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Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Development Contributions
Ged Nash
91. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the terms of the development contributions waiver scheme permits contributions due from a developer relating to a condition attached to a planning grant to fund a piece of infrastructure on public roads outside of the precise subject site/location of the development to be waived; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18351/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Housing Schemes
Pádraig O'Sullivan
92. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an overview of the number of croí cónaithe applications have been made and processed in each local authority for 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18379/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Departmental Advertising
Ged Nash
93. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for figures on the total spend for all forms of advertising in the years 2022 and 2023 in his Department; if figures can be provided on each Department’s spend on local media advertising (print and broadcast respectively, and broken down on that basis) for those years; if the Department used/uses an agency to place advertising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18395/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Property Registration
Brendan Smith
94. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures that will be implemented to reduce considerable delays in processing applications through Tailte Éireann such as dealings in the former Property Registration Authority which may at times delay the provision of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18415/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Carol Nolan
95. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Minister if his Department has at any time engaged the services of a company (details supplied) or allocated the company funding or support in any capacity; if he or his officials have engaged with personnel from the company; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18447/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Cathal Crowe
96. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider increasing the household benefits package allowance for those in receipt of a pension; and if she will remove the means test for those over 66 years of age. [18133/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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State Pensions
Robert Troy
97. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to bring forward proposals to amend pension entitlements in order that women who had to leave work due to marriage could qualify for a pension in their own right regardless of their husband’s means. [18158/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Appeals
Niamh Smyth
98. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a review/appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18161/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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School Meals Programme
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
99. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that children with coeliac disease, which has an incidence rate of 1 in 100 people in Ireland, are unable to avail of the hot school meals programme; the steps her Department can take to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18163/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
John McGuinness
100. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if children's allowance benefit will continue to be paid to a person (details supplied); and if arrears will also be paid. [18167/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Brendan Griffin
101. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for partial capacity benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18175/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Bernard Durkan
102. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection when illness benefit or other suitable illness payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18177/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Brendan Griffin
103. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for child benefit by a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18182/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Appeals
Bernard Durkan
104. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18187/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Appeals
Patricia Ryan
105. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the unemployment benefit payments of a school caretaker (details supplied) are not going into their account when they are on annual leave. [18211/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Duncan Smith
106. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to expedite an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) which was submitted in December 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18224/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Denis Naughten
107. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 814 of 9 April 2024, the corresponding number of recipients of carer's benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18233/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Denis Naughten
108. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 814 of 9 April 2024, if she will provide a breakdown of the numbers and primary payments received by recipients of the half-rate carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18235/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Claire Kerrane
109. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider making changes to the ongoing situation where workers (details supplied) have to sign on for jobseeker's allowance during school holidays, given the time delay and difficulties workers face on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18252/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Thomas Pringle
110. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a domiciliary care allowance application (details supplied) which has been in processing for a number of months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18267/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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School Meals Programme
David Stanton
111. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social Protection how students with serious medical conditions, such as those who are coeliac, are accommodated under her Department’s hot school meals programme; if there is a distinction between medical conditions and food intolerances under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18365/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Pension Provisions
Catherine Connolly
112. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection with regard to the proposed automatic enrolment pension scheme, what analysis has been carried out regarding the consequences; if there are fewer participants than the 750,000/800,000 on which the scheme is predicated; what analysis has been carried out regarding the consequences of varying numbers of participants opting out of and/or suspending participation in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18375/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Departmental Advertising
Ged Nash
113. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection for figures on the total spend for all forms of advertising in the years 2022 and 2023 in her Department; if figures can be provided on each Department’s spend on local media advertising (print and broadcast respectively, and broken down on that basis) for those years; if the Department used/uses an agency to place advertising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18399/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Carol Nolan
114. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has at any time engaged the services of a company (details supplied) or allocated the company funding or support in any capacity; if she or her officials have engaged with personnel from the company; if so, the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18451/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Departmental Schemes
David Stanton
115. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications received under the Start-up Entrepreneur Programme in each respective year since its inception; the number of applications accepted, and the number refused each year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18140/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Prison Service
Pa Daly
116. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 824 of 7 November 2023, for an update on the establishment of the Penal Policy Consultative Council. [18188/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Prison Service
Pa Daly
117. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the current number of persons on remand, by prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18190/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Prison Service
Pa Daly
118. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the reports that have been submitted to her office by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons that are awaiting publication; the date of submission of each of these reports; when these reports will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18191/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Restorative Justice
Pa Daly
119. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice when she will bring forward reform of community sanctions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18192/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Legislative Measures
Pa Daly
120. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her views on the Inspection of the Places of Detention Bill 2022. [18193/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Legislative Measures
Pa Daly
121. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her current plans to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture. [18194/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Prison Service
Pa Daly
122. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons currently engaged with the bail supervision scheme in the youth justice system; her plans to extend this scheme to the adult population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18195/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Prison Service
Pa Daly
123. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of former prisoners who have been referred to the housing first scheme since its establishment in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18196/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Programme for Government
Pa Daly
124. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her views on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce legislation to address the issue of spent convictions; and her plans for reform in the area. [18197/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Pádraig O'Sullivan
125. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 20 March 2024, the number of Garda vetting appeals heard by appeals officers for the years 2019 to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18206/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Paul Donnelly
126. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of marked Garda vans attached to each Garda district within DMR as of 18 April 2024, in tabular form. [18231/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Regulatory Impact Assessments
Brendan Smith
127. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice when a health impact assessment will be carried out in respect of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18239/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
Carol Nolan
128. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if her Department can provide data on the number of unaccompanied minors who have arrived at Dublin Airport for each of the years 2019 to date; the procedures followed by her Department or the border management unit and the Garda National Immigration Bureau when an unaccompanied minor child enters the state without correct identification or no identification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18251/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Constitutional Amendments
Carol Nolan
129. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if the concerns expressed by officials within the legal and immigration units of her Department and obtained an FOI request from an organisation (details supplied) were brought to her attention prior to the recent family and care referenda; when this took place; her response to these concerns, particularly with respect to the clear views of staff within her Department's immigration units that if the constitutional amendments were passed this would likely result in massively increased legal costs and the destabilisation of the State's capacity to maintain an effective immigration system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18284/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Departmental Funding
Mark Ward
130. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice when applications for the community safety innovation fund will be open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18382/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Departmental Advertising
Ged Nash
131. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice for figures on the total spend for all forms of advertising in the years 2022 and 2023 in her Department; if figures can be provided on each Department’s spend on local media advertising (print and broadcast respectively, and broken down on that basis) for those years; if the Department used/uses an agency to place advertising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18396/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Carol Nolan
132. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has at any time engaged the services of a company (details supplied) or allocated the company funding or support in any capacity; if she or her officials have engaged with personnel from the company; if so, the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18448/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Animal Welfare
Claire Kerrane
133. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Government made a submission to the recent EU consultation on animal welfare during transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18150/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Agriculture Supports
Carol Nolan
134. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene with the Minister for Finance to support the extension of the tax warehousing scheme for the farm and forestry contractors sector in Ireland, which has been the most severely impacted by the bad weather since September 2023 and now faces huge cashflow difficulties due to the late spring sowing season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18208/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Forestry Sector
Claire Kerrane
135. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commit to commencing an immediate review of the forestry programme, given that more than six months have now passed since the programme's inception and the persistently low levels of uptake by farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18237/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Agriculture Schemes
Michael Ring
136. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive his TB compensation payment considering that the herd was removed on 14 February last; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18253/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Agriculture Supports
Claire Kerrane
137. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance on sectoral requests for an extension to the tax warehousing scheme for agricultural and forestry contractors, given concerns around financial and weather constraints on work activity in the agricultural and forestry contractor sector in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18257/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Pesticide Use
Claire Kerrane
138. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers will be penalised for spreading fertiliser that has phosphorus in it, given that many fertilisers have some level of fertilisers in them and considering new requirements to have soil tested before spreading compound fertilisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18279/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Veterinary Services
Jackie Cahill
139. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the schedule of fees paid to private veterinary practitioners for TB testing on farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18308/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Departmental Advertising
Ged Nash
140. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for figures on the total spend for all forms of advertising in the years 2022 and 2023 in his Department; if figures can be provided on each Department’s spend on local media advertising (print and broadcast respectively, and broken down on that basis) for those years; if the Department used/uses an agency to place advertising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18385/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Carol Nolan
141. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has at any time engaged the services of a company (details supplied) or allocated the company funding or support in any capacity; if he or his officials have engaged with personnel from the company; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18437/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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International Protection
Mattie McGrath
142. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional rental payments are being made by Ukrainians to top up their ARP; if this is permitted in law; if Ukrainians benefitting from the ARP are given a distinct advantage over ordinary citizens seeking rental properties where the ARP is a tax-free payment for landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18363/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Peadar Tóibín
143. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of school OT staff who exist for each of the past five years; and the number of school speech therapist staff who exist for each of the past five years. [18165/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Peadar Tóibín
144. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of speech therapist appointments that have been cancelled for each of the past five years; the number of cancellations of school OT services appointments in each of the past five years; and the number of cancellations of school psychology appointments in each of the past five years. [18166/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Youth Services
Michael Healy-Rae
145. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18173/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Youth Services
Michael Healy-Rae
146. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be provided to ensure that youth workers are covered by the WRC recommendations to allow them to continue their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18174/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Youth Services
Michael Healy-Rae
147. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18180/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
Carol Nolan
148. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department engages with the Department of Justice with respect to the accommodation of unaccompanied minors; if so, the number of unaccompanied minors who have been assisted with accommodation needs by his Department for each year during the period 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18249/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
Carol Nolan
149. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, retains and collates data on the number of accompanied minors who were accommodated by the State but who are now unable to be contacted or communicated by the Department due to their locations being unknown; if so, the number of such instances for the period 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18250/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Colm Burke
150. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the return of essential therapists including a psychologist, an occupational therapist, a speech and language therapist, play/behaviour therapists, and social worker to a special school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18262/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Colm Burke
151. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the reason a special school (details supplied) is still without essential therapists including a psychologist, an occupational therapist, a speech and language therapist, play/behaviour therapists, and a social worker; the date they will start; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18263/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Colm Burke
152. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to increasing the allocation of therapists to an area (details supplied) to meet the needs of the caseload, in view that the current level of allocation does not deliver essential intervention and support necessary to every pupil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18264/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Youth Work Supports
Brendan Smith
153. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider the request of a group (details supplied) in relation to the need to improve services throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18282/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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International Protection
Mattie McGrath
154. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of accommodation recognition payments being provided in 2023 and to date in 2024; the type of accommodation provided that is single room in a house/ full house and so on; the amount of rental properties being provided to Ukrainians under this scheme; and the amount of Ukrainians who have transferred from State provided accommodation to the ARP payment to date in 2024. [18361/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Childcare Services
Mark Ward
155. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any plans to provide funding for the construction or assistance of new community creches for the Newcastle area of County Dublin, in view of the changing demographics and the current pressure on childcare services in the area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18368/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Catherine Murphy
156. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an exception can be made in respect of a child (details supplied) who has missed the cut off point by one day in terms of eligibility for ECCE year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18370/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
157. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to issues facing students in a school (details supplied); whether the requirement for students to live in the CDNT area of the school in order to avail of supports can be lifted; if additional working hours for school therapists can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18378/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Departmental Advertising
Ged Nash
158. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for figures on the total spend for all forms of advertising in the years 2022 and 2023 in his Department; if figures can be provided on each Department’s spend on local media advertising (print and broadcast respectively, and broken down on that basis) for those years; if the Department used/uses an agency to place advertising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18386/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Youth Services
Willie O'Dea
159. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide increased funding to ensure youth workers are covered by the WRC recommendations on section 39, section 10 and section 56 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18419/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Carol Nolan
160. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has at any time engaged the services of a company (details supplied) or allocated the company funding or support in any capacity; if he or his officials have engaged with personnel from the company; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18438/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Robert Troy
161. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the resources available to people suffering from long-Covid. [18159/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Michael Healy-Rae
162. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of speech and language therapy for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18172/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Public Sector Pay
Duncan Smith
163. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that retired medical scientists are excluded from the benefit of the pay parity award that was implemented on 1 January 2024 (details supplied); if there is a plan to ensure that these retired workers receive pay parity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18176/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Dental Services
Brendan Griffin
164. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new dental contract for medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18186/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Carol Nolan
165. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to ensure the expansion of newborn screening of babies for diseases; his views on whether the current screening levels means that Ireland screens less than 75% of European countries, making Ireland a significant negative outlier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18205/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Hospital Transfers
Patricia Ryan
166. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 22 November 2023, if he will provide an update on the current situation; the number of residents who have been moved already, those who have yet to be moved, and any whom have sadly passed away in the interim (details supplied). [18214/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Hospital Transfers
Patricia Ryan
167. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health with regard to Cherry Orchard nursing home and the planned removal and relocation of elderly and vulnerable nursing home residents, the status of any engagement he and/or his Department have had with the affected persons and their families, advocates or representatives since the situation arose in late 2023, and in the intervening time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18215/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Medical Cards
Patricia Ryan
168. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the protocols for reimbursement of fees for blood tests for medical card holders; and if the procedure can be simplified. [18216/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Patricia Ryan
169. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of hours for each public health nurse in CHO7; and if these hours will be increased in light of the population increase, in tabular form. [18217/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Patricia Ryan
170. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the current number of applications for dementia care nurses in the CHO7 area, and in particular County Kildare, in tabular form. [18218/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Hospital Staff
Paul Donnelly
171. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant maxillofacial surgeons attached to the Mater Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [18222/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Hospital Staff
Paul Donnelly
172. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists based at the Coombe Maternity Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [18227/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Hospital Staff
Paul Donnelly
173. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars based at CHI Blanchardstown in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [18228/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Hospital Staff
Paul Donnelly
174. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE neo-natal nurses working in the National Maternity Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased later this year. [18229/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
175. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he intends to further expand the medical conditions screened for under the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; the conditions currently being considered by the National Screening Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18225/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Health Strategies
Róisín Shortall
176. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he plans to add familial hypercholesterolemia to the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; if this is being considered by the National Screening Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18226/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Health Strategies
Róisín Shortall
177. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health when testing for severe combined immunodeficiency and spinal muscular atrophy will commence under the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme, following the announcement of additional funding to expand the programme in February; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18223/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Hospital Procedures
Duncan Smith
178. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason an operation for a person (details supplied) has not taken place; when this operation is expected to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18238/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Hospital Appointments Status
Anne Rabbitte
179. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) can expect to be called for the fitting of a permanent device to aid blood filtration; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18247/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Ruairí Ó Murchú
180. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress of the work done by the Newborn Screening Programme Advisory Committee; the number of new tests for newborns that have been approved since 2019; when further additional screening tests are planned to be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18259/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Pearse Doherty
181. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if cold caps will be made available for patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18265/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Pearse Doherty
182. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that can provide cold caps for patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18266/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Hospital Procedures
Pearse Doherty
183. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if Beaumont Hospital surgery referral will be expedited for person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18307/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
184. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he plans to provide further supports and services for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18309/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Programme for Government
Róisín Shortall
185. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce a statutory right to homecare; the timeline he is working towards in publishing the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18326/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Departmental Funding
Michael Healy-Rae
186. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if funding will be reviewed for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18360/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Health Strategies
David Stanton
187. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health the measures being undertaken by his Department to promote awareness of coeliac disease, particularly in the food and hospitality sectors; if coeliac disease is classed as a medical condition in the same circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18364/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Robert Troy
188. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health has at any time engaged the services of a company (details supplied) or allocated the company funding or support in any capacity; if he or his officials have engaged with personnel from the company; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18371/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Hospital Services
Robert Troy
189. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite blood test results for a person (details supplied). [18371/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Dental Services
Brendan Griffin
190. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the number and details of the dentists providing dental care to medical card holders in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18384/24]