263. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the application by a family resource centre (details supplied) for entry into the Tusla FRC programme 2018 will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6569/18]
101. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the existing cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford to increase the laboratory's capacity to accommodate the estimated 450 additional procedures that will be referred there through additional diagnostic angiograms set to be provided by the mobile catheterisation lab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6093/18]
65. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement a similar practice to that in Germany for the detection and treatment of Lyme disease; his views on whether testing mechanisms here are adequate; his further views on whether the non-recognition of test results taken abroad is a fair and proper practice; his plans to improve follow up care for persons following diagnosis; his views on whether current training for doctors is adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6092/18]
229. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if there will be an expansion of supports for victims of Lyme disease in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6434/18]
73. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social housing units built under Rebuilding Ireland per annum in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in each of the years 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4342/18]
93. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Finance the status of the implementation of the recommendations made in the report by his Department's working group on reducing the cost of motor insurance; the number of recommendations that have not been implemented to date; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3998/18]
200. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if approval will be given to allow for on-site incineration of invasive weeds (details supplied); his plans to counteract potential impacts of these invasive weeds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53506/17]
199. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the absence of a time limit for the registration of newly born foals; if he has satisfied himself that the current arrangements are beneficial to stud owners in the collection of stud fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53505/17]
198. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on possible amendments to an agricultural scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53503/17]
188. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health his plans to take action regarding the need for prompt approval of crucial funding a group (details supplied) to ensure that those living in urban and rural areas of counties Carlow and Kilkenny have equal access to important supports and resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53504/17]
524. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); if she will request that every effort is made by the disability allowance section to process this application before Christmas 2017 to provide financial assistance to the family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53082/17]
400. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of cross-compliance and non-compliance fines collected by his Department in 2015 and 2016; the value of such fines collected in the period concerned which were refunded to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53026/17]
351. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health his views on the significant number of parents of children with special needs that have had to take cases to the High Court due to failure in the provision of assessments of need by the Health Service Executive; his plans to alleviate the waiting lists for assessments of need for children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53084/17]
350. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the progress being made in alleviating waiting lists for day respite for parents of children with special needs in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in centres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53083/17]
278. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of services at a residential care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52723/17]
251. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of overnight respite for children with special needs in counties Carlow and Kilkenny through the purchase of suitable property (details supplied); the position regarding the provision of interim alternative respite solutions for children with special needs in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52615/17]
173. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the summer works scheme application submitted by a school (details supplied) to assist with the cost of window repairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52842/17]
46. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in counties Carlow and Kilkenny as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in the division; and the number of Garda Reserve and new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [51634/17]
101. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a meeting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51327/17]
100. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has satisfied himself that the location of a school transport pick-up-drop-off point (details supplied) provides no health and safety risk to children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51326/17]
284. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the date for the re-opening of beds at a hospital (details supplied) following receipt of Health Information and Quality Authority registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50769/17]
458. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if there has been a change to the reimbursement status of a drug (details supplied) in respect of the medical card scheme; the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50641/17]
39. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of general safety works and the tender documentation for the consultancy service for the proposed overbridge on the Piltown bypass on the N24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49342/17]
318. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the details of research undertaken to date by his Department to ensure the safety of the Gardasil vaccine; his plans to engage with the advocacy groups and families representing the 628 persons who claim to have suffered adverse health effects shortly after having received the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48734/17]
51. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the national broadband plan and the measures contained to ensure equality in the roll-out of broadband services for rural areas, rural communities and regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48678/17]
171. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the evidence the Health Service Executive drugs group considers in the assessment of rare and ultra rare diseases for drugs for potential reimbursement; the measures in place to ensure the participation of impartial expert clinicians in this assessment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48373/17]
170. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the witnesses outside of the Health Service Executive drugs group who presented evidence at hearings in respect of reimbursement of a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48372/17]
169. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if the HSE drugs committee group met on 14 September 2017 to discuss a drug (details supplied); if a decision was made to reimburse the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48371/17]
47. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the existing cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford in order to increase the current capacity to accommodate the estimated 450 additional procedures that will be referred there through additional diagnostic angiograms set to be provided by a mobile catheterisation laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48096/17]
773. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to expedite orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46639/17]
743. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to provide a comprehensive status report on plans for refurbishment, renovation and new building works at a hospital (details supplied), as committed to in the capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46486/17]
659. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health his plans for South Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel; his views on the impending hospital group transfer which may take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45813/17]
447. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the adequacy of the international response to the situation regarding the Rohingya in Rakhine State, Myanmar (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45962/17]
340. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by the management committee of a centre (details supplied) in relation to statutory instrument number 394 of 2017 (details supplied). [46109/17]
41. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the progress of general safety works and the appointment of design consultant for the proposed overbridge on the Piltown bypass on the N24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41988/17]
407. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health when FreeStyle Libre will be made available on the GMS and long-term illness card; if that availability will not be restricted only to persons with type 1 diabetes but will be made available to all persons on multi-daily insulin injections based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42206/17]
382. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if a submission seeking funding for palliative care rooms within the replacement ward accommodation under phase two of the current developments at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny has been submitted in conjunction with a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42891/17]
217. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the process by which the Prison Service is offering six-month contracts to retired former personnel under 60 years of age is cost-effective or counterproductive to the process of hiring of new recruits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42875/17]
145. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if any child will have to wait longer than four months for a scoliosis operation by the end of 2017. [40952/17]
77. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the existing cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford to increase the laboratory's current capacity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40787/17]
11. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress regarding the commitments he made in respect of reducing surgery waiting times for children with scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40786/17]
1798. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost the State to exclude maintenance payments from means assessment for social welfare payments; if she has previously investigated the feasibility of same; if she will consider this action as part of budget 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37364/17]
1523. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full cost of the non-statutory State inquiry report into the 2016 Rio Olympic Games ticket matter undertaken by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37207/17]
1166. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the possibility of including motor neurone disease under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38161/17]
1143. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if a working group consisting of representatives of HIQA, supported care homes for the elderly and the Health Service Executive can be established to examine the inspection guidelines that can be applied to supported care homes for the elderly (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37964/17]
1142. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive administered additional funds to supported care homes can be increased by at least 10% during the three-year lifetime of the Government in addition to the current annual allowance as part of budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37963/17]
1141. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive subvention provided to a care home (details supplied) for the elderly in County Kilkenny can be increased as part of budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37962/17]
1140. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 531 of 11 April 2017, the position regarding the work being undertaken by the Health Service Executive to put in place clinical care pathways appropriate to the differing medical needs of some children that may require access to specialist services, in view of claims of an association between HPV vaccination and a number of medical conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37961/17]
628. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review being undertaken by officials of the Prison Service and his Department in consultation with the Attorney General examining the necessary legislative and-or administrative changes arising from the ruling in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37960/17]
627. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if Garda stations closed in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in 2012 and 2013 (details supplied) are among the six stations being examined for reopening under the pilot programme; the position regarding the Commissioner's report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37959/17]