Parliamentary questions

Physiotherapy Services

Peadar Tóibín

969. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when HSE early intervention physiotherapist services which has been impacted by Covid-19 will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27222/20]

Housing Assistance Payment

Peadar Tóibín

362. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the next review of housing assistance payments will take place for County Meath in view of the fact the current limits were introduced on 1 March 2017 and since then the cost of renting private rented accommodation has increased significantly leaving many persons on the HAP scheme struggling to pay the shortfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25565/20]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services

Peadar Tóibín

205. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 23 October 2018, the input provided for neurorehabilitation and allied neuroclinical services in County Meath; the budget allocation for such services for 2021 in line with the documents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23045/20]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services

Peadar Tóibín

206. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 2 October 2018, the number of persons with disabilities (details supplied) in County Meath; and the number of persons with neurodisability in County Meath waiting for neuro-rehabilitation services [23046/20]

Disability Services Data

Peadar Tóibín

207. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 2 October 2018, if the funding has been provided year on year since 2018; if so, the services that have been provided as a result of the funds in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23047/20]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

208. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that the HSE provides backup services for clinical staff such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, speech and language therapists in cases in which a clinician is absent for most of their tenure and are allocated but not available and staff are on leave, for example, if a staff member takes paternal leave for a year and persons with a disability are deprived of a service and no provision is made for cover during the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23048/20]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services

Peadar Tóibín

209. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no neuropsychology service for persons with acquired brain injury (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23049/20]

Health Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

210. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when a day service for persons with acquired brain injury will be established in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23050/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

211. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when staff will be returned to their regular positions providing services to persons with disabilities in the community teams in which clinicians that normally provide services have been redeployed due to Covid-19 related work; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the situation has had a detrimental impact on the well-being and health of vulnerable persons requiring more hospital and accident and emergency visits than would normally be the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23051/20]

Child Protection

Peadar Tóibín

818. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the number of the 127 unborn children placed on the child protection notification system of Tusla over the past eighteen months by county; and the reason the children were placed on the system. [21939/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

866. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated number of emails his Department received concerning students that had issues with their SUSI grant application and grant refusal. [21935/20]

Garda Investigations

Peadar Tóibín

1279. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his Department is cooperating with the investigation by An Garda Síochána into the death of a person (details supplied). [21937/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

1280. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention was drawn to clusters of Covid-19 in Letterkenny, County Donegal in late August 2020 which was referred to by a local general practitioner (details supplied) on social media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21938/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

72. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for school reopening in August and September 2020; when schools and teachers will be informed; and when the information in relation to same will be published. [19299/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

233. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that consumers are not out of pocket due to postponed or cancelled flights as a result of Covid-19 in cases in which travel insurance companies are refusing to reimburse them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19810/20]

State Examinations

Peadar Tóibín

657. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if leaving certificate points awarded in 2020 based on calculated points can be used in future years if a student opts to defer applying to third-level college for a year or more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19785/20]

Special Educational Needs

Peadar Tóibín

186. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a child who must remain at home and partake in remote learning during the 2020/2021 year due to Covid-19 health concerns and has had access to an SNA for the past number of years will lose their SNA allocation if they cannot attend school; if they will have to reapply for an SNA allocation in the following school year; if not, if they will automatically retain their allocation from previous years; if the child can return to school, if they will be allowed to use their sensory equipment in the classroom such as pads and hand held devices which enable them to concentrate; if not, if they will be seen as a risk for the spread of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19381/20]

Office of Public Works

Peadar Tóibín

224. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital budget allocation to the OPW in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [16729/20]

Emigrant Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

340. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated full-year cost of increasing the budget for the emigrant support programme by 10%. [16730/20]

Student Grant Scheme

Peadar Tóibín

432. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if mature applicants to third level colleges living at home with their parents due to lack of affordable housing options can be means-assessed independently for the SUSI grant and not as dependants on their parents' household income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17405/20]

Legislative Measures

Peadar Tóibín

579. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to update the Firearms (Firearm Certificates For Non-Residents) Act 2000. [16732/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

620. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the checks in place here on visitors from abroad to ensure they are self-isolating; the number of checks made each month since February 2020; and the number each month of successful checks and unsuccessful checks, that is, cases in which those carrying out the checks found the visitor had not fulfilled the guidance [16574/20]

Commissions of Investigation

Peadar Tóibín

52. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the controls in place to ensure that the commission of investigation into the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will achieve its objective in a timely and cost-effective manner. [14716/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

61. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [15534/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

133. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16141/20]

Public Transport

Peadar Tóibín

182. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the geographical units used regarding investment by his Department; and the transport co-ordination unit investment delivered in each of these geographical units for the past five years. [14962/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

274. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16140/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

318. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been underway; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16134/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

340. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigation in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16138/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

378. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16143/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

448. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16136/20]

Northern Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

451. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to implement the commitments made in the New Decade, New Approach agreement in Northern of Ireland and the commitments made by Ireland in relation to building and funding the A5 road and the expansion of the Magee campus in Derry. [15383/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

480. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16144/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

498. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16142/20]

Third Level Admissions

Peadar Tóibín

527. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions are being made for applicants to the CAO for undergraduate medicine who completed the leaving certificate in previous years (details supplied); if there is a reduction in international students taking up course offers on undergraduate medicine programmes; if the places can be made available to EU applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14715/20]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Peadar Tóibín

589. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if guidance will be provided for special needs assistants in circumstances in which school staff are required to adhere to the 1 m to 2 m social distancing rule but this is not feasible while providing personal care to students with special needs; if guidance will be provided on the way in which the spread of Covid-19 can be prevented in circumstances in which a special needs assistant provides personal care to more than one student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15196/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

684. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16133/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

807. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16139/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

851. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16132/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

969. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16137/20]

Departmental Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

1147. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to replace the travel schemes ceased in 2013 due to incompatibility with the Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2018; if an alternative scheme is available; the status of the interdepartmental group requested to develop detailed proposals including eligibility criteria and administrative arrangements; the number of times the group met; when the last meeting took place; the outcome of the group; the findings of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15384/20]

Health Information and Quality Authority

Peadar Tóibín

1150. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if an investigation will be undertaken into the death of an elderly person in a nursing home (details supplied); if so, if the adequacy of the response of the State agencies will be included in the investigation; and if private nursing homes will be included in the health service [15392/20]

Departmental Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

1194. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the status of progress on the proposed transport support scheme that is due to replace the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant, which both ceased to exist in February 2013; when the scheme will be finalised; if he plans to work with the Departments of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and Transport, Tourism and Sport to finalise the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15494/20]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

1195. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of active pathologists in light of the fact that there has been a shortage of pathologists in some regions, with post-mortem procedures taking up to five days in some counties; if there was planning for an increased demand on pathologists due to Covid-19; if there is provision for increased counselling and bereavement services for families due to secondary trauma arising from deaths due to Covid-19 and the delay in carrying out post-mortems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15498/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

1322. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16135/20]

Sports Funding

Peadar Tóibín

94. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the direction organisations (details supplied) received with regard to the spending of their 2020 budget; if this direction has been made from his Department or Sports Ireland; the details of the distribution of high performance funding between Paralympic sport and Olympic sports; if his attention has been drawn to the fact the organisation will have no chef de mission for the remainder of 2020; and if his attention has been further drawn to the fact there is no plan for a chef de mission in the future. [13932/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

708. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure there is a full and independent investigation into the alleged illegal abortion that took place in the National Maternity Hospital in March 2019 (details supplied); the reason the medical reports for the abortions that took place in the National Maternity Hospital in March 2019 are still termed as draft; if he will meet with the family in question; and if the breaches of the Health (Regulation of the Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 that occurred in March 2019 will be included in his report on abortion services on 30 June 2020. [13933/20]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

714. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the closures of mental health facilities by county in the past 20 years; and the amount returned from mental health budgets by county to the HSE since 2010. [13944/20]

Commissions of Investigation

Peadar Tóibín

1. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the costs incurred by the Commission of Investigation into the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to date by category; the purpose for which the funding was spent in each case; and the beneficiaries in each case. [12844/20]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Peadar Tóibín

125. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the planned location for a permanent school premises (details supplied); the capacity it is planned to increase the school to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12794/20]