688. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason the breast check programme currently stops at the age of 64 years; if it will be made available to women over this age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52800/12]
279. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider increasing the funding to boards for administrative costs for the outsourcing of school accountancy work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52327/12]
212. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the relevant contract tax continues to apply to school Board of Managements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52326/12]
606. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the initiatives there are to encourage live organ donations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51256/12]
262. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if there are currently supports to secure the mother and child unit in Coolmine Therapeutic Community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50407/12]
688. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when announcements will be made in relation to his Department's National Lottery funding payments for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49865/12]
630. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the systems in place to provide supervised injection sites to ensure the adequate disposal of needles used to inject heroin in view of the fact that such a service would provide an access point to clean needles, reduce the overall harm to the user and treatment professionals and encourage users to undertake treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49759/12]
620. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the hospitals and or healthcare centres in which Legionnaires disease occurred in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49698/12]
615. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the position of full-time physiotherapist at Temple Street CUH Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Dublin, will be filled; if an agency physiotherapist will be appointed in the interim period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49674/12]
586. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the number of home help hours paid for by the Health Service Executive, either directly through employment or contracts or through agencies and if they broken down by category or type of care provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49444/12]
579. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when announcements will be made in relation to her Department's National Lottery funding payments for 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49866/12]
425. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when announcements will be made in relation to his Department's National Lottery funding payments for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49864/12]
332. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to support small rural shops and businesses in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49863/12]
323. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that his Department spent on flood alleviation schemes in County Meath for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49862/12]
663. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a decision has been made to exempt listed buildings from the proposed property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47434/12]
71. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the dates for the intended extension for a school (details supplied) in County Meath as approved in 2006; the reason for the delay to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46691/12]
43. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of financial support given to overseas development organisations, in tabular form for the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46835/12]
62. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view on whether aviation leasing is a sector in which there is considerable potential for growth here; if so, the way he proposes to take advantage of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44937/12]
307. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide this Deputy with the vaccine history by name type, manufacturer and date of vaccination in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45323/12]
305. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the ex gratia payment scheme as recommended in the final draft report of the Vaccine Damage Steering Group, June 2009, will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45306/12]
304. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reasonable doubt as determined in the case of a person (details supplied) on examination by the expert group on whooping cough vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45305/12]
302. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the services that were provided to a person (details supplied) from the Health Service Executive Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, Delvin County Westmeath during their stay there from November 1981 to June 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45283/12]
301. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the position regarding legislation to provide a no fault vaccine injury compensation scheme as recommended in the Joint Oireachtas Committee Report on Childhood Immunisation dated July 2001; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45282/12]
300. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason access to the medical records of a person (details supplied) complied during their stay at the Health Service Executive, Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary have been refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45275/12]
298. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the way the Expert Medical Group on Whooping Cough Vaccination set up in 1984 by the them Minister Mr. Barry Desmond TD arrived at its decision of reasonable doubt where symptoms of persistent screaming, collapse, convulsions, infantile spasms, paralyses and development of mental retardation were present in a child (details supplied), after their vaccination in 1976; the way that expert group concluded that their disability was not caused by their vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45273/12]
669. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of carer hours being paid for by the Health Service Executive either directly or indirectly; the number of carer client hours that will be allocated to clients; and if the figures for the carer hours will be broken down on a county basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44657/12]
655. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of Baha - bone anchor hearing aids that were fitted to children with Down syndrome, during the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44505/12]
654. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of Baha - bone anchor hearing aids that were fitted to children during the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44504/12]
402. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an internship allowance can be used to determine rent allowance or deducted from rent allowance by a council (details supplied) when other councils do not factor this into their rent allowance or differential rents scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44767/12]
253. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is currently granting career breaks to nursing staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43785/12]
250. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the ambulance service that is available to the population of Dublin North East; the modes of transport the service uses; the number of sub districts served, or in operation; the number of staff employed in the ambulance service in this region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43665/12]
680. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for more than 15 months for a medical card and now faces a five month wait for a MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43325/12]
332. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications that have been processed for a refund of the health levy for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42853/12]
213. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the purchase of land in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42942/12]
212. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cut off point before a new site is identified for a school (details supplied) in County Meath in view of the frustration this school has experienced waiting for this issue to be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42941/12]
55. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the growing and worrying trend of youth self-harm and youth suicide, his plans to develop a policy to deal with the growth of social media in education and in particular the use of mobile phones, smart phones, i-pads and laptops during the normal school day; if he has examined the problem of cyber bullying, cyber abuse and the transmission of material including photographs by young persons in an unsupervised, uncontrolled and unacceptable way; in view of his policy to have high speed broadband available in most schools within a short period of time, his views on whether a national policy is required in relation to the use, abuse and misuse of social media in education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42811/12]
345. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the reason Irish pre pay mobile phone customers are paying up to 42% more than the European average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41373/12]
143. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown by county of vocational education committee and post leaving certificate places allocated per head of population in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41293/12]
177. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the hot meal service will be restored for Dunshaughlin Day Hospital, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41033/12]
189. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason it takes up to nine weeks to process optical at a clinic (details supplied) in County Meath, when the average time in County Kildare is one to two weeks; the action being taken to tackle this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40837/12]
145. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Defence if he still provides staff with the option to take career breaks on one year or more; if not, can this be considered as a cost saving initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40857/12]
51. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he still provides staff with the option to take career breaks on one year or more; if not, if this can be considered as a cost saving initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40856/12]
513. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40603/12]
471. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40598/12]
470. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a member of staff leaves the health service and then returns, if their term of service and grade remain on record, or are they considered as a new recruit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40588/12]
469. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason applications for leave of absence have been stopped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40587/12]
468. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for more than 15 months for a medical card and now faces a five month wait for an MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40586/12]
384. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40591/12]
363. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40589/12]
329. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40600/12]