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Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (30 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 1100. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in north County Kildare over each of the past 12 months, in tabular form; the number provided in each month since March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19767/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (30 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 1101. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres in County Kildare that have now reopened; the number that will be reopened by September 2020; the number that are not in a position to reopen by the same date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19768/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (30 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 1102. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres for persons with intellectual disabilities in north County Kildare that have submitted applications for funding in order to reopen; the amount required; the amount allocated to date; the amount that will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19769/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ophthalmology Services (30 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 1103. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in north County Kildare, in tabular form; the average waiting time for appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19770/20]

Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: I was here. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle agus leis an Aire. In the beginning the words were "comfort" and "health protection". Comfort came first for the millionaires and billionaires. With Covid-19 they were assured there would be no penalties for the tax exiles outstaying their revenue welcome because we were all in this together. We were all in this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (28 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 753. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of wards of court, adults and children, respectively; the number of adults who were made wards in March, April, May and June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17974/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (28 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 754. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adults who have been made wards of court since the signing of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 to date; the number of wardship applications made by the HSE in relation to vulnerable persons in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17975/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (28 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 755. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in funding the decision support service to replace the wards of court system, which is in conflict with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; if full funding will be guaranteed in budget 2021 to make it immediately operational in view of the urgency of the requirement for same;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (28 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 756. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the outstanding legislation in relation to putting the decision support service in place; the timeframe in which this will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17977/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (28 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 757. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to other factors which might delay work in relation to setting up the decision support service in view of the January 2020 minutes of the Mental Health Commission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17978/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (28 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 758. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons in wardship are unable to exercise their right to make decisions in relation to their future healthcare and other important life issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17979/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (28 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 759. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016, which lapsed with the dissolution of the Thirty-second Dáil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17980/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: I thank the gentlemen for coming in to talk to us today. I acknowledge that, at a crucial time, those who operate buses, trains and taxis were the essential workers ferrying other essential workers to and from their jobs. On behalf of Sinn Féin, I thank them for their public service. The State depended on them and they were there for us. I have read the submissions. I am sure our...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: Mr. O'Leary should be given a chance to respond to the question I asked about school transport. While some people might say one should never let a good crisis go to waste, let us look at it from another point of view. Let us not let this crisis go to waste and try to improve the school transport system. Many parents are already being asked to pay for this service and we are still waiting...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: Go raibh maith agat. I want to raise the promised legislation for people living with intellectual disabilities. Under the previous Government these became the new dispossessed. We cannot allow that to become permanent. Mothers in north Kildare have contacted me about their children with intellectual disabilities, the lack of respite services and unacceptable delays in vital health...

Early Years Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: Childcare,a two-syllable word, is enough to put the heart across any parent, first from finding it, then from paying for it. Fees are among the highest in Europe. It could be called the baby mortgage. Parents who are already working flat out to keep a very expensive roof over their heads are paying an absolute fortune for the privilege of dropping their children off in the dark of the...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: I stand across the Chamber from the Government party that gave us austerity and billions lost and owed. The Minister might need reminding about the smaller figures, those living month to month and week to week, those who on a Thursday night might be checking their coat pockets for the surprise fiver or checking down the side of the sofa for the extra couple of euro because they are...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of deaths for March, April and May 2020 compared to the same three months over the past five years; and if there is national collection or classification of data of patients dying with Covid-19 versus of Covid-19 in the same months. [14508/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (7 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will revisit the help-to-buy scheme in terms of its loan-to-value ratio borrowing requirement being 70% when such threshold precludes significant numbers from accessing the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14510/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit (7 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 971 of 16 June 2020, if she will consider using her discretion in circumstances in which an application was to be made for child benefit by the father of an Irish citizen child based on a situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13732/20]