356. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) can no longer purchase Versatis medicated plasters on the medical card; if this decision will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6847/18]
103. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 288 of 25 October 2017 and 568 of 12 December 2017, the status of the Reserve Defence Force lieutenant to captain fixed promotion scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7388/18]
98. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason former Army servicemen have not received an increase in their Army service pension in the past nine years; his plans to increase their Army service pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6848/18]
252. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the subsea America European Connect-2 fibre optic cable system that is intended to be laid off the west coast and come ashore in Clew Bay, County Mayo; his plans to extend secondary cables and-or connections from the main cable to service Clare Island or Inishturk and other communities on the mainland with broadband; if his Department supports this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6536/18]
213. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for removal of tonsils at University Hospital Galway; the average wait time for the procedure; the status of an appointment for same for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6575/18]
27. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health his plans for the expansion of the emergency aeromedical service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6424/18]
83. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to parliamentary Questions Nos. 288 of 25 October 2017 and 568 of 12 December 2017, the status of the Reserve Defence Forces lieutenant to captain fixed promotion scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6384/18]
480. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a GLAS payment; the date on which the application was received; if further information is required in order to proceed with the payment; the dates connected with same; when the payment will be processed and issued to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5718/18]
369. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of staff who will be employed at the primary care centre in Claremorris, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5527/18]
196. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the bed capacity at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Castlebar, County Mayo; the number of beds that are vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5028/18]
232. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of agency nurses working in community health-care organisation area 2, CHO2, who have been converted to direct employment; and the costing associated with the employment of agency compared to directly employed staff. [4839/18]
231. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses who have been recruited, processed and appointed on a temporary and permanent basis in the community healthcare organisation area 2, CHO2, respectively. [4838/18]
230. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the reason community healthcare organisation area 2, CHO2, is choosing to ignore circular 10/2017. [4837/18]
229. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the policy that community healthcare organisation area 2, CHO2, is using regarding the recruitment of nursing staff; and if CHO2 is using a policy of one out, one in. [4836/18]
227. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the services that have been curtailed in order to adjust downwards staffing levels to a safe service. [4834/18]
226. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of agency nursing staff being utilised to staff existing vacancies in community healthcare organisation area 2, CHO2. [4833/18]
551. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planned extension of the M17 from Tuam to Claremorris; if the project will be included in the forthcoming NDP; the position regarding CPOs and funding; the commencement date for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4471/18]
550. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding his Department's talks with the EU on the commitment in the programme for Government that, in the first three months, the new Government will apply to the European Union for the revision of the TEN-T core network, including applying for the reinstatement of the cross-border western arc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4460/18]
483. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to relax the rules for persons who have applied for GLAS that have the low emission slurry spreading as their option in view of the wet weather since July 2017 resulting in land being waterlogged. [3973/18]
417. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who are receiving home care services in County Mayo; the number of persons receiving home care seven days per week, five days per week or fewer than five days per week; the number of persons receiving more than one visit per day; the average time allocated to persons for each visit; the criteria used to determine the amount of time in terms of both hours and number of days that each person receives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4229/18]
416. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by the HSE in County Mayo in the home care department; the number of agency staff who are also employed to provide home care through the HSE in County Mayo; the number of HSE and agency staff involved in the direct provision of home care to persons; the average number of persons that HSE and agency staff call to each day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4228/18]
415. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the home care waiting list in County Mayo; the number of these persons who are in a hospital, nursing home or respite facility; the details of the system of placement or grading of persons on the waiting list based on medical need; the estimated waiting time for persons on the list before they receive home care; the number who were on the home care waiting list in County Mayo from January 2017 to January 2018, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4227/18]
381. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who qualify for adult respite care in County Mayo; the criteria used to determine if a person qualifies for respite care; the way in which the list is maintained; the number of adults who are receiving respite care in County Mayo; the care that is provided; the waiting times for the receipt of such care in County Mayo; if the waiting time is dependent on particular factors, for example the severity of the condition of the care recipient and-or his or her time on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4091/18]
380. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the recruitment policies, including if there is maintenance of panels of suitable candidates, for temporary staff to cover long-term absences of Health Service Executive staff from the workplace due to, but not limited to, maternity leave or sick leave; the budget allocated to both County Mayo and nationally for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4081/18]
379. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff in County Mayo in the community and primary care section, including but not limited to speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and other therapy services, who have taken maternity leave or long-term sick leave in the past five years; the sections and-or departments these staff worked in; the length of time that staff were absent; the corresponding number of staff who were recruited and-or appointed to provide cover for the duration of the original staff members' absences, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4080/18]
168. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a GLAS 2 payment for a person (details supplied) has not been issued in view of the fact that the person signed up in November 2015 and was informed that the issue pertaining to commonage had been waived. [3771/18]
167. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the single farm payment for a person (details supplied) has not been issued; and when this payment will issue. [3770/18]
43. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he expects the Permanent Defence Force numbers to reach the agreed ceiling of 9,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3457/18]
29. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of additional initiatives the Defence Forces are taking in the wake of various international terror attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3456/18]
14. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason in circumstances in which there has been no change to the conditions upon which his Department agreed to pay a supplementary pension he has not addressed the situation in a timeframe and manner similar to the measures approved for other public servants. [3454/18]
11. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the further action he plans to take in respect of Air Corps whistleblowers. [3455/18]
3. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he will appoint an independent chairperson to commence the review of the Defence Forces conciliation and arbitration scheme; the reason the appointment had not been made by the end of 2017 as committed to the Defence Forces representative organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3628/18]
1. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to improve the physical environment and living conditions in Army barracks across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3627/18]
446. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a GLAS payment; the date on which the application was received; if further information was required from the person in order to proceed with the payment; the dates connected with same; when the payment will be processed and issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3032/18]
445. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a GLAS payment; the date on which the application was received; if further information was required from the person in order to proceed with the payment; the dates connected with same; when the payment will be processed and issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3031/18]
444. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a GLAS payment; the date on which the application was received; if further information was required from the person in order to proceed with the payment; the dates connected with same; when the payment will be processed and issued to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3030/18]
442. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS applications that were scheduled for payment in 2017 that have not issued; the number of these applications which were received from persons in County Mayo; the average time for processing such applications; the general issues that cause applications to be delayed and-or extend beyond this time in County Mayo and nationally, respectively, in tabular form; the average length of time that the delays add to such applications; when outstanding GLAS payments in County Mayo will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3012/18]
1733. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if funding will be made available to Mayo County Council under the energy retrofitting programme or other related schemes to fund the carrying out of works, including insulation and replacement of windows and doors, in residential dwellings; the date on which such funding will be made available; the amount to be allocated in this funding; the amount of funding made available to all local authorities for such works in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54793/17]
1713. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of requests for the Residential Tenancies Board to pursue enforcement orders; the number of enforcement orders that were pursued by the board in the past five years; the average wait time for a decision by the board undertaking to seek an enforcement order; the criteria considered by the board in determining whether to seek an enforcement order in a matter; the budget allocated to cover the costs to the board of seeking such enforcement orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54506/17]
1712. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average waiting times for the processing of a dispute from the initial submission to an adjudication of the dispute and from the adjudication to the issuing of a determination order for the past five years; the number of appeals that have been made to adjudication orders in the past five years for the country and County Mayo, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54505/17]
1711. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of determination orders made by the Residential Tenancies Board in the past five years on registered tenancies; the figures on determination orders for tenancies in County Mayo for the past five years; the number of determination orders made for overholding and rental arrears for the country and County Mayo, respectively, in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54504/17]
777. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days spent at sea by members of the Naval Service Reserve in 2016 and 2017. [54055/17]
776. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices that the Defence Forces disposal unit has dealt with in 2017, by county, in tabular from. [54054/17]
775. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Reserve Defence Force has taken on in 2017 with regard to all services; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54053/17]
774. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Permanent Defence Force has recruited in 2017 with regard to all three services; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54052/17]
773. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the most up-to-date figures for the strength of the Reserve Defence Force with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54051/17]
772. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the most up-to-date figures for the strength of the Permanent Defence Force with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54050/17]
622. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to remove the station manager from Castlebar train station. [53608/17]
621. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the staffing levels at Castlebar train station; his plans to reduce staff numbers; and the staff positions that will be made redundant. [53607/17]