40. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he anticipates the Reserve Defence Force achieving the overall establishment personnel number of 4,169; the steps he has taken to address the considerable delays that applicants to join the RDF are experiencing in getting Garda clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27132/16]
39. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a report on the United Nations peacekeeping conference in London that he recently attended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27131/16]
31. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a report on the Defence Forces climate survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27129/16]
25. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the implications Brexit will have for Irish defence policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27242/16]
23. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the 2016 recruitment campaign for the Defence Forces; the reason the whole-time equivalent strength of the Permanent Defence Force had fallen to 9,025 as of 31 July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27241/16]
21. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on recent developments regarding the use of Lariam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27240/16]
1961. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of overseas missions in which the Defence Forces are currently involved; the number of personnel involved in each mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26325/16]
1960. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the most up to date figures for the strength of the Reserve Defence Force. [26324/16]
1954. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Defence Forces have taken on to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25781/16]
1953. 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. [25780/16]
682. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application for domiciliary care allowance which was lodged at the end of April 2016 for a person (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24520/16]
913. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of new recruits in each service of the Permanent Defence Force in each year since 2011; and the number of same in each service that are still in the Permanent Defence Force in 2016. [23819/16]
912. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of promotions within the officer ranks that are waiting to be signed off on. [23798/16]
911. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he will publish the Defence Forces' climate survey; and if the findings will be made available to Defence Forces Representative Associations before publication. [23797/16]
910. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices dealt with by the Army bomb disposal unit on a county-by-county breakdown to date in 2016, in tabular form. [23556/16]
909. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits to the Defence Forces to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23555/16]
908. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of overseas missions in which the Defence Forces are currently involved; the number of personnel involved in each mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23554/16]
907. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength of the Reserve Defence Force; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23553/16]
906. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current 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. [23552/16]
577. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of managerial posts that have to be filled at Mayo University Hospital; and the posts that are currently vacant. [23800/16]
576. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the outpatient waiting list for surgical procedures at Mayo University Hospital; the length of time they have been waiting in tabular form; and the number of persons waiting zero to three months, three months to 12 months, 12 to 24 months and longer than 24 months. [23799/16]
609. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to general practitioners for house calls out of hours; whether a person who is housebound is entitled to a GP visit upon request; if not, the waiting time persons are expected to wait for a visit from their GP; his views on whether it is proper practice for a GP to refuse a house call; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22207/16]
608. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health if there is funding available for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22206/16]
497. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding available for coastal erosion both nationally and for County Mayo; the funding which has been made available for Mayo County Council each year for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22208/16]
417. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22213/16]
415. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application for a disability allowance which was lodged on 26 May 2016 for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22201/16]
252. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the services of a special needs assistant have been removed from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22212/16]
251. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is not entitled to the provision of a special needs assistant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22211/16]
95. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the status of the construction works at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Castlebar, County Mayo; and the expected completion date. [20980/16]
73. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the current rheumatology consultant service being provided at Mayo University Hospital. [20981/16]
233. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health his plans for both the present and future of Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20198/16]
232. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health if reductions in community care supports will be restored due to the fact that the Health Service Executive has claimed that such reductions are negatively impacting on delayed discharge from Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20197/16]
231. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the factors the Health Service Executive management has claimed are contributing to the overcrowding at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20196/16]
230. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made by the Health Service Executive to reduce the pressure at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20195/16]
229. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health his plans to resolve the problems at Mayo University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20194/16]
228. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the Health Service Executive has confirmed that attendance at Mayo University Hospital emergency department is almost double what the facility was built to deal with (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20193/16]
227. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the 20% increase in the number of persons presenting at the emergency department of Mayo University Hospital in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20192/16]
107. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has restored core funding to the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology in Castlebar, County Mayo; if not, his plans to do so in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20018/16]
106. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate more funding to the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, if required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20017/16]
105. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reserves he refers to when he states the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology has reserves which can be used to meet its deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20016/16]
104. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills his short-term and medium-term plans for the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, given the latest figures confirming that it carried a budget deficit of €2.46 million during the 2014-15 financial year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20015/16]
238. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement he has had with the Defence Forces representative bodies in an attempt to progress and deal with the concerns raised by them, particularly in respect of systemic failures of the current Defence Forces conciliation and arbitration scheme, internal organisation consultation practices and national level pay talks engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18763/16]
237. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware that the introduction of lifetime community rating in health insurance has meant that those over 34 years of age are now being forced to purchase indemnity health insurance plans they do not require for the sole purpose of negating the future impact of age levies imposed by these new regulations when they retire from the Defence Forces (details supplied); and the engagement he has had with the Department of Health to examine how this issue may be addressed. [18755/16]
236. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Defence Forces management has engaged with the representative associations on the findings of the organisation climate survey; and if not, his views on whether such engagement is essential in light of the clear recommendation in the third report of the independent monitoring group that the representative associations were to be engaged in the design and the findings of such surveys. [18754/16]
176. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health his views on issues (details supplied) regarding health insurance matters for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will review the regulations for lifetime community rating loadings so that those in the Defence Forces will not be subject to the penalty loadings for not taking out insurance policies that they do not need. [18764/16]
416. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health if there are children under 18 years of age receiving treatment in adult mental health services. [18204/16]
415. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of persons receiving mental health services in County Mayo and the western region. [18203/16]
414. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant mental health staff posts in both County Mayo and the western region in child mental health services and adult mental health services. [18202/16]
413. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the required staff numbers as per A Vision for Change for County Mayo and the western region for both adult mental health staff and child mental health staff. [18201/16]
412. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health service staff recruited into County Mayo in 2016 to date by month and by number of staff recruited into adult mental health services and child mental health services, in tabular form. [18200/16]