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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider sanctioning the additional AP1 and AP2 positions for a school (details supplied) from September 2024 rather than September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22458/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ombudsman for Children (21 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on additional funding sources to enable the office of the Ombudsman for Children to contribute to the working of the new strategy combatting domestic and gender-based violence; the reason for the delay in providing the funding despite assurances that it would be given; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 503. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the stage at which the assessment of a facility (details supplied) as a potential site for IPAS applicants is currently at; the engagement his Department has had with Tipperary County Council, the HSE, local representatives and service providers to ascertain adequacy of services in the area to cope with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons for the delay in providing the funding needed to allow for the continuation of work on designing the upgrade to the Cahir to Limerick Junction section of the N24 road project; if he is aware that the funding received for the project to date is diminishing and the remaining funding is needed immediately to quell concerns...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons for not providing an allocation to progress the N24 Waterford to Cahir transportation scheme, for which Tipperary County Council requires €2.53 million for 2024 to continue progress, and a further €5.4 million to complete the design and bring the project through An Bord Pleanála; his views on the fact...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Business Supports (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the funding assistance available to develop business projects on bogs by the owners of these sites in light of their discontinued use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22206/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 238. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria that would enable parents of children in need of autism assessments to secure funding to avail of a private practitioner; the funding streams available to parents of children in need of a range of therapies that cannot be assessed through CDNT teams due to staffing shortages or lengthy waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (14 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and progress being made in respect of a citizenship application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21783/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 485. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing numbers for the Cashel minor injuries unit for the years 2020 to 2023, inclusive, and to date in 2024, broken down by profession; to confirm whether the recruitment ban is resulting in departing staff not being replaced; if all departing staff are being replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20113/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 597. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed account of the work to be undertaken by the support team recently announced to address the current pressures on health services in the mid-west region; to provide any terms of reference under which they operate; to outline how their role relates to UHL, Ennis Hospital, St John’s Hospital and Nenagh Hospital individually; if the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (2 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 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 are advised to secure the services needed in the absence of the condition not being included in the NICE guidelines for Eating Disorders (2017 or 2020 update); if he plans to identify and develop...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (2 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 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 where community teams lack such staff; the impact this and overall staff shortages has on the management of children with eating and feeding disorders; the difficulties that the families of such...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made in relation to a passport application (details supplied) given that the required documentation as requested by the Department has been submitted. [19590/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (1 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on calls for the suspension of log imports from Scotland, in light of the most recent detection of the bark beetle; to outline the possibility that arises that the bark beetle may have been introduced here from produce imported from Scotland’s pest-free area; the biosecurity measures in place to prevent the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (1 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details on the volume of spruce with bark present imported from Scotland in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19624/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (25 Apr 2024)

Martin Browne: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can provide an update on the extension of the local authority home loan to include derelict properties. [18656/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (9 Apr 2024)

Martin Browne: 1062. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount spent by the Health Service Executive on the regional assessment of need hubs in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13690/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (9 Apr 2024)

Martin Browne: 1063. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessments of needs accepted by the regional assessment of need hubs in 2023; and the number of assessments completed by the regional hubs in 2023. [13691/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (9 Apr 2024)

Martin Browne: 1064. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessments of need outsourced in 2023; the total cost of these outsourced assessments of need in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13692/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (9 Apr 2024)

Martin Browne: 1107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current children's disability network team, CDNT, whole-time equivalent, WTE, vacancies across each of the teams in CHO 5; the number of administrative posts vacant; the number of approved posts in each of the teams; and the actions that are being taken to address those vacancies, in tabular form. [14258/24]