Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Waiting Lists

Andrew Doyle

413. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite surgery for a person (details supplied); his plans to address a situation regarding the lack of beds in the intensive care unit at St. James's Hospital for cardiology patients; and his further plans to open up private hospitals to public patients to help address the waiting lists for cardiology surgery at the hospital [31301/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Andrew Doyle

469. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the long waiting lists for surgery for cardiology patients and the lack of beds within the cardiology units in hospitals; his further plans to open up private hospitals to public patients for urgent cardiology surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24246/17]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

Andrew Doyle

341. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding the refusal of the long-term illness scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14959/17]

Orthodontic Services

Andrew Doyle

792. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13086/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Andrew Doyle

465. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health if a review will be carried out of phenyllcetonuria products on the long-term illness card that have been assessed and are waiting to be assessed; when the products currently waiting to be assessed will be assessed by the HSE; if consultations will take place with persons in need regarding the products available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8486/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Andrew Doyle

478. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health the long-term illness card budget spend on PKU products year on year; the person or body responsible for maintaining the list of PKU products; the frequency with which they meet and the criteria used in the assessment of new products for inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8598/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Andrew Doyle

845. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 579 of 29 November 2016, the products which were added to the illness card for patients of PKU four years ago; his plans to include members of the PKUAI to the expert group; and if persons will be consulted by the HSE to find the most suitable products for persons with PKU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41136/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

Andrew Doyle

579. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no products have been added to the long-term illness card for persons with PKU in approximately six years; if he will consider the introduction of new low-protein food products for patients of PKU; if so, when these products will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37467/16]

Planning Issues

Andrew Doyle

175. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to confirm that the National Transport Authority is to be considered the highest level land use and spatial planning body in the region, having regard to the fact that the new regional plan, regional spatial and economic strategy and all city and county development plans must now be consistent with the new transport strategy for the greater Dublin area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12201/16]

Planning Issues

Andrew Doyle

176. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if all current core strategies of the city and county councils in the greater Dublin area, which are drawn up to be consistent with the current national planning framework, the national spatial strategy and the regional plan for the area, regional planning guidelines for the greater Dublin area must now be amended where they do not comply with the new transport strategy for the greater Dublin area drawn up by the National Transport Authority and approved by his predecessor, in April 2016; to confirm that this would be the case even where the new transport strategy is not consistent with or supporting the delivery of the objectives of the national planning framework, the national spatial strategy, and the regional plan for the area, regional planning guidelines for the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12202/16]

Planning Issues

Andrew Doyle

177. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the body or agency that is ultimately responsible for spatial planning in Ireland and in the greater Dublin region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12203/16]

Planning Issues

Andrew Doyle

178. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the new transport strategy for the greater Dublin area has had sufficient regard to the regional plan for the greater Dublin area, that it underpins and supports all of the objectives for the greater Dublin area, particularly in the hinterland area outside of the Dublin metropolitan area; and to confirm that the strategy delivers the transport infrastructure required to allow Bray, Greystones, Wicklow town, Arklow, Newtownmountkennedy and Blessington in County Wicklow to grow significantly and fulfil their roles as growth centres as per the regional plan. [12204/16]

Transport Policy

Andrew Doyle

348. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the new transport strategy for the greater Dublin area, approved by his predecessor in April 2016, has had sufficient regard to the current national planning framework the national spatial strategy, the regional plan for the area regional planning guidelines for the greater Dublin area and the relevant city and county development plans in the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12140/16]

Transport Policy

Andrew Doyle

349. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm that the National Transport Authority is to be considered the highest level land use and spatial planning body in the region, having regard to the fact that the new regional plan regional spatial and economic strategy and all city and county development plans must now be consistent with the new transport strategy for the greater Dublin area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12141/16]

Transport Policy

Andrew Doyle

350. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm that the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland will deliver the required transportation infrastructure for new developments and new development areas in County Wicklow that are so designated for substantial new development by the regional plan and the Wicklow county development plan; to confirm that high-quality, frequent and fit-for-purpose mass transit services between County Wicklow growth centres and between County Wicklow and County Dublin, as well as local services within centres are to be delivered; and the infrastructure proposed, in particular with regard to the servicing of the most significant growth area in Fassaroe, Bray, County Wicklow. [12142/16]

School Placement

Andrew Doyle

195. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if sufficient school places are available to accommodate all the students who are to start junior infants in Greystones in September 2016; the number of children who do not have a place; and if he will provide an extra class if needed in one of the eight primary schools in the Greystones and Delgany area of County Wicklow. [11776/16]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Andrew Doyle

160. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health the plans of the Health Service Executive for the provision of a primary health centre in Greystones, in County Wicklow; the timescale for when this will be delivered; if it will be provided within the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10807/16]

Health Services Staff

Andrew Doyle

161. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health if he can confirm the sanctioning of two positions to support the implementation of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care initiative for a senior dietician and a senior podiatrist under the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan have been advertised and filled for County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10808/16]

Health Services Staff

Andrew Doyle

162. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health if there is a panel for positions of podiatrist and senior dietician for County Wicklow; if so, the number of persons on this panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10809/16]

Speech and Language Therapy

Andrew Doyle

163. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health if the north of Wicklow networks 1 and 2 have a full-time senior speech therapist to service adults with acquired communication and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome difficulties in network 1 and 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10810/16]

Speech and Language Therapy

Andrew Doyle

164. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the current waiting list for adults to see the senior speech therapist in Wicklow south; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10811/16]

Speech and Language Therapy

Andrew Doyle

165. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health the number of active clients the senior speech therapist in County Wicklow currently has, who services adults with acquired communications and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10812/16]

Speech and Language Therapy

Andrew Doyle

166. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health his plans to recruit a senior speech therapist for adults for network 1 and 2 in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10813/16]

Speech and Language Therapy

Andrew Doyle

167. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health if there is currently approval for eight full-time senior speech and language therapists and four staff grade speech and language therapists in County Wicklow; the number of speech and language therapists and staff grade therapists currently employed in County Wicklow; if there is a plan to reach the full approved quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10814/16]

Speech and Language Therapy

Andrew Doyle

168. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health if there is a panel for speech and language therapists in County Wicklow; the number of persons on this panel; the length of time they have been on this panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10815/16]

Speech and Language Therapy

Andrew Doyle

169. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health the number of children who applied for the speech and language class in a school (details supplied) in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10816/16]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Andrew Doyle

170. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health the number of places available for speech and language classes in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10817/16]

Speech and Language Therapy

Andrew Doyle

171. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has plans to open further speech and language units in County Wicklow in the foreseeable future to meet the demand for additional speech and language therapy units in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10818/16]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Andrew Doyle

172. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health if an early intervention project for preschools in designated areas of disadvantage will be funded and set up in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10819/16]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Andrew Doyle

242. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills to consider an amendment to the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 for cases to be re-examined which have considerable new information available. [10597/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Andrew Doyle

790. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health the waiting list for children in County Wicklow to see a paediatrics occupational therapist; the number of paediatrics occupational therapists employed by the Health Service Executive in County Wicklow; the number of active clients they have; the waiting list for children in County Wicklow to see a paediatrics physiotherapist; if the HSE in County Wicklow is recruiting speech therapists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10114/16]

Court Accommodation Refurbishment

Andrew Doyle

50. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of redevelopment plans by the Courts Service for the remaining five provincial city and county town venues in need of significant improvement following completion of the Hammond Lane project and the seven provincial venues already approved by way of public private partnership projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9202/16]

Medical Card Eligibility

Andrew Doyle

68. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health if an agreement has been made between the United Kingdom and Ireland so that if an Irish citizen who has worked long term in the UK, and held a UK medical card, is then automatically entitled to an Irish medical card when they return home to retire. [7878/16]

Inter-Country Adoptions

Andrew Doyle

356. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of applicants who registered with Arc Adoption Agency for the purposes of inter-country adoption and who are now pursuing the refund of their registration fee since the liquidation of the agency in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6592/16]

Passport Data

Andrew Doyle

624. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports and identity cards he has issued in 2016 to date; if the ten-day turnaround for re-issuing passports has been met in 2016; if he will employ more seasonal staff to deal with the backlog of passports if the volume of applications increases; if there has been an increase in the number of applications from outside the Republic of Ireland between January and April 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6623/16]

Inland Fisheries Ireland Remit

Andrew Doyle

487. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his responsibility or agencies of his Department for repairs to Ashford Weir in County Wicklow, further to recent storm damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3257/16]

Film Industry Promotion

Andrew Doyle

513. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will comprehensively review the funding allocation for the film industry, including the Irish Film Board, given its impact on regional development strategy and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3119/16]

Equine Industry

Andrew Doyle

285. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why the rigorous inspections of the Irish draught horse breed have been suspended, given the importance of the breed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42834/15]

Psychological Assessments

Andrew Doyle

532. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the position of a school psychologist will be filled in order to carry out an National Educational Psychological Service assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42808/15]

Medical Qualifications

Andrew Doyle

167. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Health if a decision has been made to protect the titles of "physiotherapist" and "physical therapist" in one register in relation to the Health Care and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41860/15]

Credit Union Regulation

Andrew Doyle

158. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the request by the Credit Union Advisory Council and the International Credit Union Regulators Network to review their three issues before signing the Statutory Instrument Consultation Paper 88; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41362/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Andrew Doyle

548. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the special purpose vehicle announced under the social housing strategy will be put in place; the implementation process; how the vehicle will interact with local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40572/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Andrew Doyle

581. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the special purpose vehicle announced under the social housing strategy will be put in place; how it will be rolled out; how it will interact with local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40571/15]

Tax Rebates

Andrew Doyle

289. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance if a married couple (details supplied) in County Wexford, who were not given the correct marriage allowance for the past 18 years, will be reconsidered for the moneys forgone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37391/15]

Court Accommodation Refurbishment

Andrew Doyle

118. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider Wicklow court house as part of the €10 million provision in Exchequer funding for courts building refurbishment under the capital investment plan, as this court house has been earmarked for development of a Four Courts campus by the Courts Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34869/15]

Inter-Country Adoptions

Andrew Doyle

394. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the short-term impediments to the completion of a bilateral agreement with the Russian Federation for the purposes of inter-country adoption with Ireland; the steps that have been taken to address the issue of post placement reports in the negotiations towards achieving a bilateral agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33052/15]

Departmental Funding

Andrew Doyle

718. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the monthly funding made available by his Department to mediation agencies for inter-country adoption, ARC Adoption and Helping Hands; if this funding is still available and will be available in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32140/15]

Interdepartmental Working Groups

Andrew Doyle

1683. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the regularity with which the expert interdepartmental group meets; the procedure on updates and briefings to her by the group; if she will provide an outline of their agenda and-or progress report to date; the agencies and Government Departments which are members of the group; the time frame for conclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30641/15]

School Transport Appeals

Andrew Doyle

661. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the refusal of school transport in respect of children (details supplied) in County Wicklow who have special needs and other illnesses. [29855/15]

Action Plan for Jobs

Andrew Doyle

952. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the deliberations of the expert working group established under the auspices of her Department with regard to action 152 in the Action Plan for Jobs, in particular regarding the submission made by organisations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29044/15]