576. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans regarding the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; the sections of the Act which have been implemented fully, and those sections which require further work and funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15241/15]
572. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is being asked to pay for school transport; and if the case will be examined as the household income is illness benefit and the transport cost is causing hardship. [15290/15]
479. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient property accounts opened by St. Patrick's Centre in County Kilkenny and the respite house Renua in 2014; if both of these facilities acted in accordance with legislation in respect of these accounts since 2005; if the parents of the persons concerned were informed of the accounts being opened; if the parents' permission was sought; if a statement of affairs was provided in each case; if any client's moneys was invested; if so, if interest was paid and-or accounted for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15448/15]
478. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and their qualifications, employed by St. Patrick's Centre at the residential facility Renua, County Kilkenny, in each of the years 2012, 2013 and 2014, relative to the amount allocated in each year, 2012 €367,244, 2013 €355,236.30 and 2014 €388,306; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15442/15]
470. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of retired Health Service Executive staff appointed to the investigation team relative to the Áras Attracta Home; if these persons are being paid, or are in receipt of expenses; their qualifications and involvement in other programmes operated by the executive in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15428/15]
464. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will fund the purchase of specially made shoes in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will expedite a positive response. [15384/15]
462. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the progress in relation to the recruitment of a general practitioner to service the general medical services scheme for Gortnahoe, County Tipperary, arising from the retirement of a doctor (details supplied); the number of applications received from medical card holders requesting to transfer to another general practitioner; the number of applications approved; if clients requesting a transfer, arising from the Health Service Executive letter of the 29 September 2014, and for reason of an urgent nature, will be given priority consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15379/15]
445. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the occupational therapist cover for mid-Kildare; the number of therapists working in the area; the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15304/15]
440. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the home care supports that have been, or will be, put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the provision of a home care plan for this person. [15274/15]
437. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a full medical card will be approved in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [15150/15]
406. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases being considered by the independent review mechanism; the timeframe for a final report; if consideration will be given to publishing individual reports on a case by case basis as they are completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15430/15]
328. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of funding allocated to the business development management programme for community enterprise centres; the amount allocated to each centre; if the programme will be funded each year for the foreseeable future; his plans for community enterprise centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15299/15]
300. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if Allied Irish Banks has quantified the total value of the individual loans approved to fund the Bellfry investments No. 1 to No. 6; the number of individual loans approved and the value of each; if these loans are being repaid in accordance with the terms and conditions of the loan approval; if the individual staff member or manager who sold this product or approved the loan received commission or other reward for the arrangement; if he will confirm the fees charged by the bank relative to this investment; the name of the nominee representing the investors; if the bank has any exposure relative to what is due to be repaid to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15449/15]
290. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if an application for a primary medical certificate now under appeal will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [15287/15]
256. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the structure of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service and the governance arrangements relative to the Department oversight; the funding provided to the service in each of the past five years; if service level agreements are in place; the number of companies or individual boards within the service; the number of board members on each board; the cost of each board relative to administration and expenses each year for the past five years; the role of the Citizens Information Board relative to the service and the Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15392/15]
241. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to an application for carer's allowance which was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, if she will arrange an oral hearing; if the oral hearing will be expedited in view of the fact the case is urgent. [15294/15]
240. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if all of the information submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, relative to that person's appeal for disability allowance, and the information submitted by this Deputy and acknowledged on the 26 February 2015, was considered in the context of that appeal; if an oral hearing will be granted in the case, as some information requested by her Department's official is not available, as it is quite dated and the person has done his best to comply with requests for information. [15292/15]
236. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if carer's allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if the application will be expedited. [15247/15]
233. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for jobseeker's and supplementary allowances in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [15166/15]
79. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the weekly means of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be re-examined as the person claims the incorrect figures are being used and differ from those in the P45 and P60 submitted; and if that person's overall claim will be reviewed as the reduction in benefit is causing them hardship. [14435/15]
593. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a submission in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Carlow, regarding the provision of astroturf pitches; if the funding requested will be made available; and if she will expedite a positive response. [13159/15]
577. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a child (details supplied) in County Carlow; if the appropriate supports will be put in place at one of the local schools to accommodate the child; if she will examine the correspondence sent to her office outlining the case, with a view to dealing positively with the request, in view of the fact that the local special education needs organiser has refused to meet the child's parents; and if she will expedite a resolution to the issue. [12962/15]
473. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny with a consultant vascular surgeon at Waterford Regional Hospital, in view of the fact that the person was first referred by a general practitioner in 2012 as an urgent case, and in early 2014 was scheduled to attend at Whitfield Clinic but the promised appointment never materialised; if he will explain the background to the Waterford Regional Hospital and Whitfield Clinic lists; if he will confirm the numbers on the waiting lists; the action he is taking, or has taken, to reduce these lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12988/15]
472. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason special footwear is not being provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if funding will be provided without delay; if the Health Service Executive will contact the person with a view to arranging same as the person's calls are not being returned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12986/15]
363. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Defence his plans for the former Army barracks in Clonmel in County Tipperary; if costs have been incurred in maintaining and securing the site since its closure; if the Minella Hotel in Clonmel in County Tipperary has been used by the Defence Forces or his Department; if so, the reasons for same; the cost involved for each event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12959/15]
285. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the rateable valuations being applied to wind farms have been examined by him to determine the effect the increases will have on existing and proposed wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12965/15]
780. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a submission in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Carlow regarding the provision of astroturf pitches; if the funding requested will be made available; and if she will expedite a positive response. [11431/15]
757. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in relation to the accommodation needs, and water treatment system upgrade or replacement, in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; her views on the provision of prefabricated or permanent structures on this site; and if she will expedite the request from the school to deal with accommodation and site issues. [11187/15]
599. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged at the orthopaedic clinic at Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, in view of the fact that the person's circumstances are deemed urgent; and if he will expedite the matter. [11425/15]
598. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.492 of 16 December 2014, if the issue has now been resolved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if the matter will be confirmed in writing. [11422/15]
597. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a stress test and echo will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [11421/15]
560. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will explain the decision taken to move all elective orthopaedic surgery from Kilcreene Hospital in County Kilkenny to Waterford Regional Hospital; the consultation the Health Service Executive undertook with staff members, consultants and service users; if the decision will be reversed, based on the fact that Kilcreene Hospital carries out the highest number of operations and elective orthopaedics in the country for a hospital of its size, is providing value-for-money and is cost-effective; the reason the Parliamentary Question asked by this Deputy on the 9 December 2014 was not answered by the executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11188/15]
191. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if jobseeker's allowance will be approved without delay in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if the request for a review will be expedited. [11423/15]
576. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reopen Fiddown train station on the Kilkenny-Rosslare line; if he has discussed such plans with Iarnród Éireann; his views on a rail service for the south based on commercial developments at Belview Port as well as passenger and public interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10148/15]
571. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the review of the roadworthiness testing of classic and vintage vehicles; the timeframe for his consideration of the Road Safety Authority's review findings; if the recommendations of his Department will be published and debated by Dáil Éireann before any decision is made on the recommendations that will be implemented; the process and the timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10096/15]
560. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of an application for an onshore licensing option and exploration licence at Wellington Bridge in the Carrick area of County Wexford in respect of a company (details supplied) in County Carlow. [10207/15]
402. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the funding process and agree the plans put forward for a respite house (details supplied) in County Carlow; if the issues raised by the estate management section of the Health Service Executive will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10129/15]
399. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health with regard to an operation for a shoulder replacement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny at Waterford Regional Hospital, Kilcreene, County Kilkenny, if he will confirm the action that has been taken by the Health Service Executive and-or his Department to fill the vacancy following the departure of a surgeon (details supplied); if he will ensure 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 operation will be dealt with immediately, as the case is deemed to be urgent; and if the executive and-or his Department will provide an update on the queries raised. [10103/15]
389. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if his Department will assess the services being delivered by the L'Arche Ireland community, Callan, County Kilkenny, which have been underfunded for years, with a view to putting a long-term sustainable funding model in place to provide certainty to the service users; if the immediate need for capital funding to meet Health Information and Quality Authority standards and fire regulations will be examined as a matter of urgency with a view to his Department or the Health Service Executive covering the costs; if he will meet with the L'Arche Ireland community at an early date to assist with the issues facing the community and the services provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10058/15]
388. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the support professionals, who are available at St. Luke's Hospital, County Kilkenny, to assist children diagnosed with diabetes; if a paediatrics diabetes nurse will be appointed in the hospital in view of the fact that three children a week are being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes; the waiting list number and the time frame for treatment; and if he will expedite the matter. [10051/15]
296. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Defence if he will facilitate a request in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, a former member of the 12th Battalion Pipe Band, for a part of the uniform used in a period during the 1970s, as four members of that person's family served in the same battalion. [10134/15]
266. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a Further Education and Training Awards Council certificate for agricultural mechanic, a recognised national standard, will be accepted as a qualification under the new entrant scheme for young farmers under 40 years of age; if a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will qualify under this scheme on the basis of their Further Education and Training Awards Council national craft certificate. [10210/15]
170. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the outcome of an oral hearing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if any payment has been made to the person. [10130/15]
253. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to relax some of the building regulations relative to once-off houses in particular; his views that the associated costs relative to once-off houses are excessive and are part of the reason for the slow uptake in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9701/15]
300. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Defence the progress made in relation to the pay and conditions for contract soldiers; if the term of service will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9063/15]
229. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has inspected the works carried out at Killaan, Woodlawn, Ballinasloe, County Galway, to determine if they are in line with what was committed to in the funding of €15,000; if, arising from these works, the office can confirm that the original issue of flooding at this location has been resolved; if the concerns expressed by a person (details supplied) have been dealt with; if the office will provide a full report on the work carried out, and what further work is required to deal with any remaining problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8909/15]
228. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the lease in place between the Office of Public Works and the Arts for Peace Foundation relative to Durrow Abbey, County Offaly; the amount charged by the State each year; if €250,000 has been sanctioned as a grant to restore parts of Durrow Abbey; if so, the amount that has been drawn down, and the work concerned; the agreements in place between the foundation and the office for certain works to be undertaken by the office; if these works have been completed; the purpose of the meeting with the office, persons (details supplied), and the foundation held on 4 November 2010; the instructions given by the office to the architect at this meeting; if the minutes of this meeting will be provided to this Deputy; if he will confirm the nature of the stipulations for the drawdown of the €250,000, as set out at a further meeting in November 2012; if the minutes of the meeting of 16 November 2012 will be provided to this Deputy; if the Chief State Solicitor's office advised the Office of Public Works and the Minister, relative to the meeting of 16 November 2012; if he will confirm the Government commitments that were provided to the foundation from the very outset of this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8905/15]
179. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [9381/15]
219. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in relation to the accommodation needs and water treatment system upgrade, or replacement, at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; her views on the provision of prefabricated or permanent structures on this site; and if she will expedite the request from the school to deal with accommodation and site issues. [8674/15]
192. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a new director of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council has been appointed; if the position went through the Public Appointments Commission; the way the interview process was conducted; the number of persons interviewed; the level of pay for the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8679/15]