574. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the status, including policy, of the tendering of public work to private hospitals; if all the work has been publicly tendered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6967/16]
573. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the type of public hospital work and specialties that have been tendered to private hospitals, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6966/16]
572. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the public hospital work tendered to private hospitals over the past five years, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6965/16]
571. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health why a community unit (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been closed for a number of years when it could provide appropriate step-down services for those in hospital beds; if he will re-open the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6964/16]
570. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in community-based health services in Dublin 15, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6963/16]
569. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for processing applications for orthodontist services in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6962/16]
568. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the waiting times in processing applications for speech and language therapists in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6961/16]
567. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for occupational health services in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6959/16]
337. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on families using au pairs following a recent ruling by the Workplace Relations Commission; if she will address concerns raised by families who have indicated they will no longer be able to afford to employ au pairs; if she will apply a cultural exchange programme to au pairs operating here as is in place in other European countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6975/16]
161. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to extend or make permanent the exemption contained in section 279 of the Companies Act which allows companies that are incorporated in Ireland but are on the stock exchange in the US not to have to file financial statements under International Financial Reporting Standards Protocol if they have filed under the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Protocol of the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6939/16]
160. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation why there is no forensic accountant at the office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; his plans to rectify this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6938/16]
151. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a fire safety certificate has been obtained for a building (details supplied) in Dublin 8 following its refurbishment and if a fire safety certificate is required for this building under the Building Control Regulations, 1997 to 2015; if the Office of Public Works has special exemption to make alterations to a building and thus not require a fire safety certificate; what the consequences are for not properly obtaining a fire safety certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7233/16]
141. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Office of Public Work's policy on the closure of a road in the middle of the Phoenix Park during the summer time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6945/16]
140. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works plans to provide a pedestrian crossing in the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6944/16]
139. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to convene a meeting between Fingal County Council and Dublin County Council to address the traffic issues at the Ashtown gate in the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6943/16]
119. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Finance the measures he will take to ensure all Irish registered companies comply with tax laws, given the release of the Panama papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6946/16]
70. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Finance to initiate a working group to address the issue of persons in private estates or apartments having to pay full management fees and property tax on their net income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6941/16]
51. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to address the anomaly whereby those who must retire from the public sector at 65 years of age do not receive a pension until they reach 66 years of age and instead receive dole payments in the intervening months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6951/16]
50. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in, and the location of, community employment schemes in Dublin 15 in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6950/16]
49. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why some members of the public who are over 55 years of age have been granted extensions to their participation in community employment schemes while others who are also over 55 years of age have had their community employment schemes terminated, given that they believe this is below the five years that they expected when they signed up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6949/16]
48. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the policy changes she has initiated in respect of community employment schemes in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6948/16]
840. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ensure transport links are established to connect Dublin 15 and Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6196/16]
839. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of all penalties imposed, including the reason, by the National Transport Authority on Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6195/16]
838. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine the issue of overcrowding on Irish Rail services on the Dublin-Maynooth line; to ensure Irish Rail provide additional carriages or more frequent services to prevent such overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6194/16]
837. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to have a shelter installed at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6193/16]
836. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an Irish citizen who is living abroad can renew a driving licence in advance of its expiration if that person is in the country, or if the person must wait until the driver licence has expired; his plans to change this process to allow drivers renew their licences in advance of their expiration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6192/16]
835. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the plan to extend the Royal Canal project between Dublin 15 and Maynooth in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6121/16]
834. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with officials from a company (details supplied) and discussed certain issues with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6120/16]
833. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to establish or to extend the Dublin bike scheme to Dublin 15 or to the broader Fingal area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6119/16]
832. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public consultation and engagement criteria in relation to changing bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6118/16]
800. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the pricing strategy, operated by Electricity Supply Board cars relating to the use of electric vehicles, is compatible with European Union Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure in Article 4, section 9; his views on the pricing strategy and the way in which it will advance the development of electric and zero-emission vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6187/16]
799. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the availability of broadband in the Dublin 15 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6186/16]
781. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for capping the refurbishment grant on boarded up houses, given the housing and homelessness crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6228/16]
780. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units built, by each local authority, in each of the past five years; the number of these now occupied; the number of social housing units that will be built in each of the years 2016 to 2018, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6227/16]
779. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the planned pay-by-weight refuse collection programme due to commence on 1 July, including the level of engagement from refuse collection companies; if data will be supplied to support his statement that the new system will result in savings for 90% of households; the supply costings involved, comparing the old and new systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6226/16]
778. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of children in primary school who are officially recorded as homeless or residing in emergency accommodation; if he is aware of the impact and disruption homelessness has on school-going children’s studies; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6225/16]
729. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to restore equal pay scales for new teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6222/16]
728. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is enrolled in a special school for children with autism, given that the school changed its admissions policy to prioritise geography over need; if she instructs schools to cease using geographic criteria in enrolment policies; if she will ensure an autism school is established in the Dublin 15 area, where there is currently none; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6221/16]
727. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education will recognise the global development delay condition as a disability that requires the provision of special needs assistance and resource hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6220/16]
726. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills the employment status of home tutors who are paid through the home tuition grant which she administers with the Revenue Commissioners; if home tutors paid under this grant are self-employed or PAYE workers; if they are self-employed, whether they are able to claim expenses before PRSI, USC or income tax are deducted; if they are PAYE workers, whether they can pay a class A stamp; if she will address the concerns of parents of special needs children and home tutors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6219/16]
725. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse her plans to proceed with changes to the way children with special educational needs in schools are assessed, as outlined in the Delivery for Pupils with Special Educational Needs document; if learning resource requirements will not be assessed based on socio-demographic characteristics of a school’s catchment area and standardised tests; if she will continue to allocate learning supports and resource teaching based on the professionally assessed special education needs of children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6218/16]
598. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health his progress in reducing the reliance on agency staff as pledged in the 2015 service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6209/16]
597. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies and the number of agency staff employed, by position, by hospital. [6208/16]
596. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health his views on the cutting of pay levels for graduate nurses; the number of nurses who took up places on the Health Service Executive's nursing in Ireland scheme, which was aimed at bringing Irish nurses who had emigrated back to work here; the stage the scheme is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6207/16]
595. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the progress he is making in ensuring hospitals are complying with the working time directive for junior doctors; the number of hospitals he has sanctioned for breaching the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6206/16]
594. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to relocate the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin 1 to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6205/16]
593. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on hospital trolleys, by month, for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6204/16]
592. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 and whether the case will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6203/16]
591. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, who is waiting to be discharged; the reason for the delay in discharging this person; the reason nursing home funding for this person has been withdrawn; the number of such persons who are awaiting discharge at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6202/16]
590. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of patients at Waterford Regional Hospital who are well enough to be discharged but are awaiting an appropriate care package to be put in place; the average waiting time for patients who are ready for discharge at Waterford Regional Hospital but require care packages; the reason such a delay exists and if it relates to funding cuts for home care packages; the way in which care packages are allocated to patients ready for discharge at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6201/16]