403. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 19 May 2015, the outcome of an appeal and oral hearing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois. [29025/15]
170. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation for prostate cancer will be arranged at Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [27858/15]
169. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will approve two places in St. Catherine's nursing home in County Kilkenny in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny under the nursing home support scheme. [27854/15]
168. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of trained paramedics in the ambulance service who are out of work or on protective leave in each of the Health Service Executive regions; the number of negotiated settlements in respect of the same categories of employees in the ambulance service; the costs relative to each settlement; the amount of lump sums and-or pensions granted as part of the settlements; the cost to the executive of training a paramedic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27848/15]
167. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an earlier date than 2016 will be arranged for an eye operation at University Hospital Waterford in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite the matter. [27844/15]
57. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [27898/15]
491. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to a report (details supplied) on the allegations made by a whistleblower with regard to corporate income tax, if she will confirm the tender process by which the company was selected; the cost of the report; if the full report will be published; the cost of the legal advice in respect of the report and any other matter relative to the allegations; if the terms of reference for the report will be published; the name of the legal advisers; the persons or group of advisers who drafted the terms of reference for the report; if she will provide the list of those interviewed as part of the process of compiling the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27201/15]
319. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an application for a primary medical certificate will be granted on appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [27123/15]
238. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the standard of accommodation allocated to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2 will be inspected, as it is unsuitable for the person's needs; and if better alternative accommodation will be arranged to suit this person's circumstances. [27202/15]
140. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if an application for a primary medical certificate will be granted on appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [27427/15]
648. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a compensation package for licensed eel fishermen and dealers; if he has had meetings with representatives of this group of fishermen; if so, if he will outline their concerns and his response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25687/15]
570. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the oversight arrangements in place in her Department relative to the funds being administered by Caranua; if her Department insists on a monthly report on the operations of the organisation; the number employed by Caranua; the cost of administration of Caranua for each year since its establishment; the level of financial assistance granted in each year since its establishment; the number of cases funded; the number of cases refused; the number of appeals lodged; the outcome of same; and if she is satisfied with the performance of Caranua. [26361/15]
335. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a court judgment and payment due in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will provide a comprehensive outline of his position on the matter. [26360/15]
285. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that the figure taken for the long-term revenue of a plant has been adjusted to the market price when the renewable energy feed in tariff programme lapses after 15 years. [26182/15]
284. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the actual basis used to establish the theoretical rent applied to wind farms, and the providence of the quotation. [26181/15]
283. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the detailed basis, market information and specific assumptions used in the revaluation of wind farms; if he will recommend that the Government legislate for the application of a 50% state of industry allowance to at least partly offset these disparities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26180/15]
282. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that the revaluation method for commercial rates for wind farms as applied in County Limerick, namely, revenue and expenditure, is different from the method used for the commercial rates for generating stations using fossil fuels, contractor's method; that this change arose only after the submission of representations by some of the wind farm owners in County Limerick causing an approximate 50% increase in some of their valuations in order that the result has been a net annual value per megawatt for Hunstown Station in Finglas of approximately €28,000 per megawatt, while wind farms in County Limerick face a NAV/MW of €80,000 on average and some over €90,000; and if he will confirm that the Valuations Office was fully aware from meetings with the Commission for Energy Regulation that this would cause rates increases exceeding the total profitability of the wind farms. [26179/15]
281. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Valuations Office or the Government has assessed the potential liability and exposure under European Union law, including under state aid rules, of discrimination against renewable energy plants through affording more favourable treatment to fossil fuel plants, thereby distorting the market. [26178/15]
280. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a comprehensive cost benefit analysis was carried out weighing the risk of a failure to achieve the State's binding targets on renewables by 2020 against the additional revenue to be gained by the increased rates for wind farms. [26177/15]
279. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that, assuming the tripling of rates for wind farms now proposed in County Limerick is repeated across Ireland, the total rates bill for wind farms would exceed total support payments received by wind farms by some 50%, supports which have been approved by the European Commission under state aid rules (details supplied). [26176/15]
278. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagement between his Department, the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and their counterparts in Northern Ireland and Scotland regarding the valuation process for wind energy plants. [26175/15]
277. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any working group or other such committee was put in place in respect of the valuation process for wind energy plants. [26174/15]
276. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagement between his Department, the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the impact of the valuation process for wind energy plants on our climate change goals, including our renewable energy targets. [26173/15]
275. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that 65% of rate payers in County Limerick are to see a reduction in their rates at the expense of the other 35%, who will see an increase, in order that the total rates budget remains unchanged, and also that the increase particularly affects nursing homes, crèches and wind farms, all of which receive public supports; if that means there has been a change in Government policy as regards supporting these sectors; and if a regulatory impact assessment has been carried out, given the dramatic effects of this policy. [26172/15]
267. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if an application for tax relief under the drivers and passengers with disabilities scheme will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [26359/15]
211. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to a previous parliamentary question in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, if the circumstances will be examined as a matter of urgency relative to an overpayment made to the person by her Department with a view to accepting a payment of €5 per week as an initial arrangement, based on the person's financial circumstances and the hardship that a higher repayment would cause; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26382/15]
248. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the stock levels of eels; if he has costed and valued the loss of eels through the Electricity Supply Board turbine per year; if the elver traps are maintained; the last occasion these traps were inspected and-or maintained; if he has calculated the financial loss to licensed eel fisherman since this fishing was banned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25578/15]
239. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the apprenticeship of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny was terminated; if she will investigate the fact that the person was informed that the results of the examination could have been altered to allow them to complete the apprenticeship; if she will now conduct a review of this case, and offer the person a direct meeting with SOLAS to resolve matters, as arising from the termination the person lost a placement with an employer; and if she will expedite a positive response. [25590/15]
188. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason an urgent operation at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, has been cancelled at short notice on three occasions in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will ensure the date now provided will be honoured as the patient is in severe pain. [25597/15]
187. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for an orthopaedic outpatient will be arranged as a matter of urgency at University Hospital Waterford in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter. [25596/15]
185. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the date from which funding to provide nursing home care was approved for payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [25574/15]
184. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged at University Hospital Waterford in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [25573/15]
183. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a hip and knee operation will be arranged at University Hospital Waterford as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [25572/15]
182. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an operation to remove cataracts will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [25571/15]
181. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when a full medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if the matter will be expedited. [25570/15]
115. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments due to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny under the beef genomics scheme for 2013 and 2014 will be reviewed and paid; if the full circumstances of the case will be examined, as they are exceptional; and if he will expedite the matter. [25579/15]
97. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the children's play area at Kilkenny Castle to accommodate wheelchair users and the disabled; if furniture and play equipment, such as swings, will be provided for wheelchair users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25577/15]
96. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a resolution will be expedited in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, relative to their complaints regarding the Office of Public Works management; if the investigation into the issues raised by both persons has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25575/15]
93. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 26 May 2015, if he is aware that the HEO forum, customs at the airport and Dublin Port and other employees have expressed objections to the changes being introduced to uniforms and logos; that the information contained in the Parliamentary Question has come as a surprise to most of the frontline workers, who continue to express concern that they were not consulted; if he will now seek the view of frontline custom officers in an attempt to understand their very genuine issues and concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25576/15]
77. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance currently under appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [25588/15]
75. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for jobseeker's allowance or benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [25583/15]
138. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 9 June 2015, if he will confirm that the request submitted by accountants representing a company (details supplied) to a local office of the Revenue Commissioners will be agreed to, as the legal firm no longer represents the company in question; if the Revenue Commissioners will agree to meet with the accountants and representatives of the company on 24 June 2015 to resolve the value added tax issues without the legal firm present; if the final payment, when agreed, will be issued directly to the accountants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25417/15]
669. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 17 June 2014, if the application process is now completed in view of the conclusion of the naturalisation process in respect of the person concerned (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23164/15]
628. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 399 of 10 March 2015, if he will confirm the action that has been taken by the Health Service Executive and his Department to fill the vacancy caused by the departure of a surgeon (details supplied) and to ensure that the person's operation is expedited; if the vacancy has been filled; if the waiting list is being handled by another hospital or surgeon; if the person's surgery can be dealt with immediately as the case is deemed to be extremely urgent; and if the Health Service Executive or his Department will provide a comprehensive response to the queries raised. [23743/15]
217. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for invalidity pension will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23780/15]
76. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance the number of meetings he and his Department have had with the Solid Fuel Trade Group; if his Department has concluded an impact assessment of carbon tax on the fuel industry and on the cost of fuel to the end user; if there are cost forecasts with regard to regulation and the impact of such regulation on costs; his plans to establish a register of coal wholesalers, retailers and importers, between his Department and the Revenue Commissioners; the value of the shadow economy in this area; the actions being taken by his Department to reduce and eliminate such activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22801/15]
196. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available for the refurbishment of a house made available by a local authority in Kilkenny to the Thomas Hayes Trust, County Kilkenny, for its use in promoting services for the prevention of suicide and for families affected by suicide; if applications for such funding are dealt with by the local authority or directly by his Department. [22677/15]
1071. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review and broaden the documents of proof which can be accepted by local authorities as proof of ownership of a vehicle for motor tax purposes, relative to vintage vehicles such as tractors, so that the owners can maintain the original number plate and logbook of the vehicle and thereby protect the history of the vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22159/15]
993. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if student fees will be refunded by the National University of Ireland Galway to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if her Department will outline the procedures and protocol to be followed by colleges, when a first-year student decides to change courses, without losing the fees already paid; if the student is notified in writing and given options; if the course of action to be taken by the college to retain fees paid is explained in writing and verbally to the student; if there is an appeal process available and if this is clearly explained to the student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22150/15]
830. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the Health Information and Quality Authority's standards position regarding the funding required by the L'Arche community project, County Kilkenny, relative to the costs of meeting these standards; if he will ensure that the Health Service Executive will issue a response to the submission made by L'Arche, Kilkenny, to a person (details supplied) the executive in Kilkenny; if he will arrange for an early reply, with an outline of the funding plan for the next five years. [22160/15]