Parliamentary questions

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

505. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the transition rates from post-primary to higher education in each year since 2011, by DEIS and non-DEIS schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41574/21]

Education and Training Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

506. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the transition rates from post-primary to further education and training in each year since 2011, by DEIS and non-DEIS schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41575/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Rose Conway-Walsh

660. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address the unfair situation in which parents of children with disabilities and in receipt of a disability payment are excluded from the back to school clothing and footwear allowance and either allow parents to continue to collect the allowance or allow children in receipt of a disability payment apply for it independently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41654/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Rose Conway-Walsh

714. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if a student (details supplied) is eligible for jobseeker’s allowance given that the course is designed to allow for flexible and blended learning to explicitly allow students to study and work simultaneously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42627/21]

Grant Payments

Rose Conway-Walsh

802. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students receiving supports in the form of grants each year since 2011, by undergraduate, postgraduate and post leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41572/21]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

803. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of international students of full-time higher education students in the public and private higher education sectors, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41573/21]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

804. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of mature entrants of the total number of entrants in full-time undergraduate higher education programmes since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41576/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

805. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of English language students in the State in each of the years since 2016; the number of English as a foreign language students in further education and training since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41585/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

806. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a list will be provided of all infrastructure projects in further or higher education to be delivered by way of public private partnership; the estimated cost of each project in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41586/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

808. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1243 of 27 July 2021, the number of places it is anticipated that will be added under each of the programmes (details supplied) of the 50,000 announced under the pathway to work policy document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41626/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

809. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1245 of 27 July 2021, if SOLAS in consultation with further and higher education providers will consider removing the requirement to complete 12 weeks of on-the-job training following the completion of the phase six of an apprenticeship for the apprentices that have faced substantial delays due to waiting lists for off-the job training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41627/21]

Third Level Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

810. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 24 June 2021, the overall percentage of academic and research staff in full-time permanent employment in public higher education institutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41635/21]

Nursing Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

811. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if placements for nursing students from public higher education institutes are provided in private hospitals; the number of placements provided each year; the total provided by private hospitals; the number of placements in each hospital since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41636/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

812. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if experience providing on-the-job training to apprentices qualifies towards teaching and training experience if a tradesperson wishes to pursue a career as an off-the-job instructor of apprentices; the qualification required for off-the-job instructor of apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41638/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

813. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of funding received by private colleges, institutes of technology and universities under Springboard and Springboard+ in each year for which the data is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41646/21]

Third Level Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

814. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1069 of 15 June 2021 and further correspondence in this regard of 22 July 2021 (details supplied), if the cost of an undergraduate medical student estimated to be between €25,000 and €30,000, represents the cost to the State or the cost to the institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41655/21]

Third Level Reform

Rose Conway-Walsh

815. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether reform to the HEA legislation should contain an explicit reference to the aim of restoring the Irish language as is currently present within the 1971 Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41656/21]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

816. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total funding successfully drawn down by each HEI as part of the 2014 – 2020 Horizon programme; the amount successfully drawn down each year by each HEI from 2014, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41689/21]

Science Foundation Ireland

Rose Conway-Walsh

817. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of SFI funding received by each EU NUTS 2 and 3 region in the state per year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41690/21]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

818. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of PhD students enrolled in each HEI since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41691/21]

Third Level Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

819. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total amount of research capital funding received by each HEI since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41692/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

821. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the off-the-job training capacity for each craft apprenticeship in 2019, in tabular form; the off-the-job training capacity for each craft apprenticeship in 2021 with Covid and without Covid restrictions in place in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41724/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

822. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average duration of each craft apprenticeship, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41725/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

823. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total public funding received by private colleges under vote 45 previously 26 and the National Training Fund in each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41726/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

824. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the anticipated number of first-year enrolments in general and psychiatric nursing at the Mayo campus in GMIT in the academic 2021/2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41727/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

825. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of dental student year enrolments in dentistry per institution since 2008, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41800/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

826. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of Springboard+ courses approved for 2021 and 2022; the breakdown between universities, institutes of technology and private colleges for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41801/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

830. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 2148 of 27 July 2021, if all specified nursing places are in public institutes of higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41832/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

862. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the next higher education research and development survey will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43025/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

863. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the next higher education system performance framework will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43026/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

864. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the successor strategy to Innovation 2020 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43027/21]

National Children's Hospital

Rose Conway-Walsh

1044. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if the national children’s hospital will have any genome research facilities; if so, the details of the planned facilities and the future services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41648/21]

Programme for Government

Rose Conway-Walsh

1045. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of the commitment in the Programme for Government to establish a national genetics and genomics medicine network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41650/21]

Hospital Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

1069. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the total number of doctors in Mayo University Hospital currently and in 2020 including intern doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41728/21]

Dental Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

1122. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in the dental treatment services scheme by LHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41799/21]

General Practitioner Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

1123. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when he will consult with an organisation (details supplied) on the extension of general practitioner care without fees to children aged 7 and 8 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41802/21]

General Practitioner Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

1124. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when general practitioner care without fees will be extended to carers in receipt of the carer’s support grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41803/21]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

1132. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when he anticipates an options appraisal will be completed for the upgrade of the ICU at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41830/21]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

1133. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when he anticipates an options appraisal will be completed for the 50-bed ward brief isolation rooms at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41831/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

1154. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for orthopaedic treatment nationally; the average waiting for orthopaedic treatment for County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41880/21]

Commissions of Inquiry

Rose Conway-Walsh

1375. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of the sodium valproate inquiry announced in November 2020; when the terms of reference will be published, the make-up of the membership of the inquiry; when the inquiry will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42626/21]

Departmental Bodies

Rose Conway-Walsh

1532. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of research staff employed at the Foras na Mara Marine Institute in Newport in each year since 2006; the total number of full-time permanent research staff employed at the Foras na Mara Marine Institute in Newport each year since 2006, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41833/21]

Departmental Bodies

Rose Conway-Walsh

1533. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of public funding for the Foras na Mara Marine Institute in Newport in each year since 2006, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41834/21]

Departmental Functions

Rose Conway-Walsh

65. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 15 July 2021, if his Department monitors or collects data on mobile phone coverage on either a county or on a State-wide basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39811/21]

Broadband Infrastructure

Rose Conway-Walsh

66. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 15 July 2021, the number of premises connected to date in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39812/21]

Rail Network

Rose Conway-Walsh

202. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the successful preferred bidder for the strategic rail review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39813/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

576. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a decision has been made as to when live music will be allowed to resume; if not, when a decision on the return of live music will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40919/21]

Rental Sector

Rose Conway-Walsh

679. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the provision against landlords asking students to pay multiple months of rent in advance as outlined in Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 will come into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40211/21]

Defective Building Materials

Rose Conway-Walsh

751. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the situation of residents in County Mayo being denied access to the defective concrete blocks scheme despite having independent engineering reports that pyrite is present in their home; the criteria that must be met in order to access the scheme; the process a county council must follow in order to make a judgement that a home is not eligible despite the presence of pyrite and if it requires an engineering report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40917/21]

Defective Building Materials

Rose Conway-Walsh

752. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is his position that all homes with defective blocks in which pattern cracking is not present should be classified as group 1 undamaged in the building group table 1 of IS465;2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40918/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Rose Conway-Walsh

1109. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who had their disability allowance removed in each year since 2016; the number who had their disability allowance removed to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39435/21]

Social Welfare Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

1110. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if a list of categories for removing a disability allowance will be provided; the number removed under each category since 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39436/21]

Departmental Communications

Rose Conway-Walsh

1120. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection when the dedicated Houses of the Oireachtas lines of communication with her Department will be reopened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39630/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1243. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown of the 50,000 further education and training places provided under the pathway to work policy document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39135/21]

Further and Higher Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1244. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places funded by the human capital initiative; the details of all courses and institutions and the financial allocation to each institution per course and student in tabular form for each year for which the initiative has been operating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39136/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Rose Conway-Walsh

1245. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider removing the requirement to complete 12 weeks of on-the-job training following the completion of phase six of an apprenticeship for the apprentices who have faced substantial delays due to waiting lists for off-the-job training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39251/21]

EU Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

1249. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of ESF/YEI funding being claimed in arrears in each year since 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39581/21]

EU Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

1250. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science of the 552.661 million allocated from the EU budget for Ireland operational programme for ESF/YEI 2014-2020 the amount that has been received on foot of payment applications to date; the last possible date for receiving payment from the 2014 – 2020 ESF/YEI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39582/21]

EU Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

1251. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the programmes the Government will avail of the 100% EU co-financing rate for ESF/YEI payment applications made during the 2020-2021 financial year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39583/21]

Education and Training Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

1252. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total cost of education and training measures in the July 2020 Jobs Stimulus package; the components of the July education and training measures in the July 2020 Jobs Stimulus package which will be covered by Ireland’s REACT EU 2021 allocation of €88 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39584/21]

EU Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

1253. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he anticipates bringing the draft Partnership Agreement and the draft Operational Programmes for ESF+ 2021-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39585/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

1274. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that student accommodation providers are asking student to pay multiple months' rent in advance for the 2021-22 academic year despite the passing of the Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 on 9 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40210/21]

Student Accommodation

Rose Conway-Walsh

1275. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the safeguards that are in place to ensure that landlords do not favour students that opt-out of the payment of multiple months' rent up-front if they wish which creates an incentive for students not to avail of the protection and favour of students that have the financial means to pay in advance given the Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 allows for students to opt-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40213/21]

Third Level Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

1277. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the factors giving rise to non-permanent staffing arrangements other than the employment control framework as referenced in a recent contribution in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40278/21]

Third Level Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

1278. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the HEA analysis on the scale of precarious employment in higher education over time was commenced; when the analysis will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40279/21]

Third Level Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

1279. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when a new higher education staffing agreement will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40280/21]

Third Level Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

1280. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 24 June 2021, the number of both research and academic staff in the sector; the working definition of both research and academic staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40281/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

1297. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the private or not-for-profit higher education institutions which are eligible for HEA funding for specific courses or directly via his Department in recognition of a given remit; the amount of funding received by each higher education institute in each year since 2014 under each funding stream, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40960/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

1298. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage share of public funding in the total revenue of higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40961/21]

Nursing Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1299. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if recently reported figures of 440 healthcare places in third-level included the approximately 50 private nursing placing introduced for the first-time in 2021 by a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40962/21]

Nursing Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1300. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of additional nursing places that will be made available in the 2021-2022 academic year in public higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40963/21]

Nursing Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1301. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average annual cost of a nursing student in third-level; the average cost of providing a placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40964/21]

Departmental Funding

Rose Conway-Walsh

1302. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for reducing the NTF reserve over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41026/21]

Nursing Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1303. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if placements for nursing students from public higher education institutes are provided in private hospitals; the number of placement provided each year; the total provided by private hospitals; the breakdown of the number of placements in each hospital in tabular form since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41028/21]

International Students

Rose Conway-Walsh

1304. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students enrolled in third-level from outside the EU; the number in public higher education institutes; the number in private colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41029/21]

Nursing Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

1305. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if placements for nursing students from public higher education institutes are provided in private hospitals; the number of placement provided each year; the total provided by private hospitals; the breakdown of the number of placements in each hospital in tabular form since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41031/21]

International Students

Rose Conway-Walsh

1307. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many stamp 2 visa holders are working nursing homes and as carers; the steps that are being taken to ensure that student workers with underlying health conditions or employment in healthcare settings are not forced into in-person classes by English language schools and by the conditions of their visa risking the health of the student and the wider community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41316/21]

Hospital Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

1967. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of intern doctors currently employed at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36014/21]

Primary Care Centres

Rose Conway-Walsh

1971. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the construction cost of the Ballina primary care centre; the annual rent including VAT; the annual average service charge; if the centre will enter into public ownership at the end of the 25 year operational lease arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36031/21]

Primary Care Centres

Rose Conway-Walsh

1972. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if there is scope for additional beds to be provided in Ballina, County Mayo following the transfer of services to the expanded primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36032/21]

Medical Cards

Rose Conway-Walsh

2147. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if persons will lose out on their medical cards as a result of accepting the pandemic unemployment payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28721/21]

Health Services Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

2148. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will increase the number of clinical placements that can be facilitated by the health service for nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28722/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Rose Conway-Walsh

2164. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if all student nurses have been paid the back dated placement grant for their work during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36720/21]

Primary Care Centres

Rose Conway-Walsh

2355. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when the Swinford, County Mayo care service will be reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37480/21]

Health Services Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

2356. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE home help staff recruited in the past 12 months by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37481/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

2389. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if suppliers such as photographers, videographers and so on are included in the total number of persons allowed to attend a wedding as part of the Covid-19 restrictions in place since 5 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37662/21]

Primary Care Centres

Rose Conway-Walsh

2625. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the provision of the primary care centre scheduled for Bangor Erris, County Mayo; the timeline for delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38418/21]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

2738. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the expected date of completion of the 50 bed ward brief isolation rooms at Mayo University Hospital; if he will provide a copy of the prepared brief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38990/21]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

2739. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if the HSSD upgrade for Mayo University Hospital has had the design completed; if it has received funding approval; when he anticipates the upgrade to take place and be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38991/21]

Health Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

2740. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of the ED/AMAU including feedback from the national steering group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38992/21]

Health Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

2741. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the expected date of completion of the aseptic isolation room, air handling unit and door upgrade at Mayo University Hospital; if he will provide a copy of the prepared brief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38993/21]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

2742. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the expected date of completion of the upgrade of the ICU at Mayo University Hospital; if he will provide a copy of the prepared brief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38994/21]

Ambulance Service

Rose Conway-Walsh

2743. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of times it has taken an ambulance more than 20, 40 minutes and more than one hour to reach patients that made emergency calls in County Mayo; the longest ambulance response time logged on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38995/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

2744. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for consultations with audiologists on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38996/21]

Home Help Service

Rose Conway-Walsh

2745. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the home help waiting list in on a county basis; the number of persons awaiting home care packages on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38997/21]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

2746. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in Belmullet hospital, County Mayo in use or available for use, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38998/21]

Hospital Inspections

Rose Conway-Walsh

2747. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of HIQA site inspections that were carried out in 2021 in all rehabilitation and community inpatient healthcare services in County Mayo in 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38999/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

2748. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for primary medical certificates by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39000/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Rose Conway-Walsh

2749. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting and average wait times for orthopaedic treatment on a county basis by type of treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39001/21]

Dental Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

2750. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in the dental treatment services scheme for each year since 2016, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39002/21]