195. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to extend the current contract of a person (details supplied); if he will ensure that a permanent position is offered to this person based on his or her expertise in treating sarcoma cancer; if he is aware of the concern of patients at the loss of this person and their desire to have this consultant made permanent and the position approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18928/16]
137. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the way an overpayment occurred in the case of a person (details supplied); if he will pay in full the amount due to them relative to their carer's allowance claim and deduct €20 per week to cover the debt repayment plan given the financial pressures of the case. [18929/16]
305. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a case involving an application for a European Union grant and her Department's compliance with European Union Regulation 2064/97 since 1994. [17779/16]
304. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation why the parliamentary reply issued by her predecessor on 18 May 2004 denying that rules governing European Union grants had been changed in 1997 was wrong; and if she will confirm that at the time of that parliamentary reply her Department had been in litigation against the EU Commission pleading that it had been unfairly compelled by EU Regulation 2064/97 to reinterpret retrospectively and change the rules governing EU grants in 1997. [17778/16]
303. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation why her Department did not reply to a letter from the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association, ISME, of 29 January 1999; and her views on whether concerns ISME had expressed were null and void, as in August 1997 her officials had visited ISME where they had checked and approved three unpaid invoices, as was then her Department's standard practice. [17777/16]
302. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has issued a reply to correspondence (details supplied); the action she intends to take on the matter; if she will meet all of the parties concerned in an effort to establish the truth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17773/16]
190. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of an investigation into the employment of a person (details supplied). [17904/16]
189. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the disability allowance claim in the case of a person (details supplied) will be backdated to the date the person applied for invalidity pension; and why the disability allowance claim which was approved did not commence on the date of application, that is, November 2015. [17903/16]
116. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have investigated the reason a P45 was not issued to a person (details supplied). [17905/16]
74. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons given to her by her Department's review mechanism that caused her in May 2016 to establish the statutory inquiry into the long-standing complaint of a person (details supplied). [17781/16]
73. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be consulted on the terms of reference of the proposed statutory inquiry in order to ensure that justice is seen to be done. [17780/16]
72. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the statutory inquiry relative to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17775/16]
256. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when the full range of services will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); the action taken by the Health Service Executive when the person was referred for early intervention in 2015 and the assessment of need was completed on 22 October 2015; the occupational therapy and speech and language therapy that has been made available to the person since being assessed on 30 October 2015; and if he will expedite an immediate response from the Health Service Executive and insist on a full care plan being put in place. [17632/16]
255. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors on duty in St. Luke's Hospital, County Kilkenny, on 5 June 2016; the number of patients in the hospital on the same day; the number of persons treated in the accident and emergency department on the same day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17631/16]
254. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the supports in place for a person (details supplied); if the same level of supports are available at weekends and holidays; and if he will provide a full range of support at weekends in the family home. [17630/16]
21. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each of the counties Kilkenny and Carlow on 30 April 2011 and on 30 April 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17094/16]
643. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the assistance she can provide to a person (details supplied) in obtaining records on adoptions; if she will review certain correspondence; if Tusla, the Child and Family Agency will meet with the persons concerned; and if legislation is required to deal with such matters. [15747/16]
631. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the assistance she will provide to a person (details supplied) to obtain documents from the State; and if she will meet the person to progress matters. [15674/16]
517. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if staff in the cattle movement and monitoring system of his Department complained of intimidation, harassment and bullying (details supplied); if professional help was sought by and if he granted it to the complainants; if staff of the cattle movement and monitoring system were precluded from investigative work at export lariages, marts, local authority abattoirs and factories despite what is clearly set out in Circular ER 35-2002; if the staff reporting to a manager was reduced from 21 in 2002 to two in recent times; the current make-up of the new unit; and the number of staff who have joined it from the special investigation unit. [15751/16]
449. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will prioritise and arrange an early date for surgery for a person (details supplied); and the reason the surgery was not conducted at another hospital. [15899/16]
438. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the panel of applicants for the position of groundsman with the Health Service Executive in Castlebar, County Mayo, established in 2015 is exhausted. [15713/16]
351. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review correspondence from a person (details supplied) to determine if he can meet and provide assistance and information to persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15746/16]
328. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will restore the supplementary State transition pension payment scheme; and if he has established an interdepartmental group to examine this and other matters. [15978/16]
320. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will approve an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer’s allowance scheme; if he will examine the medical evidence submitted; and if he will grant an oral hearing. [15898/16]
226. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve and expedite the appointment of an extra teacher for a school (details supplied). [16061/16]
216. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the changes were made to the charging system for maintenance charges for school transport buses for Bus Éireann from the apportioned mileage system in the 1975 agreement to the percentage apportionment of school buses as a portion of total buses, as described in the Farrell Grant Sparks report; if this change was by mutual consent and how was the change documented; if informed calculations were made in respect of cash savings and the amount he expects to save by the recent cutbacks in school transport given in the recent report he received for each year from 2017 to 2022; if informed calculations were made in respect of the number of large buses being withdrawn from school transport services to be replaced by smaller buses; the number of buses that will be withdrawn or replaced and the capital cost of this in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form. [15975/16]
445. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason the drug Fampyra is not being prescribed for a person (details supplied); if the matter will be sorted as soon as possible as having to pay for the drug each week is causing family hardship and distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14623/16]
332. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the Government's timeframe to end the pay inequality that teachers who qualified after 2011 endure, considering it has now been five years of discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13447/16]
54. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his Department's discussions with the Bar Council on the demand for a fee increase from the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13079/16]
398. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the full range of psychiatric supports are being made available to a person (details supplied). [11206/16]
213. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide funding to Irish Rail for the use of a lift for passengers wishing to access McDonagh Station in Kilkenny; and his views that although this lift has been provided Irish Rail will not pay the cost of operating it and therefore the elderly and infirm are faced with a steep climb by foot to access the platform. [11158/16]
212. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide funding to upgrade Thomastown railway station in County Kilkenny as it is in a run-down state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11157/16]
189. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health why a person was waiting five hours to have an operation and was discharged without having it; why the operation was on other dates; the date the operation will now be arranged for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11162/16]
188. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will conduct an audit to ensure that the buildings it uses to house community primary care teams are fit for purpose; if it will review the grade system across therapists and if therapists will be treated equally in the context of consideration for lead positions or the lead position of primary care teams; if it will include training for the various grades of therapist; if all the community primary care teams have their full compliment of professional and trained staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11161/16]
144. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the legislation and regulations relative to the payment of humanitarian aid arising from the recent floods; if the findings and figures relative to the inspection by loss adjusters appointed by his Department will be made available to those who make a claim and request such information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11156/16]
107. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills to review an application for reasonable accommodations at the leaving certificate examinations in 2016 for a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; if dyslexic students are entitled to the same opportunities as regular students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11155/16]
60. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance to expedite a review of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disabled drivers regulations 1994. [11160/16]
50. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process for persons applying under the spent convictions Act; the timeframe for dealing with such applications and the criteria involved. [11159/16]
194. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will pay the money due to a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite the matter. [10927/16]
193. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to provide the appropriate level of mental health care to a person (details supplied); and his views on the details of the case. [10926/16]
1203. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the Government policy and process relative to Irish citizens wishing to adopt a child from Bulgaria; the regulated structures that are in place to enable such adoptions to be arranged; the international agreements that Ireland has signed up to relative to foreign adoption arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9745/16]
1164. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is available for projects (details supplied); if Fáilte Ireland or Ireland's Ancient East will directly fund the project for five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9873/16]
1163. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is responsible for the review of speed limits throughout the country under Transport Infrastructure Ireland; if local authority officials and members have been consulted as part of the process; the timeframe to complete the project and to make recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9872/16]
1114. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport arising from visits to the site by various Ministers, the financial support he will provide to the owners of Jerpoint Park, the lost town of St. Nicholas in County Kilkenny, to develop it as a tourist attraction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9923/16]
1110. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy on solar farms and the price structure for the sale of electricity to the national grid; if he has finalised the price structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9845/16]
1069. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the outstanding farm payments due to a person (details supplied) will be made immediately. [10495/16]
1003. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue a full payment to a person (details supplied) under the young farmers scheme and the Scottish derogation scheme; and if he will expedite the matter. [9634/16]
989. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review an application for the transport of animals by a person (details supplied). [9480/16]
908. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health his plans to engage with the Responsible Retailing of Alcohol in Ireland group (RRAI) in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10493/16]