Written answers
Thursday, 2 May 2024
- Department of Health
- Nursing Homes
13. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date with the provision of a new community nursing unit in Clifden to replace both St. Annes Nursing Home and Clifden Hospital; and if he will...
- Primary Care Centres
14. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on progress being made to deliver a primary care centre in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19788/24]
- Eating Disorders
15. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on treatment for adults with eating disorders; how it was envisaged that 20 new beds would be provided with no new additional funding; if he...
- Hospital Services
16. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the investment and enhancement in services at a hospital (details supplied) since becoming Minister; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
17. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 23 April 2024, if funding will be allocated via the estimates process this year considering that the implementation...
- Primary Care Services
18. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on South Doc services in Skibbereen, Clonakilty and Bandon. [19963/24]
- Departmental Funding
19. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider funding an organisation (details supplied) for patient services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19293/24]
- Health Services Staff
20. To ask the Minister for Health if the embargo on recruiting HSE staff has been completely lifted; if nurses are being hired for hospitals; the number of nursing jobs that are currently...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
21. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he and his Department continue to concentrate on waiting lists in respect of health procedures in general throughout the country; the extent...
- Hospital Staff
23. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will approve the appointment of staff to operate the MRI scanner at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [19837/24]
- Health Services
24. To ask the Minister for Health what progress has been made on outcomes for people who suffer stroke over the past 15 years; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of data, by region or...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
25. To ask the Minister for Health how many children from April 2024 with type 1 diabetes to date are awaiting access to technology such a glucose monitors and insulin pumps in the South/South...
- Official Engagements
26. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list the hospitals he has visited since he took office. [18647/24]
- Hospital Staff
27. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview of what teaching roles, in terms of nurse and doctor training, the hospitals in the University Hospital Limerick Group currently...
- Legislative Measures
28. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be brought forward to curtail the selling of "fast gas" nitrous oxide canisters to young people for personal consumption and making them...
- Ambulance Service
29. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his Department’s considerations for a new ambulance base in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19881/24]
- Departmental Reports
30. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has said the latest Department of Health/HSE-commissioned IGEES report into the public hospital system is...
- Dental Services
31. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the difficulties experienced by the HSE community dental service in recruiting staff; the measures that are being taken to...
- Health Service Executive
32. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the appointment of a social worker for the Swords area, which is being hindered by the ongoing recruitment freeze in the HSE; and if he will...
- Hospital Closures
33. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his engagement to-date in 2024 with HSE West regarding the ongoing closure of Clifden District Hospital; the steps he has taken to ensure that...
- Cancer Services
34. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to funding the National Cancer strategy in full in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19397/24]
- Health Strategies
35. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Palliative Care Strategy will be published. [19838/24]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
36. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the specific health supports that are available to people with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19867/24]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
37. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO4 that are waiting for a medical appliance, for example, wheelchair, orthotics and shower chair, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
38. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 29 February 2024, for an update on the development of the SAR/PBC by the project team and the Galway University...
- Departmental Reviews
39. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations he will make to the Cabinet Committee on Health in respect of the legislative changes needed to implement the abortion review; and if he...
- Hospital Staff
40. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date breakdown of all staffing types at West Kerry Community Hospital; the net recruitment progress that has been made in each category in each year...
- Health Services Staff
41. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical officer will be appointed to the Plunkett Home, Boyle, County Roscommon, given this position was advertised and approved at the end of 2023....
- Departmental Policies
42. To ask the Minister for Health when the regulation in respect of selling vape products to minors will be fully enacted; and the repercussions for retailers if found to be in breach. [12315/24]
- General Practitioner Services
43. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs currently practicing in Meath; the number of new GPs who have taken up work in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; if he...
- Hospital Staff
44. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to provide for a dedicated consultant neurologist at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
45. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase statutory funding for an organisation (details supplied) due to data that shows that stroke incidence in Ireland could increase by 60% by...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
46. To ask the Minister for Health the longest length of time any child has been waiting for scoliosis or spinal surgery in Temple Street or Crumlin Children’s Hospitals. [18648/24]
- Health Services
47. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding has not been provided to reopen a service (details supplied). [19710/24]
- Hospital Services
49. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on services in a local hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13599/24]
- Departmental Staff
50. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a chief pharmaceutical officer has yet to be appointed; if he will support such an appointment considering the consistent shortage in various...
- Primary Care Services
51. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to provide suitable primary care units in west and north Connemara; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19744/24]
- Emergency Departments
52. To ask the Minister for Health to detail his plan to solve the ongoing accident and emergency crisis in UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19401/24]
- Health Strategies
53. To ask the Minister for Health if he has developed a framework for multi-annual funding of national strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19777/24]
- Primary Care Services
54. To ask the Minister for Health whether he will instruct SouthDoc to reopen Blackpool to full service. [19711/24]
- Emergency Departments
55. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the operation of national accident and emergency departments in all hospitals throughout the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
56. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently said the latest NTPF figures indicate that waiting lists may take a decade or more to get under...
- Health Strategies
57. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has warned that his Department risks repeating the same regressive mistakes of the austerity years if it...
- Departmental Reviews
59. To ask the Minister for Health when the abortion review recommendations on legislative reforms will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19876/24]
- Eating Disorders
60. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the approach that parents of children with ARFID can take to secure the services needed to address the condition; how parents of children with ARFID...
- Hospital Services
61. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on access to neurology services in Bantry Hospital. [19761/24]
- Mental Health Services
62. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to decrease waiting times for children and adolescents to access CAMHS in CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19868/24]
- Health Services
63. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rollout of the Women’s Health Action Plan 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19789/24]
- Cancer Services
64. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding made available to the National Cancer Control Programme for a national strategy to accelerate genetic and genomic medicine in Ireland; and...
- Eating Disorders
65. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the difficulties of families of children with ARFID including a person (details supplied) to access a dietician and other relevant staff in areas...
- Health Services Staff
66. To ask the Minister for Health the current vacancy rates amongst health and social care professions across primary, community, and acute sectors, including relevant Section 38 and 39...
- Health Services
67. To ask the Minister for Health the additional medical supports he has sought for communities where Ukrainians and international protection persons have arrived; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
69. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the paediatric diabetes services in St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny. [19783/24]
- Health Services
70. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the delivery of the community nursing unit at Saint Raphael’s Youghal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Policies
71. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the merit of a broader mandate for the commission to cover positive ageing in the round instead of the narrow mandate of caring; and if he...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Heritage Sites
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will consider purchasing or long-term leasing a building adjacent to the OPW-managed Ennis Friary site, so that a...
- Climate Change Policy
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the targets for 2024 for the climate division of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19814/24]
- Public Expenditure Policy
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how his Department assesses demographic needs and the capital investments which it will require to be scheduled over the medium term; and...
- Flood Relief Schemes
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 3 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
- National Development Plan
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 9 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
- Flood Relief Schemes
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Midleton flood relief scheme; the details of other flood relief schemes in the east Cork area; the...
- National Development Plan
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 5 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
- Flood Relief Schemes
90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 23 April 2024, for an update on the engagement between the steering group and the consultants...
- Departmental Contracts
93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of publicly-funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past ten years; the cost...
- National Development Plan
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome (NSO) 2 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if...
- Heritage Sites
95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the up-to-date engagement he has had with an organisation (details supplied) to progress the re-internment of the Invincibles; and if he...
- Flood Risk Management
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what engagement there has been between his Department and other Government departments this year in relation to the delivery of necessary...
- National Development Plan
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 4 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
- Flood Risk Management
102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on a river flooding risk (details supplied); if he will outline what solutions the local authority has...
- Civil Service
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is considering implementing pay caps for civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19522/24]
- National Development Plan
104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 21 February 2024, for an update on the delivery to-date of National Development Plan...
- Local Authorities
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is considering further funding for local authorities to support maintenance and repairs of council provided services, such as...
- State Properties
106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of unused State-owned buildings in County Clare at this time; what the intended future use for each is; and...
- National Development Plan
107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 1 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he...
- Island Communities
108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his further plans for An Blascaod Mór; if he will provide an update on the operation of new public conveniences on the island; the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Policy
109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh - Artsakh region of Azerbaijan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19923/24]
- Passport Services
112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that a passport will be processed for a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Middle East
113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the details of his recent visit to the Middle East; the outcome of discussions with the different groups he met; and if he will...
- Media Sector
114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail Global Ireland Media Challenge Fund reporting or projects to be carried out by news organisations which received grant-aid in the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Recycling Policy
115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider attaching 'donor' or 'gift rings' to current public waste bins in order that people can leave their...
- Broadband Infrastructure
116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to review a case (details supplied); and if he will expedite the NBI in getting broadband for this person. [19944/24]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Córas Iompair Éireann
122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure that the benefits of CIÉ 1951 scheme active members will be protected and maintained, and that 1951...
- Departmental Staff
124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm, in tabular form, the number of staff or contractors and their grades in his Department assigned to the active travel and...
- Rail Network
125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date in 2024 when on board catering will resume on rail services out of and into Kerry; if this will include trolley service, dining...
- Haulage Industry
126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a situation with regard to livestock transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Driver Licences
127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why it is compulsory to have a Public Service Card in order to renew your driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Finance
- Motor Industry
128. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 190, 191 and 192 of 23 April 2024, if he will address matters in respect of the difficulties second hand car dealers...
- Primary Medical Certificates
129. To ask the Minister for Finance in cases where an individual does not meet the criteria as laid down for a primary medical certificate (details supplied), if there is consideration of...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Expenditure
130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of the non-core expenditure allocation of €4.5 billion, which includes provision for Covid-related...
- National Development Plan
132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the capital allocation under the National Development Plan to expand the capacity of the schools of dentistry in University...
- Flood Relief Schemes
133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 23 April 2024, to list the County Cork areas included under tranche 1 of the Catchment Flood...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the procedure and engagements with individual Departments to determine the share of capital increase that was allocated from...
- Departmental Budgets
135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline how his Department monitors budget deficits in individual Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20039/24]
- Departmental Policies
136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role, if any, he will have in relation to the ICN Fund, making particular reference to the report requirements on designated...
- An Garda Síochána
137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a schedule of Garda stations in Kildare and Wicklow that are subject of capital works, by location; the budget associated...
- Economic Policy
139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which his Department continues to monitor the performance in both the public and private sectors with a view to ensuring a...
- Project Ireland 2040
140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects the various targets in Project Ireland 2040 to be achieved on time and within budget; and if he will make...
- Departmental Policies
142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views and vision for the upgrading of basic infrastructure here in order to better cater for the increased population; and if he...
- Construction Industry
146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department monitors inflation in the construction sector, with particular reference to the impact on the...
- Departmental Policies
147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any changes in respect of procurement are contemplated with a view to speeding up various infrastructural proposals; and if he will...
- Public Sector Staff
149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the degree to which controls exercised by his Department continue to contribute in a...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Company Law
150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a personal situation related to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- EU Directives
151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the transposition of the EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages into Irish law; and if he will make a...
- Business Supports
152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail, in tabular form, on the basis of a local authority breakdown, the number of businesses that have registered for...
- Research and Development
153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 25 April 2024, the total expenditure in the form of grants or relief given to social...
- Industrial Development
154. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA-supported jobs for each of the past three years in each county, in tabular form; the number of site visits...
- Enterprise Support Services
155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland-supported jobs for each of the past three years in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Funding
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the auxiliary services grant, which is normally paid in March, will be paid to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the timeline of the permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19919/24]
- School Facilities
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the option to install a turbine to generate wind energy has been considered for schools that are receiving solar to offset their energy,...
- Special Educational Needs
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will help the family of a person (details supplied) in their quest to have them enrolled in a special school in Ennis for their...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19989/24]
- Schools Building Projects
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19996/24]
- School Accommodation
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date with an application for improved accommodation by a primary school (details supplied); when a decision will be made on...
- School Transport
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the current school transport system, specifically in relation to the situation faced by the parents of a school in...
- Schools Building Projects
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the date on which a Gaelscoil building project tender (details supplied) will be approved and published; the date on which...
- School Admissions
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional places will be available for the 2024/2025 school year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20054/24]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Media Sector
169. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of Exchequer funding that was allocated to TG4 in each of the years 2023 and 2024. [19953/24]
- Tourism Funding
170. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of Exchequer funding that was allocated to Fáilte Ireland in each of the years 2023 and 2024. [19954/24]
- Tourism Industry
172. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the percentage of all Fáilte Ireland registered tourism bed stock that was contracted to the State for the years 2021, 2022,...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Vacant Properties
177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a potential gap in the criteria in relation to the vacant/derelict property grant (details supplied); if he...
- Regeneration Projects
178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a note on the outcome of his Department's consideration of a project (details supplied); and if he has...
- Departmental Schemes
179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total funding available to the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund; when the next call for funding will be published;...
- Housing Schemes
181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the reckonable income directions under Section 24 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 sent to...
- Homeless Persons Supports
182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the direction his Department has given local authorities in respect of providing homeless services to persons who may be in...
- Housing Policy
184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered expanding the €800 scheme for pledged accommodation for Ukrainian refugees to become available for...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which payment has been refused in respect of carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied);...
- Departmental Policies
187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered classifying Covid-19 as an occupational illness or as an accident at work; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the grant for people who suffer hair loss due to illness to reflect the rising costs of materials; and...
- Pension Provisions
189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if retired nurses who paid a D stamp all their working life and were not allowed to opt for paying an A stamp will have their...
- Departmental Policies
190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a copy of the rules, regulations and procedures in place to guide the fitting, replacement and ownership of hand...
- State Pensions
191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the State pension for a person (details supplied) who worked in the Civil Service from 1968 to 1975; and if she...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether family income supplement might be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Payments
193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if and when a basic social welfare payment will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department have examined the full circumstances of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Official Engagements
195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to engage with the British prime minister to address concerns about the impact of the Rwanda plan on the...
- An Garda Síochána
196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a schedule of Garda stations not yet deemed surplus to the requirements of An Garda Síochána and...
- Residency Permits
197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the Irish residence permit card fee will be completed; and if a reduction on these fees is anticipated for...
- Family Reunification
203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision on an immigration appeal for a family reunification of a child (details supplied) with their mother will be...
- Citizenship Applications
204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm when a citizenship application will be completed, in view that it is over 48 months since the application (details...
- International Protection
205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how she was able to establish the basis for her recent claim that up to 80% of international protection applicants are arriving...
- Departmental Staff
209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm, in tabular form, the number of staff or contractors and their grades in her Department assigned to International...
- International Protection
211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for international protection that have made an application for international Protection and have not...
- Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will establish a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Sentencing Policy
215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans on the part of the Department to review minimum sentencing laws for sex crimes, especially those involving...
- Naturalisation Applications
218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on a matter (details supplied). [20094/24]
- Immigration Status
219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether leave to remain/Stamp 4 can be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Family Reunification
220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) can be arranged to enable her son and daughter join her in...
- Naturalisation Applications
221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a naturalisation certificate will issue in the case of the son of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Family Reunification
222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of an application to join a family in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Immigration Status
223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in relation to correspondence with her Department in the case of a person (details supplied); if all...
- Family Law Cases
224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she remains satisfied that children’s rights are at present adequately protected in the course of...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter in relation to milk quota scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19930/24]
- Agriculture Industry
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on any changes he is aware of with regard to processes around inspections of livestock hauliers given a...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
230. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the pathway for a person (details supplied) to access independent living supports where a need for such supports...
- International Protection
231. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the contract for IPAS accommodation at a location (details supplied) was cancelled, paused or if the...
- Departmental Staff
233. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the number of staff or contractors in his Department assigned to the community engagement unit and...
- Disability Services
235. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Minister for State with responsibilities has given a direction to the HSE to consider the purchase of...
- Referendum Campaigns
241. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1049 of 9 April 2024, to clarify when he will publish the material...
- Disability Services
242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20043/24]
- Departmental Schemes
243. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration has been given to reintroducing the mobility allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- International Protection
244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No.538 of 13 February 2024, what progress has been made since that reply by...
- Disabilities Assessments
245. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the assessment of needs for a child (details supplied), as their parent has been...
- International Protection
247. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants living in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare; and if he will make a...
- Tourism Industry
249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of non-registered Fáilte Ireland tourism bed stock that was contracted to the State for the...
- Health Services Staff
250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current staff vacancies in relation to occupational therapy and speech and language therapy relating to west...
- Department of Health
- Legislative Process
251. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline he is working towards in commencing Report Stage of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
252. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); and if he can provide an update on the matter. [19913/24]
- Hospital Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health when eye services will resume in UHK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19918/24]
- Health Services
254. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a specific query related to a personal matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19921/24]
- Vaccination Programme
261. To ask the Minister for Health if the BCG vaccine is part of the current vaccination programme for infants; if it is not, if he will re-introduce it, given the rise in TB globally; and if he...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
263. To ask the Minister for Health if he will, or is already, liaising with the Ministers for Finance, Social Protection and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, in...
- Disease Management
264. To ask the Minister for Health if he will, or is already, liaising with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on current/future surveillance and preparation for a possible bird...
- Departmental Policies
265. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a statutory limit on the time taken to receive CORU registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19940/24]
- Hospital Services
266. To ask the Minister for Health to outline if the decisions to move residents from the willow and sycamore units of Cherry Orchard Hospital was on recommendation from HIQA or by the HSE; and...
- Disability Services
270. To ask the Minister for Health when a response will issue to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 29 February 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19956/24]
- Hospital Services
271. To ask the Minister for Health to invest in the endoscopy workforce capacity and hospital infrastructure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19958/24]
- Cancer Services
272. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19959/24]
- Hospital Services
273. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on remedial plans to address the structural problems identified by HIQA within Cherry Orchard Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
- Primary Care Services
275. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by the SouthDoc service in Clonakilty, by month, from January 2022 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [19973/24]
- Hospital Services
278. To ask the Minister for Health where on the campus of Cherry Orchard hospital the new coronary care unit will be located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19977/24]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
282. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the State estimated to be suffering from long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19986/24]
- Cancer Services
283. To ask the Minister for Health when an entitlement (details supplied) will be restored; if the same entitlement is available in other CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff
284. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 14 vacant neurology nursing posts which funding was provided for in Budget 2022; if he intends to order a derogation from the HSE recruitment...
- Hospital Services
285. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all Model 3 hospitals have access to out-patient neurology services, as outlined in the 2016 Model of Care for Neurology...
- Health Services Staff
286. To ask the Minister for Health to enable recruitment for the community neurorehabilitation teams for which funding is available in 2024, as outlined in the HSE Service Plan; if he will...
- Hospital Services
287. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the critical shortage of post-acute specialist rehabilitation beds; the current number of post-acute specialist...
- Health Strategies
288. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the National Stroke Strategy 2022-2027; the funding provided to the strategy in each of the years since its...
- Health Services
289. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the Model of Care for Dementia; the funding provided to this model of care to date since its publication; and if he...
- Hospital Equipment
290. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 641 of 16 April 2024, the average cost involved to deliver a MRI scanner in Irish hospitals; the average cost when it is...
- Health Services
291. To ask the Minister for Health when families and service users in north Kildare will have access to details of the SIA report in the matter of delivery of services and arrangements re...
- Dental Services
292. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) is offered the plan to urgently complete their orthodontal treatment in the orthodontal clinic in Louth...
- Patient Deaths
293. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the Patient Safety Bill to include amendments to Section 9 of the Health Act, 2007 in order to widen the powers of the Minister for Health to...
- Health Services
294. To ask the Minister for Health when families and service users in North Kildare will have access to details of the SIA report in the matter of delivery of services and arrangements re...
- Medicinal Products
295. To ask the Minister for Health if a product approved under the MCAP, as listed on S.I. No. 5/2023, can be prescribed to the holder of a valid Ministerial licence; if the licence holder can...
- Cancer Services
296. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that women are now being asked to prove that they have breast cancer in order to avail of the two bras and prothesis (details supplied); and if...
- Medical Cards
297. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to scrap the medical card review for the over-70s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20068/24]
- Emergency Departments
298. To ask the Minister for Health if he can clarify whether all clinical staff in emergency departments are familiar with and receive training in the National Clinical Guidelines No. 6: Sepsis...
- Dental Services
299. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20071/24]
- Medicinal Products
300. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug pembrolisumab is approved by the MHRA and available for reimbursement to the patients that are prescribed it. [20086/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
301. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a child (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20088/24]
- Eating Disorders
302. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the new national model of care for eating disorders; the reason for the delay in the delivery of the promised 20 new inpatient...
- Health Services
304. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adequate funding is provided directly from his Department or through the HSE to an association which provides important services for...
- Home Care Packages
306. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which homecare packages are readily available in the CHO7 region to candidates who urgently require them; the efforts currently in hand to ensure...
- Nursing Homes
307. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fair deal applications applied for in each of the past five years to date; the numbers granted, refused or pending; the number appealed and...
- Medicinal Products
308. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of rare and orphan drugs currently being evaluated for use in Ireland; the length of time that is normally required for this process; the...
- Health Services Staff
309. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure the availability of an adequate number of health professionals within the health services, including, but not limited to,...
- Health Services
310. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the health services can be co-ordinated in such a way as to ensure a modern response to patients' needs in all areas throughout the...
- Mental Health Services
311. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to increase adult mental health services in CHO7; if the precise measures deemed to be necessary are being taken forthwith; and...
- Medical Cards
312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards reviews undertaken in each year in the past five years to date; the number of medical cards rescinded post-review in the same...
- Emergency Departments
313. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he intends to set up an emergency management team to deal with overcrowding and hospital emergency departments, with particular reference...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
314. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in dealing with the waiting lists of children seeking procedures for scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20149/24]
- Health Services Staff
315. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he can take steps to counter the difficulties of obtaining and retaining professional staff throughout the health services; and if he will...
- Medicinal Products
317. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which access to various medicines remains equally available to those in this jurisdiction as compared with the rest of the single market in...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Dental Services
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the proposed expansion in the number of dentists to be trained in Ireland, if he will set out the optimum number he believes...
- Third Level Education
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will financially assist each Erasmus student to travel to their mainland European destination university by ferry and train (as...
- Further and Higher Education
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the full list of colleges of further education and training which providing off-the-job training for craft apprentices, excluding the...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Schemes
323. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether new expressions of interest are being accepted at present by her Department for the community services project scheme; and if...
- Departmental Funding
324. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of funding provided in each county under the community centre investment fund,...
