Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Cross-Border Health Services Provision

Declan Breathnach

508. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health to give an update on the implementation of the cross-border directive. [19314/16]

Cross-Border Health Services Provision

Declan Breathnach

509. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if he has held or plans to hold meetings with his Northern Irish counterparts with regard to the cross-border directive in light of the Brexit referendum result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19315/16]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Declan Breathnach

537. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if St. Vincent's Hospital can provide the same level of expert care regarding sarcoma, in view of the non-renewal of a person's contract (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19423/16]

VAT Rebates

Declan Breathnach

22. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Finance his views on a rebate of value added tax on authorised works associated with protected structures. [11546/16]

Broadband Service Provision

Declan Breathnach

513. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the additional efforts and focus being provided to ensure the speedy roll-out of high-speed broadband to businesses, homes and schools that are at serious disadvantage in this imbalance of broadband delivery, and to publish a detailed plan for same, given the recent survey of broadband usage stating that 25% of small to medium businesses here do not have an online presence and-or no broadband service. [17305/16]

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme

Declan Breathnach

53. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received, approved and that have received payments to date under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS II; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14480/16]

Heritage Sites

Declan Breathnach

58. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to introduce an incentive scheme for persons for the upkeep of protected structures. [11546/16]

Teacher Training Provision

Declan Breathnach

285. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Education and Skills to meet with representatives of the Walk Tall programme urgently to facilitate his being apprised of the situation and to seek a solution before he makes a final decision on its future on 1 June 2016. [12534/16]

Hospital Staff Data

Declan Breathnach

678. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff required to fulfil the required complement across the health service and, in particular, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; if he will supply this figure for Our Lady's and other hospitals and health-related centres that come under the responsibility of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12797/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Declan Breathnach

94. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a long awaited building project will commence in a school (details supplied), given that the original planning for the project started in 2003 and ten of the school's 16 classrooms are prefabricated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12391/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Declan Breathnach

99. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Education and Skills to investigate and respond to overpayments to a person (details supplied), where the miscalculations were made in error by his Department. [12410/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme

Declan Breathnach

111. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why the banking sector is not willing to make mortgages available to persons who meet the eligibility and banking requirements under the new tenant purchase scheme as they are not satisfied with the conditions laid down under the scheme. [12409/16]

National Monuments

Declan Breathnach

161. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to protect St. Laurence's Gate in Drogheda in County Louth against vehicular traffic; and to provide resources to Louth County Council to ensure that damage that is continuing to happen to this historical site ceases immediately. [12490/16]

Housing Adaptation Grant

Declan Breathnach

37. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to allocate additional moneys to local authorities to allow for the reintroduction of a housing aid for the elderly scheme to complement the housing adaptation scheme, given that many elderly persons cannot qualify for the housing aid for older people, housing adaption grant for people with a disability and mobility aids grant schemes, which would have extended their quality of life in their own homes and local communities. [11545/16]

Tax Code

Declan Breathnach

116. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Finance the status of agricultural land used or leased out for the production of renewable energies in respect of capital acquisition tax in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11685/16]

Household Benefits Scheme

Declan Breathnach

324. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Social Protection to permit older persons who accommodate immediate family members who would otherwise be homeless to retain the household benefits package given the current housing emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11712/16]

Basic Payment Scheme

Declan Breathnach

553. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the effect of the number of solar energy companies seeking to lease lands for energy production on the basic payment scheme in the future. [11683/16]

Renewable Energy Generation

Declan Breathnach

573. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to outline the effect of the number of solar energy companies seeking to lease lands for energy production on the basic payment scheme in future. [11684/16]

Health Services Charges

Declan Breathnach

159. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners can charge for a blood test from a patient who is a holder of a medical card; to expedite the reimbursement of the blood test receipts submitted from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10805/16]

TAMS Administration

Declan Breathnach

994. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme and claims that the computer system is not capable of processing payments within the three-week period stated in the scheme's programme; that this is causing many persons to carry large overdrafts and subjecting them to considerable distress while awaiting the undue delay in grant payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9521/16]

TAMS Applications

Declan Breathnach

995. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to process an application from persons (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 without delay. [9522/16]

Young Farmers Scheme

Declan Breathnach

996. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the basic payment scheme for young farmers; if he will issue the payments due within a specific time period in order to facilitate these persons in organising their financial projections without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9778/16]

Commercial Rates Calculations

Declan Breathnach

50. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to replace the rates system and create a self-assessment system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8963/16]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Declan Breathnach

122. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of anti-social behavioural orders for which complaints were received, dismissed, investigated and orders issued, by county, over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8976/16]

Mountain Access Schemes

Declan Breathnach

285. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if all community and voluntary groups which have undertaken work on land and property belonging to a local authority or the State will be indemnified against any possible claims where agreement has been reached within these bodies, given recent claims against the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [8973/16]

Housing Adaptation Grant Funding

Declan Breathnach

295. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reintroduce the housing repair for the elderly scheme in local authorities to enable a 50:50 scheme whereby elderly persons in need of urgent works to their homes can, through a combination of contribution and skill set, prolong their stay in their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8968/16]

Leader Programmes

Declan Breathnach

296. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the undue delay in the commencement of the roll-out of the much publicised Leader programme; if he will introduce a definitive start date for the programme in order that the many voluntary and community groups and individuals can expedite their plans and put works programmes in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8969/16]

Waste Management

Declan Breathnach

297. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the rules and parameters for the spreading of sewage waste from local authority treatment plants and from septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8974/16]

Housing Adaptation Grant Data

Declan Breathnach

298. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications, the waiting times, the number of recipients and the number of refusals under the housing aid for older people, housing adaptation grants scheme and mobility aids grant scheme from each scheme's inception by scheme, by local authority and by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8975/16]

Energy Efficiency

Declan Breathnach

321. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of public lights and the cost, by county, in tabular form; his plans to retrofit public lighting and to invest in alternative light sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8964/16]

Road Improvement Schemes

Declan Breathnach

331. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the programme of works being carried out on tertiary roads and culs-de-sac, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8965/16]

Road Improvement Schemes

Declan Breathnach

332. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the uptake of the community involvement scheme over its lifetime, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8966/16]

Road Improvement Schemes

Declan Breathnach

333. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why the local improvement scheme is not operational; and his plans to reintroduce the scheme for non-county roads to allow the many families living on such roads an opportunity to travel to and from their homes safely. [8967/16]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Declan Breathnach

334. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that where allocation of road restoration and maintenance moneys are being made to local authorities that a percentage of those moneys are ring-fenced for tertiary council roads in direct proportion to kilometres of these roads as compared to other road classifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8971/16]

Roads Maintenance

Declan Breathnach

335. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the classification of roads, the length in kilometres of each road, the moneys allocated in each of the past five years, and the timeframe for resurfacing, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8972/16]

Leader Programmes

Declan Breathnach

452. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when Leader funding will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8467/16]

Housing Data

Declan Breathnach

453. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in rent arrears, per local authority, divided up by number of weeks in rent arrears, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8470/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Declan Breathnach

454. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will establish a pilot scheme in the County Louth local authority area to examine the way in which vacant private houses could be usefully brought back as housing stock for families on the social housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8471/16]

Housing Data

Declan Breathnach

455. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the local authority social housing rent arrears per local authority, detailing the length of time and amounts of these arrears, for example, four to six weeks, seven to 12 weeks, 12 weeks or more, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8472/16]

Road Improvement Schemes

Declan Breathnach

470. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tertiary roads and culs-de-sac which underwent local improvement schemes and community improvement schemes, in tabular form, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8468/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Declan Breathnach

377. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts his Department and the Government are making to highlight the importance of Britain remaining in the European Union to those eligible to vote in the upcoming referendum who are of Irish extraction and connection; and his views on the matter. [7354/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Declan Breathnach

378. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons here who have a right to vote in the upcoming British referendum on remaining within the European Union; the action being taken to encourage these persons to register to vote; and his views on the matter. [7355/16]

Cross-Border Projects

Declan Breathnach

508. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if financial provision has been made in his Department's Estimate for 2016 to progress the proposed Narrow Water bridge project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7285/16]

Road Network

Declan Breathnach

511. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Louth County Council will receive a positive response to the request in November 2012 to retain the status of classification of the N51 and N52 road network in County Louth and whether he wil re-assert the social and economic significance of this road network; and his views on the matter. [7356/16]

Drugs Payment Scheme

Declan Breathnach

373. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if he will make a drug available to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; if he will request the Health Service Executive to review its decision, given the person's circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6337/16]

Unfinished Housing Developments Data

Declan Breathnach

520. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government about the number of vacant houses that are habitable, as per the last census, by county; and his efforts in bringing these houses on-stream to tackle the homelessness crisis. [4806/16]