Parliamentary questions

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

416. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the present discharge rate of water from Lough Derg via Parteen weir; and the corresponding discharge from Ardnacrusha Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1655/23]

Flood Risk Management

Denis Naughten

417. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 10 November 2022, if he will outline the conclusions drawn from his engagement with the OPW on the outcome of the legal analysis of the current regulatory environment regarding the management of the River Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1656/23]

Housing Schemes

Denis Naughten

541. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the terms and conditions of the tenant purchase scheme to include income from the rural social scheme when purchasing a rural local authority house now that the six-year time limit has been removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1301/23]

School Staff

Denis Naughten

689. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education her plans to establish a national voluntary redeployment panel for teachers who wish to transfer which would allow them to keep their permanent status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63479/22]

State Examinations

Denis Naughten

787. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education her plans to review State examination accommodations for students with dyspraxia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1922/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Denis Naughten

891. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 15 December 2022, if she will provide updated figures on the claimants in each time period; the number of EIB claims received and the individuals claiming EIB up to the end of September 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1265/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Denis Naughten

892. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of illness benefit and disability allowance, respectively, due to long-Covid; her plans to consider long-Covid as an occupational illness for front-line workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1266/23]

Hospital Services

Denis Naughten

1153. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health further to his response to questions on promised legislation on 30 November 2022 regarding the long-Covid clinic at the Mater Hospital, the current status of the clinic. [62909/22]

Dental Services

Denis Naughten

1243. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the provisions that his Department is taking to secure dental services for medical card holders in counties Roscommon and Galway; the services that are available to patients who cannot find a local dentist to avail of the dental treatment services scheme; when the current scheme will be replaced with a fit-for-purpose scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63539/22]

Dental Services

Denis Naughten

1244. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of dental practices in counties Roscommon and Galway which have ceased providing medical card services to persons with disabilities in the past five years; the medical card dental services that are currently available to adult persons with disabilities; the provision that is in place for those whose local dentist withdraws from the provision of medical card services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63540/22]

Dental Services

Denis Naughten

1245. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of dental practices in counties Roscommon and Galway which have ceased providing medical card services in the past five years; the medical card dental services currently available to medical card users; the provision that is in place for those whose local dentist withdraws from the provision of medical card services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63541/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Denis Naughten

1336. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63861/22]

Hospital Services

Denis Naughten

1387. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the steps which are being taken to decant services from the St. Brigid's Hospital Campus in Ballinasloe; if he will outline the remaining services on the site; the steps that are being taken to relocate such services; the timeline involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1066/23]

Dental Services

Denis Naughten

1514. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health if a full paediatric dental service has been restored at Roscommon University Hospital [1575/23]

Hospital Procedures

Denis Naughten

1539. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for their surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1671/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Denis Naughten

1577. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for bone density scans for patients at each hospital in the Saolta group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1771/23]

Defibrillators Provision

Denis Naughten

1652. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the estimated or actual number of automated external defibrillators in Ireland; the corresponding figure for the numbers that are publicly accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1986/23]

Departmental Data

Denis Naughten

1653. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the total number of automated external defibrillators registered with the National Ambulance Service; the number of cardiac first responder groups in Ireland; the number of trained cardiac first responder volunteers by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1987/23]

Ambulance Service

Denis Naughten

1654. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of incidents that cardiac first responder groups/members were notified of in each of the past 12 months; the corresponding number of incidents that cardiac first responder groups or members attended; the corresponding number of times a cardiac first responder member provided CPR and defibrillation to cardiac arrest victims before an ambulance arrived; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1988/23]

Health Services

Denis Naughten

1655. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the strategy and supports that are being implemented or proposed, to enable communities to respond and improve the survival rate of cardiac arrest victims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1989/23]

Health Services

Denis Naughten

1656. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the specific additional funding provided to each hospital group and each CHO under the winter initiative 2022-2023; the funds drawn down to date by hospital group and CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1990/23]

Health Service Executive

Denis Naughten

1657. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE service plan for 2023 was approved; the funding provided in the 2023 service plan to address acute hospital bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1991/23]

Health Services

Denis Naughten

1665. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the location of the chronic disease ambulatory care hubs in CHO 2; the location of the hubs servicing County Roscommon; when these hubs will become operational; the current status of staff recruitment for such hubs in CHO 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2063/23]

Health Services Staff

Denis Naughten

1666. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent podiatrists working in CHO 2 in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2064/23]

Hospital Facilities

Denis Naughten

1667. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of the National Rehabilitation Hospital regional rehabilitation unit at Roscommon University Hospital; the current status of the design process for the unit; when planning permission will be sought from Roscommon County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2065/23]

Health Services Staff

Denis Naughten

1678. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the current status of the review process of the role of radiation therapists; when the recommendations will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2156/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Denis Naughten

1825. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the cut-off dates for his proposed scheme for "forgotten farmers"; if he will outline the definition of a forgotten farmer as proposed by his Department; the current status of the proposed scheme; if it will involve the reallocation of farm entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1097/23]

Departmental Bodies

Denis Naughten

20. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date of the most recent meeting of the mobile phone and broadband taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57925/22]

Road Projects

Denis Naughten

45. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps that she is taking to address the backlog in local improvement scheme applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57924/22]

Energy Conservation

Denis Naughten

115. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps that he is taking to promote the insulation of homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57926/22]

Energy Conservation

Denis Naughten

131. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps that he is taking to reduce the cost of insulating homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57927/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Denis Naughten

148. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has discussed with Enterprise Ireland the way to stimulate the establishment of indigenous businesses in the renewable energy supply chain through a national renewable energy business accelerator programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62962/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Denis Naughten

159. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way that he plans to increase renewables to meet 80% of Ireland's electricity needs by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62954/22]

Energy Infrastructure

Denis Naughten

160. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will build a strategy in conjunction with the European Commission to fund and construct an Atlantic electricity interconnector which would land west-southwest coast renewable energy directly into the mainland European electricity grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62958/22]

Energy Policy

Denis Naughten

161. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will establish an offshore renewable development authority similar to the Industrial Development Authority that will drive a fully co-ordinated national action plan, and will have responsibilities ranging from research and development and supply chain development to the commercial deployment of renewable energy, ensuring that Ireland becomes the leading global clean energy exporter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62959/22]

Energy Policy

Denis Naughten

162. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has discussed with Enterprise Ireland plans to stimulate the establishment of indigenous businesses in the renewable energy supply chain through a national renewable energy business accelerator programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62960/22]

Energy Production

Denis Naughten

163. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will publish a green hydrogen strategy involving the emerging industry across the EU as well as key domestic stakeholders to assess hydrogen's suitability as a key future energy source for Ireland's economy and identify the main infrastructure investment requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62961/22]

Ports Policy

Denis Naughten

180. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport the plans that are in place to develop the port infrastructure to enable the deployment of offshore wind farms, particularly along Ireland's west coast (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62955/22]

Ports Policy

Denis Naughten

181. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on establishing Shannon Foynes port as an international floating offshore wind energy hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62956/22]

Appointments to State Boards

Denis Naughten

217. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the establishment, recruitment and implementation of the new body, the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, MARA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62957/22]

School Staff

Denis Naughten

235. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education if her Department will establish a national voluntary redeployment panel for teachers who wish to relocate to enable them to keep their permanent and contract of indefinite duration status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62953/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Denis Naughten

253. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims submitted and the number of persons who have received enhanced illness benefit for Covid-19; the number of persons who were in payment for ten weeks; the number of persons who transferred to illness benefit after the ten-week payment period had expired; the number of these claims that were in payment for more than two weeks, four weeks, eight weeks, 12 weeks or in excess of 12 weeks, respectively; the number that were transferred to disability allowance; the number of such claims that were rejected or pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62919/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Denis Naughten

315. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the proportion of the €2.2 million allocated for the development of long-Covid services in 2022 that was spent exclusively on long-Covid services; the allocation drawn down by each clinic to date in 2022; the respective period of operation of each clinic; the number of new patients and recurring patients treated to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62886/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Denis Naughten

316. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 15 September 2022, the number of full-time posts allocated to post-acute and long-Covid clinics by clinic and speciality; if the position has been filled; if an offer has been made, if a recruitment competition is ongoing and or if the HSE recruitment process has commenced in light of emerging evidence on long-Covid. [62887/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Denis Naughten

322. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health further to the response of An Taoiseach to questions on promised legislation on 30 November 2022 regarding the long-Covid clinic at the Mater Hospital, the current status of the clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62911/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Denis Naughten

330. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 15 September 2022, the number of full-time posts allocated to post-acute and long-Covid clinics, by clinic and speciality; if the position has been filled; if an offer has been made; if a recruitment competition is ongoing; if the HSE recruitment process has commenced in view of the emerging evidence on long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62952/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Denis Naughten

331. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 812 of 18 October 2022, if he will outline the metrics at each clinic in 2022 including the number of new patients seen and the number waiting at the end of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62963/22]

Community Development Projects

Denis Naughten

412. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps that she is taking to assist private sector employers to support employees working from home and digital co-working hubs in local towns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58140/22]

Medical Cards

Denis Naughten

252. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the plans he has to allow those who hold a medical card as a result of getting a social security pension from the United Kingdom or working and paying social insurance in the UK to access treatment under the cross-Border directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62398/22]

Medical Cards

Denis Naughten

253. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the reason those who hold a medical card as a result of getting a social security pension from the United Kingdom or working and paying social insurance in the UK have not been informed that they no longer have access to treatment under the cross-Border directive; the options open to those who believed they would have access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62399/22]