356. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an assurance will be given that a child who has or potentially has ME will be referred to an appropriately knowledgeable paediatric service that is willing to diagnose the condition (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30214/19]
355. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the training and information provided to schools to enable them to recognise and support a child who has or potentially has ME (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30213/19]
354. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child who has or may potentially have ME and-or is waiting for an appointment to diagnose or exclude ME using recognised diagnostic criteria will be protected (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30207/19]
353. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the training and information provided for Tusla to enable it to recognise and support a child who has or potentially has ME; the difference between school phobia or school avoidance and the physiological presentation of ME; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30205/19]
271. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if children that potentially have ME have been placed under the mental health department of a hospital; the diagnostic criteria used to diagnose or exclude ME (details supplied); the number of children that potentially have ME placed under mental health departments to manage their care in 2018 and to date 2019; the criteria used to classify those children into severity levels that is, mild, moderate, severe and profound by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30253/19]
270. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if a child that has or potentially has ME will be referred to an appropriately knowledgeable paediatric service which is willing to diagnose ME and fulfils a number of criteria (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30252/19]
269. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health his views on whether general practitioners and paediatric services in the voluntary sector children’s hospital group and other voluntary hospitals in the HSE acute sector and community health organisations are providing appropriate knowledgeable care, using consistent diagnostic criteria and biomedical guidance across all children’s services to ensure that children that have or potentially and have ME are referred to a service which acknowledges ME is a physiological illness; acknowledges that ME is not a mental health or psychiatric condition and acknowledges a number of other factors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30251/19]
266. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for special care dentistry assessment and procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30227/19]
265. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if an assurance will be given that a child will be protected who has or may potentially have ME and is waiting for an appointment to diagnose or exclude ME using recognised diagnostic criteria from being threatened with being taken from their family into hospital for a programme associated with graded exercise therapy or enforced activity, be that schooling in hospital, walking and so on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30215/19]
264. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if ME will be acknowledged as a neurological disorder as stated in the WHO and SNOMED classifications; if he will request the HSE to commence the work of identifying a consultant and expert in the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30212/19]
263. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the paediatric services within the voluntary sector children’s hospital group and other voluntary hospitals, in the HSE acute sector and in the community health organisations in which a child that may potentially have ME as described in the WHO and SNOMED classifications be referred to which acknowledges ME is a physiological illness, that ME is not a mental health or psychiatric condition and acknowledges a number of other factors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30208/19]
262. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with ME in the voluntary sector children’s hospital group, other voluntary hospitals and in the HSE acute sector in 2018 and to date in 2019; the criteria used to identify each level of severity that is mild, moderate, severe and profound; the data for same; the diagnostic criteria (details supplied) each paediatric department uses to diagnose ME; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30206/19]
828. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied). [30036/19]
820. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29950/19]
458. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will have cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29727/19]
450. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of adequate pump therapy for adults with type 1 diabetes in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29660/19]
298. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a stamp 4 application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29497/19]
434. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28740/19]
369. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial support available to Sligo County Council in 2019-2020 for the conservation and protection of a location (details supplied) in County Sligo; if her Department provides funding for the commissioning of conservation reports; the estimated cost on the local authority of assessing such a structure as the location for the purpose of submitting an application to the structures at risk fund; the criteria used to assess the eligibility of a structure under the fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28456/19]
362. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there is a grant scheme in place to assist homeowners wishing to renovate and repair rural and rundown dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28441/19]
343. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28310/19]
248. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if posts (details supplied) are open for applications; when the recruitment window will close; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28462/19]
119. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships developed prior to 2017; the number of new apprenticeships developed since 2017; the number of apprentices enrolled per apprenticeship programme developed since 2017; if equality of allowances will be sought for all apprenticeships in Budget 2020; the estimated cost in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28622/19]
112. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Finance his plans to reintroduce the home renovation incentive scheme; the other tax relief incentives that exist to homeowners to renovate properties, particularly rural dilapidated cottages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28410/19]
96. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns of farmers on Killery mountain in respect of their participation in GLAS following the 2017 gorse fire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28119/19]
52. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reduce the suckler cow herd to facilitate the expansion of the dairy herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28218/19]
631. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a partial capacity benefit application by a person (details supplied). [27557/19]
629. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27502/19]
545. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a deal has been finalised to permit the importation of beef from South America into Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28198/19]
543. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal under the sheep welfare scheme 2019 by a person (details supplied). [28103/19]
525. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an agricultural appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27654/19]
524. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an agricultural appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27653/19]
523. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an agricultural appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27652/19]
430. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health when an increase in home support will be in place for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27777/19]
345. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28104/19]
72. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if the recruitment process to replace the retiring cardiologist serving Sligo University Hospital can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27748/19]
266. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27118/19]
372. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre device will be made available on the long-term illness scheme for type 1 diabetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26266/19]
333. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health when new contracts will be offered to community employees (details supplied) in CHO 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26158/19]
317. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the employment procedure when an administrative position is vacated through retirement; the length of time the position is advertised for; if personnel from transfer panels are invited to interview; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that positions are not being advertised and resources are being pulled from other locations to fill the job; if his attention has been further drawn to the impact this is having on staff waiting on a transfer list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26084/19]
316. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health when a position (details supplied) will be advertised following a retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26083/19]
188. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the eligibility for a disabled parking permit or European parking cards will be extended to provide for persons with dementia and Alzheimer's; his views on whether persons with invisible disabilities should be able to apply for the permit in order to travel with greater ease and live more independent lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25993/19]
144. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health when home support will be in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25910/19]
678. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if funding will be made available to Sligo County Council to deliver a scheme to provide bedroom extensions for a number families at a location (details supplied) as outlined in the draft Traveller accommodation programme 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2024 of the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25475/19]
535. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25366/19]
534. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25350/19]
533. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25349/19]
420. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the efficiency of resources in the Cross Border Directive office in view of the volume of claims it receives from patients accessing healthcare in the United Kingdom; and his plans to increase staff numbers to deal with the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25316/19]
309. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health when an increase in home support will be in place for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24890/19]
302. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health when an approved increase in home support will be in place for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [24874/19]