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Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Flood Prevention Measures
Danny Healy-Rae
326. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to clear blockages from the Gweestin river, County Kerry, to prevent homes from being flooded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16787/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Ambulance Service
Danny Healy-Rae
361. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will provide adequate funding for the ambulance service in County Kerry as it is clearly evident that emergency time targets are not being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16756/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Bus Éireann Staff
Danny Healy-Rae
516. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why an inspector (details supplied) is not going to be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16661/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Regional Road Network
Danny Healy-Rae
520. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to make provisions to keep deer off the road infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16716/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Roads Maintenance Funding
Danny Healy-Rae
521. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide funding for traffic calming and public lighting at Poulgorm junction where the R569 meets the N22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16719/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Road Safety
Danny Healy-Rae
522. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to reduce the speed limit on the N22 at Glenflesk Village to 50 km/h and from Lissivigeen roundabout to the bottom of the Pike Hill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16720/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Rail Network Maintenance
Danny Healy-Rae
524. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide funding to repair the railway crossing at Minish in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16722/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Local Improvement Scheme Funding
Danny Healy-Rae
525. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to immediately provide funding for the commencement of the local improvement schemes in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16724/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Road Projects Status
Danny Healy-Rae
528. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the year of the six year investment programme that he will provide funding for the proposed Macroom bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16757/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Road Improvement Schemes
Danny Healy-Rae
530. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide funding for the national secondary road from Blackwater Bridge to Sneem as two medium or large vehicles cannot pass on many sections of this road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16767/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Road Projects
Danny Healy-Rae
531. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide proper funding for the Ring of Kerry road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16769/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Road Projects
Danny Healy-Rae
536. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to widen Carah Bridge, Ballinahulla Bridge and Kells Bridge at the viaduct on the Ring of Kerry Road (details suplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16794/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Proposed Legislation
Danny Healy-Rae
94. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will progress the family leave Bill, given that young parents are anxious that the two weeks paid paternity leave will be introduced as promised in budget 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15523/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Carer's Allowance Delays
Danny Healy-Rae
295. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15515/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Danny Healy-Rae
296. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15516/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Carer's Allowance Appeals
Danny Healy-Rae
297. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15517/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Carer's Allowance Appeals
Danny Healy-Rae
298. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15519/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Hospital Appointments Delays
Danny Healy-Rae
198. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting a significant time for an operation; if the person will be scheduled for same as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15302/16]
Thu, 9 Jun 2016
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Hospital Appointments Delays
Danny Healy-Rae
199. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting a significant time for an operation; if the person will be scheduled for same as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15303/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Teaching Qualifications
Danny Healy-Rae
165. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse the Teaching Council's plan to abolish regulation 3, whereby Montessori teachers and primary teachers who trained outside of Ireland can teach in special schools and work as resource teachers and substitute teachers in mainstream schools; to reinstate the special supplementary panel for probation to continue to be available pre-Droichead for all newly qualified teachers, including those in special education settings, until the issues around Droichead are sorted; and to oppose the proposed changes that will prohibit the registration of newly qualified Association Montessori International, St. Nicholas-trained Montessori teachers and those trained outside of Ireland after 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14260/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
Danny Healy-Rae
332. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application for a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14803/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Home Help Service Provision
Danny Healy-Rae
463. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason home help hours have been reduced for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14724/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Home Help Service Provision
Danny Healy-Rae
464. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14725/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Hospital Appointments Delays
Danny Healy-Rae
484. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting a significant time for an operation and if the person can be scheduled for an operation as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14797/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Home Help Service Provision
Danny Healy-Rae
485. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide more home help for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14799/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Hospital Appointments Status
Danny Healy-Rae
486. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14800/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Burial Grounds
Danny Healy-Rae
493. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his plans to make land available from St. Finian's landbank in Killarney, County Kerry for the provision of a public graveyard for the population of Killarney and its hinterland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14959/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Dental Services Provision
Danny Healy-Rae
670. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when a dental appointment will be provided to a person (details supplied). [12746/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Afforestation Programme
Danny Healy-Rae
782. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for afforestation on marginal ground, given that it has completely stopped due to the requirement to have 80% of green ground and 20% of marginal ground to obtain grant aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12741/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Planning Issues
Danny Healy-Rae
853. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene with Transport Infrastructure Ireland to put an end to the situation, following the signing into law of the spatial strategy in 2012, whereby planning applicants on the N22 road between Rathmore and Killarney find it impossible to get planning permission (details supplied). [12812/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Teachers' Remuneration
Danny Healy-Rae
171. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills how he will address the anomaly whereby newly qualified teachers, despite having been educated to a high standard for this profession, are paid 22% less than their colleagues who have been employed since before 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11531/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Water and Sewerage Schemes
Danny Healy-Rae
253. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the takeover of group water schemes by Irish Water, given that his Department has apparently been discussing this for more than two years but no scheme has been taken over, even though hundreds of schemes have applied to be taken over during this time. [11803/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Ambulance Service
Danny Healy-Rae
464. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason emergency ambulances are disallowed from transporting patients from home to district or community hospitals, even when they are requested to do so by a local GP; the reason that in one case when the emergency ambulance arrived to take a patient to the local district hospital two miles away, the ambulance staff realised the patient was to be taken to a district hospital and said they were debarred from doing this and could only take the patient to a hospital with an accident and emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11532/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Health Services
Danny Healy-Rae
465. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health why the intermediary care vehicles in County Kerry are not fully staffed; the number of these vehicles which are parked, because of the lack of paramedics to operate them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11533/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Tax Data
Danny Healy-Rae
207. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance the amount of tax the Exchequer received from the carbon tax in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10206/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Water Charges
Danny Healy-Rae
349. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the financial relief he will provide to persons on group water schemes now that water charges have been abolished for private residents receiving public water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10205/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Local Authority Staff Recruitment
Danny Healy-Rae
355. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to provide funding for the provision of a traffic warden at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10610/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Local Authority Staff Recruitment
Danny Healy-Rae
356. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to provide funding for the provision of a traffic warden for primary and secondary schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10611/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Community Employment Schemes Operation
Danny Healy-Rae
501. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to change the rules relating to community employment schemes, given that there are barriers to recruitment; to change the year 2000 rule for a programme to a new starting point of 2015; to give referrals into schemes such as community employment and training and education programmes the same weight as full-time jobs in local employment service contract with his Department, that is, a return to pre-2016, 50% overall progression rates; to reduce the minimum qualifying age to 21 years in its entirety; to change the eligibility from 12 months to three months unemployed; to allow spousal swap; to provide additional financial reward for lone parents; to net the minimum time on community employment schemes at two years in real terms; and to allow persons over 62 years of age to stay on schemes. [9844/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Hospital Services
Danny Healy-Rae
743. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on issues raised concerning the health care provided for children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9808/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Home Help Service Provision
Danny Healy-Rae
805. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health why elderly and invalided persons in County Kerry are not getting comparable levels of home help as in other counties such as County Cork, given that home help is rarely attainable in County Kerry at weekends, on bank holidays and on Christmas day; if this is because the Health Service Executive will not pay overtime costs or if there is a shortage of home help staff in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10207/16]
Wed, 6 Apr 2016
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Flood Prevention Measures
Danny Healy-Rae
188. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide funding to clear the Flesk River through Clonkeen and Glenflesk of all blockages, trees, scrub and silt, to allow the water to flow freely and to prevent future flooding of houses, community facilities, the N22 and the R570 regional road, and the Foildonn link road, where 14 families are continuously cut off in times of heavy rain. [5364/16]