Results 41-60 of 269 for speaker:Liam Quaide

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 735. To ask the Minister for Health for details of vacant social work posts in the South West regional health area submitted since 1 July 2024 to the prioritisation/derogation process introduced by the HSE in the context of the pay and numbers strategy, with a breakdown of the date each post was submitted for consideration, the date a decision was made, and the outcome in each case, in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 736. To ask the Minister for Health the origin of the title 'area principal psychology manager' which is in longstanding use in CHO 4/the South West regional health area; if it differs in remit or authority from the grade 'principal psychology manager'; if it has existed in other CHOs/RHAs; if it is recognised by the HSE's National HR office; when this title came into use; and which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 753. To ask the Minister for Health for the current staffing provision of psychologists for the North Lee, South Lee, West Cork, North Cork and Kerry primary care child and adolescent services, per grade and the population size each of those areas serve, in tabular form. [5843/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 754. To ask the Minister for Health for the projected staffing provision for April 2025 of psychologists for the North Lee, South Lee, West Cork, North Cork and Kerry primary care child and adolescent services, per grade and the population size each of those areas serve, in tabular form. [5844/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 767. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants that sat the Dental Council examination for dentists for full registration in each of the past five years; and the pass rate for each respective year. [5897/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (18 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 768. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants that sat the pre-registration examination system for Irish Medical Council registration in each of the past five years: and the pass rate for each respective year. [5898/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will be issuing an exemption for educational, counselling and clinical psychology trainees from current recruitment controls for the next college term; and the number of psychology trainee placements that will be funded nationally. [6455/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 186. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the supports available to new businesses established in 2024 and not eligible for the increased cost of business scheme or the associated Power Up grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6838/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: Earlier this month, St. John's special school in Dungarvan, County Waterford, had to operate a draw overseen by a local Garda superintendent. The draw was not for a raffle to raise money; it was to allocate places in the school for children with additional needs. This is the kind of dystopian ritual that schools are being forced to undertake due to chronic under-resourcing of special...

Disability: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: I raise the human rights issue of adults under 65 with an intellectual disability or acquired brain injury who end up living in nursing homes or who find themselves stranded in psychiatric wards due to a lack of community-based supports. This is a desperately sad situation and another example of how much distance is opening up between our economic prosperity, on one hand, and the vindication...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (25 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: I congratulate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on his appointment. The lack of suitable school places for children with additional needs is critical for many families in my constituency of Cork East. There are 16 autism classes in five primary schools in or around the Youghal area. These are feeder schools for Youghal's only secondary school, Pobalscoil na Tríonóide, which has only...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (25 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: I thank the Minister of State. This week I spoke to a family that is campaigning for the proposed secondary school autism class in Youghal. Their current experience of primary education in Youghal is going very well for their son. However, the lead-up to being granted that school placement was a time of major trepidation as it was far from guaranteed due to the level of need out there....

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: I would also like to welcome our Ukrainian dignitaries and friends this evening. Monday marked the third anniversary of Russia's brutal and illegal invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian people have shown heroic courage fighting off Russian aggression over the past three years. Eight years prior to that full-scale invasion, parts of eastern Ukraine were seized by Russia and the local...

The Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: I thank the Minister and Minister of State for listening to our concerns today. I will take up the theme of loneliness from my colleague because as a society it is crucial for us to reckon with it, in particular with regard to older adults. Large-scale studies by TILDA have presented us with stark findings regarding the impact of loneliness on a person's health, quality of life and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (27 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to include healthcare workers suffering with long Covid symptoms within the occupational injuries benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8935/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (27 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: I welcome the Minister and congratulate him on his appointment. A cohort of healthcare workers with severe long Covid who contracted the virus at the height of the pandemic in high-risk settings are suffering with chronic disabling symptoms and have not been able to return to work as a result. I know this because in my previous role as a psychologist I worked with many of these...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (27 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: The long-term prognosis for these healthcare workers is very unclear. They often suffer from a range of symptoms which include debilitating fatigue and malaise after very modest levels of activity and there is no clear treatment pathway for them. In some cases, healthcare workers have been out of work for between four and five years. Many were infected in early January 2021 following the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (27 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: On the temporary extensions of the special Covid leave with pay, these healthcare workers should not have to endure repeated last-minute cliff-edge moments regarding their financial security. They are being left in limbo for months on end while talks between trade unions, Departments and the HSE have remained at an impasse. They often do not know if they will be able to pay their mortgage...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to address morale among staff of children's disability network teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7670/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 487. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grant-aid is available to support families construct a granny flat or similar structure on the property of their family home for members of their own families who may have additional needs or disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7177/25]