26. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce the community visitors programme in 2015, in partnership with Inclusion Ireland and other stakeholders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1517/15]
411. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health the additional flexibility that will be facilitated when determining a person's means and taking into account the burden of an illness under his proposed changes to the medical card application procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49112/14]
410. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health the assets that are not taken into account when a person is applying for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49111/14]
409. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health when the revised application procedure and new application form for medical cards will come into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49110/14]
43. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on amending the Tús scheme so that participants have the option of continuing with their placement beyond the initial 12-month period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48746/14]
560. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options that are available in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork to help develop a play space; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47851/14]
401. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of the inspection regime for providers of early childhood care and education services; if he will outline any proposed changes to this inspection regime; the model upon which such changes have been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47721/14]
400. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the financial burden caused by the application of commercial rates to providers of early childhood care and education services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47720/14]
399. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans for investing in the early childhood care and education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47719/14]
398. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the increasing regulation and inspection regime applicable to providers of early childhood care and education services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47718/14]
397. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average waiting time for payments under the early childhood care and education scheme; the longest period that a service provider has been waiting for payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47717/14]
362. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on legislating for mandatory prison terms for perpetrators of serious unprovoked assaults; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47854/14]
361. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on legislating so that perpetrators of serious assaults would be liable for the financial consequences arising from any injuries caused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47853/14]
167. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the supports available to businesses to develop innovative websites to enable growth of online trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47362/14]
124. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the provision of clinical and laboratory genetic services continue to be provided on a national basis, similar to that as currently provided by the national centre for medical genetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47386/14]
349. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health since 2008, the number of ambulances that have been taken off the roads as a result of breakdowns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47199/14]
348. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health since 2008, the number of ambulances that have broken down more than once; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47198/14]
347. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health the total number of ambulance breakdowns since January 2008; if he will provide a description or reason for each breakdown; if he will provide details of which county each breakdown occurred in; if a patient was being carried in the ambulance at the time of breakdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47197/14]
346. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health for the period 2008 to date in 2014, if he will provide details of the periods of time that each ambulance has been out of service due to servicing or repair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47196/14]
345. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health regarding the repair and maintenance of ambulances, the records that the Health Service Executive and-or the national ambulance service are required to keep; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47195/14]
344. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health the number of times each ambulance was serviced or repaired since January 2008, where such servicing or repair of an ambulance was outside of planned routine maintenance; if he will provide details of the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47194/14]
343. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the routine maintenance regime for ambulances operated by the national ambulance service, including details of time and mileage intervals between routine servicing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47193/14]
138. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will consider providing assistance in funding the purchase of a building (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46434/14]
131. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the Irish airlines superannuation scheme, if he will confirm if the expert panel specifically considered the interests of deferred members, both shorter-service and long-service members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46432/14]
416. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health further to the announcement in budget 2015 of the targeted ending of the public sector recruitment moratorium, the number of additional front-line health care staff expected to be recruited in 2015; the impact recruitment will have on the amount spent on agency staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46178/14]
209. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 will be laid before Dáil Éireann for its consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45147/14]
582. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the funding allocated to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Rising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44270/14]
523. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reduce the cost differential which arises when paying motor tax quarterly as compared to the cost of paying a single annual payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44269/14]
490. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government regarding the climate action and low carbon development Bill, if he will include in the definition of low carbon in the Government's national policy position, an 80% reduction in emissions from electricity, buildings and transport and carbon neutrality in agriculture and land use; if he will provide that members of the expert advisory body should all be independent, and the independence of the body itself should be enshrined in the Bill, as is the case with the Fiscal Advisory Council; if he will recognise the principle of climate justice in the Bill to ensure Ministers have regard to the issue of equity and historical responsibility for climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44457/14]
434. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the consideration being provided to changing to an opt-out system of organ donation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44271/14]
307. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill to be passed by Dáil Éireann and subsequently enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44268/14]
246. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on efforts to establish mutual recognition of driving licences between Ireland and all Canadian states, in particular the state of Alberta; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43658/14]
241. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on his work in examining a proposed broadcasting licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43664/14]
183. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health if any of the additional funding provided for mental health services will be used to augment psychology services provided through the primary care directorate which assist persons with mild to moderate psychological difficulties; if not, if he will liaise with the Health Service Executive to ensure that such services receive additional funding as part of the HSE's service plan for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43661/14]
182. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health the supports and services available to persons with Huntington's disease; if there will be any Irish participation in Enroll-HD, a worldwide observational study for Huntington's disease families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43659/14]
170. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive have examined the effectiveness of methadone as a treatment for heroin addiction; if he will provide details of the deaths linked to methadone overdose; if alternative treatments to methadone have been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43579/14]
68. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection now that details of the effect of the wind-up of the Permanent TSB pension scheme on individual pension entitlements have been published, if she will consider taking further steps to protect the entitlements of individual members of pension schemes which are being wound up; if she will consider making retrospective the protection measures she introduced for pension schemes which are wound up on or after December 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43672/14]
67. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the review of rent supplement limits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43660/14]
883. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Cork may use a laptop when they are sitting the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41461/14]
65. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance the measures being taken to protect former customers of a company (details supplied); his views on limiting the personal liability of such customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40553/14]
601. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the agreement on the mutual recognition of driving licences between Ireland and Ontario will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39981/14]
68. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health if he will consider prioritising the development of a strategy for allergy care and a detailed policy to deal with anaphylaxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39322/14]
238. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the funding of a centre (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will put in place a funding structure that will ensure the long-term viability of the centre in order that it may continue to deliver educational opportunities for teenagers outside of a formal school setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38904/14]
4. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Taoiseach the contribution of and the value of the pharmaceutical sector to the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38953/14]
205. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the measures that have been taken to reduce the numbers of prefabricated classrooms in use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38778/14]
204. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the measures taken to ensure that class sizes at primary level do not increase; if she will introduce initiatives to reduce class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38777/14]
161. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health his views on developing a national policy on coeliac disease; if he will establish an expert review group to work with his Department and the Health Service Executive to develop such a policy and formulate guidelines for the screening, diagnosis and dietary support for those with coeliac disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38779/14]
160. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for the years 2009 to 2013, the amount spent by the State each year on medicinal drugs; and the total savings generated by reference pricing and generic substitution. [38776/14]
159. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health his views on the 50% increase in its annual retention fee by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; the steps he will take to reduce the fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38775/14]
158. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the national neonatal transport service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38774/14]