Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospitals Data

Jack Chambers

569. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive care unit beds in Dublin hospitals, by month, over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6091/16]

Hospitals Data

Jack Chambers

570. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health if the number of intensive care unit beds in Dublin hospitals is sufficient to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6092/16]

Hospitals Data

Jack Chambers

571. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for patients attending accident and emergency units to get an intensive care unit bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6093/16]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Jack Chambers

586. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health to include the anti-coagulation strip and lancet in the long-term illness scheme or the drugs repayment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6197/16]

Nursing Home Accommodation Provision

Jack Chambers

587. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health his plans to build a 100-bed nursing home on the grounds of Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown in Dublin 15 to replace the Woodlands and Silver Birch services; when work on the new site will begin; when the new centres will open; the funding that will be used to carry out this development; the number of residents residing in the existing Woodlands and Silver Birch services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6198/16]

Health Strategies

Jack Chambers

588. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health to organise a national policy on tackling osteoporosis; to reverse the cut in funding to the Irish Osteoporosis Society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6199/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Jack Chambers

589. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health to add fibromyalgia to the long-term illness scheme; the measures he is taking to raise awareness of fibromyalgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6200/16]

Hospitals Discharges

Jack Chambers

590. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of patients at Waterford Regional Hospital who are well enough to be discharged but are awaiting an appropriate care package to be put in place; the average waiting time for patients who are ready for discharge at Waterford Regional Hospital but require care packages; the reason such a delay exists and if it relates to funding cuts for home care packages; the way in which care packages are allocated to patients ready for discharge at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6201/16]

Hospitals Discharges

Jack Chambers

591. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, who is waiting to be discharged; the reason for the delay in discharging this person; the reason nursing home funding for this person has been withdrawn; the number of such persons who are awaiting discharge at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6202/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Jack Chambers

592. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 and whether the case will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6203/16]

Hospital Beds Data

Jack Chambers

593. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on hospital trolleys, by month, for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6204/16]

Hospitals Building Programme

Jack Chambers

594. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to relocate the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin 1 to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6205/16]

Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions

Jack Chambers

595. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the progress he is making in ensuring hospitals are complying with the working time directive for junior doctors; the number of hospitals he has sanctioned for breaching the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6206/16]

Nursing Staff Remuneration

Jack Chambers

596. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health his views on the cutting of pay levels for graduate nurses; the number of nurses who took up places on the Health Service Executive's nursing in Ireland scheme, which was aimed at bringing Irish nurses who had emigrated back to work here; the stage the scheme is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6207/16]

Hospital Staff Data

Jack Chambers

597. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies and the number of agency staff employed, by position, by hospital. [6208/16]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Jack Chambers

598. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health his progress in reducing the reliance on agency staff as pledged in the 2015 service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6209/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Jack Chambers

725. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse her plans to proceed with changes to the way children with special educational needs in schools are assessed, as outlined in the Delivery for Pupils with Special Educational Needs document; if learning resource requirements will not be assessed based on socio-demographic characteristics of a school’s catchment area and standardised tests; if she will continue to allocate learning supports and resource teaching based on the professionally assessed special education needs of children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6218/16]

Home Tuition Scheme Staff

Jack Chambers

726. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills the employment status of home tutors who are paid through the home tuition grant which she administers with the Revenue Commissioners; if home tutors paid under this grant are self-employed or PAYE workers; if they are self-employed, whether they are able to claim expenses before PRSI, USC or income tax are deducted; if they are PAYE workers, whether they can pay a class A stamp; if she will address the concerns of parents of special needs children and home tutors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6219/16]

Special Educational Needs

Jack Chambers

727. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education will recognise the global development delay condition as a disability that requires the provision of special needs assistance and resource hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6220/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Jack Chambers

728. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is enrolled in a special school for children with autism, given that the school changed its admissions policy to prioritise geography over need; if she instructs schools to cease using geographic criteria in enrolment policies; if she will ensure an autism school is established in the Dublin 15 area, where there is currently none; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6221/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Jack Chambers

729. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to restore equal pay scales for new teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6222/16]

Homeless Persons Data

Jack Chambers

778. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of children in primary school who are officially recorded as homeless or residing in emergency accommodation; if he is aware of the impact and disruption homelessness has on school-going children’s studies; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6225/16]

Waste Management

Jack Chambers

779. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the planned pay-by-weight refuse collection programme due to commence on 1 July, including the level of engagement from refuse collection companies; if data will be supplied to support his statement that the new system will result in savings for 90% of households; the supply costings involved, comparing the old and new systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6226/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Jack Chambers

780. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units built, by each local authority, in each of the past five years; the number of these now occupied; the number of social housing units that will be built in each of the years 2016 to 2018, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6227/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Funding

Jack Chambers

781. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for capping the refurbishment grant on boarded up houses, given the housing and homelessness crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6228/16]

Broadband Service Provision

Jack Chambers

799. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the availability of broadband in the Dublin 15 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6186/16]

Electric Vehicles

Jack Chambers

800. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the pricing strategy, operated by Electricity Supply Board cars relating to the use of electric vehicles, is compatible with European Union Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure in Article 4, section 9; his views on the pricing strategy and the way in which it will advance the development of electric and zero-emission vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6187/16]

Bus Services

Jack Chambers

832. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public consultation and engagement criteria in relation to changing bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6118/16]

Public Bike Schemes

Jack Chambers

833. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to establish or to extend the Dublin bike scheme to Dublin 15 or to the broader Fingal area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6119/16]

Ministerial Meetings

Jack Chambers

834. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with officials from a company (details supplied) and discussed certain issues with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6120/16]

Inland Waterways Development

Jack Chambers

835. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the plan to extend the Royal Canal project between Dublin 15 and Maynooth in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6121/16]

Driver Licence Renewals

Jack Chambers

836. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an Irish citizen who is living abroad can renew a driving licence in advance of its expiration if that person is in the country, or if the person must wait until the driver licence has expired; his plans to change this process to allow drivers renew their licences in advance of their expiration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6192/16]

Bus Services

Jack Chambers

837. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to have a shelter installed at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6193/16]

Rail Network Safety

Jack Chambers

838. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine the issue of overcrowding on Irish Rail services on the Dublin-Maynooth line; to ensure Irish Rail provide additional carriages or more frequent services to prevent such overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6194/16]

National Transport Authority Data

Jack Chambers

839. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of all penalties imposed, including the reason, by the National Transport Authority on Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6195/16]

Public Transport Provision

Jack Chambers

840. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ensure transport links are established to connect Dublin 15 and Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6196/16]