Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

An Bord Pleanála Remit

John Brassil

180. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to remove the power of An Bord Pleanála to disregard local county development plans when the local county development plan has been written and is keeping in line with national planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3550/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

John Brassil

340. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2863/18]

Community Care Provision

John Brassil

428. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the policy regarding accessing community health-care facilities for a person who has had an operation in a private hospital and also has a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3459/18]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

John Brassil

280. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on and his plans to implement the community employment supervisor and assistants pension claim (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1320/18]

Schools Building Projects

John Brassil

379. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to carry out an in-depth site analysis for the building of a school (details supplied) on its existing site as early as possible in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55122/17]

Schools Building Projects

John Brassil

380. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding acquiring a site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55123/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

John Brassil

826. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if the availability of Vimizim will be considered as a priority at the upcoming HSE drug group meeting on 18 January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54971/17]

Respite Care Services

John Brassil

829. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if the respite facility at Kilmorna, Listowel, which is due to open shortly, will be open on a full-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54975/17]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility

John Brassil

865. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if cataract operations are available under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; if so, the hospitals in which it is available; the qualifying criteria for persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55080/17]

Cross-Border Health Services Provision

John Brassil

866. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if cataract operations are available for Irish persons in Belfast under the cross-Border directive; his views on whether it would be more appropriate and cost-effective to have these treatments carried out here under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55081/17]

Home Help Service

John Brassil

963. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if the agreed name change from home help to community health care assistant has been finalised; when it will come into operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1083/18]

Home Help Service

John Brassil

964. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if the recommendations of the WRC regarding community health care assistants around the issues of rosters, travel time and time off have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1084/18]

Hospital Services

John Brassil

968. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide services for haemochromatosis sufferers; his further plans to provide funding and support to implement the recommendations of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1090/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

John Brassil

969. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for an education officer and an information officer for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1091/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

John Brassil

970. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding for an organisation (details supplied) to enable it to provide services for families living with dyspraxia/DCD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1092/18]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

John Brassil

971. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if clinical expert opinion will be included in the decision-making process for the reimbursement of Vimizim; if consultation with local expert opinion will also be taken into account by the HSE drugs group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1093/18]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

John Brassil

972. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the current quality-adjusted life year, QALY-based system for reimbursing orphan drugs is inappropriate; his plans to engage with key stakeholders to reform the system to take into account evidence from other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1094/18]

Foreshore Issues

John Brassil

1153. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the dumping of silt off Doonsheane Head, Dingle, County Kerry, will be urgently investigated (details supplied); if the silt will be disposed of 2 km out to sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55027/17]

Community Services Programme

John Brassil

1544. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Pobal-funded organisations can reduce working hours at their discretion in view of the fact that Pobal provides a block employment grant based on working hours with no allowance for the increase in the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1618/18]

Immigration Status

John Brassil

113. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to investigate and allow for renewal of stamp 4 permission to be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53269/17]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

John Brassil

193. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in an agricultural appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53374/17]

General Practitioner Services

John Brassil

285. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his plans to advance evaluation of best practice for teleconsultations in primary and other care settings and develop guidance and clinical protocols for such teleconsultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52791/17]

Garda Strength

John Brassil

113. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Kerry as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in the division; and the number of Garda Reserve and new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [51641/17]

Minor Works Scheme

John Brassil

215. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the current system regarding the allocation of the minor works grant for schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51958/17]

Property Registration Authority

John Brassil

190. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for a map review (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50786/17]

Hospital Appointments Delays

John Brassil

313. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50905/17]

Capitation Grants

John Brassil

105. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 7 November 2017, if he has reviewed the level of disparity in funding arrangements between the three sectors in order that relevant action can be taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49746/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

John Brassil

139. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his plans to intervene to resolve the ongoing stand-off between the HSE and a company (details supplied) in which 21 persons have the drug Respreeza available to them but no agreement on the way in which it will be distributed or administered in view of the inconclusive meeting on 16 November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49656/17]

Hospital Appointments Delays

John Brassil

144. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49666/17]

Health Services Provision

John Brassil

154. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding medical treatment for a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49727/17]

Hospital Appointments Delays

John Brassil

156. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49733/17]

Pesticide Use

John Brassil

181. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position on the safety of the use of a product (details supplied) as a weedkiller in view of the recent controversy in renewing its licence at European Union level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49711/17]

Road Projects

John Brassil

204. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49734/17]

Free Travel Scheme

John Brassil

216. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will grant free travel passes to all children who are in receipt of a domiciliary care allowance and have to travel long distances to receive medical treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49762/17]

Housing Data

John Brassil

219. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing units directly built, and expected to be built, in each local authority area in each of the years 2015 to 2019, by social housing, affordable housing and housing by approved voluntary bodies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49652/17]

Housing Assistance Payment Administration

John Brassil

222. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to address the anomaly whereby the maximum HAP allocation is between 23% and 47% less than the average rental price in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49673/17]

Local Authority Housing Provision

John Brassil

226. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 15 November 2017, the meaning of his statement on advance funding in the case of Cork County Council (details supplied); the details of this approach; if it is available to each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49751/17]

Home Care Packages Provision

John Brassil

383. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if a home care package application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49209/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

John Brassil

420. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if emergency funding will be provided to find a permanent care facility for the four adults with profound intellectual and physical disabilities currently availing of services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49376/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

John Brassil

421. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to the local authority to provide a long-term full-time care facility for the four adults with profound intellectual and physical disabilities currently availing of services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49377/17]

Public Sector Pensions

John Brassil

91. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the members of an organisation (details supplied) who are public sector employees and employees of Kerry Education and Training Board, ETB, and pay a pension levy are excluded from the public sector pension scheme; his plans to allow them join the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48552/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

John Brassil

49. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if the drug Kuvan for persons with PKU will be reimbursed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48189/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

John Brassil

97. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortcomings in the school leavers process for special needs children transferring from a school (details supplied) to adult day services provided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48188/17]

Primary Medical Certificates

John Brassil

109. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Finance his plans to address the appeal process for the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48269/17]

Home Care Packages Provision

John Brassil

147. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if a home care package application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48273/17]

Local Authority Housing Provision

John Brassil

228. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason the funding models for turnkey projects vary from one county to another; the reason the flexibility of the funding model provided by the Cork local authority is significantly greater than that of other counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48389/17]

Invasive Plant Species

John Brassil

225. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to Kerry County Council to allow it to carry out treatment of Japanese knotweed along regional and local roads (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47408/17]

Home Care Packages Provision

John Brassil

145. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of a home care package application by a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited in view of the person's impending discharge from Kerry University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47174/17]

Emergency Services Personnel

John Brassil

238. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the hard work and immense effort put in by all the emergency services and crews that worked upwards of 100 hours per week to ensure that roads and electricity were restored during the weeks after the storms from 16 October to 27 October 2017; his plans to allow them to remain on the lower rate tax bracket for all overtime hours worked in these weeks as a gesture of gratitude for their hard work and dedication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46647/17]

School Funding

John Brassil

384. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase funding to voluntary secondary schools to address the anomaly whereby the moneys received by these schools are comparable to ETB schools, but the spend on issues such as lighting, insurance and so on which are funded in ETB schools are not covered in voluntary secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46543/17]