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Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this motion forward. It is always important to be able to discuss childcare provision and early education in this Chamber. Interestingly, in the past half hour I had a conversation with a young parent. He told me about his personal experience of getting childcare. He spoke about the stress of trying to find places and pay for them, the stress of getting...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Thank you. Some 327 children are waiting for their spinal surgeries. I must say I was very surprised a couple of days ago to listen to the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, talk in the media about the horrific waiting list, the times and the impact this is having on the children. He said he was furious and deeply frustrated that this is happening and that nothing to do with the service...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reports (9 Sep 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 88.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a copy of a report (details supplied) commissioned by his Department; if he will detail the provision of a scientific assessment of peat land landslides in Leitrim, Kerry and Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34178/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (9 Sep 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 251.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the expected timelines of delivery of electric battery carriages and associated infrastructure in Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35006/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (9 Sep 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 252.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he would recommend to TFI that Greystones be added to the 90-minute fare structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35007/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Housing Schemes (9 Sep 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 958.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people accessing HAP and rental assistance payment in Wicklow county from 2014 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.[34493/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Facilities (9 Sep 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1372.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the provision of a neuro-rehabilitation unit in CHO6; if the proposed roles for the unit have been filled; when the unit will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34534/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 347. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels in CAMHS in CHO6 and CHO7 in each month of 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30571/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 348. To ask the Minister for Health the budgetary allocations to CAMHS psychology in CHO7 and CHO6 in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30572/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 349. To ask the Minister for Health the full staff available on each of the CAMHS teams in CHO6 and CHO7; the number and position of staff on leave; the length of leave and reason for leave; the numbers of staff present currently to each team; the number of vacant positions currently on each team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30573/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 350. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for a CAMHS consultation/assessment, by CHO, in the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30574/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 351. To ask the Minister for Health when the legislation will be enacted to reimburse parents who have to pay private practitioners to assess their children for special needs, in order to bypass long HSE primary care psychology or CAMHS waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30575/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the roll-out of CAMHS-ID teams nationwide, including a breakdown of CHOs that these teams will be based in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30576/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 353. To ask the Minister for Health the CAMHS staffing levels as set out in the Vision For Change in each of the teams in CHO6 and CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30577/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE filled and vacant in each CAMHS team in CHO6 and CHO7, broken down by discipline in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30578/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30579/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals received by each CAMHS team in CHO6 and CHO7 in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of those referrals that were accepted, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30580/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 357. To ask the Minister for Health for detailed waiting times for a child or adolescent to see a CAMHS professional in each county in the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the number of children on waiting lists for CAMHS, by county in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30581/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 599. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 8 May 2024, if his attention has been drawn to the considerable distress that has resulted from the issuance of transfer letters to children in direct provision with respect to resulting forced school transfer; his Department’s thinking on the refusal to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (9 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 721. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that essential radiology scans for cancer care patients on maintenance treatments, which must happen at three-month intervals for optimum outcomes, have been delayed by up to seven months, as in the case of a person (details supplied); and that this delay means that consultants cannot ascertain the best course of...