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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1205. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will increase the ECCE capitation to address the operational costs of preschools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16829/23]

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

Holly Cairns: 1239. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in response to the finding in the National Report of Children's Disability Networks Team Staff Census and Workforce Review for 2022 that there are 707.32 vacancies across the 91 CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17216/23]

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

Holly Cairns: 1240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in response to the finding in the National Report of Children's Disability Networks Team Staff Census and Workforce Review for 2022 that the total therapy hours provided decreased by 6% in 2022 compared to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17217/23]

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

Holly Cairns: 1242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that the national childcare scheme payments for afterschool clubs are accessible by children who require less than five days' care; if he will ensure that children who use these services three days a week will not be penalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17261/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the progress made with implementing the white paper on ending direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17371/23]

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

Holly Cairns: 1254. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the staffing-to-caseload ratios used to calculate the numbers, types, and scale of therapists and clinicians required for each children's disability network team; how regularly these ratios are reviewed; and what processes are in place to reconfigure services according to local needs. [17504/23]

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

Holly Cairns: 1308. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the HSE Funding for Transitions to Adult Supports for Autistic People; if he will provide more information about how funds are allocated between different CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17950/23]

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

Holly Cairns: 1309. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his engagement with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment concerning the provision of grants to employers to facilitate the employment of individuals with a disability. [17951/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1310. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he has taken in response to a report (details supplied), including any actions to ensure immediate reforms within the organisation. [17952/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Flexible Work Practices (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1311. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify whether a State body (details supplied) will engage in a public consultation process in the development of a code of conduct concerning the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17953/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1390. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the matter that persons currently employed as healthcare assistants with comparable qualifications from another jurisdiction over QQI 5 level will not be required to complete QQI level 5 course for the occupation of healthcare assistant in Ireland, when it comes into operation, to retain their jobs; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1387. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure pay parity for employees of Section 39 organisations providing healthcare services with comparable workers in the HSE. [16510/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1388. To ask the Minister for Health the number of lactation specialist roles and-or public health nurses with a specialisation in lactation that it is planned to establish and fill in each LHO in CHO4 during 2023. [16511/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1389. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the staffing and locations for the provision of lactation services in each LHO in CHO4. [16512/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1476. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the scheme to publicly fund IVF treatments; when people will be able to apply; the criteria that will be used to determine eligibility; if it will involve means testing; when funding will be made available to support access to advanced AHR treatment via private providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16837/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1473. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis capacity and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16834/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1474. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with a group (details supplied) to improve the diagnosis capacity and treatment of Lyme disease in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16835/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1475. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting times for individuals with rare diseases requiring genetic testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16836/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1534. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all trainee psychologists are remunerated for their work carried out as part of compulsory placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17099/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1535. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the relevant stakeholders in relation to the recommendation in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice report entitled An Examination of the Present Approach to Sanctions for Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use that 'the practice of cultivation of currently illicit substances at a modest, non-profit level be...