Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

School Completion Programme

Colm Keaveney

172. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the school completion programme funding in an area (details supplied) in County Galway will be protected in 2015; if Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is seeking savings from this programme as it has been cut by 33% since 2008; his plans on reversing those cuts in 2015 or 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6470/15]

Primary Care Centres Data

Colm Keaveney

174. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, for each operational area of the Health Service Executive, the numbers waiting for counselling in the primary care service for an initial appointment, in total, for more than three months, for more than six months, for more than nine months, for more than one year, for more than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6356/15]

Mental Health Awareness

Colm Keaveney

191. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings on a chosen day in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag programme, which works to raise awareness of mental health issues within second level schools, sports clubs and youth organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6432/15]

Health Services

Colm Keaveney

197. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health in view of correspondence (details supplied), his views on whether it is appropriate to have service users of a day service in County Roscommon in a bus for one and a half hours for what should be a ten-minute journey; the action he will take to remedy this, in view of the effect that it is having on the willingness of persons to attend the day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6486/15]

Mental Health Awareness

Colm Keaveney

207. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag programme, which works to raise awareness of mental health issues within second level schools, sports clubs and youth organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6431/15]

Mental Health Awareness

Colm Keaveney

219. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider flying the Amber Flag from her Department's buildings on a chosen day in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag programme, which works to raise awareness of mental health issues within second level schools, sports clubs and youth organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6428/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Colm Keaveney

221. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on claims that the proposed new model being designed to allocate resources to children with special needs in mainstream schools has the potential to discriminate against so-called high performing schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6456/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Colm Keaveney

222. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the case that children with an assessed low-incidence-special-educational need will no longer be entitled to special-needs-teaching hours under the proposed new model of allocation; if at present, each child who receives resource-teaching has the legal right to a certain number of hours of such teaching, as determined by the guidelines, and provided by the special education needs organiser. [6457/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Colm Keaveney

226. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the National Council for Special Education's proposed document entitled Delivery for Students with Special Educational Needs: A better and more equitable way, her views on concerns that if professional diagnosis is eliminated then children will be at the mercy of school staff that often have inconsistent levels of experience and training; her further views that without professional diagnosis teachers will be guessing at the problem which hinders the remediation process; and if it is not the case that if the learning difficulty is identified early on by a qualified practitioner the teacher has a much better chance to remediate with proven teaching strategies that meet the particular learning need. [6478/15]

Mental Health Awareness

Colm Keaveney

241. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag programme, which works to raise awareness of mental health issues within second level schools, sports clubs and youth organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6429/15]

Mental Health Awareness

Colm Keaveney

254. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag programme, which works to raise awareness of mental health issues within second level schools, sports clubs and youth organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6426/15]

Mental Health Awareness

Colm Keaveney

261. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag programme, which works to raise awareness of mental health issues within second level schools, sports clubs and youth organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6437/15]

Mental Health Awareness

Colm Keaveney

265. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider flying the amber fFlag from her Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag programme, which works to raise awareness of mental health issues within second level schools, sports clubs and youth organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6424/15]

Work Placement Programmes

Colm Keaveney

185. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on permitting persons on disability allowance to access Gateway and Tús schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4465/15]

Bond Markets

Colm Keaveney

237. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether there is a bubble in the sovereign bond market; his views on whether Irish sovereign bonds are currently overvalued; the risk assessment he has carried out in respect of any market correction to the current valuation of Irish sovereign bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4461/15]

European Central Bank

Colm Keaveney

238. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the recent measures announced by the European Central Bank will be of benefit to Ireland in terms of measurable indicators; his views on what would constitute the criteria of success for these measures with respect to the Irish economy; his views on whether quantitative easing poses a risk of inflating asset bubbles in stocks, bonds, commodities and-or property; if so, the way he will address that risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4462/15]

European Central Bank

Colm Keaveney

239. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance with reference to the recent measures announced by the European Central Bank, the ceiling the ECB will place on the total holdings of Irish Government bonds held by the Central Bank of Ireland; the current total holdings of Irish Government bonds held by the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4463/15]

Banks Recapitalisation

Colm Keaveney

240. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance the actions he will take in the Court of Justice of the European Union with respect to the actions of either or both the European Central Bank or the European Commission in addressing the banking crisis here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4464/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Colm Keaveney

350. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment to the National Referral Centre for Paediatric Gastroenterology at Crumlin Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3420/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Colm Keaveney

353. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for life-saving heart surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3467/15]

HSE Investigations

Colm Keaveney

4. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the action being taken in response to events at Áras Attracta; if closed-circuit television, CCTV, and covert inspections will be introduced in nursing homes to monitor standards of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2648/15]

HSE Investigations

Colm Keaveney

32. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the action being taken in response to events at Áras Attracta; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2375/15]

Nursing Home Inspections

Colm Keaveney

79. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if CCTV and covert inspections will be introduced in nursing homes to monitor standards of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2376/15]

TB Eradication Scheme

Colm Keaveney

297. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role which he and his Department have played in varying a TB herd test at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; the date on which this test was first scheduled; the reason it was re-scheduled and brought forward; the exact results of the first test; the actions taken thereafter; the reasons for and type of the second test; the results of same; if he will clarify and justify officially, scientifically and administratively, these results; his and his Department’s roles, influence and impact on all of the meetings held regarding these matters; the dates of these meetings, including conference calls; the reasons for the haste of these decisions, including those taken on 7 January 2015; if his attention has been drawn to constant conflicts of interest in this situation; the reasons for this new public/private partnership, including capital being deployed by the private partner; the total savings to his Department’s and agency’s budgets in 2015 as a result of this rapid change to the State’s farm management plan; the way in which he proposes to eliminate the conflict of interest; if he is satisfied that farmers and others will not be victims of these conflicting positions; the date on which the proposed research will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2536/15]

Services for People with Disabilities

Colm Keaveney

371. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the reason persons at a centre (details supplied) in County Roscommon continue to pay more each day towards their lunch than a similar service in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2211/15]

Community Care

Colm Keaveney

372. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and for each Health Service Executive area and specifically for counties Galway and Roscommon, the additional community nurses that have been provided in 2014; the plans that are in place to provide additional community nurses in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2212/15]

Departmental Investigations

Colm Keaveney

39. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the result of interviews with 14 meter readers throughout Ireland by officials from the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social Protection; the reason members of the Association of Meter Readers have received no update or result of these interviews; the reason, despite numerous requests and a High Court ruling, it has taken more than three years to respond to individual meter readers or to the Association of Meter Readers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1900/15]

Departmental Investigations

Colm Keaveney

41. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the result of interviews with 14 meter readers throughout Ireland by officials from her Department and the Revenue Commissioners; the reason members of the Association of Meter Readers have received no update or result of these interviews; the reason that despite numerous requests and a High Court ruling, it has taken more than three years to respond to individual meter readers or to the Association of Meter Readers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1899/15]

Health Services

Colm Keaveney

195. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health his view on the impact of the closure of a day care centre (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2123/15]

Health Services

Colm Keaveney

196. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the plans regarding the Health Service Executive hostel in Cloonbrackna, Roscommon town; if it will continue to operate; the plans to refurbish it; if there are plans to close it; the reason a service user moved from this hostel in Cloonbrackna to a house in Athleague over the Christmas period without any consultation or notice to his or her family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2124/15]

Fuel Allowance Payments

Colm Keaveney

39. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in view of the failure of the wholesale and retail markets in home heating oil to pass on the significant decreases in crude oil prices to consumers, and the continuing hardship that many households experience in affording to heat their homes, her views on restoring the fuel allowance back to the previous payment period of 32 weeks from the current level of 26 weeks; her further views on the restoration of other cuts to fuel and energy supports in respect of elderly persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49561/14]

Inflation Rate

Colm Keaveney

129. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance to outline the assessment he has made of the risk that deflation may pose to the economy and if he is seeking to take action to counteract it; his views on whether deflation is of benefit to consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49458/14]

Fiscal Policy

Colm Keaveney

135. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance the way he assesses the progress, made since 2011, of the eurozone towards being an optimal currency union; the policies he is pursuing to achieve this goal; the deficiencies he believes still exist in this respect; the risks this poses to the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49513/14]

Fuel Prices

Colm Keaveney

136. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Irish economy of the lag by the market in wholesale and retail markets in passing on the recent falls in crude oil prices; if this failure to pass on the full fall in crude oil prices continues at its current magnitude the effect that this will have on our GDP and GNP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49559/14]

European Central Bank

Colm Keaveney

139. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance in view of the significant role that inappropriately low set interest rates by the ECB played in the recent economic crisis here, causing an inappropriate positive output gap in the economy and being a consequence of the deficiency of the eurozone as an optimal currency area, the way he assesses the future risk of inappropriately set interest rates to the economy; the way that these risks may be addressed; the actions he has taken in that respect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49572/14]

Fuel Prices

Colm Keaveney

229. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the context of the disconnect between the magnitude of the fall in crude oil prices and the magnitude of the fall in retail petrol, diesel and home heating oil prices, his views that perfect competition exists in the wholesale and retail market for petrol, diesel and home heating oil; if not, in what respect is the market deficient in that respect; the actions he has taken to address this issue; the actions he has taken to ensure transparency in the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49506/14]

Disability Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

543. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the number of registered service providers that are regulated under the Health Act 2007 (Care and Support of Residents in Designated Centres for Persons (Children and Adults) with Disabilities) Regulations 2013; the number of registered providers that have ensured that a person who is not involved in the matters the subject of complaint has been nominated to deal with complaints by or on behalf of residents of the centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49557/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Colm Keaveney

551. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a hospital appointment in view of the fact that they are over a year waiting for this procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49582/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Colm Keaveney

656. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive essential spinal fusion surgery in view of the fact the person has been waiting since 2013 and the condition is getting worse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1288/15]

Health Services Reports

Colm Keaveney

379. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the progress made in implementing each of the 31 recommendations in the 2011 Health Service Executive report, Time to Move On from Congregated Settings; the timeframe for the full implementation of the recommendations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48938/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

423. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive staff in the mental health sector, whole time equivalent, in each HSE local area in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and the projections for 2014; if he will indicate within that the additional staff recruited by the €35 million allocations for 2012 and 2013 and the projected number from the 2014 allocation; the number currently on the payroll as distinct from having had their recruitment process completed; if he will provide a breakdown of numbers in acute psychiatric hospitals and in community based services; the numbers in each of the years stated allocated to child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49218/14]

Housing for People with Disabilities

Colm Keaveney

524. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress in achieving each of the nine strategic aims set out in the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011–2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48941/14]

Housing for People with Disabilities

Colm Keaveney

525. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the implementation planning group for the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011–2016 was established; the number of meetings of the group that have taken place since then; the number of annual progress reports completed since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48942/14]

GLAS Eligibility

Colm Keaveney

296. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on adopting the 12 point proposals (details supplied) for priority entry into the GLAS scheme in respect of commonage farmers that was provided to him by the hill farmers recently; the reasons for his agreement or disagreement with the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47758/14]

Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists

Colm Keaveney

424. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an orthopaedic appointment, originally scheduled for October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47744/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Colm Keaveney

425. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for attendance at every public pain clinic in the State from first referral; if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons waiting for more than three months, six months, nine months and one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47752/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Colm Keaveney

497. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each year the allocation provided for the congregated settings fund since 2011. [48256/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Colm Keaveney

152. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive treatment in view of the time they have been waiting for this procedure they have almost totally lost their vision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47557/14]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Colm Keaveney

265. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a headage payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45897/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

371. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the number of posts vacant within each operational area of child and adolescent mental health service; the average waiting time for a first appointment in each operational area; if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons waiting for their first appointment for more than three months, six months, nine months, one year in each operational area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45782/14]

Hospital Services

Colm Keaveney

378. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health within the Galway hospital group, the average waiting time for an MRI scan from first referral; if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons waiting for more than three months, six months, nine months, one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45811/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Colm Keaveney

379. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health within the Galway hospital group the average waiting time for attendance at a pain clinic from first referral; if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons waiting for more than three months, six months, nine months, one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45812/14]

Domestic Violence Policy

Colm Keaveney

103. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the prevalence of domestic violence here, and noting that we are now only one of eleven members not to have signed the convention, when she plans signing the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence, which entered into force on 1 August 2014; when she plans to bring forward a Bill to address the necessary constitutional changes required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45596/14]

Garda Reserve

Colm Keaveney

107. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding correspondence (details supplied) if she will consider, in view of the commitment to An Garda Síochána, their communities and country shown by members of the Garda Reserve, and in view of the potential savings in training costs, altering the relevant legislation to give reserve members priority in any recruitment programme for the full-time force and to waive the 35 year age limit where a person had joined the reserve force before that age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45620/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

127. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, per region, from 2012 to date in 2014, the progress in recruitment of posts in community mental health services approved following the budget ring-fencing of €90 million for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45585/14]

Mental Health Act Review

Colm Keaveney

129. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health further to the ongoing delay in the publication of the expert group's review of the Mental Health Act 2001, the impact of the delay of over a year in publishing the report on addressing the continuing human rights issues within the mental health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45593/14]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Colm Keaveney

130. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 23 April 2013, if he will confirm that all of the posts identified in his reply have now been filled; the number that are still waiting to be filled; if the recruitment has been completed of the 13 occupational therapists, two physiotherapists and seven speech and language therapists for the Health Service Executive West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45594/14]

Disability Support Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

133. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of early intervention teams for children in each local health area; the total number on each team; the number of children in each area waiting for an appointment with a team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45606/14]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Colm Keaveney

134. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all of the community-based mental health teams are in place in the Health Service Executive west; the posts that remain to be filled; when these will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45607/14]

Proposed Legislation

Colm Keaveney

223. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 1142 of 4 November 2014 when the legislation to enable the de-designation of national heritage areas will be introduced to the Houses of the Oireachtas; the title of the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45591/14]

Water Charges Administration

Colm Keaveney

36. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to detail the estimated administrative cost to her Department for the implementation of the water conservation grant announced in Dáil Éireann on 19 November 2014; when she commissioned a study or report to determine an estimate of those costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45413/14]

School Transport Applications

Colm Keaveney

133. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review an application under the school transport scheme based on ethos in respect of a family (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45515/14]

Diplomatic Representation

Colm Keaveney

109. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current address of the chancellery of the Embassy to the Holy See; the current address of the residence of the Irish ambassador to the Holy See; the addresses for both that have been supplied to the protocol office of the Holy See; if he will confirm that the current Irish ambassador to the Holy See’s principal residence is in Rome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44621/14]

Diplomatic Representation

Colm Keaveney

111. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm that the report in a newspaper article (details supplied) is accurate in stating that his Department's report found that one-person embassies are fraught with difficulty and suffer from drawbacks, including that such embassies should be monitored from the perspective of health and safety, isolated working environment, risk to business objectives and operational capacity; the steps that have been taken to address these concerns in respect of the Irish Embassy to the Holy See; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44648/14]

Orthodontic Service Provision

Colm Keaveney

140. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the provisions that have been put in place to provide braces in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44529/14]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Colm Keaveney

142. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive plans to provide a person (details supplied) in County Galway with a hospital bed for home use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44532/14]

Industrial Relations

Colm Keaveney

46. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a copy of the report completed by her Department in or around 2009 into nature of the employment status of 14 ESB meter readers, including (details supplied) specifically; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43580/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Colm Keaveney

167. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive treatment as he has been on a waiting list for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43564/14]

Hospital Appointment Delays

Colm Keaveney

168. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive an appointment due to the fact that his scheduled appointment was cancelled the day before it was due to take place and he was assured a new appointment would issue within 24 hours, but has yet to receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43565/14]

Human Rights Issues

Colm Keaveney

185. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken since taking office to address the ongoing persecution of Christians in the Middle East and Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43548/14]

Middle East Issues

Colm Keaveney

186. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports calls for the immediate recognition by Ireland of a sovereign Palestinian state; the reasons for his position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43581/14]

Northern Ireland Issues

Colm Keaveney

187. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide copies of all policy speeches made by him since his appointment as Minister with respect to Northern Ireland; the actions he has taken to ensure the continuance of peace in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43582/14]

Budget Measures

Colm Keaveney

42. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a distributional analysis for the measures contained in budget 2015; if she is unable or unwilling to provide same and if she will provide her reasoning on this; her views that all budgetary measures should be equality proofed; and when will this be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43355/14]

Budget Measures

Colm Keaveney

53. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a distributional analysis for the measures contained in budget 2015; if he is unable or unwilling to provide same and if he will provide his reasoning on this; his views that all budgetary measures should be equality proofed; and when will this be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43354/14]

Budget Measures

Colm Keaveney

57. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a distributional analysis for the measures contained in budget 2015; if he is unable or unwilling to provide same and to give his reasoning for that; if all budgetary measures should be equality proofed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43384/14]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration

Colm Keaveney

83. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the ongoing delays in accessing the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42996/14]

Mental Health Services Funding

Colm Keaveney

86. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the underspend of €46.8 million in the mental health budget in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42997/14]

Mental Health Services Funding

Colm Keaveney

111. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the underspend of €46.8 million in the mental health budget in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42765/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

147. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding the continuing practice of admitting children to adult mental health units; the child welfare issues arising from the practice; the rights to education of children admitted to such units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42764/14]

Beef Industry

Colm Keaveney

276. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he authorised and sanctioned a private agreement at a location (details supplied) in County Galway between his Department, Teagasc and a company; when this matter was discussed by Teagasc and his Department; when this matter first came to his attention; if his attention has been drawn to the serious ramifications of this matter; his policy on transparency in the beef industry, in the entire livestock slaughter regime; his policy on livestock breeding and production research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43265/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

142. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the action he has taken to address the welfare issues arising from the continuing practice of the Health Service Executive of admitting children to adult mental health facilities; the steps he has taken to ensure that all staff in such units have Garda vetting and that each unit has a child protection officer; if his Department has carried out any investigation or study into the welfare of such children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42575/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

167. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if all approved centres, under the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2001, including adult mental health units into which children have been admitted, are in compliance with section 17 of S.I. No. 551/2006 - Mental Health Act 2001 (Approved Centres) Regulations 2006; the action taken to ensure that all such centres are in compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42536/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

173. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of every adult mental health facility or unit where children have been admitted in each year from 2011 to date in 2014 inclusive where Garda vetting of all staff who would have come into contact with said children has not taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42572/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

174. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the welfare of children is adequately protected in mental health care facilities where the staff of same do not have Garda vetting; the safeguards in place to secure the welfare of such children; if he has commissioned any reports into the welfare issues raised by this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42573/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

175. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the continuing practice of admitting children to adult mental health units, if he will confirm that all such units or facilities where children have been admitted since 2011 have a designated child protection officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42574/14]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Colm Keaveney

207. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that children admitted to approved centres, under the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2001, including adult mental health units into which children have been admitted, are having their rights under Article 42 of the Constitution of Ireland upheld; the actions she has taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42503/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

136. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 9 October 2014, if any study or report was commissioned into the impact of the delay in the full utilisation of the €35 million allocated for the development of community mental health teams in 2013, with the recruitment only commencing towards the latter part of 2013, on the health and well-being of those using the mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42399/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

137. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 9 October 2014, the reason for the delay in the full utilisation of the €35 million allocated for the development of community mental health teams in 2013, with the recruitment only commencing towards the latter part of 2013; his views on whether deferred treatment in mental health services often means treatment denied to those using the mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42400/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

150. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 9 October 2014, the reason the Health Service Executive delayed the full utilisation of the €35 million allocated for the development of community mental health teams in 2013 with the recruitment only commencing towards the latter part of 2013; if this was motivated by cost containment in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42453/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Colm Keaveney

183. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of meetings she or officials from her Department had with a person (details supplied); the purpose of each of those meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41334/14]

Fuel Laundering

Colm Keaveney

264. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance the actions he has taken to combat the practice of petrol stretching; his plans to increase the penalties for same, including criminal convictions for operators of service stations engaging in this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42164/14]

Departmental Meetings

Colm Keaveney

291. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance the number of meetings he or officials from his Department had with a person (details supplied); the purpose of each of those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41329/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Colm Keaveney

367. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings he or officials from his Department had with a person (details supplied); the purpose of each of those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41332/14]

Irish Water Administration

Colm Keaveney

383. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings he or officials from his Department had with a person (details supplied); the purpose of each of those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41328/14]

Departmental Meetings

Colm Keaveney

418. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings he or officials from his Department had with a person (details supplied); the purpose of each of those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41326/14]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Colm Keaveney

452. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway can expect to receive payment of all grants applied for in view of the fact that the Department has suspended payments pending a review of entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41838/14]

Ministerial Meetings

Colm Keaveney

508. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of meetings she or officials from her Department had with a person (details supplied); the purpose of each of those meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41331/14]

Health Services Staff

Colm Keaveney

650. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrists assigned to Toghermore House, Tuam, County Galway; the number of hours per week each of them are present in Toghermore; the programme in place in Toghermore to combat weight gain, a common side effect of many psychiatric medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41323/14]

Departmental Meetings

Colm Keaveney

651. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings he or officials from his Department had with a person (details supplied); the purpose of each of those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41330/14]

Prescriptions Charges

Colm Keaveney

703. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if pharmacists have no responsibility for the collection of prescription charges for those resident in private or Health Service Executive nursing homes; whether they have no liability for such charges; and that the responsibility for such charges are the responsibility of the managers of such homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41558/14]