Parliamentary questions

Hospital Staff

Réada Cronin

561. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health when the neurology unit of Tallaght Hospital, which serves north County Kildare, will have its recommended full complement of 20 specialist neurology nurses as opposed to the 3.5 currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61199/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

50. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if he will restore the employment wage subsidy scheme to the full amount and extend its operation to February 2022 at least in order to support business and preserve jobs given the current circumstances of Covid-19 infection rates and the advice to the public to reduce their socialising with the attendant major impact on the still recovering hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60697/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

83. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if public schools will be given free, high-quality masks for every child in the interest of public health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60746/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

487. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the identity and qualifications in ventilation of the members of an organisation (details supplied) who advised against the need for HEPA filtration in classrooms; if he will publish the precise scientific basis on which that advice was given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59857/21]

Vaccination Programme

Réada Cronin

571. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to help parents in north County Kildare to have their babies vaccinated with the usual childhood vaccines given that they cannot find a general practitioner to register with in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60241/21]

State Examinations

Réada Cronin

311. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the planning that is in place to address the situation of those sitting the leaving certificate in 2022 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58330/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

363. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the suite of measures she is relying on to keep primary-schools safe given the absence of HEPA filters, masks, appropriate contact, test, trace and isolation and the fact most children in the age group that has not yet been vaccinated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59039/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

364. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if there is a clean-air strategy in place for primary schools given growing international evidence over the past 20 months that Covid-19 is airborne and the fact this cohort remains unprotected through vaccination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59040/21]

Health Services Staff

Réada Cronin

511. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will examine and resolve matters in relation to the employment of a person (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58298/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

715. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the planning that is in place within the health service to deal with long-Covid-19 in the population in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59041/21]

Agriculture Industry

Réada Cronin

744. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if snail producers in the State can be recognised as farmers and included in green and low-carbon grant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58276/21]

Bus Services

Réada Cronin

218. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will liaise with the National Transport Authority in relation to the cessation of the of the 66A bus service under BusConnects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58086/21]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

93. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will examine the situation vis-a-vis schools with ASD units whereby a child with autism has to apply first for a mainstream place and then transfer to the ASD unit with their initial application leaving them very low on the admissions list as opposed to their being considered separately for direct admission to the ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57007/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

144. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education when HEPA filters in each classroom will be installed given the growing international medical, building and environmental evidence and consensus that Covid-19 is airborne and HEPA filtration is an important and effective mitigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57008/21]

State Examinations

Réada Cronin

364. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will examine the situation whereby students suffering an epileptic seizure by their nature without warning prior to a leaving certificate exam cannot sit the paper in question and are required to wait and resit the exams the following year; if an appropriate accommodation could be established that would allow students experiencing seizures before an exam to sit the relevant paper and complete the examination process in the original year without the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57352/21]

Medicinal Products

Réada Cronin

550. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that young persons turning 18 years have seamless access to specialist prescriptions for medications such as ritalin given that the adult waiting list can be up to three years, in which case persons are then without vital medications due to the fact that general practitioners cannot prescribe same; if he will address the planning situation for these prescriptions in north County Kildare specifically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56893/21]

Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Réada Cronin

156. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if he will revisit the young adult travel card scheme in order that it includes commercial coach operators with the attendant good effects of opening up more routes and choice and increasing the opportunity for young persons to travel reliably on public over personal transport and tackle emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56680/21]

Environmental Schemes

Réada Cronin

139. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the advice and assistance his Department can provide to persons in north County Kildare (details supplied); if it is the case that to qualify for the grant all expensive work must be done in one go to get the BER to the necessary level thus putting it out of reach of many who wish to make these changes; if so, if his Department will amend the grant requirements in order to assist as many homeowners as possible to do as much as possible on a phased basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55742/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Réada Cronin

400. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will examine the case and the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in relation to the illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56009/21]

Eating Disorders

Réada Cronin

608. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the funding for treatment of eating disorders; if intervention can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55926/21]

Home Care Packages

Réada Cronin

645. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason the six night per month respite service, not home supports, for a child (details supplied) have not been reinstated by the HSE despite the critical circumstances in which the family finds itself; when this respite service will be reinstated for the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56084/21]

Vaccination Programme

Réada Cronin

558. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health his Department’s plan for Covid-19 booster shots for healthcare workers; if the vaccines necessary are currently available; if the same or a different vaccine to the first two doses will be administered as a booster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54030/21]

State Pensions

Réada Cronin

313. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to make emergency foster carers eligible for the State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53943/21]

Deportation Orders

Réada Cronin

740. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if she will meet with a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52480/21]

Recycling Policy

Réada Cronin

158. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the purpose for which the cumulative contents of brown bins is used; if the contents of brown bins could be processed and used to assist growers such as mushroom producers who may be reliant on imported peat; if the contents of brown bins are tested for the forever chemicals and PFAS; and if so, the levels at which they occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51806/21]

Emergency Departments

Réada Cronin

171. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the detail of the winter plan of his Department for Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50520/21]

Dental Services

Réada Cronin

180. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on orthodontic waiting lists in north County Kildare; the number waiting greater than six months, one year and three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50521/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Réada Cronin

200. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for treatment at Naas General Hospital in each of the past five years; the number waiting for lengths greater than three and six months and one and two years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49968/21]

Hospital Staff

Réada Cronin

201. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if Naas General Hospital is operating with its full complement of medical staff; if not, the number and kind of medical staff missing, for example, general nursing, specialist nursing, physiotherapy, radiology, surgical, consultant and so on; the length of time these roles or posts have been unfilled; his plans to fill same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49969/21]

General Practitioner Services

Réada Cronin

202. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if according to best public health practice and per population County Kildare has sufficient numbers of general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49970/21]

Departmental Data

Réada Cronin

203. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of public healthcare workers in County Kildare at all levels of the health service that are or have been on sick leave or extended leave due to work conditions and stress or injury in each of the past five years and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49971/21]

Departmental Data

Réada Cronin

204. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of public healthcare workers at all levels of the health service that are or have been on sick leave or extended leave due to work conditions and stress or injury in each of the past five years and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49972/21]

Departmental Contracts

Réada Cronin

350. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount paid to a company (details supplied) annually; the number of children involved in each of the years the company was contracted in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49114/21]

Departmental Contracts

Réada Cronin

351. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the fee paid to a company (details supplied) per child per night for emergency foster care; the amount paid to each emergency foster carer per child per night; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49115/21]

Departmental Contracts

Réada Cronin

352. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a system in place by which professionals paid by the State or in agencies contracted by the State must carry an emergency pack for delivery of children into emergency foster care to include the basics of travel cot, nappies for babies, pull-ups for toddlers and food; if not, if he will make such a provision a basic requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49116/21]

Child Safety

Réada Cronin

353. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will view toddlers and babies being delivered to emergency foster care with no cot, food or nappies provided for the night; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49117/21]

Child Safety

Réada Cronin

373. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a risk assessment has yet to be carried out in a case (details supplied); if he will raise the issue with Tusla as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49918/21]

Child Protection

Réada Cronin

374. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the case of a child (details supplied) currently has no social worker appointed to it given that the previous worker on the case left; if he will raise this with Tusla as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49919/21]

Child Abuse

Réada Cronin

375. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of alleged perpetrator risk assessments for sexual abuse required and pending in each area in tabular form; the length of time each assessment is pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49920/21]

Child Protection

Réada Cronin

376. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently without a designated social worker; the length of time they have been waiting for same; the number of these that are in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49921/21]

Child Protection

Réada Cronin

377. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children without a designated social worker in each of the past three years in each area in tabular form; the length of time each was without a designated social worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49922/21]

Departmental Investigations

Réada Cronin

406. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if she will establish an investigation into (Details Supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49118/21]

Departmental Investigations

Réada Cronin

407. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if she will establish an investigation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49119/21]

Departmental Investigations

Réada Cronin

408. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if she will investigate (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49120/21]

General Practitioner Services

Réada Cronin

481. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the initiatives his Department is undertaking to tackle the crisis in primary care whereby general practitioners' practices in north County Kildare and elsewhere are full and cannot accept new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49160/21]

Departmental Data

Réada Cronin

482. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Kildare on waiting lists in each of the past five years in tabular form (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49161/21]

Departmental Data

Réada Cronin

483. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of scripts for anti-anxiety medication and separately anti-depressant medication written and dispensed in County Kildare in each of the past five years in tabular form; the number of patients involved; the cost to the Exchequer of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49162/21]

Departmental Data

Réada Cronin

484. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of scripts for anti-anxiety and separately anti-depressant medication written in Ireland in each of the past five years in tabular form; the number of patients involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49163/21]

Departmental Data

Réada Cronin

485. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the annual cost to the Exchequer of anti-anxiety and separately anti-depressant medication in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49164/21]

Divorce Process

Réada Cronin

161. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will liaise with the Minister for Justice on the matter of some section 47 assessments and reports given the difficulties in their operation reported by mothers in regard to themselves and their children and the fact these difficulties have been further outlined and underscored by highly qualified family practitioners and accredited therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47619/21]