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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (26 Apr 2022)

Réada Cronin: 875. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding special education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19932/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Apr 2022)

Réada Cronin: 876. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the case of damage caused to school transport by a special needs child on a single occasion, such damage arising out of their disability and medical condition, the child can be suspended from the transport and parents held liable for such damage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19933/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (26 Apr 2022)

Réada Cronin: 1765. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove the current age restriction for FreeStyle Libre with immediate effect following a survey (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20885/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (26 Apr 2022)

Réada Cronin: 1766. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the apparent impasse affecting the undertaking of a health technology assessment for FreeStyle Libre; if his Department will offer an alternative process for such assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20886/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ukraine War (7 Apr 2022)

Réada Cronin: 65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of the Government in relation to a factory (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15161/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Apr 2022)

Réada Cronin: 415. To ask the Minister for Health the plan that is in place to ensure that older people in State-run nursing homes get access to regular dental care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19093/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Apr 2022)

Réada Cronin: 416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the situation in which residents in State-run nursing homes are spending long periods of time on antibiotics for oral and dental infection in lieu of receiving the necessary dental intervention this being of further note in the context of antibiotic resistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19094/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Apr 2022)

Réada Cronin: 417. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has a dental welfare plan for State-run nursing homes given the close co-relation between dental health, heart health and new studies showing a connection to brain health in addition to basic chewing of food functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19095/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Apr 2022)

Réada Cronin: 418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental procedures and checks, respectively that were carried out on residents of State-run nursing homes in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19096/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Apr 2022)

Réada Cronin: 419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of social workers who are attached to each of the State-run nursing homes; the ratio per patient for each; the number of visits undertaken per patient in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19097/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Apr 2022)

Réada Cronin: 432. To ask the Minister for Health the way that State-run nursing homes are assessing dental and oral health and pain in residents who are unable to speak or are cognitively impaired; the number of dental checks carried out on patients in this cohort in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19220/22]

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Réada Cronin: I am glad to speak on this important issue. As a member of the climate committee I admit I am very worried we are running out of time. Worry is the only sane and sensible reaction given what our world is facing with climate change and its advance. According to the IPCC report we are facing major capital cities being underwater. We are facing unprecedented heatwaves. We have already seen...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2022)

Réada Cronin: I commend Deputy Funchion on the motion. It is difficult to believe that mothers in north County Kildare are being forced to give up work not because of the marriage bar but because they cannot afford, or sometimes cannot secure, proper childcare for their children. Even their own mothers say they cannot believe this is the case in 2022. This issue affects mainly women given that, while we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Réada Cronin: I am in my office on the premises. I have a few questions. The national retrofitting scheme, and the fact that it benefits people who are already comfortable financially and can put up the money to match the grant, is almost an economy of scale for warmer homes. The more money you have, the more money you will get. We are in the middle of a cost of living crisis that started well before...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Réada Cronin: Does Dr. Byrne have an opinion on the 80% grant for attics and cavity insulation in the context of the cost-of-living crisis? Should the grant be increased?

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: It is hard to believe we are in this State in 2022 and when we talk about the State I often think “state” is a good word for us because we are in a bit of a state. Here we having statements and there is no additional information or clarity in the Minister’s statement. We are still trying to sort out our national maternity hospital to offer state-of-the-art medical...

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: Sinn Féin welcomes this plan, which recognises women's health in its own right at long last. All too often, women do not feel listened to when it comes to our health and our real concerns can be minimalised or dismissed. We have all heard of the anxiety that turns out to be heart disease or the normal period pain that ends up being endometriosis. We suffer from a gender gap in medical...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: I raise the crisis in childcare, which is forcing women in Kilcock, Maynooth and Celbridge out of the workforce because they cannot find affordable childcare. Mothers, and their own mothers, have contacted me about this issue. This was the generation that was promised they could have it all. They are not looking for it all; all they are looking for is affordable and local childcare so they...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: 397. To ask the Minister for Health if patients with Covid-19 are being placed in wards with non-Covid-19 patients; if so, the person or body that authorised the decision; the basis of infection control upon which this decision was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17213/22]

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: The Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022 might sound remote to people who are struggling with the cost of living at the moment but it will actually matter to how we live our lives in the context of waste, emissions and climate change. While I am pleased to support this Bill, it is important that we put it in the context of where we are...