333. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Finance the extent to which he is aware of compensation payments that have been made by the motor fuel industry to motor insurance companies as compensation for insurance pay outs to drivers who have been victims of contaminated fuel such as stretched petrol or laundered diesel; the impact of any such payments on fuel prices and insurance premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31278/15]
213. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the application for rent allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; if same can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31299/15]
163. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal against the refusal of an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30751/15]
92. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has been made by the Post Office Business Development Group established by the Government to identify and implement new business opportunities for the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31756/15]
809. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the recent energy bulletin from the National Competitiveness Council that recommended ending the renewable energy feed in tariff programme 2 when it expires in 2017, and for the divesting of additional Electricity Supply Board price setting power generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30158/15]
808. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current position on the future of public service obligation payments to Tynagh and Aughinish power plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30148/15]
684. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to change the student grant scheme so that mortgage repayments on the family home and the total number of dependent children in a family are considered in the means test for grant eligibility, due to the reality that these are substantial outgoings from family income, and too many families are paying the high standard variable rate on their home mortgage repayments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30317/15]
653. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve a devolved grant application by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo to address the inadequacy of accommodation which results in classes being conducted in the school corridor on a regular basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29682/15]
606. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for County Mayo oncology patients for follow-up assessments to ascertain the progress of treatment at Galway University Hospital's centre of excellence for cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30414/15]
565. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans for existing maternity services at Mayo General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30154/15]
27. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the priority his Department has provided to the provision of a new fire station in Crossmolina in County Mayo, which is the number one priority for the local fire authority, Mayo County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28718/15]
23. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will require local authorities, when undertaking planned maintenance and energy efficiency measures in council housing, to allow tenants the option of a solid fuel range with back boiler and radiators instead of an oil-fired central heating system, which sees vulnerable individuals in risk of fuel poverty being unable to afford to fill their tank with fuel and consequently unable to heat their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28719/15]
892. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated amount of extra revenue from replacing the television licence with a household broadcasting charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28234/15]
858. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the purposes of implementing the Leader element of the Rural Development Programme 2014 to 2020; if the Government adopted a definition of rural areas that will exclude applications from certain areas and the location of those areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28613/15]
857. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the Leader element of the Rural Development Programme 2014 to 2020 will be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28610/15]
849. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of prosecutions under the Litter Pollution Acts that have been conducted in County Mayo, in each of the past five years to date; the outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28392/15]
848. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the evaluation carried out by his Department on the waste prevention by-laws of Mayo County Council, and the efficacy of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28391/15]
836. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the circumstances in which the owner of a vehicle may declare a vehicle to be off-the-road for tax purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28421/15]
791. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available to erstwhile legally resident Student Universal Support Ireland applicants who are deemed to be ineligible because they have not met the residency conditions, as they have worked overseas for a number of years as unpaid volunteers doing charitable work in some of the world's most deprived places; when they may be deemed to be legally resident again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28823/15]
786. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the waiting time nationally and in County Mayo to have a child assessed for entitlement to a special needs assistant at school; the length of time it takes thereafter for an assistant to be provided for the benefit of the school child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28689/15]
762. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding to equip a room for the teaching of technology at post-junior certificate level in a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28397/15]
761. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional funding to supplement an all-in devolved grant application under the 2014 additional accommodation scheme by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; when is a decision expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28390/15]
539. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Health the reason it will take a minimum of six months before an additional rheumatologist post will be filled, given that the post was approved at the last medical-human resources forum of the Health Service Executive west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28422/15]
375. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assessment criteria for the local authority harbour development and marine leisure programme 2015; how each of the applications submitted by Mayo County Council will be assessed; the score attached to each application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28334/15]
347. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of prosecutions of fuel traders under the Consumer Protection Act 2007 for breaches of the Act in supplying contaminated fuel such as stretched petrol or laundered diesel, since the enactment of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28333/15]
346. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation without prejudice to the ongoing public consultation in relation to the planned consumer rights Bill, his plans to include robust protection of consumers in the area of the sale of deliberately-contaminated fuel such as stretched petrol or laundered diesel; his further plans to include a financial compensation aspect in his promised legislation in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28332/15]
212. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; if it will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28696/15]
202. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the planned use for the newly refurbished former social protection office (details supplied) in County Mayo; the cost of the refurbishment; the expected ongoing running and maintenance costs of the building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28611/15]
181. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension non-contributory and the State pension contributory for each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28374/15]
178. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the disability allowance scheme; if it will be expedited. [28331/15]
45. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Health if he will request the steering group which is charged with developing the new national cancer strategy 2016 to 2025 to review the operation of Galway University Hospital as a centre of excellence for cancer treatment; and to address the delays some oncology patients in Mayo General Hospital are experiencing in getting a bed and receiving appropriate treatment under a specialist oncology team in a timely manner at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27374/15]
259. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the music capital scheme will be open for applications again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27922/15]
216. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of planning permissions that have been granted, by county, for the past five years and to date in 2015, distinguishing between residential, commercial and industrial; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27794/15]
215. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the average length of time An Bord Pleanála takes to decide a planning appeal and how this compares with each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27793/15]
208. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position on the consultation process with education partners to inform the development of appropriate measures to combat educational disadvantage; when she expects the consultation process to finish; the way submissions can be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27921/15]
207. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 398 to 400, inclusive, of 28 April 2015, when she expects to be in a position to make an overall proposal for the delivery of future interventions to tackle educational disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27920/15]
86. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the financial and other supports available to assist innovators and enterprises involved in research and development towards developing and registering patents and copyrights to safeguard their intellectual property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27725/15]
81. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide for each of the past five years, the applications that have been received from Mayo County Council pursuant to the minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme; the projects and their location; if they were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27753/15]
80. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way he plans to prioritise the allocation of funding for projects and regions for the construction of flood defences and the implementation of other flood relief measures, as identified in the various flood risk management plans prepared pursuant to the catchment flood risk assessment and management study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27752/15]
79. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding he will make available for the construction of flood defences and other flood relief measures which will be identified pursuant to the flood risk management plan, pursuant to the west catchment flood risk assessment and management study, which is expected to be published in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27739/15]
78. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to publish the new capital investment framework which will include provision for flood relief capital works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27736/15]
516. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the avenues of financial assistance and maintenance that are available from the State to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo for third level education, who has been awarded a three year scholarship to attend Griffith College in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27500/15]
353. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Health the status of the revised application submitted on 25 July 2014 to the Health Service Executive by Biogen IDEC, to add Fampyra to the list of re-imbursable items supplied under the general medical services or community drug schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27270/15]
138. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Finance the average length of time it takes the State laboratory to identify a sample of contaminated petrol or diesel, and to provide the results to the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27304/15]
137. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the tests that are carried out by the State laboratory to detect petrol and diesel fuel contamination; the type of equipment used in the tests; the accuracy of the tests in identifying contaminated samples; the repeatability of the tests carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27303/15]
101. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the alternative supports are available to assist affected lone parents and their dependants whose one-parent family payment will cease on 2 July 2015, in order to supplement their income, in particular where they cannot find further work at this point in time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27689/15]
75. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal of a decision to refuse a supplementary welfare allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27290/15]
54. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the refusal of a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the appeal will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27134/15]
539. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional funding to supplement an all-in devolved grant application under the 2014 additional accommodation scheme in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; when a decision is expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26153/15]
538. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for new build accommodation that has been approved in principle by her Department in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the other accommodation approval the school has been granted; when the work will commence on approved and approved-in-principle projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26152/15]