Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Disease Management

Catherine Connolly

1019. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who have tested positive for Lyme disease in another jurisdiction are permitted to donate blood here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26576/17]

Blood Donations

Catherine Connolly

1058. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the current one-year deferral on MSM blood donors here to a three-month deferral (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26740/17]

General Practitioner Services

Catherine Connolly

1106. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the position with regard to the provision of emergency equipment and supplies to rural general practitioners who are not members of a co-operative and are acting as surrogates for the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26887/17]

Ambulance Service

Catherine Connolly

1107. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ambulance crisis in south Connemara, County Galway, in which the ambulance base in Carraroe is frequently unstaffed and unmanned with resulting unacceptable waiting times for an ambulance and in the view of general practitioners on the ground will result in death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26888/17]

Departmental Data

Catherine Connolly

1112. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 3 May 2017, if the files in question have been retrieved; if not, the reason for the delay in their retrieval; when he expects the examination of the file to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26919/17]

Health Services Staff Data

Catherine Connolly

1436. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the posts that have become vacant in a group (details supplied) in occupational therapy, physiotherapy and public health nurses in the past three years; the posts which have been filled; the date on which they were filled; the posts which have not been filled; the reason for same; the vacant posts that no longer exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28391/17]

Health Services Reports

Catherine Connolly

1456. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if a copy of the Galway Roscommon ASD service review commissioned by the Chief Officer CHO 2, HSE West can be provided; the status of each of the recommendations therein; the extent to which each recommendation has been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28560/17]

Disability Services Provision

Catherine Connolly

1457. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Galway for ASD services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28562/17]

Traveller Accommodation

Catherine Connolly

2207. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 16 November 2016, the criteria used by his Department to establish the allocation figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27579/17]

Traveller Accommodation

Catherine Connolly

2208. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 16 November 2016, if the funds not drawn down by the local authority were restored to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27580/17]

Fire Service Staff

Catherine Connolly

2269. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number, location and classification of all fire stations in Galway city and county; the required complement of staff for each station; the number actually employed; the number of vacancies; the reason such vacancies exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28603/17]

Army Barracks

Catherine Connolly

2295. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if sewerage and waste water from all buildings within a barracks (details supplied) in County Galway is connected into the Galway city sewerage system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28796/17]

State Bodies Expenditure

Catherine Connolly

9. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nature, details and value of all accommodation contracts entered into between the OPW and Caranua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26099/17]

Social Welfare Schemes

Catherine Connolly

37. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 710 of 14 February 2017 the input his Department had into the Defence Forces employment support scheme; the reports or documentation provided; if data on social welfare recipients were passed to the Department of Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25971/17]

Maternity Benefit Administration

Catherine Connolly

83. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in the payment of maternity benefit payments; the number of outstanding payments; the time these persons have been waiting for payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25972/17]

Appointments to State Boards

Catherine Connolly

130. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the name of each person who sat on the panel to select the new board of Caranua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26120/17]

HSE Staff

Catherine Connolly

228. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 238 of 25 January 2017 and 59 of 3 May 2017 (details supplied), the reason for the delay in granting approval for such an essential post in view of the fact it has now been vacant since August 2016 leaving the Gaeltacht area bereft of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26189/17]

Military Aircraft Landings

Catherine Connolly

50. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedures in place to ensure that US military aircraft landing at Shannon Airport comply with conditions related to permission to land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25948/17]

Irish Prisoners Abroad

Catherine Connolly

73. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify the indications he has received from President el-Sisi of Egypt that he will exercise his presidential powers to return a person (details supplied) to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25607/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Catherine Connolly

8. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units that will be completed in Galway city in 2017 and in each of the next five years; the locations in which this construction will take place; the expected number of social housing units coming into the ownership of the city council in 2017 and in each of the next five years under the Urban Regeneration and Housing Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24802/17]