Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Road Improvement Schemes

Mary Butler

339. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the road network between Waterford city and Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10867/17]

Jobseeker's Allowance Data

Mary Butler

413. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on jobseeker's allowance aged 65 years of age in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017 by county, in tabular form. [9687/17]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Mary Butler

543. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the reason why an application by a person (details supplied) to the NMBI has been declined; if there are distinguishing factors which affect persons that have undertaken their training in the US; if so, the factors concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9699/17]

Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility

Mary Butler

214. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the programme for Government commitment to seeking recognition from the European Commission for forgotten farmers as a group with specific disadvantage under the national reserve in the same way that old young farmers are currently provided for; when he expects to complete the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8905/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mary Butler

387. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8061/17]

Legislative Programme

Mary Butler

21. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will be bringing forward legislation to abolish mandatory retirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7636/17]

Tax Reliefs Application

Mary Butler

118. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Finance the measures being put in place for owners of non-principal private residence to claim tax relief on the annual NPPR tax from 2009 and 2013 in view of the High Court's decision in January 2017; the expected cost to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7896/17]

Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration

Mary Butler

130. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Finance the measures being put in place for the allowance of the retrospective tax deductibility of the non-principal private residence, NPPR, in view of the recent High Court decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6669/17]

Insurance Costs

Mary Butler

146. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Finance when the recommendations of a working group (details supplied) will be complete; the agreed timelimes; if they will be delivered within those timelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6950/17]

Higher Education Authority Funding

Mary Butler

194. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the current borrowings in excess of €1 million only of all HEA funded higher education institutions, in tabular form; the original value and date of the loan; and the purpose of the loan and the repayment schedules, interest rates, lenders and nature of any State guarantee or underwriting of the loan. [6989/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mary Butler

359. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford. [6685/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

411. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the waiting list for knee and hip operations at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6907/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

412. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting follow-up appointments for knee and hip operations at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6908/17]

Medical Card Eligibility

Mary Butler

482. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when children who are recipients of domiciliary care allowance will be approved for full medical cards without assessments, as promised in July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7186/17]

Legislative Measures

Mary Butler

86. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed timeframe for the Technological Universities Bill; when it will be before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6443/17]

School Accommodation

Mary Butler

89. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools which currently have prefabricated classrooms by county, in tabular form. [6452/17]

Nursing Home Services

Mary Butler

179. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if there is any State or HSE funding available to support in full or in part the provision of physiotherapist or physiotherapy services at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Waterford [6416/17]

Skills Development

Mary Butler

101. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body that has overall responsibility and oversight for hospitality and tourism skills development policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4981/17]

Skills Development

Mary Butler

109. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions that were allocated to the Waterford constituency in 2015 and 2016 by region and electoral area in tabular form. [4977/17]

Skills Development

Mary Butler

110. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that was allocated to Waterford city and county for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016 by skills category by region and electoral area in tabular form. [4980/17]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

Mary Butler

247. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health his plans to adjust the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness scheme to include conditions such as osteoporosis, in view of the high costs associated with this condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5001/17]

Home Help Service Provision

Mary Butler

109. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no planned increase in the number of home help hours to be provided in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4660/17]

Accident and Emergency Departments

Mary Butler

129. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the reason for the 57% increase in the numbers on trolleys in Waterford hospital in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4659/17]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Mary Butler

260. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received a PIN from An Bord Altranais; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4751/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mary Butler

269. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4796/17]

Summer Works Scheme

Mary Butler

185. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application (details supplied) under the summer works scheme 2016 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4027/17]

Departmental Reviews

Mary Butler

453. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if the Health Research Board review has completed its work regarding the need to regulate the home care services sector, that is, the way in which home care services are funded and regulated in comparable jurisdictions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3778/17]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Mary Butler

522. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the reason the condition juvenile idiopathic arthritis, or more specifically polyarthritis, is not included on the list of conditions covered by the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3984/17]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Mary Butler

535. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the date on which the National Treatment Purchase Fund will resume arranging the provision of hospital treatment to persons on waiting lists; and the procedure whereby persons that have been waiting a long time for treatment will be able to apply to the fund. [4047/17]

Workplace Relations Commission

Mary Butler

741. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason it is taking up to eight months for persons to have their cases scheduled for hearings under the Equality and Redundancy Acts by the Workplace Relations Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3847/17]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Mary Butler

428. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health to outline the reason a person (details supplied) who secured full-time employment at University Hospital Waterford in early December 2016 is still waiting for a personal identification number from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. [2663/17]

Community Employment Schemes Review

Mary Butler

146. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Social Protection when he will bring a memorandum to Government on the review of the community employment programme; when he will publish same, as outlined by him in October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2115/17]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Mary Butler

158. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a meeting will be scheduled in view of the fact that a chairperson has been appointed to the high-level community and voluntary forum and it has not met since April 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2104/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mary Butler

970. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41421/16]

Medical Card Drugs Availability

Mary Butler

994. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the reason the eye medication macushield has been withdrawn from medical card patients; and if a substitute medication will be made available to medical card patients [41465/16]

Drugs Payment Scheme

Mary Butler

1200. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the reason the medication ocuvite lutein forte has been removed from the list of medications allowable for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1315/17]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Mary Butler

1268. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received in 2016 by An Bord Altranais for registration as general, paediatric, intellectual disability and psychiatric nurses; the number of each still awaiting a decision on their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1488/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mary Butler

1281. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the status of a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1536/17]

Registration of Nurses

Mary Butler

1296. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for a PIN from An Bord Altranais. [1585/17]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Mary Butler

1300. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the reason the FreeStyle Libre device is not on the long-term illness scheme; if he will consider approving the device on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1593/17]

Home Care Packages Data

Mary Butler

350. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages currently being provided by local health office in tabular form; and the level of service provided in terms of increasing six hour timeframes per week, that is, the number of packages with less than six hours care per week, the number with six to 12 hours, the number with 12 to 18 hours weekly and so on, for each area [40591/16]

Home Care Packages Data

Mary Butler

356. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health .the number of home care packages currently being provided on a seven day a week basis, on a five day a week basis and on less than five days a week by LHO area in tabular form. [40611/16]

Elder Abuse

Mary Butler

427. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when the review of legislation on elder abuse will be completed. [39411/16]

Nursing Home Accommodation Provision

Mary Butler

439. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for each of the 90 public nursing homes to be replaced and refurbished; the progress made in 2016 in respect of each in tabular form. [39641/16]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility

Mary Butler

440. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when he will introduce changes to remove discrimination against small business and family farms under the fair deal nursing homes support scheme. [39642/16]

Nursing Home Services

Mary Butler

441. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the new mechanism he has put in place to incentivise private nursing home investment and new supported living and assisted living arrangements; and the engagement he has had with the strategic investment fund to provide loan finance for new and additional residential options. [39643/16]

Care of the Elderly Provision

Mary Butler

442. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when he will introduce a uniform home care service in order that all recipients can receive a quality support. [39644/16]

Home Help Service Data

Mary Butler

443. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area for each month in 2016 to date, in tabular form; and the way it compares against target. [39647/16]

Home Care Packages Data

Mary Butler

50. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive home care packages currently being provided to persons with dementia for each local health office in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38024/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

84. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the reason 1,425 persons were waiting more than a year for inpatient and day case treatment in Waterford University Hospital in October 2014; and the reason the numbers waiting more than a year have jumped so much since April 2014. [38023/16]