Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Eoin Ó Broin

617. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason community employment supervisors were treated differently from community development programme, CDP, workers who were employed by community projects in relation to their pension entitlements. [12939/17]

Health Services Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

711. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is not being provided with a nurse on call service; his views on whether it is acceptable that the person has remained in hospital for 13 months ready to be discharged but for the availability of the nurse on-call hours; if he will compare the cost of keeping a person in hospital for 13 months with the cost of providing adequate home based nurse on call support; the total amount of funding for nurse on call services for each year from 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of persons in receipt of home help hours; the number of hours provided to those persons for each year from 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12845/17]

Hospitals Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

30. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the additional public funding that would be required to replace private income in public hospitals at current levels; the details of private incomes in public hospitals and hospital groups in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11895/17]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Eoin Ó Broin

85. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 1 February 2017, the exact details of his Department’s robust monitoring framework that will be implemented to ensure quality patient treatment, value for money and efficient processes in all NTPF initiatives; the person or body that will monitor the hospital performance on the criteria against which tenders will be evaluated; the chain of accountability that exists between the HSE, his Department and the NTPF in relation to waiting list initiatives and the way funding is spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11894/17]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Eoin Ó Broin

162. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of compulsory purchase orders, CPOs, currently in process in relation to the acquisition of vacant properties by local authorities; the number of CPOs which were completed in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if this information is not available, the reason he is not keeping track of this. [12327/17]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

163. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a full progress report on the 520 new social housing units for Dublin that are to be developed through the five PPP programmes announced in October 2015; the funding model that is being used to deliver these homes; the reason the individual councils will not be managing and maintaining the units; the persons or body that will own the units at the end of the 25-year lease period; the total cost per unit over the 25 years; and the way this cost compares to the standard capital up-front cost of standard social housing. [12328/17]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration

Eoin Ó Broin

259. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if payment of domestic water charges to Irish Water is a criteria for eligibility for the current tenant purchase scheme; if so, the rationale for this criteria; the reason this criteria was included while other utility debts such as for gas and electricity were not; and if he is reviewing this criteria in the current review of the tenant purchase scheme. [11331/17]

Community Services Programme

Eoin Ó Broin

825. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 602 of 25 October 2016, if the decision to discontinue the community mothers' scheme in Clondalkin was taken by her Department or by the local Tusla managers; the rationale for this decision; the number of these schemes that were discontinued; and if any replacement is to be provided to new mothers in Clondalkin. [11440/17]

Defence Forces Ceremonies

Eoin Ó Broin

843. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) who took part in the military parade for the 100th anniversary 1916 commemoration and who has since left the Naval Service is entitled to their commemoration medal; and if so, if this medal will be issued to the person. [11190/17]

Local Authority Housing Rents

Eoin Ó Broin

197. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the legal underpinning for the setting of local authority and approved housing body rents; the role elected members of local authorities have in the setting of differential rent schemes; and his plans to change the current arrangements for the setting of differential rents in social housing. [10709/17]

Tax Compliance

Eoin Ó Broin

236. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the tax that hosts of a company (details supplied) are liable for; and the differences between the tax relief measures available to landlords and the tax relief measures available to these hosts. [10250/17]

School Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

328. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to increasing the funding allocated to schools to cover ancillary services such as the employment of a school secretary or caretaker, taking increases in demographics into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10189/17]

Legislative Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

396. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing an amendment to the Residential Tenancies Act to allow for the initial date of occupation of an approved housing body tenancy to be considered the start date for the new Part 4 tenancy when that tenancy is brought under the terms of the Residential Tenancies Act as amended in 2014; and if not, the reasons therefor. [10274/17]

Legislative Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

398. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that included in the amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 made in 2016 was the removal of subsequent six month probationary tenancies at the end of an existing Part 4 tenancy. [10294/17]

Community Employment Schemes Administration

Eoin Ó Broin

486. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Question No. 172 of 19 January 2017, if the community sector high-level forum or working group, previously the informal forum, which was convened to examine certain issues pertaining to the community employment sector has met to date in 2017 or set a date for the meeting; if so, the outcome of the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10224/17]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme

Eoin Ó Broin

2. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide greater detail on proposals to involve private equity firms in the revised mortgage-to-rent scheme, including information on the financing of private equity lease arrangements, security of tenure for homeowners and tenants and the involvement or otherwise of distressed mortgage holders who do not qualify for social housing. [9093/17]

Local Authority Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

38. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the Residential Tenancies Acts to bring local authorities tenants under the terms of the acts and Residential Tenancies Board in order that they will have access to the same rights as private rented sector tenants and tenants of associated housing bodies. [8992/17]

EU Directives

Eoin Ó Broin

45. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the decision of the European Commission to launch legal proceedings against the Government for breach of the urban wastewater treatment directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8989/17]

Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Administration

Eoin Ó Broin

63. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the review of the social inclusion and community activation programme, SICAP; and his plans to review the tendering process introduced in 2014. [8993/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Eoin Ó Broin

64. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the latest phase of rapid build social housing projects are costing on average €240,000 per unit; and his views on whether this cost can be justified in comparison to the average cost of providing standard social housing, acquisitions, refurbishments, repair and lease scheme units and repair and purchase scheme units. [8991/17]

Rent Controls

Eoin Ó Broin

65. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the application of the rent pressure zone scheme to rental accommodation scheme, housing assistance payment and social housing current expenditure programme leases was intentional or accidental; and if he has satisfied himself there will not be unintended consequences for the inclusion of these lease arrangements under the new 4% rent cap. [8990/17]

Legislative Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

75. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the mechanism that exists for occupants of multiple unit developments who have difficulties with their management company or managing agent to make formal complaints to an independent body; and if no such independent complaints body exists, if consideration will be given to amending the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 to provide for such a body. [9345/17]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

202. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available for children in the education system who have been diagnosed with narcolepsy; and the funding for these supports in each year from 2009 to 2016. [9520/17]

Narcolepsy Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

355. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 14 February 2017, when the centre of excellence for narcolepsy based in St. James's Hospital will open; when the pathway for the transition from children's to adult services will be provided; the reason for the delay in these facilities opening; the funding that has been allocated for this project in the current Health Service Executive service plan; the supports that will be available for persons over 16 years of age to make the transition to adult services in the absence of these facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9518/17]

Narcolepsy Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

356. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons under 16, over 16 and over 18 years of age diagnosed with narcolepsy here each year from 2009 to 2016; the total funding available for dedicated supports for these persons for each year from 2009 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9519/17]

Narcolepsy Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

357. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health his views on post-Pandemrix diagnosis of narcolepsy in children who received the vaccine; the number of such cases that have been drawn to his attention; if the State accepts liability for the full medical and education needs that these children now have as a result of the vaccine; and the additional budget allocation that has been made to the overall funding of narcolepsy-specific services to cater for the increase need arising from the side effects of the vaccine [9521/17]

Narcolepsy Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

358. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown on annual diagnoses of persons with narcolepsy from 2008 to 2016 with a further breakdown by age (details supplied) in tabular form. [9522/17]

Narcolepsy Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

359. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the supports his Department provides for families of children who suffered post-Pandemrix diagnosis of narcolepsy; and if no such supports exist to assist families deal with the stress of their situation, if consideration will be given to providing such supports [9523/17]

Narcolepsy Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

360. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when he will meet with a group (details supplied); when he last received an invitation from this group to meet; and the reason he has not met the group since becoming Minister [9524/17]

Rent Controls

Eoin Ó Broin

247. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the 4% rent limits included as the new rent pressure zones apply to the rental accommodation scheme, housing assistance payment, SCHEP lease and approved housing body tenancies. [8110/17]

Energy Efficiency

Eoin Ó Broin

261. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the technical guidelines for near zero energy buildings will be published; the detail of these guidelines and their implications for public buildings and in particular, all new social housing in terms of energy efficiency requirements. [8401/17]

Medicinal Products Regulation

Eoin Ó Broin

397. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the way in which and when the necessary regulations will be put in place with regard to the provision and regulation of medicinal cannabis for certain categories of patient; the categories of patients to which the Government is seeking to make medicinal cannabis available; when it is expected to be made available; and if he will provide any further information he has on this matter. [8098/17]

Autism Support Services

Eoin Ó Broin

406. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with autism and other behavioural conditions such as ADHD and so on in the HSE community organisation 7 area that are on waiting lists for the early bird programme, Beechpark services, speech and language therapy and psychology and occupational therapy; and the average length of time these children will be waiting on lists for these services in this area. [8121/17]

Water Services

Eoin Ó Broin

163. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government ,further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 24 January 2017, the annual cost to the Exchequer if the existing subsidy to domestic group and private water users covered the full operating costs of providing water for domestic use; and the number of domestic group and water users who currently benefit from the subsidy. [7750/17]

Garda Procedures

Eoin Ó Broin

92. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current policy for gardaí when called to domestic incidents by a family member whereby the incident involves a child or young adult with mental health and behavioural issues such as adult ADHD and high anxiety; and the specific training gardaí receive for dealing with such incidents. [6726/17]

Help-To-Buy Scheme

Eoin Ó Broin

163. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if help-to-buy scheme applicants can claim the rebate retrospectively in the event of the contractor not being registered for the scheme with the Revenue Commissioners at the deposit stage of a home purchase. [7430/17]

Help-To-Buy Scheme

Eoin Ó Broin

164. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance in view of the low level of contractor registration for the help-to-buy scheme, his plans to address this problem; and the reasons a contractor may not register for the scheme. [7431/17]

State Examinations Commission

Eoin Ó Broin

175. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills to specify the person or body that is responsible for providing and funding readers for children with dyslexia who are undertaking State examinations, such as the leaving or junior certificate examinations or mock examinations; and the procedure for securing this vital support. [6724/17]

State Examinations Commission

Eoin Ó Broin

176. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be provided with a reader funded by the relevant authority to facilitate the taking of State examinations in 2017. [6725/17]

Irish Water

Eoin Ó Broin

246. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if revenue raised by Irish Water through domestic water charges is used to fund the operational costs of the provision of water services or the rolling capital programme, as detailed in page 23 of Irish Water's business plan; and if some or all of the revenue raised from domestic water charges is allocated to Irish Water's capital investment programme, the amount allocated for each year that domestic water charges have been collected. [6992/17]

Health Services Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

379. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a rescheduled appointment for surgery at St James's Hospital following the cancellation of an appointment on 31 January 2017 due to the ongoing trolley crisis. [6768/17]

Tourism Data

Eoin Ó Broin

227. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated to the Dublin Mid-West constituency in 2015 and 2016. [5628/17]

Tourism Data

Eoin Ó Broin

228. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding which was allocated to the Dublin Mid-West constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [5629/17]

Tourism Data

Eoin Ó Broin

229. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the agency or Government body which has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here. [5630/17]

Private Rented Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

269. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the persons and the groups on the departmental working group considering the regulatory approach in relation to online letting platforms such as a company (details supplied); the number of times this working group has met or plans to meet; and if the working group will be meeting with and taking submissions from relevant stakeholders. [5598/17]

Rent Controls

Eoin Ó Broin

280. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rationale for excluding approved housing body, AHB, rent reviews from the remit of the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, adjudication process; and if he will reconsider this exclusion and bring forward appropriate legislation that would allow AHB tenants that feel the outcome of their event review is not fair to have access to the RTB for adjudication. [5843/17]

Departmental Reports

Eoin Ó Broin

146. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the report from the expert panel established to investigate problems that have emerged with concrete block work in counties Donegal and Mayo will be published; and if he will ensure that the full report and recommendations as submitted to him will be published. [5031/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Eoin Ó Broin

39. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department has had consultation with the European Medicines Agency, EMA, on the application for market authorisation in the EU for the drug nusinersen; the timeframe, following a decision from the EMA, in which the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE, can commence its own process for assessment; the timeframe for this drug to be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4554/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Eoin Ó Broin

102. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the waiting list initiatives he is progressing; the status of further work currently being done by eHealth Ireland in relation to waiting lists; the projects being proposed and the funding required for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4553/17]

Harbours and Piers Development

Eoin Ó Broin

310. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the real need to develop facilities at Greencastle Harbour and Leenan Pier in County Donegal; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that his Department's funding system for piers and harbours severely curtails Donegal County Council's ability to carry out the necessary improvement works; and if he will urgently review this funding system. [4359/17]