Parliamentary questions

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

978. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 14 December 2022, if he will provide this Deputy with copies of the five papers and the technical annexe submitted to his Department by the Department of Finance relating to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers' scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1192/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

1422. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will provide this Deputy with the Children's Disability Network Team Staff Census and Workforce Review 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1186/23]

Housing Policy

Pauline Tully

83. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has plans that will rapidly shift the focus of building companies towards the building and renovating of social and affordable homes for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62580/22]

Housing Policy

Pauline Tully

84. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person who is applying to be readmitted to the local authority housing list after being on the rental accommodation scheme for ten years or more will be treated as a first-time applicant or will their time on the RAS be taken into consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62581/22]

Vacant Properties

Pauline Tully

85. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will detail the funding recouped by each local authority under the Voids Programme from 2018 to date; the number of vacant houses that were renovated and reissued to tenants by each local authority through the Voids Programme from 2018 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62582/22]

Electoral Process

Pauline Tully

86. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has plans to undertake a review of the voting process to ensure compliance with the UNCRPD and universal design in consultation with designated public officials and persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62583/22]

Electoral Process

Pauline Tully

87. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will detail the training in disability awareness that is in place for all returning officers and polling staff; if he has plans to introduce a complaints mechanism to ensure timely and appropriate remedies to those polling station service users with disabilities who have a justified complaint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62584/22]

Electoral Process

Pauline Tully

88. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider removing the need to renew access for postal voting on an annual basis for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62585/22]

Electoral Process

Pauline Tully

89. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions that he has taken to ensure that information in polling stations is in accessible formats for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62586/22]

Electoral Process

Pauline Tully

90. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has investigated alternative voting mechanisms that are currently in place in other countries that make voting more accessible for people with disabilities such as internet voting which takes place in Estonia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62587/22]

Departmental Bodies

Pauline Tully

184. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the meetings of the transport working group that have taken place in relation to transport and mobility schemes of relevance to persons with disabilities since January 2022 to date; the date that each meeting of this group took place; if a new transport and mobility scheme is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62483/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

186. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 24 November 2022, if he will provide this Deputy with copies of the five papers and technical annex submitted to his Department in July 2022 by the criteria sub-group in the Department of Finance in relation to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; if he agrees with the criteria sub-group that the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme needs to be replaced with a fit for purpose, needs-based vehicular adaptation scheme; if a new scheme has been developed; the timeframe for the new scheme to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62406/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

274. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1071 of 8 November 2022, if he will report on the success or otherwise of the international recruitment campaign with respect to recruits for children's disability network teams; if he will report on the size of the expansion of panels for occupational therapists, psychologists, physiotherapists and speech and language therapists in November 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62588/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

280. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will provide this Deputy with the Children's Disability Network Team Staff Census and Workforce Review 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62624/22]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

305. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the ways in which families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; if he will provide an update on discussions that have taken place between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62831/22]

Northern Ireland

Pauline Tully

325. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent changes introduced to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill by the British government during its second reading in the House of Lords; if the British government advised the Irish Government of these changes before second reading; if he shares the assessment that the Bill still fails to discharge the British Governments human rights obligations; and the way that the limit of the UK government’s changes inform the plans of the Irish Government in relation to taking an inter-state challenge. [60159/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pauline Tully

618. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 25 October 2022, the timeline for workers in non-HSE and non-section 39 organisations to receive their pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62158/22]

Nursing Education

Pauline Tully

328. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason that he has not implemented all of the recommendations set out in an independent review by a person (details supplied) of matters relating to student nurses and midwives; the timeframe within which he intends to implement the outstanding recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61506/22]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

329. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 16 November 2021, if a clinical review of the medical cannabis access programme has been completed to assess whether there is new information to support the addition of further medical conditions that are able to avail of this programme; if not, the timeframe for this review to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61507/22]

Inland Fisheries

Pauline Tully

8. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the date he last met formally with the CEO and-or chairperson of Inland Fisheries Ireland; the date he is scheduled to next meet with the CEO and-or chairperson of Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61313/22]

Bus Éireann

Pauline Tully

13. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the additional PSO funded Bus Éireann services that will be provided in 2023 by location in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61311/22]

Bus Éireann

Pauline Tully

14. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers who have used Bus Éireann route 109X in each direction in 2021 and to date in 2022 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61312/22]

Departmental Staff

Pauline Tully

23. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to appoint an additional full-time fiscal attaché and an additional full-time budget attaché at assistant principal officer grade to the Irish permanent representation to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61316/22]

Official Engagements

Pauline Tully

43. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he spoke with the US Senate leader (details supplied) during his recent visit to Washington DC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61321/22]

Defence Forces

Pauline Tully

45. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Defence if a general service recruitment campaign for both the Army and the Air Corps will be launched early in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61315/22]

Schools Refurbishment

Pauline Tully

61. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the timeframe for the refurbishment works on a school (details supplied) to be completed; the estimated cost of these works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61310/22]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

113. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí within the Cavan-Monaghan division who successfully completed a van personnel carrier course in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61323/22]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

114. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to the Cavan-Monaghan roads policing unit as of 1 June 2021 and 30 November 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61324/22]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

160. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the services that are available in counties Cavan and Monaghan respectively for children with epilepsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61317/22]

Medical Internships

Pauline Tully

161. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of new medical interns who were taken on in each year since and including 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61318/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

162. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time adult speech and language therapists for adults with intellectual disabilities in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61319/22]

Hospital Services

Pauline Tully

163. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the investments in and capital projects at Cavan General Hospital in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61320/22]

Rural Recreation Policy

Pauline Tully

187. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each individual project approved under measures 1, 2 and 3 of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; the current status of each project; the completion date for each project in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61314/22]

Energy Policy

Pauline Tully

109. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the incentives that are in place to encourage persons to transfer to more sustainable sources of home heating such as biofuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60202/22]

Driver Test

Pauline Tully

157. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport further to parliamentary Question No. 221 of 29 November 2022, the number of new permanent driver testers that have been allocated within counties Cavan and Monaghan respectively since the review carried out by the RSA earlier this year; the number of new permanent driver testers who are to be allocated within the counties by Q1 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60769/22]

Tax Code

Pauline Tully

173. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance if biofuels used in home heating are subject to carbon tax; if biofuels used in home heating are subject to excise duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60201/22]

State Pensions

Pauline Tully

352. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports that are in place for long-term carers who do not currently qualify for the State pension in anticipation of the introduction of the enhanced State pension in January 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60423/22]

International Protection

Pauline Tully

357. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the State pension entitlements that exist for a person claiming refugee status here along with a dependent adult; if a husband and wife claiming refugee status are entitled to a full pension payment each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60475/22]

Mental Health Services

Pauline Tully

671. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if the independently led prescribing audit recommended in the Maskey Report included within its remit children who were prescribed risperidone outside of CAMHS; if not, the avenues that are open to parents who believe their children were overprescribed risperidone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60840/22]

Departmental Policies

Pauline Tully

83. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the actions that she has taken to implement the recommendations within the Indecon cost of disability report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59267/22]

Departmental Policies

Pauline Tully

91. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if recommendations have been made by the inter-departmental committee set-up to look at the Indecon cost of disability report; if not, the timeframe for these recommendations to be made; if so, the recommendations relevant to her Department; the actions that she has undertaken to implement these recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59266/22]

Departmental Staff

Pauline Tully

141. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Taoiseach the number of access officers who are employed in his Department, responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with disabilities accessing his Department's services, as required by section 26 (2) of the Disability Act 2005; and the way that his Department makes its customers aware of this service. [59300/22]

Departmental Staff

Pauline Tully

148. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with disabilities accessing his Departments’ services who are employed in his Department as required by section 26 (2) of the Disability Act 2005; the way that his Department makes its customers aware of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59289/22]

Departmental Staff

Pauline Tully

174. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with disabilities accessing his Departments’ services who are employed in his Department as required by section 26 (2) of the Disability Act 2005; the way that his Department makes its customers aware of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59290/22]

Departmental Staff

Pauline Tully

210. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with disabilities accessing his Departments’ services who are employed in his Department as required by section 26 (2) of the Disability Act 2005; the way that his Department makes its customers aware of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59302/22]

Driver Test

Pauline Tully

220. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving tests cancelled by the Road Safety Authority in the past six months in each county in tabular form; the number of driving tests cancelled by the Road Safety Authority that gave candidates less than 24 hours notification; if there is a channel for reimbursement of expenses for candidates whose driving tests have been cancelled at short notice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59506/22]

Driver Test

Pauline Tully

221. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the actions that he has taken to improve waiting times for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59507/22]

Departmental Staff

Pauline Tully

233. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with disabilities accessing his Departments’ services who are employed in his Department as required by section 26 (2) of the Disability Act 2005; the way that his Department makes its customers aware of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59291/22]

Departmental Staff

Pauline Tully

249. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with disabilities accessing his Departments’ services who are employed in his Department as required by section 26 (2) of the Disability Act 2005; the way that his Department makes its customers aware of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59297/22]

Departmental Staff

Pauline Tully

257. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of access officers responsible for providing or arranging for and co-ordinating assistance and guidance to people with disabilities accessing her Departments’ services who are employed in her Department as required by section 26 (2) of the Disability Act 2005; the way that her Department makes its customers aware of this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59301/22]