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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 1845.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress being made to move away from privately-owned accommodation provision for international protection applicants to State-run reception centres; if he will detail specific timelines for any planned projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32359/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 1846.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for assessing the best means of carrying out assessments of needs and therapies provision for those with autism; the interim services that will be made available while this assessment is being made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32360/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 1847.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the progress being made in workforce planning for staffing disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32361/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Co-operation (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 1970.To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the reduction in funding for patients getting cross-Border cataract surgery which has been halved from €1,928 to €863 from 1 July 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30939/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2470.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of recent overcrowding at the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda; the reasons for this overcrowding; the steps being taken to alleviate it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33089/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2471.To ask the Minister for Health if he aware there is no podiatrist working in the public health realm in the Louth area; his plans to recruit the required number; what patients are being advised to do in the meantime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33090/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2472.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 23 January 2024, the progress of the tender by the National Oral Health Office for orthodontists to provide care to Grade 5 dental patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33091/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2473.To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider additional funding for addiction services provided through the North Eastern Regional Drugs and Alcohol Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33092/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2474.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who availed of the Northern Planned Healthcare Scheme from June 2023 to June 2024; the types of treatment received, by county; the total amount paid to the Planned Healthcare Scheme during this period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33093/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2475.To ask the Minister for Health the range and nature of diabetes services available to Louth-based adults and children at hospitals; if there are plans to improve the diabetes service currently serving adults and children in Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33094/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2617.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the terms of reference for a review of personal assistance services funded from the fund for students with disabilities across tertiary education settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32759/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2618.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for capital investment in further and higher education facilities in Louth in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32760/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2619.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in Colleges of the Future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32761/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2620.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to streamline apprenticeship access and training; whether there has been engagement with education and training boards and the further and higher education sector on these streamlining plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32762/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2621.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for capital investment this year in a further education college in Louth (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32763/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2622.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to replicate a centre in Dundalk (details supplied) in County Louth, around the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32765/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2699.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the work being carried out by the stakeholders’ group on control of dogs issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33299/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (23 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2700.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 9 May 2024, if she will detail any application made by Louth County Council for remedial works on previously repaired local improvement scheme roads, damaged by flooding, under the new flexibility introduced to the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33300/24]

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is vital legislation. We must ensure we have absolute due diligence and a streamlined process in regard to vetting. I am saying more than I usually would while in the Chair. I received a telephone call just before the debate started concerning a new facility in County Louth to deal with vulnerable children. The caller is dealing with a particular issue and asked me whether I know...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Anois, tá deich bomaite ag an Teachta Croinin.