Parliamentary questions

Departmental Reports

Alan Farrell

358. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is planning to publish the report her Department commissioned from a company (details supplied) in 2019 in relation to the cost of disability in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59821/21]

Disability Services

Alan Farrell

393. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has considered introducing the see and learn programme into preschools that have children attending with Down's syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59814/21]

Departmental Strategies

Alan Farrell

394. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has oversight of the Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015-2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59816/21]

Assisted Decision-Making

Alan Farrell

403. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the decision support service to be made operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59960/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Alan Farrell

419. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will issue Covid-19 safety guidelines to third-level institutions in relation to in-person Christmas exams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59879/21]

Domestic Violence

Alan Farrell

440. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the number of domestic violence incidents reported to gardaí in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60134/21]

Healthcare Policy

Alan Farrell

496. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the directive the HSE gives its medical consultants for prescribing insulin pumps for children diagnosed with diabetes type 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59875/21]

Health Services

Alan Farrell

497. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an 18 month wait for insulin pumps for children over five years of age who have type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59876/21]

Disabilities Assessments

Alan Farrell

498. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting an assessment of need in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59877/21]

Disabilities Assessments

Alan Farrell

499. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health when the children's disability services in north County Dublin will offer appointments to children on their waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59878/21]

Health Services Staff

Alan Farrell

510. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists who were successfully recruited in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59953/21]

Health Services Staff

Alan Farrell

511. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is actively recruiting paediatric rheumatologists to improve services to children who need their expertise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59954/21]

Health Services Staff

Alan Farrell

512. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the way the HSE manage cases assigned to speech and language therapy and occupational therapists when they need to take maternity cover or have a long-term absence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59955/21]

Health Services

Alan Farrell

513. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has a plan to extend the role of the clinical nurse specialist for Down's syndrome patients to regions outside of Leinster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59956/21]

Healthcare Policy

Alan Farrell

514. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of a statutory right to homecare which is included in the Sláintecare action plan for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59958/21]

Vaccination Programme

Alan Farrell

515. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health when pharmacists will be included in the roll-out of the Covid-19 booster vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59959/21]

Assisted Decision-Making

Alan Farrell

516. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if his Department is working on the implementation of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59961/21]

Disabilities Assessments

Alan Farrell

517. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if there is a plan for the HSE to offer autism spectrum assessments for adults who wish to be assessed later in life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59962/21]

Vaccination Programme

Alan Farrell

561. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if a mandate on the vaccination of healthcare workers against Covid-19 will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60136/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Alan Farrell

562. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the current level of genome sequencing in Ireland with regard to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60137/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Alan Farrell

563. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made to increase genome sequencing of Covid-19 in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60138/21]

Healthcare Policy

Alan Farrell

564. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the status of the Women’s Health Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60139/21]

Healthcare Policy

Alan Farrell

565. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the measures being considered to ensure that marginalised women receive adequate levels of healthcare services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60140/21]

Departmental Funding

Alan Farrell

91. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding provided by his Department to support the well-being of students which is particularly important given the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58575/21]

Cybersecurity Policy

Alan Farrell

90. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place regarding cybersecurity, including the mywelfare.ie platform at her Department, given the substantial number of customers her Department has and the increasing provision of online services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57134/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Alan Farrell

95. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have benefited, by county, from parent’s benefit since its introduction and since its expansion in April 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57133/21]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Farrell

197. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the measures being taken to combat the theft of trees to be used as Christmas trees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57131/21]

Drug Dealing

Alan Farrell

199. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the status of drug seizures in Ireland in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57132/21]

State Examinations

Alan Farrell

66. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education her priorities with regard to the reform of the leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57129/21]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Farrell

77. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the status of plans to ensure students with additional needs in mainstream classes have access to an SNA if they need it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57130/21]

Departmental Communications

Alan Farrell

195. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the level of engagement his Department has had with youth climate groups in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57120/21]

Departmental Data

Alan Farrell

196. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the level of emissions produced in Ireland in each year over the past decade in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57121/21]

Foreign Policy

Alan Farrell

316. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of support being provided to persons facing extreme food scarcity in Madagascar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57117/21]

Hospital Admissions

Alan Farrell

604. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of incidents of needle spiking that have been treated in Irish hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57116/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Alan Farrell

605. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of vaccination type of patients currently hospitalised with Covid-19 who have previously been vaccinated against the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57118/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Alan Farrell

606. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the level of subsidy on antigen tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57119/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Alan Farrell

607. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he is engaging with private hospitals in the context of rising Covid-19 hospitalisations and ICU capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57122/21]

Vaccination Programme

Alan Farrell

608. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the level of Covid-19 vaccine stockpiles currently available to Ireland for each vaccine in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57123/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Alan Farrell

659. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the status of the current capacity for PCR testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57463/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Alan Farrell

660. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the status of the scalability of PCR testing within the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57464/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Alan Farrell

661. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the details of the consideration given to the number of staff that will be needed to increase PCR testing capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57465/21]

Overseas Development Aid

Alan Farrell

59. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions his Department is taking to support the provision of education in developing countries in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56507/21]

Passport Services

Alan Farrell

67. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the issues with passport express; the way these may be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56506/21]

Passport Services

Alan Farrell

311. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current wait times for first-time passport applications for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55980/21]

Passport Services

Alan Farrell

312. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when in-person appointments for emergency passports will return to pre-Covid-19 levels and times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55981/21]

Passport Services

Alan Farrell

313. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the facility to collect a passport will return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55982/21]

Passport Services

Alan Farrell

314. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications that missed their deadline for issue for 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55983/21]

Passport Services

Alan Farrell

315. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications that are still pending that have missed their issue by date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55984/21]

Passport Services

Alan Farrell

316. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he expects the backlog of passport applications to be cleared by the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55985/21]

Passport Services

Alan Farrell

317. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he expects the turnaround times for passport renewals to improve in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55986/21]