76. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the level of employment and job creation in companies supported by Industrial Development Agency Ireland and Enterprise Ireland for each of the past five years in counties Westmeath and Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48751/14]
57. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Finance the number of complaints of petrol-stretching in Counties Westmeath and Longford, received by the Customs and Excise in each of the months since May 2014; the number which were investigated; the number which are ongoing in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48723/14]
14. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the stakeholders who have been involved in the consultative process to date for the regional enterprise strategy for the midlands region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48117/14]
12. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timelines and targets in relation to rolling out his Department’s regional enterprise strategy for the midlands region in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48116/14]
440. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health if he will establish whether the Health Service Executive is satisfied regarding the current level of cover being provided by senior consultants at the emergency department in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47931/14]
13. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the criteria that will be used to cost the proposals for the State-led intervention proposed in the national broadband plan; the way the plan will be funded; if the areas with the poorest coverage will be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47111/14]
10. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the person that will be tasked with costing the proposals for the State-led intervention in the national broadband plan intervention areas identified during the mapping process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47112/14]
23. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will explore with the Departments of Justice and Equality and Finance the possibility of putting together a financial assistance programme for social welfare recipients seeking bankruptcy declarations to allow them to engage the services of a Personal Insolvency practitioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47090/14]
450. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is a clear disparity in funding allocation from the national homelessness budget between the midlands region and other regions, for example, statutory funding for the midlands region is less than half of the north east funding even though the population of the midlands is greater that the north east by more than 25,000 persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47347/14]
449. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria that will be used by his Department to allocate respective funding from the national homelessness budget for 2015 to the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47346/14]
448. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria used by his Department to allocate respective funding from the national homelessness budget to the eight regions in the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47345/14]
88. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Government’s new regional enterprise strategy will be rolled out to the midlands region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46680/14]
599. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a date has been agreed on when the next sports capital programme will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46115/14]
405. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health when the national service plan for 2015 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46116/14]
365. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce a second free pre-school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46117/14]
127. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria his Department employs to allocate the national homelessness budget in view of the fact that the four midland counties of Laois, Offaly, Westmeath and Longford have continued to receive a 1.5% annual allocation of the national budget for many years despite a 12.27% reduction in this funding for the region in 2013. [45858/14]
94. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will provide a discretionary increase in the midlands allocation from the national homelessness budget in view of the low level of national funding for the midlands and a 30% increase in demand for services in this region. [45859/14]
206. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a further review of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No.2) Act 2009 will take place in the near future in order that technical pay increases may be awarded to cooks and supervisory cooks in the Defence Forces. [45171/14]
126. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the new IDA Ireland advanced technology building in Athlone, County Westmeath is on target for completion in November 2014. [44310/14]
121. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to target specific investors for the advanced technology building, in view of its pending completion. [44311/14]
102. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health if there are any special provisions or supports for parents and their pre-term babies where significant hospital care is required. [44634/14]
67. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the necessary time required for the hospital care of pre-term babies will be excluded from the standard period of paid maternity leave. [44633/14]
18. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Finance when and the way small and medium enterprises may access low interest loans from the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland. [44635/14]
444. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the current level of cover being provided by senior consultants at the emergency department in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway. [44340/14]
443. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the number of senior and junior consultants who are currently attached to the emergency department in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway. [44339/14]
281. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases of suspected petrol stretching gardaí in Counties Longford and Westmeath are actively investigating at present. [43919/14]
280. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if gardaí investigating suspected petrol stretching use significant price variances among fuel sellers in a particular geographical area as a criterion for their investigations. [43918/14]
165. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Finance if insurance companies provide insurance protection to motorists whose car engines have been written off because of petrol stretching. [43917/14]
164. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Finance if Revenue Commissioners officers investigating suspected petrol stretching use significant price variances among fuel sellers in a particular geographical area as a criterion for their investigation. [43916/14]
25. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Defence if there have been developments in respect of addressing the 21-year limit; this service limit is causing serious difficulties for many serving members who have mortgage and family commitments and who have the necessary skills and fitness levels to continue to serve beyond the 21-year limit; the first group of compulsory exits scheduled to occur next year. [43093/14]
481. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the 2014-2020 Leader programme will be finalised and activated. [42825/14]
350. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health his views that eye doctors in the midlands will now be compelled to put their patients requiring cataract surgery on a waiting list to be seen first by a surgeon at a clinic; his views that this will become a long list as there is only one surgeon as opposed to 15 surgeons at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. [42824/14]
349. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital has issued a letter to eye doctors in the midlands that patients in this region who require surgery such as cataract surgery will have to attend a clinic in Portlaoise before being placed on the list for surgery in this hospital. [42823/14]
348. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the average public waiting time by Health Service Executive regions for a patient to undergo cataract surgery. [42822/14]
346. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive regional breakdown in the number of patients currently on the public waiting list for cataract surgery. [42820/14]
345. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on the public waiting list for cataract surgery [42819/14]
344. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of HSE employed community audiologists working in the respective HSE regions. [42818/14]
343. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the regional breakdown in the number of Health Service Executive employed community audiologists working in the respective HSE regions in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [42817/14]
342. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the regional breakdown in the number of Health Service Executive employed community audiologists working in the respective HSE regions. [42816/14]
341. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the number of community audiologists employed by the Health Service Executive to cater for both adults and children. [42815/14]
340. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the average public waiting time for a child to access community audiology services in the health system. [42814/14]
339. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the average public waiting time for an adult to access community audiology services in the health system. [42813/14]
338. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the public waiting list to access audiology services. [42812/14]
337. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health the number of adults currently on the public waiting list to access audiology services. [42811/14]
251. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if work in rolling out the fibre networks in any of the areas identified has commenced since the announcement of the strategy last May. [42680/14]
250. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress to date in relation to the rural broadband strategy aimed at increasing access to high speed broadband to more than over 1,000 rural communities nationwide through fibre networks. [42679/14]
176. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are sources of appropriate funding for persons on long-term illness benefit studying part-time degree courses, since, as it stands, persons on long-term illness benefit may receive a back-to-education allowance or a Student Universal Support Ireland grant only if they are studying a full-time course. [42419/14]
118. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been ring-fenced for the planned refurbishment works at the courthouse in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [42416/14]
117. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe that has been put in place to commence and complete the refurbishment works on the courthouse in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [42415/14]