226. 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, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36889/18]
225. 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 a group (details supplied); if there are legal or statutory impediments to such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36888/18]
224. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on strategic maintenance works on the River Shannon in 2017 and to date in 2018. [36886/18]
223. 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. [36885/18]
168. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector will be retained in view of the negative impact which a rise in VAT rates would have for the hotel industry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36714/18]
106. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if a VAT and or VRT exemption on vehicles for service providers (details supplied) for persons with intellectual disabilities will be considered in view of the fact that many of the service users also have physical disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35743/18]
2385. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the establishment of a fund to support towns and villages which have been economically devastated by the creation of major bypasses will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33967/18]
2384. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of money available through the Western Development Commission for the WIF fund 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33894/18]
2383. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of employees in the Western Development Commission in June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33893/18]
2382. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocated to the Western Development Commission for 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33892/18]
2194. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the proposed works will be carried out on a national route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33365/18]
2139. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver testers employed in the Carrick-on-Shannon testing centre; if there have been recent changes to the number of testers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32419/18]
2138. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver testers employed by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32418/18]
1937. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licences for forestry development granted or refused in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34023/18]
1929. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a situation in which a person (details supplied) will now be subject to forestry plantation on four sides of their home without consultation will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33659/18]
1782. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the audiologist at the centre of the review of paediatric audiology services in more than 900 cases in counties Mayo and Roscommon from 2011 to 2015 is employed as an audiologist in a different jurisdiction on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34848/18]
1781. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health when the audiologist at the centre of the review of paediatric audiology services in more than 900 cases in counties Mayo and Roscommon from 2011 to 2015 was relieved of their duties; the process that took place; the sanctions that occurred for the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34847/18]
1318. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the charging structure in relation to the out of hours on call doctors services by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32417/18]
533. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the increased animal mortality rate for spring 2018 vis á vis spring 2017 nationally, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31633/18]
30. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reintroduce a national land drainage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31056/18]
584. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to move services provided by a medical centre (details supplied) to the Boyle primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30392/18]
583. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the services he is seeking to relocate to the Boyle primary care centre from other medical centres in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30391/18]
582. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to close or move the dental services provided in Castlerea County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30390/18]
581. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if reports produced by HIQA in relation to dental services in County Roscommon will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30389/18]
394. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if all health services provided in a practice (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be maintained. [30059/18]
43. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the area Garda headquarters, Mountbellew, County Galway; the number of staff employed there on 1 January 2017; the number of staff employed there at present; the number of staff employed in the other stations under the area headquarters; the reason an administrator and retired members have not been replaced in Mountbellew; the current and future plans for the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28908/18]
103. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an increase in the administration days for teaching principals to one release day per week will be allocated to deal with the administrative demands of the job in view of the fact that the role of the teaching principal has not been reviewed, qualified or quantified since a circular in 1973; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28857/18]
459. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected waiting times and number of those waiting for a practical driver test in County Leitrim at the Carrick-on-Shannon test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28823/18]
458. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected waiting times and number of those waiting for a practical driver test by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28822/18]
378. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health when the lenses for a specific machine at Roscommon HSE eye clinic will be replaced in order to allow field eye tests resume in view of the fact that patients are forced to travel to University Hospital Galway for the test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29299/18]
357. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason only two national trauma centres have been identified for the delivery of trauma treatment in the report of the trauma steering group, A Trauma System for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29181/18]
356. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason no trauma patients are being taken in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29180/18]
238. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the deadline of 1 July 2018 will be brought forward to allow farmers participating in GLAS to cut traditional hay meadows in the coming week to avail of the good weather which is forecast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28411/18]
86. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the failings identified as part of the review of paediatric audiology services in more than 900 cases by one audiologist in counties Mayo and Roscommon in each of the years 2011 to 2015, which left some children with lifelong impairments, will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27793/18]
32. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if a full review of cases carried out by the audiologist who worked in counties Mayo and Roscommon for over a ten year period from the early 2000s will now be carried out in view of the recent failings identified as part of the review of paediatric audiology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27794/18]
184. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); if the appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28146/18]
522. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of jobs created under the Action Plan for Rural Development in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27477/18]
521. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated under local improvement schemes in 2018 in counties Roscommon and Galway; if there will be an additional round of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27476/18]
520. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the funding allocated to rejuvenate rural and regional towns in counties Roscommon and Galway in the action plan for rural development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27472/18]
519. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline his plans to revitalise small towns and villages being devastated by rural decline in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27471/18]
479. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated waiting time for a driver test in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27550/18]
478. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for a driver test in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27549/18]
460. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being caused to rural businesses and rural communities by the lack of high speed broadband in counties Roscommon and Galway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27473/18]
436. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a shortfall in funding (details supplied) will be made up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27475/18]
375. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the review of paediatric audiology services will be extended to other areas in which the audiologist at the centre of the review in counties Mayo and Roscommon worked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27798/18]
277. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits that have taken place to Roscommon town in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27459/18]
276. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits that have taken place to Rooskey, County Roscommon, in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27458/18]
275. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits that have taken place to Tarmonbarry and or the Clondra area of Counties Roscommon and Longford in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27457/18]
273. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits that have taken place to Boyle, County Roscommon, in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27418/18]
272. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits that have taken place to Castlerea, County Roscommon, in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27417/18]