Parliamentary questions

General Practitioner Services

Holly Cairns

211. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his plans to reopen a South Doc Service in Kinsale, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7750/23]

Ambulance Service

Holly Cairns

212. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the number of rapid response vehicles operating in the Cork south-west area each day, including the number of hours each vehicle is available for. [7751/23]

Nursing Homes

Holly Cairns

213. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing home residents who availed of the fair deal scheme; the total cost to the Exchequer annually for the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive; the average payment per patient per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7752/23]

Nursing Homes

Holly Cairns

214. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE-run nursing homes and privately run nursing homes that have participated in the fair deal scheme annually for the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7753/23]

Dental Services

Holly Cairns

215. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the total funding for HSE dental services in the past five years in all LHOs in CHO4; the number of children waiting for dental services in these LHOs; their waiting times; the location in which children in these LHOs can have orthodontic treatment carried out; the number of orthodontists available to the HSE in these areas; the criteria being applied that determines whether a child qualifies for HSE funded orthodontic treatment; the number waiting for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7754/23]

Health Services

Holly Cairns

216. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the opening hours of each specialist menopause clinic by location, in tabular form as of 1 February 2022. [7755/23]

Education and Training Provision

Holly Cairns

95. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline his engagement with the Minister for Education concerning the provision of higher education training courses for special needs assistants. [6624/23]

Litter Pollution

Holly Cairns

138. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he is taking to address litter and illegal dumping. [7429/23]

Special Areas of Conservation

Holly Cairns

227. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline all the funding mechanisms available to individuals or groups concerning the conservation of SACs. [7430/23]

Teacher Training

Holly Cairns

378. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that primary school teachers can still avail of online versions of courses during the summer months to contribute to their continuing professional development. [7426/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Holly Cairns

379. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if the programme of nominating NCSE would be nominating an appropriate person to carry out an assessment of educational needs on behalf of the HSE under the AON process, announced on 20 October 2022, is an emergency response to the AON crisis; if not, if it is a trial for a new approach to same; if she will outline which schools were involved in the announced process; the supports or funding these schools received; and if she will provide details of any monitoring and assessment of this announced process. [7427/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Holly Cairns

380. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if her Department has advised schools to use students' SSP within an assessment of need process; and if so, on what basis was this advice given; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7428/23]

Education and Training Boards

Holly Cairns

479. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to ensure that ETB tutors are given full-time contracts including holiday pay cover. [7431/23]

Education and Training Boards

Holly Cairns

480. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to ensure that the remuneration received by ETB tutors is allotted on an incremental basis comparable with other educational professionals and reflecting experience and years of service. [7432/23]

Medicinal Products

Holly Cairns

874. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that medications (details supplied) which are essential for immunocompromised persons to participate in socio-cultural life and employment will be made available under the drugs payment scheme. [7433/23]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

875. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on whether basic information about particular public appointments to HSE posts, namely, the date of the appointment, the relevant service location and the method of recruitment uses, for example, national recruitment panel, local interview or appointment by transfer, should be provided by the HSE in responses to Parliamentary Questions or to any interested parties wishing to access it; and if not, by what justification could this information be withheld by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7434/23]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

876. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 842 of 5 April 2022, 308 of 18 May 2022, 233 of 22 June 2022, 1117 of 12 July 2022 and 324 of 10 November 2022, the percentage of appointments to senior psychologist posts in the Cork adult mental health services between August 2017 and January 2021 that took place via unadvertised transfers; the exact service locations that is, the exact locations of the adult mental health teams where such appointments took place within the Cork HSE health services; the dates of each of these appointments, given that this information has not already been provided by the HSE, contrary to an assertion otherwise in the response to Parliamentary Question 324 of 10 November 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7435/23]

Pension Provisions

Holly Cairns

35. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to increase the pension entitlements of full-time family carers. [6115/23]

Registration of Births

Holly Cairns

38. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on reforming the stillbirth registration process. [6114/23]

Adoption Services

Holly Cairns

71. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in response the delays experienced by individuals seeking personal information under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022. [6118/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Holly Cairns

95. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to support workers in the childcare and preschool sector. [6116/23]

Assisted Decision-Making

Holly Cairns

97. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to provide information to individuals and families impacted by the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. [6120/23]

Mother and Baby Homes

Holly Cairns

101. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role played by the Oak report in the development of the mother and baby homes redress scheme. [6117/23]

Mother and Baby Homes

Holly Cairns

106. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of his engagement with religious orders and pharmaceutical companies concerning making payments to the redress scheme for the survivors of mother and baby homes. [6119/23]

Electric Vehicles

Holly Cairns

125. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the fuel grant element of the disabled drivers and passengers scheme recipients if a disabled driver purchases an electric car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6409/23]

Healthcare Policy

Holly Cairns

230. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status and proposed timeframe for the First 5 action to develop a dedicated child health workforce, adopting a population-based approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6407/23]

International Protection

Holly Cairns

238. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons facilitated in relocating to Ireland under the Afghan admission programme; the number of people who have been accepted but are yet to be relocated; and the number of persons refused participation in the programme, including the rationale for said refusals. [6408/23]

Legislative Programme

Holly Cairns

309. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the date he is working towards for Second Stage of the health (termination of pregnancy services (safe access zones)) Bill, the general scheme of which has been published. [6411/23]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Holly Cairns

310. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for pre-application assessment for aids and appliances for those under 18 years of age in CHO 4; the length of time they have been waiting for the pre-application assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6412/23]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

311. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of lactation consultant positions in each CHO, including a breakdown to LHO level, the number of positions that are currently filled, the number that are currently vacant, and measures being undertaken to recruit personnel. [6413/23]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

312. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his plans to support public health nurses to separate and specialise workload, such as working with infants and children, or caring for elderly persons, in all LHOs within CHO 4. [6414/23]

Official Engagements

Holly Cairns

98. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to outline his engagement with disabled persons’ organisations concerning legislation regulating e-scooters. [6186/23]

Electric Vehicles

Holly Cairns

99. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport his views on concerns expressed by visually-impaired persons in respect of e-vehicles and e-scooters. [6187/23]

Tax Code

Holly Cairns

114. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on the requests by a representative body (details supplied) seeking the retention of the 9% VAT rate for hair and beauty services. [6183/23]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

252. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide children with Down's syndrome with early intervention facilities and accompanying home tuition, similar to the schemes available to children with ASD and autistic children [6181/23]

Teacher Training

Holly Cairns

253. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide the same financial support to registered post-primary teachers to upskill in order to teach home economics as is currently being offered to registered teachers to teach mathematics, physics and Spanish. [6182/23]

Medicinal Products

Holly Cairns

468. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a medication for hyperemesis (details supplied) is made available through the drugs payment scheme with a prescription from a GP. [6184/23]

Ambulance Service

Holly Cairns

469. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the average response time of ambulances in west County Cork; the number of ambulances ordinarily based at each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6185/23]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

112. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to increase the lack of places in primary and secondary schools for young people with special educational needs and disabilities. [4783/23]

Bus Services

Holly Cairns

193. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide interim funding for the provision of a bus service to enable young people in Beara, County Cork, to access day services in Bantry, County Cork, until the permanent service is in place later in 2023. [4800/23]

Work Permits

Holly Cairns

549. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if he will reform the "atypical working visa" to enable doctors providing locum services to reside in the State for longer periods of time. [4799/23]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

748. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will work with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to reform the ‘atypical working visa’ to enable doctors providing locum services to reside in the State for longer periods of time. [4801/23]

General Practitioner Services

Holly Cairns

749. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that out-of-hours GP services can recruit and retain doctors, including non-EEA locums, to cover the service requirements. [4802/23]

Fishing Industry

Holly Cairns

803. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the call by a fishing representative organisation (details supplied) for an equitable allocation of fishing opportunities to small-scale low impact fishers, using Article 17 to reallocate fishing rights to smaller scale, environmentally compatible, economically viable and socially responsible fishery activities, rewarding a positive history of compliance and ending the sole use of track records as the tool for allocating fishing opportunities by member states, and putting an end to the privatisation of fishery resource access. [4798/23]

Wastewater Treatment

Holly Cairns

98. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to assist communities in improving wastewater infrastructure. [3404/23]

Housing Provision

Holly Cairns

126. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable homes that were built in County Cork in the years 2021 and 2022. [3403/23]

Insurance Coverage

Holly Cairns

80. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance what steps he is taking to reform the provisions of flood insurance. [3064/23]

Insurance Industry

Holly Cairns

152. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to reduce the cost of insurance for the hospitality sector. [3063/23]

Waste Management

Holly Cairns

192. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how his Department will support persons with long-term incontinence with respect to the disposal of medical incontinence wear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3125/23]

Equality Issues

Holly Cairns

446. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on a report (details supplied) concerning students with disabilities on placement. [3124/23]