Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

School Equipment

Réada Cronin

735. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of HEPA filters that have been installed in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13398/23]

School Equipment

Réada Cronin

736. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if every classroom now has HEPA filtration installed; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13399/23]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

948. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need for in CHO7 in each of the months of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the number overdue for completion; the length of time they are overdue; the average length of wait, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13157/23]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

1343. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the location and number of the minor-injury units referred to in the HSE Care Flowchart; the numbers treated in these dedicated units in tabular form over the past five years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13061/23]

Hospital Admissions

Réada Cronin

1362. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the average patient waiting time from arrival at the emergency department in Naas General Hospital to admission for each individual month of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form, for the cohort under-75 and over-75 years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13149/23]

Hospital Staff

Réada Cronin

1363. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if Naas General Hospital is operating at its full complement of medical staff at all levels and across all disciplines; the number of staff it is missing in each of these levels and disciplines; the length of vacancy of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13150/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Réada Cronin

1364. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations by Naas General Hospital, by appointment type, in each of the months of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13151/23]

Hospital Services

Réada Cronin

1365. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the bed-occupancy rate at Naas General Hospital for each week of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; the number of beds available for the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13152/23]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Réada Cronin

1366. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum wait time on the NTPF reported waiting lists, by speciality, for each month of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 for Naas General Hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13153/23]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Réada Cronin

1367. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of people aged over 65 and over 75 years on NTPF reported waiting lists, by specialty, in each month of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in Naas General Hospital; the mean, median, and maximum wait time, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13154/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Réada Cronin

1368. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of each quarter of 2021 and 2022 at Naas General Hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13155/23]

Home Help Service

Réada Cronin

1369. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for each month of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 in community healthcare organisation or CHO7; the length of wait, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13156/23]

Mental Health Services

Réada Cronin

1370. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, waiting lists by length of wait for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 for the community healthcare organisation or CHO7 area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13158/23]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

254. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education what can be done for a child in the following circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12018/23]

Grant Payments

Réada Cronin

300. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will examine the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to intervening and facilitating SUSI to use discretion. [12067/23]

Departmental Staff

Réada Cronin

40. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Taoiseach if each Government Department now has a full-time, dedicated climate scientist on its staff; and if they do not, the reason therefor. [11634/23]

Departmental Staff

Réada Cronin

51. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of specifically qualified climate scientists employed by his Department; the level of qualification of each; their specific areas of expertise within climate science; if he will list their peer reviewed, specialist publications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11635/23]

Departmental Data

Réada Cronin

207. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health whether any neurological, dermatological, respiratory or oncological illnesses are reported in higher proportion around Coillte planted areas than others; whether public health undertakes any evaluation or data collection on same; if not, if his Department will commit to doing so; if he will publish any data available on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11676/23]

Departmental Staff

Réada Cronin

262. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time, specifically-qualified climate scientists employed in his Department; the level of qualification of each, for example, post-doctoral and so on; their specific areas of expertise within climate science; if he will list their peer-reviewed specialist publications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11632/23]

Departmental Staff

Réada Cronin

263. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specialists in each of the areas rewilding, diversification and biodiversity that are employed in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11633/23]

Forestry Sector

Réada Cronin

265. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the independent scientific, safety analyses of chemicals used by Coillte that have been undertaken in each of the past ten years; if he will publish the results of same; if he will publish the list of chemicals used by Coillte and their listed potential and actual side effects, in tabular form in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11670/23]

Forestry Sector

Réada Cronin

266. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an annual audit of public health in the areas surrounding Coillte plantations; if so, if he will publish the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11671/23]

Forestry Sector

Réada Cronin

267. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of complaints/concerns that have been made by the public about the use of chemicals by Coillte in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; the list of cited medical complaints, if any, deemed by members of the public to be associated with such chemical use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11672/23]

Forestry Sector

Réada Cronin

268. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list the veterinarian and or wildlife inspections of lands planted by Coillte in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; if he will publish any significant illnesses, losses, and impacts identified in each area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11673/23]

Forestry Sector

Réada Cronin

269. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is satisfied as to the safety for humans, flora, fauna and insect life, particularly pollinators of any chemicals used by Coillte; the scientific basis of that satisfaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11674/23]

Forestry Sector

Réada Cronin

270. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what independent and State inspections of air, water-table and watercourses in and adjacent to Coillte forestry have been undertaken in each of the past ten years in relations to chemical use; if he will publish the findings of same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11675/23]

Forestry Sector

Réada Cronin

271. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is satisfied as to the safety of chemicals used by Coillte; what in-house and external expert examinations of the lands and the chemical processes used on them comprise, and have been undertaken; if he can guarantee them safe to pollinators in particular; if he will publish the results of any examinations undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11677/23]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

363. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education when parents in Kilcock can expect confirmation of school-places, locally, for their children starting primary education in 2023, given the understandable anxiety regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10923/23]

Parental Leave

Réada Cronin

465. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will examine raising the age of children from 13 years for parents to qualify for parental leave, given the high number of parents with mid-teenage children who want the opportunity to take such leave and in the context of Tusla's insistence that children under 16 years cannot be left alone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10989/23]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

581. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health based on the HSE flow chart (details supplied), where in North Kildare the community can access treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11042/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Réada Cronin

167. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine matters in relation to the CIÉ 1951 scheme (details supplied), given he has been satisfied by the trustees as to the liquidity of the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10653/23]

Electricity Generation

Réada Cronin

40. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 23 February 2023, the independent environmental evaluations and assessments undertaken in the matter of any planned of storage facilities (details supplied); the international credentials of those bodies undertaking such assessment; if he will publish their findings regarding same; whether any such planning and development of such facilities have been and will be undertaken within the context of Ireland’s Aarhus responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10331/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

120. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 23 February 2023, if she will publish communications with the European Commission on the matter of recognising long Covid as an occupational injury, together with her correspondence with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10317/23]

Child Abuse

Réada Cronin

447. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will explain the delay in the publication of the Shannon Report into historic abuse at an organisation (details supplied); when the publication of that report can now be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9763/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

599. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will examine the case of persons (details supplied) who were categorised as essential warehouse workers by the HSE, and are now being denied the pandemic bonus payment, on the basis of a technicality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9803/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

107. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when his Department will move to recognise long-Covid in healthcare workers and others as an occupational injury, after they contracted Covid-19 on the front line, often when PPE was sparse; the current liaising that is taking place with the Departments of Health and Social Protection on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8519/23]

Electricity Generation

Réada Cronin

172. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will publish the instructions and environmental and biodiversity-impact requirements his Department has issued in the matter of certain storage facilities (details supplied) planned in the State; the regulator he has appointed; the stated regulations that will oversee and guide the operation of any such facilities; if he is satisfied that any such facility can guarantee operation at a standard that will not adversely affect biodiversity; if he will publish the advices on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9425/23]

Hospital Services

Réada Cronin

275. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason the urgent care clinic for children at Connolly Hospital, open since July 2019, and designed as a walk-in clinic to treat children with emergent illness and injury as its title implies for example sprains, vomiting, minor cuts, mild asthma and so on and with the purpose of seeing 25,000 patients per year in addition to 17,000 outpatient appointments, appears set to operate on an appointment-only basis, though 'urgent' care need of a child, by its nature, cannot be foreseen; the plans his Department has to prevent or correct this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9415/23]

Planning Issues

Réada Cronin

133. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline his Department's position on how the proposed Planning and Development Bill 2022 appears to remove the requirement for local authorities to reserve land for communities to use for cultivation as allotments, along with the definition of allotment itself, and the regulation, promotion and facilitation of the use of this land for such a purpose, and further, leaving the current 2,500 allotments and community gardens without a legal framework (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8925/23]

Planning Issues

Réada Cronin

135. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way and the reason the proposed Planning and Development Bill 2022 appears to remove the requirement for local authorities to reserve land for communities to use for cultivation as allotments, along with the definition of allotment itself, and the regulation, promotion and facilitation of the use of this land for such purposes, leaving the current 2,500 allotments and community gardens without a legal framework (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8924/23]

Medicinal Products

Réada Cronin

211. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with a group (details supplied) at his earliest convenience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8933/23]

Hospital Services

Réada Cronin

212. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will revisit the apparent decision to relocate the Naas antenatal clinic attached to the Coombe Hospital to Portlaoise hospital, thereby duplicating services at a hospital that already has its own maternity unit where women will deliver locally, but leaving Kildare women who will deliver at the Coombe without their much relied-on clinic in Naas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8934/23]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

266. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education what solutions her Department is proposing for local children in Kilcock and Maynooth who have been refused local secondary-school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7832/23]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

267. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education what solutions her Department is proposing for children in north Kildare who cannot get a secondary-school place locally and where there is no adequate school transport or public transport system to get them to a school in another area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7833/23]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

271. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the solutions her Department is proposing for children in Kilcock starting school, including those who have had two years ECCE and are school-ready and who now have no school-place locally having been refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7846/23]

Medicinal Products

Réada Cronin

553. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation on the availability of, and access to, the hyperemesis gravidarum drug, cariban; how access in Ireland compares to that of other countries; the reason it cannot be prescribed by a GP when the majority of pregnant women can get to see a consultant only after the twelfth week of pregnancy; the number of scripts for cariban processed through the drugs payment scheme to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6521/23]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

591. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the pathway to access treatment and support for people suffering from avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, a new diagnosis in the DSM-5, previously referred to as selective eating disorder; when a clinical lead will be appointed in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6586/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

178. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 1 February 2023, if she will outline in detail the way the extra €10 million allocated to school transport has been spent, providing a list of initiatives or services undertaken; the location, purpose and cost of each; the way each is alleviating the serious pressure due to lack of places; if that money allocated has been spent; if not, the reason therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6340/23]

Nursing Homes

Réada Cronin

419. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the situation of oversight in some private nursing homes, whereby patients are charged automatically for activities in which, due to incapacity, they cannot meaningfully partake; if a system is in place for these charges to be refunded to the patients and-or families; if an audit can be undertaken of the charging of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5878/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

121. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will list the additional services for which the €10 million announced regarding school transport has been provided; the areas the services are in; the number of additional children accommodated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4820/23]