Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

212. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list, with specific reference to type 1 diabetes, presenting at the emergency department in University Hospital Waterford in respect of the waiting list numbers for endocrinology in the hospital's outpatient department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19955/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

213. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for type 2 diabetes at the outpatient department in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19956/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

214. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if and by how much the waiting times will be decreased for endocrinology, with specific reference to type 2 diabetes, in the outpatient department of University Hospital Waterford, given the addition of the temporary consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19957/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

215. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for endocrinology, with specific reference to type 2 diabetes, in the outpatient department of University Hospital Waterford who are also attending for cardiac care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19958/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

216. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the information needed by the consultant to triage the priority of appointments for the number of persons on the waiting list for endocrinology, with specific reference to type 2 diabetes, in the outpatient department of University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19959/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

217. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for endocrinology, with specific reference to type 2 diabetes, in the outpatient department of University Hospital Waterford who are presenting at the emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19960/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

218. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health how the waiting time for persons on the waiting list for endocrinology, with specific reference to type 1 and type 2 diabetes, in the outpatient department of University Hospital Waterford compares with the waiting time for other consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19961/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

219. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health how the waiting time of two years for persons on the waiting list for endocrinology, with specific reference to type 1 and type 2 diabetes, in the outpatient department of University Hospital Waterford compares with the waiting time in other regional or university hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19962/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme

Mary Butler

232. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why he is discriminating against persons living in council properties who earn under €15,000 per annum and who have lived in their home for in excess of 40 years by denying them the opportunity to purchase the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19362/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mary Butler

454. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19129/16]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Mary Butler

504. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) receives surgery without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19310/16]

Home Care Packages

Mary Butler

562. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours allocated under the home care package in each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date, in tabular form. [19627/16]

Home Care Packages

Mary Butler

564. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours allocated to recipients of intensive home care packages in each of the years 2014 to 2015 and the estimate for 2016. [19630/16]

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme

Mary Butler

245. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 555 of 24 May 2016, when a targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II payment will be made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19028/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mary Butler

155. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [18587/16]

Better Energy Homes Scheme

Mary Butler

193. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to make further funding allocations available in 2016 for Waterford City and County Council towards the energy bureau of Waterford Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18620/16]

Better Energy Homes Scheme

Mary Butler

194. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if and when he will make funding available under energy efficiency and renewable energy technology for a project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18622/16]

School Transport Eligibility

Mary Butler

101. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills why persons (details supplied) find themselves in a situation where the eldest child who is nine years of age qualifies for the school bus and the two younger members of the family who are six and eight years of age are concessionary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18167/16]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Mary Butler

242. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that supervisors working on community employment schemes reaching 66 years of age are being forced to retire from their jobs as funding for their salaries is being withdrawn when in fact there is no legal retirement age here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18176/16]

Community Employment Schemes Data

Mary Butler

271. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that funding is being withdrawn from community employment schemes for supervisors reaching 66 years of age and thereby forcing supervisors into retirement when there is no legal retirement age here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18178/16]

Community Employment Schemes Funding

Mary Butler

272. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that currently the financial viability of a large number of community employment schemes is at stake and may face closure due to the massive increases both in insurance premiums and accounting fees imposed on community and voluntary sponsors; if he will consider increasing the material grant per participant to the 2011 rate of €20 per week per participant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18183/16]

Public Sector Pensions

Mary Butler

340. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress the high level forum has made to date and if he envisages a final solution to issues raised with regard to the community and voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18182/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

408. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when he will provide an operation for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18150/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mary Butler

432. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18338/16]

Garda Transport Data

Mary Butler

98. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new vehicles supplied to Garda Síochána stations in the Waterford, Dungarvan and Tramore divisional districts of County Waterford in the past 24 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17286/16]

Community Policing

Mary Butler

99. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who are community gardaí in each of the districts in Waterford city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17287/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mary Butler

402. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16998/16]

Care of the Elderly

Mary Butler

410. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health his views on a recently published study entitled Meeting Older People's Preference for Care (details supplied). [15400/16]

Regional Airports

Mary Butler

581. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he will take to support Waterford Airport following the ending by an airline (details supplied) of its Waterford to Luton service; his plans to extend the runway to accommodate larger aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15878/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration

Mary Butler

373. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will consider amending the relevant clause in the tenant purchase scheme, Part 5, to enable residents of private developments to purchase their own home as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12840/16]

State Pension (Contributory)

Mary Butler

478. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider lowering the starting age of the State pension to 65 years of age to put it in line with the general age of retirement; if he accepts the unfairness of a person who has worked all their life and has paid full contributions should not have to claim jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13171/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Mary Butler

561. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will end the pay inequality for teachers who qualify after 2011, so that they are on a parity with their colleagues who qualified before 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13172/16]

Broadband Service Provision

Mary Butler

239. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will install broadband in an area (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12262/16]

Visa Applications

Mary Butler

76. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11408/16]

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme

Mary Butler

555. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will have an inspection carried out for a person (details supplied) under the pig and poultry investment scheme, targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2. [11875/16]

Workplace Relations Services

Mary Butler

619. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation why County Waterford is not chosen as one of the adjudication centres for the Workplace Relations Commission; if she will relocate a centre to Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11698/16]

Garda Station Closures

Mary Butler

20. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to request the Policing Authority to review the dispersement of Garda Síochána stations and to assess the impact of all station closures in County Waterford since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10005/16]

Garda Stations

Mary Butler

63. 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 March 2011 and on 31 March 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10004/16]

Hospital Services

Mary Butler

891. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health why some diabetes type 1 patients in University Hospital Waterford are being requested to transfer to other hospitals owing to insufficient insulin pumps in the hospital. [10443/16]

Hospital Services

Mary Butler

892. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when persons with type 1 diabetes will be able to avail of dose adjustment for normal eating courses in Waterford or via University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10445/16]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Mary Butler

895. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when University Hospital Waterford will get the other endocrinologist it has been awaiting for six years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10449/16]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Mary Butler

896. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when University Hospital Waterford will get an adult dietician; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10451/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

898. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health how long is the waiting time to see an endocrinologist for a person with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10454/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

900. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the waiting list to see an endocrinologist at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10456/16]

Hospital Services

Mary Butler

903. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the status of persons with type 1 diabetes in University Hospital Waterford being given the opportunity to access insulin pumps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10464/16]

Ambulance Service Data

Mary Butler

923. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances which operate out of University Hospital Waterford on a daily basis, Monday to Sunday; if he will provide a breakdown of this on an hourly and daily rota basis to ascertain the actual level of service in Waterford city and county (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10562/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

927. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of the cardiac patients in University Hospital Waterford who are diabetics waiting to get an appointment with an endocrinologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10569/16]

Pension Provisions

Mary Butler

32. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8665/16]

Home Help Service Expenditure

Mary Butler

98. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if he has curtailed finance for home care packages and home help assistance since January 2016, resulting in a cut of hours from 24 to 14; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8666/16]

Community Development Projects

Mary Butler

142. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to fund the reinstatement of an administrator, even on a part-time basis, for the Ballybeg community development project in Waterford city. [8667/16]