Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Community Care Provision

Danny Healy-Rae

213. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if his Department has provided funding to the HSE in order to enhance the ophthalmic services in County Kerry regarding the community ophthalmic services medical treatment scheme, in view of the fact that there are persons on the waiting list since 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44590/17]

Rural Social Scheme Assessments

Danny Healy-Rae

561. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons on the rural social scheme are being called repeatedly for assessments particularly in rural County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43455/17]

VAT Rate Application

Danny Healy-Rae

47. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance his plans to retain the 9% VAT rate for businesses involved in tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42231/17]

Pharmaceutical Sector

Danny Healy-Rae

86. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when pharmacists and other self-employed persons will have their pay restored in view of the fact that FEMPI has been unwound in many sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42233/17]

Nitrates Usage

Danny Healy-Rae

599. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will extend the time period in which farmers are allowed to spread slurry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41689/17]

Vehicle Registration

Danny Healy-Rae

70. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding VRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39998/17]

Brexit Issues

Danny Healy-Rae

154. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance his plans to implement measures to protect local manufacturers in view of the adverse effects of Brexit on the economy (details supplied). [39269/17]

HSE Staff Recruitment

Danny Healy-Rae

792. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will address hiring issues within the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36962/17]

Health Services Funding

Danny Healy-Rae

919. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health how the pilot community ophthalmic services medical treatment scheme announced in 2008 and currently offered in seven locations is funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37236/17]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Danny Healy-Rae

1503. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will include a road (details supplied) in the capital investment plan for 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36964/17]

Community Care Provision

Danny Healy-Rae

966. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason the community ophthalmic medical services scheme is not yet rolled out despite being announced nine years ago; the counties and locations the pilot scheme is currently being offered in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35910/17]

Pension Provisions

Danny Healy-Rae

1528. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which the Government will resolve the impact the new retirement age of 68 years of age will have on persons and businesses that had not anticipated this (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35909/17]

Local Authority Housing Eligibility

Danny Healy-Rae

1703. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason his Department stipulates that gross income be used to assess if persons can become local authority applicants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36527/17]

National Debt Servicing

Danny Healy-Rae

20. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will renegotiate the amount of debt Ireland has to repay with a view to reducing it; if he will seek an extension of the time period in which the debt must be repaid in view of the fact that it is unfair to ask this generation to shoulder the burden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31625/17]

Health Services Provision

Danny Healy-Rae

193. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the HSE community ophthalmic scheme. [30606/17]

School Staff

Danny Healy-Rae

410. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide extra funding to address funding deficiencies in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26534/17]

Language Schools

Danny Healy-Rae

582. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the working conditions of English language teachers (details supplied); if he plans to legislate for their rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28471/17]

Valuation Office

Danny Healy-Rae

906. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason petrol stations are being revalued at an increase of 400%; the further reason the forecourts of petrol stations are being valued at four times higher than the forecourts of other stores; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28539/17]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Danny Healy-Rae

1462. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason glucose reading sensors (details supplied) are not included in the long term illness book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28621/17]

Health Services Provision

Danny Healy-Rae

1554. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the community ophthalmic services scheme (details supplied); his views on whether the process could be accelerated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28912/17]

Child Care Services Provision

Danny Healy-Rae

1971. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the universal child care subsidy; if the €20 a week will be available from September 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28927/17]

Driver Licence Renewals

Danny Healy-Rae

545. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason it is it not possible for persons in County Kerry to renew their licences in their local post office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22902/17]

Invasive Plant Species

Danny Healy-Rae

58. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if rhododendron plants can be banned from sale (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13685/17]

Tenant Purchase Scheme

Danny Healy-Rae

292. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the tenant purchase scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17558/17]

Broadband Service Provision

Danny Healy-Rae

614. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the assistance he will provide to a community in County Kerry to establish a fibre optic line from locations (details supplied) to benefit the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16030/17]

Property Registration Authority Administration

Danny Healy-Rae

36. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delays in processing some transactions in the Land Registry; the reason more staff cannot be delegated to deal with the backlog which seems to take up to three or four years in some cases for persons trying to rectify their titles and ownerships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15536/17]

Roadworthiness Testing

Danny Healy-Rae

63. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will desist from bringing in NCT testing for tractors capable of doing 40 km/h or less (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14014/17]

Local Authority Boundaries

Danny Healy-Rae

428. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the boundary extension from County Waterford into south Kilkenny (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13260/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Danny Healy-Rae

892. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no physiotherapist in a school (details supplied) since September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13490/17]

Road Improvement Schemes

Danny Healy-Rae

1176. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding for local improvement schemes for rural roads in view of the fact that the Minister for State with responsibility for regional economic development has offered to contribute funding from the CLÁR programme for these roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12918/17]

DEIS Scheme

Danny Healy-Rae

229. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools (details supplied) were not included in the DEIS plan 2017- new DEIS schools list published on 13 February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8610/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Danny Healy-Rae

501. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); when the person will be called for a cataract operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8739/17]

GLAS Payments

Danny Healy-Rae

559. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied) is being held up in view of the fact the life scheme has been paid already; the reason his Department is rechecking this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8612/17]

Schools Refurbishment

Danny Healy-Rae

133. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will provide a new national school (details supplied). [7963/17]

Teagasc Courses

Danny Healy-Rae

247. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action being taken to deal with the backlog of 3,600 young farmers who are seeking places in agricultural colleges to obtain green certificate qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7478/17]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Danny Healy-Rae

248. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action that will be taken to assist the young farming community in view of the fact that no young farmer received an entitlement from the national reserve in 2016 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7480/17]

Summer Works Scheme

Danny Healy-Rae

178. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills whether mechanical works will be short listed under the summer works scheme 2016-17 with regard to building works for the construction, extension and refurbishment of schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6735/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Danny Healy-Rae

510. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an accurate current list of the number of persons waiting for cataract operations; the number waiting from the Kerry and Cork regions; the length of time they have to wait on the list before they have their operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7248/17]

Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists

Danny Healy-Rae

511. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for orthodontic treatment and the wait time on the list; the number of those waiting from County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7249/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Danny Healy-Rae

512. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list at present for heart surgery in the coronary care unit at CUH; the length of time persons are kept waiting for treatment once they present for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7250/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Danny Healy-Rae

513. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the number of persons from County Kerry on the public waiting list for hip operations in University Hospital Kerry and CUH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7251/17]

Land Issues

Danny Healy-Rae

555. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when compensation will be given to persons with designated lands in hen harrier areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6732/17]

Tax Code

Danny Healy-Rae

42. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if, in the event of the Revenue Commissioners' position being upheld in a test case, he will change the legislation such that tax will not arise until the shares are sold, thus aligning it to the position now intended generally for share-based reward in an SME context, in view of the recent Revenue Commissioners' change in approach to patronage share schemes being prima facie inconsistent with the overall tax policy approach to the farming sector. [1607/17]

Tax Code

Danny Healy-Rae

82. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance the way in which an industry plan can go forward if the Revenue Commissioners can review decisions taken and change the tax interpretations and implement them retrospectively. [1608/17]

Educational Disadvantage

Danny Healy-Rae

408. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will receive DEIS status from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1096/17]

Long-Term Illness Scheme

Danny Healy-Rae

1127. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position of the HSE review regarding the addition of new and improved products being added to the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1090/17]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Danny Healy-Rae

164. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will increase speech and language therapy services for children with disabilities in the Tralee and Killarney area in County Kerry, in view of the fact the current services are not satisfactory. [39195/16]

Nitrates Usage

Danny Healy-Rae

179. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will extend the transitional agreements to allow pig and poultry farmers to spread their slurry and litter under the same terms as they are allowed to do up until the end of 2016 as the review of the nitrates regulations will not take place until 2017 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38353/16]

Minor Works Scheme

Danny Healy-Rae

170. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the minor works grant for the year 2016-2017 in view of the fact that much of the year has already passed; and if it will be available for schools in 2016. [36856/16]

Pensions Legislation

Danny Healy-Rae

174. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Montessori teachers do not receive any pension; and the reason they do not get paid during their holidays. [36907/16]

Medicinal Products Availability

Danny Healy-Rae

414. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if there are talks or negotiations taking place for the cystic fibrosis drug Kalydeco to make it more cost effective for two to five year olds; the reason Kalydeco is not given to two to five year olds at the same agreed price as six years of age and over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35870/16]

Banking Operations

Danny Healy-Rae

101. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35417/16]

HIQA Remit

Danny Healy-Rae

236. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason the care homes caring for elderly priests are not subject to regulation by HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34200/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Danny Healy-Rae

415. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an operation carried out and if he will expedite this operation. [30363/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Danny Healy-Rae

416. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [30364/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Danny Healy-Rae

457. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason home help has been cut for a person (details supplied); and if this can be restored immediately. [30521/16]

School Placement

Danny Healy-Rae

125. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the fact that a school (details supplied) is presently closed, the parents want to know, his plans for the national school going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29122/16]

An Bord Pleanála

Danny Healy-Rae

138. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, when an inspector from An Bord Pleanála visits a site and makes a recommendation to grant an application, the reason this decision is, in many cases, overruled and refused by other members of the board who have not visited the site and could not have any proper understanding of the position; if he will investigate the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29121/16]

Health Services Expenditure

Danny Healy-Rae

220. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will carry out an investigation as to the way in which the €900,000 is being spent as outlined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29123/16]

Planning Issues

Danny Healy-Rae

246. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review an unfair rule (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29162/16]

Insurance Costs

Danny Healy-Rae

281. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance the progress being made in determining the causes of the increase in insurance costs in 2016, as most premiums have increased significantly (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25429/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Danny Healy-Rae

1212. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will increase home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25275/16]

Child Care Services

Danny Healy-Rae

25. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will change the situation where grandparents are disallowed from caring for their grandchildren if they are 40 years older than the grandchildren given that this does not make sense as there are many parents who are over 40 years or more older than their children. [18702/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Danny Healy-Rae

293. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19209/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Danny Healy-Rae

294. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19210/16]

Invalidity Pension Applications

Danny Healy-Rae

295. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application for a person (details supplied) under the invalidity allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19211/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Danny Healy-Rae

477. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will provide additional home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19227/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Danny Healy-Rae

478. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will provide additional home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19231/16]

Teaching Contracts

Danny Healy-Rae

93. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to create equal supplementary panel rights for fully qualified regulation three teachers with Teaching Council numbers (details supplied). [18851/16]

Paternity Leave

Danny Healy-Rae

241. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will make the payments retrospective to anyone who would qualify on or after 1 September 2016 in relation to the Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016, given that this scheme was promised to be effected from 1 September 2016 and it now appears that it will not come into effect until 30 September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18054/16]

VAT Rate Application

Danny Healy-Rae

113. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance to ensure that the 9% value added tax rate is retained for the hospitality sector to safeguard tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16718/16]

Teacher Redeployment

Danny Healy-Rae

159. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the plans he is putting in place to create equal supplementary panel rights for regulation 2 and regulation 3 teachers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16725/16]

Property Tax Yield

Danny Healy-Rae

228. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding collected from the property tax charges in County Kerry in 2015; the amount of this funding provided to the local authority in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16723/16]

Local Authority Housing Funding

Danny Healy-Rae

234. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding Kerry County Council requested for housing in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16758/16]

Local Authority Housing Funding

Danny Healy-Rae

235. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding Kerry County Council received in 2015 for the provision of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16759/16]

Flood Risk Assessments

Danny Healy-Rae

325. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will complete and implement the recommendations of the catchment flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM, study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16763/16]

Flood Prevention Measures

Danny Healy-Rae

326. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to clear blockages from the Gweestin river, County Kerry, to prevent homes from being flooded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16787/16]

Ambulance Service

Danny Healy-Rae

361. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will provide adequate funding for the ambulance service in County Kerry as it is clearly evident that emergency time targets are not being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16756/16]

Bus Éireann Staff

Danny Healy-Rae

516. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why an inspector (details supplied) is not going to be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16661/16]

Regional Road Network

Danny Healy-Rae

520. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to make provisions to keep deer off the road infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16716/16]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Danny Healy-Rae

521. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide funding for traffic calming and public lighting at Poulgorm junction where the R569 meets the N22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16719/16]

Road Safety

Danny Healy-Rae

522. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to reduce the speed limit on the N22 at Glenflesk Village to 50 km/h and from Lissivigeen roundabout to the bottom of the Pike Hill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16720/16]

Rail Network Maintenance

Danny Healy-Rae

524. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide funding to repair the railway crossing at Minish in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16722/16]

Local Improvement Scheme Funding

Danny Healy-Rae

525. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to immediately provide funding for the commencement of the local improvement schemes in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16724/16]

Road Projects Status

Danny Healy-Rae

528. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the year of the six year investment programme that he will provide funding for the proposed Macroom bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16757/16]

Road Improvement Schemes

Danny Healy-Rae

530. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide funding for the national secondary road from Blackwater Bridge to Sneem as two medium or large vehicles cannot pass on many sections of this road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16767/16]

Road Projects

Danny Healy-Rae

531. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide proper funding for the Ring of Kerry road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16769/16]

Road Projects

Danny Healy-Rae

536. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to widen Carah Bridge, Ballinahulla Bridge and Kells Bridge at the viaduct on the Ring of Kerry Road (details suplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16794/16]

Proposed Legislation

Danny Healy-Rae

94. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will progress the family leave Bill, given that young parents are anxious that the two weeks paid paternity leave will be introduced as promised in budget 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15523/16]

Carer's Allowance Delays

Danny Healy-Rae

295. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15515/16]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Danny Healy-Rae

296. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15516/16]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Danny Healy-Rae

297. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15517/16]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Danny Healy-Rae

298. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15519/16]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Danny Healy-Rae

198. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting a significant time for an operation; if the person will be scheduled for same as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15302/16]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Danny Healy-Rae

199. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting a significant time for an operation; if the person will be scheduled for same as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15303/16]

Teaching Qualifications

Danny Healy-Rae

165. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse the Teaching Council's plan to abolish regulation 3, whereby Montessori teachers and primary teachers who trained outside of Ireland can teach in special schools and work as resource teachers and substitute teachers in mainstream schools; to reinstate the special supplementary panel for probation to continue to be available pre-Droichead for all newly qualified teachers, including those in special education settings, until the issues around Droichead are sorted; and to oppose the proposed changes that will prohibit the registration of newly qualified Association Montessori International, St. Nicholas-trained Montessori teachers and those trained outside of Ireland after 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14260/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Danny Healy-Rae

332. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application for a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14803/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Danny Healy-Rae

463. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason home help hours have been reduced for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14724/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Danny Healy-Rae

464. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14725/16]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Danny Healy-Rae

484. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting a significant time for an operation and if the person can be scheduled for an operation as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14797/16]