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Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Mental Health Services Provision
Alan Kelly
540. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30931/16]
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Alan Kelly
436. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the BreastCheck mobile screening service in a number of locations (details supplied). [29606/16]
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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Broadband Service Provision
Alan Kelly
559. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out in Dundrum and Knockavilla, County Tipperary, and residents will have access to a high-speed broadband connection. [29618/16]
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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Broadband Service Provision
Alan Kelly
560. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out in Coolbaun, Puckane and Dromineer, County Tipperary, and residents will have access to a high-speed broadband connection. [29619/16]
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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Broadband Service Provision
Alan Kelly
561. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out in Emly, County Tipperary, and residents will have access to a high-speed broadband connection. [29620/16]
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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Broadband Service Provision
Alan Kelly
562. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out in Glengoole, County Tipperary, and residents will have access to a high-speed broadband connection. [29621/16]
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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Broadband Service Provision
Alan Kelly
563. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out in Toomyvara, County Tipperary, and residents will have access to a high-speed broadband connection. [29623/16]
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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Broadband Service Provision
Alan Kelly
564. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out in Bansha, County Tipperary, and residents will have access to a high-speed broadband connection. [29634/16]
Thu, 29 Sep 2016
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Appointments to State Boards
Alan Kelly
120. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all current members of the Higher Education Authority are ordinarily resident within the State; and if not, if they shall be disqualified from holding and shall cease to hold office pursuant to section 9 of the Schedule to the Higher Education Authority Act 1971. [27933/16]
Thu, 29 Sep 2016
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Infectious Disease Incidence
Alan Kelly
225. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of transgender persons here who have been diagnosed with HIV; and the way in which transgender persons are categorised in the current statistics. [27934/16]
Thu, 29 Sep 2016
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Environmental Protection Agency Governance
Alan Kelly
258. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason he has not yet appointed a new advisory committee to the Environmental Protection Agency; when he intends to appoint the committee; if he is aware of the many concerns regarding the absence of a new committee being appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27932/16]
Thu, 29 Sep 2016
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Vacancies on State Boards
Alan Kelly
270. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacancies that currently exist on State boards and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the length of time that such vacancies have existed; if such vacancies have been advertised on a website (details supplied); and when he intends to fill the vacancies. [27931/16]
Thu, 29 Sep 2016
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Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
Alan Kelly
275. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will give consideration to the appointment of part-time members of the CCPC as provided for under section 12(3)(c) of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 in order to ensure that the CCPC has sufficient expertise to allow it to carry out its competition enforcement functions more effectively than is currently the case. [27929/16]
Thu, 29 Sep 2016
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Vacancies on State Boards
Alan Kelly
276. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacancies that currently exist on State boards and agencies under the aegis of her Department; the length of time that such vacancies have existed; if such vacancies have been advertised on www.stateboards.ie; and when she intends to fill the vacancies. [27930/16]
Tue, 27 Sep 2016
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Drugs Payment Scheme Expenditure
Alan Kelly
552. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the current cost of the drug payment scheme; if costings will be made available for the effect of reducing the current maximum payment threshold from €144 per month to €72 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26488/16]
Tue, 27 Sep 2016
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Prescriptions Charges
Alan Kelly
553. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the revenue currently being generated from prescription charges; the number of persons who would benefit from the cost of abolishing prescription charges for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26489/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Drugs Payment Scheme
Alan Kelly
1124. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the current cost of the drugs payment scheme; if costings can be made available for the effect of reducing the current maximum payment threshold from €144 per month to €72 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24865/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Prescriptions Charges
Alan Kelly
1125. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the revenue currently being generated from prescription charges; the number of persons who would benefit and the cost of abolishing prescription charges for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24866/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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IDA Site Visits
Alan Kelly
46. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency site visits that have been made to County Tipperary in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22539/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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IDA Site Visits
Alan Kelly
48. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency site visits made to counties Tipperary, Clare and Limerick in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22540/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Waterways Ireland Staff
Alan Kelly
282. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff employed by Waterways Ireland in 2008; the number of staff currently employed, specifying the number of office-based staff and operational staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23011/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Waterways Ireland Staff
Alan Kelly
283. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she considers that the numbers employed by Waterways Ireland are still representative of the 85:15 split in funding; and the measures in place to provide permanent employment in each of the areas where the employment levels have fallen since 2008. [23012/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Waterways Ireland Staff
Alan Kelly
284. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if moves towards part-time or casual employment is in the best interests of Waterways Ireland employees and staff. [23013/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Income Inequality
Alan Kelly
153. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, report which details the fall in real wages here over the period of the economic crisis; if he is considering any measures to address wage pressures in the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22723/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Economic Growth Rate
Alan Kelly
154. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance his views on the reported concerns expressed by the Governor of the Central Bank regarding the level of economic growth recorded here for 2015, which has been revised up to 26% by the CSO and which may not accurately reflect economic activity here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22724/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Housing Provision
Alan Kelly
371. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Fitzgerald Park under Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, which should result in the creation of 50 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22647/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Housing Provision
Alan Kelly
372. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Rosemount Court under Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, which should result in the creation of 44 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22648/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Housing Provision
Alan Kelly
373. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Broadford Rise under Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, which should result in the creation of 21 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22649/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Housing Provision
Alan Kelly
374. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Rochestown House, phase 3, under Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, which should result in the creation of 14 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22650/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Housing Provision
Alan Kelly
375. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at St. Michael's Terrace under Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, which should result in the creation of 4 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22651/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Housing Provision
Alan Kelly
376. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Moreen Avenue under Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, which should result in the creation of one housing unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22652/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Housing Provision
Alan Kelly
377. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Sallynoggin Close under Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, which should result in the creation of four housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22653/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Housing Provision
Alan Kelly
378. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Park Close, Sallynoggin under Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, which should result in the creation of 10 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22654/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Housing Provision
Alan Kelly
379. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Dale Road, Kilmacud under Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, which should result in the creation of four housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22655/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Electronic Health Records
Alan Kelly
614. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of electronic health records; if he will consider a period of public consultation with regard to the data collected and its use; and the timeline for the roll-out of e-health records. [22258/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Patient Data
Alan Kelly
615. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of people here suffering from coeliac disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22259/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Accident and Emergency Services Provision
Alan Kelly
616. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will guarantee that trauma care services in emergency departments in Cavan, Naas, Portiuncula in Ballinasloe, Mullingar, Portlaoise, Saint Luke's in Kilkenny, Wexford, South Tipperary in Clonmel and Mercy University Hospital in Cork will not be removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22260/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Services for People with Disabilities
Alan Kelly
617. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the eligibility criteria and application process for patients with muscular dystrophy who require a personal assistant. [22261/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Maternity Services
Alan Kelly
618. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of a single clinical guideline for the use of 0xytocin during labour as advocated for by the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the clinical strategies and programmes division of the HSE. [22262/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Drug Treatment Programmes
Alan Kelly
619. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health for a list of all pharmacies engaged in the provision of methadone to patients; the number involved in the pharmacy needle exchange programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22263/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Health Strategies
Alan Kelly
620. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to publish the review carried out into the previous national intercultural health strategy 2007-2012; and the timeline for its publication [22264/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Traveller Community
Alan Kelly
621. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will consider commissioning a new study into the health care of members of the Traveller community on a similar basis to the 2010 all-Ireland Traveller health study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22265/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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National Drugs Strategy Implementation
Alan Kelly
622. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to continue the implementation of the previous Government’s strategy on supervised injection centres; and if so, the timeline for the introduction of these services. [22266/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
Alan Kelly
891. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is concerned with the lack of substantive investigations into cartel activity here by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, since its creation, in particular the lack of criminal convictions, despite the increased resources and sanctions provided for by the previous Government; her views that the CCPC is failing as an enforcement agency, in view of the evidence that both price fixing and bid rigging is prevalent in many sectors of the economy. [22656/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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EU Regulations
Alan Kelly
892. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware of the cost to consumers of geo-blocking by companies providing online services and goods; if she supports the EU Commission proposals to prevent geo-blocking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22671/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Consumer Protection
Alan Kelly
893. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated total cost of cartel activity to the economy, given that the EU Commission has estimated that cartel activity can cost up to 3% of GDP; and in view of the harm being caused to the economy, if she is concerned by the lack of prosecutions being taken under section 4 of the Competition Act 2002. [22675/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
Alan Kelly
894. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of files forwarded to the DPP by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and previously the Competition Authority in 2013, 2014 and 2015 in respect of suspected infringements of section 4 of the Competition Act 2002. [22676/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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EU Directives
Alan Kelly
895. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of EU directives relating to her Department that currently require transposition into Irish law; the number of such directives for which the deadline for transposition has passed; the communications both formal and informal that she has received from the European Commission regarding the failure to transpose said directives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22713/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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EU Directives
Alan Kelly
896. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the EU accounting directive (2013/34/EU) has still not been transposed into Irish law despite a deadline of 20 July 2015; when she intends to transpose the directive; and if the European Commission has raised the issue of non-transposition with Ireland. [22714/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Low Pay Commission Report
Alan Kelly
897. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to accept the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission on the national minimum wage that is due to report on the week of 19 July 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22715/16]