Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

74. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 for an appliance; and when can they expect a decision on their case. [4483/16]

Schools Building Projects Administration

Shane Ross

75. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria she has used to decide on the location of the proposed new secondary school in Firhouse Old Bawn in Dublin 24; the proposed catchment area for this new school; if it will be an Educate Together secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4494/16]

Home Tuition Scheme Administration

Charlie McConalogue

76. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the Departments and agencies which have a role in the oversight of home school tuition; if she will consolidate oversight of home school tuition within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4500/16]

European Globalisation Fund

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

77. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will submit an application under the European Globalisation Fund following the liquidation of Xtravision and the resulting 580 job losses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4518/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Joe Carey

78. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a case regarding a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4522/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Michael Creed

79. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills when she will issue approval for new buildings for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4528/16]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Mary Lou McDonald

80. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a financial statement for Caranua for the year 2015 including a breakdown of the moneys spent in 2015. [4535/16]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Mary Lou McDonald

81. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that remains in Caranua's fund. [4536/16]

Departmental Properties

Niall Collins

82. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the former site of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12; her views on the interest of the local community in this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4541/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Niall Collins

83. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has made contact with South Dublin County Council regarding the proposed Kingswood Community College in Dublin 24; the progress made in respect of condition No. 3 attached to the planning permission granted, which dealt with the detailed design elements of access and pedestrian crossings; if she will issue a compliance submission to the Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4542/16]

Schools Refurbishment

Gerry Adams

84. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the situation regarding the 35 year old roof at a school (details supplied) in County Longford, that an application for funding to replace it was refused and an Emergency Works Grant awarded instead in November 2015, and that new leaks have been identified since then; if she will review her decision not to replace the roof; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4553/16]

Third Level Participation

Finian McGrath

85. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills to support Aontas in its efforts to build further on adult learning in third level education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4561/16]

School Accommodation

Finian McGrath

86. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills to support a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4562/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Robert Troy

87. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 13 January 2016, how many persons are awaiting social housing in the Lanesboro, County Longford area, and how he decided on 16 new units only. [4519/16]

Rental Accommodation Standards

Jonathan O'Brien

88. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to support certification of all rented accommodation; to support legislation to make landlords responsible for certification; and to support the view that in order to register with the Private Residential Tenancies Board landlords must prove they have complied with the minimum standards and have a certificate to prove this. [4501/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Joan Collins

89. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has reviewed the offer of €2 billion from the Irish League of Credit Unions to facilitate the building of social housing; the status of the process to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4503/16]

Water Services Provision

Michael Creed

90. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress to date in his negotiations with the local authorities and Irish Water on the takeover of estates where there are problems with pumping stations and treatment plants and where the developer is no longer in business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4516/16]

Architectural Qualifications

Áine Collins

91. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to establish a board to examine the credentials of architects and if established practitioners would qualify under a new regulation of the special entry route, given that Architects Alliance of Ireland has made an updated submission. [4538/16]

Local Authority Expenditure

Niall Collins

92. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has had contact with South Dublin County Council on the need for additional funding for the Council Housing Programme; if he appreciates the need in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4544/16]

Litter Pollution

Niall Collins

93. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to provide additional assistance and funding to South Dublin County Council to allow it to take further effective action in respect of the scourge of litter, graffiti and illegal postering throughout the county; if he appreciates the concerns of the wider community on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4545/16]

Broadband Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

94. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date for the roll-out of high speed broadband for the Hermitage, Glanmire, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4484/16]

Renewable Energy Generation

Finian McGrath

95. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to support a matter (details supplied) regarding geothermal energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4560/16]

Road Projects Status

Timmy Dooley

96. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the east-west link road from Dundalk, County Louth to Cavan town; why progress on this section of road is solely the preserve of the local authorities; and the amount spent on the road to date. [4554/16]

Hedge Cutting Season

Finian McGrath

97. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to support a matter on Birdwatch Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4558/16]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

1. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the conversations he has held with European Union leaders following the attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Paris in France on 13 November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42226/15]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the ambassador of France to Ireland, His Excellency, Mr. Jean-Pierre Thébault; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42227/15]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

3. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the President of France, Mr. François Hollande, since the horrendous attacks in Paris, France on 13 November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42290/15]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on discussions he has held with the President of France, Mr. François Hollande, since the tragic events in Paris, France; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42435/15]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on discussions he held with European Union leaders since the atrocities in Paris in France on 13 November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44825/15]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Joe Higgins

6. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach to report on his communication with the President of France, Mr. Francois Hollande, or with the ambassador of France to Ireland, His Excellency, Mr. Jean-Pierre Thébault following the tragic terrorist attacks in Paris, in France on 13 November 2015. [2804/16]

School Enrolments

Micheál Martin

7. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if the end to baptism barriers for school entry was discussed when he last met church leaders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43468/15]

School Enrolments

Gerry Adams

8. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the discussions he has had with church leaders and others regarding the practice of parents having to get their children baptised in order to gain entry to the school of their choice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3918/16]

Health Services Reform

Billy Kelleher

57. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why the undertakings on universal health insurance and the introduction of free general practitioner care for the whole population, the two key health commitments in the 2011 programme for Government, were not honoured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4093/16]

Ambulance Service Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

58. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the seriously inadequate ambulance provision, on standby and in service, in County Monaghan and in counties Cavan, Louth and Meath generally; if he accepts that, despite this Deputy highlighting to him in advance the serious lack of ambulance cover across these counties over the Christmas-new year period, there was a total failure on his part and on the part of the ambulance service to act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4081/16]

Hospital Equipment

John Halligan

59. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Health why it took 11 months to redeploy staff from an old computed tomography, CT, scanner in University Hospital Waterford to a new scanner which opened in April 2015; if he is aware that the older machine was in perfect working order when it was taken out of use; if the hospital ever made an application for additional staff in order that both machines could be operated simultaneously; if it is best practice to have a perfectly functional CT machine not in use at the hospital while waiting lists for scans are at an unacceptable level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4100/16]

Congregated Settings Report

Colm Keaveney

60. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the funding the Health Service Executive will provide in 2016 for moving persons out of congregated settings; the number of persons this will benefit; the proportion of persons currently in congregated settings that will benefit; how long it will take to move all those in congregated settings out of them at this rate of support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4094/16]

Medicinal Products Availability

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

61. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health why the drug Sativex is not available to persons who suffer from multiple sclerosis despite the then Minister of State for Primary Care, Deputy Alex White, signing a statutory instrument legalising its use in July 2014; when it will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4082/16]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

62. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he has recently met with representatives of the Reactions and Effects of Gardasil Resulting in Extreme Trauma, REGRET, group, to discuss available or potential health support services, and other supports for families represented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3892/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Richard Boyd Barrett

63. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will address the increasingly long waiting times for operations at Cappagh Hospital in County Dublin, where waiting times of 18 months and longer are leading to some patients developing conditions arising out of the long-term use of pain medication, which is necessary given the waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3942/16]

Disability Services Funding

Maureen O'Sullivan

64. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health to address serious concerns regarding intellectual disability care given successive cuts to funding, staff and available care, given that an ageing population is impacting on intellectual disability care and that carers, such as parents, are often elderly and given the need for care for such persons. [3941/16]

Accident and Emergency Departments

Billy Kelleher

65. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why the overcrowding in hospital emergency departments has not seen a significant improvement despite the initiatives taken during 2015; if the €100 million shortfall in the funding for hospitals will have a detrimental impact on access to emergency department and scheduled waiting list targets in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3924/16]

Vaccination Programme

Maureen O'Sullivan

66. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of revelations made by a doctor (details supplied) to the World Health Organization, of the manipulation of data and the suppression of science, in order to maintain the illusion of the safety of the human papilloma virus vaccine, in the face of valid contradictory evidence and that the length of time for which Gardasil is effective is suspect; and if he will address the serious health issues experienced by more than 200 girls, where the common denominator is the vaccine. [3940/16]

Hospital Beds Data

John Browne

67. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Health if hospital acute bed capacity here is sufficient and if the norm for hospital bed occupancy should be 85% capacity, as is the case in other countries; the details of the acute bed capacity here on 1 January 2016 and the number of additional beds that are required in order that the bed capacity here will have a norm of 85% occupancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3929/16]

Mental Health Services Provision

Mick Wallace

68. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to put a 24-hour acute mental health unit in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3923/16]

Hospital Groups

Michelle Mulherin

69. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the emergency department at Mayo General Hospital; when the recommendations will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3889/16]

Programme for Government Initiatives

Billy Kelleher

70. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why two fundamental health commitments in the 2011 programme for Government, namely, the undertakings on universal health insurance and the introduction of free general practitioner care for the entire population, were not met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3926/16]

Legislative Measures

John Halligan

71. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Health where he has amended the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015, which is shortly due to come before both Houses of the Oireachtas and which will seek to amend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, to remove the requirement for an equivalence of a certificate of experience for doctors who qualified outside the European Union and who are seeking registration in the trainee specialist division of the register; if he made a commitment to so amend the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3933/16]

Medicinal Products Licensing

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

72. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the drug Nivolumab, an immunosuppressant drug treatment for cancers that experts have described as a game-changer; if he will license this drug once clinical trials are completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3936/16]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Seán Kyne

73. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the progress in improving emergency vehicle response times in rural areas and in Connemara, County Galway, in particular; if the stationing of ambulances at primary care centres or local hospital facilities and the introduction of advance emergency vehicles, with a paramedic, is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3887/16]

Hospital Beds Data

John Halligan

74. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Health the number of beds that were allocated to University Hospital Waterford in the recent winter hand-out allowance for overcrowded hospitals; the number of beds allocated, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3931/16]