313. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the progress of the interdepartmental agency working group set up following the report reviewing the fair deal scheme which was published on 20 July 2015; the meetings that have taken place to date; if he will provide or publish an interim report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3995/16]
312. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth; and the action he is taking to reduce this number. [3994/16]
311. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting approval, the number approved but awaiting funding, and the expected waiting time for a person from the date of application to the approval date for funding under the nursing home support scheme in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3993/16]
310. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of beds available under the fair deal scheme, by county, from 2011 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3992/16]
309. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed new 100-bed unit in the grounds of St. Mary's Hospital on the Dublin Road in Drogheda, County Louth; what stage the design plans are at; if the appointed project group progressed this proposal; what funding has been ring-fenced for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3991/16]
308. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if the 30 nursing home beds in Ardee, County Louth, as announced by the media, have been opened; if these beds are to be utilised as long-stay beds or for respite purposes; if additional resources have been allocated for additional staffing for these beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3990/16]
307. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health when the 26 long-stay beds in Drogheda, County Louth, as announced in the media, will be opened; if additional resources have been allocated for additional staffing for these beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3989/16]
306. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the details of the proposed additional nursing home beds for Drogheda and Ardee, County Louth, as announced in local media on 25 January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3988/16]
120. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath who has made an application in respect of a child under the carer's allowance scheme and when she will make a decision on this application. [4120/16]
8. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the discussions he has had with church leaders and others regarding the practice of parents having to get their children baptised in order to gain entry to the school of their choice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3918/16]
2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the ambassador of France to Ireland, His Excellency, Mr. Jean-Pierre Thébault; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42227/15]
1. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the conversations he has held with European Union leaders following the attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Paris in France on 13 November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42226/15]
164. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine did Bord Iascaigh Mhara or any other agency or body under his control, grant aid a report (details supplied); the cost of the report; the percentage of grant aid that was approved for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3634/16]
163. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Bord Iascaigh Mhara has assessed the accuracy and validity of the contents of a report (details supplied) and the conclusions reached in the report; and if Bord Iascaigh Mhara concurs with its findings. [3633/16]
162. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of inaccuracies in a recent report entitled potential for land based salmon grow out in recirculating aquaculture systems, RAS, in Ireland, which concludes that salmon farming in land-based RAS facilities here is unviable, and this may have influenced Ireland’s funding policy for land-based aquaculture. [3632/16]
161. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm if the Government has handed back €5 million or any other amount to the European Fisheries Fund; and if so, the reason why. [3631/16]
181. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is sufficient staffing and expertise in the technical departments of local authorities to deliver increased build in social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3384/16]
509. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why, in relation to invitations to attend State 1916 centenary events, she is making a distinction between relatives of those who were active in 1916 but who did not claim a statutory pension and the relatives of those who were active in 1916 but who did claim a statutory pension and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2833/16]
370. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the criteria persons must meet in order to be approved for use of Fampyra under the long-term illness scheme; the average waiting time for approval; the mechanisms through which persons can actively pursue approval or determine reasons for refusal for this treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3135/16]
369. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will reimburse costs to persons for the drug Fampyra, who are covered under the general medical services scheme and the long-term illness scheme for the period following the end of the trial until its approval by the Health Service Executive on 1 October 2015, given the considerable financial costs incurred by such persons in need of treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3134/16]
368. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Louth is unable to access the drug Fampyra, in spite of its approval by the Health Service Executive in October 2015 to be included in the medical card scheme and the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3133/16]
105. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Louth under the carer's allowance scheme including when a decision will issue. [2996/16]
6. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach who within the Government has responsibility for preparing the Government’s political, economic and policy arguments against British Government proposals on European Union membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44676/15]
2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when he last met with the German Chancellor, Dr. Angela Merkel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42225/15]
1. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the European Union leaders' summit in Brussels in Belgium in mid-October 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42208/15]
125. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of residential facilities and the number of beds in each facility for children with psychiatric illness, by region. [2624/16]
124. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if in December 2015 a person (details supplied) was admitted to an adult psychiatric unit in Waterford city. [2623/16]
341. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health which early intervention and home teacher programmes receive part-funding from the Health Service Executive by the catchment areas they serve; how many children avail of the service; how many years have they received part Health Service Executive funding; and a breakdown of this funding by year. [2029/16]
340. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify which early intervention home teacher programmes are fully funded by the Health Service Executive and the catchment areas they serve; how many children avail of the service; how many years have they received full Health Service Executive funding; and a breakdown of this funding by year. [2028/16]
339. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the current providers of the early intervention home teacher programme; how long each programme has been in operation; and how many children avail of each programme. [2027/16]
338. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of total funding allocated by the Health Service Executive to the early intervention home teacher programme from 2011 to 2015. [2026/16]
337. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the cost per preschool child of providing the early intervention home teacher programme. [2025/16]
336. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health how many preschool children avail of places in the early intervention home teacher programme and the Down's syndrome Louth-Meath branch; and how many children have availed of these services from 2011 to 2015. [2024/16]
335. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the decision made by Health Service Executive in County Louth regarding funding for the early intervention, the home teacher programme and the Down's syndrome Louth-Meath branch, and seek to have funding reinstated as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2023/16]
334. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive in County Louth has decided not to allocate funding to the early intervention home teacher programme and the Down's syndrome Louth-Meath branch, deeming them not to meet funding criteria, yet it allocated funding in County Meath for the same services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2022/16]
333. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the funding that was allocated by the Health Service Executive to the early intervention home teacher programme and the Down's syndrome Louth-Meath branch in Counties Louth and Meath for the years 2011 to 2015. [2021/16]
25. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the role of the Economic Management Council in preparing the Government’s response to the plans of the British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, for a referendum on British membership of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44677/15]
2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Damodardas Modi; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33922/15]
462. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners waiting to be assessed for transfer under the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Acts; the timeframe for the assessment to be initiated; the number of prisoners transferred to prisons in this State in the past year; if new legislation or amendments to existing legislation are required; and if so the timeframe for this to be initiated. [46501/15]
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104. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request An Garda Síochána to meet the families of the victims of the bomb attack at Kay's Tavern and other incidents covered by the reports of the Barron Commission and the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights; if An Garda Síochána will brief the families on the current status of its investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45479/15]
103. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she accepts the conclusion of the Oireachtas final report on the report of the independent commission of inquiry into the bombing of Kay's Tavern that more should have been done by the State to assist victims of the atrocities and that they should not have been left in a position where they legitimately felt they had been forgotten about; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45478/15]
102. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she accepts the conclusion of the Oireachtas final report on the report of the independent commission of inquiry into the bombing of Kay's Tavern that there was sufficient information available to the Government that British security personnel were working with and as loyalist paramilitaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45477/15]
101. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a commission of investigation into the bombing of Kay’s Tavern on Crowe Street in Dundalk on 19 December 1975. [45476/15]
100. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she accepts the conclusion of the Oireachtas final report on the report of the independent commission of inquiry into the bombing of Kay's Tavern on Crowe Street in Dundalk on 19 December 1975 that it will lead to a commission of inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45475/15]
99. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she accepts the conclusion of the Oireachtas final report on the report of the independent commission of inquiry into the bombing of Kay's Tavern, on Crowe Street in Dundalk on 19 December 1975 that there was widespread collusion between British State forces and Unionist paramilitaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45474/15]
98. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas final report on the report of the independent commission of inquiry into the bombing of Kay's Tavern on Crowe Street in Dundalk on 19 December 1975; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45473/15]
97. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has had any connect with the Police Ombudsman's office in the North which is carrying out an investigation into the bomb attack at Kay’s Tavern; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45472/15]
58. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who applied for carer's allowance on behalf of a spouse in August 2015 but has not yet received a response; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45592/15]
438. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the progress on the recommendations contained within the national plan for rare diseases. [45080/15]