Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Primary Care Centres Provision

Regina Doherty

489. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors who have contracted to offer general practitioner services in the proposed primary care centre in Ashbourne County Meath; the number of staff and categories of staff who will work in this centre; the range of services that will be offered; if there will be dianostics available in the centre such as x-ray, endoscopy, dexa scanner and so on; if a minor surgery facility for day surgery will be available; if there will be a gym, physiotherapy and rehabilitation facilities in the building; the completion date for this project; if funding has been allocated and maintained in the capital budget for this project; the catchment area the centre intends to serve; the projected population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55338/12]

School Curriculum

Regina Doherty

12. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce any secondary school initiatives to deal with obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54604/12]

School Curriculum

Regina Doherty

13. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce any national school initiatives to deal with obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54610/12]

Illicit Trade in Tobacco

Regina Doherty

128. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to combat the increasing availability of illegal cigarettes in County Meath which are being sold on the black market and door to door at housing estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54003/12]

Renewable Energy Incentives

Regina Doherty

361. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the specific initiatives there are for County Meath in the national renewable energy plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54315/12]

Vaccination Programme

Regina Doherty

560. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if his Department will consider the introduction of the MenB vaccine when it is licensed early in the new year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54714/12]

Services for People with Disabilities

Regina Doherty

625. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the criteria for a child to qualify for a bone-anchored hearing aid procedure and the number of children with Downs' syndrome that have benefited from it for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54068/12]

Health Services Provision

Regina Doherty

651. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the changes and practices that have been introduced since the 2011 ISQSH Patient Survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54338/12]

Medical Card Applications

Regina Doherty

658. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a medical card. [54426/12]

Medical Card Reviews

Regina Doherty

659. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been revoked in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54429/12]

Tax Code

Regina Doherty

212. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the relevant contract tax continues to apply to school Board of Managements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52326/12]

Schools Administration

Regina Doherty

279. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider increasing the funding to boards for administrative costs for the outsourcing of school accountancy work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52327/12]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Regina Doherty

688. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason the breast check programme currently stops at the age of 64 years; if it will be made available to women over this age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52800/12]

Organ Donation

Regina Doherty

606. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the initiatives there are to encourage live organ donations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51256/12]

Drug Treatment Programmes Funding

Regina Doherty

262. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if there are currently supports to secure the mother and child unit in Coolmine Therapeutic Community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50407/12]

Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure

Regina Doherty

323. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that his Department spent on flood alleviation schemes in County Meath for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49862/12]

Enterprise Support Services Provision

Regina Doherty

332. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to support small rural shops and businesses in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49863/12]

National Lottery Funding Applications

Regina Doherty

425. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when announcements will be made in relation to his Department's National Lottery funding payments for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49864/12]

National Lottery Funding Applications

Regina Doherty

579. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when announcements will be made in relation to her Department's National Lottery funding payments for 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49866/12]

Home Help Service Provision

Regina Doherty

586. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the number of home help hours paid for by the Health Service Executive, either directly through employment or contracts or through agencies and if they broken down by category or type of care provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49444/12]

Hospital Staff Issues

Regina Doherty

615. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the position of full-time physiotherapist at Temple Street CUH Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Dublin, will be filled; if an agency physiotherapist will be appointed in the interim period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49674/12]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Regina Doherty

620. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the hospitals and or healthcare centres in which Legionnaires disease occurred in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49698/12]

Drug Treatment Programmes Availability

Regina Doherty

630. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the systems in place to provide supervised injection sites to ensure the adequate disposal of needles used to inject heroin in view of the fact that such a service would provide an access point to clean needles, reduce the overall harm to the user and treatment professionals and encourage users to undertake treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49759/12]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Regina Doherty

688. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when announcements will be made in relation to his Department's National Lottery funding payments for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49865/12]

Property Taxation Application

Regina Doherty

663. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a decision has been made to exempt listed buildings from the proposed property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47434/12]

Overseas Development Aid Provision

Regina Doherty

43. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of financial support given to overseas development organisations, in tabular form for the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46835/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Regina Doherty

71. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the dates for the intended extension for a school (details supplied) in County Meath as approved in 2006; the reason for the delay to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46691/12]

Airport Development Projects

Regina Doherty

62. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view on whether aviation leasing is a sector in which there is considerable potential for growth here; if so, the way he proposes to take advantage of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44937/12]

Vaccination Programme

Regina Doherty

298. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the way the Expert Medical Group on Whooping Cough Vaccination set up in 1984 by the them Minister Mr. Barry Desmond TD arrived at its decision of reasonable doubt where symptoms of persistent screaming, collapse, convulsions, infantile spasms, paralyses and development of mental retardation were present in a child (details supplied), after their vaccination in 1976; the way that expert group concluded that their disability was not caused by their vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45273/12]

Medical Records

Regina Doherty

300. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason access to the medical records of a person (details supplied) complied during their stay at the Health Service Executive, Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary have been refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45275/12]

Vaccination Programme

Regina Doherty

301. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the position regarding legislation to provide a no fault vaccine injury compensation scheme as recommended in the Joint Oireachtas Committee Report on Childhood Immunisation dated July 2001; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45282/12]

Medical Records

Regina Doherty

302. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the services that were provided to a person (details supplied) from the Health Service Executive Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, Delvin County Westmeath during their stay there from November 1981 to June 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45283/12]

Vaccination Programme

Regina Doherty

304. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reasonable doubt as determined in the case of a person (details supplied) on examination by the expert group on whooping cough vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45305/12]

Vaccination Programme

Regina Doherty

305. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the ex gratia payment scheme as recommended in the final draft report of the Vaccine Damage Steering Group, June 2009, will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45306/12]

Vaccination Programme

Regina Doherty

307. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide this Deputy with the vaccine history by name type, manufacturer and date of vaccination in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45323/12]

Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility

Regina Doherty

402. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an internship allowance can be used to determine rent allowance or deducted from rent allowance by a council (details supplied) when other councils do not factor this into their rent allowance or differential rents scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44767/12]

Medical Aids and Appliances Applications

Regina Doherty

654. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of Baha - bone anchor hearing aids that were fitted to children during the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44504/12]

Medical Aids and Appliances Applications

Regina Doherty

655. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of Baha - bone anchor hearing aids that were fitted to children with Down syndrome, during the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44505/12]

Health Services Provision

Regina Doherty

669. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of carer hours being paid for by the Health Service Executive either directly or indirectly; the number of carer client hours that will be allocated to clients; and if the figures for the carer hours will be broken down on a county basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44657/12]

Ambulance Service Provision

Regina Doherty

250. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the ambulance service that is available to the population of Dublin North East; the modes of transport the service uses; the number of sub districts served, or in operation; the number of staff employed in the ambulance service in this region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43665/12]

Health Services Staff Issues

Regina Doherty

253. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is currently granting career breaks to nursing staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43785/12]

Bullying in Schools

Regina Doherty

55. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the growing and worrying trend of youth self-harm and youth suicide, his plans to develop a policy to deal with the growth of social media in education and in particular the use of mobile phones, smart phones, i-pads and laptops during the normal school day; if he has examined the problem of cyber bullying, cyber abuse and the transmission of material including photographs by young persons in an unsupervised, uncontrolled and unacceptable way; in view of his policy to have high speed broadband available in most schools within a short period of time, his views on whether a national policy is required in relation to the use, abuse and misuse of social media in education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42811/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Regina Doherty

212. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cut off point before a new site is identified for a school (details supplied) in County Meath in view of the frustration this school has experienced waiting for this issue to be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42941/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Regina Doherty

213. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the purchase of land in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42942/12]

Health Insurance Levy

Regina Doherty

332. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications that have been processed for a refund of the health levy for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42853/12]

Medical Card Delays

Regina Doherty

680. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for more than 15 months for a medical card and now faces a five month wait for a MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43325/12]

Post-Leaving Certificate Courses

Regina Doherty

143. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown by county of vocational education committee and post leaving certificate places allocated per head of population in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41293/12]

Telecommunications Services Provision

Regina Doherty

345. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the reason Irish pre pay mobile phone customers are paying up to 42% more than the European average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41373/12]

Hospital Services

Regina Doherty

177. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the hot meal service will be restored for Dunshaughlin Day Hospital, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41033/12]

Departmental Staff Career Breaks

Regina Doherty

51. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he still provides staff with the option to take career breaks on one year or more; if not, if this can be considered as a cost saving initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40856/12]