Written answers

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Work Permits
      42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans that are in place to reduce the waiting times for employment permits considering that recently have been taking up to five...
    • Legislative Measures
      43. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 25 January 2022, when legislation will be forthcoming to give the Workplace Relations...
    • Work Permits
      44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the next review of the critical skills and ineligible occupations lists will take place; if he intends to include home carers in...
    • Industrial Development
      45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress that has been made to date in the implementation in the Border region of the IDA Strategy Driving Recovery and...
    • Enterprise Policy
      46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Louth, respectively that have applied for funding under the Irish Innovation...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of referrals that were made to the Workplace Relations Commission’s mediation process in the past four years; and...
    • Low Pay Commission
      48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 26 April 2022, if he has received the report by the Low Pay Commission and the ESRI on a...
    • Employment Rights
      49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 6 April 2022, the status of Ireland’s ratification of the International Labour...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Climate Change Policy
      50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a just transition territorial plan will be submitted for approval to the European Commission; and if he will make a...
    • Telecommunications Services
      51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his engagement with a company (details supplied) to roll-out a shared rural network to ensure that mobile...
    • Inland Fisheries
      53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that no seasonal work is available in 2022 in a setting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Energy Conservation
      54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with a social enterprise (details supplied); the steps that he has taken to reduce energy waste and...
    • Energy Policy
      55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the full €200 reduction off energy bills was deducted; if VAT was taken into account and therefore a lesser...
    • Recycling Policy
      56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered the impact of existing virgin plastic levies across the European Union and an organisation (details...
    • National Broadband Plan
      57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the dates of the first pre-orders made in the Castlebar and Ballina deployment areas for connections...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Small Public Service Vehicles
      58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when taxi fares will be increased given that in July 2020 taxis were to get a fare increase which was put on hold due to Covid-19. [25024/22]
    • National Car Test
      60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline that is in place under the contracts between his Department and the national car testing service; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the revenue collected from fares on public transport and public service obligation-supported routes, broken down by each transport company...
    • Air Services
      64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the multiple flight operations application issued by his Department is being used...
  • Department of Finance
    • Housing Schemes
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance if the help-to-buy scheme will be extended to second-hand properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25040/22]
    • Tax Code
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the forthcoming changes to benefit-in-kind and the subsequent impact on a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Revenue Commissioners
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appointments to the grade of assistant principal officer from 2015 to date by the Revenue Commissioners in County Limerick; the manner in which...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Risk Management
      68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of coastal protection and flood relief projects in Rosslare Strand, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a person (details supplied) will receive their full pension entitlements from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Culture Policy
      70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will investigate the possibility of categorising turf-cutting and turf use as protected cultural practices under such...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Vacant Sites
      71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the Derelicts Sites Act 1990; the progress that has been made in relation to the November 2021 review in...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority to conduct a value-for-money assessment of the approved...
    • Heritage Sites
      74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has responsibility for delivering a World War I commemorative memorial in Corkagh Park, Clondalkin Dublin 22;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that has been spent on capital funding schemes for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Schemes
      76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that has been spent on the rental accommodation scheme in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Policy
      77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if measures will be introduced to help first-time buyers purchase second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Schemes
      78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will be increasing funding to local authorities for housing grants and schemes (details supplied) as a result...
    • Vacant Properties
      80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the programme of compulsory purchase orders to bring vacant units to the market for sale, which is provided for...
    • Architectural Heritage
      81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 12 May 2022, if he will provide further details on the study into issues with...
    • Turf Cutting
      82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a turf cutters cessation scheme application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Commercial Rates
      84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with local authorities with a view to reducing and capping the amount of commercial rates payable by...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Student Visas
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to significant delays being reported by students who have applied for a J1 student visa through a private...
    • Passport Services
      86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24937/22]
    • Travel Documents
      87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if an emergency appointment will be arranged in order to get documents...
    • Passport Services
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the Eircode associated with the Passport Office building in Balbriggan, County Dublin; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of the backlog in foreign birth registrations; the steps that are being taken to address the backlog; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Dún Úi Néill, County Cavan which is a purpose-built barracks, will be re-opened in view of its considerable accommodation and...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will receive assistive technology for writing in school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25088/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timelines for both the commencement and duration of construction on the building of a school (details supplied); the alternative...
    • Special Educational Needs
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) is not participating in the Summer Education Programme for Children...
    • Schools Building Projects
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a series of matters in relation to the construction of a school (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can regain a class teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24993/22]
    • Education Policy
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the process of dividing the country into 314 school planning areas is underpinned by either primary or secondary legislation. [25000/22]
    • School Accommodation
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has contacted South Dublin County Council to acquire land beside a school (details supplied) in order to aid the expansion of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25026/22]
    • School Enrolments
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that her Department has put in place to accommodate students who have yet to be allocated a place for September 2022 while awaiting the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in respect of the summer schools' programme; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that a school (details supplied) can access funding for significant works to be undertaken at the school that would not be covered by the...
    • Internet Safety
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the programmes that are available at primary and secondary-school level in relation to teaching internet safety to children; and the funding that...
    • School Staff
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the appeal by a school (details supplied) to retain a classroom teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new school building for a school (details supplied); the date for the completion of this project; and if she will make...
    • School Patronage
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a process will be introduced to promote the reconfiguration of the patronage of schools in school planning areas in cases in which there is...
    • School Curriculum
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost to ensure that the education curriculum tackles the issue of violence against women and provides sex education...
    • School Transport
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current rates of payment for the remote-transport grant; when these rates were last increased; if, these rates will be increased given the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process that was used to select lands at a site (details supplied) as a possible option for the development of a new school building; if...
    • Education Policy
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 4 May 2022, if she will meet with a teaching organisation (details supplied) in relation to her...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an Irish citizen who emigrated abroad but who has recently returned home due to bad health to be near their family is...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Policies
      138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has reviewed policies in relation to assisting persons with restricted mobility to get access to support with their...
    • Maternity Leave
      139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to fix the anomaly in the legislation in order that women can defer their maternity leave while...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the future entitlements of a disabled person currently entitled to State disability services when they inherit half the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the extra €100 fuel allowance payment will be paid to recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Childcare Services
      143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to improve childcare places in Dublin, in particular for babies under one years of age; and if he will...
    • International Protection
      146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the properties which his Department currently has lease arrangements for the...
    • Departmental Data
      147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost to provide statutory reproductive leave for women going through fertility treatment...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Childcare Services
      151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the definition of reasonable profit as outlined in the Independent Review of the Cost of Providing Quality...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when details of the nurturing skills package for the early childhood care and education sector will be released....
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further and Higher Education
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the uptake levels and the progress of efforts to address issues involving consent and sexual harassment as referenced in his...
    • Third Level Education
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that his Department has in place for the increase of dentistry places and courses; when additional funding for the expansion of...
    • Third Level Admissions
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of European Union undergraduate enrolments in medicine in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Further and Higher Education
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the SOLAS report on the skilll needs of the construction sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices on each programme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25072/22]
    • Education and Training Boards
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1185 of 26 April 2022, if he has updated information in relation to the matter; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Admissions
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of CAO applications in 2019, 2020 and 2021, that contained errors which could have resulted in students not receiving an offer of a...
    • Further and Higher Education
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a proposed building project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25303/22]
    • Third Level Education
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the student contribution charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25304/22]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Asylum Applications
      167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by persons (details supplied) under the Afghan Admission Programme; if all the relevant...
    • Legislative Measures
      168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to bring forward legislation to address the issue of parental legislation; the timeframe for the delivery of...
    • Courts Service
      169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases by county brought before the courts in respect of coercive control in 2020 and 2021. [25023/22]
    • Family Reunification
      170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a family reunion visa (details supplied) which was made on 4 January 2022; and if she will request her Department...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) is taking so long.; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Health
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      172. To ask the Minister for Health if he anticipates any difficulty or delay in payment of the €1,000 pandemic bonus payment wherein a qualifying individual is now working for a new...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make available the correspondence that he received from the 52 senior National Maternity Hospital clinicians in February 2022. [25329/22]
    • Health Services
      174. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide transport for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24964/22]
    • Hospital Charges
      175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed cap on hospital car parking charges. [24965/22]
    • National Children's Hospital
      176. To ask the Minister for Health when the new Children's Hospital to be built on the St. James's Hospital site is expected to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24967/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      177. To ask the Minister for Health when voretigene neparvovec luxturna will be added to the reimbursement list in line with the Health Act 2013 and the national framework agreed with the...
    • Protected Disclosures
      178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24981/22]
    • Health Services
      179. To ask the Minister for Health the sequence of events in relation to a building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24987/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      180. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to make cariban available on the drugs repayment scheme or on the medical card in order that women debilitated by hyperemesis can avail...
    • Hospital Admissions
      181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented to emergency departments with self-harm and or intentional poisoning by CHO area in 2019, 2020 , 2021 and to date in 2022;...
    • Maternity Leave
      182. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the contents of a recent study which ranked Ireland as one of the worst countries in Europe for paid maternity leave; her Department's...
    • Mental Health Services
      183. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the funding of €1 million to be distributed by an organisation (details supplied) through its extensive network of grassroots...
    • Health Services Staff
      184. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the number of paediatric occupational therapy staff in the HSE Boyne primary care centre, Patrick St. Drogheda, County Louth; the current...
    • Health Services
      185. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for when it is proposed that the virtual disease registries will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25028/22]
    • Hospital Services
      187. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that general practitioners and the public can only access hospital policies via a freedom of information request; when this decision was made; when...
    • Mental Health Services
      188. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue related to a CAMHS referral for a person (details supplied). [25034/22]
    • Dental Services
      189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private dentists who held a contract with the HSE for the provision of dental services to medical card holders at the end of each of the years...
    • Vaccination Programme
      191. To ask the Minister for Health when persons who are non-immuno-compromised, but who are deemed high-risk with complex medical needs will become eligible for the fourth Covid vaccination...
    • Health Services Staff
      192. To ask the Minister for Health the urgent action that is being taken to address the long-held concerns of the State’s medical scientists regarding recruitment, retention, pay and...
    • Dental Services
      193. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of dentists currently operating under the dental treatment services scheme; the number of dentists who operated under the scheme in 2019; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      196. To ask the Minister for Health if a social care worker employed by TUSLA in a setting (details supplied) is eligible for the pandemic bonus payment having worked full-time from October 2020...
    • Disability Services
      198. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a speech and language appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25077/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the formal remit of the National Centre for Pharmaco-economics; if this remit was approved by his Department or the HSE; the timeline...
    • Health Services
      200. To ask the Minister for Health the governance processes for health technology assessments; the extent to which external oversight is a feature of the health technology assessment process;...
    • Medicinal Products
      201. To ask the Minister for Health the key performance indicators that he is applying to the pricing and reimbursement system for the supply of medicines outside of those criteria defined in the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      202. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25085/22]
    • Home Care Packages
      205. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will receive a home support package (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25090/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      206. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a standing frame; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25091/22]
    • Home Care Packages
      207. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a home support package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25092/22]
    • Health Services
      208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter (details supplied). [25103/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      209. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 21 September 2021, the updated position on the formal HSE investigation into the death of a person (details...
    • Care of the Elderly
      210. To ask the Minister for Health if respite services will be provided to a person (details supplied) presenting with dementia given that their spouse is not in a position to care for them due...
    • Health Services
      211. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the National Patient Safety Office’s feasibility study into remunerating service user family member carers; if this study involves the...
    • Health Services Staff
      213. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to fund training of healthcare workers on how best to tackle unconscious bias and ensure that women from all backgrounds can...
    • Health Services
      214. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to assign targeted health measures for Travellers, Roma, migrants and other disadvantaged women given documented differentials in...
    • Health Strategies
      215. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to equality-proof all health strategies as per section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 with a focus...
    • Health Services
      216. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to expand the roll-out of contraception to all ages and to include longer-acting forms of contraception. [25119/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      218. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to commit to retaining a general practitioner- clinical-lead in women’s health. [25121/22]
    • Health Services
      220. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost for one additional ambulatory gynaecology clinic to include out-of-hours care. [25123/22]
    • Medical Cards
      226. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to review medical card thresholds to reflect on-going cost-of-living increases. [25129/22]
    • Health Services
      227. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to develop a dedicated centre of excellence for complex gynaecological cases with a multi-disciplinary team on-site with referral...
    • Health Strategies
      228. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to adequately resource the National Sexual Health Strategy; and to involve women across the lifecourse in its periodic review....
    • Abortion Services
      229. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to ensure safe access zones around facilities providing abortion services. [25132/22]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      231. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to develop a clear pathway of care from general practitioners for those with fertility concerns, including general...
    • Health Services
      237. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to expand free STI testing and screening services, including self-sampling where appropriate. [25140/22]
    • National Maternity Hospital
      239. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to deliver the new National Maternity Hospital without delay. [25142/22]
    • Health Services
      240. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to ensure that every woman has full choice-of-care and delivery options when pregnant, to include midwife-led care. [25143/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      241. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to develop further education for healthcare workers, including general practitioner and practice nurses in the area of...
    • Hospital Facilities
      243. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to upgrade the building and facilities of maternity hospitals and units as needed and to ensure single room occupancy for every...
    • Health Services
      244. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to ensure that all women have universal access to anomaly scans. [25147/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      249. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to ensure access for every woman to perinatal mental-health supports in every maternity hospital and unit. [25152/22]
    • Health Services
      251. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to fully resource maternity bereavement teams for each maternity hospital and unit. [25154/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      255. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to recruit adequate numbers of obstetricians, midwives, general practitioners and practice nurses for women’s health,...
    • Health Services
      257. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to expand the number of specialist menopause clinics to meet demand for 2023-2028, and to ensure adequate regional coverage and...
    • Medicinal Products
      259. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to make HRT free for all and to ensure supply. [25162/22]
    • Health Services
      260. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to update HSE information to act as a go-to source of trusted information on all menopause options. [25163/22]
    • Health Strategies
      262. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to accelerate the roll-out of the National Cancer Strategy with a focus on supporting the earlier detection of cancers, treatment...
    • Health Services
      263. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to introduce a dedicated cancer pathway, especially for access to surgery. [25166/22]
    • Vaccination Programme
      267. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to provide catch-up for all age groups who missed the HPV vaccine due to the pandemic. [25170/22]
    • Medical Cards
      268. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to ensure that all cancer patients have an automatic right to a medical card while undergoing treatment. [25171/22]
    • Hospital Charges
      269. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to end the use of debt collectors by the HSE for in-patient charges for cancer patients. [25172/22]
    • Eating Disorders
      270. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to ensure that ringfenced funding for eating disorder treatment remains in place. [25173/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      274. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to deliver Ireland’s first in-patient mental health mother and baby unit without delay. [25177/22]
    • Health Services
      278. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to tackle waiting lists for gender-based violence recovery, including physical and mental health supports. [25181/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      280. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to ensure that all healthcare workers are trained to identify incidences of violence against women. [25183/22]
    • Health Services
      283. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to fund universal access to the FGM Treatment Service including wraparound supports including mental health services, sexual and...
    • Health Services Staff
      296. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to resource dedicated peer health keyworkers in communities to ensure equality of information and access for vulnerable and...
    • Health Services
      297. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to develop a new national cardiovascular health policy and address inequalities, particularly gender health inequalities in...
    • Disability Services
      299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults accessing speech and language therapy services in counties Roscommon, Galway and Mayo, respectively; the number of adults awaiting...
    • Health Services Staff
      300. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their 1% increase from the national wage increase which was due to be paid on 1 February 2022;...
    • Dental Services
      301. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the discussions between primary care south east community healthcare and Cork University Dental Hospital in regard to the service...
    • Disability Services
      302. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be allocated for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25255/22]
    • Health Services
      303. To ask the Minister for Health if a healthcare setting (details supplied) will continue to be used as a Covid-isolation facility; when this setting will be able to resume addiction and...
    • Hospital Staff
      304. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 877 of 19 October 2021, his plans for the recruitment of 100 additional neurological nurse specialists including nine in...
    • Disability Services
      305. To ask the Minister for Health the future entitlements of a disabled person currently entitled to State disability services when they inherit half the family home upon their parents' death,...
    • Health Services
      306. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a query raised by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25306/22]
    • Hospital Procedures
      307. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vasectomies and tubal ligations that were performed in St. Vincent University public hospital relative to its catchment area; the way that this...
    • Mental Health Services
      308. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 842 of 5 April 2022, the percentage of appointments to permanent senior psychologist posts in the adult mental health...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Rural Schemes
      312. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a CLÁR application by a person (details supplied); if she will ensure that the service level agreements are...