Parliamentary questions

Coroners Service

Michael Ring

223. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice the reason Section 20 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interests Act 2017 has not yet been fully implemented and completed such that all reduction made in and to salaries and payments to a sector have not yet been unwound (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24468/24]

Naturalisation Applications

Brendan Howlin

224. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who became an Irish citizen by naturalisation, having been granted refugee status in 2003 and who has lived here for 24 years; if it is possible to have their status regularised with their correct name after this long passage of time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24488/24]

Naturalisation Applications

Carol Nolan

225. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the total amount received in fees from applicants for a certificate of naturalisation as governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 569 of 2011) for each year from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24498/24]

Naturalisation Applications

Carol Nolan

226. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the total amount received in certification fees following a positive decision being reached on naturalisation applications for each year from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24499/24]

Family Reunification

Richard Boyd Barrett

227. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she is considering or working on introducing any similar approach for dependant spouses of PhDs as has been introduced for stamp 1 general work permit employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24501/24]

Visa Applications

Peadar Tóibín

228. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of successful applications for a holiday visa, a working visa or a student visa or any other visa for each of the past ten years; and the breakdown of the top 15 countries in each cohort. [24514/24]

Citizenship Applications

Louise O'Reilly

229. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice if a Northern Irish marriage certificate can be used by an applicant to prove marriage to an Irish national when they are applying for citizenship in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24527/24]

Citizenship Applications

Louise O'Reilly

230. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice if an Irish-based solicitor can witness a passport from the Isle of Man or if the witnessing must be done in the Isle of Man; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24528/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Brendan Smith

231. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the pension of a person (details supplied) to ensure they are receiving the correct grade/scale and rate of pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24466/24]

Animal Culls

Michael Ring

232. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when action will be taken in an area (details supplied) to address the overpopulation of a species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24493/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

233. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approvals will issue for those in ACRES co-operation who applied for non-productive investments in 2023; when payments under this will issue to participants; if he will give flexibility to pay farmers allocated CAP funding beyond the CAP programme; if payments for non-productive investments can be made for five years from when his Department first issued non-productive investments approvals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24521/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

234. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that repayments are arranged on a case-by-case basis and not taken out from the balancing payment given his Department was unable to pay ACRES participants as planned, and interim payments were issued which may in part need to be re-couped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24522/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

235. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which balancing payments will issue for ACRES participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24523/24]

Family Resource Centres

Michael Healy-Rae

236. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on an application by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24432/24]

Residential Institutions

Pádraig O'Sullivan

237. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an institution in Cork (details supplied) is included in the mother and baby redress scheme; if not, if an explanation can be provided [24463/24]

Maternity Leave

Dara Calleary

238. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if plans are in place to allow women diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy or postpartum to defer their maternity leave while they are going through treatment (details supplied). [24486/24]

Missing Children

Seán Sherlock

239. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have gone missing while under State care in 2023; the procedures that are been followed to investigate these disappearances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24489/24]

Child Protection

John McGuinness

240. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to a previous Parliamentary Question, if Tusla will issue the payments due to a person (details supplied). [24497/24]

Missing Children

Paul Murphy

241. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of children currently missing in Ireland, by the total number, the year they went missing and whether or not they were under the care of the State (Tusla) at the time. [24506/24]

Ambulance Service

Peadar Tóibín

242. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1440 of 9 April 2024, if he will provide an update on the current status of the National Ambulance Service recruitment process; the expected timeline for further communication or placements for those on the current panel; if the HSE embargo is having an impact on the recruitment and placement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24434/24]

Nursing Homes

Jackie Cahill

243. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will review the cost demands being placed on private nursing homes by HIQA, considering the large financial cost that can be placed on a nursing home after a HIQA inspection, and considering that numerous HIQA inspections at the same nursing home and the demands arising out of these can make the operations of a private nursing home financially unviable, resulting in their closures across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24435/24]

Health Services

Michael Healy-Rae

244. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24451/24]

Nursing Homes

Mark Ward

245. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will outline, in relation to a nursing home (details supplied), who made the decision to deregister, HIQA or the management company;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24457/24]

General Practitioner Services

Pearse Doherty

246. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the GP surgery in Lettermacaward in County Donegal will be open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24472/24]

Health Services

Fergus O'Dowd

247. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 619, 620 and 621 of 25 April 2023, to provide a full update on the matter; to provide details on the discussions or engagement that have taken place within his Department and the HSE further to his statement that his Department “is currently examining all of the issues around the scope of the scheme, including this issue”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24476/24]

Hospital Facilities

Fergus O'Dowd

248. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1737 of 17 January 2024, if he can seek an urgent update and outcome of the business case that was submitted to the HSE for additional funding and approval to open the nine new development beds; if approval has been granted to provide an update from older persons' services as to the recruiting of additional staffing to support these beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24479/24]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

249. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when respite services will be available again at Killybegs community hospital; when the service will be returned to a five-day-a-week service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24481/24]

Health Services

Fergus O'Dowd

250. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if the spark initiative (details supplied) will be considered for long-term funding and/or expansion across all of CHO8, considering the impact and effectiveness the programme has had to date and with consideration of the award it has won for innovation in the CHO8 awards. [24482/24]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

251. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to provide a comprehensive breakdown of funding for trainee counselling psychology positions at Trinity College Dublin; what options are available to students in positions that are unfunded; if efforts will be made to fund these positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24485/24]

Health Services

Michael Ring

252. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health the reason no response has issued to a previous Parliamentary Question from the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24494/24]

Hospital Services

Brian Stanley

253. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when colposcopy testing will resume in Portlaoise Hospital, given that women who need this procedure in the midlands have to travel to either Galway or Dublin. [24502/24]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

254. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if a nursing home (details supplied) in Nenagh has received HIQA accreditation. [24503/24]

Health Services

John McGuinness

255. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the services and supports that have been put in place for a child (details supplied); if he has responded to correspondence from the child’s mother; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24504/24]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

256. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views on the conditions reported at a transitional care unit (details supplied); if this is a HSE-run facility; and if he will ensure that an inspection of this unit is carried out urgently. [24507/24]

Disabilities Assessments

John McGuinness

257. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange an immediate autism assessment for a child (details supplied); if the range of services they urgently require will be put in place; and if he will expedite the matter. [24517/24]

Health Services

Claire Kerrane

258. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will publish a fully funded comprehensive newborn screening programme given how far off Ireland is from the EU average for newborn screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24519/24]

Health Services

Brendan Smith

259. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that new facilities (details supplied) will be provided in all hospitals and in other major health care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24526/24]

Health Services

Bernard Durkan

260. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 2 May 2024, if the case will be considered for even a partial contribution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24560/24]

Hospital Facilities

Frankie Feighan

261. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health if a permanent cath lab for University Hospital Sligo will be provided; when the National Cardiac Review will be published; and if he expects Sligo to be included in that review of cardiac services. [24561/24]

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Mairéad Farrell

262. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the limits that are placed on the provision of free tests for sexually transmitted diseases (details supplied); if he plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24562/24]

Health Services

Brendan Griffin

263. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when a response will issue from the HSE to a representation reference (details supplied) submitted on 26 February 2024; if measures will be put in place to deal with the unacceptable delays in receiving timely responses from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24570/24]

Health Services

James Lawless

264. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to examine a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24571/24]

Hospital Services

Róisín Shortall

265. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the total budget allocation to each HSE and public voluntary hospital in each of the years since 2020, in tabular form. [24574/24]

Departmental Reports

Róisín Shortall

266. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 18 April 2024, the status of the strategic review of radiation therapy which commenced in December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24575/24]

Health Services Staff

Róisín Shortall

267. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 8 May 2024, if he has engaged with the HSE in respect of immediate measures to address the shortage of public health nurses; to outline his immediate and longer-term plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24576/24]

Nursing Homes

Brendan Smith

268. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will give urgent and detailed consideration to the issues outlined by a national organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24580/24]

Teagasc na Gaeilge

Mairéad Farrell

269. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil dualgais reachtúla ar Bhoird Oideachais agus Oiliúna chun (a) tacaíocht a chur ar fáil do ghrúpaí pobail atá ag fáil maoiniú Stáit cheana, sa gcaoi go mbeidh siad in ann níos mó ranganna Gaeilge a chur ar fáil mar chuid d’oideachas pobail, agus (b) ranganna Gaeilge a chur ar fáil iad féin mar chuid d’oideachas pobail; an leagfaidh an tAire an reachtaíocht ábhartha amach; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [24525/24]

Rural Schemes

Michael Moynihan

270. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to each county in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024 under the ORIS programme, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24559/24]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [21327/24]

Cabinet Committees

Aindrias Moynihan

2. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [22344/24]