Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas

Alan Kelly

702. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of the CEDRA report; and the status of each individual recommendation from the report in tabular form. [19630/17]

Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas

Alan Kelly

703. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons in her Department working on implementing the CEDRA report; and the number of meetings both internally and externally that have taken place on this since 6 May 2016. [19631/17]

Hospital Staff Data

Alan Kelly

919. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed at management level by grade, in tabular form, in University Hospital Kerry. [19628/17]

Ambulance Service Funding

Alan Kelly

921. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the total amount of funds that the HSE paid to private ambulance service providers to provide inter-hospital patient transport services in each of the years 2013 to 2016 respectively. [19643/17]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

922. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of intermediate care vehicles currently in service in County Mayo; and the hours of operation of each. [19644/17]

Greyhound Industry

Alan Kelly

1177. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the meetings that his Department has had, both internally and externally, with regard to the Irish Greyhound Board or the greyhound industry, since 6 May 2016, in tabular form. [19633/17]

Greenways Development

Alan Kelly

1327. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the Glenbeigh to Renard greenway to be completed. [19629/17]

Teacher Redeployment

Alan Kelly

109. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be losing a teacher post in the upcoming academic year 2017 to 2018, due to declining student numbers in recent years (details supplied); if staff numbers will be maintained; and if not, if a teacher will be redeployed. [18925/17]

Planning Issues

Alan Kelly

189. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to hold a public consultation process on solar farm planning guidelines that his Department publishes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18376/17]

Planning Issues

Alan Kelly

190. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to publish solar farm planning guidelines to bring clarity to planning authorities when making decisions on these types of planning applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18378/17]

Planning Issues

Alan Kelly

191. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has deemed it necessary to carry out a strategic environmental assessment on solar farm planning guidelines that it publishes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18379/17]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

289. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if experienced paramedics can be given permission to work over the age of 66 years of age, in view of the shortage of paramedics. [18597/17]

Ministerial Meetings

Alan Kelly

299. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of times and dates he has met with the CEO or chairperson of every organisation under his remit since he took office, in tabular form. [17745/17]

Ministerial Meetings

Alan Kelly

300. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of times and dates he has met the chairman of the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services. [17747/17]

Ministerial Meetings

Alan Kelly

301. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of times and dates he has met with or spoken by phone to the chair or any members of the Expert Commission on Domestic Public Water Services. [17748/17]

Ministerial Meetings

Alan Kelly

302. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of times and dates he has met with or spoken by phone to the chief executive of Irish Water. [17749/17]

Irish Water

Alan Kelly

303. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way he intends to honour the commitments given in Irish Water's capital plan out until 2021; the areas from which the funding for this will come from; and if it will have an impact on other capital programmes across Government. [17752/17]

Water Services

Alan Kelly

314. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether, under the Water Services Strategic Plan 2015- 2040, the increased compliance with the drinking water microbiological standards from the baseline of 99.82% to 99.99% by the end of 2021 will be achieved. [18123/17]

Water Services

Alan Kelly

315. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether, under the Water Services Strategic Plan 2015-2040, the removal of all boil water notices by 2021 will be achieved. [18124/17]

Water Services

Alan Kelly

316. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether, under the Water Services Strategic Plan 2015-2040, the increase in the compliance rate for trihalomethanes in drinking water from the baseline of 90.31% to 93% by 2021 and to 99% by 2027 will be achieved. [18125/17]

Water Services

Alan Kelly

317. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether, under the Water Services Strategic Plan 2015-2040, the plan to reduce the current leakage rate of approximately 49% of treated drinking water to less than 38% by 2021, to less than 30% by 2027 and to achieve a sustainable economic level of leakage by 2040 will be achieved. [18126/17]

Water Services

Alan Kelly

318. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether, under the Water Services Strategic Plan 2015-2040, the increase in the compliance rate for lead in drinking water which is estimated at between 85% to 95% will achieve 98% compliance by the end of 2021 and 99.90% compliance by 2027. [18127/17]

Water Services

Alan Kelly

319. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether, under the Water Services Strategic Plan 2015-2040, the plan to improve the standard of urban waste water treatment to meet the requirements of the urban waste water treatment directive from the current low baseline of 39% compliance to 90% compliance by 2021, 99% compliance by 2027 and to 100% compliance by 2040 will be achieved. [18128/17]

Water Services

Alan Kelly

320. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, under the Water Services Strategic Plan 2015-2040, he will provide an appropriate level of sewage treatment for the 44 urban agglomerations currently discharging raw sewage to waters by 2021. [18129/17]

Water Services

Alan Kelly

321. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether, under the Water Services Strategic Plan 2015-2040, 100% of the operational and capital efficiency targets identified by the Commission for Energy Regulation by 2021 will be met. [18130/17]

Water Services

Alan Kelly

322. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether, under the Water Services Strategic Plan 2015-2040, 33% energy efficiency improvement over baseline will be achieved by 2020. [18131/17]

Social Welfare Schemes

Alan Kelly

385. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason there are now three schemes for the long-term unemployed (details supplied). [18099/17]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Alan Kelly

519. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who applied for a position of student paramedic with the HSE was refused on educational grounds even though they were called to sit an aptitude test. [17683/17]

Patient Data

Alan Kelly

597. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in acute hospital beds awaiting transfer to a nursing home facility as a percentage of the total acute hospital beds in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18138/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Alan Kelly

598. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the evidence relied upon by the HSE to change the criteria for reimbursement of test strips for type 2 diabetics, if general practitioners are entitled to request more than the recommended amount of reimbursable test strips for persons with type 2 non-insulin diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18139/17]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Alan Kelly

599. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time and the maximum waiting time in each quarter of 2016, for an emergency ambulance in Connacht, Leinster, Munster, Ulster and Dublin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18140/17]

Legislative Measures

Alan Kelly

600. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will consider amending the Health Act 2007 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18141/17]

Accident and Emergency Departments

Alan Kelly

602. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the new accident and emergency department in University Hospital Limerick will be opened. [18144/17]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Alan Kelly

603. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the new ward in Nenagh Hospital will be completed and operational. [18145/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

604. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the use to which the contingency of €36 million in his Department is being applied. [18146/17]

Maternity Services

Alan Kelly

605. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the national maternity strategy will be implemented in time and on budget. [18147/17]

Hospital Services

Alan Kelly

606. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to change services that are provided in Portlaoise General Hospital [18148/17]

Ministerial Meetings

Alan Kelly

747. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times and dates he has met with the CEO or chairperson of every organisation under his remit since he took office, in tabular form. [17746/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

774. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grants, subsidies or supports of any other kind including favourable lease terms that have been made available to the online subsidiary of a company (details supplied) as part of its recent establishment of an operation in the Digital Hub in Dublin. [17938/17]

Garda College

Alan Kelly

83. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of communications, orally or written, her Department has had with An Garda Síochána on audit reports into Templemore Garda College. [17232/17]

Garda College

Alan Kelly

84. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when her attention was first drawn to the audit report published on 29 March 2017 into Templemore Garda College. [17233/17]

Garda College

Alan Kelly

85. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the attention of her Department was first drawn to the audit report published 29 March 2017 into Templemore Garda College. [17234/17]

Office of Public Works Properties

Alan Kelly

205. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the assets owned by the OPW in the Templemore district. [17229/17]

Office of Public Works Properties

Alan Kelly

206. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the lands owned by the OPW in Clonmore; and the rent received each year by the OPW from these lands from 2007 to 2016, inclusive. [17230/17]

Office of Public Works Properties

Alan Kelly

207. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the OPW was not receiving rent for the lands it owned in Clonmore, County Tipperary; the reason the Garda College was renting out the land instead of the OPW; if the attention of the OPW was drawn to the fact that since 2007 rent was being paid to the Garda College for the land; and if so, the reason this was allowed to happen. [17231/17]

School Enrolments Data

Alan Kelly

242. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the enrolment figures in a school (details supplied) for the past six years; and the estimated enrolment figures for the next academic year, 2017-18. [16139/17]

Medical Card Eligibility

Alan Kelly

489. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when medical cards will be provided to all children receiving domiciliary care allowance; and the way in which children currently in receipt of domiciliary care allowance will be allocated medical cards. [16138/17]

Medical Card Reviews

Alan Kelly

511. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is subject to a full review of a medical card application due to the fact they mistakenly ticked the wrong box on a renewal application. [16262/17]

Voluntary Sector Remuneration

Alan Kelly

554. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the provision which has been made for section 39 organisations providing social care services to meet the various pay restoration requirements now falling due under the Lansdowne Road Agreement. [16648/17]

Greyhound Industry

Alan Kelly

476. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is no greyhound racing at Shelbourne Park which is the headquarters of greyhound racing. [15304/17]