Parliamentary questions

Health Services Staff

Charles Flanagan

864. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to facilitate an increase in the number of assistant psychologists within the health services; and if so, when and the way he plans to do same. [24424/21]

Health Services Staff

Charles Flanagan

865. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied to oversee a health service in which assistant psychologists work in an unpaid capacity; and the steps he proposes to take to rectify and improve matters for assistant psychologists within the health service. [24425/21]

Third Level Education

Charles Flanagan

866. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to introducing additional doctoral places in psychology; and if he will meet with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and appropriate academic heads with a view towards changing matters. [24426/21]

Third Level Education

Charles Flanagan

867. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange for funded doctoral places to be introduced in respect of educational psychologists and counselling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24427/21]

Magdalen Laundries

Charles Flanagan

873. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate in respect of the redress scheme applicable to women who resided in Magdalene laundries that a person (details supplied) having waited a period of four years for a cataract operation was required to pay a sum of money to obtain such treatment; if he will investigate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24476/21]

Health Services

Charles Flanagan

874. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that a person (details supplied) must wait a period of up to three years for a cataract operation and that the same person has been denied a household benefit package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24477/21]

Driver Test

Charles Flanagan

13. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport when he expects driver tests to resume for persons that have completed the EDT; if additional driving instructors will be recruited to eliminate the backlog when tests resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22365/21]

Driver Test

Charles Flanagan

14. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport when he expects driver education training and CPC case study for haulage drivers to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22366/21]

Driver Test

Charles Flanagan

15. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons waiting on a driver theory test, CPC case study for haulage drivers, driver education training and driver tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22367/21]

Motorised Transport Grant

Charles Flanagan

868. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health when it is envisaged that the motorised transport grant and similar supports towards the purchase of an automatic or adapted vehicle will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21202/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Charles Flanagan

129. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the details of the criteria applied in respect of obliging persons travelling to Ireland from particular countries both EU and non-EU to undergo mandatory hotel quarantine. [20887/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Charles Flanagan

135. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the categories of exemptions and exceptions for mandatory hotel quarantine for persons travelling to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20898/21]

HSE Waiting Lists

Charles Flanagan

1566. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for appointments for therapies (details supplied) in CHO8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18281/21]

Local Improvement Scheme

Charles Flanagan

2578. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when an allocation for County Laois under the local improvement scheme will be made for 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19567/21]

Health Services

Charles Flanagan

863. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the circumstances surrounding the relocation of the children's eye clinic from Portlaoise to Athlone; if comprehensive details will be provided on when this service will resume in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16337/21]

School Accommodation

Charles Flanagan

914. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education when the delivery of two new prefabricated classrooms to a school (details supplied) is expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15302/21]

Schools Building Projects

Charles Flanagan

145. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the new school build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12388/21]

Hospital Services

Charles Flanagan

217. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of an advanced nurse practitioner in the diabetes clinic at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; if there has been progress on an adult diabetic pump clinic at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12329/21]

Garda Stations

Charles Flanagan

242. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the refurbishment works and construction works at Portlaoise Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9761/21]

Disability Services Provision

Charles Flanagan

852. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 832 of 27 January 2021, when a reply will issue from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9760/21]

Vaccination Programme

Charles Flanagan

835. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the protocols and process in place in respect of the administration of vaccinations with particular reference for MMR and hepatitis B in direct provision centres throughout the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8525/21]

Magdalen Laundries

Charles Flanagan

240. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 20 October 2020, if guidelines as a consequence of the report by the Ombudsman on the Magdalene laundry scheme have been completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6371/21]

Local Authority Housing

Charles Flanagan

313. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a review of the income eligibility threshold for social housing supports in counties Laois and Offaly has been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6696/21]

Direct Provision System

Charles Flanagan

532. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the protocols and process in place in respect of the administration of vaccinations with particular reference to MMR and Hepatitis B vaccines in direct provision centres throughout the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6334/21]

Northern Ireland

Charles Flanagan

604. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice if consideration will be given to the set up a State-backed pension scheme in respect of victims living in this jurisdiction including injured victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings and survivors and victims of other terrorist attacks within the State in the context of victims and survivors in troubles-related legacy cases. [6354/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Charles Flanagan

881. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health when consideration will be given to making the Covid-19 vaccine available for funeral directors and undertakers in view of the nature of their work in the context of the distribution of vaccine nationwide. [5923/21]

Disability Services Provision

Charles Flanagan

832. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health when therapies (details supplied) will be reinstated for children with special needs in community health organisation 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4291/21]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings

Charles Flanagan

706. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice if an agreement has been reached between her Department and An Garda Síochána for the sharing of documents, papers and files in the matter of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings with the team of Operation Kenova; if Ireland will fully cooperate with Operation Kenova; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45175/20]

Environmental Schemes

Charles Flanagan

160. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if an adequate programme of consultation with land owners, occupiers, farmers and farm organisations prior to the commencement of re-wetting in relation current proposals in respect of the re-wetting of peat lands in the midlands and with particular reference to County Offaly will be ensured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40850/20]

Departmental Consultations

Charles Flanagan

142. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure a full process of consultation with land owners, occupiers, farmers and farm organisations prior to the commencement of a wetting programme in respect of Government and-or State agency proposals to increase wetland areas across the midlands in furtherance of climate change measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39627/20]

Vaccination Programme

Charles Flanagan

783. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the apparent cancellation of the school vaccine HPV programme in CHO8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37855/20]

Budget 2021

Charles Flanagan

597. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of additional funding to be provided to domestic violence services in Budget 2021 in order to respond adequately to the increase in domestic violence. [36327/20]

Proposed Legislation

Charles Flanagan

608. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress to date on the drafting of the assisted decision-making (capacity) (amendment) Bill; when the legislation will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36268/20]

Domestic Violence

Charles Flanagan

657. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice if a national services development plan will commence in 2020; and if so, if it will be led by an organisation (details supplied) and its 38 frontline member services as the crucial first step in developing a comprehensive national response to domestic abuse and coercive control. [36328/20]

Commencement of Legislation

Charles Flanagan

717. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the preparations undertaken to date for the commencement of Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 in view of recommendations 10.2 to 10.4 of the report of the Covid-19 nursing homes expert panel; if there is a need for an amendment to this Part of the Act; the progress on the writing of regulations to allow for a register of advance healthcare directives; the indicative timeline for commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36267/20]

Magdalen Laundries

Charles Flanagan

245. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if guidelines have been prepared, agreed and set in place in relation to recommendations in the report of the Ombudsman on the Magdalen laundry scheme (details supplied). [31229/20]

Magdalen Laundries

Charles Flanagan

608. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the reason the health card, as recommended in the Magdalen commission report and agreed to in full by the then Government, has not been fulfilled or honoured; if matters can be expedited for the introduction of a HAA card along the lines of the health card given to those in the 1990s who contracted hepatitis C from contaminated blood products. [31222/20]

Schools Building Projects

Charles Flanagan

174. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education the status of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30665/20]

Emergency Works Scheme

Charles Flanagan

175. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education the status of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30666/20]

Schools Building Projects

Charles Flanagan

176. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education the status of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30667/20]

Emergency Works Scheme

Charles Flanagan

131. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education the status of an emergency works application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29015/20]

Home Help Service

Charles Flanagan

727. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly who were granted home help hours in 2020; if numbers are above or below the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28699/20]

Home Help Service

Charles Flanagan

728. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that CHO 8 is experiencing a long waiting time for approval and delivery of home help services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28700/20]