Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Crime Prevention

Maurice Quinlivan

505. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice the extent to which he and his colleagues at international level remain focused on the need to ensure the cut-off of the illegal supply of drugs, particularly heroin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9845/23]

Drug Dealing

Maurice Quinlivan

506. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of drug-dealing convictions under mandatory minimum sentencing provisions for possession of drugs over a value of €13,000 in counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary for the years 2018 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9846/23]

An Garda Síochána

Maurice Quinlivan

507. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí employed in each of the divisional drugs units respectively in each of the years 2015 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [9847/23]

An Garda Síochána

Maurice Quinlivan

508. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of seizures of crack cocaine and estimated value of same by the Limerick divisional drugs unit in 2021 and 2023, in tabular form. [9848/23]

Health Services

Maurice Quinlivan

607. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains focused on enabling rehabilitation and methadone treatments for those who have been adversely affected by drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9853/23]

Local Drugs Task Forces

Maurice Quinlivan

608. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the planned funding for drug and alcohol task forces in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9854/23]

Living Wage

Maurice Quinlivan

130. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the progress of the Programme for Government commitment to progress to a living wage over the lifetime of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8918/23]

Employment Rights

Maurice Quinlivan

139. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the employment regulation order for the security industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8917/23]

Job Losses

Maurice Quinlivan

150. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received assurances from any of the large US technology companies that operate in Ireland that there are no further job loss announcements scheduled, following his recent visit to the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8919/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Maurice Quinlivan

172. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current timeline for social welfare appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8931/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Maurice Quinlivan

173. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason social welfare applicants who have submitted appeals are not receiving the standard acknowledgment letters from the social welfare appeals office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8932/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Maurice Quinlivan

213. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has been waiting 16 months to receive surgery at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8937/23]

Tax Code

Maurice Quinlivan

68. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Finance if those suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease who are late paying their local property tax will be required to pay the 8% per day interest fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7642/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Maurice Quinlivan

175. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details suppled) who following a referral by their GP to University Hospital Limerick 18 months ago for an endoscopy has yet to receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7578/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Maurice Quinlivan

584. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who, following an MRI at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital in 2022, has been referred to St. John’s Hospital, Limerick, and has yet to receive an appointment date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3936/23]

Medicinal Products

Maurice Quinlivan

728. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of suppliers of the contraceptive pill that have not yet signed up for the HSE’s contraceptive reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4657/23]

Medicinal Products

Maurice Quinlivan

729. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if a scheme can be put in place to enable women whose contraceptive pill suppliers have not signed up to the HSE reimbursement scheme to apply for reimbursement on an individual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4658/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Maurice Quinlivan

591. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied), a terminal cancer patient who is suffering from dysphagia, who was referred to University Hospital Limerick for a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy procedure in 2022 and has yet to receive an appointment date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3115/23]

Rail Network

Maurice Quinlivan

20. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport the engagements that his Department has had regarding advancing the construction of a train station at Moyross, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2354/23]

Road Projects

Maurice Quinlivan

67. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport the engagements his Department has had regarding the completion of all sections of the Coonagh, Knockalisheen Road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2355/23]

Ports Policy

Maurice Quinlivan

169. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport the engagements his Department had with a company (details supplied) following the launch of its Vision 2041 Masterplan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62781/22]

Driver Test

Maurice Quinlivan

171. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport the steps that are being taken to address the backlog of driving test appointments at test centres in Limerick where applicants are being advised they will be wating six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63579/22]

Bus Services

Maurice Quinlivan

223. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport if he intends to return the route 306 bus service to Ballynanty Beg in Limerick to a 15-minute or 30-minute service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1153/23]

Bus Services

Maurice Quinlivan

224. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport the steps that he is taking to improve the 306 bus service in Limerick city servicing the Ballynanty Beg area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1154/23]

Bus Services

Maurice Quinlivan

225. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport the reason that there are no bus stop markings or signs in the Ballynanty Beg area of Limerick city for the 306 bus route; if he has been in contact with the National Transport Authority regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1155/23]

Bus Services

Maurice Quinlivan

226. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport the reason that there are no bus shelters in the Ballynanty Beg area of Limerick city for the 306 bus route; if he has been in contact with the National Transport Authority regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1156/23]

National Car Test

Maurice Quinlivan

269. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport the steps that are currently being taken to address the delays in securing an NCT at Limerick, Ennis and Nenagh test centres, where the wait time for an appointment exceeds four months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1737/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Maurice Quinlivan

875. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) who, following allocation to council housing, applied for the new home kit (exceptional needs payment) for flooring and was awarded significantly less than what is needed to complete the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63930/22]

An Garda Síochána

Maurice Quinlivan

1083. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí assigned to security details at Limerick Courthouse at Mulgrave Street, Limerick. [63689/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Maurice Quinlivan

1195. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied) who has been referred to see a neurologist at Temple Street Children's Hospital and has yet to receive an appointment date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63331/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Maurice Quinlivan

1200. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who, following a referral one year ago to the orthopaedic unit at University Hospital Limerick, has yet to receive an appointment date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63351/22]

Medicinal Products

Maurice Quinlivan

1331. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if steps are being taken to secure a supply of the drugs rivotrol and zarontin for the treatment of epilepsy-related seizures, given the current international shortage of these pharmaceuticals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63853/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Maurice Quinlivan

1462. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of the former employees of a nursing home (details supplied) who are eligible to receive the pandemic bonus payment, yet have not received the payment due to the closure of the nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1337/23]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Maurice Quinlivan

1492. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the status of the Freestyle Libre 2 application for HSE reimbursement through the national framework application process; when it will be added to the CGM devices available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1451/23]

Hospital Services

Maurice Quinlivan

1493. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of times that the adult diabetes clinic takes place in University of Limerick Hospitals Groups; the speciality diabetes clinics, such as a young adult diabetes clinic, type 1 adult clinic, type 2 clinic, a diabetes podiatry clinic that take place in the University of Limerick Hospitals Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1452/23]

Mental Health Services

Maurice Quinlivan

1503. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied) who is awaiting a CAMHS assessment in Limerick for over one year and has been advised that it will be a further year before they are assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1493/23]

Healthcare Policy

Maurice Quinlivan

1538. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to adding Kennedy’s disease to the list of medical conditions covered by the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1670/23]

Enterprise Policy

Maurice Quinlivan

59. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is considering the establishment of an Irish enterprise agency which would incorporate the individual local enterprise offices into one centrally-led national jobs agency to support and sustain small and medium-sized enterprises. [62096/22]

Living Wage

Maurice Quinlivan

76. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the progress of the programme for Government commitment to progress to a living wage over the lifetime of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62053/22]

Driver Test

Maurice Quinlivan

223. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport the reason that the RSA driver theory test does not provide full result details to those who are sitting the test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61951/22]

Disability Services

Maurice Quinlivan

534. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied) who having been referred to St. Gabriel’s CDNT Limerick for an ASD assessment has yet to receive any appointment date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61664/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Maurice Quinlivan

569. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who having been first referred to University Hospital Limerick six years ago for cataract surgery has yet to receive an appointment date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61820/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Maurice Quinlivan

378. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that recipients of the €500 lump sum payment for those in receipt of the disability support grant who are also recipients of the carer’s support grant are not eligible for an additional €500 lump sum payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60845/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Maurice Quinlivan

532. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied) who following presentation at University Hospital Limerick was referred to Temple Street Hospital and has yet to receive correspondence from the hospital regarding an appointment date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60212/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Maurice Quinlivan

673. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health when a person will receive a date for cataract surgery (details supplied) at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60844/22]

Mental Health Services

Maurice Quinlivan

336. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied) who, following a GP referral to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Limerick, has yet to receive an appointment date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59934/22]

Departmental Data

Maurice Quinlivan

149. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employers who have received a fine not exceeding €5,000 as per the Protection of Employment Act 1977 for failing to consult with employees’ representatives or for failing to provide certain information to employees’ representatives when proposing collective redundancy in each of the years 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59345/22]

Departmental Data

Maurice Quinlivan

150. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employers who have received a fine not exceeding €5,000 as per the Protection of Employment Act 1977 for failing to notify the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment of their intention to create collective redundancies in each of the years 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59346/22]

Departmental Data

Maurice Quinlivan

151. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employers who have received a fine not exceeding €250,000 as per the Protection of Employment Act 1977 for affecting a collective redundancy prior to the expiry of the 30-day period following notification to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in each of the years 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59347/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Maurice Quinlivan

434. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59315/22]