216. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive a decision on an application for a family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7290/19]
319. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter relating to a posting on social media (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7008/19]
318. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason no action was taken in the case of a person (details supplied); the reason suspensions have not taken place; the attempts that have been made to rehabilitate the career of the person; his plans to compensate the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7007/19]
317. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to details relating to a complaint made by a member of An Garda Síochána (details supplied) providing evidence of alleged assault, bullying and intimidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7006/19]
253. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if arrangements will be put in place to allow persons over 65 years of age who are claiming jobseeker's benefit who wish to go on holiday abroad for more than two weeks to claim the payment for the full period they are abroad when they return in view of the fact that this cohort are no longer required to engage with the compulsory activation process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6136/19]
188. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the number of private laboratories here capable of carrying out cervical cancer testing for smears; the details of same; the price per test; the turnaround time for the provision of results for each test from these laboratories; if none of these private laboratories are being used for cervical cancer smear testing; if so, the reason therefore; if he will engage some or all of these laboratories to deal with the backlog and improve turnaround time to be funded if necessary through the National Treatment Purchase Fund in view of the delays of six months plus in turnaround time for testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6174/19]
426. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health when paediatric physiotherapy services will be made available to a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5511/19]
70. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if health capital projects in County Sligo will be delayed by the overrun in the costs of the new children’s hospital. [5399/19]
48. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health when a permanent cath lab will be located at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5400/19]
161. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason no tender process was carried out for the appointment of the community intervention team following discharges from Sligo University Hospital; the reason a company was appointed without an appropriate tender process in line with established public procurement protocols; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4474/19]
552. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3822/19]
159. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to the accounts of a company (details supplied) the return for taxpayers here on the high risk investment in 2019 will be less than €1 million which is less than 1% of the €156 million that went to the company; his views on whether this is value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3746/19]
158. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the off balance sheet lending to a company (details supplied) of €420 million as per December 2017 accounts from a company; the exposure taxpayers here have to the funds in view of the fact that the bad debt provision of the company is less than 1%; his views on whether a slight downturn renders the company an unprofitable company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3745/19]
157. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) has received to date €156 million in three tranches via the National Treasury Management Agency; if so, the reason the company received these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3744/19]
129. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address matters (details supplied) in relation to issues raised at the meeting of the Oireachtas Standing Committee of Public Accounts on 17 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3588/19]
128. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address matters (details supplied) in relation to issues raised at the meeting of the Oireachtas Standing Committee of Public Accounts on 17 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3587/19]
73. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if he has written or communicated to the joint special liquidators of IBRC since the liquidation commenced on 7 February 2013 in relation to their costs in the liquidation which are estimated to exceed €300 million; if copies of such letters and communications will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3238/19]
72. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the date of meetings held by him or his officials with the joint special liquidators of IBRC since the liquidation commenced on 7 February 2013 in relation to the costs incurred by the joint special liquidators in the liquidation; if the minutes of those meetings will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3237/19]
71. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid to the joint special liquidators of IBRC since the liquidation commenced on 7 February 2013 in respect of fees, party costs and the details of credit notes or deductions provided by joint special liquidators and third party service providers in respect of their fees; the breakdown and basis for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3236/19]
70. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the names of the professional service providers that received payments from the joint special liquidators of IBRC since the liquidation on 7 February 2013; the amounts paid in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3235/19]
69. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the names of the creditors that claimed payments from the joint special liquidators of IBRC since the liquidation commenced on 7 February 2013 and whose claims have been validated but not paid in full or not at all; the amounts outstanding in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3234/19]
68. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the names of the creditors that received payments from the joint special liquidators of IBRC since the liquidation commenced on 7 February 2013; the amounts claimed by each creditor; the amounts paid to each creditor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3233/19]
364. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be examined; if additional staff will be assigned to the diabetic services in SUH in order that the person concerned and others in similar circumstances will receive the necessary training in order to access a device; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2463/19]
232. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the planning construction and delivery timeline for the provision of the new Garda station at Caltragh, County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2466/19]
152. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position with regard to the established need of An Garda Síochána for additional space at Tubbercurry Garda station, County Sligo (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2467/19]
1094. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 19 December 2018, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that talks for the agreement of a new contract have broken down and as such a company (details supplied) will not be the sponsor organisation in 2019; if her attention has been further drawn to an application from another potential sponsor organisation to secure a contract for the provision of job club services in County Sligo to her Department; if other applicant sponsor organisations will be considered to ensure the provision of continued job club services in County Sligo in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1263/19]
192. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the checks carried out by his officials to ensure that goods bought online from outside the State and posted to the purchaser are complying with VAT and customs duties regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54436/18]
538. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that from 31 December 2018 there will no longer be a jobs club in County Sligo; the reason the decision has been taken; if the decision will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53542/18]
116. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health when a permanent catheterisation laboratory will be in place at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50794/18]
574. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will have a decision on their invalidity pension application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49123/18]
336. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason many of the key recommendations from the NICE guidelines on Lyme disease are not being implemented in particular in relation to erythema rash which is definitive of a diagnosis of Lyme disease and should receive immediate treatment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47703/18]
335. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason the health system is not following the NICE guidelines as it relates to the interpretation of results from the two tier testing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47702/18]
334. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that denial of treatment options that meet internationally accepted standards for chronic Lyme disease patients is a human rights violation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47701/18]
333. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the person or body that carried out the review of the final UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines on Lyme disease; the input patient groups had into the review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47700/18]
332. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the action he plans to take to ensure Ireland implements the recent recommendations of the World Health Organisation regarding Lyme disease (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47699/18]
331. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortfalls in patient diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease within the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47698/18]
551. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes being applied to a practice (details supplied); her plans to make changes to this practice in the forthcoming social welfare Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46571/18]
330. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46604/18]
307. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for bringing forward amendments to section 38(2)(b) of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, as amended, to accept qualification recognition decisions made here under directives which preceded Directive 2005/36/EC, that is, Directives 89/48 and-or 92/51; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46482/18]
272. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46220/18]
74. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the action which will be taken to address the long outpatient waiting times in Sligo University Hospital in which 1,136 persons are waiting more than 18 months for an appointment. [43620/18]
324. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo was refused the fuel allowance even though their combined income from their State pension (contributory) and disablement benefit is under the weekly income limit of €343.30 in order to qualify for the free fuel allowance; her plans to amend the operational guidelines for the free fuel allowance scheme to make disablement benefit a qualifying payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42809/18]
46. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42417/18]
606. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person who received illness benefit payments as a result of a personal injury is still liable for tax on the said payments received in circumstances in which compensation was subsequently awarded and the compensator has paid an amount equal to the illness benefit payments made to the person concerned directly to them, which is taken off the compensation award; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41772/18]
197. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the accuracy of using an application and Eircodes as the measurement benchmark for assessing eligibility for the non-adjacent rate of student maintenance grant in which the practical evidence of a clocked drive of the distance proves that the measurements by the application using Eircodes to be inaccurate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41764/18]
388. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a moratorium on forestry development in County Leitrim and a rebalancing of the focus on forestry throughout other counties to include regulations that will require full planning permission for the planting of forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40797/18]
161. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners does not inform married couples or couples in a civil partnership on reaching 65 years of age of their possible entitlement to a tax exemption limit of €36,000 as a matter of course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39419/18]
2791. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES, certificates issued by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in each of the years 2013 to 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32428/18]
45. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to reduce outpatient waiting times for neurology consultations in Sligo University Hospital in which 263 appointments are outstanding for more than 18 months. [28207/18]
198. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures followed when a school is compelled by him to establish an autism unit; the funding provided for the school to establish such a unit; the specialist expertise the school is resourced to procure; the training provided to existing staff to ensure that the autism unit is competent and effective in the delivery of specialist education to pupils as opposed to just an autism unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27662/18]