Parliamentary questions

National Development Plan

Verona Murphy

47. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to report on the national development plan priorities for enhanced regional accessibility in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16344/24]

Disability Services

Verona Murphy

1131. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children on the waiting list for CDNT services in County Wexford in each of the four Wexford CDNTs; the number of clinical staff currently assigned to the CDNT in County Wexford; the number of clinical staff currently employed to the CDNT in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11971/24]

Home Care Packages

Verona Murphy

1302. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons in County Wexford currently in receipt of home care support hours; the total current number of home care support hours being delivered in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11975/24]

Home Care Packages

Verona Murphy

1303. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons awaiting delivery of approved and additional home care support hours in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11976/24]

Health Services

Verona Murphy

1313. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) is expected to begin treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11989/24]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

1314. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons under 18 years-of-age who are currently waiting to commence orthodontic treatment in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11991/24]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

1315. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients over the age of 18 awaiting commencement of orthodontic treatment in County Wexford who were identified as requiring treatment before 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11992/24]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

1316. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting orthodontic treatment in County Wexford for 36 months or longer, 48 months or longer and 60 months or longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11993/24]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

1317. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health when his Department will approve additional funding to increase the current orthodontic specialist appointment to orthodontic services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11995/24]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

1318. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of the current vacant full time orthodontic consultant post in south east community healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11996/24]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

1319. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current period of time the south east community healthcare has been without a WTE orthodontic consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11997/24]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

1320. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the total number of current vacancies within the HSE orthodontic services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11998/24]

Health Services Staff

Verona Murphy

1321. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health when his Department will approve funding for a whole time paediatric dietician solely for the Wexford CAMHS team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11999/24]

Special Educational Needs

Verona Murphy

201. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the severe shortage of school places for children with moderate to severe profound general learning disabilities in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8800/24]

Special Educational Needs

Verona Murphy

202. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education what provisions are being made to accommodate the reported 46 children with moderate to severe profound general learning disabilities who have been unsuccessful in their applications for the 2024/2025 academic year to a special school (details supplied) in Enniscorthy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8801/24]

Special Educational Needs

Verona Murphy

203. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8802/24]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

524. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting appointments for primary care psychology in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8912/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Verona Murphy

598. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the HSE changes to financial supports to cancer patients for prosthesis costs and mastectomy bra costs; what engagement his Department had with the HSE as regards these changes; if the Minister will seek an immediate reversal of these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9209/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Verona Murphy

178. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has made any progress on allowing researchers at technological universities access to the single pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8116/24]

Primary Medical Certificates

Verona Murphy

219. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will initiate a full review of the medical criteria for a primary medical certificate as set out by the Department regulations; if he considers it reasonable to broaden the criteria to include single arm or hand amputee applicants to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7757/24]

School Accommodation

Verona Murphy

294. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on an additional school accommodation application that was sanctioned by her Department in February 2022 for a school (details supplied); to explain the delay in progressing the new build and what further timeframe is expected on the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7760/24]

School Accommodation

Verona Murphy

295. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a modular accommodation application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7761/24]

Health Services

Verona Murphy

586. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if kleinfelters syndrome patients have an eligibility to free blood testing specific to their condition through their own GP practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7758/24]

Health Services

Verona Murphy

587. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if sperm retrieval and storage is available to kleinfelters syndrome patients in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7759/24]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

339. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the Wexford CAMHS services; the current vacancies that are presently available within the Wexford CAMHS services, in tabular form; the vacancies that are currently with the national recruitment services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7239/24]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

340. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current number of referrals for support services to Wexford CAMHS services awaiting assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7240/24]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

341. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the acceptance rate for referrals to Wexford CAMHS in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7241/24]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

342. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting an initial assessment for support services in Wexford CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7242/24]

Primary Care Centres

Verona Murphy

405. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to a previous a Parliamentary Question if he will provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in New Ross, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7409/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Verona Murphy

242. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of carers allowance/benefit, including half carers payments, in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7084/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Verona Murphy

243. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the carers respite grant in 2023 in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7085/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Verona Murphy

244. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received for carers allowance/benefit from residents in County Wexford in 2023; the number of those applications that were awarded and the number that were refused; the number of outstanding 2023 applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7086/24]

Forestry Sector

Verona Murphy

279. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what recent discussions he has had with an organisation (details supplied) in regard to the Forestry Programme 2023-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7064/24]

Forestry Sector

Verona Murphy

280. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he accepts that the issuance of afforestation licences is not keeping up with the number of applications being received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7065/24]

Forestry Sector

Verona Murphy

281. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many of the 67 NTA licences have been planted and paid, and whether his Department has any plans to improve the attractiveness of the scheme by allowing black soil/shallow peat to qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7066/24]

Forestry Sector

Verona Murphy

282. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he accepts that the current rate of forestry planting will not allow for the national afforestation target 2024 to be met; what plans are in place to ensure meeting the target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7067/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Verona Murphy

498. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the status of outstanding agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6415/24]

Primary Care Centres

Verona Murphy

592. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a primary care centre in New Ross, County Wexford;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6505/24]

School Accommodation

Verona Murphy

160. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the required infrastructure enhancements needed to enable growth at a school in Enniscorthy, County Wexford (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4916/24]

Harbours and Piers

Verona Murphy

410. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will approve emergency funding for urgent remedial works to the collapsing pier at Duncannon harbour in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5658/24]

Forestry Sector

Verona Murphy

270. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the weekly number of forestry licences issuing remain so low; if there is an indication that 2024 will mirror the patterns observed in 2023; the reasons behind the continuing slow pace in licencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2167/24]

School Transport

Verona Murphy

505. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education when school transport for children with special educational needs will be reinstated for a student (details supplied) currently attending a school who has had no transport supports for the past seven weeks and who is not attending school as a direct result of having no transport supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56704/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Verona Murphy

24. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what measures his Department is taking to ensure the expedition of ACRES payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55793/23]

Labour Market

Verona Murphy

35. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what steps his Department is taking to address the skills and labour shortages currently facing the agricultural sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55795/23]

Agriculture Supports

Verona Murphy

60. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he acknowledges the current immense pressures being exerted on the family farm model; what measures his Department intends to take to ensure viability of the family farm going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55792/23]

An Garda Síochána

Verona Murphy

42. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she acknowledges the current retention crisis facing An Garda Síochána; what measures her Department is taking to address same; what recommendations her Department has made to An Garda Síochána to increase recruitment to the Garda force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55420/23]

An Garda Síochána

Verona Murphy

321. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Justice on what date the next intake of Garda recruits is expected to pass out/attest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49419/23]

Planning Issues

Verona Murphy

258. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered the transferring of staff from the Planning Regulator's Office to the office of An Bord Pleanála in order to address the current backlog of An Bord Pleanála appeals in order to meet the statutory 18-week decision period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49260/23]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Verona Murphy

259. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what oversight his Department will have of the trust (details supplied) where taxpayers money would be used to fund the trust in its current financial difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49261/23]

Rental Sector

Verona Murphy

260. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what consultations his Department has had with Wexford County Council housing department in regards the tenant-in-situ scheme particular to property sale prices in the rent pressure zone of Gorey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49262/23]