1154. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a 2014 appeal under the single farm payment scheme by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18779/19]
1117. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if a matter regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20095/19]
1115. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a home care package in each area of CHO 1; the number of persons on a waiting list for an increase in home help hours in each area of CHO 1; the number waiting zero to three, three to six and six to 12 months, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20090/19]
1114. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties in accessing home care packages and lengthy waiting lists for home care services in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20089/19]
1113. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the status of a cross-border directive pro-forma application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20088/19]
857. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19340/19]
715. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if extra home help hours will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18773/19]
599. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 102 of 30 January 2019, the position regarding the increase in public service pensions that has been sanctioned but not implemented; when pay increases to qualifying pensions will be applied in CHO 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19486/19]
314. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to autism spectrum disorder, ASD, special classes in secondary schools in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19151/19]
89. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which he is addressing human rights abuses in Bahrain. [19103/19]
292. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied). [18121/19]
235. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied). [18001/19]
192. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the resources available in CHO1 for persons suffering from Parkinson's disease; his plans to allocate funding to an organisation (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only two Parkinson's nurse specialists outside Dublin to cater for 25 counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18047/19]
181. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if days and nights spent in a public hospital count as respite days and or nights; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are being refused respite due to time spent in a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17965/19]
143. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the way in which persons are selected for treatment via the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, to be sent to private hospitals for treatment; if there is a minimum waiting time a person must be on a public waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17863/19]
532. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17343/19]
364. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase paediatric physiotherapy staff and resources in CHO1 and the western region as a whole; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that paediatric physiotherapy resources in County Sligo are limited and children requiring the services are required to stay as inpatients in hospitals due to a lack of physiotherapy in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17637/19]
190. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be granted to a school (details supplied) that has submitted an application through the CLÁR scheme; when successful 2019 CLÁR projects will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16883/19]
152. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a grant available to persons who wish to take part in the social farming programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16832/19]
599. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which fibromyalgia is assessed for the purpose of approving or refusing social welfare benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16507/19]
581. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied). [16173/19]
432. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the bases the 12 additional ambulance service personnel will be deployed to in the north-west region; when a second ambulance will be allocated to Carrick-on-Shannon in view of the demand in the area for services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16545/19]
352. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the supports in place for persons suffering from fibromyalgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16190/19]
161. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Office of the Revenue Commissioners in Sligo will not accept customer appointments; if he will investigate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16461/19]
118. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to tackle commercial vacancy rates particularly in the north-west in which counties Sligo and Leitrim have the highest commercial vacancy rates in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15747/19]
347. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the legislative review process regarding the holding of plebiscites by certain local authorities; when the associated regulations will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas for consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15687/19]
119. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of confirmed cases of Lyme disease here in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15727/19]
68. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Finance if persons aged 66 years of age and over are exempt from paying the €30 levy per credit card and DIRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15980/19]
228. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a response will issue to Sligo County Council in relation to planning approval for imperative reasons for overriding public interest for the necessary upgrade of Lough Talt water supply treatment plant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15586/19]
198. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a policy instrument to convince transatlantic carriers to invest in routes to Ireland West Airport Knock and drive access from key tourism markets into the western seaboard will be introduced; the amount in State grants provided to the airport in each of the years 2015 to 2018, and to date in 2019; the amount provided for capital expenditure and infrastructure spending from 2019 to date; the forecasted funding for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15636/19]
197. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason tourism policy is not actively promoting Ireland West Airport Knock to transatlantic carriers, particularly in view of the fact that west and north-west local authorities have committed funding to the airport for ten years; the plans in place to build international market awareness and access to Ireland West Airport Knock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15635/19]
600. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to reverse the cutbacks to the housing adaptation grants for older persons and persons with a disability scheme; if adequate finances will be provided to county councils to fund the housing grant schemes for 2019; the allocation in respect of housing adaptations grant for older persons and persons with a disability for each year since 2015 to the most recent allocation to Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal county councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15312/19]
546. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the current review of community employment is a way of culling community employment scheme numbers (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that changes to the current structure would further marginalise these groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14970/19]
545. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address matters (details supplied) regarding the interdepartmental review of community employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14968/19]
544. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reduce the entry age to community employment schemes to 19 years of age to align with the age at which persons are referred to JobPath; her views on whether in doing so community employment schemes would have no difficulty in filling places and would give younger persons a greater chance to gain training and valuable work experience at an early age to enable them to obtain permanent employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14967/19]
543. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a client participating with JobPath secures a place on a community employment scheme, whether JobPath is paid for this placement; if a client is on both JobPath and community employment secures employment, whether Jobpath is paid for this placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14966/19]
335. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the provision of a cardiac catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital to cover the north-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15249/19]
125. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Finance his plans to reintroduce the home renovation incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15248/19]
282. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 630 of 12 March 2019, if an EU directive has been issued regarding the European Court of Justice ruling in favour of persons (details supplied) in Spain that found travel time in respect of mobile workers to be actual working time; if a directive has been issued to member states, when it will be transposed into legislation here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14473/19]
217. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the supports available to persons with Lyme disease; the advances made over the past 12 months in terms of recognition of Lyme disease here; the supports available to general practitioners regarding same; the facilities available to public patients to test for the disease; the status of proposals to extend the medical card to persons with chronic Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14482/19]
210. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the entitlement of a person to access a product (details supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14454/19]
1312. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a rescheduled hearing will take place in respect of a jobseeker's benefit appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13836/19]
1232. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the options being examined regarding underfunded volunteer centres; the timeframe in which a decision may be reached in order that certainty can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14105/19]
916. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if an emergency call-out ambulance is covered by the medical card; the instances in which a person would be charged a fee of €100 for an ambulance from their home to a public hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14056/19]
849. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if he will appropriate and dedicate funding for family carers in view of their essential work in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13690/19]
848. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if he will extend home care support services to include public holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13689/19]
829. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13617/19]
825. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if a HSE employee (details supplied) has the option of paying into a public service pension now or buying back their pension entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13608/19]
821. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the funding available to families for the provision of specialised autism-specific services for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13589/19]