Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Child Protection

Peadar Tóibín

465. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women who have been subject to parental assessment by the State in each of the past five years. [5088/21]

Student Retention Rates

Peadar Tóibín

519. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who have dropped out of college to date in the 2020-2021 academic year. [5073/21]

Student Retention Rates

Peadar Tóibín

521. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to an increase in the number of first year students dropping out of college in the 2020-2021 academic year. [5076/21]

Third Level Admissions

Peadar Tóibín

522. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who opted to defer their studies in the 2020-2021 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5078/21]

Garda Stations

Peadar Tóibín

557. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice when a Garda station will be provided in Ratoath, County Meath, in view of the fact that Ratoath is the largest town without a Garda station. [5193/21]

General Medical Services Scheme

Peadar Tóibín

612. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if persons from the Republic of Ireland currently staying in Northern Ireland and unable to return home due to Covid-19 travel restrictions can have their GMS prescription costs in Northern Ireland reimbursed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5004/21]

Abortion Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

651. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on providing abortions and associated services to date; the steps taken with regard to the human remains when an abortion takes place; the counselling services offered by the State, voluntary sector and so on for women with unplanned pregnancies; the amount being spent on the provision of counselling services for women with unplanned pregnancies; the way in which the economic, social and other issues are being addressed in the context of a woman with an unplanned pregnancy wishing to keep or adopt her baby; and the amount spent on the provision of these specific services. [5186/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Peadar Tóibín

652. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the analysis of PCR tests has changed in line with new WHO guidelines issued on 21 January 2021 (details supplied). [5187/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

667. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of a breach of Covid-19 guidelines and restrictions at a residential care facility (details supplied) in County Cork, which has allegedly resulted in a cluster of cases arising from the event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5230/21]

Counselling Services

Peadar Tóibín

721. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting appointments under the National Counselling Service in County Laois; the waiting times for each service for choice and partnership approach, CAPA, counselling in primary care, CIPC, and counselling for former residents of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5378/21]

Counselling Services

Peadar Tóibín

722. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting appointments under the National Counselling Service in County Meath; the waiting times for each service for the choice and partnership approach, CAPA, counselling in primary care, CIPC, and counselling for former residents of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5379/21]

Vaccination Programme

Peadar Tóibín

770. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if a plan exists for dealing with residents in nursing homes who were away from their nursing home on the day the other residents received their first dose of the vaccine. [5555/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Peadar Tóibín

771. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if hospital staff who have been deemed close contacts of those who have tested positive for Covid-19 are being tested; the number of hospital staff nationwide who are close contacts currently awaiting tests; and the average wait time for same. [5556/21]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

822. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of acute mental health units in Dublin that are closed due to outbreaks of Covid-19; and the number of units that are full due to the increased pressure on the remaining units. [5711/21]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

823. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity regarding suicidal persons or persons with mental illness who require psychiatric admission in the Dublin area; and if such persons are being admitted to hospital. [5712/21]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

824. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric beds available in the Dublin region. [5713/21]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

825. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average and expected wait time for a psychiatric bed in the Dublin region in the week of 25 to 31 January 2021; and the contingency plans that have been put in place to deal with the crisis. [5714/21]

HSE Legal Cases

Peadar Tóibín

832. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of women who have successfully sued the HSE in relation to cervical cancer screening in each of the years since 2018. [5741/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

843. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will consider using ivermectin and colchicine in the treatment of Covid-19 [5803/21]

Homeless Persons Supports

Peadar Tóibín

104. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the work of the high level homeless taskforce established by his Department. [4838/21]

Planning Issues

Peadar Tóibín

107. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a policy will be introduced within his Department to provide a fair resolution to builders who purchase zoned land and due to the lack of adequate infrastructure such as sewage services they make the necessary investment to provide infrastructure only to have the land dezoned due to a change on policy either nationally or locally. [4899/21]

State Examinations

Peadar Tóibín

155. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if school profiling will form part of grading for 2021 leaving certificate students. [4836/21]

State Examinations

Peadar Tóibín

156. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education her plans in place to offer a counselling structure for students after they receive their leaving certificate results. [4837/21]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

277. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting psychiatric appointments in Letterkenny University Hospital. [4835/21]

Job Creation

Peadar Tóibín

21. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans under the midlands regional jobs plan for job creation in County Laois to reduce unemployment figures on the live register and the number of daily commuters out of the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4453/21]

Job Creation

Peadar Tóibín

22. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans under the north-east regional jobs plan for job creation in County Meath to reduce unemployment figures on the live register and the number of daily commuters out of the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4454/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

165. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will extend the annual tax saver transport tickets due to expire on 30 April 2021 by the duration of level 5 restrictions to compensate annual tax saver ticket users in order to enable use when fully safe to do so when restrictions are eased from level 5 in due course (details supplied). [4475/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

436. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education when teachers will receive the Covid-19 vaccine; the safeguards being put in place to ensure that teachers and pupils are safe when returning to the classroom setting given the elevated levels of Covid-19 in society; and the childcare arrangements for children of teachers who will return to school to teach children with additional needs. [3580/21]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Peadar Tóibín

498. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to address circumstances in which there is joint co-parenting and equal shared custody of children following a relationship breakdown in which one parent receives all social welfare benefits and allowances and the other parent has no entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3775/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

658. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will provide all the minutes of meetings of the high-level task force on Covid-19 vaccination to date. [3313/21]

Palliative Care Services

Peadar Tóibín

707. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he and HSE management will engage with local community groups in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary regarding the discontinuation of inpatient palliative care at St. Brigid’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3791/21]

Remote Working

Peadar Tóibín

931. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of remote working hubs in Ireland; the number that receive State funding; the number of persons that have been working in these hubs in each of the past five years; and the level of investment that has been made into these hubs by the State in each of the past five years. [4455/21]

Road Projects

Peadar Tóibín

46. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the status of the construction of the A5 motorway. [3292/21]

Northern Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

162. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the outstanding issues in relation to the lack of implementation regarding investigations in Northern Ireland into alleged State violence and murder; his views on progress in terms of the investigation of actions carried out by a gang (details supplied); the steps the UK Government should take in terms of investigating murders by the gang; the steps he has requested the UK Government to take in relation to same; the number of times he or his Department has raised the issue of alleged murders by the gang with the UK Government in the past five years; if the UK Government has failed in its responsibilities to investigate these murders; and the next steps he will take in relation to the murders. [3291/21]

Hospital Transfers

Peadar Tóibín

412. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason a decision has been made to change the surgical transfer policy from Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan from five hospitals to one, in the middle of the pandemic (details supplied); and if he will ensure the change will not occur until it is safe to do so. [3282/21]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

418. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average and the longest waiting time for a child to see a child psychologist in each county in the past three years; and the number of children on waiting lists to see a child psychologist by county in the past three years. [3296/21]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

419. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average and longest waiting time for a child to see a CAMHS professional in each county in the past three years; and the number of children on waiting lists for CAMHS by county in each of the past three years. [3297/21]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

420. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the staff shortages in the CAMHS, by county and by professions, in each of the past three years; and the professions that should be included in a CAMHS team by county in each of the past three years. [3298/21]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

421. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the mental health outreach services available for children with special needs, children with challenging behaviour, children of concern to teachers and children in general in each county during the Covid-19 pandemic. [3299/21]

Health Services Data

Peadar Tóibín

422. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for optometrists and ophthalmologists in each county in each of the past three years; and the average waiting times and longest waiting times for children’s optometrists and ophthalmologists in each county in each of the past three years. [3300/21]

Dental Services

Peadar Tóibín

423. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children on dental waiting lists in each county in each of the past three years; and the average waiting times and the longest times for a dental treatment in each county in each of the past three years. [3301/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

428. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the current uses for a hotel and a centre (details supplied); and the statistics detailing the number of persons who have used the facilities for Covid-19-related purposes, including self-isolation and stepdown per month since the Government entered contracts with same. [3308/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

430. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the Government and the HSE since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic on facilities procured for Covid-19-related purposes; the size, capacity, location and purpose of each facility; the costs incurred; the number of admissions to each facility; and the length of each contract. [3311/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

433. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the status of the Be on Call for Ireland campaign; the number of persons that signed up; the location in which that database is stored; and the number of persons who signed up that have been offered posts in the health service. [3317/21]

Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme

Peadar Tóibín

30. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons that have applied for a microfinance loan through Microfinance Ireland and the local enterprise offices, LEOs, in each of the past five years; the number of persons that have received a loan in each of the past five years; the average length of time for the processing of each loan from first engagement of the customer to the delivery of the loan; the number of steps necessary for businesses to take to achieve a loan; the rate of interest; and the reason he reduced the cap on loans from €50,000 to €25,000 in the middle of an economic crisis. [2695/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

91. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the reason for the decision not to impose mandatory quarantine or isolation for travellers coming to Ireland. [2557/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

92. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the reason there is no mandatory test in Ireland for travellers from the UK or South Africa. [2559/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

93. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons who have completed a PCR test at each airport and port here in each of the past five months. [2561/21]

Standards in Public Office Commission

Peadar Tóibín

172. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacancies on the board of the Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO; the length of time of each vacancy; the number of investigations being undertaken by SIPO currently; the length of the longest investigation in operation; the average length of an investigation by SIPO; the number of staff in SIPO in each of the past five years; and the funding for SIPO in each of the past five years. [2713/21]

Heritage Sites

Peadar Tóibín

195. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make a decision in regard to a case (details supplied). [2263/21]