122. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health to set down the total cost of recruitment for nurses and midwives recruited between December 2007 and December 2016; if he will provide this information in respect of recruitment from EU and non-EU countries, including the costs of any recruitment agency; the cost of HSE staff or voluntary hospital staff who travelled to conduct interviews and adaptation costs for those recruited upon arrival here; the cost of accommodation and subsistence during that period; the cost of HSE and voluntary staff engaged to precept the non-Irish-trained nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4569/17]
33. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the total subventions paid from the public HSE budget to general practitioners by supplement for employment of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4570/17]
359. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Seán Crowe den Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála ós rud é go bhfuil sé ráite aige féin gur mhaith leis gach mír de Chomhaontú Chill Rímhinn a bheith curtha i bhfeidhm, agus ós rud é gur mír thábhachtach den Chomhaontú sin Acht Teanga a rith ó thuaidh, an bhfuil sé ar intinn aige brú a chur ar na páirtithe leasmhara ar fad ó thuaidh Acht Teanga a chur i gcrích. [4344/17]
353. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the fact that the Israeli Government has stated its intention to build 566 new settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem; his further views on the fact that the Israeli Government has also stated its intention to build 2,500 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank; if his attention has been drawn to reports that the Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, informed members of his inner security cabinet that he has decided to lift all restrictions on Israeli construction in East Jerusalem; and the measures he will take to oppose these construction plans. [4023/17]
352. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department spent more than €70,000 moving works of art between embassies and ambassadors' residences in 2016; if his Department paid the National Gallery €25,504 to move paintings between the old ambassador's residence in Vienna to a new one, a distance of 8 km, in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4022/17]
351. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has read the report by an organisation (details supplied), commissioned by his Department, to examine Irish Aid's programme in Uganda in 2010-2014, which was recently publicly released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4021/17]
181. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the difficulty being experienced by many parents hoping to access funding from the secondary education committee, which is means tested, he will outline the guidelines for the scheme; the level of a grant available to aid a person whose parents are on a certain income; the threshold for that income; the level of the grant to that person; the way in which funds are dispensed; the amount involved; the number of persons accessing the scheme; and the guidelines used to determine if a child is in need of the funds. [3964/17]
167. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the assassination of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise the case with his Mexican counterpart. [3374/17]
166. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ecuador’s ministry of the interior announced plans to shut down one of the country’s leading environmental groups (details supplied); and his views on the group's call for the creation of an environmental truth commission to investigate environmental destruction and violations of the rights of indigenous communities in the Cordillera del Condor and other areas affected by mining activities. [3373/17]
165. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the bombing of a refugee camp by the Nigerian military (details supplied); and if he has raised the case with his Nigerian counterpart. [3370/17]
164. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a report on the conference on the Middle East peace process hosted by France on 15 January 2017; if there are plans for any future conference; and if his Department, in line with a motion passed unanimously by Dáil Éireann on 10 December 2014, will recommend that Ireland should officially recognise the state of Palestine. [3369/17]
163. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent Cypriot reunification talks in Geneva, Switzerland (details supplied); and his views on the talks. [3368/17]
162. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on 6 January 2017, the Adalet ve Kalkýnma Partisi government in Turkey issued three new decrees expelling 8,398 more public employees and 649 academics, and banning 83 more civil society organisations (details supplied); and if he has raised his concern over these decrees and purges with his Turkish counterpart. [3367/17]
161. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports that were put in place to deal with increased demand for Irish passports in view of the fact that 733,060 Irish passports were issued in 2016, an increase of 9% on 2015; and if he expects a similar demand in 2017. [3366/17]
160. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the health and safety of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise the case with his Turkish counterpart. [3365/17]
159. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a case of a person (details supplied); if he has seen a video clip which lasts for over two minutes and was released to the Irish media ahead of Christmas; and if he has discussed the case with his Filipino counterpart recently. [3364/17]
158. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a case of a person (details supplied); his views on whether nurses must be allowed to deliver certain services to those in need, without differentiation as to their status, and allowed express the views of their colleagues in relation to the delivery of health services; and if he has raised the case with his Bahraini counterpart. [3363/17]
151. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for a successful applicant for carer's allowance to receive their allowance; and the average waiting time for an applicant to receive their allowance and be reimbursed following a successful appeal. [3372/17]
150. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will confirm that the appeal for a carer's allowance has been successful for a person (details supplied); if so, when the appeal was resolved; the length of time it took from the original application to be resolved, including the appeal period; and when the person involved in the action will be reimbursed and begin to finally access the financial allowance. [3371/17]
85. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to increase humanitarian funding for Syria in 2017; his views on the ongoing war and humanitarian crisis in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3050/17]
79. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the speech the British Prime Minister, Ms Theresa May, gave on 17 January 2017 concerning the British government’s position on Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3048/17]
64. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the arrest of five persons by the French police, with the co-operation of the Spanish police, in the Basque town of Luhuso (details supplied); his views on whether the arrests are a blow to efforts to promote the Basque peace process; and his further views on whether the French and Spanish Governments should instead promote and support a process of dialogue to achieve a just and lasting peace in the Basque Country. [3046/17]
63. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the execution of three prisoners in Bahrain on 15 January 2017 and claims concerning same (details supplied); and if he will raise the execution of these prisoners with his Bahraini counterparts. [3047/17]
62. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Saudi Arabian Government has confirmed that it has used cluster bombs in its aerial bombardments of Yemen (details supplied); and if he has raised the issue with his British and Saudi counterparts. [3049/17]
44. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the allegations of deep-seated corruption by the Democratic Unionist Party, DUP, in respect of the renewable heat incentive, RHI, scheme have undermined the political institutions in Belfast (details supplied); and the steps and actions his Department is undertaking to ensure that the Good Friday Agreement and the other agreements are implemented in full. [3263/17]
1609. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he permitted an aeroplane (details supplied) operating on behalf of the US military to land at Shannon Airport on Friday 30 December 2016; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the plane arrived at Shannon at 1 p.m., took off less than two hours later and flew to Incirlik air base in southern Turkey, before returning to Shannon at 4 a.m. the following morning; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that Incirlik air base, which is close to the Syrian border, is used by the US to launch air and drone strikes in Syria and Iraq; if he requested that the plane should be searched in view of the fact it could be carrying weapons or munitions; and if he has any information to prove that the flight in question was not part of a military exercise or operation. [1621/17]
956. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced in the Dublin south west area due to inadequate availability of respite care spaces for adults; and the number of persons waiting to access these vital services. [41378/16]
955. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced in the Dublin south west area due to inadequate availability of respite care spaces for children; and the number of persons waiting to access these vital services. [41377/16]
954. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if challenges have been taken into account in planning health care in an area (details supplied) particularly the impact on beds in the local hospital and geriatric care facilities locally; and if he will carry out a new review of the projected care needs including the proposed closure of a nursing home. [41375/16]
949. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at Tallaght hospital for each of the years 2011 to date in 2017; and the hospital reasons for introducing this protocol. [41350/16]
948. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the cost of each capital project funded by the HSE and or his Department at Tallaght hospital for each of the years 2009 to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41348/16]
947. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the capital projects agreed and funded at Tallaght hospital; the details and an overview of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41347/16]
946. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of theatres operational at Tallaght hospital for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41346/16]
945. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient and outpatient did not attends at Tallaght hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41345/16]
944. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient hospital cancellations at Tallaght hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form [41344/16]
943. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at Tallaght hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41343/16]
942. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at Tallaght hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41342/16]
941. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent nursing positions in place at Tallaght hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41341/16]
940. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the total agency spend at Tallaght hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41340/16]
939. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at Tallaght hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41339/16]
938. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the operating budget for Tallaght hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41338/16]
937. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on trolleys at Tallaght hospital for each of the months of 2016 broken down by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41337/16]
936. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on trolleys at Tallaght hospital for each of the months of 2015, broken down by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41336/16]
935. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at Tallaght hospital in Dublin broken down by year and by specialty and in the wait time bands of up to three months, up to six months, up to 12 months, up to 15 months, up to 18 months, up to two years and more than two years, for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41335/16]
934. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Tallaght hospital in Dublin for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41334/16]
933. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons outsourced at Tallaght hospital in Dublin for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41333/16]
932. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if an assessment of need was carried out on 17 August 2016 in respect of a person (details supplied) in view of the importance of early diagnosis in childhood development; and if this has taken place. [41330/16]
931. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has received an autism spectrum disorder assessment in view of the importance of early diagnosis in childhood development; the length of time it took to receive the assessment; and the reason for the delay. [41329/16]
930. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) had been recommended for psychology assistance in a completed Health Service Executive assessment report in August 2015 in view of the importance of early diagnosis in childhood development; the action that has been taken to implement this recommendation; when the proposed assessment action will be implemented; the current projected delay and the waiting list in receiving this action for children in this catchment area; if the person is on the waiting list; and the place that the person currently is on that waiting list. [41328/16]
749. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the invasive species of Japanese knotweed that is present in Dublin South West and across the State; if she has been liaising with local authorities in the affected areas to tackle this invasive species; and her plans to offer grant aid to affected homeowners to get rid of it. [1350/17]