240. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 17 January 2017, if his Department will intervene and ensure that the course is made available to students for the 2017 to 2018 academic year in schools in north and south Leitrim; if he will address the discrepancy which currently exists in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5727/17]
219. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the body or agency under the aegis of his Department which has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5562/17]
218. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that was allocated to tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016 in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5555/17]
217. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions that were allocated by his Department in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5554/17]
197. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that was allocated to tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016 in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5564/17]
127. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4253/17]
75. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if there will be any increase in the number of home help hours provided in 2017 in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4686/17]
679. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding broadband in an area (details supplied) and the surrounding areas; his views on whether download speeds of 2.5 Mb and upload speeds of 0.25 Mb make it impossible to carry out standard tasks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4062/17]
655. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons awaiting payments under the green low carbon agri-environment schemes for 2016 in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4390/17]
621. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an oral hearing in the case of a person (details supplied) is due to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3789/17]
129. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Finance if he will implement a tax break or part exemption from taxation in respect of the reimbursement of expenses for employees who have to travel from their home to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4060/17]
181. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new low cost flexible loans will be available to farmers; the banks that will be administrating the loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3591/17]
212. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the plans in place for maintaining and improving existing day care services for older persons and incorporating them, from the beginning, into a new primary care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3343/17]
211. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the expected opening date for the new primary care centre being built (details supplied) in County Sligo; the services which will be available in the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3342/17]
210. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new primary care centre (details supplied); the proposed completion date of this project; the plans in place for the recruitment of staff; the factors influencing the recruitment of staff; when the recruitment process will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3341/17]
191. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the funding and investment that is being allocated for the completion of a new community hospital and day centre in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; the projected completion date of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3246/17]
521. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that the veterinary laboratory in Dunally, County Sligo, is kept open as it is vital to the agrifood sector in the north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2684/17]
173. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the final cost involved in the holding of the referendum on the abolition of Seanad Éireann in 2013; the final cost involved in the holding of the referendum on the Court of Appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2268/17]
102. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the anomaly whereby non-departmental school secretaries are on inferior contracts and will receive no pension compared to departmental secretaries (details supplied); if he will restore Civil Service pensions to all school secretaries; his views on the fact that his Department overlooked the matter of pensions in its delegation of responsibilities to boards of management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2067/17]
1447. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the current areas of natural constraints scheme review with respect to designating eligible areas is expected to be completed; if public representatives and farming organisations will have an opportunity to make submissions following this or if it will be a fait accompli; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1504/17]
1143. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE respite facilities for families with children with disabilities in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Cavan; the number of beds available in each facility in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1164/17]
481. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of a Part 8 planning application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41652/16]
456. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when construction is due to commence on the new Ballinamore fire station, County Leitrim; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current building has been condemned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1268/17]
379. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim regarding the school transport scheme; if, considering the exceptional circumstances, the person would be eligible for transport under the scheme despite residing more than 3.2 kilometres from a particular school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41399/16]
375. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a post-primary school requires a minimum number of leaving certificate applied pupils to secure funding from his Department or if the delivery of the programme is purely at the discretion of the school; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the leaving certificate applied programme is not being taught in County Leitrim for the 2016/2017 academic year; the reason students are being denied the course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41353/16]
469. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the process of an oral hearing in the case of a person (details supplied); when the hearing might take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41002/16]
468. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the process of an oral hearing in the case of a person (details supplied); when the hearing might take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40999/16]
348. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant neurologists that are currently employed and serving the north west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40557/16]
71. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of all Garda stations closed in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal since January 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40558/16]
9. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any of the Garda station closures in counties Sligo and Leitrim are likely to be reversed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40457/16]
650. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department and IDA Ireland have identified a client to invest in the new facility at the Finisklin industrial estate in County Sligo which is due for completion at the end of 2016; when an announcement is expected regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39963/16]
125. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the JobsIreland website has been down since July 2016; if his Department will address service issues as the site was the main tool which community employment schemes used to advertise and recruit from; his views on the fact that this has had and is having a negative impact on community employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39371/16]
124. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason there was a need to tender out employment programmes to private sector companies (details supplied) when his Department integrated 2,000 trained and experienced FÁS staff; the reason these skilled staff could not continue to work with the unemployed at no extra cost to the State; the amount JobPath has cost the State to date; the amount per year since its inception to 2016; the projected budget to be allocated to the JobPath programme in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39366/16]
239. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health his views on the petition against the HPV vaccine initiated by Carlos Alvarez-Dardet, former President of the European Public Health Association and adviser to the WHO, who is calling for an immediate stop to the vaccine; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in France, Michèle Ravasi MEP has compiled a large petition with hundreds of physicians' signatures calling for a moratorium on the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39148/16]
238. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health his views on the official reason for the HSE withholding the list of known debilitating and long-term side effects from the HPV vaccine information literature due to the fact the average adult reading age is 12 years old; the reason parents are not advised regarding the risk of long-term, chronic and life-changing side effects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39151/16]
237. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the fact that Gardasil got CDC fast-track approval and underwent a mere six months of human trial research and that subjects were only followed for five to 15 days in the safety studies and only 1,200 girls under 16 years of age participated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39131/16]
236. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in a four-year clinical trial by a company (details supplied) one in 40 trial participants reported a serious adverse event after taking the Gardasil HPV vaccine and that one in 30 reported a new autoimmune condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39147/16]
157. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 19 October 2016, if his Department has made contact with the education and training board in respect of a proposal submitted by a school (details supplied) to purchase an adjoining site for development; when the school can expect a decision in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38145/16]
95. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the reason for the 162% increase in inpatient and day case waiting lists in Sligo University Hospital since April 2014, significantly ahead of the national average increase of 57%. [38028/16]
8. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the increase in home help hours the Sligo-Leitrim local health area can expect in 2017. [38029/16]
103. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will apply the homemaker's credits to persons who were homemakers pre-1994 in view of the fact that not doing so ultimately results in older persons being dependent on the lower-rate non-contributory pension or as qualified adults on their spouse's contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37846/16]
102. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address the inequality experienced by persons that fall short of the number of PRSI contributions to qualify for a full State pension and are then refused the non-contributory State pension based on their spouse’s income; when he will address this inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37845/16]
91. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of first-time applications submitted seeking funding from the community services programme in the past 12 months; if there are plans to increase the number of community services programme funded projects; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37820/16]
706. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total overall amount paid in grant aid to An Taisce from 2010 to 2016, inclusive; and for each year respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37605/16]
301. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total grant aid paid to An Taisce by his Department in each year from 2010 to 2016, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37607/16]
198. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a request to his Department for an oral hearing by a person (details supplied) will be held before the end of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36500/16]
139. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the An Post branches in County Sligo offering full services; the An Post agents operating sub-post offices services in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36486/16]
138. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of post office closures in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal in each of the years 2012 to 2016; the number of closures pending in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36452/16]
580. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department, in the Dublin city council area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36218/16]
571. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by her Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department, in the Dublin city council area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36216/16]