Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Appointments Status

Timmy Dooley

366. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent prosthetic appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29197/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Timmy Dooley

483. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a hospital bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29792/19]

National Broadband Plan

Timmy Dooley

1. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to engage with Eir on its proposals for rural broadband; the information provided to date on the proposals of Eir; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28665/19]

Bituminous Fuel Ban

Timmy Dooley

3. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premature deaths from air pollution estimated to occur following his announcement that a ban on smoky coal will not be extended nationwide for the 2019-2020 heating season; the information he has received regarding potential action against the State due to the deferral of a nationwide ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28667/19]

Climate Change Adaptation Plans

Timmy Dooley

43. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual cost for each action listed in the Climate Action Plan 2019; the cost of enabling infrastructure; the breakdown of costs to be met from Exchequer and non-Exchequer funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28526/19]

National Broadband Plan

Timmy Dooley

45. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the gap funding model for the national broadband plan led to an increase in costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28530/19]

Renewable Energy Generation

Timmy Dooley

49. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific measures that will be put in place under the first renewable electricity support scheme auction to ensure community participation and community benefit funding for all supported projects; and his plans to ensure community participation and benefits are provided as part of renewables projects delivered through corporate power purchase agreements. [28527/19]

Proposed Legislation

Timmy Dooley

50. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the introduction of legislation for a digital safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28528/19]

Internet Safety

Timmy Dooley

54. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the ease of access to pornography for children online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28529/19]

Climate Change Adaptation Plans

Timmy Dooley

388. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the Climate Action Plan 2019 excludes recommendations from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action in relation to a just transition for affected industries; and if a stand-alone and independently led task force will be established to facilitate a social dialogue with relevant stakeholders commencing with the peat industry. [28666/19]

Apprenticeship Data

Timmy Dooley

123. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if equality of allowances for all apprenticeships will be sought in Budget 2020; the estimated cost for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28673/19]

Apprenticeship Data

Timmy Dooley

124. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices enrolled by apprenticeship programme developed since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28674/19]

Apprenticeship Data

Timmy Dooley

125. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeships developed since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28675/19]

Apprenticeship Data

Timmy Dooley

126. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships developed prior to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28676/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility

Timmy Dooley

355. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an income guidelines review for social housing is underway; if so, when an outcome is likely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28331/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Timmy Dooley

369. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27455/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Timmy Dooley

387. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who has been urgently referred to an orthopaedic consultant will be issued with an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27576/19]

Respite Care Services Availability

Timmy Dooley

161. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health if the respite facility regularly used by persons (details supplied) has been deemed as respite accommodation for emergency cases only and is not available as a standard respite facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27285/19]

Agriculture Scheme Applications

Timmy Dooley

210. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) in County Clare will receive grant aid for a bulk tank constructed in 2018 having already submitted tax clearance certs and other required documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27273/19]

State Pension (Contributory)

Timmy Dooley

192. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has not been provided with her contribution record prior to 1990 in order to finalise her State pension application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26325/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Timmy Dooley

310. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) can have an appointment with a paediatrician before March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26064/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Timmy Dooley

383. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment to see a consultant rheumatologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26290/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Timmy Dooley

490. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for a hip operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26728/19]

Better Energy Homes Scheme

Timmy Dooley

587. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the next round of home retrofit insulation grants will be announced through the SEAI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26323/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Timmy Dooley

174. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25669/19]

National Broadband Plan Expenditure

Timmy Dooley

232. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of the roll-out of the national broadband plan in areas already covered by a commercial plan to cover 300,000 premises; when this roll-out was agreed; if this took place before or after the departure of a company (details supplied) from the bidding process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25779/19]

National Broadband Plan Expenditure

Timmy Dooley

233. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the barriers in place to ensure issues regarding the roll-out of the national broadband plan do not break state aid rules (details supplied). [25780/19]

Bituminous Fuel Ban

Timmy Dooley

234. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a legal threat of a failure to introduce a ban on smoky coal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25781/19]

National Broadband Plan Expenditure

Timmy Dooley

235. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for the duplication of fibre as part of the national broadband plan in areas in which fibre infrastructure is already in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25782/19]

Bituminous Fuel Ban

Timmy Dooley

237. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he received the correspondence which indicated future legal action in the event of the extension of a ban on smoky coal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25812/19]

Illness Benefit Applications

Timmy Dooley

198. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive confirmation of their stamp contribution history for 2019 in order to have their illness benefit application processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24599/19]

VAT Exemptions

Timmy Dooley

142. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance the measures taken by the Revenue Commissioners to publicise the change in VAT arrangements introduced in the Finance Act 2012 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23199/19]

Exploration Licences Approvals

Timmy Dooley

758. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for the issuance of the oil exploration licence off the coast of County Kerry in view of the declaration by Dáil Éireann of a climate emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23484/19]

National Broadband Plan Data

Timmy Dooley

777. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the cost estimates provided for the national broadband plan by companies (details supplied); the reasons identified for the gap in the estimates provided by these companies and the bidders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24232/19]

State Examinations

Timmy Dooley

64. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if 2019 is the first year that junior certificate students can only take their written final examination in no more than ten subjects or eleven with CSPE in accordance with circular 0015/2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23058/19]

State Examinations Data

Timmy Dooley

67. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students sitting the junior certificate in 2018 that took more written final exams than ten or eleven subjects in circumstances in which CPSE was included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23100/19]

National Broadband Plan Data

Timmy Dooley

126. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role of a company (details supplied) in the national broadband plan during periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23085/19]

National Broadband Plan Data

Timmy Dooley

127. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason his Department indicated that a company (details supplied) was described as an ultimate investor in replies to parliamentary questions which were subsequently corrected; if the company was ever an ultimate investor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23086/19]

National Broadband Plan

Timmy Dooley

128. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the potential sale of the holding company or a company (details supplied) in the context of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23087/19]

National Broadband Plan

Timmy Dooley

129. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the shareholders of the holding company of the national broadband plan; the shareholding of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23088/19]

National Broadband Plan

Timmy Dooley

130. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan contract; if it exists in a draft form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23089/19]

National Broadband Plan Data

Timmy Dooley

131. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline of the entities within a company (details supplied) within the bidding process as reported to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23090/19]

National Broadband Plan

Timmy Dooley

132. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding contractual links which exist with the ultimate investors for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23091/19]

National Broadband Plan Data

Timmy Dooley

133. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings which have taken place between his Department and representatives of companies (details supplied) since December 2015; the dates on which these meetings took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23092/19]

National Broadband Plan Data

Timmy Dooley

134. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his predecessor met with a person (details supplied) since December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23093/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Timmy Dooley

106. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22947/19]

School Accommodation

Timmy Dooley

78. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will meet a group of school principals from Ennis, County Clare, and the surrounding area to discuss the lack of post-primary school places for September 2019 and subsequent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22299/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Timmy Dooley

285. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an angiogram; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22712/19]

Broadband Service Provision

Timmy Dooley

365. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband will be reviewed for a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22497/19]

Television Licence Fee

Timmy Dooley

366. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects to receive the interdepartmental working group report on the television licence fee reform; when he expects to publish it; when he expects to act on the recommendations of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22499/19]