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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Emergency Departments (18 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 13. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who died while waiting to be seen in emergency departments in the State in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1893/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Emergency Departments (18 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: On that previous issue, in the context of HSE-funded home care, there is a refusal to bring older people for walks. Where people have dementia, they are being allowed to leave the house unaccompanied because of this refusal to bring people for walks. This is an extremely dangerous decision by the HSE. Turning to the issue of hospitals now, the crisis there really bubbled up over...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Emergency Departments (18 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I 100% acknowledge the work that the staff and medical professionals within hospitals are involved in. My critique is of the lack of Government investment and the lack of reform in the HSE. The newspapers are full of this. Today'sIrish Examiner states, "A woman has told how she watched as her husband tried to resuscitate their 21-year-old daughter after she collapsed at home just hours...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Emergency Departments (18 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Tógfaidh mé cúpla soicind. There are serious problems and they are not arising independently of Government. Government is making decisions on funding and recruitment freezes. I know of a nurse who returned to Ireland two months ago but who was unable to get back into her old job because of the recruitment freeze here. Lives depend on the ability of doctors and nurses to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have graduated as nurses in the State in each of the past ten years. [1895/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (18 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what steps his Department is taking to increase uptake of third level education among those who previously attended a DEIS school, care leavers, those who have a disability, single parents and among members of the Travelling community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1896/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (18 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many vehicles, trucks and containers have been searched for each of the past five years at each port for potential smuggled migrants. [2137/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (18 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many asylum applicants have gone missing from State services in each of the past ten years; the number that have been pursued by State authorities; and how many will have been recovered by State authorities in each of the past five years. [2138/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (18 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the decision was taken not to pursue the eight migrants who entered the country in a container at Rosslare and fled. [2139/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (17 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government received legal advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs or from the Attorney General on whether Israel's war in Gaza constitutes genocide, considering that Ireland is a signatory to the Genocide Convention and has legal obligations to fulfil, the Government needs to seek an urgent legal opinion on the matter; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (17 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 162. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how many members of the Defence Forces have requested voluntary retirement, by rank; the number that have been granted and refused, respectively in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [1219/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (17 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the East-West Link which includes a risk-based analysis for the east-west route between Dundalk and Cavan and the requirement for the necessary funding to made available for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57386/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (17 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fatal car accidents in each county, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1521/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 407. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the planning permission for the flood defences for Midleton will be submitted; and what interim measures will be put in place to protect citizens and their property in the East Cork area. [2005/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (17 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to parents who home school their children in cases in which there is a knowledge gap and external assistance may be needed to cover a specific subject required by the curriculum to an appropriate standard as in the case of a student (details supplied). [57002/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 682. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will rescind the ban on school bus drivers driving school buses when they reach 70 years of age; her views on whether fitness to drive a school bus should be individually assessed for men and women between the age of 70 and 75 years. [1924/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 824. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority housing units that have been built by each local authority in the past five years; the number of local authority housing units bought by each local authority in the past five years; the number of local authority housing units leased by each local authority in each of the past five years; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 825. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units that are being bought by foreign private rental firms in Ireland each year. [1539/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 852. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many applications for aid have been received by the State for aid in east Cork since the flooding on 18 October 2023; and how much money has been paid out to date in aid to the residents of east Cork since the flooding. [2004/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 967. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who applied for job seekers allowance/job seekers benefit, who identified themselves as former farmers in each of the past ten years. [1544/24]