Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes

Pearse Doherty

126. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of points awarded on the basis of price for tenders for contracted training at SOLAS; if this was always the case; the reason this percentage was chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20404/18]

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes

Pearse Doherty

127. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the scoring matrix for the tenders for contracted training at SOLAS is weighted in a way that means the cheapest tender counts for too little in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20405/18]

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes

Pearse Doherty

128. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of companies that have received a contract for training at SOLAS in each of the past ten years across each education and training board and by education and training board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20406/18]

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes

Pearse Doherty

129. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of each of the top ten most costly SOLAS courses provided by each education and training board in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20407/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

164. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be referred to St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20239/18]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pearse Doherty

262. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has an obligation to advise jobseekers who are taking up employment that they may have an entitlement to certain payments such as the back to work family dividend scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20269/18]

Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme

Pearse Doherty

263. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the back to work dividend scheme does not facilitate an arrangement whereby payments can be collected by recipients at post offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20270/18]

Oideachas Gaeilge

Pearse Doherty

293. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sí ar an eolas faoi na deacrachtaí atá ag coláiste Gaeilge i gContae Dhún na nGall (sonraí curtha ar fáil) maidir le tacaíochtaí airgeadais a fháil ó na gníomhaireachtaí ábhartha, rud a fhágann nach dtig leis an gcoláiste rochtain a fháil ar roinnt de na scéimeanna atá dírithe ar an nGaeilge a theagasc do scoláirí; an iarrfaidh sí ar oifigigh na Roinne an cás seo a chíoradh agus dul i dteagmháil leis an gcoláiste d’fhonn cuidiú a chur ar fáil; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [20220/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

249. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a physiological assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19624/18]

Medical Products

Pearse Doherty

310. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the patient entitlement including product types and product costs of post-surgery products such as prosthesis swimwear, bras and so on; the application procedure a person wishing to receive such products must follow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19877/18]

Drugs Payment Scheme Administration

Pearse Doherty

311. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a partial refund was awarded to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19879/18]

Fishing Industry

Pearse Doherty

384. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that have been taken to date to progress proposals to establish a consultation process to review the options for more restricted access for large fishing vessels fishing by means of trawls inside the six nautical mile zone; if submissions from all interested stakeholders are being accepted in respect of same; if so, the timeframe for submissions to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19878/18]

Driver Licences

Pearse Doherty

227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reinstate a facility (details supplied) in which driver licence services were previously provided in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19540/18]

Child and Family Agency Reports

Pearse Doherty

236. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the long waiting times that still exist for Tusla to furnish section 20 reports requested by the District Courts in County Donegal despite assurances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19469/18]

Community Banking

Pearse Doherty

57. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the report on the Sparkassen public banking model will be published; the reason for the delay in publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18912/18]

Banking Sector Regulation

Pearse Doherty

92. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the action the Central Bank will take against a bank (details supplied) following its computer problems; the rights of the affected customers in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18798/18]

Tracker Mortgage Examination Data

Pearse Doherty

93. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the exact nature of the 4,000 new cases in the Central Bank's April 2018 update on the tracker mortgage scandal; the new groups that have been included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18885/18]

Qualifications Recognition

Pearse Doherty

144. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a requirement (details supplied) for persons to seek recognition of their professional qualifications for regulated construction industry activities that were obtained outside the State; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty this requirement creates for residents of Border communities who have previously obtained the relevant qualifications in Northern Ireland and wish to work and provide services here and who may, in previous years, have provided such services here; the actions he will take to address the anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18747/18]

Qualifications Recognition

Pearse Doherty

145. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a requirement (details supplied) for persons seeking to have professional qualifications for regulated construction industry activities recognised for the provision of services on a temporary or occasional basis in relation to qualifications obtained outside the State; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty this requirement creates for residents of Border communities living here and who wish to work and provide services here; the actions he will take to address this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18748/18]

Foirne Scoile

Pearse Doherty

162. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an gcasfaidh sé le toscaireacht ó scoil (sonraí tugtha) i gContae Dhún na nGall chun a cás eisceachtúil ó thaobh soláthar foirne agus maoiniú a phlé; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [18921/18]