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Tue, 16 Jan 2018
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Action Plan for Rural Development
Tony McLoughlin
66. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the development of the Atlantic economic corridor; the work, including meetings, that have taken place since the establishment of his Department; and if the inclusion of the AEC and its development has been sought by his Department in the upcoming national planning framework and the capital plan. [1291/18]
Tue, 16 Jan 2018
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State Pensions
Tony McLoughlin
270. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to introduce the new measures to allow civil servants who wish to work past 65 years of age; if it will be applied retrospectively to persons forced to retire in 2017 when introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55157/17]
Tue, 16 Jan 2018
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Job Creation
Tony McLoughlin
647. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that County Sligo has for the past three years been the county with the largest percentage of empty retail and commercial units in the country and that this percentage has grown in 2018 despite the improving economic circumstances nationwide; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that according to the Western Development Commission, County Sligo has had the lowest rate of job creation in the country since 2012; her views on whether her Department's Action Plan for Jobs in its current format is delivering for persons in County Sligo and its environs; if there will be an investigation by her Department as to the reason County Sligo has not been better supported to recover from the downturn; her further views on whether a change of approach is needed for the north-west region in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1914/18]
Tue, 16 Jan 2018
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IDA Ireland Site Visits
Tony McLoughlin
648. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits to counties Sligo and Leitrim since 2012 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1922/18]
Tue, 16 Jan 2018
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Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
Tony McLoughlin
893. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health his views on whether parents of children with ADHD who need medication should be legally entitled to retrospective repayment from the HSE for the costs of treatment for ADHD from the time that the Ombudsman decided that it should be included in the long-term illness scheme in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55177/17]
Tue, 16 Jan 2018
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Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
Tony McLoughlin
895. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that under the Child Care Act 1991 the legal definition of a child is a person under 18 years of age, excluding a person who has been married; the reason funding for children needing access to ADHD medicine under the long-term illness scheme is stopped at 16 instead of 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55181/17]
Tue, 16 Jan 2018
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GLAS Payments
Tony McLoughlin
1217. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the nature of the information technology problem is that is causing the delay in a Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme, GLAS, payment to a person (details supplied); when the issue will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1352/18]
Tue, 16 Jan 2018
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Fodder Crisis
Tony McLoughlin
1246. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts made by his Department to help distressed suckler and commonage farmers in the north west with financing the sourcing, transport and obtaining ownership of fodder and meal for their animals; his views on whether there is now a crisis on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1927/18]
Tue, 16 Jan 2018
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Waste Disposal Charges
Tony McLoughlin
1258. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 5 December 2017, the position regarding the issue; his views on whether the proposed €75 annual support will be sufficient to support the households in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1675/18]
Tue, 16 Jan 2018
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Road Projects Status
Tony McLoughlin
1468. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the significance and importance of the proposed western distributor road, phase two, to the economic and social development of County Sligo and its urban environs; if his attention has been further drawn to the time limited agreement in place between the IDA and Sligo County Council whereby the IDA has agreed to provide €5 million towards the €15 million estimated costs, subject to his Department approving the project in 2018; his views on this road project; if it will be funded in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1918/18]
Tue, 16 Jan 2018
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Local Authority Boundaries
Tony McLoughlin
1723. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if consideration will be given to allow the Sligo borough boundary to be increased (details supplied) in view of the fact the borough boundary has not been increased in line with spatial growth; the way in which this could be done to take into effect the true population of the Sligo urban area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54722/17]
Wed, 13 Dec 2017
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Vaccination Programme
Tony McLoughlin
160. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health if there can be a genetic predisposition in some girls receiving the gardasil human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccine that may mean they are unable to clear out the vaccine chemicals in their system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53321/17]
Wed, 13 Dec 2017
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TAMS Administration
Tony McLoughlin
190. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to include funding for meal bins for young suckler farmers in the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme, TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53270/17]
Tue, 12 Dec 2017
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Child Care Services
Tony McLoughlin
473. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff within the county child care committees who have been trained to deliver the diversity equality and inclusion training; the costs of providing this training; the number of staff that have then been trained by the county child care committee in this course; the way in which the outputs are evaluated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53003/17]
Tue, 12 Dec 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Tony McLoughlin
474. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the payroll costs, overhead costs, travel and subsistence costs and management costs for the Better Start access and inclusion model, AIM; the outputs from this model of delivery to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53004/17]
Tue, 12 Dec 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education Staff
Tony McLoughlin
475. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of access and inclusion staff in place within Pobal's better start; the structure of same within Pobal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53005/17]
Tue, 5 Dec 2017
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Garda Vetting
Tony McLoughlin
254. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can have their spent convictions cleared by the Garda National Vetting Bureau; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51879/17]
Tue, 5 Dec 2017
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Waste Disposal Charges
Tony McLoughlin
422. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the procedures that have been put in place to ensure that heavy medical waste is taken into consideration, so that persons living at home with high levels of medical waste products are protected from high charges under the pay-by-weight system for waste collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51621/17]
Tue, 5 Dec 2017
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Road Network
Tony McLoughlin
447. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Transport Infrastructure Ireland plans to increase the speed limit in Rathcormac village, County Sligo from 50 km/h to 60 km/h as traffic calming measures are being introduced in the village by Sligo County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51629/17]
Tue, 28 Nov 2017
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Medicinal Products Availability
Tony McLoughlin
447. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health his plans for further dialogue with industry on finding solutions for access for persons to new medicines; if speed of access and funding growth for new medicines will be ensured in view of his commitments at the recent meeting of an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50530/17]