354. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 11 May 2017, the number of persons who owe his Department less than €1,000, between €1,000 and €2,000, between €2,000 and €5,000, between €5,000 and €10,000, between €10,000 and €15,000, between €15,000 and €20,000, and in excess of €20,000 respectively, in tabular form; the total value of debt in each of the categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24590/17]
283. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the organisations that are subject to global valuation for commercial rate purposes to local authorities; the overall commercial rates paid by each of these organisations in 2011 in each local authority and for the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24164/17]
219. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on capitation fees paid to schools in circumstances in which the school requires uniforms to be of a certain style and these are manufactured here to a higher standard than imported uniforms that are on sale in various locations; his further views on whether schools should be financially penalised for using Irish produced goods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24303/17]
198. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that there is equality in pay and that teachers who qualified after 2010 will not be discriminated against in terms of pay; his views on whether equal work for equal pay is appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24247/17]
123. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if green waste facilities which compost green waste into fertiliser that is sold for commercial purposes is a rateable activity on which commercial rates should be charged by a local authority; if she will have the matter dealt with by the Valuation Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24301/17]
122. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Valuation Office will carry out revaluations in respect of commercial rates in local authorities; if the amounts paid under the global valuation system are excluded from this exercise and dealt with separately; the procedure in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24291/17]
165. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider amending the regulations for persons applying for the State contributory pension; his views on whether examining a situation in which persons had contributions up to 47 to 48 years during that period but had no contributions resulting in their pensions being reduced, notwithstanding the fact that they could have easily had over 1,500 reasonable contributions during their lifetime is equitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23715/17]
117. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children aged five, six, seven and eight years of age, respectively, in ASD units and early intervention units in mainstream primary schools and other units funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23723/17]
105. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children aged five, six, seven and eight years of age, respectively, in autism spectrum disorder units and early intervention units in mainstream primary schools and other units funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23591/17]
104. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children under five years of age attending autism-specific preschool or early intervention units funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23590/17]
617. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he will provide the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 11 April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23213/17]
431. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital building projects for both permanent and temporary accommodation; the cost of this expenditure for each of the past five years in circumstances in which the funding was provided to build accommodation on lands owned by religious orders, dioceses or parishes in the Roman Catholic, Protestant and other religions and faiths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23078/17]
188. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects for both permanent and temporary accommodation; the cost of this expenditure for each of the past five years in circumstances in which the funding was provided to build accommodation on lands owned by religious orders, dioceses or parishes in the Roman Catholic, Protestant and other religions and faiths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23074/17]
140. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of full-time equivalent staff and their grades of persons involved in the collection or recovery of overpayments to persons who received them from his Department; the total amount of outstanding money; the number of arrangements in place for the repayment or recovery of these amounts; the value of these arrangements; the number of persons involved in collecting statistics in relation to the debts due to his Department from the sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22437/17]
139. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money due from companies or businesses with a debt due to the Social Insurance Fund; the whole-time-equivalent persons and their grades involved in the recovery and repayment of these debts; the amount paid out by this fund for the past three years; the repayments to this fund in the past three years; the number of persons involved in gathering statistics in relation to the debt owed to the Social Insurance Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22436/17]
138. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements in place between his Department and the Revenue Commissioners in respect of businesses and non-registered businesses, including partnerships and sole traders, with debts due to the Social Insurance Fund; the protocols in place to allow his Department contact these companies to collect this debt; the amount collected from these sources in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22435/17]
192. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if the statutory inpatient charge in respect of a baby born prematurely who left the hospital before the date the baby was due to be born, in the amount of €800 will be cancelled (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22216/17]
223. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if areas of natural constraint are being examined based on district electoral divisions or townlands or a combination of both; his Department's policy on these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21293/17]
222. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an appeals system in place in respect of the areas of natural constraint scheme for persons that are not satisfied with the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21292/17]
221. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the publication date for the maps of the areas of natural constraint scheme; the consultation period thereafter; the expected presentation date to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21290/17]
114. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite the appointment of a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21291/17]
171. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that students that will commence primary school in 2017 and would not have been assessed at the time their school made an application for the new special education resource teaching model; if he will allow appeals in relation to these students that require access to this new model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20992/17]
170. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that students that commenced primary school in 2016 and that would not have been assessed at the time their school made an application for the new special education resource teaching model have been omitted from consideration for this system in view of the fact that they were not taken into consideration during the decision-making process; if he will allow appeals in relation to these students that require access to this new model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20991/17]
141. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if the full local property tax for earlier years and to date in 2017 is paid for and by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20977/17]
41. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the reason overcrowding in the emergency department in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise had doubled in March 2017 relative to March 2014. [20788/17]
1461. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if arrangements are in place whereby a family can have old IRA medals that have been lost over the years replaced; the provisions in place to deal with requests from families on these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19481/17]
1458. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 634 of 28 March 2017, if he will consider reintroducing a mechanism whereby the issuing of a 1916 medal can be re-examined and make the necessary statutory amendments to facilitate the re-examination of these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19349/17]
1297. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding a new application to mine coal (details supplied); when this matter will be dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20579/17]
1068. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a needs assessment by a multidisciplinary team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20503/17]
877. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists available in a location (details supplied) in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; his plans to reinstate the level of services available in the location to its normal staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19484/17]
876. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of new managerial staff appointed in the HSE in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; the overall increase in managerial staff compared with the percentage increase in staff for hospital consultants, non-consultant hospital doctors, nursing staff and medical staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19483/17]
827. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 28 March 2017, if all the provisions being undertaken by the HSE will apply to organisations funded by the HSE but in circumstances in which the services are not delivered by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19350/17]
795. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding removing a service from a health centre (details supplied) in County Laois. [19212/17]
533. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of invalidity pension, invalidity benefit, disability allowance, blind pension, disablement benefit and injury benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19536/17]
320. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a statement of service from his Department in respect of a person's employment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19478/17]
309. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided for the accommodation requested by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19343/17]
323. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements in place for remuneration and compensation for loss of earnings to landowners due to the introduction of SI 31 of 2014 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18620/17]
298. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the frequency with which inspections are carried out by an organisation in respect of a psychiatric unit (details supplied); if these reports are published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18636/17]
120. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance his views on the situation for persons who cannot get insurance on their home due to flooding; the actions he is proposing with regard to these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18632/17]
822. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the adjudications and the findings of the Workplace Relations Commission in respect of public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2016 and to date in 2017 that have not been accepted by his Department having consulted with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; the numbers involved and the reasons for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18735/17]
817. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the adjudications and the findings of the Workplace Relations Commission in respect of public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2016 and to date in 2017 that have not been accepted by her Department having consulted with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; the numbers involved and the reasons for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18734/17]
790. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the adjudications and the findings of the Workplace Relations Commission in respect of public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2016 and to date in 2017 that have not been accepted by her Department having consulted with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; the numbers involved and the reasons for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18739/17]
766. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections carried out by the National Employment Rights Authority examining conditions for individual employees in their workplaces for each year from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; if she has satisfied herself that employees are fully protected; if an adequate inspection regime is in place in respect of each matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18179/17]
745. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person who has responsibility in his Department, whether it is himself or the Minister of State, in respect of funding for the sports capital programme in relation to individual projects that come in on a county basis; the person with responsibility for regional allocations and who has responsibility in respect of overall national allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17724/17]
744. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the scheduling of a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17718/17]
714. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position in respect of air quality standards regulation in respect of whether these apply or if some other regulations apply in relation to the pollution that comes from aircraft flying over the country in view of the increased numbers of these for persons that live in the fly paths and the impact it can have on the air quality in those areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17719/17]
706. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the adjudications and the findings of the Workplace Relations Commission in respect of public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2016 and to date in 2017 that have not been accepted by his Department having consulted with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; the numbers involved and the reasons for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18733/17]
642. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the adjudications and the findings of the Workplace Relations Commission in respect of public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2016 and to date in 2017 that have not been accepted by his Department having consulted with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; the numbers involved and the reasons for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18738/17]
613. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with private health insurance; the number of persons covered by policies in which there is a 10% group discount available through their employer or some other mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18172/17]
608. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic operations carried out in the Regional Hospital Tullamore in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017 in respect of hip replacement operations, knee replacement operations and other hip and knee operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18166/17]