Parliamentary questions

Departmental Schemes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

8. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration would be given for larger local authorities such as Cork County Council to make additional submissions to the town and village renewal scheme to account for the larger population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20404/24]

Cabinet Committees

Pádraig O'Sullivan

5. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet next. [17780/24]

Departmental Programmes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

20. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach for an update on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme office. [17781/24]

Departmental Policies

Pádraig O'Sullivan

87. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he or his officials have given consideration to using money collected through the carbon tax and through the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Act 2023 to help tackle energy poverty in Ireland through measures such as the EnergyCloud initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20625/24]

School Accommodation

Pádraig O'Sullivan

187. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education for an update on a reconfiguration project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20286/24]

Energy Policy

Pádraig O'Sullivan

286. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he or his officials have engaged with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications or his officials to use money collected through the carbon tax and through the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Act 2023 to help tackle energy poverty in social housing in Ireland through measures such as the EnergyCloud initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20626/24]

Social Welfare Code

Pádraig O'Sullivan

321. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if the recent extension of child benefit to 18-year-olds in full-time education or those with a disability also includes those who are home-schooled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20624/24]

Medical Cards

Pádraig O'Sullivan

608. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the current criteria for an over-70s medical card, in particular the assessable outgoing expenses of a person (details supplied) still operating a small farm or business, where little or no profit is accrued annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20710/24]

Medicinal Products

Pádraig O'Sullivan

619. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reimbursement status of the drug ravulizumab for paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria and atypical haemolytic uremic syndrome; when he expects this drug to be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20786/24]

Health Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

17. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 23 April 2024, if funding will be allocated via the estimates process this year considering that the implementation model was approved in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19419/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Pádraig O'Sullivan

37. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in CHO4 that are waiting for a medical appliance, for example, wheelchair, orthotics and shower chair, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19420/24]

Cabinet Committees

Pádraig O'Sullivan

15. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will meet next. [17779/24]

Citizens Information Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

179. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that staff in the citizens information service have not received a wage increase since 2008; if there are plans to implement a wage increase; if there is a timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19543/24]

Citizens Information Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

186. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will engage with members of the Citizen Information Board regarding pay equality concerns; if she will outline the engagement her Department has had to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19683/24]

Departmental Strategies

Pádraig O'Sullivan

120. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the funding required to implement the Disability Action Plan; if he will outline the level of engagement his Department has had with disability advocacy groups regarding the implementation of the Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19222/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

121. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can provide an update on when a special school in Cork (details supplied) will receive access to therapies considering there are still no therapists in place at the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19223/24]

School Costs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

359. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to supporting schools with rising insurance costs as a result of the construction of modular buildings as in the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19432/24]

School Costs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

360. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if funding streams are available to a school struggling with increased insurance costs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19433/24]

Health Strategies

Pádraig O'Sullivan

682. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health his plans for the €20 million in medicines savings which his Productivity and Savings Taskforce intends to achieve in 2024; whether it is intended that all of these savings will be reinvested in new medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19014/24]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig O'Sullivan

714. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 19 April 2023, if there is a timeline for completion of the development of a helipad in CUH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19298/24]

Health Strategies

Pádraig O'Sullivan

717. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if his Department will consider establishing a national eye health strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19308/24]

Dental Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

729. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in Cork city and Cork county which have ceased providing medical card services over the past five years; if he will provide an overview of the dental services currently offered to medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19412/24]

Medical Cards

Pádraig O'Sullivan

730. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the provisions that are in place for persons whose dentist withdraws from the medical card service or does not accept medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19413/24]

Dental Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

731. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the national oral health policy, Smile agus Sláinte; the timeline for implementation; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19414/24]

Healthcare Policy

Pádraig O'Sullivan

732. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing a clinical care programme for those living with lung fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19418/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

14. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who availed of the activation and family support programme in 2022 to fund the cost of training supports and education courses for people on social welfare in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18137/24]

Control of Horses

Pádraig O'Sullivan

99. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his Department’s plans to simply and modernise the Control of Horses Act 1996, as per the summer legislative programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18281/24]

School Curriculum

Pádraig O'Sullivan

179. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education when applications will be open for expressions of interest for the 2024/2025 transition year pilot programme; if she will provide information on how schools can apply (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18506/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

202. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she will address matters in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18590/24]

Housing Schemes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

92. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an overview of the number of croí cónaithe applications have been made and processed in each local authority for 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18379/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pádraig O'Sullivan

125. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 20 March 2024, the number of Garda vetting appeals heard by appeals officers for the years 2019 to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18206/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pádraig O'Sullivan

15. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí working in road policing in Cork city and county at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17791/24]

Crime Prevention

Pádraig O'Sullivan

20. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice the measures her Department has taken to date to tackle cybercrime; her views on whether enough resources have been allocated to the Garda to deal with cybercrime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17790/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

81. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on the lower Lee flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15531/24]

Fuel Poverty

Pádraig O'Sullivan

118. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps taken by his Department and agencies under the remit of his Department (ESV, ESB Networks, EirGrid, CRU, SEAI) to use surplus renewable energy to tackle fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17491/24]

Road Projects

Pádraig O'Sullivan

182. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the status of a road project in Cork (details supplied); if considerations will be given to fast-tracking the project due to the amount of delays being caused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17969/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig O'Sullivan

267. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education for an update on an emergency works application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17381/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig O'Sullivan

293. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update and details of her plans to construct a new primary school in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17584/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig O'Sullivan

297. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the details of plans for the building of a new primary school in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17601/24]

Immigration Policy

Pádraig O'Sullivan

452. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice if her Department helps fund the costs associated with repatriation for beneficiaries of temporary protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9713/24]

Disability Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

549. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application for long-term residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17640/24]

Health Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

578. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when the amyloidosis model of care, which was approved by the HSE in 2022, will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17325/24]

Sports Funding

Pádraig O'Sullivan

8. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the large-scale sport infrastructure fund will be launched; if she will outline the guidelines for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16788/24]

Sport and Recreational Development

Pádraig O'Sullivan

22. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps her Department is taking to encourage the participation of females in sport; if she can provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to increase the level of media coverage, nationally and locally, of women’s sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16789/24]

Business Regulation

Pádraig O'Sullivan

74. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for a range of measures to reduce red tape and the administrative burden on business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16940/24]

Business Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

99. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the first payments under the increased cost of business grant will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16939/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

61. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with a school (details supplied) regarding the urgent need for an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16186/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

98. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she has engaged with schools regarding concerns in respect to the cut to SET resources in terms of the impact it will have on the overall ability of schools to provide appropriate special education to students with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16185/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig O'Sullivan

338. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education following the recent announcement of €800 million investment of 90 school building projects, if she will provide details of the 90 schools that are benefitting from this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16541/24]

School Accommodation

Pádraig O'Sullivan

345. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she will sign off on the next stage of additional accommodation application for a post-primary school, in Cork’s north inner city (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16577/24]