Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Garda Reserve

Jackie Cahill

20. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Tipperary Garda division. [27401/16]

Medical Card Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

227. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the criteria used in assessing an application for a medical card for a patient who is diagnosed with cancer and is embarking on chemotherapy; the point of the diagnosis at which the medical card is automatically granted; if the fact that the cost of cancer care is greatest at initial diagnosis when chemotherapy is prescribed will be taken into account in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27765/16]

Special Areas of Conservation Designation

Jackie Cahill

234. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if non-designated commonage is an EU protected habitat; if so, the decision-making process by which the status of this type of commonage changed from one of extensive farmland to one of EU protected habitat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27766/16]

State Aid

Jackie Cahill

235. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision to put an aid package into a low-interest loan will have the effect of requiring EU state aid approval; and if so, his views on whether it will have the effect of causing undue delay which will cause further financial hardship for farm families. [27767/16]

Farm Inspections

Jackie Cahill

236. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections from the Nenagh office for each year from 2010 to 2015; the number of penalties imposed by the Nenagh office for each year from 2010 to 2015; the financial value of penalties imposed by the Nenagh office for each year from 2010 to 2015; the number of 100% penalties which were imposed by the Nenagh office for each year from 2010 to 2015; and the comparison of each category versus the national average of all the offices nationally. [27768/16]

Knowledge Transfer Programme

Jackie Cahill

801. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the criteria for entry into the knowledge transfer scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26758/16]

Tax Reliefs Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

197. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if a person is to start a solar farm, does the land that the solar farm is on still qualify for agricultural relief on transfer or inheritance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24946/16]

School Transport Availability

Jackie Cahill

403. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will honour the commitment made by the Minister of State in his Department that all concessionary students will be accommodated on school buses; if he will address the concessionary students availing of the service on the Gortnahoe, County Tipperary, to Thurles, County Tipperary, school bus route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24728/16]

Tax Code

Jackie Cahill

664. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will explore the option of temporarily reducing the lower rate of employer PRSI from 8.5% to 4.25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24504/16]

Middle East Issues

Jackie Cahill

833. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will heed the call for action in Palestine's Call, the open letter recently sent to all Oireachtas Members from Palestine civil and political society; the action he will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24572/16]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Jackie Cahill

1503. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make payments as soon as possible from the producer organisation funding due to the commercial mushroom producers for the 2015 programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24503/16]

Agriculture Scheme Penalties

Jackie Cahill

1513. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review all penalties imposed on farmers during 2010 to 2015 in view of a High Court decision (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24732/16]

Farm Inspections

Jackie Cahill

1514. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections that were carried out in County Tipperary between 2010 and 2015 in tabular form; the percentage of these inspections that incurred penalties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24733/16]

Agriculture Scheme Penalties

Jackie Cahill

1515. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Tipperary that were penalised during 2010 to 2015 who appealed the decision; the percentage of the appeals that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24734/16]

Broadband Service Provision

Jackie Cahill

1648. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will investigate the broadband blackspot that is being experienced by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24672/16]

Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme

Jackie Cahill

1663. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are grants available for the installation of biodigesters as the economic and organic waste management benefit are evidence-based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24731/16]

School Transport Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

237. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills to honour the commitment made by Minister of State, Deputy John Halligan, that all concessionary students will be accommodated on school buses; if he will address specifically the concessionary students availing of the service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24249/16]

Community Employment Schemes Administration

Jackie Cahill

328. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the situation where the supervisors of individual community enterprise schemes are informed of the eligibility of scheme participants only six weeks before the end of one scheme and the beginning of another, thus reducing the supervisors' time to plan their projects properly; if the supervisors will be given a minimum of three months' notice of eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23579/16]

IDA Ireland Supports

Jackie Cahill

64. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, with IDA Ireland, she will change the manner in which IDA Ireland manages Tipperary, as south Tipperary is with the south-east division and north Tipperary is with the mid-west division, which results in Tipperary being neglected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22762/16]

Job Initiatives

Jackie Cahill

74. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress being made on section 4.1(c) of the programme for Government, regional spread of growth and jobs, in view of the fact there appears to be no evidence of any activity that would suggest that this issue is being treated as an urgent matter by the Government. [22793/16]

Mental Health Services Provision

Jackie Cahill

347. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health in conjunction with the HSE to engage with the Children and Young People's Services Committees, CYPSC, Tipperary, to facilitate the development of a Jigsaw youth mental health project for County Tipperary, to make the necessary funding available and to put the structures in place to roll out this prevention and early intervention youth mental health model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23290/16]

School Staff

Jackie Cahill

271. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the minimum number of pupils required by a school (details supplied) to maintain its two-teacher school status; the lowest number of pupils to maintain it as a one-teacher school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22380/16]

Farmers Charter Review

Jackie Cahill

764. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if changes were made to the farmers' charter; if the farming organisations had an input into the changes as agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22707/16]

Inland Fisheries Ireland

Jackie Cahill

794. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will instruct Inland Fisheries Ireland to suspend the decision to cease fish farm operations until a proper analysis of the damage that decision will do to lakes and rivers, and the subsequent damage to a struggling rural tourism industry as independent reports state that the cost of production at IFI's Roscrea facility is comparable to commercial facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22296/16]

Nursing Home Services

Jackie Cahill

14. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will discuss with the Health Service Executive the need for capital funding to secure the future of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20599/16]

Mental Health Services

Jackie Cahill

52. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will review with the Health Service Executive the decision to transfer all psychiatric beds from County Tipperary to Kilkenny and Ennis, County Clare, as this is clearly not working on the evidence provided by staff of the service in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20600/16]

Garda Station Closures

Jackie Cahill

169. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reverse the decision to close the Garda station in Templemore, County Tipperary at night time as it is placing the residents of Templemore and the surrounding areas at a greater risk of being victims of crime and is a serious downgrading of the Garda presence in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21138/16]

Environmental Policy

Jackie Cahill

317. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to reverse the decision to impose a recycling levy on tyres which is a cost burden to the consumer that amounts to a stealth tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20837/16]

Health Services Provision

Jackie Cahill

484. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health to extend the opening hours at Shannondoc, St. Mary's Medical Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary, as the current opening hours are not adequate to service the needs of persons in the Thurles area if they need to meet with a general practitioner following a phone consultation with the nurse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20480/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Jackie Cahill

575. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his views on a case regarding a medical appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21130/16]

Organic Farming

Jackie Cahill

692. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct Bord Bia to amend its procedures when completing quality assurance audits for beef and dairy farmers to include a sub-section for farmers who want to have organic status and for this audit to be the only requirement to have a certification under the EU organic regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21085/16]

Land Transfers

Jackie Cahill

697. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) was declined a lease on another person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21119/16]

Single Payment Scheme Appeals

Jackie Cahill

698. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has not yet processed an application by a person (details supplied) under the single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21120/16]

Road Projects

Jackie Cahill

773. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he request Transport Infrastructure Ireland and Kilkenny County Council to expedite the registration of land (details supplied) under the M8-N8 Cullahill to Cashel road scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21204/16]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Jackie Cahill

220. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any changes planned in the medium to long term to adjust the minimum number of pupils required either up or down to maintain a two-teacher school that currently has 19 pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19681/16]

Built Heritage Investment Scheme

Jackie Cahill

404. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the committee for a centre (details supplied) can apply for funding as the building is in disrepair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19393/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Jackie Cahill

480. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will review a hospital (details supplied) and upgrade it from a part-time service to a full-time service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19256/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Jackie Cahill

481. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the assessment of young persons in special needs schools in County Tipperary can take place a minimum of 24 months before they move on into the adult system at 18 years of age (details supplied); when this will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19257/16]

Agriculture Schemes

Jackie Cahill

599. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there any grants available for the installation of bio digesters as the economic and organic waste management benefit are evidence based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19535/16]

Rural Development Programme

Jackie Cahill

607. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason beef farmers who exclusively finish Friesian cattle are being excluded from payment under the knowledge transfer group and due to the abolition of quotas, which, if it continues, is set to become a serious problem in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19689/16]

Community Employment Schemes Review

Jackie Cahill

133. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the provision in the community employment programme for older jobseekers over 62 years of age which restricts the number that an area project manager can employ on a scheme, as it discriminates on the basis of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18766/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Jackie Cahill

8. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the serious low morale young primary school teachers are experiencing due to the their low level of starting pay; the impact of this on the education system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18259/16]

General Register Office

Jackie Cahill

400. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 6 April 2016, why the position of registrar for births, deaths and marriages at the civil registration department in Thurles, County Tipperary, is now not being filled by the Health Service Executive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18118/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Jackie Cahill

401. 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. [18125/16]

Farm Inspections

Jackie Cahill

472. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farm inspections from the Nenagh office of his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2015, inclusive, in tabular form; the number of penalties applied; the percentage of penalties versus inspections; the value of the total penalties applied each year; the national figure for penalties applied as a percentage versus inspections in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18103/16]

Tax Exemptions

Jackie Cahill

52. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance to bring forward proposals to extend the exemption on capital gains tax which currently operates for farmers who consolidate their family farm holding to farmers who, due to the economic circumstances in the industry at this time, need to sell parcels of land to consolidate their bank loans and secure their family farm for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17493/16]

Garda Deployment

Jackie Cahill

68. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the staff levels in the Garda Síochána vetting unit in Thurles, County Tipperary, annually in each of the years 2011 to 2015, inclusive, indicating the highest numbers and lowest numbers employed each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17666/16]

Revenue Commissioners Staff

Jackie Cahill

93. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed by the Revenue Commissioners in Nenagh, County Tipperary, in each of the years from 2011 to 2015, inclusive, indicating the highest and lowest numbers each year for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17667/16]

Medical Aids and Appliances Applications

Jackie Cahill

240. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of a an application for medical equipment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17741/16]

Forestry Premium Payments

Jackie Cahill

264. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) is eligible to draw forestry premium on lands, as no premium has been drawn down on this land in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17677/16]