Parliamentary questions

Road Projects Status

Jackie Cahill

175. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct TII to provide an update on progress to carry out work at Turtulla Cross, Thurles, County Tipperary; the timeline for the work to be completed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8922/19]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Data

Jackie Cahill

210. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of tenant purchase scheme agreements entered into by Tipperary County Council in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8905/19]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Data

Jackie Cahill

211. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the criteria for the local authority tenant purchase scheme will be reviewed in order that local authorities can commence to offer the scheme in a meaningful and effective way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8906/19]

Pharmaceutical Sector

Jackie Cahill

157. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the proposals by a society (details supplied) to make major changes to the position of pharmacy assistant, which it is lodging with his Department again, will be rejected in view of the fact that it will make the position of many assistants nationally untenable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8590/19]

VAT Rate Application

Jackie Cahill

163. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if a ban on the below invoice cost selling of alcohol would result in an increase in VAT revenues; if it is within his power to cease the practice of below invoice cost selling; if it is possible through secondary legislation to cease the practice of below invoice cost selling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8266/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Funding

Jackie Cahill

175. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Templemore, County Tipperary, flood relief programme following reports of €3 million being diverted from flood relief programmes nationally to fill the health budget deficit in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8083/19]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Jackie Cahill

209. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if SOLAS is providing an apprenticeship for motorcycle mechanics; if not, if he will request SOLAS to bring forward proposals to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7823/19]

Patient Files

Jackie Cahill

318. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will be requested to amend the file of a person (details supplied) to reflect an illness diagnosed in 1994 and 1995 in view of the fact that his or her file does not include same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7674/19]

General Practitioner Services

Jackie Cahill

326. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the hours of service each day of Caredoc in south County Tipperary and Shannondoc in north County Tipperary; the location of the service in each area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7723/19]

General Practitioner Services

Jackie Cahill

327. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of calls received by Caredoc in south County Tipperary and Shannondoc in north County Tipperary in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the number of those calls attended by the general practitioner on duty; the number instructed to attend accident and emergency departments; the number for which an ambulance was requested; the number that received a phone call or phone calls only for the same period in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7724/19]

General Practitioner Services

Jackie Cahill

352. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners on duty in Caredoc, south County Tipperary and Shannondoc in north County Tipperary, respectively, between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m; the number of calls each service received in 2018 between these times; the number referred to accident and emergency departments; the number that received a call out from the general practitioner; the number that had an ambulance called out to attend; the number that received a phone call only between these times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7835/19]

Alcohol Pricing

Jackie Cahill

420. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the timeframe in which he will seek a revised decision to implement minimum unit pricing here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8263/19]

Alcohol Pricing

Jackie Cahill

421. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a deadline for seeking a revised decision on implementing minimum unit pricing here will be set; the reason for the failure to do so since the enactment of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8264/19]

Alcohol Pricing

Jackie Cahill

422. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a study which shows that alcohol pricing is not the primary determinant of cross-Border shopping in view of the fact it constitutes just 12% of all spend on cross-Border trips; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8265/19]

Land Issues

Jackie Cahill

458. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a landowner can lease out land to another person if there are no issues in relation to the division of commonage (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7704/19]

State Pension (Contributory)

Jackie Cahill

617. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the concerns being raised by members of a group (details supplied) about when the pension increases and back payments will be issued; if she will address the difficulties being experienced on the website MyWelfare.ie; when a paper application form inviting pensioners to fill in gaps in their records will be sent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7970/19]

School Curriculum

Jackie Cahill

91. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the obligation on a school principal in circumstances in which the parents of a child refuse to allow the child to be assessed by the school MICRA-T in which the principal has requested the assessment and the parents have refused; the actions a school principal takes in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7434/19]

Departmental Functions

Jackie Cahill

206. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the person or body that has responsibility for managing the interment of a person who dies with no assets and no family; the person or body responsible for paying the expenses of the internment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7240/19]

Energy Efficiency

Jackie Cahill

226. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the grant or funding supports available to replace windows and doors in an older home in which the residence is privately owned and the owners are not in receipt of social welfare payments to make the home more energy efficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7311/19]

Stamp Duty

Jackie Cahill

155. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if the direct relationship attracts stamp duty at a lower percentage than if the land was being transferred to a stranger in circumstances in which a father is transferring land to his son; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6404/19]