16]

Child Benefit Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

80. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if child benefit will be paid for persons over 18 years of age who are in their leaving certificate year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7677/16]

Tax Code

Brendan Griffin

99. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will examine ways of reducing the tax component of residential rental prices to ease the burden on renters; if an emergency finance Bill will be considered to implement such a measure to allow these reductions to be passed on to renters immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7410/16]

VAT Rate Application

Brendan Griffin

105. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will take action to scrap value added tax payable on defibrillators, or the automated external defibrillator, in recognition of the life-saving potential of such pieces of equipment, for which many community groups are struggling to fund-raise to purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7591/16]

Credit Union Regulation

Brendan Griffin

106. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7617/16]

Tax Code

Brendan Griffin

118. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider reducing the rate of value added tax payable by ice cream parlours to 9% in recognition of the labour intensive nature of the business and the heavy dependency that such businesses have on tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7788/16]

Drainage Schemes

Brendan Griffin

131. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the embankment at Roscullen and Shanakeale, Castlemaine, County Kerry, will be prioritised for repair and strengthening works following the recent damage caused by storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7643/16]

Drainage Schemes Status

Brendan Griffin

132. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed at lands in Boolteens, Castlemaine, County Kerry, following works to address recent damage caused by storms. [7644/16]

Drainage Schemes Status

Brendan Griffin

133. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a matter for a person (details supplied) will be addressed at lands in Castleisland, County Kerry, following previous works to address river erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7645/16]

Work Permits Applications

Brendan Griffin

143. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a decision has been made on a work permit for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7416/16]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Brendan Griffin

150. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits to County Kerry by prospective Industrial Development Agency Ireland companies to date in 2016; the details of these visits; if he is content with this level of visitation and if not, the action he will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7781/16]

Forestry Sector

Brendan Griffin

183. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 29 September 2015, to provide a re-instatement grant to persons whose forestry was damaged in the storm in February 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7675/16]

Single Payment Scheme Applications

Brendan Griffin

184. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a claim for a parcel of land in a 2014 single payment application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed in light of new information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7681/16]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Brendan Griffin

260. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when the additional beds at Kenmare hospital, County Kerry, will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7249/16]

Mental Health Services Provision

Brendan Griffin

361. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the opening of the 40-bed mental health unit at the Cherryfield site in Killarney, County Kerry; the timeframe for the opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7780/16]

Passport Services

Brendan Griffin

376. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to consider making available the equipment necessary to make the passport rapid renewal service available in County Cork; the cost of such specialised equipment, as is available in the Dublin office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7257/16]

Emergency Works Scheme Applications

Brendan Griffin

410. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if emergency works will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7358/16]

School Staff

Brendan Griffin

424. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend the condition in the staffing appeals mechanism for schools larger than four teachers, where a school will still lose a teacher if it does not have a minimum number of infants despite the projected overall number of students enrolling rising above the threshold required; her views that this is a major disadvantage to rural schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7488/16]

Rural Development Programme

Brendan Griffin

489. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a rural development basic services programme fund will be established to run in parallel with the new Leader programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7783/16]

Taxi Regulations

Brendan Griffin

515. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if holders of a hackney licence in rural areas must be available for any minimum number of hours per week or if they are free to operate only when it suits them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7489/16]

Taxi Data

Brendan Griffin

522. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the overall county by county take-up there has been of the new rural hackney scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7637/16]

Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications

Brendan Griffin

13. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when she will grant an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the partial capacity benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6441/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Administration

Brendan Griffin

188. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available for applicants under the 2016 national reserve scheme; when the scheme will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6489/16]

Courts Service

Brendan Griffin

295. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to appoint more High Court judges to clear the back-log of pending cases in High Court sittings in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6469/16]

Courts Service

Brendan Griffin

296. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to provide resources to facilitate sittings of the High Court in Tralee, to deal with the back log of cases in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6470/16]

Community Employment Schemes Data

Brendan Griffin

7. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5746/16]

Disability Allowance Payments

Brendan Griffin

16. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the disability allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5391/16]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Brendan Griffin

46. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why she is actively encouraging jobseekers to use financial institutions rather than post offices, as highlighted recently by the Irish Postmasters' Union, following correspondence issued by the Ennis Intreo office; to instruct her Department to cease this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5745/16]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Brendan Griffin

129. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will widen the remit relating to primary medical certificates (details supplied) to take into consideration parents of children with disabilities, such as children with severely low muscle tone. [5475/16]

Tax Code

Brendan Griffin

144. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the rate of capital acquisitions tax for persons inheriting properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5702/16]

Tax Code

Brendan Griffin

150. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding capital gains tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5921/16]

Flood Prevention Measures

Brendan Griffin

195. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to engage with a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to address the flooding issues affecting a holding and the immediate locality; if the Office of Public Works will consider this person's proposals for remedial works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5486/16]

Office of Public Works Expenditure

Brendan Griffin

202. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will increase the Office of Public Works river and flood maintenance budget for the south west region for 2016, as there is an unprecedented amount of maintenance work necessary to prevent highly expensive capital works in the future; if he will outline the 2015 fund versus the 2016 amount for maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5741/16]

Office of Public Works Expenditure

Brendan Griffin

203. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the Office of Public Works capital budget provision for 2016 can realistically be spent in 2016; if not, if he will transfer part of the funding to the maintenance budget for 2016 as there is an unprecedented amount of maintenance work necessary to prevent highly expensive capital works in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5742/16]

Labour Court Recommendations

Brendan Griffin

204. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a Labour Court recommendation of 22 July 2008 (details supplied), which stated that an agreed pension scheme should be introduced for community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors, has not been acted upon; his views that while Foras Áiseanna Saothair, the Irish National Training and Employment Authority, was the recognised funding agency at the time, he now fulfils this role; if it is acceptable that almost seven years have passed since the Labour Court recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5747/16]

Labour Court Recommendations

Brendan Griffin

205. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will put a pension scheme in place for community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors, as per the Labour Court recommendation of July 2008 (details supplied); if he will make the scheme retroactive to 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5748/16]

Office of Public Works Projects

Brendan Griffin

214. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will invite tenders for a lease on lands (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6123/16]

Industrial Relations

Brendan Griffin

226. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding law clerks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5710/16]

Agriculture Scheme Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

244. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue revised maps, following a ground inspection, to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5348/16]

Aquaculture Data

Brendan Griffin

247. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the escape of salmon off the coast of County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5351/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Brendan Griffin

259. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the Scottish derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5443/16]

Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

260. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the young farmers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5456/16]

Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

261. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the national reserve scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5458/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

262. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5462/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Brendan Griffin

265. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on an over-claim on a land parcel for 2015 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5509/16]

Beef Technology Adoption Programme

Brendan Griffin

266. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment for 2015 will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the beef technology scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5517/16]

TAMS Payments

Brendan Griffin

267. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide full approval to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the targeted agricultural modernisation II scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5518/16]

Agriculture Scheme Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

327. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue revised maps to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry following a ground inspection under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6106/16]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Brendan Griffin

329. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6174/16]

Garda Remuneration

Brendan Griffin

339. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will increase the pay for rank and file members of An Garda Síochána given their working conditions and the dangers posed to them on a daily basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5719/16]

Garda Remuneration

Brendan Griffin

377. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the pay and conditions of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6000/16]

Child Care Services Provision

Brendan Griffin

400. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to engage with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to make the benefits that are available to employers availing of the JobsPlus Scheme available to parents seeking to employ persons to provide affordable child care in the home; his views on the many benefits that would accrue from such a development for the child care worker, parents and the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5488/16]

Disability Support Services Expenditure

Brendan Griffin

415. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health to address a matter (details supplied) regarding persons with disabilities. [5716/16]

General Practitioner Services

Brendan Griffin

440. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if it is standard practice for parents of babies under six weeks old to be charged for general practitioner services in cases where they have not applied for free general practitioner care for children under six years of age; if and from whom there is a refund due in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5485/16]

Pharmaceutical Sector

Brendan Griffin

457. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the status of the approval of the latest cystic fibrosis drug, Orkambi, under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5551/16]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Brendan Griffin

472. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when additional beds at Kenmare hospital in County Kerry will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5634/16]

HSE Properties

Brendan Griffin

485. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health his plans for the lands at St. Finan's Hospital in Killarney in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5706/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Brendan Griffin

493. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will make the drug Kuvan available on the long-term illness scheme to sufferers of Phenyketonuria and BH4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5750/16]