Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Services Provision

James Lawless

1007. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for the completion of the recruitment and staffing of the national narcolepsy and sleep disorder service in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, with particular need to assist those involved with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41528/16]

Primary Medical Certificates Provision

James Lawless

1162. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the difficulty and delay in obtaining a medical certificate for a person (details supplied); if his office will expedite the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1217/17]

Hospital Appointments Delays

James Lawless

1199. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) not receiving an appointment with regard to a cochlear implant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1311/17]

Hospital Appointments Administration

James Lawless

1249. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the case whereby a person (details supplied) waiting on an outpatient appointment, who has moved from children's services to adult services, will have an appointment expedited in view of the time spent waiting on an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1428/17]

Waste Disposal Charges

James Lawless

1503. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the proposed pay by weight bin charges; the stage at which his Department is at in formulating a new system; when he expects to announce a revised system for waste collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1369/17]

Defence Forces Deployment

James Lawless

1722. Deputy James Lawless asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41310/16]

Departmental Reform

James Lawless

13. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the recent recommendations from the report of the independent review group on her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40299/16]

Crime Levels

James Lawless

21. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that will be taken to address a burglary detection rate of less than 10% in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40458/16]

Medicinal Products Availability

James Lawless

363. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the status of the future provision of Respreeza for persons that suffer from alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; the timeframe for the completion of a health technology assessment by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics; the potential results of this review and the future planning of his Department regarding the results; the position regarding the continued provision of Respreeza for persons that have been using this medication for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40628/16]

Garda Deployment

James Lawless

86. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Kildare Garda division will see any dedicated community Garda positions filled in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40459/16]

Information and Communications Technology

James Lawless

98. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available or in the near future to assist primary schools in the purchase of ICT equipment for their schools; the application procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40330/16]

Residential Tenancies Board Enforcement

James Lawless

116. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the efforts the Residential Tenancies Board makes to carry out or undertake to assist a service user in the recovery of a debt as awarded to that service user in a favourable determination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40328/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

James Lawless

134. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the jobseeker's allowance of a person (details supplied) was reduced. [40270/16]

Medical Card Applications

James Lawless

142. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40268/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

James Lawless

232. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in which an allocation of a basic payment allowance was made in respect of a parcel of land. [40266/16]

Military Medals

James Lawless

40. Deputy James Lawless asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will take the next step forward and award individual decorations of honour to soldiers in recognition for their actions during the United Nations intervention in the Katanga conflict in the Congo in view of the recent issuing of a unit citation to honour the collective actions of bravery of the men of A Company, 35th Infantry Battalion, UN service, of the Army ONUC contingent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39821/16]

Research and Development Supports

James Lawless

23. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the next steps for the PRTLI programme; when a successor phase will be rolled out; and the funding it will carry and its strategic focus. [39106/16]

Research and Development Funding

James Lawless

28. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the immediate contingency steps she is taking with European colleagues to ensure EU research and development funding is not reduced following the decision by the UK voters to leave the EU. [39105/16]

Greenways Funding

James Lawless

53. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the funding and delivery of the greenway project for Naas, Sallins, Ardclough to Dublin section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38837/16]

Road Projects

James Lawless

62. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding road projects in the greater Naas area in County Kildare, that is the widening of the M7 to three lanes and the new motorway interchange at Osberstown and the Sallins bypass; the status and timeline for these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38836/16]

Social Welfare Appeals Status

James Lawless

130. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38897/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

James Lawless

151. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application regarding the full rate of carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [38982/16]

Third Level Funding

James Lawless

284. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of funding for the programme for research in third level institutions, PRTLI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35157/16]

Landfill Sites

James Lawless

68. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has a register of historical landfill sites around the country; and if he is satisfied that adequate regulation, governance and, if necessary, remediation is in place regarding same, particularly in situations in which a site may have been at operational peak at a time when environmental and waste management rules were less developed. [38625/16]

Disability Support Services Provision

James Lawless

280. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of transport to a person (details supplied) and other day services for adults with learning difficulties who lose their transport once they turn 18 years of age; if he will extend this transport provision above 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38292/16]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

James Lawless

57. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that for eight years there was no consultant urologist at Temple Street Children's Hospital until the appointment of a consultant in summer 2016; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that while this appointment is welcome there are a number of concerns (details supplied) raised by service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37769/16]

Home Help Service Provision

James Lawless

81. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the increase in home help hours Kildare local area can expect in 2017. [38048/16]

Hospital Appointments Delays

James Lawless

212. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting indefinitely for a hospital appointment; the length of time this waiting time is expected to last; the efforts his Department has made to decrease waiting times in this specific area; and if his Department will expedite the case provided. [38093/16]

Renewable Energy Incentives

James Lawless

273. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the renewable heat incentive and other relevant measures to support the sector; if purchases of a biomass boiler from January 2017 onwards will be included in the renewable heat incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38153/16]

HSE National Service Plan

James Lawless

162. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the targets that will be in the 2017 HSE Service Plan for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service teams staff levels in CHO 7 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38049/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

James Lawless

515. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if he will add new low-protein products to the long-term illness card list due to the discontinuation of products which had been on the list previously (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36946/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

James Lawless

516. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to indicate the last time low-protein products have been added to the long-term illness card list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36947/16]

Family Income Supplement Applications

James Lawless

294. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for family income support. [36121/16]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

James Lawless

46. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Balyna group water scheme in north-west Kildare; if the scheme will go ahead; and if the scheme does not proceed, if his Department intends to refund the many households in the area that contributed financially to the scheme during the setup phase. [35356/16]

Local and Community Development Programme Planning

James Lawless

50. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the process by which local area plans are devised is fit for purpose, in view of the fact that expectations can often be raised that zoning will translate to actual land uses, for example, amenity or educational, and in view of the fact that a coincidence of zoning, ownership and intention is necessary in reality to achieve the desired outcome. [35357/16]

Garda Vetting of Personnel

James Lawless

113. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the current system of Garda vetting is local and particular to each school and must be repeated school by school for temporary substitute workers, such as special needs assistants who move around between schools and who find this a barrier to securing work in more than one school, and that it also imposes an unnecessary administrative overhead on the school management; if she will mitigate or explain this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35617/16]

Third Level Funding

James Lawless

272. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total funding allocated to the programme for research in third level institutions in the period 2010 to 2016 annually in tabular form; the programme funding that has been allocated in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35674/16]

School Transport Provision

James Lawless

42. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the school transport scheme, which has been proven not to be adequately working in view of the recent number of children who were not accommodated en route to a school; if he will make available additional funding to allow operators use higher capacity vehicles in order to alleviate this problem; if he will provide an update on the work of the cross-party forum to deal with transport issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35158/16]

Visa Applications

James Lawless

80. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35355/16]

Vehicle Registration

James Lawless

94. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider siting another vehicle registration tax registration centre in north Kildare in view of the demand from large population towns such as Leixlip, Celbridge and Maynooth and that the closest centre currently within the county is at Naas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35396/16]

Parking Charges

James Lawless

240. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if clampers at car parking places are permitted to impose fees of €120 as they have done recently at Sallins railway station in view of the fact that legislation was enacted to cap fees at €100 in the last Dáil term; if he is satisfied with the operation of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35397/16]

Garda Deployment

James Lawless

68. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Kildare on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the proportion of the proposed 800 additional recruits in 2017 that are likely to be assigned to County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34716/16]

Garda Deployment

James Lawless

109. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position of County Kildare in comparison to other counties in terms of the number of gardaí per head of population; and if, as expected, County Kildare lies towards the bottom of that list, the measures being taken to address the shortfall of gardaí vis-à-vis other counties. [34752/16]

Illness Benefit Applications

James Lawless

408. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an illness benefit allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35003/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

James Lawless

409. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal of an application for a carer's allowance in respect a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35004/16]

Research and Development Supports

James Lawless

15. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the publication of Innovation 2020, the mechanism in place to review progress and ensure targets in the strategy are being met on an annual basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32997/16]

Research and Development Funding

James Lawless

18. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the immediate contingency steps she is taking with European colleagues to ensure EU research and development funding is not reduced following the decision by the UK voters to leave the EU. [32996/16]

Insurance Costs

James Lawless

52. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the soaring motor insurance costs for emigrants returning back to reside here; the efforts his Department is making to ease these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33109/16]

JobPath Implementation

James Lawless

96. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department can investigate delays in transferring a person (details supplied) to a Tús position they have been selected for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33131/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

James Lawless

137. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills the secondary schools that currently provide classes and supports for secondary school children who are on the autism spectrum in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32625/16]