317. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide clarification on the tax treatment with regard to a qualified adult allowance and a State pension, specifically pre budget 2014; and if there is an obligation to declare a spouse's pension as part of that person's income. [31003/15]
289. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, a list of the claimants of the coach tourism and transport scheme rebate for the use of green diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30449/15]
317. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the nine requirements of a postcode from his Department's own postcode working group were not incorporated into the Eircode design; and the persons who and the body which specifically made the decision to exclude or ignore the nine requirements. [29262/15]
257. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the purchase of a permanent site in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28129/15]
214. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no uniformity throughout Ireland regarding the reimbursement of the cost of spectacles for children with Down's syndrome (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28106/15]
197. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is being forced to change service provider for that person's care and support by the Health Service Executive against this person's wishes for the reason that the person has moved from County Dublin to County Meath, given that the original service provider is happy to maintain consistency of service to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28035/15]
238. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any other company associated or previously associated with Capita plc within the Eircode consortium, such as Bearing Point, Tico or Autoaddress, or if any personnel previously or currently on the payroll or board of any of the aforementioned companies, have developed, modified or otherwise planned to launch or relaunch a second private general practitioners enabled code in the event that Eircode is not a success. [27897/15]
410. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason funding for equipment, such as vibrating pager systems, for deaf persons under the age of 65 years is not provided for by the Health Service Executive in County Meath under the technical aids and appliances grant for the past four to five years, given that funding was available from the executive in counties Louth, Cavan and Monaghan this year. [27541/15]
666. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the companies contracted for the purposes of developing Eircode developed a second private global positioning system enabled code in the event that Eircode was not a success. [26356/15]
665. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the list of companies contracted for the purposes of developing Eircode; and the total cost of these contracts to date. [26355/15]
167. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath was administered an injection in a toilet prior to a surgical procedure in Navan hospital in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22817/15]
1036. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government under what wind guidelines will a planning application (details supplied) be adjudicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21466/15]
688. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in County Meath must wait two and a half years before she will be fitted with braces by the orthodontic unit in Navan, County Meath [21579/15]
681. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans for lands in Ratoath, County Meath, purchased to build a medical centre on ten years ago; the timeframe for development or disposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21509/15]
428. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 6 May 2015 the flexibility school management has in its staffing schedule should a principal wish to place priority on junior over senior classes, for example; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19461/15]
427. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 6 May 2015 the cost of implementing a digital strategy; if this will include broadband in all primary schools; the cost of this alone; the number of primary schools that already have broadband; if capital funding has been allocated for the implementation of the digital strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19459/15]
426. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of providing continual professional development for teachers annually for the past ten years; the number of teachers and principals in each of the past ten years attending; the way the development is structured; if there is a set number of hours to be attended; the difference between teacher and principal development; if she will provide details of the new leadership centre recently announced; if her Department provides financial support to teachers participating in additional educational qualifications (details supplied); if her Department's inspectorate plays a role in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19458/15]
330. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work and outputs of the Health Service Executive's national programme on progressing disability services for children and young people; the structure in place within the executive to ensure progress; the directorate it comes under; the number of meetings, consultations and so on it has held with community groups; if it reports regularly on the executive's website; the impact it has had to date; its forthcoming plans; the funding allocation it receives and disseminates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19462/15]
277. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 6 May 2015, if he will provide details of the work, remit and terms of reference of the health and education steering committee; the number of times it has met; the progress and outputs to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19460/15]
266. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the costs associated with supporting children with disabilities to access the early childhood care and education scheme year, by providing special needs assistant support where required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19443/15]
202. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 was concealed from Electricity Supply Board's management and pension fund trustees, until they became aware of it during a very public dispute in December 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18808/15]
201. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the Electricity Supply Board has not incorporated the legislative provisions of the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 into its pension scheme rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18805/15]
649. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will instruct the National Parks and Wildlife Service to report on the status of the request to remove an area of the Broadmeadow Estuary in Donabate in County Dublin from the Annual Foreshore Licence issued under the Wildlife Acts. [18701/15]
648. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the transformer which was damaged, allegedly by a person (details supplied) in Donabate in County Dublin, in February 2015; and if she will instruct the Electricity Supply Board to report on the repair works required, including costs. [18700/15]
647. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding an alleged breach of the Wildlife Acts in February 2014 (details supplied) in Donabate in County Dublin; and if she will instruct the National Parks and Wildlife Service to report on the status of the complaint made. [18699/15]
188. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Meath has, under the national school building programme, received funding to build a new extra classroom to allow for more places for children to be offered-allocated, but due to lack of funding, there is no teacher availability to teach the extra children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17988/15]
565. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the housing assistance payment will be made available in County Meath. [17754/15]
511. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills following the ruling by the European Commission in October 2014 on the unsatisfactory tendering arrangements in place between her Department and Bus Éireann for the school transport scheme, when the recommendation from the Commission that the school transport scheme contract be put out to tender will actually commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17826/15]
488. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in dealing with underperforming teachers; the role the Teaching Council can play; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17563/15]
487. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a digital strategy for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17562/15]
486. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to banning vending machines in primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17561/15]
485. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the action taken by schools where a pupil requires speech and language supports in primary and post-primary schools; and the level of engagement between her Department and the Health Service Executive on this matter. [17559/15]
484. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular format, the number of special needs assistants in both primary and post-primary schools, each year for the past five years; the number of pupils in receipt of such hours each year for the past five years; and the annual cost for the past five years. [17558/15]
483. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of resource teachers in both primary and post-primary schools, each year for the past five years; the number of pupils in receipt of resource hours each year for the past five years; the average period of time each pupil receives; and the annual cost of resource hours for the past five years. [17555/15]
482. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current waiting list for assessment by the National Educational Psychological Service psychologists, and for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17553/15]
481. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of National Educational Psychological Service psychologists each year for the past ten years; the ratio of psychologists to groups of schools, broken down by primary and post-primary, each year for the past ten years; and the cost annually for the past ten years of the service. [17552/15]
480. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of special schools currently in receipt of funding; the number of special classes in primary and secondary schools; the number of proposed schools and classes under consideration; the cost of provision of each school and special class; the numbers of pupils attending these schools and classes; and the number of teachers assigned to these schools and classes. [17551/15]
477. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular format, the current capitation rate in primary and secondary schools, in schools under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme and in special schools for the past ten years; the cost of increasing or restoring the capitation rate to each of these; her future plans in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17503/15]
476. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the pupil-teacher ratio in primary and secondary schools, in schools under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme and in special schools each year for the past ten years; her future plans in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17502/15]
475. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the current pupil-teacher ratio in primary and secondary schools, in schools under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme and in special schools; the cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio by one point, two points, three points, four points, five points in both primary and secondary schools; her plans to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in September 2015-2016; and the number of additional teachers required to address each point reduction. [17501/15]
64. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of breakfast clubs operating in primary and post-primary schools each year for the past five years; the cost of providing such a service annually for the past five years; the number of the schools concerned that are DEIS schools; the facilities required for a school to commence a breakfast club; the benefits of a breakfast club; if all pupils in the school can avail of the breakfast club or if it is for junior classes only; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17560/15]
104. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the full extent of the cost of litigation to the State, to date, with regard to a case (details supplied). [16942/15]
295. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health when every hospital will have an end-of-life co-ordinator appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16598/15]
294. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if the mental health homeless outreach posts due under the December 2014 20-point action plan to tackle emergency and short-term homelessness have been recruited in quarter one of 2015; if not, the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16594/15]
221. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the advanced health care directives legislation will be brought before Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16597/15]
104. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason behind the severing of the half-rate social welfare payment to widows or widowers who are in receipt of a pension payment; the reason for continued deductions of pay-related social insurance from those widows and widowers who are still in the workforce and who will not get to benefit from those deductions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16794/15]
504. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health since the commencement of the human papilloma virus vaccine, the number of young persons who have had a reaction to it; the type of reaction, by category; the percentage of the young persons vaccinated who had a reaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15573/15]
503. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if the manufacturer of the human papilloma virus vaccine (details supplied) is indemnified against prosecution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15568/15]
502. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason the age category of 12 to 13 years was chosen to administer the human papilloma virus vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15567/15]
501. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the persons and bodies responsible financially for the medical costs of the young persons who as a result of receiving the human papilloma virus vaccine had an adverse reaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15566/15]