971. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of one-parent family payment and the related number of children who are also in receipt of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12573/18]
970. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of qualified child increases by scheme type for those aged 18 to 22 years in full-time education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12572/18]
345. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if provision has been made in budget 2018 for essential renovations to a Garda station (details supplied) in County Sligo in view of the fact that funding was originally allocated for the renovations in budget 2017 and the work did not commence that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9908/18]
338. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the 2017 Garda overtime spent on operation Thor for the Sligo Leitrim division on front line operational duty for crime prevention versus administration duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9830/18]
337. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the 2017 Garda overtime spent on operation Thor for the Sligo Leitrim Garda division, by rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9829/18]
336. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the 2017 Garda overtime spent on operation Thor for the Sligo Leitrim Garda division compared to other divisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9828/18]
228. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the rechecking and appeal system for leaving certificate examination results to ensure that students are not prevented from securing a place in a preferred course should the recheck or appeal increase their points; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) and others have missed out on availing of scholarships due to the fact the recheck or appeal was not carried out in a timely manner to meet the criteria for the award of these scholarships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9404/18]
199. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the acquisition of the site for the new Sligo Garda station; the timeframe for tendering for the construction of the new station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9827/18]
112. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Taoiseach the cost of and expenditure on hosting the launch of the national planning framework and national development plan in County Sligo on 16 February 2018 by heading, in tabular form. [9055/18]
436. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department's decision to reduce 2017 basic payment scheme payments due to a fire in 2017 to landowners who have a share in the commonage at a location (details supplied) will be reviewed; if his Department sought or received a report as to the cause of the fire; the reason the landowners affected were not notified of the reduction in their payments until December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8320/18]
316. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if his Department's decision to restrict the Versatis pain management patches on medical cards or the drug payment scheme for medical problems other than shingles will be reviewed; if his attention has been drawn to the large number of persons with back conditions such as scoliosis that are suffering since the patches were withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8187/18]
84. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for outpatient waiting times in Sligo university hospital in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6426/18]
608. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if persons with visual impairments will be facilitated to vote independently by secret ballot in the upcoming referendum; if ballot paper templates for persons with visual impairments will be available in each polling station; if persons will have an opportunity to test them in advance for access purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5534/18]
577. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the anomaly whereby farmers on reaching pension age do not receive the benefit of the earnings disregard of €200 in the means test for the State non-contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5412/18]
574. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who were receiving a prescribed relative allowance, PRA, for providing full-time care to a relative, which was subsequently replaced by a carer's allowance, will be awarded home caring credits for the period that they were receiving the PRA under the new total contributions approach for calculating pensions in recognition of their caring role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5342/18]
499. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the new household waste collection charging arrangements will be in place; the way in which the annual support of €75 for persons with lifelong or longterm 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. [5303/18]
594. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of welfare payments by scheme type; the number of related qualified child increases by scheme type, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3036/18]
257. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will have a decision in regard to their application for compensation in view of the time that has elapsed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2859/18]
182. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a person (details supplied) will be notified of a hearing date in relation to their application for compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2858/18]
1247. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a transfer of entitlements application by a person (details supplied) will be finalised in order that the person can receive Basic Payment Scheme, BPS, payments for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1934/18]
888. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason a drug (details supplied) is not available to persons suffering from multiple sclerosis here in view of the fact it is being reimbursed in the UK and Scotland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55158/17]
869. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to publishing the minutes and scheduled agenda of all future HSE drugs committee meetings to ensure transparency in this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55133/17]
730. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that counties Sligo and Leitrim are suffering due to the fact that there is no staff cover for essential services such as speech therapy, paediatric physiotherapy and occupational therapy in situations in which a key staff member is out on maternity leave or sick leave or has moved to another position (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54600/17]
534. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the change to the criteria was never communicated to Sligo County Council in view of the fact it is now two years since the signing of the plan and the agreed adjusted targets have been achieved; and if the €750,000 will be remitted to Sligo County Council immediately. [53393/17]
533. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a meeting with the chief executive of the council on 7 September 2016 when the issue of repayment was again raised, an assistant secretary of his Department referred to his or her recollection of the matter being that on approval of the financial plan and adherence by the council to the terms of the plan over a two-year or three-year period, the money would be refunded. [53392/17]
532. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an assistant secretary in his Department gave a commitment later in the first quarter of 2015 when he or she met with the chief executive and management team of the council that he or she would find a way of getting the allocation back to Sligo once the financial plan for the council had been approved (details supplied). [53391/17]
145. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is nobody appointed within the HSE who can assess children for autism in counties Sligo and Leitrim (details supplied); if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that having children assessed for autism privately is not an option for the majority of parents due to the cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52398/17]
87. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if payment of a minor works grant to a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52496/17]
187. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason that general practitioners who are providing a much needed dispensing service to elderly and marginalised persons in rural areas were not informed of their respective annual dispensing figures until 2017 by the primary care reimbursement service, PCRS; if his attention has been drawn to the fact they were not informed of their right of appeal in cases in which termination of contract notices were issued at short notice by PCRS based on new performance requirements set by it; his plans to review the flawed methodology used by PCRS to determine performance requirements having regard to the fact that blister high tech drugs and new oral anti coagulants which are the more expensive drugs cannot be dispensed by general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52187/17]
176. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a dispensing general practitioner (details supplied) who services over 470 persons on the GMS in a rural Sligo and Leitrim area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52115/17]
96. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the costs that will apply to the establishment of the infrastructure and specialist staff to manage the escrow fund which will hold the €13 billion which the European Commission has directed Ireland to collect from a company (details supplied) in lieu of their calculation of tax owing to Ireland by the company subject to an ongoing appeal in the European Courts; the budget that has been set aside for this within the finance budget Vote for 2018; the reason the existing infrastructure of the NTMA is not being used for this purpose; the extent to which the company has designed the process being followed by his Department heretofore; if the costs of this infrastructure and specialist staff being met by the company or the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52094/17]
201. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in west county Sligo was not included in the DEIS programme; the reason the school's appeal has not been answered or replied to; the criteria the school did not meet; the reason other schools in the area have been included while the school was not in view of the deprivation in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51799/17]
179. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Sligo was not included in the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools or DEIS programme; the reason the school's appeal has never been replied to; the criteria the school did not meet in view of the deprivation in this area and the inclusion of all other surrounding schools in the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51515/17]
150. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance his plans to review the value-added tax, VAT, rate on a defibrillator in order to make this life-saving piece of equipment more affordable for local voluntary groups to purchase; his plans to make provision for the reimbursement of VAT paid by these voluntary organisations for such equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52022/17]
127. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that at Faro Airport in Portugal Irish tourists are required to go through separate passport control from those of other EU countries; the reason for same; if his attention was not drawn to the fact, if inquiries will be made with the Portuguese authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51513/17]
99. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in counties Sligo and Leitrim as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in the division; and the number of Garda Reserve and new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [51651/17]
284. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason no remedial works have been carried out at Sligo Garda station as committed to by Garda management in October 2016; the timeframe for remedial works to commence and be completed; if these works will be immediately commenced; the process and status of the site acquisition and construction of a new regional Garda station in Sligo in view of previous statements (details supplied); his views on whether following the action of an organisations members on 20 November 2017, there is no functioning regional Garda Headquarters in Sligo or the Border counties. [50625/17]
548. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is will request Pobal to run at least one of the upcoming information events regarding the operation of the new seniors alerts scheme for community groups in counties Sligo and Mayo outside of normal working hours in order to facilitate persons who run this scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48816/17]
57. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the case of a person (detailed supplied) in County Sligo; if such appeal hearings can be heard locally in the future to facilitate persons who cannot travel long distances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48458/17]
163. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the composition of the HSE drugs group according to profession, by individual profession; the number of persons that sit on the group; the length of time each member serves on the committee; the membership of the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48359/17]
162. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if the rare diseases medicinal products technology review committee has met since its formation; the membership of the committee; the findings it has come to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48358/17]
37. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the long waiting times for orthodontic services in the north west. [48214/17]
277. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current practice of awarding medical cards from the date of decision rather than the date of receipt of the application is causing financial hardship to persons who have incurred medical expenses during the period of assessment and others who have been unable to avail of the examination fees waiver due to the fact they did not hold a medical card on the specified date, as required by the State Examinations Commission, but were awarded the full medical card subsequently; if he will request the HSE to review the guidelines in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47694/17]
639. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 230 of 12 October 2016 and 372 of 17 October 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons suffering from narcolepsy alleged to be caused by the pandemrix vaccine are not assured of access to rapid diagnosis treatment, multidisciplinary assessments led by clinical experts and have access only to a dysfunctional centre in St. James’s hospital insufficiently staffed with inadequate resources and without the rapid access to multidisciplinary clinical experts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45724/17]
638. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason, further to an order to require discovery in November 2016 by the High Court, his Department has not complied with this order as of 9 October 2017; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are suffering as a result of alleged mistreatment by way of the administration of the pandemrix vaccine without full information being made available to them at the time and who now suffer from narcolepsy and are waiting for the full discovery of information as ordered by the High Court in November 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45723/17]
322. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the retrospective nature of statutory instrument No. 394 of 2017 (details supplied) and the negative impact that this will have on the network and quality of management and service delivery into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45913/17]
243. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the tax implications for Irish citizens living here that held property abroad (details supplied); if an amnesty is still available to such persons to retrospectively comply with their obligations without penalties and interest; if so, the details of such amnesty; if not, his plans to re-establish such an amnesty to permit the substantial number of persons that wish to meet retrospective tax liabilities which arise from rental income from property in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46818/17]
238. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the status of a dignity at work complaint submitted by a person (details supplied) working at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dublin; the detail of the process; the length of time the process will take; when it will be concluded; if there have been changes to the treatment of the complainant during the process; if so, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44732/17]
123. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the accounts not presented to Dáil Éireann or reflected in the general Government fund in view of the existence of the State property miscellaneous deposit account; the balance of each account; the person or body that manages these accounts; the areas from which moneys within these accounts are derived; the purposes the funds are used for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45084/17]
122. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason there is no register in place to record each property accrual to the State in circumstances (details supplied); the reason there is no process within Government Departments to record assets accruing in this manner; the nature, number, value and location of such assets which have accrued to the State in this manner, in tabular form; if not, the process being established to rectify this anomaly; the Department which has responsibility for same; the timeframe envisaged for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45083/17]