Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Third Level Institutions

Mary Butler

64. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 5 July 2016, the reason the borrowings of NUIG and Maynooth University are classified as outside general government for EUROSTAT purposes in view of the fact that NUIG and Maynooth University each receive 71% of their income from the State and WIT receives 73% of its income from the State. [37920/16]

Third Level Institutions

Mary Butler

65. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Waterford Institute of Technology was instructed by the HEA to cease borrowing in 2012 due to the fact its borrowings are classified as within general government, despite having a history of borrowing independently from 1992 to 2012. [37921/16]

Higher Education Authority

Mary Butler

66. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current borrowings of all HEA funded higher education institutions here; the original value and date of the loan; the purpose of the loan; the repayment schedules; the interest rates; the lenders; and the nature of any State guarantee or underwriting of the loan, in tabular form. [37922/16]

Higher Education Authority Expenditure

Mary Butler

67. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the prioritisation exercise for capital expenditure and the capital project approval process for all HEA funded higher education institutions here. [37923/16]

Third Level Institutions

Mary Butler

68. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department has not given effect to the borrowing framework contained in the Institutes of Technology Act 2006. [37924/16]

Legislative Measures

Mary Butler

118. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason his Department has not given effect to the borrowing framework contained in the Institutes of Technology Act 2006. [37919/16]

School Accommodation Provision

Mary Butler

216. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37341/16]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Mary Butler

274. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when new wind farm planning guidelines to assist the proper planning of wind power projects will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37181/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mary Butler

503. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36862/16]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Mary Butler

208. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of women aged 65 to 69 years of age who availed of BreastCheck for each local health office area in 2015 and to date in 2016, in tabular form. [36776/16]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Mary Butler

209. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of BreastCheck for women aged 65 to 69 years of age; the number of women in that age cohort who availed of the service in 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of women aged 69 years of age who availed of the service in 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36777/16]

Mortality Data

Mary Butler

387. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the estimated mortality rate for dementia in each of the years since 2006, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35738/16]

Mortality Data

Mary Butler

388. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has projections on the likely dementia-related mortality rate for 2021, 2030 and 2040; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35739/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mary Butler

393. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when a person a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35766/16]

Nursing Home Services

Mary Butler

469. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health his plans for Ramelton community hospital, County Donegal; the number of persons resident in the hospital; the number of persons employed by the HSE in this community hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36252/16]

Nursing Home Services

Mary Butler

470. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health his plans for Lifford community hospital, County Donegal; the number of persons resident in the hospital, the number of persons employed by the HSE in this community hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36253/16]

Nursing Home Services

Mary Butler

471. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health his plans for St Joseph's community hospital, Ballybofey, County Donegal; the number of persons resident in the hospital; the number of persons employed by the HSE in this community hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36254/16]

Home Care Packages Data

Mary Butler

472. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of the 500 home care packages for persons suffering with dementia that have been allocated, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36255/16]

Hospital Beds Data

Mary Butler

474. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of beds that are specifically available to persons suffering from dementia in community hospitals by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36258/16]

Community Employment Schemes Review

Mary Butler

184. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Social Protection when he will make a statement on the recent review of community employment which his Department recently conducted; if he will publish this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35652/16]

Sports Capital Programme

Mary Butler

231. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital grant application system will be open; the supports that will be put in place to assist clubs with their applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35240/16]

Garda Deployment

Mary Butler

106. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Waterford 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 Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34698/16]

Crime Levels

Mary Butler

108. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if recorded crime statistics for County Waterford are an accurate reflection of the reality of crime in the area; if all Garda stations in County Waterford have access to the PULSE system; if not, the details of the stations without access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34697/16]

Agriculture Schemes

Mary Butler

188. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider delaying the date for commencement of the amendment specifically regarding the restriction of flat rate addition, section 46 of the Finance Bill, which is due to come into operation on 1 January 2017 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35136/16]

Inland Fisheries

Mary Butler

662. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to lift the salmon and the drift net ban; his plans to carry out a further study on salmon stocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34543/16]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Mary Butler

205. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to honour the Labour Court recommendation, LCR 19293, to community employment supervisors and move immediately to implement its findings and put in place a pension ex gratia scheme for same or in view of statements (details supplied) from the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34135/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Appeals

Mary Butler

176. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if and when a payment will be made to a person (details supplied) on the basis of an appeal which has been lodged to the basic payment schemes appeals committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33928/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mary Butler

313. Deputy Mary Butler 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. [33371/16]

National Dementia Strategy Implementation

Mary Butler

372. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the status of his Department’s mid-term review of progress in the national dementia strategy; and when it will be completed and published. [33621/16]

School Accommodation

Mary Butler

154. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects a decision to be made on an application for funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32922/16]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Mary Butler

292. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32599/16]

National Lottery Funding Applications

Mary Butler

346. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when he will make a decision on an application for funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32842/16]

Salmon Hardship Scheme

Mary Butler

409. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reopen the hardship scheme in view of recorded salmon and eel stock levels; his plans to investigate avenues of support to help young salmon and eel fishermen affected by the closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32813/16]

Regional Airports

Mary Butler

445. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with the board of management of Waterford Airport; if so, the status on securing another carrier for the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32998/16]

Minor Works Scheme

Mary Butler

68. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor works grant is being paid in 2016 (details supplied). [32219/16]

Pension Provisions

Mary Butler

99. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects completion of the pension claim instigated by community employment supervisors and assistants, which has been going on for a number of years; when he expects the Community Sector Informal Forum to meet; if it has met, when the claim will come to fruition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32227/16]

Education and Training Boards Staff

Mary Butler

55. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies his Department sanctioned on the Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board since July 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31059/16]

Health Services Provision

Mary Butler

52. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the reason his Department briefed against the expansion of cardiac services in Waterford prior to the undertaking of the Herity review. [30684/16]

Health Services Provision

Mary Butler

80. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with consultants from the south east to discuss the provision of cardiac services at Waterford University Hospital. [30685/16]

Garda Vetting Applications Data

Mary Butler

162. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason it is taking so long for Garda vetting forms to be completed, regarding SNAs in particular; the measures she is taking to ensure those persons are given the earliest opportunity to take up their position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30560/16]

School Costs

Mary Butler

217. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to address the disparity in school costs which exists from school to school throughout the country and the inequality faced by parents in having to provide funding for a free primary education system, as costed by a charity (details supplied) at €103 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30215/16]

Labour Activation Measures

Mary Butler

306. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Social Protection if a use or lose by year end rule is or has been in operation within his Department when devolving funding to labour activation programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30205/16]

Community Employment Schemes Funding

Mary Butler

308. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for an underspend in the budget allocation 2015 for supervision of €1.5 million on the labour activation programme, community employment; the details of where the surplus went to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30211/16]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

Mary Butler

363. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the appointment has taken place in his Department to the vacant position of assistant secretary, who was also chairperson of the high level forum, which as a consequence has not met for months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30417/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

Mary Butler

504. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health his plans to adjust the eligibility to the long-term illness scheme to include conditions and illnesses such as osteoporosis, in view of the high costs associated with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30756/16]

Broadband Service Provision

Mary Butler

609. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the proposed fibre broadband will be extended to an area (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30423/16]

Mobile Telephony Services

Mary Butler

611. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans in place to upgrade mobile telephone coverage in an area of County Waterford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30437/16]

Broadband Service Provision

Mary Butler

615. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed broadband roll-out will be delivered to an area (details supplied) in County Waterford; the reason the roll-out to that area was pushed out to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30556/16]

Legislative Process

Mary Butler

42. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the current Stage of the Heritage Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29934/16]

Forestry Sector

Mary Butler

79. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all sections of the 2014 Forestry Act, specifically with regard to felling, have been put into regulations; the current legislative position regarding felling applicable by law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29933/16]