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Tue, 14 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Duncan Smith
328. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education to outline a timeline for the delivery of autism units in primary schools in Skerries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21659/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Duncan Smith
340. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the status of the proposed secondary school in a location (details supplied); when she expects construction to commence given the population will increase dramatically in the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21778/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Electoral Process
Duncan Smith
379. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the specific criteria required for an appointment as a presiding officer at various electoral contests throughout the State; who determines these appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21654/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Grant Payments
Duncan Smith
380. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will take steps to widen the medical criteria for determining eligibility for the disabled persons' grant; if same grants can be increased to reflect or mirror current construction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21655/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Septic Tanks
Duncan Smith
381. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider substantially increasing funding to local authorities in order to enable septic tank inspections to be carried out in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21656/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Duncan Smith
416. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm having received the required information as sought from a person (details supplied) in order to have their eligibility for disability allowance fully reviewed and awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21658/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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International Protection
Duncan Smith
532. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any international protection applicants have been referred to the National Infectious Disease Isolation Facility in Portrane for treatment of scabies who are unable to isolate in their own environment to contain spread to others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21780/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
615. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to outline the impact of the recruitment embargo on nurses in relation to the ability of hospitals to provide services, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21657/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Passport Services
Duncan Smith
238. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of an issue whereby documentation is being returned to passport offices despite not being correctly completed by gardaí, thereby delaying passport applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21069/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Public Transport
Duncan Smith
115. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the amount he has allocated to a project to proceed to planning in full (details supplied); whether any requests for further funding have been received by his Department; if he intends to fulfil those funding requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20262/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Departmental Policies
Duncan Smith
404. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in the context of the widespread destruction of ash trees right across the country, due to the ash dieback disease, he will consider positively the provision of grant incentives to householders, landowners and other tenants to replace trees on their holdings that have died due to the specific disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20387/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Disability Services
Duncan Smith
472. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase and expand respite services in Waterford and west Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20745/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
550. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health in tabular form the number of social worker posts that are authorised and the number that are filled in each hospital and clinic in Dublin, and larger hospitals broken down by Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20384/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
620. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 31 January 2024, how the needs of the National Gender Service’s patients are increasingly complex; what statistics can be shared around the change in the proportion of clinical time spent on follow-up compared to previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20789/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
621. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 31 January 2024, if psychiatrists are a bottleneck for assessments, as indicated in the National Gender Service's July 2023 clinical governance committee minutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20790/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
622. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 31 January 2024, if the National Gender Service will provide a recent example of the sort of situation where it was necessary to meet with non-clinical groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20791/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
623. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 31 January 2024, how meeting no such organisations in 2023 is in line with the National Gender Service model of care's commitment that "patient support and advocacy organisations will be involved in governance and service development”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20792/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
624. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 31 January 2024, if the National Gender Service considers the care it provides to be gender affirming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20793/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
625. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 31 January 2024, if the National Gender Service will clarify which definition of gender affirming it meant with "promoting a gender affirming model of care" in a newspaper article in September 2023 (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20794/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Health Service Executive
Duncan Smith
32. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the appointment of a social worker for the Swords area, which is being hindered by the ongoing recruitment freeze in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19400/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Cancer Services
Duncan Smith
34. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to funding the National Cancer strategy in full in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19397/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Departmental Funding
Duncan Smith
45. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will increase statutory funding for an organisation (details supplied) due to data that shows that stroke incidence in Ireland could increase by 60% by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19399/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Departmental Staff
Duncan Smith
50. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason a chief pharmaceutical officer has yet to be appointed; if he will support such an appointment considering the consistent shortage in various medicines worldwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19398/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Emergency Departments
Duncan Smith
52. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to detail his plan to solve the ongoing accident and emergency crisis in UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19401/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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School Facilities
Duncan Smith
144. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education to instruct her Department to engage with Fingal County Council to provide a long-time parking solution for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19602/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Disability Services
Duncan Smith
225. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his plans for the development of respite services in CHO6 for persons with disabilities and their families including the increasing of staffing levels; and the facilities that are planned or where works have commenced. [19643/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Mental Health Services
Duncan Smith
247. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for the appointment of an occupational therapist in CAMHS at Nenagh health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19585/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Hospital Charges
Duncan Smith
266. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the amount collected in public car parking charges at University Hospital Limerick in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [19638/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Duncan Smith
267. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rate at Sligo University Hospital for each week in 2023 and to-date in 2024; and the number of beds available during this period, in tabular form.
[19639/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
268. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists working in Louth County Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [19640/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
269. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric ophthalmologist registrars at CHI Tallaght in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [19641/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
270. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse managers 1 based in Monaghan General Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [19642/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Suicide Prevention
Duncan Smith
271. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of safe talk programmes that were delivered in County Mayo in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [19644/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
272. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number and location of palliative care beds in County Westmeath; and if palliative care services will be further improved during the remainder of 2024.
[19645/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
273. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical social workers based at St. Luke's Hospital Kilkenny in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [19646/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Primary Care Centres
Duncan Smith
274. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide with regarding to all the planned primary healthcare centres within County Clare; and to outline the various stages of their developments. [19647/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
275. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeons at Naas General Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [19648/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
276. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric neurology registrars based at Galway University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form [19649/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Mental Health Services
Duncan Smith
277. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the roll-out of CAMHS-ID teams nationwide; and the estimated costs of fully resourcing three CAMHS-ID teams. [19650/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Duncan Smith
278. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of long-term beds which are opened in each of the community hospitals in Waterford for each of the years 2021 to 2024, in tabular form. [19651/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Health Service Executive
Duncan Smith
279. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of infrastructure improvements that are included in the 2024 HSE Capital Plan for Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [19652/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
280. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE suicide crisis assessment nurses in each hospital part of the South/SouthWest Hospital Group in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form.
[19653/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Health Service Executive
Duncan Smith
281. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health how many people are employed through HSE in cognitive behaviour therapy in County Wicklow. [19654/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
282. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Radiographers by grade working in Roscommon University Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [19655/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
283. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in paediatric infectious disease and immunology at Cork University Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [19656/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
284. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrar at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [19657/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
285. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency department nurse vacancies at Cavan General Hospital; and the expected timeframe for which these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [19658/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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EU Directives
Duncan Smith
222. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the current situation with regard to the European Commission’s announcement of 24 April 2024 that it was sending Ireland a reasoned opinion (INFR(2023)0223) for not transposing Directive (EU) 2021/1187 on streamlining measures for advancing the realisation of the trans-European transport network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19504/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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State Pensions
Duncan Smith
259. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his plans to reform legislation around the single public service pension scheme to allow fast accrual schemes such as for firefighters and gardaí to access a State pension when they retire in the same way as all other public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19321/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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School Accommodation
Duncan Smith
301. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education to outline any provision made for additional primary school classroom facilities, that is, prefabs, which may be introduced to increase capacity for third- and fourth-class students in the Lusk and Rush area of Dublin for the 2024-2025 school term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19007/24]