Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

448. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the course of his Department’s discussions with an organisation (details supplied), has his Department has been made aware that no AGM has taken place for the purposes of approving its annual report and financial statements; the reason this meeting has not taken place; and the reason that figures have been provided to the CRA in the absence of statements being provided to members to approve. [49763/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

449. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has received a draft or full annual report of an organisation (details supplied). [49764/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

450. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the full board of an organisation (details supplied) has not signed off the final accounts. [49765/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

451. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) confirmed in August 2023 that a director of the organisation has been suspended; if so, the reason they were suspended; if his Department has been told why they have been suspended; and if his Department advised the organisation that the director should step down. [49766/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

452. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth who provided legal advice on the suspension of the director of an organisation (details supplied). [49767/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

453. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that certain directors of an organisation (details supplied) have refused to sign off on its annual report as they believe it not to be a going concern; and the reason this has not been disclosed to the members of the organisation. [49768/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

454. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) informed its members on Monday, 28 August 2023, that it was postponing its AGM due to a “delay in the audit process”; if his Department is aware of the reason for this delay; and if so, if he will identify the reason. [49769/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

455. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that there were 52 cases lodged in relation to the alleged abuse within an organisation (details supplied) in the High Court as of February 2023 in Ireland, and an additional case facing ,he will confirm how many more cases have arisen, either in the Republic or the North, since February 2023; and if his Department has asked the organisation for a list of its assets and their value in order to estimate how it can cover the costs of all of these cases. [49770/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

456. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of assets owned by an organisation (details supplied) being transferred into trusts; and if his Department is concerned that the movement of assets could be seen as an attempt by the organisation to put some of its assets outside the reach of victims of child abuse. [49771/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

457. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has had an interim chief executive since June 2022 while its chief executive is on sick leave; and if his Department can outline how long the organisation will have two chief executives without appointing a new chief executive. [49772/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

458. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many regulators are now involved in requests into an organisation (details supplied) in 2023; if the CRA, CEA, DPC, and Tusla are all investigating; if his Department has received and acted internally on any disclosures in relation to the organisation; the reason freedom of information requests in relation to the SI pre-Budget submission have been obstructed or delayed; if his Department will publish this submission; and if his Department accepts the organisation’s claim that it will grow its membership by 5,000 a year for three years. [49773/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Seán Sherlock

498. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to be seen by child and adolescent mental health services by CHO and LHO, in tabular form; and the length of time that persons are waiting to be seen. [49410/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Seán Sherlock

527. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when a person in County Cork (details supplied) will receive an urgent appointment to attend an assessment with ophthalmology services in respect of cataract surgery. [49663/23]

Hospital Admissions

Seán Sherlock

560. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of admissions for RSV to all hospitals in the period 1 September 2023 to 8 November 2023, by age of the person admitted and by hospital, in tabular form. [49794/23]

Mental Health Services

Seán Sherlock

576. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the date a medical institution will reopen (details supplied). [49837/23]

Library Services

Seán Sherlock

335. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has received any plans to establish a library in an area (details supplied); and if she will detail the costs of same that she has received. [49104/23]

Children in Care

Seán Sherlock

44. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasons the rise in the allowance for foster carers, as outlined in budget 2024, has been delayed to November 2024, after the next scheduled budget announcement, and if he will work to bring that rise forward to earlier in the year. [48533/23]

Artificial Intelligence

Seán Sherlock

60. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what engagement he has had on the issue of artificial intelligence in the areas of child protection; and if he will provide the research papers, if any, undertaken by his Department on the matter. [48534/23]

Youth Services

Seán Sherlock

63. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or his Department maintains ongoing contact with an organisation (details supplied); if his Department continues to provide funding to the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48537/23]

Disability Services

Seán Sherlock

82. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the lack of engagement with stakeholders such as an organisation (details supplied) on the Roadmap for Service Improvement: Disability Services for Children and Young People 2023-2026. [48535/23]