Parliamentary questions

Health Promotion

Violet-Anne Wynne

1056. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the recent warning issued from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland through the school system may cause negative consequences for the school-going children availing of the medicinal cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53071/21]

Mental Health Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

1078. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to situations in which minors have presented to the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick in need of crisis mental health care due to the non-existence of alternative community care and due to lack of appropriate supervision have left the hospital and ended up missing (details supplied). [53161/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Violet-Anne Wynne

39. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the redistributive measures he is proposing in the CAP strategic plan; and if he will bring this plan before the Houses of the Oireachtas for approval. [51080/21]

Hospital Overcrowding

Violet-Anne Wynne

97. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the contingency plans in place to deal with the severe lack of capacity at University Hospital Limerick (details supplied) as the winter season approaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50924/21]

Health Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

232. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to alleviate the situation whereby women have been diagnosed with breast cancer recently and have a more advanced diagnosis as a result of screening being unavailable over the Covid-19 restrictions given that October 2021 is breast cancer awareness month; the actions being taken to assist these women and their recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50925/21]

Coast Guard Service

Violet-Anne Wynne

326. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the number of helicopter emergency medical services-related calls provided on a monthly basis by a company (details supplied) as part of the overall contract; if this number is capped; if there are additional costs per tasking charged to the State over and above any cap that might exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50633/21]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

446. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 318, 319 and 320 of 5 October 2021, the reason and the way in which representatives from other action groups were involved in the discussion around the inclusion of County Clare homeowners. [50545/21]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

447. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 318, 319 and 320 of 5 October 2021, the nature of this discussion given that there is no substantive reference to it in the working group's report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50546/21]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

448. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 318, 319 and 320 of 5 October 2021, when he will present to the Cabinet his conclusions based on the working group's report and the homeowners' position paper. [50547/21]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

449. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of correspondence, including the date of the most recent correspondence, and the nature of communication between his Department and Clare County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50548/21]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

450. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the dates and format of engagement between his Department and Clare County Council in relation to defective blocks, the inclusion of homeowners in the county in the national redress scheme and the presence of pyrite in homes in County Clare since February 2021. [50597/21]

Air Corps

Violet-Anne Wynne

529. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence the overall cost of providing, maintaining and fuelling the one Air Corps aircraft provided for helicopter emergency medical services related work to his Department per year. [50634/21]

Air Corps

Violet-Anne Wynne

530. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence the average yearly cost to the Air Corps or his Department for the provision of a helicopter emergency medical services aircraft to the taxpayer for both the aircraft and associated costs. [50635/21]

Dental Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

805. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason that investment in public dental care has decreased dramatically over the past number of years; if he will consider increasing investment in the sector given many medical card holders cannot access dentists in their own counties; if the HSE has discretion on the way to allocate its budget; if he will consider making a dental care specific allocation to prevent further decline of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44833/21]

Disability Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

806. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if the assessment of need backlog for children has been reduced from 6,500 to 600 (details supplied); if these children have been referred to the appropriate intervention and or supports based on their assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48623/21]

Health Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

846. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the plans that have been made to screen the women who otherwise missed a BreastCheck screening over the course of the past 19 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51076/21]

Hospital Facilities

Violet-Anne Wynne

847. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the announced expansion of the medical assessment unit in Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51077/21]

Community Development Projects

Violet-Anne Wynne

37. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the capital scheme for the rejuvenation of community centres as announced in the National Development Plan will be available to each local authority; the total sum of the scheme’s allocation; when applications for the scheme will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50109/21]

Aviation Industry

Violet-Anne Wynne

88. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he has received lobbying from air traffic controller representative groups requesting his intervention and calling for an external investigation of the governance and management structures of the Irish Aviation Authority; the response taken to date by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50178/21]

Aviation Industry

Violet-Anne Wynne

89. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the status of the appointment of an external mediator in the Irish Airport Authority as opposed to relying on the internal dispute resolution mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50180/21]

Childcare Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

146. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 29 September 2021, the date by which the sustainability and case management team in the early years division’s finance, governance and reform unit’s review of the process for Special Service CCSP Programme funding will be completed. [50269/21]

Technological Universities

Violet-Anne Wynne

12. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans to offer new and additional courses at the technological university located in Ennis, County Clare, particularly engineering courses, considering the growing need for qualified engineers vis-à-vis the development of the Green Atlantic programme over the next decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49583/21]

Further and Higher Education

Violet-Anne Wynne

79. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the role of his Department in future-proofing certain industries as Ireland progresses towards carbon reduction goals; if there will be oversight from his Department in realigning third-level courses towards a more sustainable economy and future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49584/21]

Departmental Funding

Violet-Anne Wynne

239. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the €8 million funding sought by Clare County Council for the development of a maritime training centre in Kilrush which is capable of sustaining 28 jobs all-year round; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50108/21]

Data Centres

Violet-Anne Wynne

24. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to introducing environmental policy and guidelines in relation to data centres in conjunction and consultation with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49170/21]

Social Welfare Payments

Violet-Anne Wynne

10. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the reduced rate of jobseeker’s allowance for persons under 26 years of age who are residing in their familial home considering the challenges the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing housing crisis which have given rise to an increase in the number of young persons living at home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48618/21]

Departmental Policies

Violet-Anne Wynne

51. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the way the universal basic income payment will be distinguished from a working age payment that is also being discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47918/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Violet-Anne Wynne

255. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the decision to change the tendering process to "for profit" as in the case of the recent campaign by community-based employment services (details supplied); and if the concerns of the existing employment services workers have been taken into consideration. [43747/21]

Hospital Charges

Violet-Anne Wynne

439. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will consider removing carpark charges for cancer parents as per the pre-Budgetary 2022 by an organisation (details supplied) request in view of the fact that cancer patients face additional financial pressures and invariably have to spend long periods of time in the hospital receiving treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49029/21]

Hospital Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

440. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will address the shortfall of eight neurological nurses in University Hospital Limerick as highlighted by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49030/21]

Hospital Charges

Violet-Anne Wynne

441. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will review the existence of in-patient charges for cancer patients as requested by the Irish Cancer Society as cancer patients are financially pressured by virtue of their illness. [49031/21]

Hospital Charges

Violet-Anne Wynne

442. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the gross sum of in-patient charges charged by the HSE across all hospitals in 2020. [49032/21]

Hospital Charges

Violet-Anne Wynne

443. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the total sum of in-patient charges successfully collected by the HSE across all hospitals in 2020. [49033/21]

Hospital Charges

Violet-Anne Wynne

444. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the use of debt collection agencies to retrieve due in-patient charges from cancer patients; and if he will review the use of these agencies and consider an alternative. [49034/21]

Cybersecurity Policy

Violet-Anne Wynne

89. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all of the information and data that was lost during the cyber-attack has been restored, consolidated; and if the HSE systems are up-to-date. [48626/21]

Disabilities Assessments

Violet-Anne Wynne

99. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the percentage of the children whose assessment of need has been completed in 2021 that have been successfully referred to and engaged with by a disability networks team; and the estimated waiting time between assessment and engagement with disability network team. [48624/21]

Disability Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

100. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the 91 disability networks that have been formed by the HSE per CHO area; and the number of members who are in each network in tabular form. [48625/21]

Culture Policy

Violet-Anne Wynne

33. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will review the inconsistency across entertainment and promotional companies in relation to offering the personal assistant of a person with a disability tickets free-of-charge; if she will consider reviewing this and establishing a policy to ensure accessibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47917/21]

Employment Support Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

65. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a universal basic income payment is still to be piloted for the arts sector in 2022; the rationale for changing the type of payment proposed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47918/21]

Heritage Sites

Violet-Anne Wynne

121. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the status of the transfer of the heritage sites in County Clare to Clare County Council; if there is a timeline for same; and if his Department can ensure appropriate communication is in place to ensure a smooth handover and that staff feel they have security of tenure. [48250/21]

Heritage Sites

Violet-Anne Wynne

122. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the plans that are being put in place for the transfer of heritage sites to Clare County Council; if there a timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48251/21]

Heritage Sites

Violet-Anne Wynne

123. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if consideration regarding the financial buffering that was carried out by a group (details supplied) is provided to the heritage sites in terms of a winter debt to offset the low level of footfall in winter months; and if the oversight of the Department will commit to maintaining this financial arrangement. [48252/21]

Departmental Funding

Violet-Anne Wynne

242. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of a Gaeltacht college (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47974/21]

Disability Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

243. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if she will review their access rights. [47975/21]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

318. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of and reason for the delay in a decision being made in relation to his statement at the end of August 2021 during a visit to County Clare, that the decision to include County Clare homeowners in the national redress scheme would be made within a number of weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48247/21]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

319. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the grounds on which the delay on the inclusion of homeowners in County Clare is based given in the findings of the working group’s report homeowners in the county are not represented on the working group and their consideration into the redress scheme is wholly unrelated to the established working group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48248/21]

Defective Building Materials

Violet-Anne Wynne

320. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason direction has not been given to Clare County Council to accept further submissions and or testing which is not being carried out at present. [48249/21]

Dormant Accounts Fund

Violet-Anne Wynne

466. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated amount of the additional €5 million that was made available through Dormant Accounts funding for carers and persons with disabilities as of September 2020 that has been granted to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48244/21]

Disability Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

494. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider establishing a commission or a cross-party working group on ableism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48253/21]

Domestic Violence

Violet-Anne Wynne

537. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice her views on whether a specialist domestic violence unit may be warranted in view of the cancellation of domestic violence calls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48256/21]

Health Services Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

601. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the annual cost of running a fully staffed early intervention team, that is, occupational therapist, psychologist, physiotherapist, social worker and speech and language therapist for a child with additional needs; if the cost varies between CHOs based on operations to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47695/21]

Mental Health Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

602. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the annual revenue cost of a mental health bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47696/21]

Eating Disorders

Violet-Anne Wynne

603. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist dieticians, nutrition specialists and therapists specialising in eating disorders who work out of Ennis General Hospital through CAMHS services. [47697/21]

Mental Health Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

604. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have been on the waiting list for CAMHS services at the end of each year between 2016 and 2020 in County Clare in tabular form. [47698/21]

Mental Health Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

605. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of children currently on the waiting list for CAMHS in County Clare; and the length of time they have been on the list for under three, three to six, six to nine, nine to 12 months and in excess of one year, in tabular form. [47699/21]

Mental Health Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

606. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the children on the waiting list for CAMHS services in County Clare by age in tabular form. [47701/21]

Health Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

607. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for eye examinations in County Clare. [47702/21]

Health Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

608. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for speech and language therapy services by age and length of time they have been on the list in tabular form. [47703/21]

Dental Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

609. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for dental examinations and check-ups in County Clare. [47704/21]

Primary Medical Certificates

Violet-Anne Wynne

702. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the status of the processing of applications for primary medical certificates; if this has resumed since it was stalled due to Covid-19; if there is a substantial backlog of applications to be processed; the number of applications that are currently waiting to be processed; and the breakdown of pending applications in each CHO in tabular form. [48254/21]

Foreign Conflicts

Violet-Anne Wynne

23. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are any Irish citizens still in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46869/21]

Defence Forces

Violet-Anne Wynne

92. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence the status of the investigation as a result of a campaign (details supplied); if he is considering an inquiry to report back on the steps his Department has taken to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47127/21]

Housing Provision

Violet-Anne Wynne

197. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes that have been built nationally to date in 2021. [47448/21]

Hospital Complaints Procedures

Violet-Anne Wynne

352. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health further to a recent statement in reference to ongoing maternity restrictions (details supplied), the complaints procedure that has been established to allow women to lodge a complaint while accessing maternity services across each of the 19 maternity units. [47319/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Violet-Anne Wynne

353. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health further to a recent statement (details supplied), if an update will be provided on the random spot checks for compliance with the easing of restrictions across the 19 national maternity units; if this commitment has been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47320/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Violet-Anne Wynne

368. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if a pathway is available to non-EU citizens who are fully vaccinated to avail of an EU Digital COVID Certificate as proof of immunity. [46868/21]

Rental Sector

Violet-Anne Wynne

105. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing complaints received by his Department in the first eight months of 2021; the categories under which the complaints fall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47013/21]

Housing Provision

Violet-Anne Wynne

106. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social, affordable and cost rental homes built, respectively by the State in quarter 1 and quarter 2 of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47014/21]

Vacant Sites

Violet-Anne Wynne

107. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of registered vacant sites in locations (details supplied) to date in 2021, in tabular form. [47015/21]

Vacant Properties

Violet-Anne Wynne

108. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of registered vacant homes in locations (details supplied) to date in 2021, in tabular form. [47017/21]

Housing Schemes

Violet-Anne Wynne

109. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost to the Exchequer of a social home delivered through the buy and renew scheme over the 12-month period leading up to August 2021. [47020/21]

Housing Provision

Violet-Anne Wynne

110. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost to the Exchequer of a social home delivered through the Housing Agency's €70 million vacant homes acquisition fund over the 12-month period leading up to August 2021. [47021/21]

Traveller Accommodation

Violet-Anne Wynne

111. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost to the Exchequer of a new Traveller-specific accommodation unit delivered from the Traveller's accommodation budget in the past 24 months. [47022/21]

Approved Housing Bodies

Violet-Anne Wynne

112. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total approved lending to approved housing bodies for the delivery of social housing in 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of social homes delivered with that borrowing in 2020; and the target number to be delivered in 2021. [47023/21]

Approved Housing Bodies

Violet-Anne Wynne

113. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps taken by his Department to upscale co-operative housing developments in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47024/21]

Middle East

Violet-Anne Wynne

124. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the role he envisions Ireland taking to advance the Middle East peace process following the unanimous motion of Dáil Éireann earlier in 2021 that Israel’s settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem amounts to an unlawful de-facto annexation; if Ireland will maximise its seat on the United Nations Security Council and take a more pro-active approach in supporting a negotiated two-state solution and lasting peace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47005/21]

Emergency Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

127. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence the current costings of the emergency aeromedical service offered by his Department to operate for a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46989/21]

Emergency Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

128. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence the total sum of Exchequer funding that the emergency aeromedical service receives from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46992/21]

Emergency Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

129. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence the key performance indicator analysis of the emergency aeromedical service in terms of the number of callouts received from the National Ambulance Service, average arrival time and so on; and the breakdown of the number of incidents that have been attended to by the service in each of the years 2016 to 2020. [46995/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Violet-Anne Wynne

159. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional funding that has been allocated to the early childhood care and education sector in order to meet the commitment in the First Five policy document from 2019 to double public expenditure by 2028. [46978/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Violet-Anne Wynne

160. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement his Department has had with member and sector workers in relation to a campaign by a union (details supplied); and the way his Department plans to respond appropriately to the crisis in the early childhood care and education sector. [46979/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Violet-Anne Wynne

161. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider an inquiry into the findings of a report (details supplied) highlighting that 60% of workers in the early childhood care and education sector earn less than the living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46980/21]

Domestic Violence

Violet-Anne Wynne

162. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions the State is taking to realise its obligations under the Istanbul Convention signed in 2011 to provide one space in domestic violence refuges per 10,000 women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46981/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Violet-Anne Wynne

163. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the fact that increasing the capitation fund to incentivise workers in the early childhood care and education sector to hold a third-level degree is not trickling down to the workers given that Ireland continues to have some of the highest childcare fees in Europe coupled with the lowest paid workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46982/21]

Childcare Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

164. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the restoration of funding cut through the community childcare subvention stream to a service (details supplied) as of 2021; if he will review the decision on which the cut was based; and if he will consider the restoration of this funding. [47040/21]

Health Services Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

217. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if additional midwives and nurses have been instated due to the increased level of care that they are expected to provide in maternity settings due the restricted access of birth partners. [46956/21]

Abortion Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

218. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the work that has been carried out to ensure safe access zones are available to those accessing abortion services. [46957/21]

Abortion Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

219. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of CHOs that have access to abortion services in view of the recent survey by a group (details supplied) which found that 19% of respondents were refused treatment and were not referred to another healthcare practitioner as per legislated. [46958/21]

Hospital Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

220. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if additional staff were put in place in neonatal intensive care units to deal with the additional care needs of newborns in view of the fact that there has been limited parental access due to the restrictions imposed on maternity units across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46959/21]

Departmental Inquiries

Violet-Anne Wynne

221. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the status of the sodium valproate inquiry as committed to by his Department in November 2020. [46960/21]

Emergency Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

236. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the current costings of the emergency aeromedical service offered by the Department of Defence to operate for a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46990/21]

Emergency Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

237. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the total sum of Exchequer funding that the emergency aeromedical service receives from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46993/21]

Emergency Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

238. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the key performance indicator analysis of the emergency aeromedical service in terms of the number of callouts received from the National Ambulance Service, average arrival time and so on; and the breakdown of the number of incidents that have been attended to by the service in each of the years 2016 to 2020. [46996/21]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Violet-Anne Wynne

239. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if his Department is considering an additional allocation of funding in Budget 2022 for a charity (details supplied). [46999/21]

Disability Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

241. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health when the primary care, disability service and school inclusion waiting lists that were referred to in a statement by Minister of State with special responsibility for Disability in Dáil Éireann in June 2021 are set to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47025/21]

Hospital Facilities

Violet-Anne Wynne

242. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if there are dieticians and nutritionists involved in the food provided to inpatients in hospitals across the State; if emergent health and nutrition guidelines are taken into consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47026/21]

Food Waste

Violet-Anne Wynne

243. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if there is a system in place to redistribute the food waste produced by hospitals; if any of the hospitals' food produce or products are donated in order to avoid waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47027/21]

Health Services Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

244. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of early intervention teams that have been established since July 2020, by county in tabular form. [47028/21]

Health Services Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

245. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of school age teams that have been established since July 2020, by county in tabular form. [47029/21]

Children in Care

Violet-Anne Wynne

248. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the way the selection criteria will be devised in relation to the recent commitment to transition 18 out of over 1,300 young persons living in institutional care into community settings; the detriments of the selection process, that is, cost of care package, availability of accessible housing, length of stay in residential care setting and so on; the projected timeline for the transitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47033/21]