Parliamentary questions

UN Conventions

Roderic O'Gorman

357. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Ireland signing up to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4302/20]

Legislative Reviews

Roderic O'Gorman

358. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the provisions of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 with a view to broadening the range of convictions which can be considered as spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4303/20]

HSE Staff Recruitment

Roderic O'Gorman

536. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the panel system regarding the recruitment of therapy staff such as physiotherapists and occupational therapists in view of the fact there are candidates on such panels for a number of years without being offered positions and subsequently the panels are disbanded and candidates have to apply again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4296/20]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Roderic O'Gorman

979. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a cost-benefit analysis has been undertaken on the estimated cost of net carbon reduction in circumstances in which exploited wetlands have been restored to ecosystem function through drainage management and rewetting as referred to in section 6.3.3 of the 2019 greenhouse gas emissions national inventory report of the EPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4297/20]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Roderic O'Gorman

251. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the new secondary school for the Blanchardstown village and Blanchardstown west school planning areas, the patronage of which was recently awarded to the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board, will include an ASD unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3162/20]

Migration Data

Roderic O'Gorman

404. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of undocumented migrants living here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3289/20]

Migration Data

Roderic O'Gorman

405. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who successfully availed of the 2018 scheme for regularising undocumented migrants who arrived here as students; the number of unsuccessful applicants for same; the overall cost of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3290/20]

Direct Provision Expenditure

Roderic O'Gorman

406. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid annually to private contractors providing direct provision services since it was introduced in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3291/20]

Direct Provision Data

Roderic O'Gorman

407. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons living in the direct provision system broken down by those living in direct provision centres and emergency direct provision accommodation; the number still living in direct provision even though they have received a grant of international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3293/20]

Healthcare Policy

Roderic O'Gorman

658. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the opening hours and days for the children's urgent care centre at Connolly Hospital; if it was envisaged that it would open longer than this; the reason this is not the case; the plans in place for same to open for longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3163/20]

Healthcare Policy

Roderic O'Gorman

659. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no on-site laboratory testing for the children's urgent care centre at Connolly Hospital; his views on whether sending all tests to Temple Street Children's University Hospital is a safe and efficient provision of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3164/20]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Roderic O'Gorman

660. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of additional step-down bed facilities at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3165/20]

Healthcare Policy

Roderic O'Gorman

661. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health his plans to include the provision of inpatient and outpatient private healthcare in the new national children's hospital or its satellite centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3166/20]

Rail Network Expansion

Roderic O'Gorman

1057. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the electrification of the Maynooth N3 parkway lines; if all level crossings along the line will be removed; if so, the alternatives being put in place at each level crossing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3167/20]

Rail Network Expansion

Roderic O'Gorman

1058. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that previous incumbents of his office made commitments that there would be early engagement with residents and communities in relation to existing level crossings on the Maynooth line in the event that there were proposals to close these level crossings; if such engagement will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3168/20]

Direct Provision Data

Roderic O'Gorman

1110. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid annually through the daily expenses allowance since 2000, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3292/20]