Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Properties

Réada Cronin

357. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to outline any new decisions or approaches to the summertime opening of and access to the Castletown Demesne; whether any new decisions or arrangements will be notified appropriately, widely and with optimum timing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14614/24]

Departmental Properties

Réada Cronin

358. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the speed limit on Lime Avenue on 30 September 2023 on the approach through Castletown housing estate and through the historic famine gates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14623/24]

Departmental Properties

Réada Cronin

359. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the date on which the traffic-management protocol regarding Castletown/Lime Avenue released through FOI was implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14624/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Réada Cronin

478. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the development situation regarding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14541/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Réada Cronin

1084. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what actions his Department will take to address and correct the misclassification of Neptune House, Temple Hill, Blackrock, County Dublin, as a ‘children’s hospital’, when it was at all times in practice, and commonly known as, a mother and baby home, such misclassification being in opposition to operational fact and preventing children placed there from gaining redress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13941/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Réada Cronin

1138. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will undertake an urgent and full inspection and audit of a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14711/24]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

1297. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to assist a person (details supplied) to access specialist treatment for a condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13969/24]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

1370. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will guarantee that the financial supports for women with breast cancer, proposed to be cut with the proposals now reversed, will in fact remain without further threat to funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14348/24]

Health Services Staff

Réada Cronin

1427. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health to outline the procedure by which cover is introduced, managed and guaranteed for maternity and other extended leave sought by psychologists and other mental health practitioners in order to ensure continuity of services and so people on already-long waiting lists do not have to wait even further particularly as management of cover applies to children's care [14542/24]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

1592. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if a situation could be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15302/24]

Heritage Sites

Réada Cronin

289. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the definition of what comprises general visitor traffic in the matter of the avenue at Castletown House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12001/24]

Middle East

Réada Cronin

6. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will work with like-minded countries in the EU, or elsewhere, to organise an airdrop of emergency food and medical supplies to the people of Gaza who are being bombed, shelled, starved and besieged by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10892/24]

Middle East

Réada Cronin

34. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what political and/or diplomatic actions Ireland is taking at EU level, in the matter of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s high-profile and unilateral support for Israel, and particularly, given the recent remarks of the High Representative of EU and Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mr Josep Borrell, on how those actions have had “a high geo-political cost for the EU”; what mechanisms are in place, or will be put in place in the interest of the union, its values and credibility, to censure such actions already taken, and to ensure they are not repeated by the Commission president or any other senior EU office holder in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10893/24]

Middle East

Réada Cronin

6. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the joint Irish-Spanish diplomatic initiative demanding a review of how Israel is fulfilling its human-rights obligations in its conduct in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10920/24]

Middle East

Réada Cronin

7. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he and his Government are satisfied that Israel is fulfilling its obligations in the matter of respect for human rights and democratic principles enshrined in Article Two of the EU-Israel Trade agreement; if it is not, what actions it is taking and demanding at the highest executive level of the EU in such regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10921/24]

Middle East

Réada Cronin

8. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what actions he intends to take at the EU and other relevant international fora, on the so-called Flour Massacre where the IDF fired on starving Palestinians, killing 104 and wounding 760 (at time of questioning) such actions in clear breach of the ICJ directive to ‘not kill members of the group’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10922/24]

Middle East

Réada Cronin

9. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he and his Department are satisfied that Israel qualifies as suitable and appropriate as a trading partner for Ireland and the EU given its actions in Gaza and the Occupied West Bank; if he does not, what actions he is currently taking and/or intends to take to address that situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10923/24]

Middle East

Réada Cronin

10. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether Ireland will impose economic sanctions on Israel; if it will not, to outline why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10924/24]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

99. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will take special measures to speed the finishing of the interior of the Convent of Mercy, Naas, given the unnecessary and damaging delay in same, and the costs to the Exchequer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11101/24]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

100. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education for an update on co-ed developments in relation to the Convent of Mercy, Naas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11102/24]

Disability Services

Réada Cronin

183. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that from March 2024 the YAT will no longer support individuals attending a Section 38 organisation, such individuals being referred to the clinical supports available within their organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10889/24]

Departmental Funding

Réada Cronin

209. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health to explain the reason the HSE is to withdraw funding for UMAAP in 2024 given there are more than 160,000 adults in the State with ADHD, and this new organisation is playing a crucial role in providing support and guidance to them, with over 1,000 adults to date benefitting from its six-week programme and monthly support groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10972/24]

Child and Family Agency

Réada Cronin

585. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish the process by which a company (details supplied) was contracted by Tusla; whether he is satisfied that the procurement process, including all due diligence was undertaken including previous clients interviewed, references and all relevant information, qualifications and declarations verified and documented; whether he will publish this documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10564/24]

Child and Family Agency

Réada Cronin

586. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department became aware of the issues with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10565/24]

Child and Family Agency

Réada Cronin

587. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the investigations that have taken place or are ongoing into the organisation Tusla on its procurement of, relationship with, and examination of the operations of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10566/24]

Missing Children

Réada Cronin

589. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of minors who have gone missing or remain missing from the services offered by a company (details supplied) or any other Tusla contractors; the age of each if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10576/24]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

183. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will examine the inherently inequitable situation whereby children with intellectual disabilities who are frequently ill, hospitalised and unable to attend school for long periods of time, sometimes a school year, cannot avail of additional school years later (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9777/24]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

46. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) will have an appropriate ASD school place in north Kildare for next September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9445/24]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

47. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department can guarantee an SNA for each child who has been deemed to require one in an assessment of need, given the sharing of SNAs is causing concern to parents regarding the educational opportunity for their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9446/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Réada Cronin

198. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the urgent steps her Department will take in relation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8736/24]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

223. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education how her Department is liaising with the Minister for Education and the Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion in the matter of associated services at a school (details supplied) in the context of the mooted moving of services provided by an organisation to the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9059/24]

Disability Services

Réada Cronin

404. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how his Department is liaising with the Minister for Education and the Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion in the matter of associated services at a school (details supplied) in the context of the mooted moving of services provided by an organisation to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9060/24]

Disability Services

Réada Cronin

416. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that can be taken to assist a child (details supplied) whose life is being impacted profoundly by the lack of an assessment of needs that they require but has been too long awaiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8687/24]

Air Corps

Réada Cronin

107. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether the Air Corps will continue to appear in air or military exhibitions and so on overseas, given local concern notified to his Department regarding the emissions levels involved in practice for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8480/24]

Citizenship Ceremonies

Réada Cronin

199. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice the number of citizenship ceremonies anticipated in 2024; the month or months in which they will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8475/24]

Mental Health Services

Réada Cronin

277. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if the 8,000 people who depend on services (details supplied) will continue to have access to them under the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8452/24]

Mental Health Services

Réada Cronin

278. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the list of engagements his Department has had with the HSE in the process of securing funding for services (details supplied), given their criticality to 8,000 people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8453/24]

Mental Health Services

Réada Cronin

279. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health how 8,000 service users (details supplied) will be accommodated by the HSE, given the recruitment embargo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8454/24]

Departmental Staff

Réada Cronin

251. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education whether there is a single project manager appointed in her Department for each school building or renovation; who oversees all aspects of same and accounts to the Minister at regular intervals by order; if not, if she will create such appointments or roles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7441/24]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

252. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education whether the tender review process for a school (details supplied) was concluded on 18 January 2024 with a construction firm appointed to finish the job; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7442/24]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

253. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the cost to the State so far of the school building (details supplied); to outline any security or ancillary costs separately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7443/24]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

254. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the cost to date of the modular classrooms and other accommodation on the site of a school (details supplied) including the delay to the completion of the building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7444/24]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

132. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will introduce a mechanism, or extend any mechanism extant, as in the case of special needs, to compel schools to accept children who have not been offered a place in secondary school in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6690/24]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

314. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education how many children in north Kildare are currently left without a school-place in secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6476/24]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

315. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education how long each child now relying on home tuition due to a lack of a school-places is availing of the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6477/24]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

316. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if, as per an RTÉ interview, she is now guaranteeing a first-year school place for each child who requires one in north Kildare in the school year 2024; if she can further guarantee a school place in second year for the children currently without a school place in first year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6478/24]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

317. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if, as per RTÉ interview, she is now guaranteeing a first year school place for each child who requires one in north Kildare in the school year 2024; if she can further guarantee a school-place in second year for the children currently without a school-place in first year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6479/24]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

318. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education how many times her Department has forced a school to take a child who was not awarded a school place in each of the last three years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6480/24]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

319. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will, as a matter of urgency, be ‘requiring’ schools in north Kildare to accept a child who has not been successful in being awarded a school-place in first year and other years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6481/24]

Home Schooling

Réada Cronin

320. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education to outline any plans her Department has to make online home schooling available to children for whom in-class education is problematic for a variety of reasons, and who thrived in the online learning situation during the lockdown phases of the ongoing Covid pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6482/24]