143. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number that were fully or partially granted; and the number of such requests that were refused. [51852/17]
131. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number of which the period of consideration was completed within four weeks of the receipt of the request; and the number of which the period of consideration was extended by up to four weeks in view of the fact that the necessary resources to complete the request within the original timeframe were not available, in tabular form. [51870/17]
130. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number that were fully or partially granted; and the number that were refused. [51853/17]
123. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number of which the period of consideration was completed within four weeks of the receipt of the request; and the number of which the period of consideration was extended by up to four weeks in view of the fact that the necessary resources to complete the request within the original timeframe were not available, in tabular form. [51876/17]
122. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number that were fully or partially granted; and the number that were refused. [51859/17]
496. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the maximum social welfare benefit is being paid to a person (details supplied); if there are further benefits they are entitled to; if their record of self employment has been considered in this case; if their spouse’s pension entitlement will also be examined to determine if an increase is applicable. [50892/17]
446. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an extension to the period within which an early years capital grant of €50,000 must be spent by a community project (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved in view of the fact that the building project is at roof level. [50878/17]
305. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 10 October 2017, if the disclosure been processed in accordance with his Department’s policy and legislation; if the person who made the disclosure through the Deputy has been interviewed; if his Department and the HSE have protected this person in their place of employment in accordance with the legislation; the reason details cannot be divulged while at the same time protecting the confidential nature of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50890/17]
304. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 17 October 2017, if the matter regarding an organisation (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50889/17]
278. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 17 October 2017, if the matter regarding an organisation (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50888/17]
197. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to correspondence of 25 October 2017 from a person (details supplied) if an investigation into the theft of prison property on 19 and 20 August 2017 has commenced; the way in which this disclosure was investigated; if the report will be published; if the report has been concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50879/17]
140. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works grant will be paid to primary schools (details supplied); if he will consider placing such grants on a fixed schedule alongside capitation and ancillary services grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50958/17]
121. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of persons who serve on the Top Level Appointments Committee for the Civil Service; the length of time that each one has served on the committee; the number of appointments made since its inception; his plans for reform of this committee; his further plans to replace members of the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50891/17]
733. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the first and second infantry group that completed overseas service in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be awarded medals for their service; and if Defence Forces members that served in Cyprus will be acknowledged. [49887/17]
634. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons (details supplied) are entitled to the fuel allowance scheme. [49886/17]
474. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a licence for a hatchery; if a decision has been made on the requirement for an environmental impact assessment, EIA; if permission will be granted to the business to put in eggs in November or December 2017 and January 2018 while a decision is being made on the licence in order to avoid the loss of another year to the business; and if the matter will be expedited. [49885/17]
473. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a response to persons (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49884/17]
308. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 670 of 7 November 2017, if an early hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [49864/17]
221. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the review of the tenant incremental purchase scheme 2016 is now complete; his plans to introduce changes to the scheme; if he will review the minimum reckonable income of persons and allow long-standing tenants to purchase their homes whether on social welfare or not but with proof of savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49664/17]
652. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the pension being paid to a person (details supplied) is the correct amount; if the tax deductions are correct; and if an examination of the matter will be expedited. [48991/17]
577. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pension being paid to a person (details supplied) is the correct amount; if the tax deductions are correct; and if an examination of the matter will be expedited. [48989/17]
361. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [48988/17]
153. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if the pension being paid to a person (details supplied) is the correct amount; if the tax deductions are correct; and if an examination of the matter will be expedited. [48990/17]
64. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the long waiting times for orthodontic services in the south east. [48207/17]
527. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if retirement papers and a service book will be issued to a person (details supplied). [47859/17]
161. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied); if the submission made by the school for a full ASD unit to include classrooms, a multi sensory room, an activity room and a kitchen will be fully funded and approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47858/17]
253. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of applications for carer's allowance and domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied). [47446/17]
171. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the single farm payments entitlements that have been transferred from a person (details supplied) to another person; and if payments due to the person will be made. [47163/17]
121. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason depreciation of interest on borrowings is taken as means rather than outgoings in the consideration of SUSI grant applications; if the applications for a grant for 2016 and 2017 in the name of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed in view of the fact that the family are suffering financial hardship having failed to qualify for the maximum grant support; if the actual financial circumstances of the family will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47162/17]
89. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach with a draft copy of the report being completed by his Department relative to public banking; if he will arrange for the committee to have an input into this report in view of the public hearings it has held on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47180/17]
1180. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of contributory State pension being paid to persons (details supplied); and the date in each case on which the pensions commenced. [45708/17]
672. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if HIQA, the Medical Council, the Nursing and Midwifery Board, the Pharmaceutical Society and the Quality Assurance and Verification Division have responded to the request from his Department to examine documents provided by a person (details supplied); if the organisations have responded to the Secretary General as requested; if the HSE and QAVD have made contact directly with the person as requested by the Secretary General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45908/17]
671. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the funding for the care of a person (details supplied) will be made available; the options of care being considered; and the timeframe for a final long-term decision in the matter. [45906/17]
495. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by quarry owners regrading the current review of commercial rates and valuations and the adverse effect this will have on the cost of doing business and the construction industry; if the methodology being used to calculate the valuations will be reassessed in view of complaints received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45907/17]
321. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in relation to DEIS; if the matter has been reviewed; and if the decision will be reversed. [45910/17]
320. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); if plans for the project are at planning permission stage; the timeframe for approval and funding of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45909/17]
307. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if training will be provided to teachers in all school settings in first aid and the use of an epipen; and his plans for future training programmes. [45709/17]
115. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 10 October 2017, the cost of the apartment located at Kilkenny Castle. [44591/17]
535. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to introduce a home alarm monitoring system for the elderly in partnership with a service provider as part of budget 2018. [43595/17]
500. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for a protocol for Tusla to follow relative to its communication with its clients, foster families and so on; if the organisation can provide an efficient response to those that contact it and persons and families that deal regularly with its staff and social workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43586/17]
417. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the overpayments made to a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme or AEOS scheme 2011 will be examined with a view to minimising the amount of overpayment calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43594/17]
318. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre system will be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if availability will not be restricted only to persons with type 1 diabetes but will be made available to every person on multi-daily insulin injections based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43591/17]
317. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to a centre (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to cover the costs of extending the services being offered and the cost of dealing with referrals from Tusla and the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43588/17]
226. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the action taken by his Department to ensure that prison officers who are threatened by prisoners while on duty are given appropriate supports and security; the number of proven cases of threats to officers that were witnessed; the action taken in each case; if officers are paid in full should they take leave arising from such incidents; if such payments are made for long periods, if there is a maximum period; if officers injured at work arising from assaults by prisoners are paid in full for the duration of their recovery; the number of officers who are out of work due to prisoner assaults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43593/17]
225. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, seven months on from an examination of a protected disclosure by a person (details supplied), nothing has been done to address the issues raised in the disclosure; the reason the person is not being properly paid; the reason they have been removed from the payroll again in error; if the second disclosure submitted by the person will be examined; if he will address their inappropriate treatment by management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43592/17]
106. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which section 22 of the Dangerous Substances Act 1972 is being enforced; the number of enforcement procedures undertaken arising from non-compliance with the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43590/17]
181. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding local property tax exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43292/17]
323. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a protected disclosure submitted to his Department by a person (detailed supplied) has been processed. [42622/17]
277. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the level of consultation with home helps in County Kilkenny, which is being or has been undertaken by the HSE relative to establishing a new roster system; if a pilot project is being put in place in certain parts of County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42461/17]