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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Electric Vehicles (19 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I wish her the very best of luck with the role and I offer her my congratulations.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (19 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 241. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the foreign birth registration for a child (details supplied). [2472/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (18 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm whether there are any supports or grants for someone who wishes to install a charging point for an electric car and is relying on street parking. [1689/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to raise the €250,000 threshold for local authority home loans in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, given the increase in house prices across the two counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1604/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (18 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 998. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the current portion of childcare fees that are paid by families, given the changes made to the national childcare scheme from 2 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1760/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (18 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 999. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total funding paid out to all ELC and SAC services, including a breakdown of core funding element, in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [1761/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 1266. To ask the Minister for Health if terminal cancer patients are automatically entitled to a medical card and free medical treatment for their cancer care. [63613/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (18 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 1484. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the patient transportation that is available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1437/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 1544. To ask the Minister for Health when front-line workers in private nursing homes in County Carlow will receive their €1,000 pandemic payment. [1690/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 494. To ask the Minister for Health when the staff in organisations (details supplied) will be paid the pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2732/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Birth Certificates (26 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 271. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if extra resources, particularly personnel, are now in place to deal with the significant backlog of applications lodged through the information and tracing legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3754/23]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Deputy Ward for bringing forward this motion and all his work and advocacy on mental health. The motion clearly calls for straightforward reform so that resourcing is matched with staffing and services are available when and where they are needed. That is one of the key issues because my experience with CAMHS is that people have difficulty accessing the service. First, the referral...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: We are joined by representatives of Down Syndrome Cork, Down Syndrome Carlow and the West Cork Down Syndrome Support Group. I welcome them to the meeting and we look forward to engaging with them. Many members are attending online, so there will some in the room and others online. I will take us through some housekeeping matters. I advise anyone who is attending online via MS Teams that...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Ms Steinmetz. I expect there will be a lot of questions from members. We will take all the opening statements first and then open the floor. The next speaker is Ms Moran from Down Syndrome Carlow.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements. As Ms O'Donovan mentioned, her husband, Barry, is present. Ms Olivia Flanagan from Down Syndrome Carlow is also present. I assume that all of the witnesses are free to answer questions. The speaking order of members is Senator Seery Kearney; Deputy Sherlock; Deputy Cairns; Senator O'Sullivan; and Senator McGreehan. If others attend...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: That was in the past and it seems to be getting worse, unfortunately.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: We are all dealing with various cases and people but it definitely seems that the services are getting worse rather than better. I thank Senator Seery Kearney for that. She has to head off to another meeting, which is fine. We will now move on to Deputy Sherlock.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: That information should be trickled down to everyone, to all of the groups. It can happen sometimes that national bodies meet and it does not filter down.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: It is really wrong when they do not replace people, particularly those on maternity leave. That specifically affects women and it makes them feel guilty. There is almost a resentment even though people do not want to feel like that but it is just human nature. This is really wrong. Instead of being angry at the system people are becoming angry at the staff. There are so many things wrong...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (31 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 686. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any current investigation ongoing into the crisis facing recruitment in Carlow and Kilkenny’s children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4308/23]