Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Public Transport Data

Imelda Munster

554. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mid-point annual pay for drivers in Bus Éireann and LocalLink services, respectively. [5153/19]

Driver Test Waiting Lists

Imelda Munster

555. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional resources, finance or both required to implement a guarantee of a driver test within six weeks of application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5154/19]

National Mitigation Plan

Imelda Munster

561. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details regarding item No. 72 of the update report on the national mitigation plan: actions complete, in relation to establishing a behavioural economics working group to consider behavioural change; the number of members in this group; the grades of the members; the date on which the group was established; the number of occasions it has met; the purpose or goals of the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5362/19]

Electric Vehicles

Imelda Munster

571. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of journeys not awarded the correct discount regarding electronic vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, respectively, on each of the road tolls since the introduction of the scheme; the way in which he plans to remedy the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5575/19]

Land Availability

Imelda Munster

647. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of land banks and public lands and sites owned by Louth County Council; the acreage of same; the locations and the size and acreage of each site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5039/19]

Driver Test Waiting Lists

Imelda Munster

213. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting driver test dates by county; the average waiting time; and the longest waiting time in tabular form. [4794/19]

Driver Test Waiting Lists

Imelda Munster

214. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who have been given driver test dates by county; the average time between receiving the date and the test date itself; and the longest waiting time between receiving the test date itself in tabular form. [4795/19]

Driver Test Data

Imelda Munster

215. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver test centres; and the location of each centre by county in tabular form. [4796/19]

Driver Test Data

Imelda Munster

216. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of additional driver testers recruited each month since January 2018 by county; the location each tester has been stationed to work; and the number of testers required in each centre in order for them to be fully staffed. [4797/19]

Driver Test Regulations

Imelda Munster

217. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the travel options available to persons who are awaiting a driver test date in rural areas that do not have an adequate public transport system and who need to get to educational institutes and work but are not in a position to travel to same with a passenger who is in possession of a full driver licence. [4798/19]

Rural Transport Services

Imelda Munster

218. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the areas catered for by LocalLink; and his plans to extend the service in the future. [4799/19]

Rural Transport Services

Imelda Munster

219. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will publish the findings of a review into the evening services pilot by LocalLink. [4800/19]

Taxi Data

Imelda Munster

220. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi plates in each county nationally. [4810/19]

Taxi Regulations

Imelda Munster

236. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a policy to allow persons who are not taxi licence holders to take fares in their locality in rural areas which do not have access to taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4449/19]

Patient Data

Imelda Munster

327. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults, respectively, who have no fixed abode or address and who are designated homeless, who attended Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and Louth County Hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form. [3844/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration

Imelda Munster

417. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the criteria used by the Louth and Meath child and adolescent mental health services to accept a child into the service. [4276/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration

Imelda Munster

418. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the range and type of conditions that the Louth and Meath child and adolescent mental health services deem not to be relevant or that do not warrant admission or assessment into the services; the reasons for these decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4277/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration

Imelda Munster

419. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the risk assessment used to refuse a child admission into the Louth and Meath child and adolescent mental health services; and the process used such as MDT meetings. [4278/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration

Imelda Munster

420. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the advice given to parents and guardians and referrers as to further referral pathways available to children refused access to the Louth and Meath child and adolescent mental health services. [4279/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

Imelda Munster

421. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents on the Louth and Meath child and adolescent mental health services waiting list that are classified as either emergency, urgent or routine; and the average waiting time for assessment for each child as per each classification. [4280/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff

Imelda Munster

422. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels in the Louth and Meath child and adolescent mental health services by staff category (details supplied) in tabular form; the approved staffing levels in the categories; the level of unfilled posts per category; his views on the impact of the unfilled posts on waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4281/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision

Imelda Munster

423. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the nature of the out-of-hours service provided by the Louth and Meath child and adolescent mental health services for children and families in crisis. [4282/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

Imelda Munster

424. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of appointments seen on a daily basis by each of the professional categories (details supplied) in the Louth and Meath child and adolescent mental health services. [4283/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

Imelda Munster

425. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the amount of time set aside by professionals for administrative duties on a weekly basis in the Louth and Meath child and adolescent mental health services. [4284/19]

Motor Insurance

Imelda Munster

88. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the situation for many young drivers who hold learner permits and are unable to obtain car insurance (details supplied); the measures he has taken or plans to take to rectify same; if he has considered a special scheme for young drivers in which they are charged a set insurance rate which increases if they commit a driving offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3509/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Imelda Munster

168. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residents of private nursing homes who continue to hold full general medical services cards do not in practice have the same eligibility as other persons who live in the community in matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3499/19]

Nursing Home Services

Imelda Munster

169. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if incontinence products supplied on a client-specific basis to residents of private nursing homes who hold full general medical services cards are exclusively used for the benefit of the identified client. [3500/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Imelda Munster

170. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if senior managers in the social care division of the HSE actively engage with and provide oversight to private nursing homes to ensure that exceptional governance is ongoing and that this engagement is in addition to the statutory responsibility of HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3501/19]

Motor Insurance

Imelda Munster

258. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the situation for many young drivers that hold learner permits and are unable to obtain car insurance (details supplied); the measures he has taken or plans to take to rectify same; if he has considered a special scheme for young drivers in which they are charged a set insurance rate which increases if they commit a driving offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3508/19]

National Transport Authority

Imelda Munster

923. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the NTA to publish a transport plan for Newbridge, County Kildare which was due to be published at the end of 2018; the timeline for the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1160/19]

Hospitals Policy

Imelda Munster

379. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the rationale behind the proposed name change at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the projected cost of changing the name of the hospital. [52913/18]

Public Transport

Imelda Munster

2. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he plans to put in place in order to tackle the increasing number of attacks on the public transport network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52270/18]

Housing Agency

Imelda Munster

581. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the position regarding the Abhaile scheme granny flat pilot project in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; his views on whether the concept will be expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51984/18]

Coastal Erosion

Imelda Munster

311. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the position regarding the report that has been prepared in respect of coastal erosion across all 19 local authorities in which coastlines are under threat from erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51186/18]

Coastal Erosion

Imelda Munster

175. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the report that has been prepared in respect of coastal erosion across all 19 local authorities in which coastlines are under threat from erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50393/18]

Coastal Protection

Imelda Munster

176. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of the recent erection of the new promenade and coastal protection and rock armour in Laytown, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50394/18]

Coastal Protection

Imelda Munster

177. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount allocated to Meath County Council for the new promenade and coastal protection and rock armour recently erected in Laytown, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50395/18]

Translation Services Expenditure

Imelda Munster

572. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full cost to date for the maintenance of the unopened private service station on the M11 at Ballyellin, Inch, Gorey, County Wexford; and the breakdown of the various costs. [50259/18]

Road Network

Imelda Munster

582. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a funding application has been received to date for the Julianstown bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50376/18]

Road Network

Imelda Munster

583. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been engagement between his Department and Meath County Council regarding the worsening traffic conditions on the R132 through Julianstown with a view to advancing the case for a bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50377/18]

Drug and Alcohol Testing

Imelda Munster

236. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce legislation to require mandatory drug and alcohol testing of transport and haulage drivers; the details of same; the timeline in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49610/18]

Pension Fund Data

Imelda Munster

568. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the current state of the CIE superannuation scheme 1951; his plans in relation to the scheme; his plans to reimburse the scheme of moneys previously removed during the recession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48284/18]

Cross-Border Projects

Imelda Munster

174. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the construction of the A5 upgrade to a dual carriageway from Derry city and County Donegal to County Monaghan will be equally co-funded. [47483/18]

Social and Affordable Housing Funding

Imelda Munster

69. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he will fund the roll-out of a social and affordable housing building programme on the 50 acres of council-owned landbanks in County Louth in view of the housing emergency. [47155/18]

Irish Coast Guard Issues

Imelda Munster

501. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if emergency calls to the Irish Coast Guard are recorded; the chronology setting out the sequence of events involving the Irish Coast Guard relating to an incident (details supplied); and if all recordings and documents in connection with the incident will be made available to the family. [46981/18]

Bus Services

Imelda Munster

61. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the rationale for the continued privatisation of the public bus network, in particular, the latest tranche of Bus Éireann routes to be put out to tender, in view of the fact that the first privatisation effort has only begun and has, therefore, not been subject to a performance review. [45720/18]

Semi-State Bodies Expenditure

Imelda Munster

66. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of additional spend for each of the three CIÉ companies, capital and current, and a company (details supplied) in budget 2019. [45646/18]

Airport Development Projects

Imelda Munster

67. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for putting forward plans for a third terminal at Dublin Airport despite opposition from key stakeholders; the details of the lobbying efforts to his Department and office in favour of a third terminal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45645/18]

Brexit Issues

Imelda Munster

90. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contingency plan being put in place by him regarding the matter of reports that one third of Irish planes could be grounded by a no-deal Brexit; the engagement he has had with the European Commission, the Irish Aviation Authority and other relevant authorities in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45647/18]

Road Safety

Imelda Munster

889. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the powers or actions at his disposal regarding dangerous old suburban link roads that fail considerably when compared with modern standards such as those in the design manual for urban road and streets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45128/18]