Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Immigration Controls

Clare Daly

278. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reorganise immigration in Dublin Airport such that domestic travellers and travellers originating within the common travel area do not have to queue to pass through passport control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42208/18]

Visa Data

Clare Daly

314. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 9 October 2018, and in view of the fact that the information was requested 14 months ago, the date on which An Garda Síochána and-or the INIS will have completed same. [42357/18]

Garda Misconduct Allegations

Clare Daly

315. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an investigation into the inappropriate issuance of visas in exchange for cash by gardaí in counties Wexford, Longford and Limerick is under way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42358/18]

Recruitment Agencies Regulation

Clare Daly

332. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 9 October 2018, the steps she can take to widen the legislation regarding licences in view of the fact that the current requirement is contingent on a business operating from a premises in the country at a time when the need of a physical premises has greatly diminished due to advances in technology. [42307/18]

Hospital Staff

Clare Daly

340. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 25 September 2018, if social workers involved in clinical practice in a unit at a hospital (details supplied) between December 2016 and June 2017 were recent graduates or carrying out clinical practice in a trainee capacity. [42174/18]

Hospital Staff

Clare Daly

341. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 25 September 2018, if psychologists involved in clinical practice in a unit in a hospital (details supplied) between December 2016 and June 2017 were employed in a locum role during that period. [42175/18]

Hospital Staff

Clare Daly

342. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 25 September 2018, if psychologists involved in clinical practice in a unit in a hospital (details supplied) between December 2016 and June 2017 occupied the grade of clinical psychologist basic grade during that period. [42176/18]

Rail Network Expansion

Clare Daly

583. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his views on the plans of Iarnród Éireann to extend the DART to Rush, Skerries and Balbriggan; and the steps he has taken relating to same. [42287/18]

Rail Services Provision

Clare Daly

584. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the steps he has taken to intervene with Iarnród Éireann to address the fact that DART trains are full in the evenings coming from the city centre to Portmarnock and the need to require at least two further additional trains between 4.53 p.m. and 5.53 p.m. in view of the fact that the present 20-minute frequency is perceived to be not enough; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42326/18]

Child Detention Centres

Clare Daly

586. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a report (details supplied) into safety at Oberstown Detention Centre will be made public. [41798/18]

Protected Disclosures

Clare Daly

589. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department provided a protected disclosure from a person (details supplied) to HIQA in the course of the HIQA investigation into the management of allegations of child sexual abuse against adults of concern by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. [41900/18]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Clare Daly

651. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 2670 of 24 July 2018, the estimated cost of building affordable homes for each of the Dublin local authorities in tabular form. [42014/18]

Greyhound Industry

Clare Daly

24. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to improve the compliance rate of microchipping for Irish greyhounds that are being sold to the UK. [41259/18]

Dog Breeding Industry

Clare Daly

30. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to ensure that the requirements of legislation for the transportation of dogs and pups to and from dog breeding establishments are met by parties in the UK in the aftermath of Brexit. [41260/18]

Health Services

Clare Daly

107. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE can make a decision to refuse a person (details supplied) a top-up in relation to taking up a room in a facility (details supplied). [41582/18]

Patient Safety

Clare Daly

117. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the attention of University Hospital Limerick, UHL, management was drawn to the fact that a clinical incident form had been submitted prior to an adverse event involving a person (details supplied) regarding the harm done to another surgical patient in UHL while under the care of a person; and the steps taken by UHL management following the submission of the clinical incident form to ensure patient safety. [41628/18]

Hospital Services

Clare Daly

118. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse clinical incidents that have been notified to UHL management in regard to the performance of clinical duties by a person (details supplied). [41629/18]

State Airports

Clare Daly

186. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person was detained by the United States border and customs staff at Dublin Airport on 5 October 2018; and if so, the legal authority upon which the staff detained the person in view of the fact that as per the relevant legislation and agreement, passengers in pre-clearance remain in Irish legal jurisdiction and have the right to withdraw from the pre-clearance process. [41737/18]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Clare Daly

189. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to meet with representatives and members of groups (details supplied) in her consultations on the matter of the grave site at Tuam. [41641/18]

Child and Family Agency Staff

Clare Daly

190. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the qualifications, including specialist qualifications, which must be held by Tusla staff before they may undertake assessments of children in circumstances in which an allegation of child sexual abuse has been made; and the way in which CORU monitors and enforces fitness to practice as an assessor of child sexual abuse allegations. [41670/18]

Child and Family Agency Staff

Clare Daly

191. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the qualifications, including specialist qualifications, which must be held by forensic interviewers employed or contracted by Tusla before they may undertake forensic specialist assessment of children in circumstances in which an allegation of child sexual abuse has been made; and the way in which CORU monitors and enforces fitness to practice as specialist forensic assessor of child sexual abuse allegations. [41671/18]

Child Abuse

Clare Daly

192. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of joint specialist interviews with gardaí taking the lead role carried out in each of the years 2016, 2017, and to date in 2018, in cases of alleged child sexual abuse. [41672/18]

Child and Family Agency Staff

Clare Daly

193. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which Tusla ensures professional standards and clinical oversight of external private contractor specialists, including specialist forensic assessors, in child sexual abuse allegations. [41673/18]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Clare Daly

21. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to address the concerns highlighted in the most recent report from the Climate Action Change Advisory Council indicating that carbon emissions are increasing instead of decreasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41063/18]

Waste Management

Clare Daly

45. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a policy review of waste management here will be conducted in view of the publication of the recommendations of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission's report into the operation of household waste collection. [41062/18]

Defence Forces Review

Clare Daly

46. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 3 October 2018, if the gap analysis of skills sets in the Permanent Defence Forces has commenced; when it will conclude; and the steps that will be taken following this gap analysis to address skills gaps. [41323/18]

Defence Forces Personnel

Clare Daly

47. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to conduct an independent external review of Defence Forces human resources management in view of the retention crisis in the organisation. [41324/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

98. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the transition of services from the school age disability team to the progressing children's disability services is likely to be complete. [41302/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

99. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to deal with the block in providing assessments by the school age disability team that are running at capacity while children with complex needs appointments are delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41303/18]

Health Services Provision

Clare Daly

101. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish a human milk bank here. [41311/18]

Haddington Road Agreement Implementation

Clare Daly

108. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 20 September 2018, if persons (details supplied) can provide the evidence that they circulated the appeals circular to all staff in SSWHG as they do with all circulars. [41334/18]

Haddington Road Agreement Implementation

Clare Daly

109. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 7 September 2018, if the complainants referred to were subsequently regularised; and if not, if they were informed it was too late to go through the appeals process. [41335/18]

HSE Staff

Clare Daly

110. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a review will be conducted and a process commenced such that those who are entitled to full regularised posts under circular 017/2013 but who have not yet been regularised are given an automatic entitlement to their posts and redress for withheld wages or if it is intended that redress must be sought on an individual basis via the court system. [41336/18]

Fisheries Protection

Clare Daly

176. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority has made representations to the Department of Defence or the Naval Service in regard to the number of boardings carried out by the Naval Service in 2018. [41321/18]

Horse Racing Ireland

Clare Daly

178. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or organisation that holds title to the lands comprising Dundalk racecourse. [41356/18]

Horse Racing Ireland

Clare Daly

179. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his sanction was sought and given prior to Horse Racing Ireland extending a loan to Dundalk stadium management to fund the redevelopment of Dundalk stadium; and if evidence of title over the lands involved was sought and received by Horse Racing Ireland prior to this loan being extended. [41357/18]

Child Abuse

Clare Daly

224. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 517 of 2 October 2018 (details supplied), if guidance has been provided to social workers in regard to the threshold for a risk assessment, home visits, monitoring or other protective measures that should be taken if suspicions of abuse remain, if a child makes subsequent disclosures of abuse following a finding of unfounded and if the finding of unfounded only just meets the threshold for same. [41297/18]

Child Abuse

Clare Daly

225. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 437 of 25 September 2018, if Tusla social workers will facilitate a parent or guardian in securing a second opinion following a finding of unfounded by an organisation (details supplied) in regard to an allegation of child sexual abuse. [41330/18]

Child Abuse

Clare Daly

228. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 571 of 2 October 2018, the reason Tusla does not collect data on the number of child sexual abuse assessments that make findings of founded or unfounded, respectively; her views on whether a failure to collect such data precludes pattern analysis that might detect risks or anomalies in rates of findings across different service areas; and if she will convey to Tusla the importance of this data being collected and analysed. [41383/18]

Home Loan Scheme

Clare Daly

244. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if some county councils require that applicants for Rebuilding Ireland home loans pay council legal fees as part of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41313/18]

Defence Forces Personnel

Clare Daly

29. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if information regarding the discovery of a spyhole in the female shower area of the central supply area of the Naval Service was circulated to all female personnel in the Naval Service that may have utilised those facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41078/18]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

30. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the anti-malarial drugs prescribed to the Defence Forces operating in sub-Saharan Africa in 2017 and to date in 2018; and the number of troops prescribed each drug, respectively, in tabular form. [41087/18]

School Management

Clare Daly

82. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by the parent body in relation to the board of management of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40599/18]

Immigration Policy

Clare Daly

157. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a response will issue to the Luximon judgment; and when the system will be modified in order to take account of that judgment. [40626/18]

Visa Data

Clare Daly

158. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 26 July 2017, when a response from the INIS is likely to be forthcoming. [40627/18]

Garda Transport Data

Clare Daly

174. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans in the Dublin region that have been scrapped to date in 2018 due to the fact that they exceeded 300,000 km mileage and-or exceeded ten years of age. [40925/18]

Wards of Court

Clare Daly

186. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide independent oversight of the investments and management of wards' funds in view of his decision to not allow the Comptroller and Auditor General to audit these funds. [41109/18]

Wards of Court

Clare Daly

187. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider introducing an amendment to Article 33 of the Constitution which would allow the Comptroller and Auditor General legislation to be amended in order to audit wards of court funds. [41110/18]

Wards of Court

Clare Daly

188. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the auditing of wards of court funds is an administrative matter involving civil servants and external agents rather than the administration of justice and as such it does not come under Article 35 of the Constitution. [41111/18]

Wards of Court

Clare Daly

189. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a set of 29 questions (details supplied) regarding the investment and administration of wards of court funds which have been sent to his Department and to the Courts Service but have not to date been addressed by the Courts Service; if he has had engagement with the Courts Service in regard to a reply to these questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41112/18]

Recruitment Agencies Regulation

Clare Daly

195. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if foreign agencies recruiting staff abroad to work here are obliged under the regulations to have a licence to do so. [40584/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

206. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an application by a person (details supplied) for an early intervention team in order to access educational supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40729/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

207. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the resources to early intervention teams in order to cease the long delays for families seeking educational supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40730/18]

Bullying in the Workplace

Clare Daly

225. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints in regard to bullying that have been submitted by nurses and midwives via the HSE's new complaints notification process created as part of the organisation's dignity at work policy since the notification system launched. [40630/18]

Medical Consent

Clare Daly

292. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 156 to 158, inclusive, of 26 September 2018, if Defence Forces medical officers are excluded from the legal obligation to obtain prior consent from their patients prior to a medical investigation, examination or treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40893/18]

Health Services Data

Clare Daly

296. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of recruiting an extra 70 mental health intellectual disability posts for children. [40926/18]

Dublin Airport Authority

Clare Daly

444. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons required for a quorum on the board of the Dublin Airport Authority. [40927/18]

One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility

Clare Daly

482. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial savings made in each of the years 2015 to 2017 as a direct result of the introduction of changes to the eligibility and income thresholds for the one-parent family payments introduced in 2015; and the estimated saving for 2018. [40795/18]

Wildlife Control

Clare Daly

555. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a copy of each application for a licence to carry out control actions on seagulls including the reason for each application; and the case made to justify each application from 1 January 2016 to date in 2018. [40650/18]

Wildlife Control

Clare Daly

556. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a copy of each licence granted that permitted control actions on seagulls including site reports from rangers in circumstances in which such arose; the determination made towards the granting of each licence; and the reason for granting each licence by reference to EU legislation and or national legislation and pertinent EU or national derogation provisions. [40651/18]

Wildlife Control

Clare Daly

557. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a copy of each decision to refuse a licence sought to carry out control actions on seagulls including site reports from rangers in circumstances in which such arose since 1 January 2016; the determination made towards the refusal to grant such a licence; and the reason since for refusing such a licence by reference to EU legislation and or national legislation. [40652/18]

Wildlife Control

Clare Daly

558. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a licence was issued for public safety reasons only with regard to all licences issued by her Department since 1 January 2016 permitting control action on seagulls, as distinct from public health and safety as is specified in the EU birds directive legislation and derogation provisions; the evidential basis for such a determination; and the distinctions made to justify preclusion of the public health segment of a composite phrase in the legislation. [40653/18]

Wildlife Control

Clare Daly

559. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the evidential basis for determinations with regard to all licences issued by her Department since 1 January 2016 permitting control action on seagulls in cases in which licences were issued for public health and safety reasons; and the precise evidential characteristics that warranted recognition of the complete legally specified public health and safety reason provisions. [40654/18]

UN Resolutions

Clare Daly

24. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to his UK counterpart in regard to the need for the British Government to return sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and to allow exiled Chagossians to return to their homes in view of the International Court of Justice, ICJ, hearings on the matter in September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40266/18]

Foreign Conflicts

Clare Daly

26. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to bring diplomatic pressure to bear on Saudi Arabia to cease its attacks on Yemen in view of recent atrocities committed by the Saudi-led coalition against civilians in that country and the fact that conveying strong concerns to the Saudi Embassy in Dublin in regard to the situation in Yemen is proving to be an ineffective policy; and his views on the imposition of an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia until such time as it ceases its military attacks on Yemen. [40267/18]

Disabilities Assessments

Clare Daly

124. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if, since the new standard operating guidelines for the assessment of need have been developed by the HSE, these guidelines have been relied on for children's assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40386/18]

Pyrite Resolution Board

Clare Daly

256. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he is satisfied with the conduct of the Pyrite Remediation Board in assessing an appeal by an applicant for inclusion in the scheme (details supplied). [40394/18]

Naval Service Strength

Clare Daly

69. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the Naval Service has sufficient operationally deployable personnel and resources to carry out sea fisheries protection duties effectively in view of the decline in sightings and boardings to July 2018 relative to previous years. [40028/18]

Defence Forces Review

Clare Daly

75. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a review of Defence Forces human resources strategies has been completed in line with the commitment in the White Paper on Defence 2015 to do so (details supplied); the recommendations of that review in regard to dealing with the recruitment and retention crisis in the Defence Forces; and the recommendations made in regard to addressing the increased workload of remaining members caused by vacancies in the Defence Forces. [40030/18]

Public Service Pay Commission

Clare Daly

78. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has made a submission to the Public Service Pay Commission; and if not, the reason for the delay in making this submission. [40031/18]

Naval Service Strength

Clare Daly

79. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Naval Service has sufficient capacity in terms of personnel to fulfil its sea fisheries protection duties as well as maintaining the participation of a ship in Operation Sophia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40029/18]

Naval Service Promotions

Clare Daly

80. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the systems and structures in place to encourage and facilitate the promotion of female officers and ratings to higher ranks within the Naval Service are adequate in view of the fact that no female chief petty officer has been appointed since 1995. [40027/18]

State Visits

Clare Daly

125. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the State of the visit of Pope Francis. [40197/18]

Online Safety

Clare Daly

158. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take under the Action Plan for Online Safety to remove harmful material relating to bogus cures for autism and to prevent further material of this nature from being posted online. [40166/18]

Medicinal Products Regulation

Clare Daly

173. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the actions he plans to take to deal with the promotion of the illegal and dangerous so-called MMS as a purported cure for autism in view of the fact that these methods are essentially endangering and abusing children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40157/18]

HSE Staff

Clare Daly

175. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the way in which a trip was funded for HSE personnel who recently accepted an award (details supplied) in Chicago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40168/18]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Clare Daly

86. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if budget 2019 will allocate more resources for National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, officers in order to prevent and detect incidents of wildlife crime. [39796/18]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Clare Daly

98. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will be in a position to increase funding and staff numbers for the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [39797/18]

Defence Forces Investigations

Clare Daly

137. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the length of time it took for an investigation to commence following the discovery in 2018 of a spyhole in a female shower area in the central supply area of the Naval Service; the reason for delays in commencing an investigation; and the outcome of the investigation. [39876/18]

Fuel Rebate Scheme

Clare Daly

180. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 25 September 2018, his plans to review the terms of the diesel rebate scheme in view of the rising costs of fuel for Irish hauliers. [39774/18]

VAT Rate Application

Clare Daly

182. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 24 October 2017, if audit examinations have been carried out by the Revenue Commissioners to establish if there is still systematic excess of flat rate payments of VAT on input costs in the poultry sector. [39983/18]

Public Service Pay Commission

Clare Daly

198. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Public Service Pay Commission will conclude; and when and the way in which its recommendations will be implemented. [39748/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Clare Daly

213. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 22 May 2018, if there is a problem with the sites for the new proposed schools in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39523/18]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Clare Daly

231. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve the provision of resources, particularly special needs assistants or classroom assistants, for a school (details supplied). [39736/18]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Clare Daly

258. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of special needs assistants for a school (details supplied). [40069/18]

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations

Clare Daly

275. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the GSOC investigation into a matter (detail supplied) and in view of the fact that the former acting Garda Commissioner failed to respond to a request from the chairperson of GSOC, to issue the family with an apology. [39729/18]

Legal Proceedings

Clare Daly

281. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the State paid a financial settlement to a person (details supplied) as a result of legal action the person took in 2009 against a number of Irish persons regarding their activities in the Seychelles. [39751/18]

Sexual Offences Data

Clare Daly

282. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on an analysis undertaken by a group (details supplied) that shows a 77% increase in violent crimes against sex workers since the enactment Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017. [39752/18]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

319. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will commission an investigation into the Pandemrix vaccine in view of the recent revelations published in a journal (details supplied) regarding same; and if he will clarify comments made in Dáil Éireann. [39888/18]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Clare Daly

340. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the way in which mediators are being selected to work on CervicalCheck cases; if all mediators involved are fully qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39456/18]

Personal Injury Claims

Clare Daly

341. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if alternative dispute resolution professionals such as mediators will be asked to present to or work with the expert group on alternatives to court in clinical negligence claims in order to give their views on the way in which alternative dispute resolution processes might work in medical negligence cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39458/18]

Pharmacy Regulations

Clare Daly

349. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to proposed changes by an organisation (details supplied) to pharmacy regulations under the Pharmacy Act 2007, which would undermine the qualifications awarded to pharmacy assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39486/18]

HIQA Investigations

Clare Daly

410. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, was informed by Tusla during its investigation into the management of allegations of child sexual abuse against adults of concern, that the final draft of Tusla's policy and procedures for responding to allegations of child abuse and neglect was issued by the relevant committee within Tusla and sent to senior management in 2016, not 2014, in view of a statement on page 135 of the HIQA report; and if HIQA received a copy of this 2016 policy during its investigation [39846/18]

HIQA Investigations

Clare Daly

411. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if HIQA was informed by Tusla that a draft practice guidance note (details supplied) for social workers in regard to responding to allegations of child abuse and neglect had issued in 2016 and was circulated by email and hard copy to senior management within Tusla; and if HIQA received a copy of this practice guidance note during its investigation into the management of allegations of child sexual abuse against adults of concern [39847/18]

HSE Staff Responsibilities

Clare Daly

422. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses issued with a service imperative instruction who have been asked to change or vary their normal duties by the HSE since 2014 [39881/18]

HSE Staff Responsibilities

Clare Daly

423. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees issued with a service imperative instruction who have been asked to change or vary their normal duties by the HSE since 2014 [39882/18]

Child and Family Agency Staff

Clare Daly

549. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the proportion of Tusla social workers that have received specialist training in identifying signs of child sexual abuse. [39471/18]

Child and Family Agency Staff

Clare Daly

550. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the proportion of Tusla social workers that have received specialist training in conducting forensic interviews in cases of child sexual abuse. [39472/18]

Child and Family Agency Staff

Clare Daly

551. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a single accountable person within Tusla has been appointed to have overall responsibility for the implementation of the recommendations contained in the HIQA report of the investigation into the management of allegations of child sexual abuse against adults of concern, as recommended in the report by HIQA; if so, the details of the person; and when they were appointed. [39474/18]

Child and Family Agency

Clare Daly

552. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has drawn up a plan for the implementation of the recommendations contained in the HIQA report of the investigation into the management of allegations of child sexual abuse against adults of concern; if so, if the plan includes clear timelines as recommended by HIQA; and if she will provide a copy of same. [39475/18]