226. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 17 January 2019 and Circular 0058/2006 from his Department, if clarification will be provided regarding the area in which SNA employment contracts state that their employment is with a specific school and names the school; if redundancy payments will issue as a result of such contracts to SNAs when their employment at the school ceases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4112/19]
237. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to fund crèches required to meet standards being set down by Tusla following random inspections; if her attention has been drawn to the financial pressures being experienced by the sector as it struggles to meet the rising cost of regulation; her views on the discussion her officials had with a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2178/19]
172. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an assessment and the operation needed for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; if urgent cases such as the case of same can be dealt with under the cross-border initiative; if so, if the HSE will make contact with the person to make the arrangements; the number of persons such as the one in question that were informed on 23 February 2018 that it would be 51 months plus before they would be seen; the steps being taken by him and the HSE to resolve this level of service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2182/19]
85. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if circular 0058/2006, in particular sections 3.1 and 3.2, applies to the education and training boards, ETBs; if the Labour Court recommendation 20308 and the circular referenced are being monitored to ensure compliance by ETBs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2179/19]
1118. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an illness benefit by a person (details supplied). [1745/19]
1106. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to allow the public services card to be used as identification for customers of credit unions who have no other means of identification. [1416/19]
941. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to date of the Wild Atlantic Way cycle project under each heading in which payments have been made; if there are outstanding costs; the tendering process involved; the number of bidders who participated in the process; his plans for the future of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1440/19]
814. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the action being taken by the HSE to accommodate and redeploy staff from Saint Patrick's Centre, Kells Road, County Kilkenny; the number of staff involved; the number redeployed to date or accommodated by other agreements; if staff have opted for redundancy; if so, the number; if the Labour Court recommendations have been considered by all stakeholders; if so, the actions to be taken or the actions taken to date; his plans to support the workers who have given loyal service over a number of years and feel abandoned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1785/19]
767. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the progress in relation to the approval process for the drug Nusinersen, also known as Spinraza; if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; the type of care and medication that his Department and-or the HSE will fund in this case; if he will meet the parents of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1464/19]
743. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if benefit schemes and supports for persons with Wolfram syndrome will be put in place to cover such needs as medical devices, dietary demands, transport to services and personal medical requirements; the supports and services automatically available to date; if he will request the HSE to engage directly with persons (details supplied) to determine their needs and ensure that both are in receipt of the full range of entitlements and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1380/19]
739. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1372/19]
694. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 27 November 2018, when a reply will issue. [1054/19]
689. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital for hip operations (details supplied); if the operating theatres are being used to their capacity; if emergency operations can be undertaken elsewhere to reduce the waiting lists; the number of professionals qualified to carry out these operations at the hospital; the number waiting on each list; and his plans to reduce the list in 2019. [1036/19]
473. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if stress interventions and-or counselling sessions are mandatory following traumatic incidents that involve gardaí at work, further to Question No. 295 of 16 October 2018, and his response regarding the analysing of the report and consultations with An Garda Síochána. [1382/19]
472. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a motion passed by Dáil Éireann relative to an inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); if all matters leading to the person's death, the investigation afterwards and the court cases which ensued will be included as part of the inquiry; if the inquiry will be a public inquiry; his overall approach to the inquiry; and the timeframe for the inquiry. [1371/19]
288. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if cell windows fitted in courthouses and Garda stations are fully compliant with standards relative to that product; if an engineer was contracted to report on the standard and compliance of cell windows already fitted; if so, if that report is available; if the supplier or suppliers of cell windows have been issued with specifications for this product by the OPW; if so, if they met the required specifications; if the product was tested by the OPW or the supplier; if cell windows that were in place have now been removed and replaced by this new product; if cell windows in newly constructed or refurbished stations have been checked recently for damage or defects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1786/19]
284. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed at Kilkenny Castle, permanent and temporary, respectively; the title of the position of each; the number of visitors to the castle in each of the past five years; the budget set aside for 2019 to 2020; the cost of private security at the castle for each of the past five years; if further park wardens will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1465/19]
262. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person has been awarded an injury warrant and subsequently takes a successful court case against the State for compensation for their injuries, if the injury warrant will be withdrawn. [1370/19]
232. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if the issues raised by a person (details supplied) have been resolved; the incidents involved and the way in which each one was dealt with by the Revenue Commissioners; and if the circumstances relate to the lack of outcomes to complaints made by them in the past or to a breach of agreements by the Revenue Commissioners. [1381/19]
230. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if he will address matters relating to section 114 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1373/19]
443. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if intensity-modulated radiation treatment as recommended by a consultant will be arranged and expedited in the case of a person (details supplied). [53299/18]
387. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason a school transport option has not been put in place for a person (details supplied). [52943/18]
174. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an operation will be arranged at WUH for a person (details supplied); if the matter will be expedited; and the reason the person has had to wait for nine years. [52294/18]
173. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the amount held or managed by the patients' private property account central unit; the way in which this fund is invested and safeguarded; the amounts held on behalf of each organisation within its remit by county; if the fund comes under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General; the number of individual cases in which the Circuit Court's direction was sought in circumstances in which the HSE used in excess of €5,000 of client funds in a single calendar year; the number of families refused access to the funds of a family member in circumstances in which the funds were being used to benefit the owner of the fund; the number of persons who have had welfare benefits or cut-off due to the funds held on their behalf; the way in which the fund is used for end of life care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52292/18]
369. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a long-term home care package will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [51873/18]
47. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, will be provided with 24-7 emergency medicine consultant cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50793/18]
433. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in appointing a nurse to administer medication on a daily basis to a person (details supplied) at home; if the delay in making the arrangement is a cause of the person being kept as a patient at St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny; and if a resolution of this issue will be expedited [50877/18]
432. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the progress of the Farrelly commission of investigation; if staff giving evidence to the commission who are employed by section 38 and 39 organisations will have their jobs protected; if the costs associated with their absences from work are covered by the HSE; if a reply will issue to queries raised in this regard through correspondence he received on 19 November 2018; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the refusal of the HSE to address this issue will result in key witnesses not being able to attend and give evidence at future hearings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50875/18]
414. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health his views on the concerns being raised on the use of MAGEC rods for patients who have undergone operations for scoliosis; if there is a formal tracking register for patients who have had MAGEC rod implants; his plans to respond to the concerns being expressed about these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50738/18]
310. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a MRI scanner for St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the funding required. [50151/18]
309. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of care packages and care hours provided under all home care tenders by county in September and October 2018; the comparative information for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50150/18]
188. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school transport option has not been put in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will address the matter without delay. [50152/18]
166. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of injury warrants paid in the past five years; if there are conditions attached to these injury warrants; the range of conditions that must be met before qualifying for a warrant; the reason injury warrants are refused; and the number of refusals issued in the past five years. [50401/18]
556. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) will be approved; if supplementary welfare will be approved while they are waiting; if there are arrangements with the Australian authorities for the person to benefit from their seven years work in Australia which ceased due to injuries from an assault. [48920/18]
555. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied). [48919/18]
380. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the amount outstanding in payments due from private health insurers to public hospitals; the details of the amount due to each hospital (details supplied); if there is a system in place in each hospital to ensure that the full amount is claimed from health insurance companies and that the hospital is not under-billing; the number of bed nights that are partially paid for or rejected by insurers in public hospitals in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49013/18]
357. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding paid to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for services in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason a sustainable long-term care plan was not put in place; the reason the family has had no support services for the past 11 years; if a long-term plan for funding will be put in place by the HSE in agreement with the person's mother; and if the matter will be expedited. [48917/18]
356. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when a place will be made available for a person (details supplied) in a community home in Kilkenny city; his views on whether persons fitting this profile should be given priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48916/18]
355. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early appointment for a cataract operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and the reason they have not been called to date as promised at the time of their assessment [48914/18]
318. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for processing an application to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal by a person (details supplied); and the process involved. [49409/18]
301. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and name of those who serve on the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; the number of cases dealt with each year; the cost per year of the tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49015/18]
300. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal involving the Irish Prison Service; the length of time that each has been waiting for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49014/18]
223. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of a series of matters relating to an invitation to tender for the supply of goods to a further education and training centre in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48915/18]
612. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) will be approved; if supplementary welfare will be approved while they are waiting; and if there is an arrangement with the Australian authorities for the person to benefit from their seven years work in Australia. [47890/18]
596. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied). [47689/18]
145. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an immediate appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) with the paediatric services at Kilcreene Hospital, Kilkenny; and if correspondence from the person's parents, school and general practitioner will be considered. [46209/18]
144. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding issued to an organisation for services in respect of a person (details supplied); the period involved; the attendance record of the person; the amount of funding paid to an organisation in County Kilkenny in respect of another person; the period involved; the attendance record of the person; the reason a sustainable long-term care plan was not put in place; the reason the family has had no support services for the past 11 years; and if a long-term plan with funding will be put in place by the HSE in agreement with the children's parent. [46208/18]
163. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive an illness benefit payment and all arrears due. [45991/18]