Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Beef Industry

Jackie Cahill

471. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total kill of steer and heifers for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21466/19]

Beef Industry

Jackie Cahill

472. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total kill of steer and heifers under 30 months of age for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21467/19]

Beef Industry

Jackie Cahill

473. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of steer and heifers that failed to qualify for the inspect bonus on the basis of not having spent 70 days on the last farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21468/19]

Beef Industry

Jackie Cahill

474. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of steer and heifers that failed to qualify for the inspect bonus on the basis of having three movements and four residencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21469/19]

Beef Industry

Jackie Cahill

475. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of steer and heifers under 30 months of age that were graded between 0=2+ and U+4=, that is, the cattle on the mechanical grading system that qualified for the inspect bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21470/19]

Beef Industry

Jackie Cahill

476. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage breakdown of the number of cattle in each of the years 2012 to 2018, killed that were categorised as Ps, Os, Us and Es; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21471/19]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

479. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the valuation of pedigree bulls (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21508/19]

Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

645. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the grants or other funding available for a sensory room in newly built houses for children with non-verbal autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21630/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review

Jackie Cahill

68. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of changes to the fair deal scheme as regards farming families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20818/19]

Mental Health Services Provision

Jackie Cahill

342. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the next start date of the dialectical behaviour therapy, DBT, programme at a hospital; if a person (details supplied) is on the shortlist to be included on that programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20723/19]

Live Exports

Jackie Cahill

3. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the targets his Department and Bord Bia have set for 2019 for live exports of cattle including those aged six months or greater; and the resources that will be put in place to achieve these targets. [20276/19]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

16. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the change in land eligibility for farmers in cases in which land qualified under biophysical constraint (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20094/19]

Live Exports

Jackie Cahill

18. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the targets Bord Bia has for 2019 for live export of cattle for six months or more; the resources in place to ensure a reasonable number are delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20093/19]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Jackie Cahill

190. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if tax breaks will be considered to encourage fully qualified engineers born and educated here to return from abroad to work in industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18665/19]

Pension Provisions

Jackie Cahill

245. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason public service retirees who retired after 28 February 2012 have their pension increases linked to the pay restoration timetable of their serving colleagues (details supplied); if their pension rights will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20083/19]

Schools Building Projects

Jackie Cahill

396. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the outstanding moneys owed to contractors following the last building project for a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20069/19]

Garda Transport Provision

Jackie Cahill

533. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars available in each Tipperary Garda district in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form excluding road policing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19667/19]

Prisoner Releases

Jackie Cahill

550. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the process by which a prisoner can apply for and secure a temporary release; the regulations governing the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20067/19]

Emigrant Support Services

Jackie Cahill

559. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if financial incentives will be considered to encourage fully qualified engineers born and educated here to return from abroad to work in industry here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18665/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications

Jackie Cahill

618. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for the fair deal scheme will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18443/19]

Hospice Services Provision

Jackie Cahill

725. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can remain at a hospice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18830/19]

Forestry Grants

Jackie Cahill

1130. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated additional cost based on 2018 participation and planting rates of implementing a proposal over a full year (details supplied). [18478/19]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

1131. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a forestry proposal as set out in a report has been examined (details supplied); and the associated full-year cost of introducing such a scheme. [18479/19]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

1132. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a forestry proposal as set out in a report has been examined (details supplied); and the associated full-year cost of facilitating this proposal. [18480/19]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

1133. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year cost of forestry proposals (details supplied) in tabular form. [18481/19]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

1134. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a forestry proposal as set out in a report has been examined (details supplied); and the estimated associated full-year cost of facilitating this proposal. [18482/19]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

1135. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has explored the following forestry proposal as set out in a report (details supplied); and the associated full-year cost of facilitating this proposal. [18483/19]

Forestry Sector

Jackie Cahill

1136. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if participants in afforestation schemes under the Forestry Programme 2014-2020 are also eligible to apply for both the basic payment scheme and GLAS for land that is planted. [18484/19]

Woodland Improvement Scheme

Jackie Cahill

1137. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual amount allocated and expended on the woodland improvement scheme in each year since it was established. [18486/19]

Agriculture Scheme Penalties

Jackie Cahill

1197. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a TAMS 2 scheme penalty in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20015/19]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Jackie Cahill

1270. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in the payment of the sports capital grant for a club (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18508/19]

Childcare Qualifications

Jackie Cahill

1336. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a plan that regularises the teaching and education status of persons who provide early childcare education will be formalised to include staffing grants, recognition of education status and terms and conditions including salary, in order that the value of the early childcare teacher is properly recognised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18602/19]

Preschool Services

Jackie Cahill

1337. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18760/19]

Childcare Services Funding

Jackie Cahill

1338. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which the new childcare scheme which will commence in June 2019 will affect funding for community run childcare facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19063/19]

Social Welfare Schemes

Jackie Cahill

1396. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first-year and full-year cost of a proposal as set out in a report (details supplied). [18485/19]

Commercial Rates Valuation Process

Jackie Cahill

1549. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will investigate the anomaly whereby a convenience store valuation is radically less than the convenience store element of a convenience store with a forecourt filling station; if he will instruct the Valuation Office to investigate the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18984/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Jackie Cahill

164. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18126/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Jackie Cahill

297. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17349/19]

Brexit Preparations

Jackie Cahill

429. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingences and supports in place to safeguard Irish wood producers and wood product businesses from all Brexit scenarios, including a no-deal Brexit; and the actions and documentation both online and offline required for wood product businesses to continue trading if the UK becomes a third country. [17322/19]

Health Services Provision

Jackie Cahill

359. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the launch of a project (details supplied) which has been announced for County Tipperary; the location of the service; the level of finance ring fenced to support the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16221/19]

Long Stay Residential Units

Jackie Cahill

360. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the location in which persons who need long-term stay care in Roscrea, County Tipperary will be accommodated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16228/19]

Taxi Licences

Jackie Cahill

527. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 7 February 2019 (details supplied); if he will communicate with the NTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16203/19]

Animal Culls

Jackie Cahill

257. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for testing and culling of deer in view of another outbreak of tuberculosis in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15760/19]

Mortgage Applications Approvals

Jackie Cahill

110. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the reason a salary for contract employment with the HSE is not taken into account by banks when an employee is applying for a mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14773/19]

Health Services

Jackie Cahill

293. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the plans of the HSE to relocate a person (details supplied) to alternative sheltered supervised accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14947/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Jackie Cahill

333. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a procedure will take place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15239/19]

Beef Data and Genomics Programme

Jackie Cahill

384. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) can opt out of the beef genomic scheme under force majeure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15061/19]

Preschool Services

Jackie Cahill

478. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a preschool (details supplied) will be included in the latest funding programme from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15183/19]

Housing Assistance Payment Data

Jackie Cahill

578. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons and families in receipt of the housing assistance payment, by county, in tabular form; the average payment by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14766/19]

Residential Tenancies Board

Jackie Cahill

593. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if full account will be taken of the submission on the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018, from an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15178/19]

Teachers' Remuneration

Jackie Cahill

134. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage urgently with a union (details supplied) regarding the terms and conditions of adult literacy tutors regarding matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14383/19]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Jackie Cahill

135. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a record in his Department for a school (details supplied) applying to be included in a sports hall building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14411/19]

Pharmacy Regulations

Jackie Cahill

214. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if permission to introduce new regulations proposed to change the conditions of work for pharmaceutical assistants by an organisation (details supplied) will be refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14470/19]

Pharmacy Regulations

Jackie Cahill

215. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the proposals by an organisation (details supplied) regarding pharmaceutical assistants will be debated in Dáil and Seanad Éireann and-or brought before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health; the procedures by which the proposals will either be ratified or declined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14471/19]

Brexit Preparations

Jackie Cahill

61. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the EU mechanisms in place to ensure adequate price supports will be introduced for all Brexit scenarios, including a hard exit. [13914/19]

Live Exports

Jackie Cahill

95. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions and discussions being carried out with his French counterpart by his Department and Bord Bia to expand the lairage capacity at the Cherbourg Port with a view to increasing live calf exports. [13915/19]

Consular Services

Jackie Cahill

167. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which an Irish citizen who is due to marry a Filipino citizen in the Philippines fulfils the person's obligations under the CENOMAR rules; the office here in which the person can process a CENOMAR application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13619/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff

Jackie Cahill

613. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the clinical psychologist service at CAMHS for south County Tipperary located on the grounds of South Tipperary General Hospital, STGH, is to be withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12741/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Jackie Cahill

676. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if funding is available for a couple to have IVF treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13136/19]

HSE Properties

Jackie Cahill

730. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to engage with a committee (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13306/19]

Post Office Network

Jackie Cahill

1055. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the financial supports given to An Post in each of the years 2010 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14230/19]

Driver Test Data

Jackie Cahill

1150. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for jeep and trailer driver tests currently with the driver test centres by county in tabular form; the waiting times by county; the pass rate by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14228/19]

Early Childhood Care and Education Funding

Jackie Cahill

1151. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a source of funding from Pobal that could save a service (details supplied) which has planning permission for a temporary building and which is fully booked for the 2019-20 year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12725/19]

Early Childhood Care and Education Funding

Jackie Cahill

1153. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a source of funding that could save a service (details supplied) which has planning permission for a temporary building and which is fully booked for the 2019-20 year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12724/19]

Palliative Care Services Provision

Jackie Cahill

47. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if palliative care services in County Tipperary are being expanded in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12225/19]

Nursing Home Accommodation Provision

Jackie Cahill

230. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the long-term plans of the HSE for a facility (details supplied); if he will address the imminent cessation of admittance of long-term residents at the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12689/19]

Brexit Issues

Jackie Cahill

112. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if cars will be tariff free in the event of a no-deal Brexit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11895/19]

Brexit Issues

Jackie Cahill

113. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding vehicles (details supplied) in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11896/19]

DEIS Status

Jackie Cahill

168. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be considered for and granted delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12129/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Jackie Cahill

173. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address a matter (details supplied) relating to children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12259/19]

Environmental Policy

Jackie Cahill

491. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the actions being taken with respect to the bio-economy; and the meetings of the interdepartmental group jointly chaired by his Department to implement actions in this area, by date and location, in tabular form. [12039/19]

Afforestation Programme

Jackie Cahill

492. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if data (details supplied) will be provided for each of the years from 2007 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12040/19]

Agriculture Scheme Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

498. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 19 February 2019, if individual parcels of land in the folio are not required to be separately fenced; if the parcel meets land eligibility 2015 guidelines under traditional farmed hill land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12141/19]

Passport Applications Administration

Jackie Cahill

73. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a structure will be created by which constituents of a Deputy can give written authority to the Passport Office for a Deputy or their representative to speak on behalf of the constituent (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11309/19]

Job Creation Data

Jackie Cahill

120. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the additional jobs created over 2018 in the mid-west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11296/19]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Jackie Cahill

146. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can have a tonsillectomy carried out under the treatment abroad fund or another scheme if they are referred by a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11341/19]

Food Quality Assurance Scheme

Jackie Cahill

187. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if companies that carry out quality assurance audits are Irish companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11310/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Jackie Cahill

116. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of an Educate Together national school for Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11249/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Jackie Cahill

167. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11038/19]

Hospital Procedures

Jackie Cahill

204. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11147/19]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

141. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the way in which a contributory old age pension is treated for taxation for a person that is paying class S PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10404/19]

Garda Deployment

Jackie Cahill

215. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the active number of gardaí at the Roscrea Garda station, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10266/19]

Garda Deployment

Jackie Cahill

216. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí transferred out of County Tipperary in each of the years 2014 to 2018 under headings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10267/19]

Bench Warrants

Jackie Cahill

217. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants issued for fines not paid under the Fines Act 2010 by county in each of the years 2014 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10268/19]

Fines Administration

Jackie Cahill

218. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation will be introduced to allow for unpaid court fines to be recouped from the income of the person fined regardless of the source of the income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10269/19]

Pharmacy Services

Jackie Cahill

286. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the changes to the rules for phased dispensing of medications by pharmacists to qualifying patients made in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10373/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Jackie Cahill

291. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for a scan will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10410/19]

Pharmacy Services

Jackie Cahill

301. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the rules governing phased dispensing by pharmacists to older patients will be reviewed in view of the fact it is one of a number of factors that will keep them away from the acute system and long-term nursing home care; if the phased dispensing on the recommendation of a general practitioner will be allowed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10445/19]

Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan

Jackie Cahill

392. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for entry into the hen harrier scheme by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10331/19]

Planning Guidelines

Jackie Cahill

598. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the changes to planning guidelines he will introduce to speed up and encourage the provision of accommodation in town centres and above existing retail units in view of the fact that the current guidelines are not achieving same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10706/19]

National Monuments

Jackie Cahill

606. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will request the OPW to carry out an assessment on a protected historical structure (details supplied) to ascertain its current condition and to prepare a plan for its restoration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10402/19]

National Monuments

Jackie Cahill

607. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will request the OPW to remove the cover on a protected historical structure (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10403/19]

JobPath Programme

Jackie Cahill

213. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding available to a person (details supplied) to obtain the required training to qualify for a licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9983/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Jackie Cahill

230. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are regulations which would stop the board of management of a school (details supplied) from designing an extension to the classrooms and applying for planning permission from the local authority with a view to presenting it for funding at some stage in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9620/19]

Hospital Facilities

Jackie Cahill

374. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the construction of the modular unit of South Tipperary General Hospital will be completed; if the €7.5 million required to staff it has been allocated in budget 2019; if the recruitment process to staff the unit has commenced; the length of time the recruitment process will take; if the unit will be in a position to take patients by August 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9492/19]

Environmental Policy

Jackie Cahill

491. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if proposals will be brought forward for a pilot programme for a deposit return policy for plastic bottles to commence the process of reducing the amount of plastic dumped in the environment annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9530/19]

Social Insurance Payments

Jackie Cahill

71. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) was charged €500 for PRSI for the year ending 31 December 2017 in view of the fact they have not been charged for PRSI in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8811/19]

Departmental Properties

Jackie Cahill

78. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is listed as the owner of a property (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the way in which he became the owner; if he has given consideration to handing it over to a local community group that wishes to refurbish it as a historic building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8891/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Funding

Jackie Cahill

79. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will direct the OPW to expedite an application by Tipperary County Council for funding for flood relief works at Drish, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8904/19]

Bord Bia

Jackie Cahill

153. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body Bord Bia has commissioned to carry out quality assurance audits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8890/19]