Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Carer's Allowance Applications

Peter Burke

140. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [21453/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Peter Burke

189. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health to expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21456/16]

Housing Adaptation Grant

Peter Burke

312. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a parent's income could be taken into account only when assessments are being made for housing adaptation grants for medical or immobility reasons in situations where an older person or couple have transferred their land or house to children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20770/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme

Peter Burke

321. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider allowing pensioners to buy out local authority houses using social protection payments under the tenant purchase scheme in cases where sites were originally provided by tenants to the local authority to build on as was the case in older social housing schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20854/16]

Leader Programmes Funding

Peter Burke

464. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Leader programme will be approved for County Longford and contracts signed for delivery of programmes, considering the long delays already suffered and the large number of groups who are waiting for funding as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20757/16]

Departmental Properties

Peter Burke

505. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will transfer a property in County Longford back to its original owner (details supplied). [20656/16]

Job Creation

Peter Burke

804. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts she is making to promote Mullingar, County Westmeath, as an enterprise hub considering the large and underutilised IDA Ireland park, its central location and skilled workforce. [21132/16]

Job Creation

Peter Burke

805. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she is taking to source alternative industry for Mullingar, County Westmeath, considering her recent visit to the IDA Ireland park and the loss of 90 jobs in the region at a company (details supplied). [21135/16]

Post Office Network

Peter Burke

32. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the sustainability of the post office network into the future; the actions she will take to secure this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19840/16]

Leader Programmes

Peter Burke

47. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Leader programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19839/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals

Peter Burke

139. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20423/16]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Peter Burke

170. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is common practice for Civil Service recruitment panels to be automatically disbanded after two years, resulting in candidates having to reapply for the same panel despite having attended interviews and moved up in position on the panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20400/16]

Legislative Measures

Peter Burke

100. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason section 28 of the Education Act 1998 has never been fully enacted. [19990/16]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Peter Burke

110. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will favour an appeal by a person (details supplied) for September 2016 under the special needs assistant scheme. [20083/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Peter Burke

177. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to restore teachers' pay following measures introduced under public sector pay deals. [19975/16]

Garda Deployment

Peter Burke

92. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 14 June 2016, relating to Garda numbers at Edgeworthstown Garda station, to clarify the reply provided, the facts of which are contrary to the ones held by a peace commissioner in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19268/16]

Vehicle Registration

Peter Burke

121. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in respect of vehicle registration tax, with garages in the midlands having to travel significant distances to meet officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19149/16]

Tax Reliefs Application

Peter Burke

134. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Finance the taxation treatment of milk quota purchased by farmers in order for the sector to correctly claim tax write-offs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19322/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Peter Burke

203. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19485/16]

Waterways Ireland

Peter Burke

399. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out the status of the restoration of the dry dock facilities at Mullingar Harbour (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19240/16]