Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Services Staff

Anne Rabbitte

1960. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full year cost of hiring additional social care workers. [28592/17]

Child Care Services Expenditure

Anne Rabbitte

1961. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that has been spent on marketing the affordable child care scheme to date in 2017. [28593/17]

Child Care Services Expenditure

Anne Rabbitte

1962. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that has been spent on website design and creation for the affordable child care scheme to date in 2017. [28594/17]

Jobseeker's Benefit Payments

Anne Rabbitte

2019. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 30 May 2017, the average processing time for seasonal educational workers that are employed on a temporary basis and that have previously been in contact with her Department to receive their jobseeker's payment; her plans to examine if there is a more efficient method by which such workers could receive their payment when their employment ceases for the summer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27260/17]

Social Welfare Appeals

Anne Rabbitte

2023. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) have not received a result to date regarding their jobseeker's allowance application. [27413/17]

Maternity Benefit

Anne Rabbitte

2126. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the first and full-year cost of increasing paid maternity leave by one week to 16 weeks, respectively. [28590/17]

Paternity Benefit

Anne Rabbitte

2127. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the first and full year cost of increasing paid paternity leave by one week to 16 weeks, respectively. [28591/17]

Child Care Services Provision

Anne Rabbitte

261. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to protect against displacement and the assessment criteria Pobal will use to determine whether demand exists before making funding available for the establishment of new and expansion of existing school age childcare (SAC) services in view of the recently published SAC capital 2017 application guidelines and the danger of displacement on the viability and sustainability of existing childcare services providing SAC. [26471/17]

Office for Internet Safety

Anne Rabbitte

105. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who work in the Office for Internet Safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26170/17]

Missing Children

Anne Rabbitte

112. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a company (details supplied) has not being granted the approval to issue an online social media amber text alert here in the event of a child or youth going missing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26171/17]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Anne Rabbitte

156. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he plans to introduce the roll-out of choice-based letting in Galway county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26174/17]

Local Authority Staff Data

Anne Rabbitte

157. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of permanent employees who ceased working with Galway County Council in each of the years 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [26175/17]

Local Authority Staff Data

Anne Rabbitte

158. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of permanent positions that remain unfilled in Galway County Council in each of the years 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [26176/17]

Local Authority Staff Data

Anne Rabbitte

159. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of full-time employees working in Galway County Council from 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [26177/17]

Local Authority Staff Data

Anne Rabbitte

160. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of director of services positions not filled in Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26178/17]

Local Authority Staff Data

Anne Rabbitte

161. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of director of services positions not filled in Galway City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26179/17]

Local Authority Staff Data

Anne Rabbitte

162. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of full-time engineers and senior engineers who were full-time employees of Galway County Council engaged in the road maintenance programme in each of the years 2011 to 2016 by area in Oranmore, Athenry, Tuam, Connemara, Ballinasloe, Loughrea, Gort and Portumna in tabular form. [26180/17]

Local Authority Staff Data

Anne Rabbitte

163. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of full-time outdoor staff who were full-time employees of Galway County Council engaged in the road maintenance programme from 2011 to 2016 by area in Oranmore, Athenry, Tuam, Connemara, Ballinasloe, Loughrea, Gort and Portumna in tabular form. [26181/17]

Local Authority Staff Data

Anne Rabbitte

164. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of seasonal employees employed by Galway County Council engaged in the road maintenance programme from 2011 to 2016 by area in Oranmore, Athenry, Tuam, Connemara, Ballinasloe, Loughrea, Gort and Portumna in tabular form. [26182/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Anne Rabbitte

226. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting to see a rheumatology consultant; and the average timeframe for waiting, by county, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 in tabular form. [26187/17]

HSE Staff Data

Anne Rabbitte

227. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant rheumatologists, clinical nurse specialists, advanced nurse practitioners, physiotherapists and occupational therapists that specialise in children's arthritis that are employed by the HSE (details supplied); and the CHO in which they are based in each of the years 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [26188/17]

Traffic Calming Measures

Anne Rabbitte

254. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a safety audit has been carried out on the N83 at Dunmore town; if not, when it will occur; the reason it has not occurred; the safety measures his Department in conjunction with Transport Infrastructure Ireland are examining to address calming measures on entering the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26185/17]

Traffic Calming Measures

Anne Rabbitte

255. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a safety audit is being carried out on the N65 at Killmeen Cross; if not, when it will occur; the reason it has not occurred; the safety measures his Department in conjunction with Transport Infrastructure Ireland are examining to address lighting, signage, flooding and speed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26186/17]

HIQA Reports

Anne Rabbitte

264. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received a report on Tusla by HIQA in the past month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26150/17]

HIQA Reports

Anne Rabbitte

265. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received HIQA's report on the management of allegations of child sexual abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26151/17]

Child Care Services Funding

Anne Rabbitte

266. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the allocated funding for city and county child care facilities, by county, in each of the years 2012 to 2016, in tabular form. [26167/17]

Child and Family Agency Staff

Anne Rabbitte

267. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the office for historical cases has been set up in Tusla; the number of persons working in that department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26168/17]

Child and Family Agency Expenditure

Anne Rabbitte

268. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of the Tusla budget which has been used on addressing historical cases from 2011 to 2016, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26169/17]

Tax Compliance

Anne Rabbitte

151. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance if persons here who are also in receipt of a pension from another country, that is, a state pension, occupational pension or private pension, and may also be in receipt of other retirement benefits, are liable for tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25740/17]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Anne Rabbitte

161. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance when he will reinstate the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passenger Tax Concessions Regulations, SI 353 of 1994; his plans to extend the criteria to include persons born with congenital conditions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26027/17]

Live Register Data

Anne Rabbitte

295. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of permanent child care workers (details supplied) his Department anticipates will sign on the live register in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25847/17]

Unemployment Benefits Payments

Anne Rabbitte

316. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered streamlining the process by which seasonal workers apply for unemployment benefit. [26008/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Anne Rabbitte

440. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of child and adolescent mental health service beds currently being provided for children under 18 years of age in counties Galway, Roscommon and Mayo, respectively; and the number of beds that would be in place if the recommendations of A Vision for Change were fully implemented. [25479/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Anne Rabbitte

459. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the supports a person with a foetal alcohol spectrum disorder can avail of on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25588/17]

Road Network

Anne Rabbitte

606. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the design and upgrade of the N63 from the Abbeyknockmoy health centre to the monastery gates includes a road side boundary with a double wooden fence and a hawthorn hedge in the centre as previously carried in section B during the recent upgrade of the N63 at Abbeyknockmoy; if the same criteria apply for sections A and C; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25831/17]

Road Network

Anne Rabbitte

607. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding the upgrade of the N63 from the Abbeyknockmoy health centre to the monastery gates; if the current location of the 80 mm diameter group water scheme pipe and the transfer connections to the 350 mm and 400 mm have been taken into account; his further plans to deal with this issue; if he has liaised with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and the residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25832/17]

Road Network

Anne Rabbitte

608. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a compulsory purchase order overrules a way or lea in circumstances in which a privately owned group water scheme with a pipe in the fields for low maintenance and easy access is now being transferred to the middle of the road as part of the upgrade of the N63 at Abbeyknockmoy, with no access for the local group water scheme to the pipe for either maintaining or to give a connection to a new house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25833/17]

Road Network

Anne Rabbitte

609. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has made contact with Irish Water with a view to taking over a group water scheme (details supplied) as part of the upgrade of the N63 at Abbeyknockmoy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25834/17]

Road Network

Anne Rabbitte

610. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has allocated funding for the removal of stone walls which form part of the stretch of the N63 from the Abbeyknockmoy Health Centre to Monastery gates; the compensation to landowners for the removal of same, as previously paid in section B which was €200 per meter, in view of the fact that there are cases in which the same persons were paid for section B and are awaiting confirmation for section A and C; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25835/17]

Capitation Grants

Anne Rabbitte

647. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which her Department determines capitation payments to the various qualifications of FETAC within the child care sector (details supplied); the mechanism of assessment applied to capitation payments paid to non-FETAC-qualified persons in the child care sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25272/17]

Child Care Services

Anne Rabbitte

653. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated date of delivery for the affordable child care scheme. [25748/17]

Garda Deployment

Anne Rabbitte

59. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Loughrea Garda district division can expect a new full-time superintendent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24397/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Anne Rabbitte

525. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24586/17]

Rural Development Plan

Anne Rabbitte

567. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body that made the submission regarding Shannon Callows prior to land of GLAS; and the details of same. [24619/17]

European Innovation Partnerships

Anne Rabbitte

568. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body that made the submission to the Shannon Callows prior to the formation of local led schemes; and the details of same. [24620/17]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Anne Rabbitte

569. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the National Parks and Wildlife Service's position that all future funding for designated restrictions will be funded by his Department; if his Department has held discussions with various lobby groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24621/17]

Child Care Services Funding

Anne Rabbitte

661. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who will be eligible to participate in the single affordable child care scheme in 2017. [24219/17]

Child Care Services Funding

Anne Rabbitte

662. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who are already eligible for subsidised child care who will be eligible to participate in the single affordable child care scheme in 2017. [24220/17]

Child Care Services Funding

Anne Rabbitte

663. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who are not currently eligible for subsidised child care who will be eligible for a universal subsidy under the single affordable child care scheme in 2017. [24221/17]

Child Care Services Funding

Anne Rabbitte

664. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who are not currently eligible for subsidised child care who will be eligible for a targeted subsidy under the single affordable child care scheme in 2017. [24222/17]

Children in Care

Anne Rabbitte

665. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that there is equal treatment of private and State residential care services for foster children in view of recent changes to payment of overnight staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24288/17]

Youth Work Supports

Anne Rabbitte

666. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason her Department has not published a national strategy on youth work. [24289/17]

Youth Services Funding

Anne Rabbitte

667. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department's expenditure on youth service by receiving organisation in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [24290/17]

Early Childhood Care and Education Data

Anne Rabbitte

305. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that will benefit from the second ECCE year in 2017; the number that have benefitted from it in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23614/17]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Anne Rabbitte

306. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who applied for an assessment for the access inclusion model; the average waiting time for an assessment; and the number of children qualifying for each level of support. [23615/17]

Area Based Childhood Programme

Anne Rabbitte

307. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that has been provided to the ABC schemes on an annual basis since 2011. [23616/17]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Anne Rabbitte

239. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health his plans to include asthma in the long-term illness scheme or on another targeted scheme such as a chronic disease card (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23545/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Anne Rabbitte

240. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health his plans to conduct a study to show savings his Department could make regarding accident and emergency visits, bed occupancy or primary care visits from asthma sufferers and those diagnosed with asthma if they were to have access to preventative asthma medication either through a long-term illness scheme or a chronic disease card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23546/17]

Knowledge Transfer Programme

Anne Rabbitte

258. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the deadline for knowledge transfer in view of the fact that the online system is not working to date (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23529/17]

School Closures

Anne Rabbitte

171. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will continue as an ETB school in the Carlow area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22907/17]

School Closures

Anne Rabbitte

172. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills the roles, responsibilities and the executive function of an ETB CEO when communicating with parents when their school is at risk of closure. [22908/17]

School Closures

Anne Rabbitte

173. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills the roles and responsibilities of the ETB school board of management of a school (details supplied) when identifying a school has low intake of first years and is impacting on retaining staff levels to deliver a full curriculum; and the governance for recommending for closure. [22909/17]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Anne Rabbitte

174. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the introduction of the new special educational needs model was a detrimental factor in the closure of a school (details supplied); and the number of teachers the school would lose based on the new calculation. [22910/17]

School Closures

Anne Rabbitte

175. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills the roles and responsibilities of the Kilkenny and Carlow ETB and its members when identifying a school has a low intake of first years and that this is impacting on retaining staff levels to deliver a full curriculum; and the governance for recommending for closure. [22911/17]

JobPath Data

Anne Rabbitte

289. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons recruited to jobpass in the years 2015 and 2016 (details supplied); the number of persons initially signed up each year; the number of persons who completed year one and went on to complete year two; the number of persons who gained employment in Gort, Loughrea, Athenry, Tuam and Ballinasloe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23271/17]

Aftercare Services Provision

Anne Rabbitte

1. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons under and over 18 years of age that were on a waiting list to access an aftercare worker at the end of 2016 by area, in tabular form; the average length of time a young person spends on the waiting list before gaining access to an aftercare worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22522/17]

Child Care Costs

Anne Rabbitte

3. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on widespread forecasts that child care fees will increase in September 2017 as a result of increased demand under the single affordable childcare scheme, in view of the fact that up to 9,000 households that were initially promised targeted levels of subsidy will now receive the universal level of subsidy. [22523/17]

Child and Family Agency Services

Anne Rabbitte

5. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases relating to adult retrospective disclosures that have been referred to Tusla since 2011; the number which remain unallocated; and the number of these that are deemed high risk. [22525/17]

Child Care Costs

Anne Rabbitte

13. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address concerns that up to 9,000 families that were to receive a targeted level of subsidy under the single affordable childcare scheme will now receive the universal level of subsidy instead; and her plans to support childcare affordability for these families, particularly if prices rise under the single affordable childcare scheme, as is anticipated. [22334/17]

Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

Anne Rabbitte

15. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Government has not recommissioned the SAVI report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22331/17]

Child Care Services Staff

Anne Rabbitte

20. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to ensure the community crèches remain viable in view of the decision to exclude community employment workers from child-worker ratios; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22332/17]

Child and Family Agency Data

Anne Rabbitte

24. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases relating to adult retrospective disclosures which have been referred to Tusla since 2011; the number that remain unallocated; and the number of those which are deemed high risk. [22330/17]

Aftercare Services

Anne Rabbitte

28. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons under and over 18 years of age that were on a waiting list to access an aftercare worker at the end of 2016 by area, in tabular form; the average length of time a young person spends on the waiting list before gaining access to an aftercare worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22333/17]

Gambling Legislation

Anne Rabbitte

46. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken in relation to strengthening the Fraud Act 2001 with regard to gambling on sporting events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22541/17]

Child Care Costs

Anne Rabbitte

261. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has conducted an economic analysis on the potential impact of the single affordable child care scheme on child care prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22427/17]

Child Care Costs

Anne Rabbitte

262. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to ensure the financial viability and affordability of the child care sector in addition to the single affordable child care scheme. [22428/17]

Child Care Services Data

Anne Rabbitte

263. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons that will be availing of the targeted level of subsidy under the single affordable child care scheme; and the number of persons that will avail of the universal level of subsidy. [22429/17]

Child Care Services Regulation

Anne Rabbitte

264. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to ensure that a larger number of child minders will be eligible providers under the single affordable child care scheme. [22430/17]

Intercountry Adoptions

Anne Rabbitte

664. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she plans to open an adoption programme between Haiti and Ireland; the steps she is taking to advance this programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21533/17]

State Pension (Non-Contributory)

Anne Rabbitte

133. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason family maintenance agreed through the court is not seen as a deductible allowance and not taken into consideration for pension assessment criteria (details supplied). [21208/17]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Anne Rabbitte

76. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to assist Portiuncula Hospital improve ambulance turnaround performance, in view of the fact that just 11.5% of ambulance calls at the hospital were cleared in less than 20 minutes during February 2017 [20753/17]

Health Promotion

Anne Rabbitte

81. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the proportion of mothers who breastfeed their babies; the action the HSE is taking to increase the level of breastfeeding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20754/17]

Child Safety

Anne Rabbitte

392. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the rules of governance set out by his Department that boards of management, teachers and parents associations must adhere to as the minimum guidelines to protect the safety of children attending both national and post-primary schools in circumstances in which an offender is known to a school or reported to a school and confirmed by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20665/17]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Anne Rabbitte

393. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the introduction of the new special educational needs model was the determining factor in the closure of a school (details supplied); and the number of teachers the school would lose based on the new calculation. [20666/17]

School Closures

Anne Rabbitte

394. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills when his attention was first drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) was not to take first years for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20667/17]

School Closures

Anne Rabbitte

395. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the steps set out by his Department when a school is to cease taking in first years and the recommendations set out by his Department for communicating with board members and parents; if he has satisfied himself that all steps regarding a school (details supplied) were adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20668/17]

Regional Development Funding

Anne Rabbitte

417. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set down by county the amount of the €28 million allocated to the BMW region in 2016 that was drawn down. [20678/17]

Regional Development Funding

Anne Rabbitte

418. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set down the amount spent in each sector of the €28 million allocated to the BMW region in 2016. [20679/17]

Regional Development Funding

Anne Rabbitte

419. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set down the amount spent on administration of the €28 million allocated to the BMW region in 2016. [20680/17]

Rural Social Scheme

Anne Rabbitte

610. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection when his Department will appoint a supervisor for the Portumna and Woodford area of south Galway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20656/17]

Employment Support Services

Anne Rabbitte

611. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person who goes out on Tús must do 19 hours work and a person who signs up with a company (details supplied) only has to complete a half day's training a week to satisfy qualification for full social payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20658/17]

JobPath Data

Anne Rabbitte

612. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of new jobs which have been created by JobPath in east Galway in 2015 and 2016. [20671/17]

JobPath Data

Anne Rabbitte

613. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons signed up to JobPath in east Galway in 2015 and 2016. [20672/17]

JobPath Data

Anne Rabbitte

615. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to have a person on JobPath for 12 months, as opposed to the estimated cost to have a person on Tús for 12 months. [20674/17]

JobPath Data

Anne Rabbitte

616. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Seetec and Turas Nua offices that have opened in 2015 and 2016 by county. [20675/17]

Flood Relief Schemes Applications

Anne Rabbitte

680. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a minor works application been submitted from Galway County Council on behalf of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20654/17]

Flood Risk Assessments

Anne Rabbitte

681. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason run-off water was not included as part of the scope of works in the terms of reference for the Gort CFRAMS study; the cost in each of the years, 2010 to 2016, and to date in 2017, to have a CFRAM completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20681/17]

Office of Public Works Projects

Anne Rabbitte

682. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to remove cost benefit criteria for applications for funding for minor or major capital works projects in Gort (details supplied). [20682/17]

Health Care Policy

Anne Rabbitte

834. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the reason for a change of policy by the HSE west (details supplied) to convalescent care discharge from UCHG and Portiuncula hospital; and if the HSE will revert to policy committed to in 2012 which respects a person's right to choose the location they receive care. [19384/17]

Medical Goods Regulation

Anne Rabbitte

1118. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the licence approval of a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20655/17]