Parliamentary questions

National Educational Psychological Service

Seán Sherlock

285. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the NEPS service interacts with the CAMHS service; and the number of referrals that have been made by NEPS to CAMHS for each of the years 2014 to 2016, to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21193/16]

Humanitarian Aid Provision

Seán Sherlock

422. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of resources being deployed to Ethiopia to offset the worst effects of the drought caused by El Niño. [21113/16]

Ministerial Functions

Seán Sherlock

802. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she plans to officially open a local enterprise centre (details supplied). [20870/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Seán Sherlock

82. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the Economic and Social Research Institute's HERMES suggestion that a 1% reduction in the United Kingdom gross domestic product arising from its exit from the European Union will reduce Irish gross domestic product by approximately 0.2% over two years; and if he supports the estimates provided by the United Kingdom Treasury and United Kingdom NIESR. [20105/16]

Local Authority Funding

Seán Sherlock

114. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has published the terms of the local authority infrastructure fund; and the full-year cost of its implementation in 2017. [20104/16]

Departmental Agencies Funding

Seán Sherlock

137. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of offices (details supplied) which he funds through the JobPath scheme including the amount he has allocated, the outfitting he has provided, the number of clients he has utilised and the companies he has hired to promote the centre. [19969/16]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Seán Sherlock

191. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he expects to provide an additional €1 billion capital investment over and above that outlined in the programme for Government, given the outcome of the British referendum to withdraw from the European Union. [20101/16]

Public Expenditure Policy

Seán Sherlock

192. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public expenditure contingency planning he is putting in place to provide for the potential economic shock arising from the decision of the United Kingdom to exit the European Union. [20102/16]

Public Sector Pay

Seán Sherlock

193. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the creation of a public service pay commission, including its composition, the date for its establishment and if he has consulted with the trade unions on its composition. [20103/16]

Energy Production

Seán Sherlock

616. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union within two years will have a particular impact on the continued operation of the single electricity market; if he proposes in current circumstances to proceed with legislation making provision in respect of proposed revised arrangements in this State and in Northern Ireland relating to the single electricity market or if he will await further clarification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20012/16]

Renewable Energy Incentives

Seán Sherlock

619. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is expediting the refit for solar energy scheme; the number of beneficiaries; and the funding granted to date. [19140/16]

Office of Public Works Properties

Seán Sherlock

329. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the operational status of Barryscourt Castle in Carrigtwohill, County Cork which is in the ownership of the Office of Public Works, including when it will re-open to the public. [17958/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Seán Sherlock

332. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will allocate moneys for the remediation works at Haulbowline Island in Cobh, County Cork of which €40 million is required to fund the next intensive phase of the planned programme of works for the island, which is of enormous concern to persons resident in the lower harbour. [17177/16]

Hospital Groups

Seán Sherlock

406. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when he proposes to establish a board for the south-south west group of hospitals. [17043/16]

Departmental Functions

Seán Sherlock

16. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the sections of his Department and the remit which have been transferred to the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; and the State agencies and bodies he will have responsibility for. [16245/16]

Broadband Service Provision

Seán Sherlock

32. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources how he intends to ensure that, in the 21st century, all areas receive 4G internet connectivity under the national broadband package. [16246/16]

School Accommodation

Seán Sherlock

98. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reached agreement with the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board and its design team on the additional accommodation required to facilitate the additional intake of students to Maynooth post-primary school and Maynooth Community College in County Kildare for the years commencing September 2016 and September 2017; the additional accommodation he will provide; and if the funding is in place. [16289/16]

Education and Training Boards Administration

Seán Sherlock

99. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with the project design team for the Maynooth education campus to address outstanding technical issues in relation to the retendering of the contract; if he has resolved these issues; and when he will retender the contract. [16290/16]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Seán Sherlock

176. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health his views on the lack of occupational therapists and early intervention teams in County Cork (details supplied); his plans to recruit more staff to assist families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16306/16]

Departmental Reports

Seán Sherlock

371. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the Civil Service Arbitration Board's report; if he will accept its findings; and if he will link disciplinary actions with performance reviews. [15673/16]

Public Sector Staff

Seán Sherlock

373. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will recommence pre-retirement courses for civil servants in Departments and State bodies. [15881/16]

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports

Seán Sherlock

375. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has seen the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council report of June 2016; his assessment of the report as it relates to new spending priorities in the programme for Government; and the cost of implementing the programme for Government and the cost of policy proposals within his remit. [15901/16]

Hazardous Waste Sites

Seán Sherlock

492. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will meet the financial commitments made by the last Government in respect of the clean-up on the site of the former Irish Steel works on Haulbowline Island, Cobh, County Cork, given the environmental and physiological impact it has on the lower harbour. [15672/16]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Seán Sherlock

508. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when he will establish a primary care centre in Fermoy, County Cork; and the timeline for such a centre to be established. [15017/16]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Seán Sherlock

509. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when he will establish a primary care centre in Cobh, County Cork; and the timeline for such a centre to be established. [15018/16]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Seán Sherlock

651. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a sports capital grant fund in 2016; the amount he will allocate; and when he will accept applications. [15061/16]

Emergency Departments Waiting Times

Seán Sherlock

85. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health his views on new statistics which highlight that nearly 50,000 patients are leaving emergency departments annually, due to long waiting times; and his plans to tackle unacceptably long waiting times in emergency departments. [13742/16]

Multi-annual Budget Plans

Seán Sherlock

92. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement a new multi-annual budgeting system for health; and the role in this new funding process of the proposed new cross-party committee on health. [13741/16]

Summer Works Scheme

Seán Sherlock

86. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make further announcements under the summer works programme for schools at primary and secondary levels, beyond the category 1 and category 2 allocations he has already made. [10780/16]

Schools Amalgamation

Seán Sherlock

87. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the post primary school amalgamation in Doneraile in County Cork will proceed and when the new school will receive a roll number. [10781/16]

Emergency Departments Waiting Times

Seán Sherlock

154. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health how he intends to reduce waiting times in emergency departments in hospitals from 32% to less than 7% by 2021 in line with the programme for Government. [10782/16]

Ministerial Dialogue

Seán Sherlock

155. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health how he will consult with all Members of Dáil Éireann in determining a ten-year plan for health. [10783/16]

Electricity Transmission Network

Seán Sherlock

122. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has been furnished with an economic needs analysis report in relation to Grid 25; if EirGrid have supplied internal documentation that speaks to the economic necessity of the project; and if he will make available the documentation for the economic analysis for Grid 25. [4715/14]

Forestry Management

Seán Sherlock

166. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timetable for the reopening of Gougane Barra Forest Park following the planned destruction of 16,000 trees due to an outbreak of the fungus phytophthora ramorum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4472/14]

Milk Quota Applications

Seán Sherlock

552. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take into account the awarding of discretionary milk quota in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the fact that they have been compliant with all previous systems in place for buying back milk quotas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2501/14]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Seán Sherlock

631. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if he will examine and fill the vacancy in the early intervention team in north Cork of a psychological therapist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2646/14]