Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Shared Ownership Scheme

Michael Conaghan

478. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will intervene to allow a person, who is part owner of a local authority house under the shared ownership scheme in which the person resides, to purchase the other half of the property from the local authority at today's market price. [3272/16]

Heritage Schemes

Michael Conaghan

54. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are proposals in place for Inchicore and Kilmainham to become an industrial heritage hub due to industrial revolution sites in the area; and if she will consider the area as a cultural and heritage hotspot to entice tourists to visit sites, parks and museums therein. [43505/15]

Housing Regeneration

Michael Conaghan

577. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the proposals for the refurbishment of the housing complex for elderly persons at Jamestown Court in Inchicore, Dublin 8, for which planning permission was granted by Dublin City Council in June 2015; and when the necessary sanction will be given to enable the refurbishment work to proceed. [40541/15]

Local Drugs Task Forces Review Report

Michael Conaghan

173. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of the 15 recommendations of the 2012 Report on the Review of Drugs Task Forces and the National Structures Under Which They Operate that have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18089/15]

Local Drugs Task Forces Review Report

Michael Conaghan

174. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a merger of two organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18090/15]

Local Drugs Task Forces Review Report

Michael Conaghan

175. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied) regarding local drugs task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18091/15]

Passport Services

Michael Conaghan

206. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is in a position to provide five-year passports for senior citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15187/15]

Patient Data

Michael Conaghan

685. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a specific mandatory standard to require the National Referral Centre for Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, to collect and publish each quarter, data on the outcome, morbidity and mortality, for patients who suffer aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage, who are brought to hospitals where neurosurgery and endovascular treatment is not available, and who are not transferred to Beaumont Hospital for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11864/15]

Health Reports

Michael Conaghan

686. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Health the number and which of the 43 recommendations (details supplied) submitted to the Health Service Executive in 2009 have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11865/15]

Heritage Projects

Michael Conaghan

29. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of our mediocre record as a country in valuing, protecting, conserving, and presenting our industrial heritage as a significant cultural tourism product, if her Department will set out and articulate a plan for a tangible and appropriate record of this sphere of our past; her views that two adjacent sites in County Dublin (details supplied), the old mill site at Rowerstown Lane, Kilmainham and the Inchicore Railway Works site in Dublin 8, are best suited as sites to conserve and evoke two great eras of industrial technology, production, and work - the era of industrial technology of work and production based on harnessing the force of flowing water and the era of industrial production, harnessing the power of fire and water steam power. [9985/15]

Cycling Facilities Provision

Michael Conaghan

185. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money his Department has allocated for the development of cycle ways in 2015; the amount of funding that will be allocated to the Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6191/15]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Michael Conaghan

500. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the apprenticeship council will provide her with a report of proposals for a new way of developing apprenticeships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5610/15]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Michael Conaghan

501. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the uptake from engagement with the enterprise sectors in promoting new apprenticeships as outlined in the apprenticeship implementation plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5611/15]

Local Authority Housing

Michael Conaghan

202. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a new scheme will be introduced to allow local authority tenants to purchase their houses; if he will provide details of the expected scheme and the way it will operate; the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45660/14]

Trade Agreements

Michael Conaghan

914. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request the European Commission to provide an explicit exclusion of education from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, noting that the EU Foreign Affairs Council of Ministers has already excluded the audiovisual sector from TTIP, based on the public interest goal of preserving and promoting cultural and linguistic diversity within the EU; and her views that the same reasoning would justify an exemption for education from the TTIP. [41868/14]

Garda Deployment

Michael Conaghan

140. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of Garda personnel stationed at Garda stations (details supplied) for each of the past six years. [39154/14]

Garda Deployment

Michael Conaghan

141. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will augment the numbers of Garda personnel available to serve Drimnagh, Dublin 12, in order to more effectively combat crime and anti-social behaviour and thereby enhance personal safety and community well-being. [39155/14]

Drug Rehabilitation Clinics

Michael Conaghan

785. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of residential detox and rehabilitation beds currently available; his plans to implement the recommendations of the 2007 Health Service Executive report on residential treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33027/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Michael Conaghan

786. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the recommendations in the A Vision for Change report regarding drug users; the reason many of the services in the Vision for Change report are not being delivered to this vulnerable group of persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33028/14]

Medicinal Products Availability

Michael Conaghan

809. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for Health his plans to include Omacor as medication covered under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33127/14]