Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Air Services Provision

Michael Harty

563. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to assist Shannon Airport improve access after Brexit when its current hub, Heathrow Airport, will no longer be in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11685/19]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Michael Harty

697. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason Clare County Council has been informed that it can no longer purchase private dwellings for its social housing programme; the number of social houses or apartments built directly by the council that will be completed in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11683/19]

Home Loan Scheme

Michael Harty

712. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons in County Clare assisted in buying their first home by availing of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the number of applicants in County Clare who have been approved but have not drawn down the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12034/19]

Schools Building Projects Administration

Michael Harty

212. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment of the shortage of places in secondary schools (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7827/19]

Industrial Development

Michael Harty

304. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a replacement pharmaceutical industry for a company (details supplied) in view of correspondence from the company to the community detailing the wind down of its operations by mid-2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7767/19]

Electricity Generation

Michael Harty

502. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received and plans to publish promised proposals by the ESB on the future on Moneypoint power station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7765/19]

National Broadband Plan

Michael Harty

503. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a progress report on the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7766/19]

Flood Risk Management

Michael Harty

86. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if overruns at the national children’s hospital will not result in cuts to Office of Public Works funding earmarked for urgent flood mitigation measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7574/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Harty

151. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment at the Cork dental hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7454/19]

Electricity Generation

Michael Harty

233. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he received the list of options he requested from the ESB on the future of a power station (details supplied); if so, his views on same; and his views on the future of the electricity generating station. [3489/19]

National Broadband Plan

Michael Harty

234. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of approval for the national broadband plan. [3490/19]

Family Reunification Data

Michael Harty

244. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for family reunification made in 2018 by recognised refugees or persons granted subsidiary protection under the policy document on non-EEA family reunification published on 31 December 2013; the number of applications by recognised refugees or persons granted subsidiary protection which were processed in accordance with the policy document in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2600/19]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Michael Harty

4. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether poor pay and working conditions will drain the brightest and the best from the Defences Forces. [2139/19]

Hospital Procedures

Michael Harty

152. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the services he plans to put in place to address the issue of bariatric surgery here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2124/19]

Hospitals Data

Michael Harty

153. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the methodology for calculating the trolleyGAR statistics on patients waiting in casualty for admission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2129/19]

Hospitals Data

Michael Harty

154. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health if patients waiting on corridors or in extra beds in wards are considered as part of the trolleyGAR statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2130/19]

Hospitals Data

Michael Harty

155. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the statistics in relation to elective admissions and procedures which have been cancelled to date as part of the winter plan 2018 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2131/19]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Michael Harty

156. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the number of additional cervical smears carried out to reassure women outside the normal cervical screening programme; the cost of the additional smears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2132/19]

Hospital Beds Data

Michael Harty

157. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the type and location of the extra beds added to the health service in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2133/19]

Hospital Beds Data

Michael Harty

158. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the type and location of beds he plans to open during the course of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2134/19]

Hospitals Data

Michael Harty

159. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the additional diagnostic investigations that have been made available to general practitioners as outlined in the winter plan 2018 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2135/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Harty

185. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment with University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1951/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Harty

761. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare can expect an appointment for a procedure in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1444/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Harty

763. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare can expect an appointment for a cranioplasty in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1447/19]

Health Services Reports

Michael Harty

795. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when the final report of the independent review group on section 38 and 39 service providers and private providers will be published. [1635/19]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Michael Harty

109. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when the independent review group formed in July 2017 and chaired by a person (details supplied) will publish its findings. [52509/18]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Michael Harty

565. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the criteria which limit the proximity of a wind farm to the nearest occupied residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52134/18]

Gender Equality

Michael Harty

226. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken or are planned to improve gender equality in the workplace, in particular steps covering more than just pay inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50762/18]

Homeless Persons Supports

Michael Harty

398. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health if the specialist access team for homeless persons with severe mental health difficulties located at Conyngham Road, Dublin 8 is now closed to new referrals due to staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50649/18]

Health Strategies

Michael Harty

399. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when he will introduce a plan to roll out a unique health identifier and a HSE-wide electronic medical record to assist in public health data collection, patient management and develop the tools needed to implement and manage Sláintecare and the creation of new contracts with medical professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50650/18]

Abortion Services Provision

Michael Harty

400. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health if new abortion services will be rolled out in terms of operational access in view of the existing access issues in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50651/18]

Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations

Michael Harty

401. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health his plans to develop a new framework of free birth control and more effective sexual health relationship education; if this framework will be put in place as part of the roll out of new abortion services in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50652/18]

Health Services Funding

Michael Harty

402. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to correct the perceived insufficient funding for Sláintecare announced in budget 2019, most especially for transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50654/18]

Risk Equalisation Scheme

Michael Harty

403. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health his views on whether supporting the health insurance industry with community rating, risk equalisation and tax expenditure runs contrary to the medium and long-term aims and objectives of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50655/18]

Mental Health Services Provision

Michael Harty

493. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health if the specialist access team for homeless persons with severe mental health difficulties at Conyngham Road, Dublin 8, is now closed to new referrals due to staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50955/18]

Health Insurance

Michael Harty

494. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health his views on whether supporting the health insurance industry with community rating, risk equalisation and tax expenditure runs contrary to the medium-term and long-term aims and objectives of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50961/18]

Brexit Issues

Michael Harty

593. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Brexit proofing measures he can take to assist Shannon Airport in securing an alternative connection in view of the fact that EU hub connectivity from Shannon is via London Heathrow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50648/18]

Tourism Policy

Michael Harty

594. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to achieve a more balanced distribution of visitor numbers to the mid-west and to County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50657/18]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Michael Harty

164. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the stage of development the access programme for medicinal cannabis products is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50027/18]

Legislative Measures

Michael Harty

165. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when a money message will be sanctioned to allow the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health to proceed with Committee Stage of the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016, as directed by Dáil Éireann on 9 November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50028/18]

Departmental Correspondence

Michael Harty

189. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health his plans to appoint an independent expert to examine claims contained in new documentation given to him regarding missing blood samples that were taken for an investigation (details supplied); if the independent expert will also advise if a public inquiry is warranted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49617/18]

Flood Relief Schemes

Michael Harty

208. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the long promised Clonlara flood relief scheme following the decision of Clare County Council to withdraw its plans as a result of submissions from the National Parks and Wildlife Service and an environmentalist; the implications the delay has for the commencement and completion of this urgent scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49553/18]

Health Services Provision

Michael Harty

446. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health his plans for the winter initiative in relation to University Hospital Limerick, UHL, and the mid-west region in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48129/18]

UN Conferences

Michael Harty

136. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland was represented at the UN third high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases in New York on 27 September 2018; if so, the contribution that was made to the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45024/18]

Health Services Funding

Michael Harty

499. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health further to the announcement in budget 2019 that €206 million has been allocated to the implementation of Sláintecare, the areas to which the funding has been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44632/18]

Orthodontic Services

Michael Harty

572. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 18 September 2018, when the report compiled by persons (details supplied) in 2015 into orthodontic services within the HSE will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44963/18]

Energy Resources

Michael Harty

830. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the situation in relation to coal supplies for Moneypoint power station originating in a mine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45211/18]

Airport Development Projects

Michael Harty

920. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the proposed plans for a third terminal at Dublin Airport are consistent with Project Ireland 2040 plans to achieve 75% population growth outside of Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45415/18]

Rare Diseases

Michael Harty

344. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the progress of the rare diseases medical product technology review committee; the drugs that have been referred to it by the HSE; the way in which it is scheduling or prioritising the review of each drug; the number of drugs it expects to review in 2018; the timelines associated with reviewing medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41125/18]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Michael Harty

252. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a response to an appeal for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40575/18]