Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

National Carers' Strategy

Pauline Tully

1264. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if a new and updated national carers’ strategy will be published with a dedicated budget and time frame to ensure the implementation of all actions; if so, the time frame for publication of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20374/20]

Home Help Service

Pauline Tully

1265. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the home support waiting list by county and by month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20375/20]

Respite Care Services

Pauline Tully

1266. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that were provided with respite care by county and month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, respectively; if the provision of respite care will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20376/20]

Respite Care Services

Pauline Tully

1290. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were provided with respite care by county and month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 respectively; if he will increase the provision of respite care by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20458/20]

Carer's Allowance

Pauline Tully

87. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider basing the financial assessment for carer’s allowance on net income and not gross income in line with the assessment of earnings under carer’s benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19001/20]

Psychological Assessments

Pauline Tully

176. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in each county on the waiting list for phycological assessment for educational needs in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19369/20]

Psychological Assessments

Pauline Tully

188. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in each county on the waiting list for phycological assessment for educational needs in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19385/20]

Speech and Language Therapy

Pauline Tully

295. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children in each county on the waiting list for speech and language therapy in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19366/20]

Occupational Therapy

Pauline Tully

296. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children in each county on the waiting list for occupational therapy in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19367/20]

Occupational Therapy

Pauline Tully

297. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of adults in each county on the waiting list for occupational therapy in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19368/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pauline Tully

61. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason businesses that do not operate from commercially rateable premises such as tradesmen, service providers and so on are not eligible for the restart grant for small and microbusinesses affected by Covid-19; the grounds this decision is based on; the financial supports which will be provided to these business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16657/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pauline Tully

76. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications received to date by county for the restart grant, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17322/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pauline Tully

77. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding issued to individual businesses for the restart grant by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17325/20]

School Admissions

Pauline Tully

414. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education and Skills the boarding schools by county that will see an end to or a significant reduction in the number of boarders they will be allowed to take in when the new school term commences in September 2020 due to the ongoing social distancing protocols; and the details of the supports she plans to provide for boarding schools to assist them to make up the financial shortfall from the reduction in the intake of borders, in tabular form. [17080/20]

School Management

Pauline Tully

419. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education and Skills if boarding for students in a school (details supplied) is ending; the possible financial implications for the school; and if the decision will result in the subsequent redundancies of catering and household staff due to the lack of protocols for the operation of boarding schools when the new term commences in September 2020. [17178/20]

Basic Payment Scheme

Pauline Tully

539. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received single farm payment entitlements since 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17348/20]

Third Level Institutions

Pauline Tully

103. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education and Skills if clarity will be provided to third level students regarding the return to third level institutions in autumn 2020; if courses will to be based on campus, online or blended learning; and if it is the latter, the advice that will be issued regarding student accommodation. [16223/20]

Respite Care Services

Pauline Tully

123. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons that availed of respite care by county by month in 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of facilities providing respite that remained open during Covid-19 restrictions from mid-March to date; and his plans to reopen all facilities in tabular form. [16226/20]

School Transport

Pauline Tully

400. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to cancel the tender competition for school transport services that issued on 26 February 2020 will mean a new and open application process will follow; if so, when it will be advertised; if previous tender applicants and holders of contracts will be notified directly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13945/20]

Health Services Staff

Pauline Tully

715. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the full facts regarding the Be on Call for Ireland campaign launched by the HSE; the number of trained healthcare professionals who responded across each discipline; the number that actually returned home; the locations they were deployed to; the number across each of those disciplines that remain in service; the number in each discipline that have been and will be retained and permanently employed in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13946/20]

Third Level Fees

Pauline Tully

229. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will be advising third level colleges to reduce their fees for courses that will be delivered online in the next semester for students that due to the Covid-19 restrictions will not be in a position to access the college library and other important supports that are usually available on campus, thus placing them at a disadvantage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12385/20]

Third Level Admissions

Pauline Tully

234. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Irish-born enrollees on the 2017-18 undergraduate full-time honours degree doctor training courses by institution; the number of other EU and non-EU enrollees, respectively, on the same course by institution; if there is a reserved number of places for non-Irish enrollees on the courses in each of the third level education campuses involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12439/20]

Enterprise Ireland

Pauline Tully

384. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the refusal of Enterprise Ireland to consider hemp-based businesses for online supports; and her views on whether Enterprise Ireland is acting in a discriminatory manner against a legitimate business which is contrary to European law. [12384/20]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Pauline Tully

512. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason for refusing to purchase a CPAP machine for the treatment of sleep apnoea, which costs approximately €800 on the drugs repayment scheme; the reason the same machine is being rented at a cost of around €80 per month, which will ultimately prove a more expensive option in the medium to long term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12386/20]

Garda Operations

Pauline Tully

221. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug searches that have taken place in County Cavan since the beginning of 2019; and the number of arrests and convictions for the possession and supply of illegal drugs in County Cavan since January 2019, in tabular form. [9941/20]

Cancer Services

Pauline Tully

351. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding for the National Cancer Control Programme by 5%, 7.5% and 10%, respectively. [9902/20]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Pauline Tully

356. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant ENT surgeons in each of the RCSI hospitals in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of consultant ENT surgeon hours provided in each hospital under current contracts. [9909/20]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

361. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to enhance schemes such as a programme (details supplied). [9949/20]

Public Transport

Pauline Tully

560. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budgeted spend in each of the next three years to make public transport wheelchair accessible including vehicles, stations and so on. [9897/20]

State Examinations

Pauline Tully

227. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education and Skills if students who choose to sit the leaving certificate examination later in 2020 will have an opportunity to make up the time they have lost with their teachers before they sit the exams. [8919/20]

State Examinations

Pauline Tully

230. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education and Skills the alternative to calculated grades for leaving certificate being made available to students who are home-schooled or take a subject outside of school without a recognised tutor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8924/20]

Waste Management

Pauline Tully

811. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress being made with regard to the planned €75 annual support for waste collection to those with lifelong and long-term medical incontinence; and the date for the roll-out of same. [8757/20]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Pauline Tully

69. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing a company (details supplied) to reopen immediately. [7678/20]

Medical Qualifications

Pauline Tully

103. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places in medical schools; the number of Irish students admitted annually; the number of non-Irish students admitted annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7405/20]

Tuberculosis Eradication Programme

Pauline Tully

651. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the badger tuberculosis vaccination programme introduced in January 2018; his views on its success as a means of eradicating tuberculosis in cattle; the number of badgers vaccinated by county in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and his plans to expand the programme. [7394/20]

Meat Processing Plants

Pauline Tully

899. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to Covid-19 support at meat processing plants. [6554/20]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Pauline Tully

1237. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications made and claims awarded under the revised Covid-19 rent supplement scheme in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [6079/20]

Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme

Pauline Tully

1238. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the reintroduction of the mortgage interest supplement scheme will be considered, particularly in view of the large number of persons who are unemployed and in need of mortgage support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6138/20]

Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme

Pauline Tully

1240. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the reintroduction of the mortgage interest supplement scheme, particularly in view of the large number of persons who are unemployed and in need of mortgage support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6140/20]

Financial Services Regulation

Pauline Tully

94. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by the Social Finance Foundation that licensed high interest money lenders are aggressively targeting vulnerable persons whose financial circumstances may have been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis; his views on the concerns; if measures are being taken to protect persons from lending companies that charge 187% APR; and his plans to introduce a cap on companies that charge excessively high interest rates as is the case in 21 of the 27 EU countries. [5146/20]

Schools Building Projects Status

Pauline Tully

298. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status and stage of a refurbishment and extension building application for a school (details supplied). [3481/20]

Respite Care Services Provision

Pauline Tully

570. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health when an alternative respite care facility will be opened to accommodate children and adults with intellectual disabilities in counties Cavan and Monaghan (details supplied). [2794/20]