263. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 793 of 16 September 2016, the reason the full payment of benefit of €183 per week paid to a person (details supplied) has not been restored as the person is now in receipt of €58 per week. [28115/16]
262. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the decision not to continue paying illness benefit to a person (details supplied). [28114/16]
177. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a place on a school bus has not been provided for a person (details supplied). [28266/16]
154. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a place on a school bus has not been provided for a person (details supplied). [28122/16]
217. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of drug and alcohol addiction counsellors employed by the HSE in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; if all of those positions are filled; if there is a waiting list for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27903/16]
216. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the strategy and funding in place to ensure that scoliosis patients have their required operations within the international norm of three to six months; the number of scoliosis patients waiting for two years and over for operations; his strategy relative to this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27902/16]
117. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place to cover periods in schools where a special needs assistant, SNA, may not be available due to illness; his views on whether the absence of the SNA is not a health and safety issue and one that affects the special needs pupil adversely and therefore one that needs to be addressed urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27900/16]
57. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm a date for the commencement of the promised statutory inquiry relative to a person (details supplied); if contact has been made with the person to agree the terms of reference of the inquiry; the action taken since the announcement to establish the inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27901/16]
219. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the cost of providing two contact lenses each year will be covered by the HSE in the case of a person (details supplied). [27692/16]
218. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27691/16]
215. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27685/16]
214. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the progress in arranging a date for laparoscopic surgery in the case of a person (details supplied). [27684/16]
161. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the maximum disability allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied). [27687/16]
88. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Carlow-Kilkenny Garda division. [27417/16]
19. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Carlow-Kilkenny Garda division. [27418/16]
953. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when an application under the access and inclusion model, AIM, scheme will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied). [26477/16]
875. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish the 2012 report on insurance costs in the Irish market which was undertaken by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26576/16]
810. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all payments owing to a person (details supplied) have been made; and if so, the dates of same. [26929/16]
773. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department will take to assist in resolving the health of animals on the farm of a person (details supplied) as all efforts by his Department and the person to date have failed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26480/16]
673. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will confirm the level of funding being provided to an organisation (details supplied) relative to the care of a person; if the level of funding will cover the cost of a full-time placement. [26976/16]
550. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres in County Galway; the number of centres being tendered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26478/16]
275. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided for persons (details supplied). [26977/16]
230. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants (SNAs) being appointed to counties Carlow and Kilkenny out of the 7% increase announced by him; if he will arrange a different process of informing SNAs that they have lost their post other than by public information on a website; if individual SNAs will be informed in a more personal way; if job security for SNAs will be introduced; if his Department will engage with the SNA sector to deal with this and other issues; if all school principals are compelled to work with the job description of an SNA as set down in contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26479/16]
222. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set up a working group to examine the school bus transport system and the way it operates in rural Ireland in view of the fact that the current system is chaotic and the criteria to qualify for the service poses a threat to small rural schools; if he will request the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General to carry out a value for money audit on the service; if he will intervene immediately to ensure that all those attending schools who rely on the school bus service and have not been allocated a place or have lost their place on the bus are accommodated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26575/16]
221. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be give to the case made directly to him, through correspondence dated 13 September 2016, relative to the school transport system and the way it affects a school (details supplied); if he will intervene in this issue and support small rural-based schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26574/16]
1576. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the files, documents and maps relating to the Land Commission are available for public inspection; the location at which all of this information is stored; if it is in digital format; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25748/16]
1440. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing follow-up care and treatment in respect of a person (details supplied); if the treatment will be provided as a matter of urgency; if a report on the issues will be provided to the person's general practitioner; if correspondence from an insurance company (details supplied) will be dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26157/16]
1439. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if dialysis will be provided in Kilkenny city rather than Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite a positive response based on the general practitioner's recommendations. [26156/16]
1438. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange and expedite an early date for operations in respect of a person (details supplied). [26155/16]
1411. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the action that will be taken arising from a presentation made to the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health and older people by a group representing a care home (details supplied); if funding will be provided to achieve the goals and deal with the issues as outlined by the delegation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25989/16]
1409. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he received complaints from families who have family members in care at a hospital (details supplied); if an investigation has been carried out to date regarding the level of care at this hospital; and if his Department will take action in the matter. [25982/16]
1408. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the action taken by the HSE arising from a report into the death of a person (details supplied); if the ligature points mentioned in the report were removed and if so, when; the contact that the HSE or his Department have had with the person's family since their death; if issues of cost, legal and otherwise, have been discussed with the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25980/16]
1407. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early date for a second operation will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); if it is a lack of funding from the National Treatment Purchase Fund that is causing this operation to be postponed; and if he will expedite the matter [25974/16]
1406. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will request Beaumont Hospital to complete all of the necessary paperwork to allow a person (details supplied) access to the drug Fampridine on their medical card or the long-term illness scheme as they have been approved to use the drug; if the delay in providing the completed paperwork is due to lack of staff at the hospital or a staff issue relative to the processing of such paperwork; and if he will expedite the matter. [25973/16]
1381. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for specially fitted shoes in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25852/16]
1192. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for two full-time placements in respect of persons (details supplied); if further funding will be provided for transport for them; and if a decision will be expedited [25214/16]
812. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) to ensure their claim for disability allowance continues to be paid. [26154/16]
794. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme will be approved immediately. [25979/16]
793. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a disability allowance is not being paid in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite this case. [25978/16]
792. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme which is under appeal. [25976/16]
780. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if he will review his Department's request for repayment of benefit paid to the person on the basis that it was confirmed in writing that the person would be paid benefit for the period of their illness; and if he will request a senior Departmental official to examine the person's file in conjunction with the Department of Justice and Equality and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in order that the matter can be brought to a reasonable conclusion. [25834/16]
779. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision will be expedited relative to an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [25832/16]
750. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if approval will be given to a person (details supplied) to take up a place on a community employment scheme. [25598/16]
720. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will restore the payment of benefit to a person (details supplied). [25213/16]
695. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a claim for Disability Allowance was registered with his Department in May 2015 in respect of a person (details supplied); when a decision will be reached on this case; and if the inspectors report is available. [24730/16]
500. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the school bus arrangements for students attending school in Kilkenny City from Inistioge and Thomastown, County Kilkenny; and if a direct service will be provided for a school (details supplied) as seems to be the arrangement for other schools. [26161/16]
499. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the number of pupils who had school transport to a school (details supplied) and who have now been refused school transport; the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused; if he will arrange for the old service to be restored as this new arrangement threatens the future of this school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26160/16]
498. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied) for additional accommodation to alleviate serious overcrowding in classrooms which were provided in 1950; and if he will expedite a positive response. [26159/16]