Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Services for People with Disabilities

John Brassil

480. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE immediately to carry out a risk assessment with regards to a person (details supplied) and to make the results available to their parents as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8608/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

John Brassil

483. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons who are registered as visually impaired as of December 2016. by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8621/17]

Disability Services Provision

John Brassil

493. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the emergency list for residential and respite cases respectively in County Kerry; the reason this information is not readily available; the way in which the HSE can realistically plan service and budgets without such relevant data; when it will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8669/17]

Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme

John Brassil

563. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if more concise and clear details can be provided to farmers on the way they can apply for the low cost loan scheme being facilitated by certain banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8658/17]

Aquaculture Licence Applications

John Brassil

565. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects BIM to furnish aquaculture licences to oyster farmers who have applied for licences but to date have received no indication regarding timeframes for approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8727/17]

Schools Refurbishment

John Brassil

126. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) to allow the building of a new school building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7775/17]

Waste Disposal Charges

John Brassil

282. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of assurances given to households that use disposable continence products for medical purposes that they will exempt from waste charges for these products following the introduction of pay-by-weight refuse collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7772/17]

Library Services

John Brassil

154. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government ,further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 7 February 2017, if he will ascertain directly from the LGMA (details supplied), if any cost-benefit analysis was carried out regarding the issuing of a state-wide book tendering process which has resulted in the tender contract being signed whereby four of the six available were secured by Irish businesses and two have been secured by businesses based outside of the country; the details of the breakdown of the six lots and the monetary value of the tenders awarded, for example, each lot numbered and the amount of the contract attributed to it stating which are Irish and which are non-Irish, including the duration of the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7468/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

John Brassil

225. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an orthopaedic consultation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7575/17]

Fisheries Protection

John Brassil

579. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 1 February 2017, if he will place a temporary ban on pair trawler fishing within Irish coastal waters until the report by the Marine Institute publishes its conclusions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7158/17]

Fisheries Protection

John Brassil

580. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 1 February 2017, his plans to commission a report to investigate the impact of pair trawler fishing on fish species, birds and mammals in inshore coastal waters and bays (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7159/17]

Road Network

John Brassil

620. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make funds available from his Department to Transport Infrastructure Ireland to sanction works at Reen Cross, N70 and L11602 at Caherdaniel, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6699/17]

Road Network

John Brassil

624. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funds to sanction urgent safety measure works to be carried out at Reen Cross, N70 and L11602 at Caherdaniel, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6799/17]

Library Services

John Brassil

264. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department carried out a cost benefit analysis of the proposed State-wide tender for literature and stock in the Library Service; if not, if one can be carried out to ascertain the full impact of these proposed changes to the SMEs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5424/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications

John Brassil

376. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of the request by a person (details supplied) to the fair deal scheme for a review of their monthly contribution to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5386/17]

Respite Care Services Provision

John Brassil

442. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available as requested by the HSE in its submission to the health Estimates process for respite care services for the Cork and Kerry region, especially for the Tralee and Listowel areas in which there is a huge shortfall in the provision of respite care services; if he will provide additional funding to allow the facility purchased in Listowel by an association (details supplied) for the expansion of respite services to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5834/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

John Brassil

443. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of a cataract assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5836/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

John Brassil

455. Deputy John Brassil 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. [5908/17]

International Agreements

John Brassil

620. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures in place for withdrawal from the preclearance agreement; and the basis upon which a withdrawal would be contemplated by the Government. [6085/17]

International Agreements

John Brassil

621. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanisms in place to ensure that Ireland's obligations under the TFEU, the ECHR and other applicable international law are fully complied with in Irish airport preclearance areas. [6086/17]

International Agreements

John Brassil

622. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures the Government is taking to ensure that international refugee law is not subverted through the application of President Trump's policy in Irish airports' preclearance areas. [6087/17]

International Agreements

John Brassil

623. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to ensure that unlawful discrimination is not being undertaken or facilitated at Irish airports through the application of President Trump's policy in preclearance areas. [6088/17]

Property Registration

John Brassil

56. Deputy John Brassil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a property registration application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5080/17]

Public Services Card Provision

John Brassil

174. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Social Protection if a new public service card will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5059/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Brassil

273. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will request Cork University Hospital to provide an alternative outpatient ophthalmology clinic appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5289/17]

GLAS Applications

John Brassil

278. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the status of a GLAS payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4958/17]

Gas Networks Ireland

John Brassil

323. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Gas Networks Ireland has carried out a cost-benefit analysis on extending the line from Listowel to Tralee, County Kerry, in view of the fact that it has extended the network from Foynes to Listowel; if so, will he request it to provide a copy of the report; if no analysis has been carried out, if he will direct Gas Networks do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5286/17]

National Driver Licensing Service

John Brassil

328. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the NDLS provide a reply to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5072/17]

Haulage Industry Regulation

John Brassil

343. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will delay the implementation of the maximum regulatory weight laden limit for five or more axle non-articulated trucks to allow the industry carry out necessary modifications and works to vehicles, as there is currently a backlog in fulfilling these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5287/17]

Accident and Emergency Departments

John Brassil

67. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the reason for the 138% increase in the numbers on trolleys in Kerry General Hospital between 2013 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4670/17]

Primary Care Strategy Roll-out

John Brassil

139. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the decisive shift to primary care promised in the programme for Government; the way in which this will be benchmarked in terms of health expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4671/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

John Brassil

263. 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. [4765/17]

Fisheries Protection

John Brassil

300. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the Irish Wildlife Trust's request to ban pair trawler fishing at Kenmare Bay, County Kerry in view of legislation designating Kenmare Bay as a river and its importance as an area of natural conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4741/17]

Respite Care Grant Eligibility

John Brassil

329. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Social Protection the guidelines for allocation of the respite care grant; the allowable working hours for a person in receipt of the grant; his views on whether a couple in which a parent is only working 15 hours per week and is available at all other times to provide full-time care to their child who has an intellectual disability and who, in addition, presents with complex and chronic behavioural issues is not deserving of the respite care grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3985/17]

GLAS Payments

John Brassil

176. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when checks will be completed on the GLAS payment of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3582/17]

Commonage Framework Plans

John Brassil

177. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the issue in relation to commonage for a person (details supplied); when he expects the issue will be resolved; if his Department will liaise accordingly with the person to keep them informed of the delays and relating issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3583/17]

Gaeltacht Policy

John Brassil

155. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills the resources that will be provided for the new education policy for the Gaeltacht. [2709/17]

North-South Implementation Bodies

John Brassil

378. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason the budget for Foras na Gaeilge was cut despite an increase of 12% for her Department. [2707/17]

Irish Language

John Brassil

379. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if all State services and State-sponsored bodies are covered under the remit of the language commissioner. [2708/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

John Brassil

404. 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. [2607/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

John Brassil

172. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the primary care reimbursement department takes all steps necessary to ensure that the freestyle libre system of glucose monitoring (details supplied) is successfully added to the long-term reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2066/17]

Tax Code

John Brassil

38. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Finance the controls his Department has with respect to the Revenue Commissioners to monitor retrospective tax demands particularly when audits have been carried out and persons are found not to be fully tax compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1742/17]

Garda Resources

John Brassil

121. Deputy John Brassil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure on the graduation of the newest tranche of Garda recruits that the Killarney division in County Kerry is adequately resourced and allocated an appropriate level of personnel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41369/16]

Invasive Plant Species

John Brassil

776. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will request that the OPW commences a comprehensive programme of works to cull and halt the spread of rhododendron, which now poses a threat to the indigenous natural flora and fauna of Killarney National Park; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1050/17]

Home Help Service Provision

John Brassil

827. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the way in which waiting lists for home support hours in County Kerry are compiled; the way hours are apportioned once a person is added to the waiting list; the way these requests are being dealt with for a person already in receipt of hours but in need of additional hours and if these requests are included in waiting lists; if any of these additional hours will be assigned to persons already in receipt of home support and in need of additional hours (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41107/16]

General Practitioner Training

John Brassil

898. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the number of new and additional general practitioner training places which will come onstream in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41260/16]

General Practitioner Contracts

John Brassil

923. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will include the process of blood removal for haemochromatosis patients, venesection, by general practitioners for medical card holders to be covered by the scheme and for general practitioners to be reimbursed accordingly in order to reduce the necessity of attendance at hospitals and in turn reduce pressures on hospital resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41306/16]

Hospital Facilities

John Brassil

1044. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to provide additional funding to the University Hospital Kerry dialysis unit, in view of the fact it is currently operating over capacity and holiday dialysis patients are not able to avail of the service as readily as is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41754/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

John Brassil

1131. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1112/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Brassil

1198. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1303/17]