Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Defence Forces Recruitment

Seamus Healy

119. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if leaving certificate results obtained in two sittings can be accepted for entry into the Army cadets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44743/18]

Vaccination Programme

Seamus Healy

149. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the shortage of the BCG vaccine here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40468/18]

Vaccination Programme

Seamus Healy

152. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the shortage of the BCG vaccine here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40480/18]

Naval Service Vessels

Seamus Healy

47. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the construction of the multi-role naval vessel at an estimated cost of €200 million has been put out to tender; if so, if a tender has been accepted; if the purchase price or part thereof or other procurement costs of the vessel will be included in his Department's allocation in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40343/18]

Naval Service Vessels

Seamus Healy

57. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the construction of the multi-role naval vessel at an estimated cost of €200 million that it has been decided will be purchased has been put out to tender; if so, if a tender has been accepted; if the purchase price or part thereof or other procurement costs of the vessel will be included in his Department's allocation in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39911/18]

Physiotherapy Provision

Seamus Healy

184. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health if the decision to withdraw physiotherapy services from a school (details supplied) will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40206/18]

Health Services Provision

Seamus Healy

138. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health if additional resources, including funding and locations, will be made available for inpatient nut allergy testing for children in view of the fact that there are long waiting lists at the two centres in Cork and Crumlin, Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39184/18]

Consular Services Representations

Seamus Healy

88. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to having the person returned here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32492/18]

Housing Adaptation Grant

Seamus Healy

2630. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when funds to local authorities for adaptations to local authority rented dwellings under the housing adaptation for people with a disability scheme will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32844/18]

Public Procurement Regulations

Seamus Healy

2631. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the recent tendering process for repairs to local authority houses by Waterford County Council which contravenes the terms of circular letter 10/14: Initiatives to Assist SMEs in Public Procurement and has resulted in 120 job losses among small builders in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32918/18]

Mental Health Services Provision

Seamus Healy

362. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health if a separate waiting room will be made available at the emergency department at South Tipperary General Hospital for patients presenting with mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31352/18]

Hospital Charges

Seamus Healy

695. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health if he will request those hospitals which have introduced an €80 charge for venesection procedures for hemochromatosis patients to cancel this charge in view of the fact that no such charge applies for dialysis and chemotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31016/18]

Local Authority Housing Rents

Seamus Healy

925. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the section of the Local Government Act 2014 that makes the making of a differential rent scheme a reserved function of elected local authority members will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30309/18]

Mental Health Services Provision

Seamus Healy

5. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health his plans to open adult inpatient psychiatric beds in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28609/18]

Naval Service Data

Seamus Healy

94. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which a Naval Service vessel participating in Operation Sophia in the Mediterranean Sea transferred migrants and refugees from an Irish vessel to another vessel at sea; the number transferred in each case; the national designation of the ship to which they were transferred in each case; the port at which the transferred migrants and refugees were put ashore in the case of each transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28452/18]

Naval Service Operations

Seamus Healy

50. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which a Naval Service vessel participating in Operation Sophia in the Mediterranean Sea docked at an Italian port since 25 July 2017; the number of occasions on which migrants and refugees have been put ashore at an Italian port directly by an Irish vessel participating in Operation Sophia since the same date; the number of migrants and refugees that were put ashore directly from an Irish vessel participating in Operation Sophia on each occasion since the same date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26007/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Seamus Healy

865. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an assessment of needs for a child (details supplied) at HSE south Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25449/18]

Capitation Grants

Seamus Healy

258. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore and increase the capitation grants to primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23591/18]

Third Level Courses Availability

Seamus Healy

259. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the courses that are available at the LIT campus, Clonmel for the coming academic year; the courses that have been withdrawn from LIT Campus, Clonmel for the coming academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23596/18]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Seamus Healy

260. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore the SNA position and hours for a school (details supplied) and the autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit in the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23597/18]

Mental Health Services Funding

Seamus Healy

372. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to the Jigsaw project in County Tipperary to provide an appropriate early intervention mental health service for the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22196/18]

School Staff

Seamus Healy

245. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the allocation of an additional post under circular 0010/2018 for a school (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20820/18]

HSE Funding

Seamus Healy

414. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health if he will request funding from the HSE towards the establishment of stroke survivor groups in south County Tipperary and the engagement of co-ordinators to facilitate this process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21276/18]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Seamus Healy

423. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health if a dedicated stroke specialist nurse at South Tipperary General Hospital will be appointed; the efforts that have been made to recruit for the post which has been vacant since January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21304/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Seamus Healy

307. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a urology inpatient procedure at Limerick University Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19826/18]

Electoral Register

Seamus Healy

472. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to allow British citizens living here to vote in referenda and presidential elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19749/18]

Mental Health Services Provision

Seamus Healy

265. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of acute inpatient psychiatric beds in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18835/18]

Mental Health Services Provision

Seamus Healy

281. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health when additional inpatient psychiatric beds for children and young persons will be opened (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18884/18]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Seamus Healy

383. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the invitation to Mr. Pablo De Greiff, UN Special Rapporteur, was extended to provide international human rights oversight of the Government's response to issues regarding the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18834/18]

Child Benefit Eligibility

Seamus Healy

219. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if child benefit payments will be extended to include all children in full-time education up to 22 years of age in line with the increase for qualified children paid on social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18391/18]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Seamus Healy

160. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to meet the trade unions representing community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors regarding the introduction of a pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17983/18]

Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes

Seamus Healy

1346. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to reintroduce the three enrolment points to the ECCE programme in view of the fact that some children will wait an inordinately long period for enrolment due to recent changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16693/18]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Seamus Healy

433. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health if core funding will be made available to an association (details supplied) for its helpline, its advocacy work and to support its branch structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14076/18]

Health Services Provision

Seamus Healy

434. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish nationwide Parkinson's nurse specialist service and surgical service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14077/18]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Seamus Healy

539. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the marking system in respect of an application for a sports capital grant by a centre (details supplied) will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14126/18]

Naval Service Vessels

Seamus Healy

107. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 26 October 2017, the estimated cost of the proposed additional multi-role vessel (MRV) for the Naval Service in view of the fact members of the Defence Forces travelled to New Zealand recently to examine similar vessels; if the estimate includes purchase of helicopters for use on the flight deck of the MRV; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8225/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Seamus Healy

436. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for an assessment of needs for a person (details supplied) at HSE south Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7311/18]

Transport Support Scheme

Seamus Healy

203. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the approval of a new motorised transport scheme and mobility allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6549/18]

Teachers' Remuneration

Seamus Healy

5. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end the unequal remuneration of new entrants in the teaching profession as a key step in addressing shortages of teaching staff; his further plans to end the teaching shortage; if all such measures have been agreed with the teaching unions concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4981/18]

Naval Service Vessels

Seamus Healy

127. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 26 October 2017, the estimated cost of the additional multi-role vessel that is proposed for purchase for the Naval Service; if a decision to put the provision of the MRV out to tender has been taken in view of a news report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4263/18]

Vaccination Programme

Seamus Healy

411. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the shortage of the BCG vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3299/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Seamus Healy

456. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a new school building; and if confirmation that funding will be included in the upcoming capital programme for a school (details supplied). [1930/18]

State Pensions

Seamus Healy

1667. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reverse the 2012 changes to the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1794/18]

IDA Ireland Data

Seamus Healy

96. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of financial assistance aid and grants that have been provided to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; the amount of financial assistance, aid and grants planned to be provided to this company in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50075/17]

Schools Building Projects Status

Seamus Healy

207. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48966/17]

Psychological Services

Seamus Healy

313. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding child psychology services in south Tipperary; the number of approved psychology posts; the number of posts filled; the number of posts vacant; the number of children on the waiting list; and the length of time they have been waiting. [48719/17]

Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme

Seamus Healy

466. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the mortgage interest supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47822/17]

Road Safety

Seamus Healy

233. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Medical Bureau of Road Safety formally informed his predecessor regarding a matter (details supplied); if not, the reason therefor; if the bureau has formally informed him since taking office; if he was not formally informed, the disciplinary action he will take in view of the fact that this omission may have led to a greater number of road deaths and injuries than might otherwise have occurred; if the former Minister was informed of the reason this process of fake breath tests was not immediately terminated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47504/17]

Health Services Funding

Seamus Healy

151. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for children diagnosed with Irlen syndrome to offset the cost of assessment for and purchase of special lenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47186/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Seamus Healy

799. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding a urology appointment at University Hospital Waterford for a person (details supplied); if this person qualifies for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46760/17]