Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Jackie Cahill

99. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme in order to allow access to persons with severe cerebral palsy who due to their illness are incapable of independent movement and require modified vehicles to attend hospital, physiotherapy and all other care which helps them with their quality of life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32527/16]

Departmental Schemes

Jackie Cahill

268. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the allocation from the €10 million nationally for the town and village renewal scheme 2016 that has been made for County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32821/16]

Legislative Programme

Jackie Cahill

284. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the legislation required for a new transport support scheme as currently the financial supports for provision of adapted transport for persons with severe disability is grossly underfunded and is having a profound impact on the quality of life of those suffering from disability and also their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32528/16]

Primary Medical Certificates Applications

Jackie Cahill

285. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the provision of a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32529/16]

Medical Card Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

322. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the illnesses and disabilities that automatically qualify a person for a medical card; the details of the severity and stage of the illness when the automatic qualification starts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32714/16]

Farm Assist Scheme

Jackie Cahill

384. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to utilise existing state aid rules and the temporary concessions allowed to provide lower cost financial support to assist farmers through the income crisis of 2016 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32665/16]

Farm Assist Scheme

Jackie Cahill

386. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland’s €11.1million share of the July 2016 EU aid package for dairy and other livestock farmers will be matched with national funding, as the EU allows; the way he plans to utilise the potential €22.2million to support farmers’ cash flow, under pressure from low produce prices and accumulating merchant credit, utility, superlevy and tax bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32663/16]

Brexit Issues

Jackie Cahill

22. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the immediate actions being taken to alleviate the initial effects of Brexit, particularly in the area of horticulture, an area that has already seen significant job losses due to Brexit. [31806/16]

Competition Law

Jackie Cahill

24. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the serious concerns in the beef industry following a takeover by a company (details supplied), in view of the fact the primary producers may now find themselves selling into a less competitive market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32210/16]

Basic Payment Scheme

Jackie Cahill

146. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the late payments to farmers caused by administration problems and delayed processing of satellite inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32211/16]

Fines Administration

Jackie Cahill

116. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will take the necessary steps to ensure that all fines imposed by District Courts are collected at source by the office of the Revenue Commissioners and deducted, if required, from individuals' social protection payments or by their employer (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31666/16]

Bail Law

Jackie Cahill

117. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reform the bail laws to include electronic monitoring for persistent offenders and to ensure that any accused person charged for a third time with an offence similar to a previous conviction would only be granted bail on condition that he or she is electronically monitored by an approved monitoring system (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31667/16]

Fines Data

Jackie Cahill

118. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total value of uncollected fines for criminal offences in courts in Tipperary for 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31668/16]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Jackie Cahill

223. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of consultants Caranua has employed and the amount it has paid them since its formation on 31 March 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31880/16]

Animal Identification Schemes

Jackie Cahill

511. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all of the official bovine identification tags offered for supply in the new scenario will be subjected to the same standards surrounding tag security that has applied to every tag tender here for the past 21 years and which has been one of the cornerstones of the animal identification and traceability system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31629/16]

Food and Agriculture Organisation

Jackie Cahill

512. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding to be received by Bord Bia as part of budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31646/16]

Environmental Schemes

Jackie Cahill

519. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any extra funding has been made available to the special areas of conservation, SACs, to compensate for the restrictions imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31878/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

Jackie Cahill

520. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers waiting for area of natural constraints, ANC, payments due to delays in administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31882/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Jackie Cahill

522. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment and area of natural constraint payment will be received by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31924/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Data

Jackie Cahill

526. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers waiting for the first instalment of the single farm payment due to the delay in processing inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31966/16]

Driver Test Data

Jackie Cahill

573. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of tests taken and the total number of fails at each of the driving test centres in Nenagh, Thurles, Tipperary town and Clonmel, County Tipperary, for each of the years 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31972/16]

Ambulance Service

Jackie Cahill

93. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the details of the proposed review of the provision of ambulance services in County Tipperary; if he will undertake that this review will not lead to a reduction in the number of national ambulance service vehicles in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30670/16]

Ambulance Service Provision

Jackie Cahill

152. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service is reviewing the provision of rapid response vehicles in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30188/16]

Ambulance Service Provision

Jackie Cahill

153. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for each year since 2011 the number of rapid response vehicles provided by the National Ambulance Service in County Tipperary in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30189/16]

Ambulance Service Provision

Jackie Cahill

154. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that operate out of each ambulance station in County Tipperary on a daily basis, Monday to Sunday; and if he will provide a breakdown of this on an hourly and daily rota basis to ascertain the actual level of service in County Tipperary. [30190/16]

Ambulance Service Provision

Jackie Cahill

155. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for each year since 2011 the number of emergency ambulances assigned to each ambulance station in County Tipperary in tabular form; the number of intermediate care vehicles assigned to each; and number of rapid response vehicles assigned to each. [30191/16]

DEIS Scheme

Jackie Cahill

20. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be assessed for inclusion in the DEIS programme, which is currently under review, as all research carried out in its catchment area emphasises the need for the school's inclusion in the programme given that the second level schools in the area that it feeds into are currently included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29968/16]

DEIS Scheme

Jackie Cahill

21. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be immediately assessed for inclusion in the DEIS programme, which is currently under review, in view of the fact that all research carried out in its catchment area emphasises the need for its inclusion in the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29975/16]

Disability Services Provision

Jackie Cahill

50. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) who requires early intervention services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29986/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Jackie Cahill

73. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the way, under the National Treatment Purchase Fund, a person (details supplied) can access an urgently needed knee replacement operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29985/16]

Mobile Telephony Services

Jackie Cahill

84. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will engage with the mobile telephone service providers about the poor and sometimes non-existent coverage in rural Tipperary and insist that they cease cherry-picking the high-population urban centres while neglecting the rural population, in view of the fact that many small businesses in rural Tipperary are depending on mobile Internet coverage to operate their business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29965/16]

Legal Aid Service Data

Jackie Cahill

37. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the top earning free criminal legal aid solicitors, and their earnings, for each of the years 2012 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29711/16]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Jackie Cahill

151. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can be assessed for a capital investment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29708/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme

Jackie Cahill

237. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is possible under the current tenant purchase scheme for long time tenants of county councils to purchase their homes by way of a lump sum complete payment while not fulfilling the age criteria; and if not, the reasoning behind this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29779/16]

Gorse Burning

Jackie Cahill

327. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will investigate the need to extend the time deadline for the burning of gorse on the Knockmealdown Mountains, County Tipperary, from the end of February to 15 April annually, which is the standard in the UK, to encourage and help the viability of five species of ground nesting birds (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29717/16]

Disability Services Funding

Jackie Cahill

369. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of capital investment in intellectual disability services since 2006 by making an extra €100 million available annually for the next five years to address the 17,883 persons who are on waiting lists for services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29309/16]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Jackie Cahill

376. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will immediately appoint a Parkinson's disease nurse specialist for the south east in view of the circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29333/16]

Meat Processing Plants

Jackie Cahill

529. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his officials at meat processing plants are aware of cattle being paid for under the meat processor-run insurance scheme; the percentage of injured or rejected cattle that are actually paid for under this insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29712/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration

Jackie Cahill

135. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will amend the tenant purchase scheme guidelines to allow long-time tenants of county councils to purchase their homes by way of lump sum while not fulfilling the age criteria. [28815/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration

Jackie Cahill

136. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will amend the anomaly in the tenant purchase scheme to allow long-term tenants to purchase their homes with funds raised independently of the council while not fulfilling the income criteria. [28816/16]

Electricity Transmission Network

Jackie Cahill

218. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review the revamping of lines by the ESB currently under way throughout County Tipperary (details supplied). [28824/16]

Knowledge Transfer Programme

Jackie Cahill

552. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the knowledge transfer programme to allow the entry of young farmers in particular who are not in a financial position to slaughter cattle at this time but who would otherwise benefit from participation in the programme. [28588/16]

Community Policing

Jackie Cahill

18. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Tipperary Garda division. [27400/16]

Garda Reserve

Jackie Cahill

20. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Tipperary Garda division. [27401/16]

Medical Card Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

227. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the criteria used in assessing an application for a medical card for a patient who is diagnosed with cancer and is embarking on chemotherapy; the point of the diagnosis at which the medical card is automatically granted; if the fact that the cost of cancer care is greatest at initial diagnosis when chemotherapy is prescribed will be taken into account in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27765/16]

Special Areas of Conservation Designation

Jackie Cahill

234. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if non-designated commonage is an EU protected habitat; if so, the decision-making process by which the status of this type of commonage changed from one of extensive farmland to one of EU protected habitat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27766/16]

State Aid

Jackie Cahill

235. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision to put an aid package into a low-interest loan will have the effect of requiring EU state aid approval; and if so, his views on whether it will have the effect of causing undue delay which will cause further financial hardship for farm families. [27767/16]

Farm Inspections

Jackie Cahill

236. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections from the Nenagh office for each year from 2010 to 2015; the number of penalties imposed by the Nenagh office for each year from 2010 to 2015; the financial value of penalties imposed by the Nenagh office for each year from 2010 to 2015; the number of 100% penalties which were imposed by the Nenagh office for each year from 2010 to 2015; and the comparison of each category versus the national average of all the offices nationally. [27768/16]

Knowledge Transfer Programme

Jackie Cahill

801. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the criteria for entry into the knowledge transfer scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26758/16]

Tax Reliefs Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

197. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if a person is to start a solar farm, does the land that the solar farm is on still qualify for agricultural relief on transfer or inheritance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24946/16]