Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Addiction Treatment Services

Billy Kelleher

506. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to support the alcohol addiction programme CARE, which operates with general practitioners in Finglas and Ballymun in Dublin 11 and in Swords in County Dublin and for which funding has been cut; if he will direct the Health Service Executive to support the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18625/15]

Services for People with Disabilities

Finian McGrath

507. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for St. Michael’s House services, Dublin 9, in 2015 and 2016, in order to deal with the consequences for persons who do not receive after-school services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18626/15]

Water Quality

Finian McGrath

508. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health his views on the high levels of lead in water pipes in an area of the north side of Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18627/15]

Services for People with Disabilities

Finian McGrath

509. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for intellectually challenged school leavers, and support their families, as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18634/15]

Primary Medical Certificates Applications

Willie Penrose

510. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford was refused a primary medical certificate, which the person recently applied for, despite the person suffering from a very severe stroke, which has left the person completely paralysed on the right side, severely immobilised and in need of a modified car and electric wheelchair in order to get around; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18637/15]

Nursing Home Accommodation Provision

Willie Penrose

511. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health the plans the Health Service Executive has for the St. Loman's Campus in Mullingar in County Westmeath, and in particular the front of the campus, which is the main building section thereof; if consideration will be given to converting and refurbishing same, in order to provide accommodation and long-stay beds for elderly persons from County Westmeath, in view of the fact that there are only 96 public beds for the elderly, available to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18640/15]

Health Insurance Community Rating

Niall Collins

512. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason that persons who have health insurance as a benefit of their employment, but whose insurance is provided by an insurer that is not included in the list of recognised health insurer providers, could have to pay lifetime community rating loadings, in the event that they change employer, and no longer receive such benefits from such an insurer. [18641/15]

Health Insurance Regulation

Niall Collins

513. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the conditions that must be fulfilled by a health insurer to be included in the recognised list of insurers. [18642/15]

Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure

Jack Wall

514. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health if there is any assistance available towards the rental of a vital medical device, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18694/15]

Health Services Expenditure

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

515. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by year, from 2016 to 2021, inclusive, of the estimated additional expenditure required to meet the requirements of demographic changes, on a no-policy-change basis; and if he will identify the component parts of that expenditure. [18696/15]

Shared Services

Terence Flanagan

516. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the efficiencies being achieved in the sectors under his remit regarding the use of shared services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18835/15]

Common Security and Defence Policy

Paul Murphy

517. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 30 April 2015, the measures he is in favour of in the Common Security and Defence Policy approach to the humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean; the measures he is opposed to; and if there will be any involvement from any Irish law enforcement agencies. [18174/15]

Human Rights

Finian McGrath

518. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will campaign for a meaningful annual review of the human rights situation in Columbia at the United Nations and with the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18180/15]

Departmental Bodies Abolition

Fergus O'Dowd

519. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within his Department, funded or established by his Department which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this Government was formed; the amount saved in each case; the reduction in staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18435/15]

Departmental Bodies Abolition

Joe Costello

520. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist, or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise, up to and including 1 January 2016; the number of vacancies in each case; when the vacancy arose or will arise; if the vacancy relates to a chair or a member; if he will provide details of the appointment process in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18483/15]

Passport Applications

Ruth Coppinger

521. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a passport with a reduced validity period as an option for elderly persons. [18497/15]

Passport Applications Fees

Ruth Coppinger

522. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reduce the fees charged for passports for elderly persons. [18498/15]

Arms Trade

Mick Wallace

523. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of Ireland's track record of working for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, the discussions he has held with the Department for Finance, regarding the introduction of a legal prohibition on the investment of public money in the manufacturers of nuclear weapons, similar to those currently in place, regarding cluster munitions and anti-personnel mines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18551/15]

Schools Amalgamation

Michael Healy-Rae

524. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department failed to allocate funds for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry, in order to facilitate an amalgamation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18214/15]

Education and Training Boards Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

525. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the acquisition by a college of Tipperary Education and Training Board of a web-based student enrolment system, which does not work correctly in all web browsers, and which cannot order learners' names alphabetically, necessitating the reordering of subsequent internal procedures; her further views if such an acquisition represents good value for money, when an alternative system, developed in-house at no extra cost, was previously in use and was fully compatible and able to present lists in any required order, including normal alphabetical order; the costs associated with this acquisition; and the terms of the purchase and any associated service level agreement. [18419/15]

Special Educational Needs Expenditure

Finian McGrath

526. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any emergency Health Service Executive budget to support adults with Down's syndrome in completing a course (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18688/15]

Higher Education Schemes

Brendan Griffin

527. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will accept a late application for the disability access route to education, due to a delayed diagnosis, in respect of a student (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18108/15]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Pat Breen

528. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 835 of 24 March 2015, if she will provide an update on the status of an application (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18147/15]

School Accommodation

Michelle Mulherin

529. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused funding by way of a devolved grant, notwithstanding the serious accommodation deficit; the appeal options that are available to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18148/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

530. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason children (details supplied) in County Cavan were in receipt of bus tickets, but then were told that they would not be able to be collected by the bus, despite being picked up initially; if provision will be made to allow the bus service to be made available to these children, if the contractor so agrees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18162/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

531. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the remote area grant is not made available to eligible families at the beginning of the school year; if families, who are deemed eligible for school transport, but who are told there is no service available, may access this grant before the school year, or as soon as possible after it, in order to ensure children can access school; if, and when, children (details supplied) in County Cavan will have access to this grant, now they have been told there is no service available to them. [18163/15]

Transition Year Selection Process

Finian McGrath

532. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence regarding enrolment policy for transition year students, in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18179/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Pat Breen

533. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated with assistive technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18192/15]

School Curriculum

Terence Flanagan

534. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18203/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

535. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a request for assistive technology in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18213/15]

Education and Training Boards Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

536. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the acquisition by a college of Tipperary Education and Training Board of a web-based student enrolment system, which does not work correctly in all web browsers, and which cannot order learners' names alphabetically, necessitating the reordering of subsequent internal procedures; her further views if such an acquisition represents good value for money, when an alternative system, developed in-house at no extra cost, was previously in use and was fully compatible and able to present lists in any required order, including normal alphabetical order; the costs associated with this acquisition; and the terms of the purchase and any associated service level agreement. [18271/15]

State Examinations

Charlie McConalogue

537. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers who in 2012, 2013 and 2014 corrected leaving certificate and-or junior certificate examination papers, together with the number of retired teachers who in 2012, 2013 and 2014 acted as examination superintendents at the leaving certificate and-or junior certificate examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18316/15]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Billy Kelleher

538. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if students (details supplied) in Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, County Cork who are currently studying sports and exercise performance, FETAC 5, will qualify for their grants for next year, following the removal of the sports and exercise diploma, FETAC 6-7, from next year's course list, which has resulted in these students having to moving to a course on the same level, Further Education and Training Awards Council 5 course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18420/15]

Departmental Bodies Abolition

Fergus O'Dowd

539. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within her Department funded by or established by her Department which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this Government was formed; the amount saved in each case; the reduction in staff as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18432/15]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Dara Calleary

540. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a funding application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18447/15]

State Bodies

Joe Costello

541. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Education and Skills the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise up to and including 1 January 2016; the number of vacancies in each case; when the vacancy arose or will arise; if the vacancy relates to a chair or a member; if he will provide details of the appointment process in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18484/15]

Information and Communications Technology

Charlie McConalogue

542. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when work on developing the five-year digital strategy for schools commenced; when the strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18519/15]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Pat Rabbitte

543. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an estimated commencement date for the building of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18542/15]

Emergency Works Scheme Applications

Brendan Griffin

544. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application under the emergency works scheme will be approved in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18565/15]

School Placement

Terence Flanagan

545. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school places (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18568/15]

Industrial Disputes

Michael McGrath

546. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the details of the current industrial dispute between staff (details supplied) in County Cork; the steps she will take to assist in the achievement of a resolution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18577/15]

Garda Vetting Applications Data

Denis Naughten

547. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who have yet to go through the Garda vetting procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18579/15]

School Curriculum

Jonathan O'Brien

548. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy regarding schools sharing subjects in order to maximise the number of subject options available to students, particularly at leaving certificate level; the way in which schools can arrange this; the number of schools currently engaging in such arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18600/15]

Home Tuition Scheme Administration

Clare Daly

549. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 30 March 2013, the reason her Department made an exception in this case, and entered into an agreement with one private commercial organisation, which involves the annual payment of millions of euro to that organisation, in respect of the home tuition scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18604/15]

State Examinations

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

550. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision of the State Examinations Commission in respect of a candidate for reasonable accommodation (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18606/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Thomas P. Broughan

551. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy on the education of children with autism, which was due to be made available in Spring 2015, and which was recommended by the Ombudsman for Children to be made available in October 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18616/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Thomas P. Broughan

552. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current private commercial organisation providing education services to children with autism; the terms and conditions in place for this private service provider; if she will provide, in tabular form, details of all service providers of education for children with autism; the length and tenure of their contracts; the amount of funding provided to each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18617/15]

Transition Year Selection Process

Finian McGrath

553. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the rights parents and pupils have in appealing a decision made by a school (details supplied). [18633/15]

Special Educational Needs Expenditure

Finian McGrath

554. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided in respect of an education course (details supplied) for adults with Down's syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18687/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

555. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown by year, from 2016 to 2021, inclusive, of the estimated additional expenditure required to meet the requirements of demographic changes, on a no-policy-change basis; and if she will identify the component parts of that expenditure. [18697/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

556. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the assessment her Department has carried out on the present and future second level accommodation needs for students wishing to attend post-primary schools in Newbridge, County Kildare; her views that an additional post-primary school is required in this catchment area; if consideration has been given to the possible patronage, under which such a school would operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18705/15]

Shared Services

Terence Flanagan

557. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the efficiencies being achieved in the sectors under her remit, regarding the use of shared services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18833/15]

Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations

Róisín Shortall

558. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the Government's response to the findings of the Moriarty tribunal; if he will provide details of actions already taken, and those proposed to be taken, and the timescale for same. [18135/15]

Noise Pollution

Brendan Griffin

559. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the legal avenues that exist for a resident of a private property in County Kerry, who is the victim of noise nuisance from a neighbouring private residential property; if the fact that a person is being deprived of sleep, nightly, is considered; the regulations that exist in relation to noise nuisance from heating and extraction systems; his plans to improve legislation and regulation in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18110/15]

Water Meters Installation

Noel Grealish

560. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if grants are available to a home owner, where a water meter has been installed at the road, but there is no connection to the house, for the purposes of installing a pipe to connect water to the house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18141/15]

Register of Electors

Paul Murphy

561. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a legal requirement, or a policy from his Department, to supply the electronic copy of the electoral register to elected representatives, as set out in section 34(e)(3) of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001, in a particular file format. [18159/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Billy Timmins

562. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way the allocation of funding for the social housing building programme was decided; the criteria applied; the reason there was such a difference in allocation between counties Tipperary and Wicklow, in view of the fact that both have similar populations; and if instructions have been issued to local authorities with respect to their building programmes and where building would take place. [18185/15]

Local Authority Housing

Noel Grealish

563. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, by each local authority, of the number of applications that have been lodged with his Department to purchase finished or semi-finished houses; when he will be making a decision on these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18195/15]

Fire Service

Terence Flanagan

564. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Chief Fire Officers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18198/15]

Seniors Alert Scheme

Jerry Buttimer

565. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of elderly supports, schemes or grants that are currently funded in his Department; if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual funding for each scheme or support; the number of persons benefiting from them; the terms and conditions of each scheme; any additional demand being sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18207/15]

Housing Adaptation Grant Funding

Jerry Buttimer

566. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding levels available to councils for home adaptation grants; his plans to amend the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18208/15]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

567. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the needs of householders with properties with a pyrite damage rating of category 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18220/15]

Pyrite Issues

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

568. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to residents living in housing estates affected by pyrite in securing home insurance, if their property is unaffected by pyrite or is rated category 1; if he is aware of the difficulty householders in these situations are having in securing home insurance; the measures being undertaken to address this situation; his plans to issue green certification for category 1 with no visual evidence of pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18221/15]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

569. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 408 and 410 of 28 April 2015, if he will correct the link in his reply (details supplied) in view of the fact it does not include the names and addresses of establishments, or the number of breeding bitches and puppies. [18229/15]

Planning Issues

Terence Flanagan

570. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding property development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18286/15]

Water Charges Exemptions

Finian McGrath

571. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons with specific medical needs will be provided with allowances towards their water bills (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18294/15]

Private Rented Accommodation Costs

Finian McGrath

572. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence from the Irish Property Owners’ Association in respect of the private rental market, and the crisis situation between the shortage of supply and the current level of rents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18295/15]

Rural Development Programme

Thomas Pringle

573. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider adding a 29th sub-regional area to allow for an islands only region, as part of the new Leader programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18296/15]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Applications

Billy Timmins

574. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a decision, or a date, on when persons who are living in local authority housing will have an opportunity to buy out their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18298/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Timmy Dooley

575. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social houses built in County Clare between 1997 and 2015, in tabular form, by year and by location, including those built by the local authority, private developers and housing associations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18299/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Michael McCarthy

576. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units that will be made available and purpose-built for persons with a disability, in the recent announcement of 75 social housing units for County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18346/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Barry Cowen

577. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, per annum from 2015 to 2017, by county, the target and timeframe for the provision of social housing units; the number of new build; social housing leasing initiatives; local authority homes returned to use; and new rental accommodation scheme units; the total costs by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18366/15]

Home Renovation Incentive Scheme

Billy Kelleher

578. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a grant scheme to assist householders in meeting the cost of replacing lead water pipes, in view of the fact that householders may currently receive grants for home insulation works, but not for carrying out pipe replacement works required to make their drinking water safe. [18367/15]

Local Authority Housing

Gerry Adams

579. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the €312 million for social housing announced recently is part of the Social Housing Strategy 2020 plans announced in 2014, and of the social housing targets for local authorities announced recently. [18385/15]

Local Authority Housing

Gerry Adams

580. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money each local authority will receive from the €312 million package announced recently. [18386/15]

Local Authority Housing

Gerry Adams

581. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reduction anticipated in waiting lists as a result in the recently announced funding in respect of the number of households and the percentage of those on current local authority waiting lists. [18387/15]

Local Authority Housing

Gerry Adams

582. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units each local authority is expected to construct from the funding it will receive, following the announcement recently. [18388/15]

Local Authority Housing

Gerry Adams

583. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of the overall current waiting list for local authorities he expects will be met by the recent announcement of €312 million. [18389/15]

Proposed Legislation

Thomas P. Broughan

584. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the forthcoming legislation planned regarding overshadowing trees, and the pruning and maintenance necessary, where it affects the amenity and light of neighbouring households. [18392/15]

Housing Adaptation Grant Funding

Thomas P. Broughan

585. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of disability extensions which were completed in the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; the number awaiting extensions; the number of those awarded medical priority, who are awaiting building work to commence; the recommended European Union best practice, with regards to citizens with severe disabilities, including amputees, awaiting disability and-or adaptation extensions to their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18393/15]

Departmental Bodies Abolition

Fergus O'Dowd

586. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within his Department funded by or established by his Department which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this Government was formed; the amount saved in each case; the reduction in staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18433/15]

Postal Voting

Clare Daly

587. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the discrimination against women who cannot avail of a postal vote when they are scheduled to give birth by caesarean section on polling day when obviously no such impediment exists for men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18453/15]

Vacancies on State Boards

Joe Costello

588. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise up to and including 1 January 2016; the number of vacancies in each case; when the vacancy arose or will arise; if the vacancy relates to a chair or a member; if he will provide details of the appointment process in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18477/15]

Home Renovation Incentive Scheme

Terence Flanagan

589. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a grant to assist homeowners with the cost of replacing dangerous lead pipes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18495/15]

Local Authority Housing Data

Ruth Coppinger

590. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the housing delivery targets for each local authority area giving the number of homes that will be supplied through new council-owned accommodation and the number that will be supplied through privately owned accommodation. [18499/15]

Register of Electors Data

Ruth Coppinger

591. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of voters who have registered on the supplementary register of electors for each of the local authority areas for the upcoming referenda to be held on 22 May 2015. [18500/15]

Planning Issues

Brendan Griffin

592. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Statute of Limitations applies to planning cases of non compliance-enforcement, where the local authority has contacted the offender, but has taken no further action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18508/15]

Irish Water Administration

Róisín Shortall

593. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the section and subsection of legislation that sanctions the use of certain data sources by Irish Water to issue water bills; and if he will provide the complete list of these data sources as provided by legislation. [18509/15]

Local Authority Housing

Sandra McLellan

594. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funding has been approved for Cork County Council to purchase housing, under Part V of the planning process in respect of an estate (details supplied) in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18535/15]

Local Authority Housing

Sandra McLellan

595. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that has been approved for disability works on council houses in Limerick city and county; when Limerick City and County Council will be notified of this; the reason for the delay in notifying the Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18544/15]

Proposed Legislation

John Paul Phelan

596. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to bring the Residential Tenancies (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012 before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and the envisaged timeframe for its implementation to provide, inter alia, for the inclusion of the approved housing body sector within the remit of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004. [18545/15]

Proposed Legislation

Patrick O'Donovan

597. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to bring forward amending legislation to the position of mayor of Limerick city and county in view of the fact that there are now two offices in County Limerick with the title Mayor of Limerick; and if he will provide details of the representations he has received from Limerick City and County Council in respect of this. [18546/15]

Building Regulations

Michael Colreavy

598. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the better energy rating that must be applied to current social housing; and the better energy rating that must be applied to future social housing. [18558/15]

Irish Water Expenditure

Anthony Lawlor

599. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown in tabular form of public funding used to date for the establishment and running of Irish Water broken down by year and source of funding. [18573/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Barry Cowen

600. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide figures on a local authority basis on the number of empty housing units owned by local authorities that have been refurbished and made available for social housing in 2014. [18574/15]

House Purchase Schemes

Róisín Shortall

601. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce an affordable housing mortgage scheme to assist families in negative equity who are in accommodation which is too small for their needs in order to enable them to move to more suitable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18613/15]

Construction Sector Strategy

Michael Healy-Rae

602. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Construction Industry Federation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18639/15]

Homeless Persons Data

Thomas Pringle

603. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the number of homelessness declarations made to local authorities in County Donegal in 2014, and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18651/15]

Ministerial Meetings

Éamon Ó Cuív

604. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the details of meetings held between himself or any of the Ministers of State in his Department with a company (details supplied); the outcome of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18684/15]

Leader Programmes Funding

Gabrielle McFadden

605. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way the 2014 to 2020 Leader programme funding is to be delivered locally, under revised structures; when the funding programme will commence; the way the new delivery process will differ from the previous programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18704/15]