Written answers
Thursday, 13 June 2024
- Department of Health
- Hospital Equipment
2. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commission an appraisal of the demand for CT and MRI scanners at Monaghan Hospital, with a view to ensuring that these services are made available in...
- Home Help Service
3. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help workers employed directly by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25760/24]
- Health Services
17. To ask the Minister for Health for the urgent reinstatement of podiatry services for a town in County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25737/24]
- Medicinal Products
18. To ask the Minister for Health to outline Ireland's position in respect of the European Commission's revision of the general pharmaceutical legislation; if he is concerned about the impact of...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
19. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 2 May 2024, to provide an update on the SAR/PBC by the project team and the Galway University Hospital’s...
- Self-Harm Prevention
20. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the supports available to teenagers at risk of self-harm and suicide-related ideation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25703/24]
- Departmental Funding
21. To ask the Minister for Health what State funding provisions have been provided to an organisation (details supplied); if, in Budget 2025, these provisions are to be increased; and if he will...
- Hospital Facilities
22. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to ensure that the affected children can complete their orthodontal treatment in the orthodontal clinic in Louth County Hospital, following the...
- Ambulance Service
23. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline for the provision of a new ambulance base in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25769/24]
- Hospital Services
24. To ask the Minister for Health what steps he is taking to increase productivity and health outcomes in Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25759/24]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
25. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the waiting list activity of the NTPF to date in 2024; if it is on track to deliver its targets for the year; and if he envisages any...
- Dental Services
26. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists across the State still treating medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25718/24]
- Abortion Services
27. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the review of abortion legislation taking place by his Department; and to provide a timeline for the completion of same. [23316/24]
- Hospital Transfers
28. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with the families of individuals moved from Cherry Orchard Hospital. [23317/24]
- Hospital Facilities
29. To ask the Minister for Health what plans, if any, are in place to deal with the crisis in diabetes care at Letterkenny Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25768/24]
- General Practitioner Services
30. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase the number of GPs available to private patients in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25719/24]
- Hospital Staff
31. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the severe shortage of medical scientists working in hospitals; if he is aware of the impact this is having on patients nationwide; if he will...
- Health Strategies
32. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position of a review and updating of the national carers' strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25386/24]
- Emergency Departments
33. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department and the HSE continue to engage with the various hospitals throughout the country, with a view to improving the throughput at...
- Health Services
34. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor, assess and remedy any shortcomings in the delivery of health services, whether in regard to...
- Health Services Staff
35. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the current situation with regard to the recruitment embargo on the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25743/24]
- Care Services
36. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has commenced work on the carer's guarantee which was an element of the Programme for Government; what range of services (fuel, emergency...
- Hospital Facilities
37. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently stated that it has yet to see any of 1,500 additional public hospital beds across 15 acute...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Trade Agreements
40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his engagements with his Cabinet colleagues regarding the Mercosur trade agreement. [25541/24]
- Control of Dogs
47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what his Department is doing to encourage responsible dog ownership. [25644/24]
- Departmental Schemes
48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for consideration in including Japanese larch under the ash dieback scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25740/24]
- Agriculture Industry
49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the acreage of agricultural land which he envisages will be devoted to new bio-based activities by 2030 under plans...
- Forestry Sector
51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his targets for new afforestation in 2024; the amount planted since the formation of the Government; and the current total amount...
- Regulatory Bodies
53. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the powers of the food regulator, An Rialálaí Agraibhia, to ensure family farm incomes are protected; and...
- Food Industry
56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that agri-food imports into this country from whatever source are only allowed from countries...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Trade Sanctions
67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether, in the course of the Government’s diplomatic engagements in the United States for St. Patrick’s Day this year, he,...
- Passport Services
68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to expedite passport applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25840/24]
- Foreign Birth Registration
69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application for a foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing...
- Department of Finance
- Taxi Regulations
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the support his Department plans to provide for taxi drivers to ensure they are not at risk of losing their SPSV licence due to the VAT liability created by...
- Tax Data
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if the special assignee relief programme is in the tax base, under the stability programme update, in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029,...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Coast Guard Service
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the status of the proposed new station at Kilmore quay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25783/24]
- Public Sector Pay
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public sector pay increases are incorporated within the expenditure projects in the SPU, making specific reference to the second half...
- Heritage Sites
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to indicate, in light of recent developments at Castletown, Celbridge, County Kildare, whether the spending of €25 million on the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Trade Unions
82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what measures his Department currently employs to ensure that practices, commonly understood to constitute union busting, are not...
- National Minimum Wage
83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions the Government is considering in relation to the implementation of the adequate minimum wage Directive; if certain policy...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine and review the special education teaching hours for a school (details supplied) given the school meets the unique...
- Question Heading for question(s) 85
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school places can be provided for a cohort of children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25822/24]
- School Funding
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be supplied to a school in Carlow (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25839/24]
- School Equipment
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her position regarding the number of schools in Wicklow that have completed solar panel projects under the free school solar scheme; and if she...
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Oideachas cén fáth go bhfuil líon na n-áiteanna ar an mBaitsiléir san Oideachas trí...
- Schools Administration
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will address anomalies in legislation and regulations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25883/24]
- School Funding
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give urgent and detailed consideration to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for primary...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Local Authorities
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff hired in local authority planning departments since the publication of the Business Case for Resources for...
- Straitéisí Ranna
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the publication of the Treoirlínte Pleanála Gaeltachta; the reasons behind the delay in the...
- Allotments Provision
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 18 April 2024, for an update on the publication date for a guide to the provision...
- Local Government Reform
96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposals, if any, he has to establish town councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25884/24]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first- and full-year cost of reducing the retirement age to 65 and increased cost out to 2029 or for each year projections...
- Social Welfare Payments
98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options open to school staff who have to sign on for job seekers benefit during the school holidays, in the context that...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Legislative Measures
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the resources that have been allocated to ensure appropriate enforcement of the provisions of the Cluster Munitions and...
- Northern Ireland
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she intends to honour her commitment to the survivors and the families of victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings to...
- Legislative Measures
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to make a statement outlining the laws and regulations currently covering covert human intelligence sources; and the plans, if...
- Residency Permits
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25856/24]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Industry
114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the date for the spreading of lime to the end of July due to the late cutting of meadows caused by inclement...
- Food Industry
115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which new markets continue to be established for Irish food and food products; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Farm Safety
116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which farm safety continues to be promoted and enhanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25864/24]
- Farm Costs
117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the cost of farm inputs including fuel and fertilisers; the action...
- Fishing Industry
118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to encourage the fishing industry, with particular reference to ensuring that the...
- Food Industry
119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department continues to monitor and safeguard the interest of the agri-food sector given the sharp increase...
- Tillage Sector
120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which cereal growing continues to be attractive in Ireland; if its viability is coming under pressure from other...
- Food Industry
121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he can, through CAP or by way of other measures, ensure that agri-food production is not impaired by carbon...
- Animal Breeding
122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree, if any, to which rare bovine herds or sheep flocks are protected or otherwise encouraged; and if he will make a statement...
- Animal Diseases
123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the bovine TB eradication scheme is meeting its targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25871/24]
- Food Industry
124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of breaches of traceability guidelines in respect of food imports that have been identified in each of the past five years...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Health Services
125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of funding for community-based service providers in the provision of health services across the...
- Department of Health
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
126. To ask the Minister for Health when the minor injury clinic will be operational in Carlow; the location and operating hours of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25793/24]
- Departmental Funding
127. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has developed funding templates to promote cross-agency and cross-Department collaboration, particularly in the context of positive ageing;...
- Hospital Appointments Status
128. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25790/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
129. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commence the process of upgrading Letterkenny University Hospital to a Model 4 hospital, considering the very large number of inpatients that the...
- Trade Sanctions
131. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has engaged with or offered support to the health services in Cuba in light of the severe impact of the embargo on its healthcare system; and...
- Medicinal Products
132. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 22 May 2024, when the HSE executive management team will be in a position to approve or make a decision on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
133. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Meath (details supplied) will get a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25811/24]
- Health Services
134. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 8 May 2024, if he is aware that the person has not yet received a response and is not satisfied with the timelines...
- Addiction Treatment Services
135. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to progress nurse prescribing of opioid substitution therapy; the status of the working group set up to examine this issue; the...
- Hospital Facilities
137. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the service transfer plan for the transfer of paediatric oncology services from MUH to CUH includes the potential use of adult beds, with...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
138. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred to the ENT clinic at University Hospital Limerick 2.5 years ago to address...
- Medicinal Products
139. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his Department's response and proposed actions in relation to a report (details supplied) published on 6 June 2024 into xylitol as prothrombotic and...
- Health Services
140. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25862/24]
- Mental Health Services
141. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is expected to improve the mental health facilities available in CHO 7 for each category of patient over the next twelve months; and if...
- Health Services
142. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which backlogs in school health examinations are being addressed, including dental and ophthalmic; the extent of progress in addressing these...
- General Practitioner Services
143. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which plans are in hand to ensure an adequate GP service throughout County Kildare, an area of expanding population; if all efforts can be made...
- Health Services
144. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he and his Department continue to accelerate the programme of assessment for children with or without special needs who may be in need of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
145. To ask the Minister for Health by how much it is intended to reduce the numbers on hospital waiting lists by whatever means over the next twelve months; and if he will make a statement on...
- Dental Services
146. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which dental patients can have their requirements met and progressed as quickly as possible, with particular reference to medical card holders;...
- Medical Cards
147. To ask the Minister for Health how many applications for medical cards were granted in the past 12 months to date; the number who were refused or who are under investigation in the same...
- Health Services Staff
148. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in the last twelve months in countering ongoing difficulties of obtaining and retaining professional staff throughout the health services;...
- Health Services
149. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which women’s health specifically remains central to the provision and delivery of a reliable level and quality of health services in all...
- Disease Management
150. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts that are being made to meet the challenges of rare diseases, early diagnosis; the requirement for rare/orphan disease drugs; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Trinity College Dublin applied for funding under the Government's short-term activation programme for their 358-bed Dartry redevelopment...
- Student Accommodation
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the production of the National Student Accommodation Strategy which was due for publication in the summer months of the previous...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Control of Dogs
153. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of dog wardens employed in each local authority in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
