207. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he is considering reforms to the fair deal scheme which would ring fence the funds raised by the sale of homes after paying contributions to the scheme after a certain period of years and which would help older persons that sell their homes to avoid handing over the entire sum of the proceeds of the sale of their home to cover their nursing home costs. [49702/18]
112. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces recruits that were issued with certificates of discharge while in recruit training for not meeting minimum height requirements in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49655/18]
111. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces recruits that lodged appeals in cases in which certificates of discharge were issued during recruit training in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of these appeals that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49654/18]
110. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces recruits that were issued with certificates of discharge during the recruit training period in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the reason for each discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49653/18]
80. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to reports on the use of reduced timetables in schools for children with behavioural issues; his views on whether the lack of funding for disadvantaged schools may be contributing to this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49509/18]
56. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the use of reduced timetables may leave the State open to legal challenges; his plans to address the underlying issues which lead to the use of reduced timetables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49510/18]
94. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the functioning of the freedom of information system in place under the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if he will consider amending section 44 of the Act to give himself the power to instruct the Information Commissioner to carry out a review of the operations of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49197/18]
86. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the 40-plus agencies that are either fully or partially exempt from freedom of information requests; his further views on whether these exemptions are in the public interest with regard to accountability and transparency; if he will consider conducting a review of the agencies that benefit from such exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49198/18]
131. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the status of the University Hospital Waterford second cath laboratory project (details supplied). [48689/18]
33. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the latest progress report by the Comptroller and Auditor General into the National Asset Management Agency; his views on the findings regarding section 172 declarations, particularly that NAMA case managers do not carry out verification processes regarding these; his further views on whether this may have had knock-on effects on loan and property sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48605/18]
11. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance his views on the details surrounding a loan sale (details supplied) which was sold off market and for less than 10% of its original value; if he is satisfied that NAMA is not in breach of section 2(iv) of the NAMA Act 2009, which requires it to protect the interests of the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48606/18]
74. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons rescued and brought to the EU by Naval Service vessels to date in 2018 as part of Operation Sophia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48214/18]
69. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of efforts to recruit a psychiatrist to the Defence Forces medical corps; if he is satisfied that Defence Forces members receive adequate mental health supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48213/18]
433. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Wexford waiting on an initial assessment of needs; and the number waiting longer than three, six and 12 months and two and three years, respectively, for an initial assessment of needs. [48037/18]
428. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of initial assessments of needs for children with disabilities up to 18 years of age that have been carried out in each county in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [48029/18]
410. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious financial problems experienced by a service (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact the HSE has not honoured an agreement made in 2016 on a core deficit for ongoing services the service was providing without funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47963/18]
170. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he satisfied with the role the UN has played in terms of ending the war in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48420/18]
169. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had communications with his counterparts in the European countries that continue to sell arms and provide support to the coalition that is bombing Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48419/18]
38. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had discussions with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government regarding amending the Arts Act 2003 in order to require each local authority to have a ring-fenced arts budget as recommended by arts advocacy organisations such as an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47438/18]
7. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the measures she plans to take to address the recent figures published by the Central Statistics Office, CSO, which show that while average earnings here have increased by 7% in the five years to June 2018 earnings for those in the arts sector decreased by 3.5% in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47437/18]
131. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of compulsory purchase orders undertaken by Wexford County Council other than for national road projects from 2011 to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47119/18]
119. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the matter of newly completed apartment blocks being sold in bulk to investment funds and pension funds instead of being sold individually on the open market; if he will consider discussing this new trend with the Minister for Finance with a view to drafting legislation or regulation that prohibits the bulk sale of units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47116/18]
94. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has given consideration to initiating a review into one-off builds prevalent in rural areas; his views on the issue that the prevalence of one-off builds in rural Ireland is having a detrimental effect on towns and villages; if he has considered examining town planning schemes used in European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47117/18]
87. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the fact that up to nine local authorities have not drawn down allocated funds for Traveller accommodation in the past year; if he will consider directing local authorities to make use of these funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47118/18]
511. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1305 of 2 May 2017, if his officials have completed their review of the requirement to undergo a programme of 12 essential driver training lessons to examine whether a more limited programme can be tailored for persons with full licences from non-exchange countries, particularly those persons who have previously held a full Irish driver's licence; his plans to publish this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47173/18]
399. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care for elderly persons in County Wexford; and the estimated waiting time for such care. [46915/18]
398. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of residential respite beds for elderly persons available in County Wexford. [46914/18]
397. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of residential care places available for elderly persons in County Wexford. [46913/18]
396. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for residential respite care for children with an intellectual disability; and the estimated waiting time for such care. [46912/18]
395. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the waiting list for residential care for children with an intellectual disability in County Wexford. [46911/18]
394. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of residential respite beds for children with an intellectual disability available in County Wexford. [46910/18]
393. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of residential care places available for children with an intellectual disability in County Wexford. [46909/18]
392. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care for adults with an intellectual disability in County Wexford; and the estimated waiting time for such care. [46908/18]
391. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of residential respite beds for adults with an intellectual disability available in County Wexford. [46907/18]
390. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of residential care places available for adults with an intellectual disability in County Wexford. [46906/18]
315. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the reason the relocatable modular laboratory which arrived at University Hospital Waterford in September 2018 was disabled by the removal of equipment prior to its arrival here thus preventing it from providing an emergency backup service to the permanent catheterisation laboratory at UHW (details supplied). [46522/18]
314. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health his plans to recruit an interventional cardiologist as a matter of urgency in order to commence interventional cardiac catheterisation activity at the relocatable laboratory at University Hospital Waterford in the interest of patient safety (details supplied). [46521/18]
313. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the continuing under-reporting of University Hospital Waterford cardiac catheterisation activity due to the manual translation of data from the University Hospital Waterford cardiac dashboard TOMCAT system to the national hospital inpatient enquiry, HIPE, data system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46520/18]
129. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in the south east to date who have found employment through the JobPath service; the number of persons in the south east who have returned to claim social welfare payments having previously taken up employment through the JobPath service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46855/18]
123. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the fact that decreases in the live register figure are not reflected in the average amount of income tax paid by taxpayers in County Wexford in each of the years from 2011 to 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46854/18]
29. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the findings of the latest HIQA report on Tusla which found that 103 unauthorised absences took place over a 12 month period and that certain premises were unkempt in places and in urgent need of refurbishment; if she has made these concerns known to Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45874/18]
19. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the findings of a report (details supplied) which found that the adversarial nature of cases involving child welfare threatens the principle of securing the best outcomes for children; if she has liaised with Tusla with regard to this report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45875/18]
839. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a company (details supplied) was not registered as a guarantor during its ownership tenure with regard to the Corrib gas field; the reason this oversight was only discovered in January 2018; his views in this regard; if his Department has completed an analysis of the liabilities this oversight may have exposed the State to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45417/18]
542. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health to outline the progress of the refurbishment of the new child and adolescent mental health services centre at Arden House, Wexford town; and the date on which it will open. [44814/18]
78. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the internal review into SI No. 224 of 1973, the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order, his Department initiated almost a year and a half ago has concluded; the stakeholders consulted; his plans to publish the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45626/18]
75. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in publishing the report by the Maritime Development Office and his Department into the use of the UK landbridge by importers and exporters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45627/18]
346. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons by county who have returned to claim social welfare payments having previously taken up the JobPath service in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [44304/18]
345. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons by county who have taken up the JobPath service in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [44303/18]
344. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid to Seetec and Turas Nua to deliver the JobPath service in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [44302/18]
343. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department's spend on job activation measures by county in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [44301/18]