Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Social Workers Recruitment

Pauline Tully

1013. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the ratio of whole-time equivalent social workers per 100 persons that is recommended by the HSE; the number of whole-time equivalent social workers per 100 persons currently employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16795/21]

Disabilities Assessments

Pauline Tully

1014. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time in each CHO for a child to receive an assessment of need in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16796/21]

Disabilities Assessments

Pauline Tully

1015. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time in each CHO for a child who has received an assessment of need to access the therapies and services identified in the assessment of need in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16797/21]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Pauline Tully

1097. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for infertility services at secondary level to have been developed across the country and the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2019 commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17249/21]

Disability Services Data

Pauline Tully

181. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list for children's disability services; the number on the waiting list for less than three, three to six, six to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16081/21]

Disability Services Data

Pauline Tully

182. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children in each CHO on the waiting list for children's disability services in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16082/21]

Disability Services Provision

Pauline Tully

183. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the staffing numbers in children’s disability services in order to reduce the time spent by children on the waiting list for these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16083/21]

Disability Services Provision

Pauline Tully

184. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait before they gain access to children’s disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16084/21]

Shared Island Unit

Pauline Tully

136. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Taoiseach his plans for the allocation of the shared island fund; and if an application process for this funding will be open to existing cross-Border bodies such as groups (details supplied). [14705/21]

National Oil Reserves Agency

Pauline Tully

258. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the full-year additional yield generated from a 2 cent increase in the National Oil Reserves Agency levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15730/21]

Carer's Allowance

Pauline Tully

462. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who claimed carer’s allowance here in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; the number of persons who claimed carer’s allowance in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and were not subject to tax due to their income level, in tabular form; the number of persons who claimed carer’s allowance in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and were subject to tax due to their income level, in tabular form; the amount of tax that was collected in each of the years 2018 to 2020 from those claiming carer’s allowance, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14685/21]

Carer's Allowance

Pauline Tully

463. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider removing carer’s allowance as a taxable source of income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14686/21]

National Planning Framework

Pauline Tully

669. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the work he has undertaken to pursue the adoption of an all-island approach to national planning frameworks. [14707/21]

Water Services

Pauline Tully

726. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to honour the commitment made by his predecessor that the framework for future delivery of public water services would be arrived at by agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15703/21]

Water Services

Pauline Tully

727. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authority staff will retain their public services status, security and terms and conditions if they are transferred to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15704/21]

Water Services

Pauline Tully

728. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure the retention of the public service status, security and terms and conditions of local authority staff if they are transferred to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15705/21]

Water Services

Pauline Tully

729. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure that local authority staff are not transferred to Irish Water without an agreed replacement to their current service level agreement which is accepted by the local authority staff and the unions representing them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15706/21]

Northern Ireland

Pauline Tully

761. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the work he has undertaken to ensure the full implementation of the New Decade, New Approach deal. [14706/21]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings

Pauline Tully

762. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the work he has undertaken to ensure that access is gained to all original documents held by the UK Government relating to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in May 1974. [14708/21]

Defence Forces Strength

Pauline Tully

808. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Forces by rank and gender across the three services as of 12 March 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15729/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pauline Tully

827. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the length of time that teachers who are pregnant will be exempted from returning to the classroom setting in view of a number of recent stillbirths which may have been related to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14016/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Pauline Tully

1033. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if the recent change that excludes scholarship awards from the means test for disability allowance also excludes scholarship awards from the means test for other means-tested payments for persons with a disability or persons caring for a person with a disability such as the blind pension and carer’s allowance; if not, her plans to extend this exclusion to other means-tested payments for persons with a disability or persons caring for a person with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15707/21]

Social Workers Recruitment

Pauline Tully

1099. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacancies for social workers for which funds are available in cases in which the post cannot be filled due to difficulties recruiting staff, by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15733/21]

Commencement of Legislation

Pauline Tully

1197. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the timeframe for commencement of section 221 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14021/21]

Garda Transport Provision

Pauline Tully

1282. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to the Cavan-Monaghan policing unit as of 15 March 2019, 15 March 2020 and 15 March 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15727/21]

Garda Strength

Pauline Tully

1283. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the estimated additional cost if the number of gardaí is increased to 15,500 before the end of June 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15728/21]

Vaccination Programme

Pauline Tully

1349. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he will prioritise pregnant women on the vaccine sequencing plan in view of a number of recent stillbirths which may have been related to Covid-19 and in line with the call from the master of the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14017/21]

Eating Disorders

Pauline Tully

1484. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if he has taken steps to review access to services for persons with eating disorders, given the diversion of funding from that area; if not, if he has considered the establishment of a working group for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14384/21]

Drugs Payment Scheme

Pauline Tully

1582. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons here that were reimbursed through the drug payment scheme for leasing a continuous positive airway pressure, CPAP, machine in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14737/21]

Drugs Payment Scheme

Pauline Tully

1583. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the average amount per person that was reimbursed through the drug payment scheme for leasing a continuous positive airway pressure, CPAP, machine in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14738/21]

Drugs Payment Scheme

Pauline Tully

1584. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the name of the companies that currently supply the HSE with continuous positive airway pressure, CPAP, machines; the name of companies that supplied CPAP machines to the HSE previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14739/21]

Drugs Payment Scheme

Pauline Tully

1585. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the amount that was spent annually in 2018, 2019 and 2020 by the HSE in reimbursing persons who were leasing continuous positive airway pressure, CPAP, machines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14740/21]

Hospital Data

Pauline Tully

1866. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of haemodialysis patients treated in contracted centres in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15732/21]

Post Office Network

Pauline Tully

116. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will enact legislation to reflect the Private Members motion previously passed on 16 November 2016 regarding the future of the post office network as a matter of urgency to ensure the sustainability of the existing community post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38662/20]

Tax Code

Pauline Tully

307. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance the reason mineral based lubricants derived from crude oil which are being imported from the UK are subject to mineral oils taxes and carbon duties as if they were fuels or propellants; if he will introduce an immediate derogation from these taxes for traders purchasing lubricants; if so, if this derogation can be applied immediately given this is increasing raw material costs for companies such as a company (details supplied) by 20% and giving its competitors based in Northern Ireland a considerable competitive advantage which could put them out of business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13473/21]

School Discipline

Pauline Tully

517. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the guidance issued by her Department on the use of physical interventions such as restraint and seclusion in schools; when the working group established within her Department to examine this issue will complete its work and publish its findings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13012/21]

Education Policy

Pauline Tully

518. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the date her Department will issue guidance for schools on the use of reduced timetables; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13013/21]

Education Data

Pauline Tully

519. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the number of section 29 appeals in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the number of these appeals that were for expulsion, suspension or refusal to enrol; the number of the appeals that involved a child with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13014/21]

Special Educational Needs

Pauline Tully

483. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education if she will consider reviewing the resourcing of classes for moderate general learning disability to bring them on par with the resourcing of ASD classes given the difference in pupil to teacher ratio (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11799/21]

Teagasc Activities

Pauline Tully

1088. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide additional funding to enable Teagasc to recruit both permanent and temporary education officers in a college (details supplied) in order to meet the growing demand for green certificate courses, which currently have a waiting list exceeding 100; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11813/21]

Commencement of Legislation

Pauline Tully

421. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of fully implementing section 13 of the 2006 National Council for Special Education Implementation Report: Plan for the Phased Implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9613/21]

Commencement of Legislation

Pauline Tully

422. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of fully implementing sections 10 and 17 of the 2006 National Council for Special Education Implementation Report: Plan for the Phased Implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9614/21]

Commencement of Legislation

Pauline Tully

423. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of fully implementing section 14 of the 2006 National Council for Special Education Implementation Report: Plan for the Phased Implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9615/21]

Commencement of Legislation

Pauline Tully

424. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of fully implementing section 8 of the 2006 National Council for Special Education Implementation Report: Plan for the Phased Implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9616/21]

Commencement of Legislation

Pauline Tully

425. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of fully implementing section 39 of the 2006 National Council for Special Education Implementation Report: Plan for the Phased Implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9617/21]

Commencement of Legislation

Pauline Tully

426. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of fully implementing sections 3, 7, 9 and 18 of the 2006 National Council for Special Education Implementation Report: Plan for the Phased Implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9618/21]

Commencement of Legislation

Pauline Tully

427. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of fully implementing sections 11, 12, 15, 16 and 38 of the 2006 National Council for Special Education Implementation Report: Plan for the Phased Implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9619/21]

Departmental Legal Costs

Pauline Tully

428. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the amount spent by her Department on legal costs arising from litigation involving children with special educational needs since the passing of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9620/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pauline Tully

24. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications that have been received for the restart fund for micro and small businesses by Cavan County Council; the amount of funding that has been allocated to the authority; the number of businesses that have received funding under the fund in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8552/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pauline Tully

25. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications that have been received for the restart fund for micro and small businesses by Monaghan County Council; the funding that has been allocated to the authority; the number of businesses that have received funding under the fund in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8553/21]