62. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding road projects in the greater Naas area in County Kildare, that is the widening of the M7 to three lanes and the new motorway interchange at Osberstown and the Sallins bypass; the status and timeline for these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38836/16]
53. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the funding and delivery of the greenway project for Naas, Sallins, Ardclough to Dublin section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38837/16]
280. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of transport to a person (details supplied) and other day services for adults with learning difficulties who lose their transport once they turn 18 years of age; if he will extend this transport provision above 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38292/16]
68. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has a register of historical landfill sites around the country; and if he is satisfied that adequate regulation, governance and, if necessary, remediation is in place regarding same, particularly in situations in which a site may have been at operational peak at a time when environmental and waste management rules were less developed. [38625/16]
273. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the renewable heat incentive and other relevant measures to support the sector; if purchases of a biomass boiler from January 2017 onwards will be included in the renewable heat incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38153/16]
212. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting indefinitely for a hospital appointment; the length of time this waiting time is expected to last; the efforts his Department has made to decrease waiting times in this specific area; and if his Department will expedite the case provided. [38093/16]
57. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that for eight years there was no consultant urologist at Temple Street Children's Hospital until the appointment of a consultant in summer 2016; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that while this appointment is welcome there are a number of concerns (details supplied) raised by service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37769/16]
162. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the targets that will be in the 2017 HSE Service Plan for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service teams staff levels in CHO 7 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38049/16]
516. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to indicate the last time low-protein products have been added to the long-term illness card list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36947/16]
515. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if he will add new low-protein products to the long-term illness card list due to the discontinuation of products which had been on the list previously (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36946/16]
294. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for family income support. [36121/16]
272. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total funding allocated to the programme for research in third level institutions in the period 2010 to 2016 annually in tabular form; the programme funding that has been allocated in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35674/16]
113. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the current system of Garda vetting is local and particular to each school and must be repeated school by school for temporary substitute workers, such as special needs assistants who move around between schools and who find this a barrier to securing work in more than one school, and that it also imposes an unnecessary administrative overhead on the school management; if she will mitigate or explain this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35617/16]
50. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the process by which local area plans are devised is fit for purpose, in view of the fact that expectations can often be raised that zoning will translate to actual land uses, for example, amenity or educational, and in view of the fact that a coincidence of zoning, ownership and intention is necessary in reality to achieve the desired outcome. [35357/16]
46. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Balyna group water scheme in north-west Kildare; if the scheme will go ahead; and if the scheme does not proceed, if his Department intends to refund the many households in the area that contributed financially to the scheme during the setup phase. [35356/16]
240. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if clampers at car parking places are permitted to impose fees of €120 as they have done recently at Sallins railway station in view of the fact that legislation was enacted to cap fees at €100 in the last Dáil term; if he is satisfied with the operation of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35397/16]
94. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider siting another vehicle registration tax registration centre in north Kildare in view of the demand from large population towns such as Leixlip, Celbridge and Maynooth and that the closest centre currently within the county is at Naas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35396/16]
80. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35355/16]
42. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the school transport scheme, which has been proven not to be adequately working in view of the recent number of children who were not accommodated en route to a school; if he will make available additional funding to allow operators use higher capacity vehicles in order to alleviate this problem; if he will provide an update on the work of the cross-party forum to deal with transport issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35158/16]
409. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal of an application for a carer's allowance in respect a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35004/16]
408. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for an illness benefit allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35003/16]
109. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position of County Kildare in comparison to other counties in terms of the number of gardaí per head of population; and if, as expected, County Kildare lies towards the bottom of that list, the measures being taken to address the shortfall of gardaí vis-à-vis other counties. [34752/16]
68. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Kildare on 31 October 2010 and on 31 October 2016; the proportion of the proposed 800 additional recruits in 2017 that are likely to be assigned to County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34716/16]
96. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department can investigate delays in transferring a person (details supplied) to a Tús position they have been selected for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33131/16]
52. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the soaring motor insurance costs for emigrants returning back to reside here; the efforts his Department is making to ease these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33109/16]
18. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the immediate contingency steps she is taking with European colleagues to ensure EU research and development funding is not reduced following the decision by the UK voters to leave the EU. [32996/16]
15. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the publication of Innovation 2020, the mechanism in place to review progress and ensure targets in the strategy are being met on an annual basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32997/16]
429. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans his Department has regarding the installation of noise suppression barriers from Johnstown village, County Kildare, to Big Ball Roundabout in Naas, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32606/16]
137. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills the secondary schools that currently provide classes and supports for secondary school children who are on the autism spectrum in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32625/16]
54. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the refurbishment of the courthouse in Kilcock, County Kildare; the timeframe involved; the nature of the works to be undertaken; the expected completion date of the refurbishment; the future plans for the courthouse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32253/16]
407. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if his Department can backdate the fair deal scheme application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31567/16]
392. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners employed by the HSE approaching 60 years of age in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31489/16]
45. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider backdating the first-time buyer tax rebate, as announced as part of a new measure of budget 2017, to include first-time buyers who had purchased houses during the previous three months before the announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31037/16]
650. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will examine the funding availability for a person (details supplied); if she will guarantee funding and a place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30546/16]
466. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for a public occupational therapist appointment in County Kildare; and the efforts his department is taking to shorten this waiting time. [30547/16]
459. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if his Department will investigate the delays in a patient transfer for a person (details supplied); if his Department will expedite this transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30526/16]
430. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had a medical card reviewed and taken back; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30405/16]
249. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the huge disparity in school costs which exists from school to school throughout the country and the inequality faced by parents in having to provide funding for a free primary education system, as costed by a charity (details supplied) at €103 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30520/16]
118. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for child and adolescent mental health service teams staff levels in CHO 7 in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30678/16]
66. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health his views on the September 2016 figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund which showed that 1,069 persons are waiting more than 12 months for an outpatient appointment in Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30677/16]
570. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs spent by the National Transport Authority in maintaining the site formally known as the Johnstown Garden Centre, Johnstown, Naas, County Kildare, in each year, in tabular form (details supplied). [29251/16]
245. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will extend the Tús scheme from one year to two years to allow further progression and experience by the employee and employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29233/16]
20. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the lengthy waiting times for carer's allowance applications; the current waiting time on a standard application; his plans to address the waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28781/16]
356. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the waiting time endured by a person (details supplied) with no contact from the hospital for over 13 months; if he will expedite this appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28062/16]
227. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department can investigate the blocking of a public right of way at a location (details supplied) and examine the felling of trees at this site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28226/16]
58. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the recent Times Higher Education World University Rankings which show no Irish university in the top 200 globally ranked universities; his plans to address this via a significant capital and research programme at least equivalent to the previous five-year funding cycle of the programme for research in third-level institutions or otherwise; his plans to commit investment in the recurrent grant to higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28352/16]
46. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the large number of students from north-west Kildare who cannot get a school bus place despite his Department's commitment that no child would lose his or her place on school buses pending the outcome of a review by his Department; the position regarding the establishment of a cross-party committee to review the outstanding problems with the school transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28353/16]
261. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current and cumulative costs to the NRA of maintaining a site (details supplied) over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27808/16]
74. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Kildare Garda division. [27411/16]