Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Services Provision

Tony McLoughlin

747. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the HSE invests in increased neurology services for persons with neurological conditions such epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and rare and other genetic neurological conditions; his views on whether neurology services are at breaking point with over 20,000 persons now waiting on an outpatient appointment to see a neurologist and over 7,000 waiting more than 12 months; the steps he will take to tackle these waiting lists and staff shortages in neurology centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13361/19]

Common Fisheries Policy

Tony McLoughlin

970. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reintroduce the voisinage agreement; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of fishermen in relation to this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13174/19]

Basic Payment Scheme

Tony McLoughlin

972. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options a person (details supplied) has to buy entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13190/19]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Tony McLoughlin

1230. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an issue involving underfunded volunteer centres will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14051/19]

Home Loan Scheme

Tony McLoughlin

1390. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the delivery of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme by Sligo County Council in 2018 and to date in 2019; if the funding under the programme will be affected by the fact other councils have run out of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13172/19]

Housing Adaptation Grant Funding

Tony McLoughlin

1413. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a revised total amount of €1.9 million in funding can be allocated for housing adaptation grants by Sligo County Council for 2019, in view of the fact that the council has the required levels to match funding to allow this level of grant to be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13614/19]

Hospital Facilities

Tony McLoughlin

44. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of the new diabetes unit at Sligo University Hospital; the contractor that has been appointed; when construction work will commence on the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11973/19]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Tony McLoughlin

63. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed capital developments at Sligo University Hospital, St. Patrick’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, and the North West Hospice, County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11983/19]

Garda Divisional Headquarters

Tony McLoughlin

9. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the development of the new regional Garda headquarters in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11984/19]

Beef Data and Genomics Programme

Tony McLoughlin

474. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason deductions were made to payments of a person (details supplied); if the matter can be appealed; when full payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11489/19]

Afforestation Programme

Tony McLoughlin

487. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application (details supplied); when a decision on it will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11863/19]

Afforestation Programme

Tony McLoughlin

505. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appeal by persons (details supplied) against the decision to withdraw a forestry licence will be heard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12253/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Tony McLoughlin

557. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure of his Department from 1 January to 31 December 2018 under the greenways heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11468/19]

Bus Éireann Services

Tony McLoughlin

570. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct the NTA to investigate if the services and stops on the S1 and S2 Bus Éireann public service routes in Sligo town can be reviewed to allow more frequent stops in the Treacy Avenue area of the town in view of the ageing population of the homeowners in the area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11783/19]

Public Sector Staff Grades

Tony McLoughlin

674. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who has worked in a section 39 funded position for the past 12 years but who was not directly paid by the HSE will qualify for an analogous grade if that person commences work within her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11987/19]

Local Authority Functions

Tony McLoughlin

693. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the associated regulations on the holding of plebiscites for place names will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas in view of the fact that the Local Government Act 2019 has been enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11488/19]

Arts and Culture Capital Scheme Funding

Tony McLoughlin

734. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will seek an update from Fáilte Ireland and the Chief State Solicitor's Office with regard to the ongoing problems with a theatre (details supplied) in County Sligo drawing down its capital funding grant; if these problems have since been resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12248/19]

Regional Enterprise Development Fund

Tony McLoughlin

32. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the next round of the regional enterprise development fund will open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11161/19]

Regional Enterprise Development Fund

Tony McLoughlin

38. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the regional enterprise plans; her views on the way in which they will benefit County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11160/19]

Harbours and Piers Maintenance

Tony McLoughlin

185. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the OPW funding allocated towards the upkeep of the Pollnadiva pier, Dromore West, County Sligo, since 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11297/19]

State Properties

Tony McLoughlin

143. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 9 October 2018, if the matter will be expedited with the Chief State Solicitor's Office, CSSO, in view of the fact that Sligo County Council has indicated that all the required paperwork is now in order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8979/19]

Summer Works Scheme

Tony McLoughlin

170. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision not to grant the application by a school (details supplied) for funding under the emergency works scheme will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9044/19]

Forestry Sector

Tony McLoughlin

448. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the terms of reference for the recently announced independent review into forestry in County Leitrim report have been made public; if community groups can make suggestions regarding the terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9060/19]

Renewable Energy Projects

Tony McLoughlin

471. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to include a pilot scheme for community owned renewable projects in the 2019 renewable electricity support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9063/19]

Tourism Data

Tony McLoughlin

550. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of national and international visitors visiting County Cork; the bed nights available in north County Cork; the demographic of visitors by age, income and nationality; the tourism budget spent in north County Cork in each of the years 2013 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9446/19]

Tourism Policy

Tony McLoughlin

551. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the food tourism, activity tourism and initiatives (details supplied) in north County Cork fit within the market and branding strategy for the Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland’s Ancient East and the Hidden Heartlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9447/19]

Bereavement Grant

Tony McLoughlin

621. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reintroduce the bereavement grant which was cut in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9458/19]

House Sales

Tony McLoughlin

635. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to whether housing agencies, banks or NAMA sell directly to persons with disabilities who are struggling to buy homes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9061/19]

Departmental Programmes

Tony McLoughlin

21. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Creative Schools programme 2019; the schools in County Sligo that are participating in same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8509/19]

National Heritage Plan

Tony McLoughlin

26. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Heritage 2030 public consultations; the opportunities including local meetings for groups and residents in counties Sligo and Leitrim to contribute to the consultation process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8510/19]

School Playgrounds

Tony McLoughlin

193. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to national schools to improve playground facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7679/19]

School Playgrounds

Tony McLoughlin

194. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to assist national schools with the development of playground facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7689/19]

Schools Facilities

Tony McLoughlin

592. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding schemes available to national schools for the improvement of playgrounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7669/19]

Community Enhancement Programme Eligibility

Tony McLoughlin

593. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the community enhancement programme does not allow schools to apply for funding in view of the fact that the rural equivalent and the CLÁR programmes allow same; his plans to change same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7733/19]

Hospitals Building Programme

Tony McLoughlin

141. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health when the new surgical block of Sligo University Hospital will proceed to stage 2B design and the planning application stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7296/19]

Autism Support Services

Tony McLoughlin

271. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6818/19]

Transport Infrastructure Provision

Tony McLoughlin

615. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if contact will be made with the NTA to seek funding in order to provide new bus shelters at the stop serving a location (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6807/19]

Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme

Tony McLoughlin

693. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when measure 2 of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme will become open for applications; if the request of a walk group (details supplied) will be considered for funding when an application is made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7129/19]

Workplace Relations Commission

Tony McLoughlin

742. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the appeal by a person (details supplied) to the WRC has now been submitted correctly; if the case will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7098/19]

Seaweed Harvesting Licences

Tony McLoughlin

766. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 29 January 2019, if all applicants have received correspondence; if not, if the applicants (details supplied) will be contacted as matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7010/19]

Clean Oceans Initiative

Tony McLoughlin

33. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the clean oceans initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5715/19]

Fisheries Protection

Tony McLoughlin

40. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated impact of the decision to protect waters within the six-mile limit; the estimated impact this measure will have for smaller vessels and for sustainability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5716/19]

EU Directives

Tony McLoughlin

68. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by HSE hospital-based pharmacists with regard to the provision of the EU falsified medicines directive and the statutory instrument that will be used to make it law here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5274/19]

Cycling Facilities Provision

Tony McLoughlin

547. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to consultations undertaken by his counterpart in France (details supplied); his plans to engage in a similar fashion with an organisation here on the development of a comprehensive policy regarding cycling here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5010/19]

Care of the Elderly Provision

Tony McLoughlin

596. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will request the HSE to consider developing a scheme to assist elderly pensioners who suffer from illnesses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with the costs of purchasing the oxygen tanks they need in order to remain in their homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5191/19]

Special Areas of Conservation

Tony McLoughlin

681. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will investigate with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, to partially withdraw aspects of the new special areas of conservation, SAC, boundaries in County Sligo which it has developed in and around a club (details supplied); if it will work with the club in order to ensure that common sense prevails with regard to the development of new SAC areas surrounding the club; if it will take into consideration potentially swapping a larger piece of its land for the area of contention which it has raised with the service in January 2019 and which will ultimately lead to a potential net habitat gain for the SAC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5277/19]

Job Creation

Tony McLoughlin

14. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland to promote job creation in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4440/19]

Regional Action Plan for Jobs

Tony McLoughlin

35. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the new regional enterprise plans will be launched; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4441/19]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Tony McLoughlin

237. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the requirements which will be in place for the self-employed to avail of jobseeker's allowance and benefit in 2019, if the payments will be means tested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4732/19]

Garda Stations

Tony McLoughlin

125. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in commencing construction of the Sligo regional Garda station for County Sligo; when construction will commence on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4465/19]