465. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the Irish Greyhound Board and the Irish Coursing Club have enforced the Artificial Insemination of Greyhounds Regulations 2005 since their introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21963/15]
464. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Chairman of the Irish Greyhound Board has met with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, as promised in November 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21962/15]
463. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any bitches tested positive for banned substances in the 2013 Oaks and the 2013 St. Leger finals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21960/15]
462. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any of the greyhounds that raced in the 2015 Con and Annie Kirby memorial stake in County Limerick tested positive for banned substances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21959/15]
437. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role and scope of the welfare officer on the Irish Greyhound Board; if the holder of that role has any mandate as regards alleged breaches on the part of the Irish Coursing Club; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21418/15]
121. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Defence the role of the LE Eithne in the European Union response to the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean; if he will guarantee that it, or any other Irish vessel, will not become involved in any European Union military operations in the Mediterranean, regardless of whether a United Nations Security Council mandate is secured in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21376/15]
113. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Defence if the Irish Defence Forces plan to take any role in the European Union Naval Force Operation in the Mediterranean, which received the approval of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council on Defence on 18 May 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21375/15]
38. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the current mental health provision in County Wexford is adequate, particularly in view of the county's relatively high suicide rates which according to the last census were almost twice the national rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20548/15]
9. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish an acute mental health unit in Wexford General Hospital in view of the fact that the need for same has been long recognised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20549/15]
202. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of any contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied); if he will provide details of any payments received by his Department from the company, particularly in relation to the project monitoring committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20992/15]
201. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has engaged a company (details supplied) to independently assess and audit the monitoring regime in place for past and current phases of the proposed Corrib gas project; if so, if he will provide details on the terms of the contract awarded to the company; if he will provide details of all payments to date from his Department to the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20991/15]
115. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Ryan report, and in particular the recommendation for a once-off life skills programme for young persons leaving care; if he is satisfied with the rate of progress on implementation of the Ryan report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20892/15]
87. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Question No. 110 of 13 May 2015, if he will provide details of the laboratory used in the United Kingdom, including its name and the amount of samples that have been sent there to date; the decision-making process on the part of Bord na gCon as to which samples are sent to the United Kingdom for testing; the percentage of samples sent which returned positive findings for banned substances; the prohibited drugs that were identified in the samples sent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21054/15]
75. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Question No. 29 of 14 May 2015, if all fines handed down for breaches to date have been paid; if he will provide details of actions taken by Bord na gCon in cases where greyhounds have tested positive for banned substances, but their owners have refused to pay the fines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20889/15]
37. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason behind the recent decision to withdraw the funding from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, for the Disability Equality Specialist Support Agency community advocacy project in Wexford town; if he will consider reversing this decision in view of the important service the disability agency has provided to many families in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19801/15]
28. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce an outright ban on corporal punishment and in doing so to remove the reasonable chastisement defence, in order to bring Ireland in line with our commitments under the European Social Charter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19802/15]
684. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health his plans to lift the embargo on recruitment of speech therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20358/15]
683. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list in County Wexford for a speech therapist; the number of these waiting over a year; over two years; the number awaiting assessment for speech therapy needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20357/15]
682. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of speech therapists working in County Wexford; the number of these who are currently on career breaks or on maternity leave; the ratio of speech therapists to children with speech therapy needs in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20356/15]
681. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting a response from the Health Service Executive for over two years will receive an appointment with a speech therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20355/15]
680. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the national carers strategy; if he is satisfied with the progress of the strategy to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20354/15]
634. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) who presented to Wexford General Hospital on 5 October 2014 in a state of mental distress and with suicidal tendencies was assessed by a mental health liaison nurse rather than a psychiatric doctor; the reason the person was not referred to the psychiatric ward at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19957/15]
632. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the procedures being followed in Wexford General Hospital to ascertain if a patient who is presenting is suicidal, particularly if that patient has a history of suicidal tendencies and self-harm; if he will provide details of the decision made in this regard in the case of a person (details supplied) in October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19956/15]
631. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if an inquiry has been, or will be, carried out into the case of a person (details supplied) who committed suicide after having presented to Wexford General Hospital in October 2014 with mental health issues while under the influence of substances, in order to ascertain whether best practice was adhered to at all times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19955/15]
630. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken in response to reports that patients presenting at Wexford General Hospital with mental health issues, who have also been using substances, are being turned away and told to return when the drugs are out of their system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19954/15]
492. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to allocate additional resources to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, in response to the increase in referrals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20239/15]
484. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009, in particular, the provisions that allow for any Garda, above the rank of superintendent, to internally approve another Garda to undertake covert surveillance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19951/15]
483. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the 300 migrants who we have agreed to resettle, as part of the European Union plan to tackle the current migration crisis, will be automatically granted refugee status, or if they will be forced to go into direct provision as asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19950/15]
482. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the current Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009, which allows for the attachment and use of tracking and global positioning system devices, without the need for judicial authorisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19949/15]
149. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the independent review mechanism will complete its work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19529/15]
140. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the capabilities and appropriateness of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission to act as a confidential recipient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19527/15]
121. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on when the Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill will be commenced; if this legislation will be enacted in its entirety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19528/15]
119. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases to date that have been referred to the independent review mechanism; the number of these cases that have been concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19530/15]
111. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date as regards filling the post vacated by the former chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in January 2015; the process she is following for this appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19526/15]
108. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on concerns that two Garda whistleblowers (details supplied) who made complaints of Garda malpractice over one year ago have still not had an investigation of their complaints completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19803/15]
496. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department plans to follow the example set by the United Kingdom and introduce compliance assistance grants in order to assist small and medium sized enterprises working in steel fabrication with their compliance obligations under I.S.EN 1090, which came into effect on 1 July 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19666/15]
495. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department has in place to assist small and medium sized steel fabricators with the implementation of the compliance requirements under I.S. EN 1090; if his Department has any grants in place, or envisages helping to offset the financial burden involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19665/15]
482. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if negotiations are under way to bring more investment vehicles like the one announced in February 2015, jointly backed by the Housing Finance Agency and the European Investment Bank, into operation between now and the end of 2017. [19399/15]
481. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if social housing units delivered through the social housing current expenditure programme via local authority units, leased or rented, and approved housing body units, leased, are leased by local authorities and approved housing bodies on an ad hoc, unit by unit, basis, in response to individual housing needs, as they arise. [19398/15]
480. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 537 of 6 May 2015, if he will provide a breakdown of the length of the lease terms of the social housing units delivered, between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015, through the social housing current expenditure programme via local authority units, leased or rented, and approved housing body units, leased. [19397/15]
479. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units to be directly built in 2015, using the €312 million funding allocation for direct-builds up to end 2017, that were, on 1 May 2015, under construction. [19396/15]
478. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units to be directly built in 2015 using the €312 million funding allocation for direct builds up to the end of 2017 that had received planning permission by 1 May 2015. [19395/15]
477. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of the 1,700 social housing units to be directly built up to the end of 2017 that will reach completion in the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively. [19394/15]
401. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of discussions he has had with the Department of Justice and Equality, in relation to the European Union's new proposals regarding the migrant crisis, in particular the one calling for a Chapter 7 United Nations resolution authorising the use of force against traffickers operating out of Libya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19489/15]
383. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 21 April 2015, which outlined the introduction of the disability composite template under schedule 3 of the service agreement, if he is satisfied that sufficient mechanisms are in place to ensure transparency, as regards all aspects of the budget allocation of the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19777/15]
382. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 15 April 2015, if the Health Service Executive collects data on the number of respite hours provided in each county every year; the amount of money spent directly on respite services in each county; the number of daytime respite hours provided; the amount of home-based respite, as opposed to centre-based respite, granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19776/15]
381. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 15 April 2015, the number of home-based respite hours granted in County Wexford, in 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19775/15]
334. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health his plans, prior to 2011, to establish an acute mental health unit within Wexford General Hospital; if so, the reasons these plans were not followed through; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19467/15]
333. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health his plans to open the Maryville Mental Health Centre, New Ross, County Wexford, on a 24-7 basis, in view of the fact that it provides a vital service to the community in an area that is severely under-resourced as regards mental health services, but is currently only operational on a five days per week basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19466/15]
332. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he will consider opening an acute mental health unit in Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19465/15]