Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Immigration Policy

Catherine Connolly

1257. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice her plans for the introduction of a regularisation scheme for temporary stamp 4 holders from the EU treaty review department who are living long-term in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1405/22]

Immigration Policy

Catherine Connolly

1258. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice her plans with regard to temporary stamp 4 holders who previously held EU treaty rights permissions to allow the period spent on temporary visas to be considered as undocumented for the purposes of the recently announced regularisation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1406/22]

Immigration Policy

Catherine Connolly

1315. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the steps a person can take to have an elderly dependent relative who is from a non-EEA country join them in Ireland particularly in cases in which the person does not have an after-tax income of €60,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2205/22]

Immigration Policy

Catherine Connolly

1316. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the status of the implementation of measures to speed up processing times and to reduce the overall number of applicants in the international protection process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2214/22]

International Agreements

Catherine Connolly

1330. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 10 December 2020, the status of the ratification by Ireland of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2453/22]

Home Care Packages

Catherine Connolly

1339. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Galway who have been approved for the home support service but are still on the waiting list; the number waiting over 6, 12, 18 and 24 months respectively; the longest period of time a person has been waiting; the average length of time that persons have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62941/21]

Home Care Packages

Catherine Connolly

1340. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO who have been approved for the home support service but are still on the waiting list; the number waiting over 6, 12, 18 and 24 months respectively; the longest period of time a person has been waiting; the average length of time that persons have been waiting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62942/21]

Home Care Packages

Catherine Connolly

1341. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of homecare hours applied for by CHO2 in each of the past five years; the number of homecare hours granted in CHO2 over each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62943/21]

Home Care Packages

Catherine Connolly

1342. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of homecare hours applied for in County Galway over each of the past five years; the number of homecare hours granted in County Galway over each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62944/21]

Home Care Packages

Catherine Connolly

1388. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the details of all service providers providing home support services in Galway city and county in tabular form; the number of home support hours contracted to each service provider in Galway city and county in each month in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; the number of home support hours delivered by each service provider in Galway city and county in each month in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63070/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Connolly

1600. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the measures that are in place to ensure the updating of the EU Digital COVID Certificate to accommodate the booster vaccine given many persons will be unable to access vital services in some European Union member states in the absence of such a certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1080/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Connolly

1629. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the steps a person must take to obtain a second certificate of recovery from Covid-19 for the purposes of the EU Digital COVID Certificate in cases in which a person has been infected with the virus for a second time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1138/22]

Public Transport

Catherine Connolly

14. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport the terms of reference of the upcoming review of the Galway Transport Strategy; the expected timeline for the completion of the review; the timeline for the feasibility study for light rail in Galway, which will be carried out as part of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62326/21]

Park-and-Ride Facilities

Catherine Connolly

82. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 4 November 2021, the progress made to date on the identification of suitable sites for park and ride in Galway; the details of the initial review being conducted on existing public transport services available along each corridor, as referred to in the National Transport Authority response to the question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62327/21]

Departmental Reviews

Catherine Connolly

92. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance the status of the promised review of the help-to-buy scheme; the person or body that will carry out the review; the terms of reference of the review; the timeline for the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62328/21]

Tax Reliefs

Catherine Connolly

145. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance his plans for a review of the special assignee relief programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62329/21]

Consumer Protection

Catherine Connolly

9. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 7 December 2021, the steps he is taking to ensure that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission secures a copy of the report for the Irish owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62163/21]

Special Educational Needs

Catherine Connolly

115. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education her plans to review the minimum essential qualification for special needs assistants in line with a campaign (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62182/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Catherine Connolly

145. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the analysis his Department has carried out on introducing flexibility in the lower age limit for the ECCE scheme to accommodate children born near the deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62018/21]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Catherine Connolly

199. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the assessment that has been carried out to date into the potential impact on COPD patients in Ireland further to a field safety notice (details supplied), particularly in view of the use of these devices in hospitals and community care settings; the actions taken to date in response to the field safety notice and with regard to ensuring that all affected patients are alerted to the notice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62164/21]