382. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the reason operating theatre space in the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Ennis, County Clare, remains under-utilised at a time patients are waiting considerable periods of time for surgical procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10033/15]
267. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payments under the agri-environment options scheme for 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10223/15]
138. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the current financial situation in the Coras Iompair Éireann group of companies; if he will provide an update on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9931/15]
129. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the fraud prevention measures utilised on funding provided through the sports capital programme; the investigations that occurred last year; if there are proposals to increase fraud prevention measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9929/15]
127. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commit to more ambitious tourism growth targets than exist in the draft tourism policy statement published by his Department in 2014; his plans to put greater funding in place for tourism marketing and development and to reverse the cuts to funding for Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland that have taken place since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9930/15]
126. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the increasing congestion on the M50; the current capacity reached at rush hour on the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9927/15]
117. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent decision by Bus Éireann to withdraw service on routes linking Dublin with towns in the south and south east and plans being proposed by the company that could result in fewer services on the Athlone to Westport route. [10011/15]
114. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his position, regarding the sale of the Government's shareholding in Aer Lingus to the International Airlines Group; the nature and character of any assurances sought from the group on connectivity, jobs and the management structure at Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10010/15]
223. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the procedures that are in place to ensure the recovery of patient files from general practitioners who fail to transfer patient files to another practice when requested to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9820/15]
222. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the proposals in place to ensure that general practitioners' medical files are transferred between doctors when the need arises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9813/15]
233. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures in place to ensure that short-term hosting and lodging tourist accommodation being advertised via online exchanges (details supplied) are compliant with public health and safety regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9553/15]
65. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance if hosts of short-term tourist accommodation using online exchange services (details supplied) to rent tourist accommodation are monitored by the relevant authorities to ensure they are tax compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9553/15]
203. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance the reason contract meter readers in the Electricity Supply Board in two counties were refused relief under the provision of section 192A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, resulting from lump sum payments, on foot of a High Court case on 21 February 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8953/15]
202. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners will complete an appeal by contract meter readers in the Electricity Supply Board, for a claim for relief under the provision of section 192A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8899/15]
159. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has completed an investigation into the revised contract for all meter readers for the Electricity Supply Board with effect from 1 September 2009; if not, when a decision is likely to be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8897/15]
150. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when the draft report of the interdepartmental working group to examine and report on the current operation and future development of the free travel scheme will be available; the measures she is considering to deal with the financial pressures imposed on operators due to the funding cap and increasing number of passengers under the scheme. [8991/15]
179. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the reason for the closure of the weekly Warfarin clinic in Kilrush, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8542/15]
395. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who avail of the rural practice allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7662/15]
394. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who have been subject to the removal of the rural practice allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7661/15]
151. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when it was decided to terminate payments, under the Rural Practice Allowance, for general practitioner practices, when the principal retires, and is replaced by another doctor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7559/15]
93. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to extending the reconstruction scheme to include plantations destroyed by storm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7509/15]
260. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the annual passenger figures by category for Dublin, Shannon and Cork airports for the years 2000 to 2014 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6357/15]
259. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Aer Lingus regional service (details supplied) passenger figures for Shannon Airport for October, November and December 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6355/15]
635. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of taxi licence renewals in the Dublin metropolitan region, according to regions based on postal code in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014; the number of new licences issued during the same period on the same basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5916/15]
634. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend road traffic legislation to provide local authorities the power to designate, in very limited circumstances and where clear need has been shown, certain residential streets (details supplied) as being streets where it is lawful to park on the footpath up to a designated white line, which white line would not extend beyond lamp posts already built on the footpath, thereby causing no alteration in the position of pedestrians, especially vulnerable ones, but would assist in remedying the grievous and highly dangerous situation which prevails at present. [5891/15]
633. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that the proposed bus rapid transit service to Dublin Airport would make Ireland compliant with its responsibility under Article 41.3 (European Union Regulation 1315/2013) with regard to technical requirements for the core network infrastructure. [5881/15]
632. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the North Sea - Mediterranean corridor study released by the European Commission; his further views that Ireland will be in compliance with the TEN-T guidelines for the core network corridor; the work plans his Department has in place to ensure Ireland will be in compliance with the requirement that core airports have connections to both TEN-T road and rail networks by 2050, with links to the high-speed rail network where possible and feasible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5880/15]
629. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the figures for the amount of local property tax which is to be assigned to roads by each local authority. [5819/15]
628. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the funding allocations to local authorities, under the regional and local roads investment programme for each local authority, and on a county basis; if he will provide comparable figures for same for previous years 2010 to 2014, inclusive. [5818/15]
464. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Clare will receive the surgery required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6013/15]
440. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health if he will fund a nursing home stay in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare, while that person's nursing home support application is being processed, on the basis that the hospital arranged for the person to be moved directly from Limerick University Hospital to free up an acute bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5816/15]
297. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payment under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5943/15]
275. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a payment under the agri-environment options scheme 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5621/15]
617. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a report on the number of taxi licence holders who have returned the S15 form, which relates to the inheritance of a taxi licence in the event of the death of the licence holder, to the National Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4380/15]
167. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the current financial situation in the CIÉ group of companies; if he will provide an update on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4352/15]
148. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his discussions with his UK counterpart in view of the new HGV tolls applying to Irish hauliers there; his plans on introducing a similar toll system here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4353/15]
143. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the fraud prevention measures utilised on funding provided through the sports capital grant programme; the investigations that occurred last year; his plans to increase anti-fraud measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4351/15]
139. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he plans to address the increasing congestion on the M50; the current capacity reached at rush hour on the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4354/15]
138. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a tourism initiative similar to The Gathering is not being developed around the centenary of the 1916 Rising; his plans to commemorate the Rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4350/15]
126. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be taken with regard to the best route and infrastructure option in connecting Dublin city with Dublin Airport; if he is satisfied with the current public transport connections to the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4657/15]
123. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his position regarding the sale of Aer Lingus to IAG; the commitments he will make with regard to the security of employment of the Aer Lingus staff and the connectivity from Irish airports to the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4656/15]
189. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the bonuses, benefits or share options in operation for the board and directors of Aer Lingus; the benefits that will accrue if Aer Lingus is purchased by IAG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4240/15]
134. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the reason theatre facilities at the Mid-West Regional Hospital, Ennis, County Clare, are not being scheduled for use on alternate Wednesdays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4109/15]
75. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4050/15]
598. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason his Department has failed to address the pension entitlement issues of those former employees of his Department that transferred to Aer Rianta before April 1970; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3546/15]
587. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if submissions made towards the public consultation on the north Dublin transport strategy will be made public. [3299/15]
586. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expand pay and display facilities for car parking at train stations nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3298/15]
390. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when the parents of an eight year old child (details supplied) in County Clare will be provided with the results of an EEG exam which took place in Crumlin Hospital, Dublin 12, on 13 November 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3726/15]
200. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance if there will be continuous temporary employment for the 62 temporary clerical staff working for the Revenue Commissioners in Ennis, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3427/15]
199. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance the efforts being made to provide access to full-time Civil Service employment for the 62 temporary clerical officers working for the Revenue Commissioners in Ennis, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3426/15]