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Annual Transition Statement: Statements (15 Jun 2022)

Réada Cronin: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the annual transition statements and address the big picture of where we are. The cost-of-living crisis is bringing a new urgency and worry to the issue, not alone in terms of money and cost but by exposing the unsustainable way in which the global economic system encourages and depends on us to live. We were reminded of the sheer scale and folly of...

Special Educational Needs School Places: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jun 2022)

Réada Cronin: I am pleased to speak to this motion on special educational needs. Children have the right not only to a school place but one that is fitting for their educational needs. In north Kildare, I work with the parents of these children in Naas, Sallins, Prosperous, and all the way across to Broadford. I work with them in every town and hinterland in my constituency. I see the parents'...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Jun 2022)

Réada Cronin: 990. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions 397 and 398 of 31 May 2022, if her Department could examine the figures provided in view of the fact that in a reply to a previous Parliamentary Question the figure was 730 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29629/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jun 2022)

Réada Cronin: 1912. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the access to and availability of Kaftrio which has a life-changing impact on children living with cystic fibrosis and is anxiously awaited by the children and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30812/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Jun 2022)

Réada Cronin: 1522. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will liaise with the HSE in urgently examining a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29614/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 Jun 2022)

Réada Cronin: 1934. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under six years of age of the qualifying cohort who are able to avail of free general practitioner care, given the difficulty of families in being added to general practitioner practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30974/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 Jun 2022)

Réada Cronin: 1935. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under six years of age in north County Kildare who qualify for under six free general practitioner care; the number who are availing of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30975/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on Climate Challenges: Discussion with Foróige and Comhairle na nÓg (3 Jun 2022)

Réada Cronin: Those were really powerful presentations and the witnesses certainly did not spare us. They got right to the point and they were so insightful. They spoke about storms creeping up the Atlantic and flooding that we are increasingly experiencing. They also mentioned hurricanes and we have never before had such storms. There was a running theme and, to follow my colleague, Senator Boylan, we...

Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility: Statements (31 May 2022)

Réada Cronin: It is a timely opportunity to discuss transport, particularly given the biblical scenes we had in Dublin Airport over the weekend. I note the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is not here and I hope he is reading the inside of his passport where it states: The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland requests all whom it may concern to allow the bearer, a citizen of Ireland, to pass freely and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2022)

Réada Cronin: 397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs who are without a dedicated school place in 2022 and in each of the past four years previously, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27645/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2022)

Réada Cronin: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs in the north County Kildare area who are without a dedicated school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27646/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (31 May 2022)

Réada Cronin: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in north County Kildare that are taking part in the summer provision scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27647/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (31 May 2022)

Réada Cronin: 655. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will urgently examine the case of a child (details supplied) and liaise with an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27346/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (31 May 2022)

Réada Cronin: 731. To ask the Minister for Health if unannounced HIQA inspections of nursing homes will be made in the evenings given the concern of families that bed-bound patients have no food or drink from five to six pm until breakfast time the following morning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27851/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (31 May 2022)

Réada Cronin: 732. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is satisfied that any cost cutting measures in private nursing homes are not affecting standards of care; the actions that his Department has taken to satisfy itself of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27852/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Challenge and Opportunity for Local Authorities in Climate Action: Discussion (31 May 2022)

Réada Cronin: Apologies if my question has already been asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Challenge and Opportunity for Local Authorities in Climate Action: Discussion (31 May 2022)

Réada Cronin: Apologies if my question has been asked already or if the witnesses have commented on the issue. I attended a recent meeting of Oireachtas Members and my local authority, Kildare County Council. The issue of data centres was raised because as there are quite a few in County Kildare, and more are being planned. I ask the witnesses to comment on the fact that local authorities are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Challenge and Opportunity for Local Authorities in Climate Action: Discussion (31 May 2022)

Réada Cronin: My question was not only aimed at the representatives from Kildare. Representative of the other local authorities might also like comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Challenge and Opportunity for Local Authorities in Climate Action: Discussion (31 May 2022)

Réada Cronin: Yes. If there is not one, should there be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Challenge and Opportunity for Local Authorities in Climate Action: Discussion (31 May 2022)

Réada Cronin: Yes, revenue accruing from rates given that many local authorities are cash starved. Would there be a reluctance to object to data centres when a local authority would be very reliant on funds accruing from rates and, if there is not conflict at an executive level, should there be? That is a question not only for the Kildare local authority but the other local authorities, although I...