Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Mental Health Services

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

290. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health the women-only spaces available in mental health services; the amount of funding allocated for these services in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29539/18]

Town and Village Renewal Scheme

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

321. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason funding for public artworks as part of the town and village renewal scheme 2017 has been withdrawn; his views on whether funding invested in the arts also supports the regeneration of rural towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29540/18]

Home Loan Scheme

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

564. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if consideration has been given to extending the eligibility criteria for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan for applicants with properties on rural sites in excess of 175 sq. m; if further consideration has been given to the differentiation in property values between urban and rural sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27373/18]

Built Heritage Investment Scheme

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

32. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports provided to built heritage projects in County Offaly in 2017 and 2018; her plans in this regard for 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26717/18]

Creative Ireland Programme

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

40. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the creative schools programme; the level of involvement of schools in County Offaly in the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26716/18]

Office of Public Works Properties

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

111. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when maintenance work will be carried out on a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26961/18]

Female Genital Mutilation

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

311. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the interdepartmental work to develop a national strategy on female genital mutilation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26282/18]

Legislative Programme

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

312. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health the status of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015; when the Bill will recommence in the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26284/18]

Sports Capital Programme Data

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

82. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital funding awarded to sports clubs in County Offaly since 2011 under the sports capital programme; when the next sports capital programme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25248/18]

Shared Services

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

209. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Finance if all staff will be transferred to the National Shared Services Office in view of the transfer of his Department's functions in Tullamore back to Dublin; if staff expressing an interest in being transferred to the Department of Education and Skills or other Departments will be facilitated in circumstances in which a vacancy exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24615/18]

Immigration Status

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

509. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to allow a person (details supplied) to remain legally here; if recognition has been given to the person's exceptional academic achievement in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25069/18]

HSE Funding

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

667. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health the reason funding has been withdrawn by the Health Service Executive that makes possible an annual one week holiday for medium-term and long-term patients living in community based Health Service Executive owned homes (details supplied) in counties Laois and Offaly. [24614/18]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

840. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent policy change by the National Ambulance Service whereby in the event of an emergency, the national emergency operations centre issues just one SMS to a single nominee of all relevant community first responder groups in the locality of the emergency; if his attention has been further drawn to the delayed response times of community first responder groups to emergencies due to the change; if his attention has been drawn to the increased administrative burden that the change is imposing on local voluntary groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25330/18]

Library Services

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

1160. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason a book written here must be approved and purchased by a company (details supplied) in the UK before a supply and purchase can be made by county council libraries nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24612/18]

National Monuments

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

70. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the plans contained within the Investing in Our Culture, Language and Heritage 2018-2027 plan for caring for Ireland’s national monuments, including Clonmacnoise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19913/18]

Telecommunications Services Provision

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

41. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress of the actions under his Department’s remit for the mobile phone and broadband task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18900/18]

Voluntary Sector

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

51. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of support his Department provides to encourage and facilitate volunteering, in particular in counties without a volunteer centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18901/18]

Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

49. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration is being given to the reintroduction of three enrolment points to the early childhood care and education scheme in order to facilitate greater flexibility and accessibility by families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18751/18]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

301. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health his plans to recruit additional paediatric rheumatologists to address the number of children on the waiting list to be diagnosed and treated for juvenile arthritis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19005/18]

Tourism Promotion

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

51. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of efforts to capitalise on the exposure of Ireland following the release of the latest movie in a franchise (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17720/18]