Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Citizenship Applications

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

335. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for citizenship processed in 2015 to date; and the percentage of these that were processed within six months. [41650/15]

Residency Permits

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

336. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Syrian national who entered Ireland under the Syrian humanitarian admission programme in 2015 is eligible to sponsor a visa application for immediate family members who remain in Syria; given the humanitarian crisis, her plans to award visa applications to vulnerable Syrian family members of Syrians who are Irish citizens and who live here, particularly where families are trapped in war-torn areas. [41651/15]

Residency Permits

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

337. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons registered and issued with immigration stamps under the last Syrian humanitarian admission programme. [41652/15]

Residency Permits

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

338. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visas issued to date to those granted residence permission under the Syrian humanitarian admission programme. [41653/15]

Immigration Status

Bernard Durkan

339. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 in respect of the progress to date in determining representations made pursuant to section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41663/15]

Freedom of Information Requests

Éamon Ó Cuív

340. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when information initially requested by this Deputy on 10 July 2015 under the freedom of information legislation will be provided, given that a revised request refining the request of 10 September 2015 was agreed, at the request of her Department; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41689/15]

Garda Vetting Applications

Michelle Mulherin

341. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in processing an application for Garda Síochána vetting of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the vetting will be expedited so that the person can apply for social housing. [41707/15]

EU Directives

Tom Fleming

342. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to incorporate the recently introduced EU victims directive into the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41709/15]

Legislative Measures

Terence Flanagan

343. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation to tackle sex trafficking and prostitution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41725/15]

Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory

Bernard Durkan

344. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to facilitate a purpose-built laboratory for Forensic Science Ireland at Backweston in County Kildare, with particular reference to facilities in urgent need of modernisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41737/15]

Prison Staff

Denis Naughten

345. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to run a recruitment competition for the post of prison officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41738/15]

Deportation Orders

Fergus O'Dowd

346. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will respond to an issue (details supplied) regarding a deportation matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41742/15]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

347. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41769/15]

UN Conventions Ratification

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

348. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a clear and unambiguous deadline for ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities beyond the general outline in the roadmap to ratification of the convention she has provided. [41789/15]

UN Conventions

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

349. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of the reservation to Article 27(a) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; the legal arguments that led to that decision. [41790/15]

Prison Committals

John Halligan

350. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners sentenced to a custodial term who were collected and transported to jail by members of An Garda Síochána and who were then processed, given a train or bus ticket and released on the same day due to overcrowding in each of the years 2013 to 2015 to date; the number of gardaí who engage in such activities on a daily basis, thereby taking them off the streets they are employed to protect; the cost to the State if this situation is permitted to continue; if judges are aware, when passing sentence, that there is no room to facilitate convicts; if a strong system of monitored community service should be implemented where sentences of three months or less have been handed down in order to alleviate the strain on the prison system and the needless waste of taxpayers' money; the system in place to either accommodate these prisoners or to facilitate their rehabilitation and the completion of their sentence elsewhere; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41792/15]

Garda Compensation

Bobby Aylward

351. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána compensation claims from gardaí either previously or at present stationed in County Kilkenny or residing there, which have been under assessment by her Department for at least 24 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41796/15]

Garda Compensation

Bobby Aylward

352. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána compensation claims that are under assessment within her Department from gardaí either previously or at present stationed, or residing, in County Kilkenny, which have been with her Department for at least 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41797/15]

Child Care Services Regulation

Sean Fleming

353. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs whether the change to the rules for child care facilities, with unqualified staff not being considered part of the staff ratio, will mean that child care facilities currently employing staff through community employment, CE, schemes will now have to recruit staff from outside CE, making this a CE-free zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41191/15]

Foster Care

Finian McGrath

354. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of increasing the foster care allowance to €335 per week per child up to 12 years of age; of increasing the allowance to €372 per week per child over 12 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41381/15]

Child and Family Agency

Fergus O'Dowd

355. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the sections of the Act establishing Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, that have not yet been commenced; the reason why; when these sections will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41462/15]

Preschool Services

Michael Healy-Rae

356. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding the free preschool year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41518/15]

Child and Family Agency Reports

Fergus O'Dowd

357. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why inspection reports from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, on privately-run residential services for children are not yet available on its website; if there are any legal or other barriers to doing so immediately; the details of these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41527/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Peadar Tóibín

358. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first-year and full-year cost of increasing the capitation grant for the free preschool year by €5 per week, bringing it to €67.50 per child, and by €9.50 for the higher capitation grant, bringing it to €82.50 per child. [41786/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Patrick O'Donovan

359. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick regarding the early childhood care and education programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41805/15]

Departmental Funding

Finian McGrath

360. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why grant funding for counselling at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 has been cut by 50% since 2010; if he will support this adult education group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41833/15]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Charlie McConalogue

361. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed to work specifically in special schools; the approximate cost of employing these speech and language therapists. [41553/15]

Misuse of Drugs

Brendan Smith

362. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the legislative measures that will be introduced to enable prosecutions for the sale and possession of psychoactive substances such as Clockwork Orange; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41568/15]

Misuse of Drugs

Fergus O'Dowd

363. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will update the Misuse of Drugs Acts as a matter of urgency, following a revelation on a recent Prime Time programme on Raidió Teilifís Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41646/15]

Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation

John Deasy

364. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Health the resources available to the new national rare diseases office in implementing the recommendations contained in the national plan for rare diseases; and the progress made to date. [41193/15]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Michael Ring

365. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when a full-time rheumatologist will be appointed to Mayo General Hospital; if the consultant will have a full back-up team; when a rheumatology day infusion ward will be provided at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41195/15]

General Medical Services Scheme Administration

Brendan Griffin

366. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if the costs of a replacement denture plate for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be covered by a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41222/15]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

367. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41260/15]

Accident and Emergency Departments

Tom Fleming

368. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the distribution of funds for the emergency department task force; the allocation provided to each public hospital and public residential home; the number of additional beds sustained in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41282/15]

Hospital Beds Data

Tom Fleming

369. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the positive impact the suspension of the Health Information and Quality Authority regulations have had on the enhancement of the bed complement for this winter season in regard to Kerry General Hospital in Daingean Uí Chúis, Listowel, Kenmare and Killarney community hospitals and in the St. Columbanus home in Killarney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41283/15]

Nursing Home Inspections

Lucinda Creighton

370. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health his views on the decision to extend the time period for nursing homes run by the Health Service Executive to meet the regulations; if he understands this to be an inequality of standards, challenging the position of the Health Information and Quality Authority as an independent regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41294/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

371. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41295/15]

Dental Services

Michael Creed

372. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if dentists will be recruited for the Health Service Executive child dental services in County Cork and County Kerry in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41300/15]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

Tony McLoughlin

373. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health his plans to include auto-immune hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis as symptoms which qualify for acceptance under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41301/15]

Hospital Procedures

Billy Kelleher

374. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of colonoscopies that have been carried out in public hospitals over the past 12 months, by hospital and in tabular form; the number of patients on waiting lists for colonoscopies in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41302/15]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Brendan Ryan

375. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the status of the primary care centre for Balbriggan in County Dublin; when it will open; when it will hire employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41305/15]

Medical Card Applications

John Perry

376. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Health the status of a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41306/15]

Services for People with Disabilities

Finian McGrath

377. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin with an intellectual disability is not receiving the appropriate service with St. Michael's House; his views on correspondence regarding this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41311/15]

Medical Records

Maureen O'Sullivan

378. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 12 May 2015, the mechanism the Health Service Executive has in place to allow the person in question to state serious grievances against the treatment received while in its care; if he will direct the executive to allow this person to meet suitable persons to seek answers to questions and review the recordings this person has as evidence of mistreatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41331/15]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

John O'Mahony

379. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the reason rheumatoid arthritis is not considered a long-term illness; if there are plans to include it in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41343/15]

Medical Qualifications

Sean Fleming

380. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health his plans to prescribe the title "physical therapist" as a variant of the specified title of "physiotherapist" in one register in relation to the Health and Social Care Professional Act 2005; his plans to regularise the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41355/15]

Medical Records

Timmy Dooley

381. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be provided with medical records, as requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41356/15]

Health Services Provision

Mary Mitchell O'Connor

382. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of occupational therapy resources being provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41357/15]

Hospital Charges

Finian McGrath

383. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive charges staff, either permanent or agency staff, a fee to park a vehicle on hospital grounds when working in either public or voluntary hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41380/15]

Medical Qualifications

Ciaran Lynch

384. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health his plans to protect the titles of "physiotherapist" and "physical therapist" (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41382/15]