Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Job Initiatives

Marc MacSharry

1094. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 19 December 2018, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that talks for the agreement of a new contract have broken down and as such a company (details supplied) will not be the sponsor organisation in 2019; if her attention has been further drawn to an application from another potential sponsor organisation to secure a contract for the provision of job club services in County Sligo to her Department; if other applicant sponsor organisations will be considered to ensure the provision of continued job club services in County Sligo in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1263/19]

Job Initiatives

Marc MacSharry

538. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that from 31 December 2018 there will no longer be a jobs club in County Sligo; the reason the decision has been taken; if the decision will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53542/18]

Hospital Services

Marc MacSharry

116. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health when a permanent catheterisation laboratory will be in place at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50794/18]

Invalidity Pension Eligibility

Marc MacSharry

574. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will have a decision on their invalidity pension application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49123/18]

Disease Management

Marc MacSharry

331. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortfalls in patient diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease within the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47698/18]

Disease Management

Marc MacSharry

332. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the action he plans to take to ensure Ireland implements the recent recommendations of the World Health Organisation regarding Lyme disease (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47699/18]

Disease Management

Marc MacSharry

333. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the person or body that carried out the review of the final UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines on Lyme disease; the input patient groups had into the review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47700/18]

Disease Management

Marc MacSharry

334. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that denial of treatment options that meet internationally accepted standards for chronic Lyme disease patients is a human rights violation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47701/18]

Disease Management

Marc MacSharry

335. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason the health system is not following the NICE guidelines as it relates to the interpretation of results from the two tier testing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47702/18]

Disease Management

Marc MacSharry

336. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason many of the key recommendations from the NICE guidelines on Lyme disease are not being implemented in particular in relation to erythema rash which is definitive of a diagnosis of Lyme disease and should receive immediate treatment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47703/18]

Qualifications Recognition

Marc MacSharry

307. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for bringing forward amendments to section 38(2)(b) of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, as amended, to accept qualification recognition decisions made here under directives which preceded Directive 2005/36/EC, that is, Directives 89/48 and-or 92/51; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46482/18]

Medicinal Products Availability

Marc MacSharry

330. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46604/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Marc MacSharry

551. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes being applied to a practice (details supplied); her plans to make changes to this practice in the forthcoming social welfare Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46571/18]

Carer's Benefit Applications

Marc MacSharry

272. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46220/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Marc MacSharry

74. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the action which will be taken to address the long outpatient waiting times in Sligo University Hospital in which 1,136 persons are waiting more than 18 months for an appointment. [43620/18]

Fuel Allowance Applications

Marc MacSharry

324. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo was refused the fuel allowance even though their combined income from their State pension (contributory) and disablement benefit is under the weekly income limit of €343.30 in order to qualify for the free fuel allowance; her plans to amend the operational guidelines for the free fuel allowance scheme to make disablement benefit a qualifying payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42809/18]

Garda Deployment

Marc MacSharry

46. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42417/18]

Student Grant Scheme Administration

Marc MacSharry

197. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the accuracy of using an application and Eircodes as the measurement benchmark for assessing eligibility for the non-adjacent rate of student maintenance grant in which the practical evidence of a clocked drive of the distance proves that the measurements by the application using Eircodes to be inaccurate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41764/18]

Illness Benefit Payments

Marc MacSharry

606. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person who received illness benefit payments as a result of a personal injury is still liable for tax on the said payments received in circumstances in which compensation was subsequently awarded and the compensator has paid an amount equal to the illness benefit payments made to the person concerned directly to them, which is taken off the compensation award; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41772/18]

Forestry Management

Marc MacSharry

388. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a moratorium on forestry development in County Leitrim and a rebalancing of the focus on forestry throughout other counties to include regulations that will require full planning permission for the planting of forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40797/18]

Tax Exemptions

Marc MacSharry

161. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners does not inform married couples or couples in a civil partnership on reaching 65 years of age of their possible entitlement to a tax exemption limit of €36,000 as a matter of course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39419/18]

Wildlife Protection

Marc MacSharry

2791. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES, certificates issued by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in each of the years 2013 to 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32428/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans

Marc MacSharry

45. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to reduce outpatient waiting times for neurology consultations in Sligo University Hospital in which 263 appointments are outstanding for more than 18 months. [28207/18]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Marc MacSharry

198. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures followed when a school is compelled by him to establish an autism unit; the funding provided for the school to establish such a unit; the specialist expertise the school is resourced to procure; the training provided to existing staff to ensure that the autism unit is competent and effective in the delivery of specialist education to pupils as opposed to just an autism unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27662/18]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Marc MacSharry

730. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the provision of a primary care centre in Kinlough (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24897/18]

Public Transport

Marc MacSharry

1082. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the retrofitting of both audio and visual equipment to the Bus Éireann fleet in counties Sligo and Leitrim to assist persons who are deaf and visually impaired to travel independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24925/18]

Public Transport

Marc MacSharry

1083. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair-accessible buses available on routes licensed by the National Transport Authority serving counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24926/18]

Public Transport

Marc MacSharry

1084. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Transport Authority will have its bus stop accessibility audit completed for counties Sligo and Leitrim; if it will be publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24927/18]

Public Transport

Marc MacSharry

1085. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had an engagement with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government with regard to the provision of additional funding to enable local authorities to provide wheelchair-accessible bus stops nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24928/18]

Tourism Policy

Marc MacSharry

1086. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if either his Department or Fáilte Ireland has ever attempted to quantify the value of the accessible tourism market; if not, if he will request that one be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24929/18]

Tourism Promotion

Marc MacSharry

1087. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if either his Department or Fáilte Ireland has ever investigated the delivery of an accessible tourism marketing campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24930/18]

Alcohol Sales Legislation

Marc MacSharry

114. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the relevant section of legislation which deals with the issue of pub and hotel licences in cases in which if they have not been trading for a period of five years, if the licence expires or if there are procedures in place to revalidate the licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23904/18]

Emergency Departments

Marc MacSharry

80. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in overcrowding in Sligo University Hospital emergency department over the first four months of 2018 relative to the same period in 2017. [23536/18]

Inland Fisheries

Marc MacSharry

502. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 1 May 2018, if eel fishery owners that rented or leased their eel fishery or that were unable to fish for eel due to illness or old age are to be excluded in the proposed support scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23310/18]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Marc MacSharry

417. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if he will address a series of queries further to the cervical screening crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22539/18]

Waste Management

Marc MacSharry

466. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 499 and 504 of 6 February 2018, the progress made on the introduction of the new household waste collection charging arrangements; the way in which the annual support of €75 for persons with lifelong and long-term medical incontinence to assist with the cost of disposal of incontinence products will be implemented (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22019/18]

Domiciliary Care Allowance

Marc MacSharry

574. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to update the legislation governing the domiciliary care allowance scheme to allow for individual half rate payments to be made in respect of a child who satisfies the medical criteria for the scheme to both parents in separation cases in which there are equal joint custody arrangements in place and in view of the increasing number of court orders for 50-50 child custody arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22314/18]

State Claims Agency

Marc MacSharry

133. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance further to information provided (details supplied), if he will provide minutes of meetings to consider reports among him and his officials, and minutes of meetings between officials of his Department and other Departments and agencies including the State Claims Agency; if the reports provided on a quarterly basis made reference to cases relating to the cervical screening crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20837/18]

Inland Fisheries

Marc MacSharry

348. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, in addition to seeking funding from the Exchequer for financial supports for former eel fishermen who have been affected by the ban on eel fishing, he will also seek Exchequer funding for eel fishery owners who continue to pay annual rates even though eel fishing has been banned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18972/18]

Strategic Communications Unit

Marc MacSharry

91. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 101, 104, 107, 108 and 117 of 17 April 2018, if the details which relate to the €756,119 total amount indicated will be provided by item, including payment beneficiary in tabular form. [17877/18]

Education and Training Boards

Marc MacSharry

196. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the capital application and subdivision plans submitted by Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17544/18]

Garda Retirements

Marc MacSharry

307. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda retirements from each Garda station in counties Sligo and Leitrim in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18084/18]

Hospital Services

Marc MacSharry

64. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if a fixed catheterisation laboratory will be provided at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17075/18]

Tourism Industry

Marc MacSharry

306. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the remedial works being carried out in view of his Department's recent contact with boat operators that carry tourists to Inishmurray Island off County Sligo to immediately cease advertising or carrying out visits to the island; when they will commence and be completed in order to save the 2018 tourist season in the north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17165/18]

Garda Data

Marc MacSharry

76. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda station in counties Sligo and Leitrim in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16565/18]

Strategic Communications Unit

Marc MacSharry

101. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Taoiseach the amount of the €5 million budgeted for the Strategic Communications Unit in Budget 2018 which will remain; the areas in which these remaining funds will be used; and the purpose to which the funding will be used [15239/18]

Strategic Communications Unit

Marc MacSharry

102. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Taoiseach if there will be consequent redundancies arising from the discontinuance of the Strategic Communications Unit; if so, the number, position and grades of each; the redundancy payments that will arise; if no staff are exiting, the locations to which they will be redeployed; and the role or purpose of each; the number of positions and grades. [15240/18]

Strategic Communications Unit

Marc MacSharry

103. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Taoiseach the number, positions and grade of each position created for the purposes of establishing the Strategic Communications Unit. [15241/18]

Strategic Communications Unit

Marc MacSharry

104. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Taoiseach the costs and expenditure from the €5 million provided in Budget 2018 for the Strategic Communications Unit that have been expended up to and including 27 March 2018; the estimated further expenditure of the €5 million in the period between 27 March 2018 and the winding down of the unit in July 2018; and the amounts and purpose for which the moneys are expected to be used in tabular form. [15242/18]

Special Educational Needs Data

Marc MacSharry

329. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria employed when allocating specialist autism places to children for primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15090/18]

School Accommodation Provision

Marc MacSharry

330. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if in order to qualify for future capital funding for a school, such as summer works or capital works, that the school must have provision for special education needs including autism; and if so, the way in which he plans to reconcile the existing infrastructure and staffing deficit within schools to meet this requirement. [15091/18]

Special Educational Needs Data

Marc MacSharry

331. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the legal obligations on his Department to provide adequate specialist autism unit places to children in primary schools in each county and region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15093/18]

Special Educational Needs Data

Marc MacSharry

332. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of specialist autism unit places in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon by school and county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15094/18]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Marc MacSharry

333. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a specialist autism unit for a school (details supplied); if it will be ready for the academic year commencing in September 2018; if not, when it will be available for use; the number of places it will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15095/18]

Special Educational Needs Data

Marc MacSharry

334. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received for the academic year commencing in September 2018 by the special education needs organiser based in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim; the number of applications per school and area being sought in tabular form; the way in which he plans to accommodate the number of applications in the respective schools and areas for September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15096/18]

Special Educational Needs Data

Marc MacSharry

335. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure in circumstances in which children attending school who have autism have been in mainstream class rooms if and when an autism specialist unit is established at the same school; if these children are automatically given the places in the new autism unit; if they remain in mainstream class rooms; if there is an assessment carried out to determine same; if so, the person or body which carries out same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15097/18]

Passport Services

Marc MacSharry

550. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a passport scheme exits whereby a person making a very substantial investment here by way of an enterprise or community project is granted an Irish passport in return for said investment; if such a scheme exists, the qualification criterion for the scheme; the number which availed of such a scheme; the investment projects which were the subject of such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15841/18]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility

Marc MacSharry

683. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health his plans to include outpatient, child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, and child psychology appointments to be converted under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in order to address substantial backlogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15089/18]

Diabetes Strategy

Marc MacSharry

713. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 27 February 2018, when the tender process will be completed and a contractor appointed in view of the fact that the closing date for tenders passed in February 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15243/18]

Diabetes Strategy

Marc MacSharry

714. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 27 February 2018, the timeframe for Sligo University Hospital and the Saolta group to make a submission for the full cost of this project at national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15244/18]

Diabetes Strategy

Marc MacSharry

715. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 27 February 2018, if the paediatric diabetes service referred to should read adult and paediatric service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15245/18]

Diabetes Strategy

Marc MacSharry

716. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 27 February 2018, the Department that will make the decision on full funding approval for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15246/18]

Diabetes Strategy

Marc MacSharry

717. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 27 February 2018, the length of time it will take his Department to give full funding approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15247/18]

Diabetes Strategy

Marc MacSharry

718. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 27 February 2018, the length of time after full funding approval Sligo University Hospital expects to have a contractor on site and ready to start the nine month timescale indicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15248/18]

Diabetes Strategy

Marc MacSharry

719. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 27 February 2018, the reason the key requirement of the 2018 Saolta service plan for the provision of psychological services posts for diabetes patients has not been approved in the 2018 allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15249/18]

Ambulance Service Data

Marc MacSharry

969. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and crews covering Sligo town throughout the day on a 24-hour basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16401/18]

Ambulance Service Data

Marc MacSharry

970. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and crews that cover County Sligo throughout the day on a 24-hour basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16402/18]

Ambulance Service Data

Marc MacSharry

971. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if there are different numbers of ambulances and crews available during the week and different times during the day; if so, the reason therefor; the breakdown in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16403/18]

Ambulance Service Data

Marc MacSharry

972. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the procedures which govern the handover of patients to hospitals by ambulances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16404/18]

Ambulance Service Data

Marc MacSharry

973. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the length of time a handover of a patient to hospital by an ambulance crew takes at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16405/18]

Ambulance Service Provision

Marc MacSharry

974. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health when additional ambulances and crews will be made available to County Sligo and Sligo town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16406/18]

Ambulance Service Data

Marc MacSharry

975. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the geographical areas of County Sligo and Sligo town ambulances and crews cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16407/18]

Cross-Border Health Services Provision

Marc MacSharry

987. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision on their application to the Cross Border Directive for reimbursement of expenses for a medical procedure which was sent in January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16521/18]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Marc MacSharry

229. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on his discussions with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the implementation of Labour Court recommendation LRC 19293, concerning the rights of community employment scheme supervisors in view of commitments made by his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13999/18]

Child Benefit Data

Marc MacSharry

970. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of qualified child increases by scheme type for those aged 18 to 22 years in full-time education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12572/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Marc MacSharry

971. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of one-parent family payment and the related number of children who are also in receipt of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12573/18]

Project Ireland 2040 Launch

Marc MacSharry

112. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Taoiseach the cost of and expenditure on hosting the launch of the national planning framework and national development plan in County Sligo on 16 February 2018 by heading, in tabular form. [9055/18]

Garda Stations

Marc MacSharry

199. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the acquisition of the site for the new Sligo Garda station; the timeframe for tendering for the construction of the new station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9827/18]

State Examinations Appeals

Marc MacSharry

228. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the rechecking and appeal system for leaving certificate examination results to ensure that students are not prevented from securing a place in a preferred course should the recheck or appeal increase their points; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) and others have missed out on availing of scholarships due to the fact the recheck or appeal was not carried out in a timely manner to meet the criteria for the award of these scholarships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9404/18]

Garda Operations

Marc MacSharry

336. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the 2017 Garda overtime spent on operation Thor for the Sligo Leitrim Garda division compared to other divisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9828/18]

Garda Operations

Marc MacSharry

337. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the 2017 Garda overtime spent on operation Thor for the Sligo Leitrim Garda division, by rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9829/18]

Garda Operations

Marc MacSharry

338. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the 2017 Garda overtime spent on operation Thor for the Sligo Leitrim division on front line operational duty for crime prevention versus administration duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9830/18]

Garda Station Refurbishment

Marc MacSharry

345. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if provision has been made in budget 2018 for essential renovations to a Garda station (details supplied) in County Sligo in view of the fact that funding was originally allocated for the renovations in budget 2017 and the work did not commence that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9908/18]

Medicinal Products Availability

Marc MacSharry

316. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if his Department's decision to restrict the Versatis pain management patches on medical cards or the drug payment scheme for medical problems other than shingles will be reviewed; if his attention has been drawn to the large number of persons with back conditions such as scoliosis that are suffering since the patches were withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8187/18]

Basic Payment Scheme Penalties

Marc MacSharry

436. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department's decision to reduce 2017 basic payment scheme payments due to a fire in 2017 to landowners who have a share in the commonage at a location (details supplied) will be reviewed; if his Department sought or received a report as to the cause of the fire; the reason the landowners affected were not notified of the reduction in their payments until December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8320/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans

Marc MacSharry

84. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for outpatient waiting times in Sligo university hospital in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6426/18]

Waste Disposal Charges

Marc MacSharry

499. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the new household waste collection charging arrangements will be in place; the way in which the annual support of €75 for persons with lifelong or longterm medical incontinence to assist with the cost of disposal of incontinence products will be implemented (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5303/18]

State Pension (Contributory)

Marc MacSharry

574. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who were receiving a prescribed relative allowance, PRA, for providing full-time care to a relative, which was subsequently replaced by a carer's allowance, will be awarded home caring credits for the period that they were receiving the PRA under the new total contributions approach for calculating pensions in recognition of their caring role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5342/18]

State Pension (Non-Contributory)

Marc MacSharry

577. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the anomaly whereby farmers on reaching pension age do not receive the benefit of the earnings disregard of €200 in the means test for the State non-contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5412/18]

Disability Support Services

Marc MacSharry

608. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if persons with visual impairments will be facilitated to vote independently by secret ballot in the upcoming referendum; if ballot paper templates for persons with visual impairments will be available in each polling station; if persons will have an opportunity to test them in advance for access purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5534/18]

Garda Compensation

Marc MacSharry

182. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a person (details supplied) will be notified of a hearing date in relation to their application for compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2858/18]

Garda Compensation

Marc MacSharry

257. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will have a decision in regard to their application for compensation in view of the time that has elapsed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2859/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Marc MacSharry

594. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of welfare payments by scheme type; the number of related qualified child increases by scheme type, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3036/18]

HSE Staff

Marc MacSharry

730. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that counties Sligo and Leitrim are suffering due to the fact that there is no staff cover for essential services such as speech therapy, paediatric physiotherapy and occupational therapy in situations in which a key staff member is out on maternity leave or sick leave or has moved to another position (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54600/17]

Medicinal Products

Marc MacSharry

869. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to publishing the minutes and scheduled agenda of all future HSE drugs committee meetings to ensure transparency in this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55133/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Marc MacSharry

888. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason a drug (details supplied) is not available to persons suffering from multiple sclerosis here in view of the fact it is being reimbursed in the UK and Scotland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55158/17]

Transfer of Entitlements Application

Marc MacSharry

1247. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a transfer of entitlements application by a person (details supplied) will be finalised in order that the person can receive Basic Payment Scheme, BPS, payments for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1934/18]

Local Authority Funding

Marc MacSharry

532. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an assistant secretary in his Department gave a commitment later in the first quarter of 2015 when he or she met with the chief executive and management team of the council that he or she would find a way of getting the allocation back to Sligo once the financial plan for the council had been approved (details supplied). [53391/17]

Local Authority Funding

Marc MacSharry

533. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a meeting with the chief executive of the council on 7 September 2016 when the issue of repayment was again raised, an assistant secretary of his Department referred to his or her recollection of the matter being that on approval of the financial plan and adherence by the council to the terms of the plan over a two-year or three-year period, the money would be refunded. [53392/17]

Local Authority Funding

Marc MacSharry

534. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the change to the criteria was never communicated to Sligo County Council in view of the fact it is now two years since the signing of the plan and the agreed adjusted targets have been achieved; and if the €750,000 will be remitted to Sligo County Council immediately. [53393/17]