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Questions and answers for all sittings
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Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
1389. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the staffing and locations for the provision of lactation services in each LHO in CHO4. [16512/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
1390. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on the matter that persons currently employed as healthcare assistants with comparable qualifications from another jurisdiction over QQI 5 level will not be required to complete QQI level 5 course for the occupation of healthcare assistant in Ireland, when it comes into operation, to retain their jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16513/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Disease Management
Holly Cairns
1473. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis capacity and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16834/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Disease Management
Holly Cairns
1474. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with a group (details supplied) to improve the diagnosis capacity and treatment of Lyme disease in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16835/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Holly Cairns
1475. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting times for individuals with rare diseases requiring genetic testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16836/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
1476. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the scheme to publicly fund IVF treatments; when people will be able to apply; the criteria that will be used to determine eligibility; if it will involve means testing; when funding will be made available to support access to advanced AHR treatment via private providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16837/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
1534. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all trainee psychologists are remunerated for their work carried out as part of compulsory placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17099/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Substance Misuse
Holly Cairns
1535. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the relevant stakeholders in relation to the recommendation in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice report entitled An Examination of the Present Approach to Sanctions for Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use that 'the practice of cultivation of currently illicit substances at a modest, non-profit level be examined in light of the recommendations, in order to regulate such activity'; if so, the steps that will be taken regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17100/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Holly Cairns
1555. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to outline the steps he has taken to alter policy and practices in response to decisions by the Coroner's Court relating to infant deaths whereby the HSE and-or publicly-funded hospitals were found to be partially or wholly responsible for the deaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17220/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Primary Care Centres
Holly Cairns
1556. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the amount spent annually on rent for each of the following facilities (details supplied) for the years 2020 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17221/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Holly Cairns
1557. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on increasing the rate nursing homes receive on the fair deal scheme to address the rise in operating costs over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17222/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Strategies
Holly Cairns
1558. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of when the review of the long-term illness scheme will commence under the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17223/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
1559. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve public adult ADHD services in CHO4, including details of when adult ADHD services will be operating in each LHO in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17224/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Holly Cairns
1560. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure individuals who otherwise qualify for the long-term illness scheme can avail of the scheme for mental illness over the age of 16 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17225/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
1587. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on extending the costs covered by the HSE administered EU treatment abroad scheme to incorporate expenses incurred by individuals who have to seek treatment which lasts over several weeks, especially accommodation costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17374/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
1613. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to ensure that the special leave with pay for healthcare workers with long-Covid will continue beyond 30 June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17497/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
1614. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on recognising long-Covid as an occupational illness for healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17498/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
1615. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on enabling individuals to purchase six-months of HRT in one calendar month to avail of the drugs payment scheme given that this medication is not being provided for publicly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17499/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
1616. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that dementia and Alzheimer's disease treatment and care are informed by the latest best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17500/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Home Care Packages
Holly Cairns
1617. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the home support waiting list in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17501/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
1618. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to recruit more healthcare support assistants in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17502/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
1619. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of the HSE proposals to limit home birth services for women and pregnant people living within 30 minutes of a maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17503/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
1678. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1522 of 21 March 2023, if he will support the consistent use of a separate symbol on medical charts to indicate pregnancy after loss in all maternity units, as well as an alert symbol and notice indicating that women and their partner are experiencing a bereavement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17702/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
1717. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the increase health risks people are suffering as a result of Covid-19. [17961/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
1759. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that facilities to apply for the technical aids grant is available in each CHO; to provide a list of the items covered by the grant. [18178/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
1760. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to remove all remaining restrictions in maternity units regarding partners attending antenatal appointments and assessment units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18180/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
1800. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health when HPV and cytology sample processing for CervicalCheck will be resumed in the Coombe Hospital. [18351/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Student Accommodation
Holly Cairns
1819. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to increase the provision of student accommodation for students with disabilities in County Cork-third-level educational institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17262/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Student Accommodation
Holly Cairns
1820. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to ensure further education and training colleges have student accommodation facilities, especially for students with disabilities. [17263/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Student Accommodation
Holly Cairns
1821. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to introduce a National Student Accommodation Policy and Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17358/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Third Level Education
Holly Cairns
1822. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to ensure that all third level education institutions operate blended learning models; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17373/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Holly Cairns
1827. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to increase the percentage rates of pay for apprentices to ensure that they begin on minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17960/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Housing Provision
Holly Cairns
1843. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide her response to the recommendation in the University College Cork report: 'Housing and Sustaining Communities on the West Cork Islands', to "establish a gateway housing programme for the islands to attract newcomers, ensuring that plans are put in place to ensure the availability of housing for those wishing to remain on the island full-time at the end of the trial period". [17505/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Housing Provision
Holly Cairns
1844. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide her response to the recommendation in the University College Cork report: 'Housing and Sustaining Communities on the West Cork Islands', to "establish a multi-agency islands housing body in consultation with island residents to manage housing on the islands. Key to the success of such a body will be to ensure the meaningful and inclusive representation of all island residents". [17506/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Funding
Holly Cairns
1856. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the Community Recognition Fund 2023 will be allocated to the successful groups. [18181/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Adoption Services
Holly Cairns
4. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to improve the operation of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 in assisting relevant persons, as defined in the Act, in accessing personal information. [15561/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
22. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to provide respite services for disabled people and children with disabilities and their families in County Cork. [15564/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Mother and Baby Homes
Holly Cairns
29. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of his engagements with survivor and relative groups concerning potential interventions at the sites of former mother and baby homes. [15562/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Family Resource Centres
Holly Cairns
38. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to provide capital funding to family resource centres. [15565/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
44. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address staffing shortages among children's disability network teams in County Cork. [15563/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Departmental Policies
Holly Cairns
233. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify what are the policies for State bodies (details supplied) responding to mothers' requests for their records, under the Birth Information and Tracing Act, including information about their child and are these policies publicly available; how are mothers being informed and notified about their rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15817/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Family Reunification
Holly Cairns
271. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on an application for family reunification for a refugee (details supplied). [15820/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
283. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that the pandemic special recognition payment which has been transferred to a private agency (details supplied) has been passed on to the relevant staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15818/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Patient Deaths
Holly Cairns
284. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in response to a disproportionate overrepresentation of a group (details supplied) in the 13 maternal death inquests held between 2007 and 2021 which returned verdicts of medical misadventure. [15819/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Bus Services
Holly Cairns
69. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will establish an additional hourly service on the Cork-Kinsale 226 route that does not include the airport, to facilitate local passengers and commuters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15511/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Sports Funding
Holly Cairns
87. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding opportunities that are available for sports clubs to assist them in facilitating children and young people resident in direct provision centres participating in club activities, including funding for transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15510/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Family Reunification
Holly Cairns
154. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of family reunification applications under the terms of the International Protection Act 2015 received by his Department in 2022, by month received, in tabular form; if he will provide the number of decisions issued per month on family reunification for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15502/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Nursing Homes
Holly Cairns
169. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the routes available to persons wishing to report alleged abuse in nursing homes. [15503/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Nursing Homes
Holly Cairns
170. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to tackle abuse in nursing homes. [15504/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Holly Cairns
171. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide greater clarity on how the publicly funded IVF treatment system will work, including: how the funding will be distributed; how many cycles will a patient be able to avail of; if patients will only be able to avail of public treatment via a GP referral or will be able to self-refer; if there will be age or BMI restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15505/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Holly Cairns
172. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken in response to recommendations contained in the independent rapid review of specific issues in the CervicalCheck screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15506/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
173. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address delays in individuals accessing public transgender healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15507/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
174. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the national gender service engages with patient advocacy groups on matters relating to transgender healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15508/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Holly Cairns
132. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to support family carers. [14887/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Policies
Holly Cairns
151. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on progress to reform the stillbirth registration process. [14886/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Insurance Coverage
Holly Cairns
247. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to assist a sporting body (details supplied) in accessing affordable insurance cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15247/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Rental Sector
Holly Cairns
255. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking for persons renting accommodation from a landlord who is not registered with the Residential Tenancies Board in accessing the rent tax credit. [15497/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Regulations
Holly Cairns
287. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on amending S.I. No. 600/2001 - Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 as amended, to ensure that local authorities validate and make publicly available on their websites and online platforms or in planning authority public offices all documents relating to a planning application in a timely manner, and to ensure that the public have sufficient time to review and make submissions on applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14877/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Housing Schemes
Holly Cairns
288. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities take in charge housing estates from private developers in a timely manner once all works are complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14878/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
354. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education her views on ASD early intervention classes, including if there are plans to phase out these classes in favour of the Access and Inclusion Model. [14638/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
355. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD early intervention classes that have been established for each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive; and the number of ASD early intervention classes that were closed/replaced for the same time period. [14639/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
356. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the number of schools which have requested ASD early intervention classes each year for the period 2018 to 2022, inclusive; the number of these requests that were supported with the establishment of a class; the number that were not supported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14640/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
392. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details on the number of ASD early intervention class which were transformed into autism/autistic spectrum disorders, and as a result the ASD early intervention class was discontinued annually during the years 2019 to 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14858/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
393. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details on the use of calming rooms in schools for children with disabilities, including any policies, protocols, or circulars issued by the Department or the National Council for Special Education; the number of schools which have calming rooms; the guidelines on the furnishing of these rooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14859/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Educational Disadvantage
Holly Cairns
411. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to recognise a national school (details supplied) as meeting the requirements for a DEIS school. [15244/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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School Enrolments
Holly Cairns
412. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking in addressing the situation of all national schools in a town (details supplied) being unable to accept enrolments for junior infants given it is at capacity with increasing local demand for places. [15245/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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School Funding
Holly Cairns
413. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the funding options available to primary and secondary schools to facilitate external bodies (details supplied) deliver educational content relating to sustainability and climate action. [15246/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
432. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with the Minister for Further and Higher Education; Research; Innovation and Science to ensure that a course for SNAs in a third-level education institution (details supplied) is supporting in achieving Level-7 accreditation. [15495/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Policies
Holly Cairns
433. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that the Scoping Inquiry into Historical Sexual Abuse in Schools run by religious orders criteria includes schools run by or under the patronage of all religions and denominations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15496/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Holly Cairns
492. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a new scheme will be introduced to replace the motorised transport grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14641/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Disabilities Assessments
Holly Cairns
493. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an assessment of needs appointment for a person (details supplied) who is on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14642/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
503. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify the requirements of disability service providers to have complaints procedures in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14868/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
504. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details on the number of family forums established as part of Progressing Disability Services; if each children’s disability network team has or has not an operational family forum; the number of times family forums meet annually; the process by which the views expressed through each forum impact on policy and service delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14874/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
505. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the obligations of disability service providers for adults to operate family committees and forums for families to share their views on aspects of service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14875/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Data
Holly Cairns
518. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals who have applied to State bodies (details supplied) under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022; the number still waiting for their records; the current timeline for when people can expect their records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15239/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Functions
Holly Cairns
519. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he acknowledges that the statutory time period of one month, extendable only to three months, under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 concerning the provision of information to relevant person is routinely being breached; the actions he is taking in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15240/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Legislative Measures
Holly Cairns
520. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, during Dáil Committee Stage debate on the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022, he asserted that Section 11(2)(b) of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 would ensure provision to applicants of the equivalent of a GDPR schedule (details supplied); if he will direct the relevant State bodies to provide a schedule of records held to every applicant under the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15241/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Data
Holly Cairns
521. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals making applications under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 who have been required to attend an information session, as defined in Section 17 of the Act, to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15242/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Broadcasting Sector
Holly Cairns
522. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of his engagement with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media concerning the compulsory provision of subtitles by all television stations and visually-based broadcast companies operating in Ireland. [15243/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Mother and Baby Homes
Holly Cairns
540. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with the survivors and their relatives of a former mother-and-baby home (details supplied) to pursue an appropriate intervention as allowed for under the Institutional Burials Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15493/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Direct Provision System
Holly Cairns
541. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what funding opportunities are available for sports clubs to integrate children and young people resident in direct provision centres, including funding for transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15494/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Meetings
Holly Cairns
565. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking to ensure that the Firearms Expert Committee engages with firearms owners’ associations and hunting associations. [14879/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Legislative Measures
Holly Cairns
584. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if he will engage with a trade union (details supplied) concerning proposed changes to workers status under the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15251/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Crime Prevention
Holly Cairns
606. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the role of microchipping animals in preventing the theft of companion animals; the number of Garda stations that have microchip scanners; the locations of these stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15498/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Crime Prevention
Holly Cairns
607. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of awareness campaigns run by his Department or An Garda Síochána concerning preventing the theft of companion animals, including details of how much was spent on these campaigns, and the media through which they were distributed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15499/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
666. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if a person with a disability (details supplied) can apply for a computer with accessible software under the technical aids grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14867/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Hospital Facilities
Holly Cairns
667. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to make the medical assessment unit in Bantry General Hospital a 24-hours-a-day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14869/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
668. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide appropriate levels of staff in the SouthDoc facilities in Castletownbere, Bantry, Skibbereen, Dunmanway, Clonakilty and Bandon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14870/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
669. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all the details on the SouthDoc website are up-to-date and correct. [14871/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
670. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the respite services in each LHO of CHO4 for persons with disabilities and their families; the number of respite facilities available; the capacity of each facility to care for individuals who need one-to-one care; the number of people who have used these facilities annually in 2021 and 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14872/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
671. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will outline his plans for the development of respite services in each LHO of CHO4 for persons with disabilities and their families, including the increase in staffing levels, the facilities that are planned or where works are underway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14873/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Hospital Services
Holly Cairns
715. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to make the injury unit in Bantry General Hospital a 24 hrs a day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15249/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Holly Cairns
716. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting times for women to access public gynaecological services, with particular reference to women diagnosed with adenomyosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15250/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Agriculture Industry
Holly Cairns
763. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the work of the Suckler Brand Development Oversight Group, including the composition of the group and its remit; the number of times it has met; and the amount of money spent to date with a breakdown of how it was spent. [14853/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Holly Cairns
781. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse the decision to issue areas of natural constraint payments one month later than usual which impacts on the viability of small farmers dependent on these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15238/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Agriculture Industry
Holly Cairns
787. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will defer the ban on the use of creosote in fencing until measures for alternative treatments are in place, including his Department’s approval of copper oil-based treatment products and the availability of same to business in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15492/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
96. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the process by which an area is assigned a special school. [13917/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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School Staff
Holly Cairns
126. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to ensure schools in Cork south west have sufficient teachers to meet local needs. [13920/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
255. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to encourage special needs assistants to undertake continuing professional development through Irish universities and institutes of technology. [6625/23]
Wed, 22 Mar 2023
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Fisheries Protection
Holly Cairns
142. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to engage with inshore fishers, their representative organisations, and their producer organisations concerning a co-management approach to Marine Protected Areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14302/23]