Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Primary Care Centres

Catherine Connolly

183. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 5 December 2018, the status of the proposed primary care centre for Galway city west; the location of same; when he expects the centre to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59534/21]

Disability Services

Catherine Connolly

184. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the reconfiguration of the Galway Roscommon ASD service to the new Children’s Disability Network Services for Children and Young People; the engagement his Department has had with service users and their families with regard to the reconfiguration; the number of children who are currently on the waiting list for assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59535/21]

Primary Care Centres

Catherine Connolly

185. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 680 of 15 September 2021, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; if a site has been purchased to date; if an application for planning permission has been submitted in respect of the promised primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59536/21]

Hospital Facilities

Catherine Connolly

186. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the two orthopaedic theatres with ancillary accommodation for the provision of elective procedures in Merlin Park University Hospital; if he expects construction to be complete by the end of 2021 as previously planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59537/21]

State Bodies

Catherine Connolly

216. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if CEOs of statutory organisations may hold board and or committee positions in other organisations in this or another jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58772/21]

State Examinations

Catherine Connolly

325. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education her plans to facilitate leaving certificate students in the 2021-2022 academic year that wish to make use of either calculated grades or in-person examinations. [58491/21]

Third Level Admissions

Catherine Connolly

448. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has conducted an analysis in relation to the number of college places available in the context of grade inflation. [58492/21]

Third Level Admissions

Catherine Connolly

449. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has conducted an analysis in relation to the number of college places available in the context of grade inflation; and if she has consulted with the State Examinations Committee and or the CAO on this matter. [58493/21]

Departmental Records

Catherine Connolly

585. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 240 of 3 May 2017, 1112 of 2 June 2017 and 1743 of 27 July 2021, if the files have been retrieved; if not, when the files will be made available given that it is now over four and a half years since the initial request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58706/21]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Catherine Connolly

619. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to delays in the processing of overseas applications at the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; the steps he is taking to address such delays; the way in which the new digitised system MyNMBI, which was launched in September 2020, has contributed to these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58754/21]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Catherine Connolly

620. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland is progressing applications to support the overseas nursing recruitment campaign, encompassing 300 nursing staff, being undertaken by the Saolta Group; the number of applications to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland received to date; the status of those applications in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland system; if the first cohort of additional staff will be on the NMBI register in order to begin work with the Saolta Group in January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58755/21]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Catherine Connolly

621. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of registered ICU nurses recorded as practising in this area on the new digitised registration system MyNMBI that is maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, from September 2020 to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58756/21]

Employment Support Services

Catherine Connolly

5. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the analysis her Department has carried out into the lessons learned from the first phase of procurement for the new regional employment service model; her plans to publish this analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57995/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Catherine Connolly

46. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the review her Department has carried out into extending the qualifying criteria for the payment of the fuel allowance to include all persons in receipt of the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57987/21]

Departmental Reports

Catherine Connolly

105. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the cost of disability report commissioned by her Department; when she expects the report to be published; the details of the engagement her Department has had with other relevant Departments in relation to the finalisation of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57986/21]

Domestic Violence

Catherine Connolly

150. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the status of the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; when the strategy will be published; if the strategy will include a fully costed implementation plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57989/21]

Local Authorities

Catherine Connolly

232. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 28 September 2021, the status of the review of the position in relation to the filling of the post of the chief executive of Galway County Council on a permanent basis; when the review will be completed; the person or body that is carrying out the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58061/21]

Local Authorities

Catherine Connolly

233. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 28 September 2021, the status of the review by the Office of the Planning Regulator of Galway City Council; when the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58062/21]

Local Authorities

Catherine Connolly

234. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 28 September 2021, the local authorities that will be reviewed in 2022 by the Office of the Planning Regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58063/21]

Domestic Violence

Catherine Connolly

128. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review of the pilot protocol agreed by her Department and Tusla in August 2020 to make rent supplement more easily accessible to victims of domestic violence; her plans for the continuation of this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58024/21]