Parliamentary questions

Home Help Service

Jim O'Callaghan

1410. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of home support hours currently being provided in each LHO area as of 1 April 2024 or the latest date available; how that compares to target in each LHO for the same time period; the number of people currently on the waiting list for home support hours in each LHO area; and the number waiting less than 6, 6-12, 12-18 and more than 18 months, in tabular form. [14473/24]

Nursing Homes

Jim O'Callaghan

1411. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 1 April 2024, or latest date available; the average waiting time; for each LHO area the numbers of persons currently awaiting placement under the scheme; and the length of time waiting, in tabular form. [14474/24]

Mental Health Services

Jim O'Callaghan

1412. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14477/24]

Departmental Data

Jim O'Callaghan

1413. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients that have been removed from outpatient lists in 2024 as a result of a validation exercise and not as a result of having an appointment with a consultant for each public and voluntary hospital, in tabular form. [14478/24]

Medical Cards

Jim O'Callaghan

1414. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 April 2024; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [14479/24]

Departmental Data

Jim O'Callaghan

1415. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges at the end of March 2024 for each public/voluntary hospital; and the total number to date in 2024, in tabular form. [14480/24]

Departmental Data

Jim O'Callaghan

1416. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost owing to delayed discharges to date in 2024 for each public/voluntary hospital, in tabular form. [14481/24]

Emergency Departments

Jim O'Callaghan

1417. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years or over that experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours during Q1 2024; the total number to date in 2024; and the hospitals where the wait occurred. [14482/24]

Emergency Departments

Jim O'Callaghan

1418. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in Q1 2024; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; the number that waited longer than 40 minutes for same; the number that waited longer than 60 minutes for same; the number that waited longer than 90 minutes for same; the number that waited more than 120 minutes for same; and the number that waited more than 180 minutes for same, in tabular form. [14483/24]

Research and Development

Jim O'Callaghan

1428. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health what steps are being taken to initiate discussions around the EATRIS membership process for Ireland considering the potential benefits for Ireland's translational research sector such as enhanced collaboration and access to specialised resources across Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14543/24]

Research and Development

Jim O'Callaghan

1429. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the Government's position on Ireland's potential membership of the European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine; whether he intends to engage with the translational research sector in Ireland about such members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14544/24]

Research and Development

Jim O'Callaghan

1430. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to provide insight into the Government's perspective on Ireland's possible membership with EATRIS given its expected advantages for Ireland's translational research community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14545/24]

Insurance Coverage

Jim O'Callaghan

222. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the steps his Department is taking to ensure that community centres and halls have access to insurance for public liability. [11697/24]

Tax Code

Jim O'Callaghan

256. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance whether services such as yoga, pilates, boxercise and spinning are being afforded a financial advantage over activities such as martial arts and gymnastics, which are required to charge VAT. [12701/24]

Public Sector Staff

Jim O'Callaghan

283. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of occasions since January 2018 that his Department has sanctioned a financial package for an individual leaving the public service on foot of the provisions of circular 9 of 2018 issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; and to identify the individual departments/agencies and the costs involved in each case. [11789/24]

Schools Building Projects

Jim O'Callaghan

357. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the reason for the delay in the tender process and construction of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11630/24]

School Textbooks

Jim O'Callaghan

381. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the breakdown, by county of the 212,000 students enrolled in approximately 670 post-primary schools who will benefit from the new scheme to provide free schoolbooks, in tabular form. [11794/24]

Housing Provision

Jim O'Callaghan

614. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown, by county of the 39,900 homes, in the context of planning measures introduced in 2021, with some 39,900 homes granted planning permission with conditions prohibiting the bulk purchase by, or multiple sale to a single purchaser between May 2021 and December 2023. [11767/24]

Rental Sector

Jim O'Callaghan

636. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the regulations restricting short-term lets in rent pressure zones. [12097/24]

Road Safety

Jim O'Callaghan

804. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice how many prosecutions for dangerous cycling were taken in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11637/24]