Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Employment Rights

Pat the Cope Gallagher

27. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to solve the problems and issues surrounding seasonal and part time workers' rights in seasonal employment, in particular the fishing, farming and the hospitality sectors; the timeframe to deal with these issues in view of the fact that these anomalies are causing financial strain on many persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2017/18]

Employment Rights

Pat the Cope Gallagher

45. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the report into seasonal and part time workers' rights and entitlements to social welfare payments drafted by her Department; her plans regarding the problems experienced by those persons in obtaining social welfare payments once their part time work ceases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2016/18]

Hospital Facilities

Pat the Cope Gallagher

112. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health the specific new initiatives, additional resources or extra capacity that was sanctioned for Letterkenny university hospital in advance of the winter period; the additional staff, bed capacity and resources that was provided for to deal with the pressures which the hospital has been under for the past number of months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2202/18]

Hospital Facilities

Pat the Cope Gallagher

113. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health the additional bed capacity provided in Letterkenny university hospital in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the additional staff that were sanctioned in order to meet the extra capacity for the same period; his views on the ongoing capacity problems experienced at the hospital; his plans to deal with the lack of bed capacity and staff shortages at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2203/18]

Hospital Facilities

Pat the Cope Gallagher

114. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if studies or analysis of the future service needs and demands of Letterkenny university hospital catchment area has been conducted by either the HSE or his department in order to plan for the hospital's future capacity needs in an orderly fashion; his views on the overcrowding situation at the hospital; his further views on whether future strategic planning and additional and appropriate further investment is urgently needed at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2204/18]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Pat the Cope Gallagher

1039. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if plans or submissions have been made to the national social care division of the HSE on the upgrading of Lifford Community Hospital, County Donegal; when such plans or submissions were made; the details of those proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1454/18]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Pat the Cope Gallagher

1040. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if plans or submissions have been made to the national capital property steering group of the HSE on the upgrading of Lifford Community Hospital, County Donegal; when such proposals were made; the details of those proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1455/18]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Pat the Cope Gallagher

1041. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if plans or submissions have been made to the national social care division of the HSE on upgrading Ramelton Community Hospital, County Donegal; when such plans or submissions were made; the details of those proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1456/18]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Pat the Cope Gallagher

1042. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if plans or submissions have been made to the national capital property steering group of the HSE on the upgrading of Ramelton Community Hospital, County Donegal; when such proposals were made; the details of those proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1457/18]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Pat the Cope Gallagher

1043. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if plans or submissions have been made to the national social care division of the HSE on upgrading St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal; when such plans or submissions were made; the details of those proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1458/18]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Pat the Cope Gallagher

1044. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if plans or submissions have been made to the national capital property steering group of the HSE on the upgrading of St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal; when such proposals were made; the details of those proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1459/18]

Hospital Beds Data

Pat the Cope Gallagher

1045. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health the amount of long-stay residential beds, long-term accommodation beds, step-down assessment beds and dementia long-stay and short-stay beds in County Donegal for each of the years 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2017; his plans to increase bed capacity in the county; his plans to increase staffing numbers to cater for the increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1460/18]

Health Services

Pat the Cope Gallagher

1046. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health the consultation his Department or HSE officials have had with the Church of Ireland community on the retention of the Church of Ireland at St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar; the level of engagement they had with the community prior to the submission of the plan to the national social care division of the HSE; the outcome of consultations other than initial contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1461/18]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Pat the Cope Gallagher

1047. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health the grant level which was approved for the retention of the long-term residential accommodation capacity in Lifford, Ramelton and St. Joseph’s Community Hospitals, County Donegal in 2016 and 2017; if applications made in either 2016, 2017 or to date for the three hospitals are still awaiting funding approval by the HSE for long-term accommodation capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1462/18]

Regional Development Initiatives

Pat the Cope Gallagher

1237. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date on the new Atlantic economic corridor, in particular the proposals relating to County Donegal; the proposals his Department is examining; the budgets earmarked for same; the timeframe for the delivery of the overall project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1758/18]

Local Improvement Scheme Data

Pat the Cope Gallagher

1545. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a budget has been set aside for the local improvement scheme in 2018; the intended budget for the scheme in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1757/18]

Leader Programmes Data

Pat the Cope Gallagher

1546. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of expenditure by Leader in County Donegal for 2016 and 2017; the degree of underspend within the programme at present; the proposals to deal with the underspend; the details of Leader underspend funding transferred to other departmental budgets in the course of 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1759/18]

Commercial Rates Data

Pat the Cope Gallagher

1833. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the commercial rates charge as levied on commercial businesses and companies for each county council or local authority district as of 1 January 2018, in tabular form; his plans for reviewing the current commercial rates system in view of the fact the present system is archaic and unfair; the possible timeframe for reform of the rates system; his plans to implement the necessary changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2030/18]

Bord Údarás na Gaeltachta

Pat the Cope Gallagher

1928. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta mioneolas a thabhairt faoin teagmháil a bhí aici agus ag an Aire Stáit le SLM Éire Teo, sular fhógair an comhlacht go raibh sé le deireadh a chur lena ghnó ar Pháirc Ghnó Ghaoth Dobhair, agus 32 post caillte dá bharr; an ndeimhneoidh sí cén uair ar cuireadh a Roinn ar an eolas faoi fhógra an chomhlachta agus cad iad na hiarrachtaí a rinne a cuid feidhmeannach agus a Roinn chun nach ndéanfaí an cinneadh; cén teagmháil a bhí ag a Roinn nó ag áisíneachtaí ábharacha fostaíochta eile sna ceantair Ghaeltachta le SLM ó d’fhógair siad an cinneadh; an dtabharfaidh sí eolas faoi na hiarrachtaí atá ar bun chun na deontais a íocadh leis an chomhlacht a aisíoc; an soláthróidh sí tuairisc chuimsitheach maidir leis an leibhéal teagmhála atá ann leis an chomhlacht seo faoi láthair; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [1443/18]

Bord Údarás na Gaeltachta

Pat the Cope Gallagher

1929. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta eolas a thabhairt faoin straitéis atá ag a Roinn agus/nó ag áisíneachtaí ábharacha stáit eile atá freagrach do na ceantair Ghaeltachta, le malairt fostaíochta a aimsiú i gceantar Ghaoth Dobhair agus ceantar iarthar Chontae Dhún na nGall ó cailleadh 32 post roimh an Nollaig i gcomhlacht SLM Éire Teo i nGaoth Dobhair; an dtabharfaidh sí sonraí faoi cad é an straitéis atá ag a Roinn maidir le cruthú fostaíochta sa Ghaeltacht le béim faoi leith ar Ghaeltacht Dhún na nGall, áit a bhfuil ráta ard dífhostaíochta faoi láthair; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [1444/18]