Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Youth Services

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

1073. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he and his Department have mapped the existence of youth focused community projects and staff across the State; if his Department is aware of gaps in coverage or large and populous areas without or with inadequately resourced projects and how the Department will resolve this. [41412/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

1176. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the current number of children and adolescents on the waiting-lists of the south Lee primary care services and the north Lee primary care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47780/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

1177. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the current number of children and adolescents on the waiting-lists of the south Lee primary care services and the north Lee primary care services in excess of one, two, three, four or more years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47781/23]

Departmental Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

1178. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of in-person client sessions offered by each grade of psychologist - assistant psychologists, staff grade psychologists, senior psychologists and principal psychologists in the south Lee child and adolescent primary care services and the north Lee child and adolescent primary care services for each month to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47782/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

1179. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of children removed from the assessment of need waiting list in each of the Cork and Kerry primary care psychology services for each month from 1 October 2022, in tabular form; the length of time the child was waiting for an AON in each case and the process of clinical decision-making involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47783/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

125. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of her Department’s plans for a permanent so-called voucher scheme for the Deaf community under section 9 of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017, in 2024; and to confirm if funding has been allocated to provide this scheme on a permanent basis from 1 January 2024. [46875/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

49. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the next steps in the consultation on the Green Paper on disability allowance. [46769/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

51. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the review of means tests for carer's allowance; and whether, in light of increased thresholds in 2024, flexibility can be demonstrated to those being means-tested currently. [46770/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

277. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the average wait time for an applicant to get a decision on a partial capacity benefit application. [43315/23]

Departmental Schemes

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

334. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health how he intends to ensure that people on lower incomes who are not entitled to a medical card are in a position to purchase emergency contraception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43234/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

425. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the average rate of payment towards funeral costs received through the additional needs payment to date in 2023. [42778/23]

Legislative Measures

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

426. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the Amendment of Section 22 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014, specifically in relation to the section dealing with the 'father's name on the birth certificate", as the Act was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas in 2014, however part 2 of the Act: Amendment of section 22 of principal Act, 6. (1), has not commenced. [42779/23]

Psychological Assessments

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

663. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the registration of psychologists under CORU; and what remedy exists for any persons who have been provided with psychological services, such as educational assessments, by persons unqualified for same. [42657/23]

Health Services

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

664. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the registration of psychologists under CORU; and what remedy exists for any persons who have been provided with psychological services, such as educational assessments, by persons unqualified for same. [42657/23]

Rural Schemes

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

46. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department will work with local authorities to encourage them to apply for new funding for the town and village renewal scheme; if there will be a minimum submission requirement for each local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41426/23]

Departmental Funding

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

54. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be another round of the community recognition fund in 2024. [41410/23]

Rural Schemes

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

59. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding drawn down from the rural regeneration and development fund in each month since she took office. [41414/23]

Departmental Policies

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

81. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the towns First policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41411/23]

Flexible Work Practices

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

85. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will advise the recent engagement her Department had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on remote working to support rural workers and communities, in view of the recent passing of legislation that will provide the legal right to request remote working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41413/23]

Social Welfare Rates

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

376. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection how much it would cost to increase the rate of jobseeker's benefit by €80 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41376/23]