597. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure an increase in the rate of children presenting for the MMR vaccination; his further plans to ensure that same is increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44859/19]
424. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health his plans to reimburse the drug opvido for the treatment of stage 3 melanoma cancer (details supplied); the process and associated timelines for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44209/19]
368. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the administrative duties of Garda vetting within An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45387/19]
367. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for a person going through the Garda vetting process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45386/19]
366. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on methadone treatment in each prison nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45384/19]
331. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the value of fines collected for driving while holding a mobile phone in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44870/19]
330. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers who have been caught driving while holding a mobile phone in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44869/19]
329. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost incurred by An Garda Síochána to pay for storage of seized vehicles in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44868/19]
328. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of the €265 million identified in budget 2020 as selected capital measures to be allocated to the Military Road, Dublin 8 development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44867/19]
65. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing units he expects to be built by each local authority in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45009/19]
38. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if appropriate regulations regarding the sale of affordable homes will be reviewed and introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45008/19]
45. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funds will be provided for the community enhancement programme in 2019 in view of the fact that in 2018 the fund was €13 million and in 2019 it was €4.5 million and in further view of his previous comments that if savings in his Department were identified he would consider additional funding for the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43801/19]
33. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding he will make available for SICAP in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43802/19]
3. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the analysis carried out to ensure that those communities most disadvantaged as previously identified in RAPID areas are receiving adequate support and funding under the community enhancement programme since the closure of the RAPID programme and the establishment of the community enhancement programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43882/19]
78. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress being made to introduce a new total contribution pensions scheme; the next steps and the associated timeframe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43420/19]
45. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the means test qualifying criteria for carer’s allowance to include such costs as rent, mortgage payments and childcare costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43421/19]
200. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health the details of budget 2020 funding for the national drugs strategy; the increase relative to 2019; if additional funding is to be provided in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42716/19]
64. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects at stage 2B detailed design; the number that have been at this stage for up to one year, one to three, three to five, five to seven, seven to ten and more than ten years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41420/19]
32. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Education and Skills the further actions he will take to accelerate the narrowing of the gap between DEIS and non-DEIS schools and further improve the outcomes for those attending DEIS schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41421/19]
263. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of meetings held and the progress made regarding the issue of pensions for community employment supervisors following the postponement of industrial action by supervisors in May 2019 for the final resolution of this dispute; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42530/19]
244. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to budget 2020 the current and capital funding to be allocated in 2020 under the RAPID programme, community facilities scheme and community enhancement programme to the Dublin north-east inner city area. [42463/19]
243. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to budget 2020 the current and capital amounts that will be allocated to the RAPID programme, community facilities scheme and community enhancement programme in 2020. [42462/19]
55. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to minimise the time period to connect renewable generators to the grid in view of the fact there is a wait of over eight years for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42158/19]
639. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of HAP and RAS units in each local authority; the average HAP and RAS payments being made by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42107/19]
638. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the progress made to date on a wider fire safety review of buildings at risk here as part of the response to the Grenfell Tower disaster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42101/19]
637. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of staff engaged in the housing delivery office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42100/19]
583. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of youth projects established under the single targeted youth funding programme to date by location; the amount of funding received by each project to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42111/19]
582. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a progress report will be provided on the several sample projects that were established in 2016 and 2017; the number of projects fully operational; the number of new sample projects established in 2018 and 2019 relating to the future development of a single targeted youth funding programme to replace the current schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42110/19]
558. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to the green public transport fund in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42105/19]
557. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional capacity that will be made to the Dublin Bus fleet in 2020 to deal with the continuing increase in bus passenger numbers which is causing great difficulty on some routes for passengers at rush hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42104/19]
556. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding for an e-cargo bike grant will be considered for businesses to avail of in order to make a reduction in the price of a cargo bike which can be used for transport and deliveries for short distances in urban areas in view of the serious traffic congestion (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42099/19]
436. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure that patients here have the same access to new medicines as patients throughout Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42113/19]
435. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the uptake of the influenza vaccine for the winter 2019 season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42112/19]
434. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding from the health budget announced in budget 2020 that will go towards local and regional drug task forces in 2020; the increases in funding planned for the task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42109/19]
433. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health the provision that will be made for home support services for the elderly in 2020 recognising the significant difficulty many persons experienced in securing home support services in 2019 arising from a very significant increase in health funding as announced in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42102/19]
427. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health the year in which the persons currently on methadone treatment entered the treatment programme in the past twenty years in tabular form. [42043/19]
426. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health the average length of time for which a person remains on a methadone programme; the average cost per annum in maintaining a person on a programme; the number of locations from which methadone programmes are operated; the number of persons provided for on average at these locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42042/19]
425. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health the funding provided in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019 by the Health Service Executive to support implementation of the national drugs strategy in tabular form. [42041/19]
421. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health the combined total funding from both his Department and the HSE to each local and regional drug task force in each of the years 2014 to 2019, in tabular form. [42035/19]
283. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of claims brought to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal to date in 2019; the number of claims settled in 2019; the cost of the settlements to date in 2019; the number of cases on hand; the number of these that are older than five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42108/19]
280. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to each divisional drug unit in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019. [42013/19]
225. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce class sizes in view of the fact that primary school classes here are the largest in the eurozone, five above the EU average of 20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42106/19]
153. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Finance the progress he is making with the NTMA to establish a funding vehicle capable of facilitating off-balance sheet investment in delivering social and private housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42103/19]
152. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Finance his plans to review the bike to work scheme in order to allow for the purchase of e-bikes and cargo-bikes that are substantially more expensive to purchase but would open up the option of cycling to more persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42098/19]
79. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in hospital nationwide that are waiting for an assessment for a homecare package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40899/19]
78. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health the number of additional homecare and transitional care beds that have been provided for in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40900/19]
69. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the payment of a biannual payment made to cover the rent for a school (details supplied); when the payment will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41364/19]
522. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to address the report by the National Oversight and Audit Commissions that revealed low levels of inspection of rental properties (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41021/19]
521. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to address the report by the National Oversight and Audit Commission that revealed that eight of 31 city and county councils failed to meet their minimum standards for inspecting new buildings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41019/19]
453. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the criteria for the partial capacity payment will be amended to allow persons in receipt of the payment to avail of training, education and upskilling opportunities similar to those in receipt of the jobseeker's payment or disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40536/19]