Parliamentary questions

Public Transport

Verona Murphy

146. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if research/scoping work has been carried out on plans for additional trains due to the increase in the population size of Portlaoise town and county; and how many trains are needed to service Portlaoise when a third level Institute is constructed. [23781/24]

Third Level Education

Verona Murphy

503. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans for a future third level institute in Portlaoise town; the scoping and research advance work done by his Department and his Department’s planning unit; the advance work research and Proposals by the HEA; the planned commencement date of any such Institute; the subjects to be taught; the proposed level of staffing; the plans for student housing to accompany any such institute;- his views on the optimum status of Portlaoise as a well serviced location for a third level institute; and if he will provide any further information in relation to such plans. [23780/24]

Work Permits

Verona Murphy

52. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employment work permits that have been applied for to date in 2024; the number of permits that have been granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23462/24]

Work Permits

Verona Murphy

30. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for the new employment scheme for non-EEA fishermen; the estimated start date for the employment scheme, which was to replace the atypical working scheme for non-EEA fishers; when stakeholders will be notified and informed of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22062/24]

School Transport

Verona Murphy

46. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the provision of school bus transport for the 2024-25 academic year for secondary school students travelling from Kilmore, County Wexford into Wexford town; if a resolution similar to the one recently found for students travelling from Gowran, County Kilkenny into Kilkenny city has been determined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22060/24]

Hospital Facilities

Verona Murphy

248. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the timeline for the installation of a public MRI scanner at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19587/24]

Hospital Facilities

Verona Murphy

249. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the funding allocation for the 97 bed block extension at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19588/24]

Disability Services

Verona Murphy

569. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what level of reimbursement is available to parents seeking private therapeutic interventions where their Childrens Disability Network team is unable to provide these treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18944/24]

National Development Plan

Verona Murphy

47. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to report on the national development plan priorities for enhanced regional accessibility in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16344/24]

Disability Services

Verona Murphy

1131. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children on the waiting list for CDNT services in County Wexford in each of the four Wexford CDNTs; the number of clinical staff currently assigned to the CDNT in County Wexford; the number of clinical staff currently employed to the CDNT in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11971/24]

Home Care Packages

Verona Murphy

1302. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons in County Wexford currently in receipt of home care support hours; the total current number of home care support hours being delivered in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11975/24]

Home Care Packages

Verona Murphy

1303. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons awaiting delivery of approved and additional home care support hours in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11976/24]

Health Services

Verona Murphy

1313. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) is expected to begin treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11989/24]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

1314. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons under 18 years-of-age who are currently waiting to commence orthodontic treatment in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11991/24]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

1315. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients over the age of 18 awaiting commencement of orthodontic treatment in County Wexford who were identified as requiring treatment before 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11992/24]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

1316. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting orthodontic treatment in County Wexford for 36 months or longer, 48 months or longer and 60 months or longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11993/24]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

1317. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health when his Department will approve additional funding to increase the current orthodontic specialist appointment to orthodontic services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11995/24]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

1318. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of the current vacant full time orthodontic consultant post in south east community healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11996/24]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

1319. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current period of time the south east community healthcare has been without a WTE orthodontic consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11997/24]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

1320. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the total number of current vacancies within the HSE orthodontic services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11998/24]

Health Services Staff

Verona Murphy

1321. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health when his Department will approve funding for a whole time paediatric dietician solely for the Wexford CAMHS team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11999/24]

Special Educational Needs

Verona Murphy

201. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the severe shortage of school places for children with moderate to severe profound general learning disabilities in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8800/24]

Special Educational Needs

Verona Murphy

202. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education what provisions are being made to accommodate the reported 46 children with moderate to severe profound general learning disabilities who have been unsuccessful in their applications for the 2024/2025 academic year to a special school (details supplied) in Enniscorthy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8801/24]

Special Educational Needs

Verona Murphy

203. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8802/24]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

524. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting appointments for primary care psychology in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8912/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Verona Murphy

598. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the HSE changes to financial supports to cancer patients for prosthesis costs and mastectomy bra costs; what engagement his Department had with the HSE as regards these changes; if the Minister will seek an immediate reversal of these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9209/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Verona Murphy

178. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has made any progress on allowing researchers at technological universities access to the single pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8116/24]

Primary Medical Certificates

Verona Murphy

219. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will initiate a full review of the medical criteria for a primary medical certificate as set out by the Department regulations; if he considers it reasonable to broaden the criteria to include single arm or hand amputee applicants to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7757/24]

School Accommodation

Verona Murphy

294. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on an additional school accommodation application that was sanctioned by her Department in February 2022 for a school (details supplied); to explain the delay in progressing the new build and what further timeframe is expected on the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7760/24]

School Accommodation

Verona Murphy

295. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a modular accommodation application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7761/24]

Health Services

Verona Murphy

586. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if kleinfelters syndrome patients have an eligibility to free blood testing specific to their condition through their own GP practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7758/24]

Health Services

Verona Murphy

587. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if sperm retrieval and storage is available to kleinfelters syndrome patients in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7759/24]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

339. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the Wexford CAMHS services; the current vacancies that are presently available within the Wexford CAMHS services, in tabular form; the vacancies that are currently with the national recruitment services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7239/24]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

340. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current number of referrals for support services to Wexford CAMHS services awaiting assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7240/24]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

341. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the acceptance rate for referrals to Wexford CAMHS in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7241/24]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

342. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting an initial assessment for support services in Wexford CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7242/24]

Primary Care Centres

Verona Murphy

405. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to a previous a Parliamentary Question if he will provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in New Ross, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7409/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Verona Murphy

242. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of carers allowance/benefit, including half carers payments, in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7084/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Verona Murphy

243. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the carers respite grant in 2023 in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7085/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Verona Murphy

244. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received for carers allowance/benefit from residents in County Wexford in 2023; the number of those applications that were awarded and the number that were refused; the number of outstanding 2023 applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7086/24]

Forestry Sector

Verona Murphy

279. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what recent discussions he has had with an organisation (details supplied) in regard to the Forestry Programme 2023-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7064/24]

Forestry Sector

Verona Murphy

280. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he accepts that the issuance of afforestation licences is not keeping up with the number of applications being received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7065/24]

Forestry Sector

Verona Murphy

281. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many of the 67 NTA licences have been planted and paid, and whether his Department has any plans to improve the attractiveness of the scheme by allowing black soil/shallow peat to qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7066/24]

Forestry Sector

Verona Murphy

282. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he accepts that the current rate of forestry planting will not allow for the national afforestation target 2024 to be met; what plans are in place to ensure meeting the target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7067/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Verona Murphy

498. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the status of outstanding agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6415/24]

Primary Care Centres

Verona Murphy

592. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a primary care centre in New Ross, County Wexford;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6505/24]

School Accommodation

Verona Murphy

160. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the required infrastructure enhancements needed to enable growth at a school in Enniscorthy, County Wexford (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4916/24]

Harbours and Piers

Verona Murphy

410. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will approve emergency funding for urgent remedial works to the collapsing pier at Duncannon harbour in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5658/24]

Forestry Sector

Verona Murphy

270. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the weekly number of forestry licences issuing remain so low; if there is an indication that 2024 will mirror the patterns observed in 2023; the reasons behind the continuing slow pace in licencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2167/24]

School Transport

Verona Murphy

505. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education when school transport for children with special educational needs will be reinstated for a student (details supplied) currently attending a school who has had no transport supports for the past seven weeks and who is not attending school as a direct result of having no transport supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56704/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Verona Murphy

24. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what measures his Department is taking to ensure the expedition of ACRES payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55793/23]

Labour Market

Verona Murphy

35. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what steps his Department is taking to address the skills and labour shortages currently facing the agricultural sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55795/23]

Agriculture Supports

Verona Murphy

60. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he acknowledges the current immense pressures being exerted on the family farm model; what measures his Department intends to take to ensure viability of the family farm going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55792/23]

An Garda Síochána

Verona Murphy

42. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she acknowledges the current retention crisis facing An Garda Síochána; what measures her Department is taking to address same; what recommendations her Department has made to An Garda Síochána to increase recruitment to the Garda force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55420/23]

An Garda Síochána

Verona Murphy

321. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Justice on what date the next intake of Garda recruits is expected to pass out/attest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49419/23]

Planning Issues

Verona Murphy

258. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered the transferring of staff from the Planning Regulator's Office to the office of An Bord Pleanála in order to address the current backlog of An Bord Pleanála appeals in order to meet the statutory 18-week decision period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49260/23]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Verona Murphy

259. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what oversight his Department will have of the trust (details supplied) where taxpayers money would be used to fund the trust in its current financial difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49261/23]

Rental Sector

Verona Murphy

260. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what consultations his Department has had with Wexford County Council housing department in regards the tenant-in-situ scheme particular to property sale prices in the rent pressure zone of Gorey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49262/23]

Departmental Bodies

Verona Murphy

289. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; if he has formally appointed the five new board members; if confirmation has been received from the National Rehabilitation Hospital that it will host the board; when the board will be permitted to resume clinics and hearings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47270/23]

Departmental Funding

Verona Murphy

980. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding due to be allocated over the next 12 months to agencies within the remit of his Department to support the prevention and early intervention benefits of parenting support; the nature of the activities that will be funded through such allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47454/23]

Departmental Funding

Verona Murphy

981. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent of funding that will be made available over the next 12 months for the provision of parenting support programmes to be delivered to parents and guardians to assist children and teenagers that are suffering from anxiety; the agencies through which such programmes will be delivered; the steps that will be taken to measure the effectiveness of such expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47455/23]

Departmental Funding

Verona Murphy

982. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of developments internationally to encourage the uptake of parenting support programmes, including the universal funding of programmes; whether he sees merit in expanding the availability of such programmes to parents and guardians in Ireland; the level of funding being allocated to such programmes over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47456/23]

Departmental Funding

Verona Murphy

983. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent of funding which he is allocating over the next 12 months to give effect to the policy commitments in the National Model of Parenting Support Services and Tusla's Parenting Support Strategy 2022 - 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47457/23]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

1128. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if, in light of the considerable pressures on the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, he will agree to increase the supports available for parents and guardians of children and teens to access parenting support programmes that are directly addressed at assisting parents and guardians to assist and support their children dealing with mental health issues; the extent of funding that he is prepared to commit to such an initiative over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47458/23]

Departmental Funding

Verona Murphy

1129. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the level of funding due to be allocated over the next 12 months to agencies within the remit of his Department to support the prevention and early intervention benefits of parenting support; the nature of the activities that will be funded through such allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47459/23]

Departmental Programmes

Verona Murphy

1130. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of developments internationally to encourage the uptake of parenting support programmes, including the universal funding of programmes; whether he sees merit in expanding the availability of such programmes to parents and guardians in Ireland in the context of the public health benefits that they deliver in a community health context; the level of funding being allocated to such programmes over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47460/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Verona Murphy

58. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many new applications will be accepted to the agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, scheme in the forthcoming tranche for this month; if he believes that sufficient resources have been allocated to fund this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47056/23]

Tillage Sector

Verona Murphy

60. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what direct engagement he has had with tillage stakeholders; if he acknowledges that the emergency support package for tillage farmers needs to be more targeted towards tillage farmers unsuccessful in harvesting; if he acknowledges the need for targeted supports for the sector to ensure viability into 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47057/23]

Primary Care Centres

Verona Murphy

186. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in New Ross, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46829/23]

Electric Vehicles

Verona Murphy

163. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if the charging costs on public electric vehicle charging are included in the pending energy cost price reductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46333/23]

Electric Vehicles

Verona Murphy

164. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the reason there has been a huge increase in the past 12 months on the cost of charging an electric vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46334/23]

Electric Vehicles

Verona Murphy

165. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport to outline any plans there are to regulate the public electric vehicle sector in relation to charging costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46335/23]

Special Educational Needs

Verona Murphy

243. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education the provision her Department is making to increase places in ASD special education units/classes in secondary schools in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46054/23]

Special Educational Needs

Verona Murphy

244. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the lack of secondary school places for pupils transitioning from primary school ASD education units/classes in the New Ross district, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46055/23]

General Practitioner Services

Verona Murphy

526. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 569 of 3 October 2023, if he will advise on communications from the national medical card unit which states that under the revised GP Contracts 2023 the HSE is no longer in a position to assign GPs to clients and that the onus will now be on individuals to find their own GP, ending the practice of three refusals and then a GP being assigned (details supplied); the provisions his Department has in place for medical card applicants in County Wexford who cannot provide a GP acceptance form due to the chronic shortage of GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46191/23]

Hospital Procedures

Verona Murphy

205. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the provisions that are being made to introduce peripherally inserted central catheter line clean services as part of oncology services at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44241/23]

Disability Services

Verona Murphy

314. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the financial supports that are available to employers and workplaces to support the employment of persons with a disability, particularly for the provision of lifts in workplaces for employees who are wheelchair bound; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44042/23]

Home Care Packages

Verona Murphy

532. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for homecare supports who are currently waiting on delivery of support hours in County Wexford as of 30 September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43815/23]

Home Care Packages

Verona Murphy

533. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of current clients approved for additional homecare support hours awaiting allocation of those additional hours in County Wexford as of 30 September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43816/23]

Home Care Packages

Verona Murphy

534. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of new persons approved for HSE homecare support hours since 1 January 2023 who are currently awaiting delivery of support hours in County Wexford as of 30 September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43817/23]

Home Care Packages

Verona Murphy

572. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on an appeal in relation to a home care support package (details supplied) as advised by a home care support office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44067/23]

Driver Test

Verona Murphy

86. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport to advise on the process involved in attaining a scribe to support an applicant through the driver CPC case study test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43117/23]

School Transport

Verona Murphy

330. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Questions No. 629 of 11 September 2023 and 287 of 26 September 2023, the total number of school transport applications classed as concessionary applications in County Wexford for the 2023/2024 academic year whereby applications are classed as eligible or concessionary at the application process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42764/23]

School Transport

Verona Murphy

331. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education the total number of school transport applications received through the school transport system for County Wexford for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42765/23]

School Transport

Verona Murphy

332. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education the total number of concessionary school transport applications declined in County Wexford as of 1 September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42766/23]

Special Educational Needs

Verona Murphy

333. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the additional educational needs class at a school (details supplied); to confirm that an additional educational needs class has been sanctioned for the school; to advise on an opening date for the new class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42781/23]

Wastewater Treatment

Verona Murphy

376. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the status of the review on the domestic wastewater treatment system grant scheme; when the review is expected to be complete; when the review report and revised grant scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42772/23]

Social Welfare Code

Verona Murphy

424. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the considerations her Department is currently making as regards the recognition of long-Covid as an occupational illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42774/23]

General Practitioner Services

Verona Murphy

569. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health what provisions his Department has in place in regard to medical card applicants in County Wexford who are unable to provide a GP acceptance form due to the chronic shortage of GPs, resulting in GP practices operating at full capacity, with the majority unable to accept new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42159/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Verona Murphy

635. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current status of the application for a new 97-bed ward block at Wexford General Hospital; if the updated public spending code will expedite delivery of the capital project proposal at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42452/23]

Nursing Homes

Verona Murphy

647. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home beds in County Wexford, both public nursing homes and private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42501/23]

Nursing Homes

Verona Murphy

648. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the total number of beds vacant, as of 26 September 2023, in both public and private nursing homes in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42502/23]

Nursing Homes

Verona Murphy

649. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current total number of persons waiting for a nursing home placement in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42503/23]

Nursing Homes

Verona Murphy

650. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current number of persons in a medical setting who are awaiting a nursing home placement in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42504/23]

Health Services

Verona Murphy

701. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he can advise on a response to the representation to his office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42771/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Verona Murphy

702. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current status of the health sector's special scheme for front-line workers who contracted Covid-19 and who have been unable to work due to ongoing health issues associated with Covid-19; when the scheme is expected to come to an end; if the scheme will be extended beyond the current expected end date; if he will outline, in the absence of an extension to the scheme, the supports that will be available to those currently on the special scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42773/23]

Health Services

Verona Murphy

703. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he can advise on a response to a representation (details supplied) recently made to his office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42783/23]

School Transport

Verona Murphy

286. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education how many school bus tickets applications were declined in County Wexford for the academic year 2023/2024 compared to the previous 2022/2023 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41524/23]

School Transport

Verona Murphy

287. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 629 of 11 September 2023, the total number of school transport applications deemed as concessionary applications in County Wexford for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41525/23]

School Transport

Verona Murphy

288. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education to clarify who is eligible as a TAM (Temporary Alleviation Measure) pupil under the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41526/23]