Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Colm Keaveney

229. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a change to local community employment schemes to permit persons to continue participating in the schemes beyond 60 years of age, until they reach retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37976/15]

Social Welfare Rates

Colm Keaveney

238. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2016 of increasing the disability allowance; the blind pension; the invalidity pension; and the carer's allowance, by €5, €10 and €15 per week. [38061/15]

Office of Public Works Expenditure

Colm Keaveney

347. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the Office of Public Works of private security, pest control, and other services relating to the securing or maintenance of the 139 Garda stations that have been closed since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37957/15]

Garda Station Closures

Colm Keaveney

582. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the savings to date generated by the closure of 139 Garda Síochána stations since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37958/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Colm Keaveney

645. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for an urgently required orthopaedic procedure at Merlin Park University Hospital in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37169/15]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Colm Keaveney

726. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for a medical procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37704/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Colm Keaveney

736. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for critical orthopaedic surgery to treat an 80o+ scoliosis curve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37750/15]

Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists

Colm Keaveney

763. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 14 October 2015, his views on a response issued by University Hospital Galway on 22 October 2015 stating the orthodontic treatment waiting list is currently running at approximately three years, and that, therefore, it is anticipated that a person (details supplied) should be seen in July 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37951/15]

Education and Training Provision

Colm Keaveney

1007. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer in 2016 of extending the MOMENTUM programme to persons in receipt of disability payments and illness payments, who are currently excluded from participating in this programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38366/15]

Local Authority Funding

Colm Keaveney

1080. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support an application from Galway County Council for funding from his Department for the refurbishment of local authority housing on Gilmartin Road in Tuam and in Tirboy, Tuam in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37971/15]

Mental Health Services Funding

Colm Keaveney

4. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the reason there was no specific 2016 funding commitment of €35 million for mental health in budget 2016 in line with the programme for Government and previous budget announcements; if the €15 million not provided in budget 2014 will also be provided in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36797/15]

Mental Health Services Funding

Colm Keaveney

60. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the reason there was no specific 2016 funding commitment of €35 million for mental health on budget day, in line with the programme for Government and with previous budget day announcements; if the €15 million not provided in budget 2014 will now be provided in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36578/15]

Disability Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

65. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36577/15]

Crime Data

Colm Keaveney

211. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Galway Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37038/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Colm Keaveney

133. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for eye cataract surgery; the reason the person has so far had three appointments scheduled, cancelled and re-scheduled; the guarantee that will be provided that the latest appointment, re-scheduled for 2016, will not be cancelled yet again; the reason this person has been forced to suffer the indignity of having been offered this procedure three times in the private sector with immediate scheduling by the same consultant whose appointments have been cancelled in the public sector three times, at a cost in excess of €3000, which sum this person has no access to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36807/15]

Workplace Equipment Adaptation Grant

Colm Keaveney

166. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if grants are available to employers to upgrade their buildings to make them accessible to persons with mobility issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36811/15]

Services for People with Disabilities

Colm Keaveney

147. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the key measures under the new comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35284/15]

Services for People with Disabilities

Colm Keaveney

148. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on concerns that the new comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities is arriving four years too late for this Government to deliver on the strong commitments made by An Taoiseach and Ministers at the strategy's launch; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35285/15]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Colm Keaveney

189. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost in 2015 of the wage subsidy scheme; the financial implications to the Exchequer of reducing the minimum hours threshold from 21 hours to 18 hours per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36449/15]

Dublin Bus Services

Colm Keaveney

704. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the Dublin Bus fleet that is wheelchair accessible in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36416/15]