1087. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if either his Department or Fáilte Ireland has ever investigated the delivery of an accessible tourism marketing campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24930/18]
1086. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if either his Department or Fáilte Ireland has ever attempted to quantify the value of the accessible tourism market; if not, if he will request that one be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24929/18]
1085. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had an engagement with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government with regard to the provision of additional funding to enable local authorities to provide wheelchair-accessible bus stops nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24928/18]
1084. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Transport Authority will have its bus stop accessibility audit completed for counties Sligo and Leitrim; if it will be publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24927/18]
1083. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair-accessible buses available on routes licensed by the National Transport Authority serving counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24926/18]
1082. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the retrofitting of both audio and visual equipment to the Bus Éireann fleet in counties Sligo and Leitrim to assist persons who are deaf and visually impaired to travel independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24925/18]
730. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the provision of a primary care centre in Kinlough (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24897/18]
114. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the relevant section of legislation which deals with the issue of pub and hotel licences in cases in which if they have not been trading for a period of five years, if the licence expires or if there are procedures in place to revalidate the licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23904/18]
502. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 1 May 2018, if eel fishery owners that rented or leased their eel fishery or that were unable to fish for eel due to illness or old age are to be excluded in the proposed support scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23310/18]
80. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in overcrowding in Sligo University Hospital emergency department over the first four months of 2018 relative to the same period in 2017. [23536/18]
574. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to update the legislation governing the domiciliary care allowance scheme to allow for individual half rate payments to be made in respect of a child who satisfies the medical criteria for the scheme to both parents in separation cases in which there are equal joint custody arrangements in place and in view of the increasing number of court orders for 50-50 child custody arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22314/18]
466. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 499 and 504 of 6 February 2018, the progress made on the introduction of the new household waste collection charging arrangements; the way in which the annual support of €75 for persons with lifelong and long-term medical incontinence to assist with the cost of disposal of incontinence products will be implemented (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22019/18]
417. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if he will address a series of queries further to the cervical screening crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22539/18]
133. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance further to information provided (details supplied), if he will provide minutes of meetings to consider reports among him and his officials, and minutes of meetings between officials of his Department and other Departments and agencies including the State Claims Agency; if the reports provided on a quarterly basis made reference to cases relating to the cervical screening crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20837/18]
348. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, in addition to seeking funding from the Exchequer for financial supports for former eel fishermen who have been affected by the ban on eel fishing, he will also seek Exchequer funding for eel fishery owners who continue to pay annual rates even though eel fishing has been banned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18972/18]
307. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda retirements from each Garda station in counties Sligo and Leitrim in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18084/18]
196. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the capital application and subdivision plans submitted by Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17544/18]
91. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 101, 104, 107, 108 and 117 of 17 April 2018, if the details which relate to the €756,119 total amount indicated will be provided by item, including payment beneficiary in tabular form. [17877/18]
306. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the remedial works being carried out in view of his Department's recent contact with boat operators that carry tourists to Inishmurray Island off County Sligo to immediately cease advertising or carrying out visits to the island; when they will commence and be completed in order to save the 2018 tourist season in the north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17165/18]
64. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if a fixed catheterisation laboratory will be provided at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17075/18]
987. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision on their application to the Cross Border Directive for reimbursement of expenses for a medical procedure which was sent in January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16521/18]
975. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the geographical areas of County Sligo and Sligo town ambulances and crews cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16407/18]
974. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health when additional ambulances and crews will be made available to County Sligo and Sligo town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16406/18]
973. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the length of time a handover of a patient to hospital by an ambulance crew takes at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16405/18]
972. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the procedures which govern the handover of patients to hospitals by ambulances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16404/18]
971. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if there are different numbers of ambulances and crews available during the week and different times during the day; if so, the reason therefor; the breakdown in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16403/18]
970. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and crews that cover County Sligo throughout the day on a 24-hour basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16402/18]
969. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and crews covering Sligo town throughout the day on a 24-hour basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16401/18]
719. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 27 February 2018, the reason the key requirement of the 2018 Saolta service plan for the provision of psychological services posts for diabetes patients has not been approved in the 2018 allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15249/18]
718. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 27 February 2018, the length of time after full funding approval Sligo University Hospital expects to have a contractor on site and ready to start the nine month timescale indicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15248/18]
717. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 27 February 2018, the length of time it will take his Department to give full funding approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15247/18]
716. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 27 February 2018, the Department that will make the decision on full funding approval for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15246/18]
715. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 27 February 2018, if the paediatric diabetes service referred to should read adult and paediatric service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15245/18]
714. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 27 February 2018, the timeframe for Sligo University Hospital and the Saolta group to make a submission for the full cost of this project at national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15244/18]
713. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 27 February 2018, when the tender process will be completed and a contractor appointed in view of the fact that the closing date for tenders passed in February 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15243/18]
683. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health his plans to include outpatient, child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, and child psychology appointments to be converted under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in order to address substantial backlogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15089/18]
550. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a passport scheme exits whereby a person making a very substantial investment here by way of an enterprise or community project is granted an Irish passport in return for said investment; if such a scheme exists, the qualification criterion for the scheme; the number which availed of such a scheme; the investment projects which were the subject of such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15841/18]
335. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure in circumstances in which children attending school who have autism have been in mainstream class rooms if and when an autism specialist unit is established at the same school; if these children are automatically given the places in the new autism unit; if they remain in mainstream class rooms; if there is an assessment carried out to determine same; if so, the person or body which carries out same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15097/18]
334. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received for the academic year commencing in September 2018 by the special education needs organiser based in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim; the number of applications per school and area being sought in tabular form; the way in which he plans to accommodate the number of applications in the respective schools and areas for September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15096/18]
333. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a specialist autism unit for a school (details supplied); if it will be ready for the academic year commencing in September 2018; if not, when it will be available for use; the number of places it will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15095/18]
332. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of specialist autism unit places in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon by school and county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15094/18]
331. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the legal obligations on his Department to provide adequate specialist autism unit places to children in primary schools in each county and region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15093/18]
330. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if in order to qualify for future capital funding for a school, such as summer works or capital works, that the school must have provision for special education needs including autism; and if so, the way in which he plans to reconcile the existing infrastructure and staffing deficit within schools to meet this requirement. [15091/18]
329. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria employed when allocating specialist autism places to children for primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15090/18]
104. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Taoiseach the costs and expenditure from the €5 million provided in Budget 2018 for the Strategic Communications Unit that have been expended up to and including 27 March 2018; the estimated further expenditure of the €5 million in the period between 27 March 2018 and the winding down of the unit in July 2018; and the amounts and purpose for which the moneys are expected to be used in tabular form. [15242/18]
103. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Taoiseach the number, positions and grade of each position created for the purposes of establishing the Strategic Communications Unit. [15241/18]
102. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Taoiseach if there will be consequent redundancies arising from the discontinuance of the Strategic Communications Unit; if so, the number, position and grades of each; the redundancy payments that will arise; if no staff are exiting, the locations to which they will be redeployed; and the role or purpose of each; the number of positions and grades. [15240/18]
101. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Taoiseach the amount of the €5 million budgeted for the Strategic Communications Unit in Budget 2018 which will remain; the areas in which these remaining funds will be used; and the purpose to which the funding will be used [15239/18]
76. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda station in counties Sligo and Leitrim in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16565/18]
229. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on his discussions with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the implementation of Labour Court recommendation LRC 19293, concerning the rights of community employment scheme supervisors in view of commitments made by his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13999/18]