Parliamentary questions

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

188. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue related to a CAMHS referral for a person (details supplied). [25034/22]

Departmental Bodies

Pa Daly

24. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and policing reform division of his Department. [24359/22]

Social Welfare Offices

Pa Daly

125. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce a secure webchat capability for local INTREO offices to facilitate families with young children, those with disabilities and the elderly, given the difficulties they may face attending offices in person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24535/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pa Daly

142. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will temporarily cease rent supplement reviews in which rent has been increased and the recipient is being advised to seek alternative or cheaper accommodation, given the current housing crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24536/22]

Taoiseach's Communications

Pa Daly

156. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach when he last spoke to the British Prime Minister. [23921/22]

Social Welfare Code

Pa Daly

520. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is possible to remove blank years from a person's contributions history if residing and working in another State, given the impact of this on the total contributions average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24864/22]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

589. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number and corresponding percentage of members of An Garda Síochána who have a moderate and-or strong competency in spoken Irish by Gaeltacht area in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24213/22]

Health Services

Pa Daly

658. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the community response plan that is in place by county or other geographic breakdown in each of the years from 2010 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24228/22]

Health Services

Pa Daly

659. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of times that a community response plan has been invoked by county or other geographic breakdown during each of the calendar years from 2010 to 2021, in tabular form [24229/22]

Northern Ireland

Pa Daly

113. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the representations that he has made to the British Government in respect of the murder of a person (details supplied). [22661/22]

Northern Ireland

Pa Daly

122. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the implementation of New Decade, New Approach. [22660/22]

Northern Ireland

Pa Daly

411. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent representations that he has made to the British government with regards to the implementation of New Decade, New Approach. [22008/22]

Visa Applications

Pa Daly

624. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the status of visa applications (details supplied). [22802/22]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

201. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her views on the security review undertaken by her Department and an Garda Síochána in relation to cabinet ministers; the recommendations made and the relevant spend and personnel numbers associated with this programme to date in 2022.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22384/22]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

244. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [22074/22]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

245. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will arrange the processing of a passport for a person (details supplied); and if same will be expedited. [22128/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

430. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will include persons (details supplied) in the north Kerry CAMHS review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21736/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

438. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a permanent consultant psychiatrist will be put in place for north Kerry adult mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21790/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

439. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if teleclinics will not be used as a temporary or permanent measure to provide adult mental health services in lieu of a permanent consultant psychiatrist who is based in north County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21791/22]

Health Services

Pa Daly

440. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on HSE guidelines for the use of teleclinics including those conducted by physicians who are located outside of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21792/22]

Medical Cards

Pa Daly

524. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the criteria for granting a medical card to include patients who have a cancer diagnosis that would prove fatal without treatment. [22214/22]

Driver Licences

Pa Daly

161. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport his views on allowing those born in Northern Ireland and who hold Irish citizenship to use Ireland as their place of birth on their driver's licence. [21542/22]

National Car Test

Pa Daly

162. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will report current waiting times for an NCT appointment in each of the NCT centres in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21546/22]

Departmental Contracts

Pa Daly

97. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Defence if his Department or any organisations under his remit have purchased services from or otherwise sought to use technology developed and-or sold by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21331/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

111. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the gross total spend to date by IPAS on privately owned accommodation (details supplied) as part of its response to the crisis in Ukraine. [21389/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

112. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of rooms acquired by IPAS within privately owned accommodation (details supplied) as part of its response to the crisis in Ukraine. [21390/22]

Departmental Contracts

Pa Daly

125. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if her Department or any organisations under her remit have purchased services from, or otherwise sought to use, technology developed and-or sold by a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21330/22]

Bus Services

Pa Daly

114. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport his views on significantly increasing the LocalLink budget to serve significant sites of Ukrainian refugees in local areas. [19261/22]

Ukraine War

Pa Daly

116. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if his officials are represented within the newly-established Ukraine unit within the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (details supplied). [19262/22]

Driver Licences

Pa Daly

384. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the status of a passenger licence (details supplied). [20203/22]

Passport Services

Pa Daly

736. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will review a passport application by a person (details supplied). [19974/22]

Care Services

Pa Daly

1506. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a care plan for a child (details supplied). [19885/22]

Registration of Births

Pa Daly

1545. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will approve the ability to register births at Civil Registration Service locations in Tralee and Listowel, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20083/22]

Fishing Industry

Pa Daly

1897. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1156 of 22 March 2022, the account that is made for inshore fishing in calculating bass stocks and resultant quotas. [20129/22]

Fishing Industry

Pa Daly

1898. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1156 of 22 March 2022, the common European approaches that are protecting bass stocks; and if Ireland is aligned with these practices. [20130/22]

Ukraine War

Pa Daly

145. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the Departments that were involved in the Ukraine unit that was recently established in his Department; and his views on the unit and its activities. [18488/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pa Daly

176. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the efforts that have been made to promote the Government’s undocumented scheme within International Protection Accommodation Services accommodation centres through the means of visits, posters and so on. [18490/22]

Public Transport

Pa Daly

198. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some Ukrainian families are walking along busy roads with children to get to town centres (details supplied) due to the lack of transportation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17639/22]

Public Transport

Pa Daly

199. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport when arrangements will be in place for transportation to town centres for those Ukrainian refugees who are located in congregated settings outside town centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17641/22]

Social Welfare Offices

Pa Daly

516. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the services that are provided to Ukrainian refugees at INTREO offices. [17501/22]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Pa Daly

545. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on establishing online supports (details supplied) or similar supports for those Ukrainian refugees who lack transport or childcare to attend supports in person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17497/22]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Pa Daly

546. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the rental accommodation supports that will be made available to Ukrainian refugees who require own door accommodation as opposed to congregated settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17498/22]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Pa Daly

547. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the account which is being made of refugees in non-IPAS sourced accommodation; the efforts that are being made to assess the implications this may have on demand for schools and other services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17499/22]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Pa Daly

548. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on establishing a one stop shop type service by county for Ukrainian refugees who have completed the processes currently available at the reception hubs. [17500/22]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Pa Daly

552. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the arrangements for childcare and play areas in congregated settings that are located outside town centres for those Ukrainian refugees who require same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17640/22]

Departmental Data

Pa Daly

591. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 22 March 2022, the number of applications for the undocumented migrants scheme that have been received to date; the number that have been approved to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18378/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

800. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue for a person (details supplied). [17850/22]

Hospital Facilities

Pa Daly

54. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of beds that are currently provided in University Hospital Kerry; and if all patients have access to adequate shower and toilet facilities. [16198/22]

Hospital Overcrowding

Pa Daly

105. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the current overcrowding crisis in University Hospital Kerry. [16197/22]

Census of Population

Pa Daly

1. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach the position regarding, and reason for, the new requirements on census enumerators having to scan in barcodes on census forms; the impact this has on their workload; and if his attention has been drawn to the way this significantly increases the number of hours worked without increasing their remuneration. [16891/22]

Census of Population

Pa Daly

2. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach the position in relation to the pay of census enumerators, which is deferred for the first two weeks; and if he will examine expediting this in view of the current cost of living crisis. [16892/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pa Daly

82. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve the payment of fuel allowance via lump sum for community employment scheme participants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16725/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

129. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [16755/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pa Daly

158. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm when a person (details supplied) will be provided with an orthopaedic appointment. [17050/22]

Census of Population

Pa Daly

165. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach if he will address questions relating to a respondent’s sex on the current census form; and his plans for reform of questions relating to gender identity on future census forms. [16105/22]

Commercial Rates

Pa Daly

335. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the rates refund applying to vacant commercial property in respect of each local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16365/22]

Citizenship Applications

Pa Daly

545. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the current waiting times for citizenship applications broken down by European and non-European economic area applicants in tabular form. [15856/22]

Citizenship Applications

Pa Daly

546. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the approximate increase in waiting times for citizenship applications due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will provide a comparison of the average waiting times in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [15857/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

575. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons to date that have applied for the current undocumented scheme; and the breakdown of those within the international protection strand and the more general scheme. [16357/22]

Dental Services

Pa Daly

616. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when an orthodontic appointment will issue to a person (details supplied). [15794/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

810. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for CAMHS. [16563/22]

Dental Services

Pa Daly

812. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthodontic appointment. [16573/22]

Dental Services

Pa Daly

813. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will reimburse the cost of dental care for a person (details supplied). [16577/22]

Health Services

Pa Daly

814. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a review will be completed in order that payment may issue to a person (details supplied). [16580/22]

Vacant Sites

Pa Daly

61. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of the vacant site levy that was collected in 2021 compared to demands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15249/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

151. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on providing a quarterly refugee accommodation pipeline report to the Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, detailing the number of accommodation places due to be brought on stream under the White Paper implementation process. [15487/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

653. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the Irish Refugee Protection Programme vetting of programme refugees; if he will provide a broad outline of the detail and nature of the checks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14914/22]

Direct Provision System

Pa Daly

670. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter regarding the death of a person (details supplied); and the steps he is taking to end the current direct provision system. [14338/22]

Ukraine War

Pa Daly

673. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 8 March 2022, the position regarding the request for tender issued by his Department in January 2022 to procure additional accommodation; if the tender will ultimately result in the State owning phase one accommodation as per the white paper recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14413/22]

Housing Provision

Pa Daly

696. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he anticipates the creation of the HAP equivalent payment for refugees as outlined in the White Paper on Ending Direct Provision (details supplied). [14912/22]

Ukraine War

Pa Daly

775. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 9 March 2022, when she envisions being able to offer permission letters at arrival points other than Dublin Airport. [14745/22]

Ukraine War

Pa Daly

777. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the legal entitlements of refugees from Ukraine under the Temporary Protection Directive; if a comparison of these entitlements with previous European Union refugee programmes will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14913/22]

Medicinal Products

Pa Daly

847. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will review the situation regarding melatonin not being covered by the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14080/22]

Medicinal Products

Pa Daly

848. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will approve the reimbursement of melatonin for a person (details supplied). [14081/22]

Fishing Industry

Pa Daly

1156. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a commercial inshore hook and line fishery for bass including a quota in Tralee Bay. [15042/22]

Ukrainian War

Pa Daly

334. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the proposed solidarity platform for European Union member states to exchange details regarding the availability of reception places for Ukrainian refugees. [13714/22]

EU Regulations

Pa Daly

355. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her views on the European Union Commission’s guidance (details supplied) on border controls given the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [13715/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

156. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his role and that of his Department within the plans to address the Ukrainian refugee crisis. [13300/22]

Official Engagements

Pa Daly

169. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on her meeting with European Union counterparts in relation to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. [13297/22]

Official Engagements

Pa Daly

170. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she will engage with her Northern Ireland Executive colleagues and the UK government in relation to the challenges the Border poses to Ukrainian refugees looking to unite with family members north and south. [13299/22]

Home Help Service

Pa Daly

223. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will approve home help hours for a couple (details supplied). [13437/22]

Health Services Staff

Pa Daly

224. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the public health nurse in a location (details supplied) has been on leave and no replacement is being provided for; and if a locum public health nurse will be provided as a matter of urgency. [13438/22]

School Staff

Pa Daly

320. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education her views on the potential staff shortages created by requiring trainee teachers to withdraw from working as substitute teachers in order to take-up their placements. [12397/22]

Asylum Seekers

Pa Daly

380. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent of supports that his Department will provide to displaced Ukrainian refugees who travel to Ireland as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13075/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pa Daly

487. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the bonus payment to front-line health workers; and the progress made with regard to determining eligibility. [12372/22]

Dental Services

Pa Daly

506. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the waiting list for orthodontic appointments for children in County Kerry given the waiting list is presently between 3.5 to 5.5 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12460/22]

Dental Services

Pa Daly

507. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the average cost per patient for orthodontic treatment carried out on children who were on the waiting list for time periods (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12461/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

534. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will include all north Kerry child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, families in the upcoming audit of north Kerry CAMHS cases, as opposed to a sample of only 50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12591/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

535. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will expand the south Kerry child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, review to facilitate the inclusion of an assessment of long-term harm, the ongoing disclosure of families and patients involved, the findings of the whistleblower and input from non-consultant hospital doctor one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12592/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

536. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will request a public inquiry into Kerry child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12593/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

537. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the necessary resources requested by Kerry child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, families to develop a care plan for each child; if he will provide clarity on the resources that will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12594/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

538. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, resources in place in County Kerry compared to the recommended CAMHS resources per 12,500 population of children aged under 18 years as identified in A Vision for Change and A National Model of Care for Paediatric Healthcare Services in Ireland in each of the years 2014 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12595/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

567. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will include families (details supplied) in the north Kerry CAMHS audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12697/22]

Disability Services

Pa Daly

569. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on plans to expand respite services for adults in daycare in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12699/22]

Disability Services

Pa Daly

570. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will extend adult residential care in County Kerry to ensure that adults currently receiving day care services and living at home with elderly parents can continue to receive the appropriate level of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12700/22]

Disability Services

Pa Daly

571. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that respite services in a centre (details supplied) have been repeatedly cancelled since the start of January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12701/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Pa Daly

707. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if shipping and postage costs for hearing aids and related items will be free for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13063/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Pa Daly

708. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the locations nationwide in which hearing aids and related items can be repaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13064/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Pa Daly

709. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will approve the resumption of repairs for hearing aids and related items in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13065/22]

Mental Health Services

Pa Daly

720. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the timeline by which the framework governing the review of medication practices across all CAMHS teams will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13078/22]