Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Tax Code

Denise Mitchell

178. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the cigarette production volumes in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the tobacco product tax receipts on fine cut tobacco since 2003, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19556/19]

Illicit Trade in Tobacco

Denise Mitchell

179. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the status of actions taken as part of the WHO Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19560/19]

VAT Exemptions

Denise Mitchell

180. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the feasibility of including nicotine patches in the list of medicines which are zero rated for VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19561/19]

Autism Support Services

Denise Mitchell

290. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the location of an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit in a school (details supplied) and-or another school in accordance with section 8 of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18775/19]

Tobacco Control Measures

Denise Mitchell

600. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the feasibility of introducing a licence system with a minimum annual fee of €500 to be paid by tobacco retailers; the estimated costs associated with developing, maintaining and administering same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19562/19]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Denise Mitchell

782. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 12 March 2019, his plans to recruit a consultant cardiologist to support the implementation of a heart failure service in the South/Southwest Hospital Group; the costs associated with recruiting for this position; if funding is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19004/19]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Denise Mitchell

783. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health when he will establish a focused working group to develop proposals for a package of health and well-being supports for survivors of mother and baby homes as recommended in the collaborative forum report; the process by which persons will be appointed to this forum; the consultation he will have with survivors and the various representative groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19005/19]

Tobacco Control Measures

Denise Mitchell

922. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the number of retail outlets registered to sell tobacco with the National Register of Tobacco Retailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19551/19]

Tobacco Control Measures

Denise Mitchell

923. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of making nicotine replacement therapy free of charge to all those enrolled in smoking cessation programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19557/19]

Tobacco Control Measures

Denise Mitchell

924. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health his plans to examine operational structures to provide nicotine replacement therapy without a prescription to GMS patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19558/19]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

Denise Mitchell

925. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing the exclusion of nicotine replacement therapy from the drugs payment scheme in a full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19559/19]

Residential Institutions

Denise Mitchell

1351. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to consult with the broader survivor community in addition to the collaborative forum membership regarding the recommendation of the report of the collaborative forum to fund a series of memorialisation measures to remember and honour the mothers and children incarcerated in mother and baby homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19006/19]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Denise Mitchell

1352. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to appoint a new chairperson of the collaborative forum; the process by which this appointment will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19007/19]

School Meals Programme

Denise Mitchell

1424. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 636 to 641, inclusive, of 12 March 2019, the criteria used to determine the way in which the 367 non-DEIS schools participating in the school meals programme were selected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19002/19]

School Meals Programme

Denise Mitchell

1425. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 636 to 641, inclusive, of 12 March 2019, the way in which the pilot scheme from September 2019 providing hot school meals will be undertaken; the criteria used to select the participating schools; the way in which the scheme will be evaluated; when a report will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19003/19]

Election Monitoring Missions

Denise Mitchell

51. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of male and female applications, respectively, received from Irish election observers for the OSCE observation mission covering the first round of presidential elections in Ukraine; the number of male and female observers, respectively, sent for the first round; his views on whether this is in line with the policy of having an appropriate gender balance; the reason no long-term election observers were sent; the number of observers requested by the OSCE for the second round; the reason for scaling back the number of observers being sent to the second round to just five observers; when the decision was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18246/19]

Childhood Obesity

Denise Mitchell

156. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recommendation of the healthy weight for children (zero-six years) framework calling for obesity impact assessments for new planning developments that impact children and their families; if he will consider same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18308/19]

Obesity Levels

Denise Mitchell

178. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the progress on meeting the targets as set out in A Healthy Weight for Ireland in regard to a sustained downward trend as measured by a survey (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18166/19]

Health Promotion

Denise Mitchell

179. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the funding being provided to support family food initiatives nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18167/19]

Health Promotion

Denise Mitchell

180. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if a similar initiative to an initiative (details supplied) will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18168/19]