Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Rehabilitative Training Allowance Payments

Eamon Scanlon

183. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) never received the rehabilitative training bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41464/19]

Working Family Payment Applications

Eamon Scanlon

258. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment application by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41498/19]

Work Permits Applications Data

Eamon Scanlon

15. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to streamline the application process for work permits; the actions being taken to reduce the processing time; the number of applications received to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40821/19]

Work Permits Applications

Eamon Scanlon

173. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40844/19]

Work Permits Applications

Eamon Scanlon

174. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40845/19]

Primary Care Centres Data

Eamon Scanlon

223. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if works on the Grange and Drumcliffe primary health centres in County Sligo will be progressing together; the estimated completion time of both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40654/19]

JobPath Data

Eamon Scanlon

460. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to Turas Nua and Seetec for JobPath to date; the number of persons to date that have gained employment through the JobPath service; the number of persons that have been employed for over a year on JobPath; the number employed after two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40629/19]

Proposed Legislation

Eamon Scanlon

23. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in publishing the parental leave and benefit Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40131/19]

Rural Regeneration and Development Fund

Eamon Scanlon

333. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural regeneration development fund; the status of an application (details supplied); when successful projects will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40199/19]

Community Employment Schemes Review

Eamon Scanlon

357. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the interdepartmental review of community employment schemes; when the review is expected to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40489/19]

Springboard Programme

Eamon Scanlon

358. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to extend training and education and upskilling opportunities to recipients of the partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40490/19]

Parental Leave

Eamon Scanlon

142. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the paid parental benefit scheme will be enforced by November 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40069/19]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Eamon Scanlon

235. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing time for illness benefit, disability allowance, carer's allowance and benefit and invalidity pension applications, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40030/19]

Teaching Qualifications

Eamon Scanlon

201. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) with bachelor degrees from the United States of America is required to contact each individual statutory authority relative to each academia in order to be recognised here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39415/19]

Disability Allowance Applications

Eamon Scanlon

602. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39695/19]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Eamon Scanlon

603. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39700/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Eamon Scanlon

130. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset will specifically cover only current HSE funded users of the FreeStyle Libre device; and if not, if the health technology assessment group review will compare total blood glucose strip usage spend year on year. [39137/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Eamon Scanlon

131. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre group review decision making process that will be given to criteria (details supplied). [39138/19]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Eamon Scanlon

141. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his policy with regard to the roll-out of 5G nationwide; his views on whether 5G technologies will pose no harm to the public, particularly children and the elderly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38932/19]

Home Help Service Data

Eamon Scanlon

360. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting home help support; and the number awaiting additional support at the latest available date in counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon. [37123/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Eamon Scanlon

361. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if staffing allocations have been filled in a school (details supplied). [37124/19]

Defence Forces Reserve Strength

Eamon Scanlon

7. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of active members of the Reserve Defence Forces; the number of new reservists recruited during the 2018 campaign; if a recruitment campaign will open in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35118/19]

Credit Union Regulation

Eamon Scanlon

134. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Finance if his decision to approve a substantial increase to the industry levy on credit unions up to 50% by 2022 will be reversed; if he consulted with a committee (details supplied) in advance of the announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36076/19]

VAT Rate Application

Eamon Scanlon

148. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Finance the reason for the 23% VAT rate for health supplements; if his attention has been drawn to the guidance published by the Revenue Commissioners in May 2007 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36296/19]

Pension Provisions

Eamon Scanlon

150. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding taxation of German pensions; his views on whether persons should not have to pay twice for the same pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36361/19]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Eamon Scanlon

816. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of the 80-bed community hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal; if the estimated €25 million has been put in place to carry out the work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34813/19]

Forestry Grants

Eamon Scanlon

1407. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to make grants available to persons to replant land on which trees have been felled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35603/19]

Child Benefit Eligibility

Eamon Scanlon

1835. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if child benefit will be extended to families in receipt of the working family payment whose children are over 18 years of age and still attending second level school; her views on the fact that a school child sitting the leaving certificate is fully dependent on his or her parents and the loss of €140 a month is considerable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35596/19]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals

Eamon Scanlon

1861. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36065/19]

Passport Applications

Eamon Scanlon

131. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which a person can cancel an online passport application in order that he or she can make an appointment for the rapid renewal service in the event that his or her passport will not issue for the intended travel date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33336/19]

Vehicle Registration

Eamon Scanlon

260. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Finance his plans to address concerns that VRT will be increased in budget 2020; his views on the fact that the last major upheaval of VRT cost the motor industry tens of thousands of jobs and saw more than 150 long-standing family businesses close; his further views as to whether sudden taxation changes will cost jobs and slow down the drive to reduce emissions from transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34302/19]

Vehicle Registration

Eamon Scanlon

262. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Finance if he will adjust the VRT bands in the forthcoming budget to take into account the differences between the old test and the new test; if he will equalise the VRT system for new and used vehicles and reach climate change goals in a planned, measured and realistic way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34327/19]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Eamon Scanlon

343. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a summer works scheme application by a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; when a decision is expected on 2020 applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31517/19]

Garda Station Refurbishment

Eamon Scanlon

657. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the upgrade of Tubbercurry Garda station, County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33397/19]

Garda Stations

Eamon Scanlon

913. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the development of the new Garda regional headquarters in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33437/19]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Eamon Scanlon

1014. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits that have taken place in each county to date over the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33425/19]

Home Help Service Provision

Eamon Scanlon

1237. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for additional home help hours for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32223/19]

Home Care Packages Provision

Eamon Scanlon

1377. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of home support hours available for older persons in counties Sligo and Leitrim; his plans to deal with the continued increases in persons waiting for homecare support and an increase in their home support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32690/19]

Home Care Packages Data

Eamon Scanlon

1378. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon on waiting lists for home support services; the waiting time for same in each county; the number of persons in the counties on waiting lists for an increase in their home support; the waiting time for an approved increase in supports to be in place in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32691/19]

Home Help Service Data

Eamon Scanlon

1379. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting zero to three, three to six and six to 12 months respectively, for an approved increase in their home help services in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32692/19]

Health Promotion

Eamon Scanlon

1386. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to erect signage drawing the attention of persons to ticks and Lyme disease nationally; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that ticks are widespread throughout the countryside and in areas of rough vegetation and forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32724/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

Eamon Scanlon

1552. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents waiting for an appointment for child and adolescent mental health services in community healthcare organisation 1, CHO1, to date by periods (details supplied); the number of priority cases in each period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33399/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

Eamon Scanlon

1553. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for a consultant psychiatrist in child and adolescent mental health services in community healthcare organisation 1, CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33400/19]

Respite Care Services Provision

Eamon Scanlon

1554. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the action he is taking to address the disparity in the provision of respite care in the north west; the number of respite care facilities operating in community healthcare organisation 1, CHO1, for children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33401/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Eamon Scanlon

1555. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health when the fair deal changes for farming families will be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33402/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Eamon Scanlon

1556. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to address waiting times for orthopaedic procedures in the north-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33403/19]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Eamon Scanlon

1557. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for speech and language, psychology and occupational therapy services in CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33404/19]

Home Help Service Data

Eamon Scanlon

1561. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a homecare package in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon; the number of persons on a waiting list for an increase in home support hours in each county; the number waiting zero to three, three to six and six to 12 months, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33424/19]

Hospitals Building Programme

Eamon Scanlon

1563. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed capital developments at Sligo University Hospital, St. Patrick’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon, St John's Hospital, Sligo, and the North West Hospice, Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33430/19]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Eamon Scanlon

1564. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the status of plans for new primary care centres in Carrick-on-Shannon, Drumcliffe, Grange, Nazareth House, Sligo town and Tubbercurry, County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33431/19]