Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Medical Card Eligibility

Dan Neville

560. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health if a medical card covers treatment at a centre (details supplied) in County Clare. [53870/13]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Dan Neville

563. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53896/13]

Book Rental Scheme

Dan Neville

76. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the book rental grant scheme. [53619/13]

Services for People with Disabilities

Dan Neville

231. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding payment of items in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53620/13]

Mental Health Services Provision

Dan Neville

177. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health his views regarding the closure of Curam Mental Health Clinic in Swords, County Dublin; if he is prepared to intervene in this matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53180/13]

Hospital Appointment Status

Dan Neville

195. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53253/13]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Dan Neville

408. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [52497/13]

Public Transport Issues

Dan Neville

569. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52853/13]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Dan Neville

100. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if the appropriate application form will be sent to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52434/13]

Property Taxation Administration

Dan Neville

35. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding payment of the local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52062/13]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Dan Neville

72. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection if a domiciliary care allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [52041/13]

Broadcasting Service Provision

Dan Neville

220. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the Saorview TV signal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [51319/13]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Dan Neville

320. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when disadvantaged area payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51338/13]

Hospital Appointment Status

Dan Neville

404. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51478/13]

Pension Provisions

Dan Neville

134. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding farm retirement pension. [51144/13]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Dan Neville

139. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single farm payments will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [51160/13]

Taxi Licences Renewals

Dan Neville

222. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a tax renewal fine in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [50954/13]

Suicide Incidence

Dan Neville

659. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the suicide statistics and the rate per 100,000 of population for the years 2009 to 2012, inclusive. [50763/13]

Schools Building Projects Expenditure

Dan Neville

228. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding extra funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48832/13]

Garda Recruitment

Dan Neville

526. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda recruitment will commence; and when is it expected that the first students will be entering the Garda College in Templemore. [49309/13]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Dan Neville

87. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review records in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [48620/13]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding

Dan Neville

279. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will approve funding for the extension of a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Limerick, especially since there is a pumping station already in place [48005/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Dan Neville

428. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite surgery for removal of a cataract in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47768/13]

FÁS Training Programmes Provision

Dan Neville

268. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address and deal with the anomaly that appears to be emerging for hairdressers who have just come out of hairdressing college and are seeking employment; and if it is the case that hairdressers are now taking persons from FÁS and they are then being paid by FÁS (details supplied). [46661/13]

Special Educational Needs Staffing

Dan Neville

325. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46582/13]

Work Permit Applications

Dan Neville

404. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an application for a green card in respect of a person (details supplied). [46378/13]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Dan Neville

899. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all outstanding headage payments for 2012 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [46327/13]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Dan Neville

947. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [46814/13]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Dan Neville

1123. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health if he will consider adding new ostomy products to the list of products approved for sale here as these products have widespread use in the UK and the European Union. [46295/13]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Dan Neville

1161. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health his plans to add new ostomy products approved for sale here (details supplied). [46508/13]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Dan Neville

213. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45438/13]

Tax Agreements

Dan Neville

141. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposed Ireland-Taiwan double taxation agreement. [44443/13]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Dan Neville

235. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a domiciliary care application which was to be reviewed based on new medical evidence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [44195/13]

Hospital Appointment Status

Dan Neville

480. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44125/13]

Cochlear Implants

Dan Neville

565. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the allocation of funding for 2014 for bilateral cochlear implants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44609/13]

Special Educational Needs Staffing

Dan Neville

19. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a special needs assistant will be considered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43746/13]

Free Travel Scheme Applications

Dan Neville

46. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for companion travel pass in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [43740/13]

One-Parent Family Payment Appeals

Dan Neville

47. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a one-parent family allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if she will confirm the date on which the application for the one parent family allowance was lodged; and if it is possible for the person to review an oral hearing. [43741/13]

Social Welfare Appeals Status

Dan Neville

51. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for widower's pension could be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43798/13]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Dan Neville

148. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [43761/13]

Medical Qualifications Issues

Dan Neville

411. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health if the delay in validating radiographers who did their training in the UK will be dealt with as a matter of urgency (details supplied). [43218/13]

Rural Transport Programme Funding

Dan Neville

447. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will continue to be provided in respect of a rural bus service (details supplied). [43088/13]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Dan Neville

170. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42625/13]

Road Projects Issues

Dan Neville

210. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that funding to date for the Adare bypass has been in excess of €4.3 million, if he will provide a breakdown of the overall amount of money spent; the expenditure over the various parts, route selection, oral hearings and so on for both the 2005 and 2009 projects. [42773/13]

Planning Issues

Dan Neville

341. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht where information on the way to apply to de-list a protected building may be obtained and the procedure in place to have it considered. [41789/13]

Farm Waste Management

Dan Neville

470. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an official from his Department will make personal contact with a person (details supplied) regarding overpayment of a farm waste management grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41803/13]

Agriculture Schemes Payments

Dan Neville

200. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an overpayment issue in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41612/13]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility

Dan Neville

542. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the refusal of the agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40991/13]

Tourism Industry Issues

Dan Neville

647. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give a commitment the tourist information office in Adare, County Limerick, will not be downgraded. [41016/13]

Garda Recruitment

Dan Neville

435. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the recruitment process for entry into An Garda Síochána will commence. [39632/13]

Rural Development Programme Projects

Dan Neville

122. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will give consideration to allocating some moneys under the rural programmes for the upgrading of houses for the elderly which are in urgent need of basic repairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38911/13]

Warmer Homes Scheme Data

Dan Neville

813. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons in County Limerick who availed of the free home energy upgrades through the better energy warmer home scheme; and the number of homes in County Limerick that have benefited from the better energy homes grants for heating upgrades and insulation. [38101/13]

Farmers Early Retirement Scheme Payments

Dan Neville

1224. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the suspension of an early retirement pension scheme payment to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [38545/13]

Hospital Consultants Recruitment

Dan Neville

1077. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health if he will address the difficulties being faced by parents of children with diabetes who normally attend the consultant paediatrician specialising in diabetes in the Mid West Regional Hospital, as there is no specialist available, since the existing consultant went on leave (details supplied) [34637/13]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Dan Neville

79. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Finance if persons who are council tenants, have inherited a house which is not habitable as a family unit and they need to obtain a mortgage and planning permission to extend the house have an entitlement to mortgage allowance as vacating tenants moving to private ownership; will they have to either buy or build in the new house to become eligible for mortgage allowance. [34133/13]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals

Dan Neville

224. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will undertake a review of an application under agri-environment option scheme on appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33924/13]

Housing Adaptation Grants Expenditure

Dan Neville

367. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding a resolution adopted at the June 2013 meeting of Limerick County Council regarding a request by Limerick County Council to allocate further funds for housing adaptation grants and housing aids for older people grants. [33017/13]

Health Services Access

Dan Neville

494. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding optical services in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33012/13]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Dan Neville

495. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding specialised shoes in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33013/13]

Health Services Staff Issues

Dan Neville

515. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position requiring those advertising psychotherapy and counselling services to alert the public to the fact that psychotherapists and counsellors are not currently regulated under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005. [33165/13]

Health Services Staff Issues

Dan Neville

516. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the registration of psychotherapists and counsellors under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 as promised by him during the committee debate on the Health and Social Care (Amendment) Bill 2012 on 9 November 2012 [33166/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Dan Neville

171. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick is correctly registered for the property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31714/13]

Hospital Services

Dan Neville

245. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health if a special surgical bed will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31179/13]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Dan Neville

114. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a grant application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if any outstanding information needs to be supplied by the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31114/13]

Milk Quota Trading Scheme

Dan Neville

517. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a milk quota in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30601/13]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals

Dan Neville

208. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29771/13]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Dan Neville

206. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding nursing home support in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29500/13]

Garda Vetting Applications

Dan Neville

235. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the attached (details supplied) regarding Garda vetting. [28966/13]

Home Help Service Provision

Dan Neville

552. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29161/13]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Dan Neville

89. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) should apply for a grant under the higher education grant or the vocational education committee. [28352/13]

School Staffing

Dan Neville

273. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give consideration to the staffing levels at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [27010/13]

Enterprise Support Schemes

Dan Neville

373. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is any start up support scheme available to a person to lease a public house business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27917/13]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Dan Neville

780. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the single farm payment scheme 2013 application for consolidation of entitlements in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27189/13]

School Funding

Dan Neville

857. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [27435/13]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Dan Neville

922. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding orthopaedic surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [26698/13]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Dan Neville

977. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a special bed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27365/13]

Hospital Appointment Status

Dan Neville

979. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27386/13]

Hospital Procedures

Dan Neville

296. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health if he will address the issues regarding the delay in having neurosurgery carried out at Cork University Hospital due to the neurological service having had 45% of it's routine operating list cut since January 2012; if he will address the issue of more than 12 patients waiting more than nine months for neurological surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26575/13]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Dan Neville

253. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the addition of Addison's disease to the long term Illness scheme on the basis that Addison's patients require life long daily steroid replacement medication for adrenal failure in the form of hydrocortisone and fludrocortisone. [26281/13]

Fee Paying Schools

Dan Neville

267. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills with reference to fee paying schools (details supplied), if he will rethink the proposed increase in pupil-teacher ratio in view of the fact that the parents of children attending the school make the point that they are already paying more than 50% of their income and also paying for their children's education which they feel makes more savings to the Exchequer by saving the free school spaces.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25594/13]

School Staffing

Dan Neville

275. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20; if an official from his Department will make contact with the school principal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25647/13]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Dan Neville

359. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25159/13]

Garda Vetting Applications

Dan Neville

534. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken to ensure that the whole process of Garda vetting can be speeded up (details supplied). [25652/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Dan Neville

656. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [25519/13]

Diabetes Strategy

Dan Neville

659. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on the following matter regarding the Diabetes Services servicing the mid-west: if he will address the issues raised by the 17,800 persons who are suffering from diabetes in the mid-west region in view of the fact that they are concerned at the slow pace of development of local diabetes health services (details supplied); when the Health Service Executive will make insulin pumps available outside of the Dublin hospitals, at Cork University Hospital, University College Hospital, Galway, and the Mid-West Regional Hospital Limerick; and when the nursing and diabetic posts required to resource the development of these services will be put in place, namely, 0.75 dietician posts for Limerick and 1.2 diabetic nurse specialist posts shared between Limerick and Galway. [25547/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Dan Neville

666. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [25648/13]

General Medical Services Scheme Payments

Dan Neville

695. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will consider reimbursing moneys paid for prescription medication per the approval of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25950/13]

Road Network

Dan Neville

714. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the future funding for the proposed new Ballaghaderg Bridge north of Mitchelstown, County Cork, on the R513; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25354/13]

State Examinations Commission

Dan Neville

354. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24279/13]

State Examinations

Dan Neville

358. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding extra supports and assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24352/13]

Agriculture Schemes Appeals

Dan Neville

585. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 2 May 2013, if his Department will send out the necessary documentation which will allow the person (details supplied) in County Limerick to lodge an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24244/13]

Youth Services Provision

Dan Neville

601. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will give a commitment that she will continue to provide support to youth organisations (details supplied); and if she will ensure that there will be no cut next year in the funding for the organisation in view of the fact that they already have seen their youth work funding being cut by 30% in five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24304/13]

State Examinations Issues

Dan Neville

124. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the leaving certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23402/13]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Application Numbers

Dan Neville

227. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application under the agri environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23088/13]

Tax Exemptions

Dan Neville

205. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Finance if he will advise on the attached (details supplied) regarding capital gains tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22698/13]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Dan Neville

256. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant application refusal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22424/13]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments

Dan Neville

497. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payments or organic REP scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22154/13]

Nursing Home Services

Dan Neville

695. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a rehabilitation bed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23011/13]

School Patronage

Dan Neville

85. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of all the private primary schools in both County Limerick and in the City of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21621/13]

Rural Social Scheme Eligibility

Dan Neville

199. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be considered for employment under the rural social scheme; if they meet the qualifying criteria; and if he will issue an application form for same to the person. [21111/13]