Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Beds Data

Maurice Quinlivan

1476. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds allocated in County Limerick for the treatment of persons suffering from anorexia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33040/18]

Hospital Beds Data

Maurice Quinlivan

1477. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds allocated in County Clare for the treatment of persons suffering from anorexia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33041/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Maurice Quinlivan

1583. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) is waiting a significant amount of time for a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33498/18]

Environmental Protection Agency

Maurice Quinlivan

2063. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to remove the immunity from prosecution provided to the EPA in section 15 of the EPA Act of 1992; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33857/18]

Environmental Protection Enforcement

Maurice Quinlivan

2064. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action that has been taken to address the concerns regarding the low level of prosecutions of big business polluters raised in the review of the Environmental Protection Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33858/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Maurice Quinlivan

2503. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to include surviving partners under the widowed and surviving civil partner grant who were not legally married but cohabitating and who have dependent children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33461/18]

Disability Support Services Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

2514. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the 2017 and 2018 budget for the WALK providing equal employment routes programme, PEER; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33606/18]

Disability Activation Projects

Maurice Quinlivan

2515. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budget allocation for the wage subsidy scheme in 2018; the number of persons availing of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33607/18]

Working Family Payment Data

Maurice Quinlivan

2573. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the working family payment in 2017 and to date in 2018; and the budget for the working family payment in 2017 and 2018. [35183/18]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Maurice Quinlivan

310. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if the results of the independent external investigation regarding patients with carbapenemase producing enterobacteriaceae, CPE, in the University Limerick hospital group will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31105/18]

Brexit Issues

Maurice Quinlivan

67. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the plans being put in place for a hard Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30826/18]

IDA Ireland Portfolio

Maurice Quinlivan

69. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration has been given to using part of the land bank held by the IDA to provide for housing, childcare facilities or other community facilities in view of the number of new companies locating here and the lack of housing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30601/18]

Economic Growth

Maurice Quinlivan

71. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if an independent report into the economic benefits a united Ireland economy would bring to the island of Ireland will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30603/18]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data

Maurice Quinlivan

73. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the reform of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE; when she plans to publish the report into the failings of the ODCE in the investigation of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30602/18]

Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest

Maurice Quinlivan

92. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to concerns regarding section 7 of SI No. 188 of 2018, which amended the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 without a Dáil Éireann debate; her plans to bring this before Dáil Éireann for debate and scrutiny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30604/18]

Garda Civilian Staff Data

Maurice Quinlivan

332. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff per Garda station in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30873/18]

Hospital Equipment

Maurice Quinlivan

672. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the average age of lithotripsy machines in use in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30874/18]

Inland Fisheries

Maurice Quinlivan

746. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he plans to take after an organisation (details supplied) reported a significant loss of eel elvers at Ennistymon, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30872/18]

Asbestos Remediation Programme

Maurice Quinlivan

779. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to provide assistance to persons to dispose safely of historical asbestos that they have on their land or in their property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30871/18]

Apprenticeship Data

Maurice Quinlivan

116. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of an apprentice per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29903/18]

Apprenticeship Data

Maurice Quinlivan

117. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the apprenticeship budget for 2016, 2017 and 2018; the estimated spend on apprenticeships in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29904/18]

Apprenticeship Data

Maurice Quinlivan

118. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the apprentice population in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 by year, that is, by stage of the apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29905/18]

Apprenticeship Data

Maurice Quinlivan

119. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of female apprentices in 2017 and to date 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29906/18]

Apprenticeship Data

Maurice Quinlivan

120. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons with a disability engaged in an apprenticeship in 2017 and to date in 2018; the steps he is taking to increase this level of participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29907/18]

Apprenticeship Data

Maurice Quinlivan

121. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on developing and introducing new apprenticeship programmes in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of these programmes developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29908/18]

Workplace Relations Commission

Maurice Quinlivan

182. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of workplace relations inspectors employed in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29886/18]

Workplace Relations Commission

Maurice Quinlivan

183. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed by the Workplace Relations Commission in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29887/18]

Workplace Relations Commission

Maurice Quinlivan

184. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of workplace inspections by WRC inspectors that took place in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29888/18]

Workplace Relations Commission

Maurice Quinlivan

185. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget of the Workplace Relations Commission in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29889/18]

Health and Safety Authority Data

Maurice Quinlivan

186. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of health and safety inspectors employed by the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, in 2015, 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29890/18]

Health and Safety Authority Data

Maurice Quinlivan

187. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Health and Safety Authority, HSA, inspections carried out in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29891/18]

Health and Safety Authority Data

Maurice Quinlivan

188. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget of the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29892/18]

European Organization for Nuclear Research

Maurice Quinlivan

189. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated cost of Ireland becoming an associate member of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, CERN, and a full member of CERN, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29893/18]

Departmental Administrative Arrangements

Maurice Quinlivan

190. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated cost of re-establishing the co-operative development unit in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29894/18]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

191. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement for 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29895/18]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data

Maurice Quinlivan

192. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff working in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement by role in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29896/18]

Enterprise Ireland Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

193. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for Enterprise Ireland for 2016, 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29897/18]

IDA Ireland Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

194. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for the IDA for 2016, 2017 and 2018 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29898/18]

InterTradeIreland Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

195. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for InterTradeIreland for 2016, 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29899/18]

Science Foundation Ireland Data

Maurice Quinlivan

196. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for Science Foundation Ireland for 2016, 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29900/18]

Departmental Reports

Maurice Quinlivan

197. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reports commissioned by her Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the cost of each report in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29901/18]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Investigations

Maurice Quinlivan

198. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when she plans to publish her account of the report by the Director of Corporate Enforcement into the failings in an investigation (details supplied) by the ODCE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29902/18]

Protected Disclosures

Maurice Quinlivan

203. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the serious concerns about section 7 of S.I. No. 188 of 2018, which amended the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 without debate in Dáil Éireann; if it will be brought to Dáil Éireann for debate and scrutiny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29950/18]

Disability Support Services

Maurice Quinlivan

345. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budget allocation for 2017 and 2018 for a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29909/18]

Disability Support Services

Maurice Quinlivan

346. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing a programme (details supplied) in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29910/18]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Maurice Quinlivan

193. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the slow progress in developing and introducing new apprenticeship schemes; if he is satisfied that the support given to organisations developing apprenticeships is adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29257/18]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Maurice Quinlivan

194. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average time taken to develop a new apprenticeship programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29258/18]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Maurice Quinlivan

372. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for an appointment to see a consultant in orthopaedics in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29242/18]

Commercial Rates

Maurice Quinlivan

573. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the commercial rates Bill; when it will be published; the reason for the delay in its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29256/18]

Fishing Industry

Maurice Quinlivan

227. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the opening of applications in relation to the eel fisherman hardship scheme. [28099/18]