1383. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital programme grants for 2017 will be announced. [20587/17]
747. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of the application for UNESCO World Heritage Site status for the ancient royal sites in Rathcroghan, County Roscommon; when the decision will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20195/17]
293. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports he will put in place for persons who are facing losing their school transport due to lack of numbers in a school availing of the bus transport scheme in that area; his plans to lower the numbers required in order that rural schools do not lose more students due to the lack of transportation to their school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20243/17]
225. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider Roscommon town as a potential location for a new passport office to serve the west and midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18608/17]
227. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if there are dental services available in the south Roscommon area; if not, the reason there are no services available; and the expected timeframe as to when there will be a dentist appointed to the post. [17179/17]
225. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the detail of the incident which led to the death of a person (details supplied) in the psychiatric unit of Roscommon University Hospital in June 2013. [17174/17]
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548. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the administration of pain management injections is currently available at University College Hospital Galway; if not, the expected timeframe for this service to become available; and if there are other options for persons experiencing extreme pain in the interim [16612/17]
547. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for pain management injections at University Hospital Galway's orthopaedic department. [16611/17]
546. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeons currently based at University College Hospital Galway; if there are current vacancies, when the orthopaedic surgery posts became vacant; when these positions will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16610/17]
419. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Office of Public Works' work on riparian rights and landowners' legal obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16532/17]
418. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the minor works flood scheme review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16529/17]
417. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding put aside for the pilot scheme of individual home protection measures; the amount of money drawn down; the timeframe for a decision on the future of the pilot scheme's national roll out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16528/17]
416. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings held by the River Shannon co-ordination group in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16527/17]
415. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the establishment and operation of the national flood forecasting and warning service unit; the number of staff employed in the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16526/17]
414. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings held by the interdepartmental flood policy co-ordination group in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16525/17]
413. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the trial on lowering water levels in Lough Allen undertaken by the Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group; if there are legal or statutory impediments to such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16524/17]
412. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a voluntary farm building relocation scheme due to flooding issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16523/17]
411. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of proposals for a voluntary home relocation scheme for domestic dwellings affected by flooding and unable to receive insurance cover or adequate remedial works; the number of homes due to be covered by the scheme; the amount due to be allocated; the timeframe of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16522/17]
364. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting times for payment under the humanitarian assistance scheme in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16531/17]
363. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money paid out under the humanitarian assistance scheme per annum from 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16530/17]
199. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16393/17]
57. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Tarmonbarry Garda station on the national primary route N5 along the River Shannon and on the border of counties Longford and Roscommon can be included as one of the six Garda stations to be reopened as promised in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15537/17]
162. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 649 of 7 March 2017, the reason a cancer support centre (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive funding under the national lottery grant scheme despite the fact that a full-time service is run on an entirely voluntary basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14775/17]
161. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 648 of 7 March 2017, if he will source some level of State funding towards the remuneration of a centre manager and full-time office administrator for a cancer support centre (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the fact that over 140 persons a week use the centre and a range of vital therapies and support is provided on an entirely voluntary basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14774/17]
1140. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are any plans in place to bring in a waste disposal relief scheme for those families and carers that look after young persons and adults that need to use incontinence pads and adult nappies on a long-term basis, to help relieve the added financial burden that the disposal of these items will take on them once the pay by weight disposal scheme comes on line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8831/17]
477. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff on temporary contracts in the social welfare offices in Carrick-on-Shannon for each of the years 2013 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the reason staff have been left on long term temporary contracts which resulted in no vacancies in County Leitrim under the recent recruitment of permanent clerical officers for the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13498/17]
97. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the installation of CCTV cameras on the bridges over the River Shannon at Termonbarry, Roosky, Ballyleague and Lanesborough in counties Roscommon and Longford to help combat criminal gangs using these routes. [12784/17]
94. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the method of calculation new wind farm developments are subject to in order to calculate the rateable valuation of the development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13036/17]
35. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will investigate the possibility of Coillte transferring a single wind turbine in a location (details supplied) to local community ownership which could provide free electricity for residents in a five to ten mile radius of the wind farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13289/17]
50. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a large percentage of planted forestry land here features the Sitka spruce species as opposed to native Irish trees; the criteria for the selection of specific tree species for planted forestry land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12185/17]
41. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current percentage of planted forestry land in counties Roscommon, Leitrim and Galway for 2016 and 2017 to date, in tabular form; if local authorities will be given the power to veto further planting in areas when the projected target of 17% is achieved by 2020 in view of the negative impact on farming practices in small rural townlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12184/17]
223. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if plans for the provision of a school age team for children with disabilities in Roscommon town have now been stalled due to budgetary issues in securing a lease on a premises in the county town despite the fact that negotiations were at an advanced stage and proposed plans for a 11,000 sq ft facility had been drawn up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12305/17]
50. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the proposed ten bed rehabilitation unit at Roscommon University Hospital. [12128/17]
666. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health when full-time psychiatrist posts will be made available in County Roscommon, in view of the fact there are currently only locum psychiatrists providing a disjointed service, which is impacting negatively on patients and staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11834/17]
665. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide additional acute psychiatric beds in Roscommon University Hospital, in view of the fact it is operating at maximum capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11835/17]
650. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the alternative avenues of funding applicable to a cancer support centre (details supplied) in County Galway, apart from the national lottery grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11838/17]
649. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason a vital cancer support centre (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive funding under the national lottery grant scheme despite the fact that a full-time service is run on an entirely voluntary basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11837/17]
648. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will source some level of State funding towards the remuneration of a centre manager and full-time office administrator for a vital cancer support centre (details supplied) in County Galway, in view of the fact that over 140 persons a week use the centre and a range of vital therapies and support is provided on an entirely voluntary basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11836/17]
647. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason there has been such a significant delay in the publication of the external review into mental health services in County Roscommon, in view of the fact that the report was commissioned over two years ago and the services are in crisis mode without a clear service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11833/17]
646. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health his Department's position on vaping; if there are any measures to introduce regulation of vaping in public places; if so, the details of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11832/17]
645. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure that beds are not being taken up at weekends by persons who are physically fit to go home on a Friday but due to the lack of consultants on site over the weekend to sign them fit to leave are being kept in hospital beds until Monday morning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11831/17]
644. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views on a situation whereby a person (details supplied) was subject to a set of circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11794/17]
224. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the cost per person to accommodate a person on a weekly basis in the community nursing unit in Creagh, Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10994/17]
65. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction the €800,000 in capital funding for the upgrading of the old vocational education committee building in Roscommon town, which has been earmarked for use as a sub office of the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10323/17]
44. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the current policy of his Department is for one secretary, one cleaner and one caretaker for schools with over 250 students, with no extra allocation for larger schools, despite the fact that there has been a 25% increase in secondary school student numbers under the remit of the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10325/17]
730. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the information his Department holds on the proposed development of a sustainable commercial development at the townlands of Aghagad, Aghagowner, Bracklin, Carrowkeel, Cornaveagh, Creemully, Aghagad Beg, Derryhippoo and Leam, County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9739/17]
530. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate a matter with regard to a person (details supplied) concerning home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9643/17]
478. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of individual lump sum payments made to a retiring member of the Judiciary for each of the years 2011 to 2016, in tabular form. [9589/17]
477. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual pensions paid to each retired member of the Judiciary in each of the years 2011 to 2016, in tabular form. [9588/17]