528. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the estimated full year cost of increasing funding to secondary roads improvement schemes by 1%, 2%, 3% and 5%, respectively. [23377/18]
527. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the level of funding expended on the local improvement scheme in each of the years 2010 to 2017; the associated number of projects supported in each of those years; the average payment made in each of those years; the allocation for 2018; and the level of funding expected to be allocated on the scheme in 2019. [23376/18]
526. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the estimated full year cost of increasing funding to Tourism Ireland by 1%, 2%, 3% and 5%, respectively. [23375/18]
525. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out in tabular form the allocation for Tourism Ireland in each of the years 2011 to 2017; the allocation for 2018; and the planned allocation for 2019. [23374/18]
524. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set down the estimated full year cost of restoring funding to Tourism Ireland to 2008 levels. [23373/18]
523. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out in tabular form the planned capital spend for 2018 and the intended allocation for 2019 for construction of the A5 motorway as contained in the current projected capital expenditure figures. [23372/18]
522. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the estimated cost of making all public transport services fully wheelchair accessible; and the breakdown of the cost including upgrading existing vehicles, upgrading existing infrastructure including bus stops and train stations and staffing costs. [23371/18]
521. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the estimated cost of increasing the funding for the Rural Transport Programme by 5%. [23370/18]
518. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out in tabular form the number of taxi licence holders who have completed form S15N and the section 15 nomination process in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and the number of taxi licence holders by county. [23237/18]
358. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if an audit facility is in place under the BowelScreen programme; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23253/18]
178. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria under which sports capital grant applications are assessed; the details of the criteria and the weighting of each category within the criteria; if there is a specific category in the marking of applications for clubs and organisations in RAPID areas; if he will provide additional detail regarding the part of the application process that deals with disadvantaged areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22769/18]
408. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of chief operations officers, COOs; the pay scale of each COO; the number of staff attached to the COOs' offices by grade and annual salary cost of same; the number of heads of service, HOS, by pillar, that is, mental health, health and well-being, social care and primary care; the annual salary cost of same by grade; the number of support staff attached to each HOS by grade; the annual salary cost of same; the number and grade of staff who support the corporate CHO 8 function in the areas of risk, human resources, finance and estates; and the level of non-pay expenditure in CHO 8 by line item as required by his Department and HSE financial regulations as would be reported to the Committee of Public Accounts in tabular form. [22506/18]
407. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the capital allocation to commence the build of Castlebellingham health centre; the tender process; the contract award process; the likely opening date of the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22505/18]
406. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of the Castlebellingham health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22504/18]
400. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if open disclosure has occurred in all known cases in circumstances in which errors under the BowelScreen programme have occurred in the screening and subsequent diagnosis and treatment regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22402/18]
399. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of identified cases settled by the HSE, the State Claims Agency or other State agencies which have been subject to confidentiality agreements in cases taken by persons due to potential failures under the BowelScreen programme. [22401/18]
398. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of legal cases pending due to potential or alleged failures under the BowelScreen programme. [22400/18]
182. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria for issuing compulsory purchase orders relevant to infrastructure or transport projects. [21547/18]
181. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement, advice and support provided and offered to those whose homes fall under compulsory purchase orders due to the MetroLink project. [21546/18]
180. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if compensation in addition to market value will be offered to those that receive compulsory purchase orders due to the MetroLink project. [21545/18]
179. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if comparable alternative accommodation will be offered to homeowners and tenants of those that receive compulsory purchase orders due to the MetroLink project. [21544/18]
178. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the compulsory purchase order methodology which will be applied to house and apartment owners of those that will be impacted by the MetroLink project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21543/18]
580. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if Drogheda is eligible to apply for grants which are designed to specifically target urban regeneration in view of the fact that some grants are only available to towns that are classified as hubs and gateways under Project Ireland 2040 and Drogheda is, therefore, excluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21027/18]
510. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting times, including the expected longest waiting times, for driver tests in each county; and the number of persons awaiting test dates, in tabular form. [21412/18]
503. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost, since 2011 to date, of outside consultants used by the National Transport Authority, NTA, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, and other relevant organisations in the planning of the proposed MetroLink project. [21248/18]
501. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Road Safety Authority, RSA, accepts payment for driver tests before a date for the test has been confirmed; when a policy of accepting payment prior to the confirmation of a date was introduced; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some persons who pay their test fee are unable to find an available test date in their area using the online calendar on the website until 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21029/18]
167. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated for the transfer of services from the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda to St. Mary's Hospital, Drogheda; and the funding allocated in this regard. [20517/18]
166. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the projected completion dates of planned projects for the provision of public nursing home beds; and the resulting numbers of new build nursing homes, new beds and the refurbishment of existing beds. [20516/18]
165. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of public stepdown and transitional care beds available in County Louth; and the locations of same. [20515/18]
164. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds available in County Louth excluding step down and transitional beds. [20514/18]
163. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds available in County Louth prior to the establishment of HIQA in 2007. [20513/18]
187. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists working in each primary care unit; and if the positions are full-time or part-time. [20356/18]
186. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the average wait time, the longest wait time and the number of persons on the waiting list for adult occupational therapy assessments in each primary care unit in tabular form. [20355/18]
417. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to the large-scale sport infrastructure fund announced by the Minister in his budget 2018 speech for each of the years 2018 to 2020; the amount of this funding he plans to ring-fence for disadvantaged areas; his plans to put safeguards and conditions in place to ensure that the majority of the available funding is used in disadvantaged areas with poor sports facilities as part of the process of his Department drafting terms and conditions for the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19823/18]
416. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair-accessible taxis registered in each county. [19703/18]
350. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the reason, when it is the case that medical card holders of pension age are entitled to State-funded physiotherapy, transport to medical appointments, dressings and other medical entitlements, residents of private nursing homes are required to pay for these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20044/18]
131. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of wards of the State sent to Britain for mental health treatment due to the fact that no suitable treatment is available here in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [19194/18]
130. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the mechanism in place in the HSE to enable regular updates or reports on the treatment and progress of patients; the way in which progress and treatment is monitored by the HSE in cases in which persons have been sent to Britain for treatment due to a lack of suitable treatment options here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19193/18]
129. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the amount his Department has spent treating persons who are sent to Britain by the HSE to access mental health services due to the fact that no suitable service exists here in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and the number of persons sent to access such mental health services in Britain in each of these years. [19192/18]
128. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the average cost of treating persons who are sent to Britain by the HSE to access mental health services due to the fact that no suitable service exists here. [19191/18]
482. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the review of the operation of Bus Éireann route 52 between Ballina and Galway. [17464/18]
87. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend section 15 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 to ensure that taxi drivers are required to nominate a person to continue to operate a taxi licence in the event of the licence holder's death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17731/18]
77. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on an independent review of the sports capital programme with a view to creating additional guidelines or rules to ensure that funding under the programme is allocated in a more equitable manner (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17732/18]
26. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that the implementation of the proposed amendment to the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017, which seeks to impose penalties on the owners of vehicles operated by unaccompanied learner drivers, does not cause driver test waiting times to worsen, in view of the fact that driver test waiting times are lengthy in most parts of the State and there has been a significant drop in the number of driver testers; if the wait times for both the scheduling of tests and the time spent waiting for tests have reduced in the past quarter; his further plans to assist the Road Safety Authority, RSA, in reducing the waiting times for driver tests, including agreeing to the formation of a panel of driver testers; the assistance he has given to the RSA regarding the establishment of additional driver test centres and increased recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18031/18]
24. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposal to remove the slip road tolls in Drogheda for Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann which is taking place in the town in August 2018; the steps he has taken to pursue the removal of the tolls; the engagement that has taken place with relevant stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18030/18]
1282. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to the delivery of the N56 Mountcharles to Inver road in each of the years from 2019 to 2023, respectively; the estimated cost of delivering the project; and the expected timeline for completion. [15533/18]
1281. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to the delivery of the A5 road development in each of the years 2019 to 2023; the estimated cost of delivering the project; and the expected timeline for completion. [15532/18]
1280. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to the delivery of the N56 Dungloe to Glenties road in each of the years from 2019 to 2023, respectively; the estimated cost of delivering the project; and the expected timeline for completion. [15531/18]
1279. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to the delivery of the N2 Slane bypass in each of the years from 2019 to 2023, respectively; the estimated cost of delivering the project; and the expected timeline for completion. [15530/18]