486. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive approval for planning of forestry. [37192/19]
371. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37161/19]
195. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education and Skills when an application will be processed for home tuition hours for a child (details supplied). [37183/19]
81. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Taoiseach the number and percentage of persons in employment compared to 2011 and 2016 in counties Longford and Westmeath. [35136/19]
1743. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a new office will open (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35968/19]
1737. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of grant funding his Department and associated agencies have allocated to counties Longford and Westmeath since its establishment; the amount funded through the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when it handled certain areas now allocated to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35140/19]
1687. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the gap between spending on the early childhood education and care sector here compared to European counterparts in view of the fact that Ireland spends just 0.3% of GDP and the EU average is 0.7%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35516/19]
1686. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the high staff turnover in the early childhood education and care sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35515/19]
1685. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to reform the funding model for early childhood education and care in order to reflect a more a service-led model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35514/19]
1684. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to phase in the Mercer scale in the early childhood education and care sector to bring all employees up to the living wage level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35513/19]
1567. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of grant funding his Department and associated agencies have allocated to counties Longford and Westmeath since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35139/19]
1566. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of grant funding allocated to counties Longford and Westmeath through the sports capital programme since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35138/19]
1387. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department and associated agencies have allocated in assistance payments and grant funding to counties Longford and Westmeath since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35141/19]
1385. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 973 of 26 March 2019, the status of a case (details supplied); if follow-up actions need to be taken by the applicant or his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35050/19]
1384. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35042/19]
893. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding his Department has allocated to services (details supplied) in counties Longford and Westmeath since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35142/19]
841. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the position regarding home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34958/19]
836. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34946/19]
724. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of grant funding allocated to counties Westmeath and Longford through the IDA and Enterprise Ireland since 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35137/19]
723. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of grant funding or financial assistance her Department and associated agencies have provided to counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35135/19]
282. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of investment (details supplied) in counties Longford and Westmeath since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35143/19]
261. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a summer works scheme application will be granted due to the circumstances to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34815/19]
176. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has issued the report as per section 3A(6) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 as inserted by section 3 of the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018 on the public servants forced to retire between 6 December 2017 and the commencement of the Act due to reaching 65 years of age; if appropriate remedies to assist this cohort have been found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35051/19]
2658. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost per year of giving persons in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit an extra 20% payment in the first three months of their unemployment payment and an extra 10% payment in months three to six, before reverting to the standard rate thereafter. [31509/19]
2657. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of changing the threshold for disqualification from claiming jobseeker's benefit to €90,000, with no other bands above that and keeping the nine week disqualification period for such recipients. [31508/19]
2656. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of removing the disqualification on unemployed workers in receipt of levels of a redundancy payment from claiming jobseeker's benefit for a set period of time. [31507/19]
1601. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of reducing the maximum that a family can be charged under the prescription charge system from €20 to €10 per month [33503/19]
1112. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if there are weight loss clinics run by the HSE in County Longford; and if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed further to their circumstances. [31734/19]
1083. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31579/19]
1066. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to the benefits of merging organisations (details supplied) into one overarching medical professions regulator. [31510/19]
977. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status and plans for the deployment of a SME test in respect of primary and secondary legislation. [31506/19]
402. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for emergency works due to the urgent circumstances will be expedited for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31760/19]
915. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if legislation will be passed in order for a public services card to be produced as a form of identification (details supplied). [31142/19]
34. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the consultations taking place with stakeholders for the next phase of rural policy post-2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30079/19]
24. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural regeneration development fund; the impact the fund will have on counties, for example, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30082/19]
267. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with a representative from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30228/19]
117. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Finance the status of the review of medical qualifying criteria for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30124/19]
872. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the delay in the processing of a compensation payment for a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29364/19]
833. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when guidelines for industrial wind farms will be published. [29888/19]
772. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons expected to benefit as a result of the roll out of jobseeker’s benefit to the self-employed by county in tabular form; when she expects the new scheme to be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29347/19]
771. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed persons who have availed of invalidity pension since its extension to the self-employed by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29346/19]
770. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed persons who have availed of the extension of the treatment benefit scheme to the self-employed by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29345/19]