Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Mental Health Services Provision

Mattie McGrath

226. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated for the construction of the new national forensic mental health service hospital in Portrane and all revised allocations that have occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12309/17]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Mattie McGrath

227. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if the capital spending allocated for the National Rehabilitation Hospital was reduced by €8 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12310/17]

National Children's Hospital Status

Mattie McGrath

228. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health when the construction contract for the National Children's Hospital project will be signed and to whom it is to be awarded; if provisions in this contract specify upper limits for the amount that will be paid for the construction of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12311/17]

Disability Support Services Provision

Mattie McGrath

229. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the options available to children that have applied to the HSE for an assessment of need and that have not received their assessment within the three month period as required under the Disability Act 2005; if his attention has been drawn to the long delays for children receiving assessment of needs from early intervention teams across the country; the efforts he will make to ensure that the HSE and early intervention teams meet their obligations under the Disability Act 2005; the reason the HSE refuse to accept an assessment of need from a private practitioner in circumstances in which a delay in obtaining an assessment of need has occurred when such an assessment is accepted by the Department of Education and Skills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12315/17]

Renewable Energy Projects

Mattie McGrath

277. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of all proposals regarding the granting of a State subvention for solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12239/17]

Help-To-Buy Scheme

Mattie McGrath

153. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications received for the help-to-buy scheme in the Tipperary revenue district; the number of applications processed and approved to date; the current processing time for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11444/17]

Free Travel Scheme

Mattie McGrath

285. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the position of Irish and EU law with respect to State subventions for the free travel pass scheme being paid to private transport operators; if there are any cut-off dates before which or after which the subvention must be paid; if any changes are being proposed for new private transport operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11465/17]

Pensions Data

Mattie McGrath

324. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address concerns that persons eligible for the €5 pension increase may subsequently become ineligible for supplementary welfare payments; the number of pension recipients who may fall into this category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11599/17]

Public Transport Subsidies

Mattie McGrath

329. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid in subventions from his Department to Bus Éireann for the past five years to date in 2017, by scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11857/17]

Hospitals Building Programme

Mattie McGrath

447. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the details of any analysis of the national paediatric hospital project that has been carried out by his Department as per its guidelines for the appraisal and management of capital expenditure proposals in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11457/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Mattie McGrath

448. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the resources that continue to be made available to children or their families at risk through self-harm or symptoms of suicidality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11511/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Mattie McGrath

449. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of children availing of beds in adult residential settings; the number in receipt of CAMHS-related services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11512/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Mattie McGrath

486. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system will be approved under the GMS and long-term illness scheme for use by diabetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11295/17]

HSE Data

Mattie McGrath

517. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of official complaints lodged to the HSE about access delays or unsatisfactory services from early intervention teams across the country; the number of complaints relating to the early intervention services in County Tipperary; the reason for said complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11417/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Mattie McGrath

533. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for access to early intervention services in County Tipperary; the average waiting times for assessment of needs; the reason the HSE will not accept a diagnosis obtained from a private practitioner due to the delays in obtaining an assessment of needs from the HSE; the number of staff working with the early intervention teams in County Tipperary; the number of vacant posts associated with the early intervention team in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11517/17]

Child Abuse

Mattie McGrath

827. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of reports of abuse of children across each category of abuse received in each of the past three years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11513/17]

Child and Family Agency Staff

Mattie McGrath

814. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that the present CEO of Tusla is the most suitable candidate (details supplied) to lead the reform of the agency; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that as the head of child protection in Dundee, Scotland, this person was severely criticised by the UK Government inspectors which after examining 18 key performance areas in Dundee ruled that nine were weak or unsatisfactory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9968/17]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Mattie McGrath

4. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that local authority housing output from the first quarter to the third quarter of 2016 for County Tipperary amounted to three new builds; the measures his Department will take to increase this number in partnership with the local authority in County Tipperary; if his Department will allow Tipperary County Council to proceed with public-private partnerships and a company (details supplied) to deliver local authority units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9397/17]

National Children's Hospital

Mattie McGrath

175. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if the contract for the construction of the proposed national children's hospital at St. James's Hospital, Dublin has been awarded; the name of the company that the contract has been awarded to; the estimated cost of the contract; if that contract has been officially signed off on by the Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8876/17]

National Children's Hospital Location

Mattie McGrath

176. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will provide all peer-reviewed evidence to support locating the national children's hospital at the St. James’s Hospital site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8877/17]