Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Disability Services

Michael Healy-Rae

878. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25565/24]

Hospital Services

Alan Kelly

879. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the public hospitals that carry out gallbladder surgeries in tabular form. [25577/24]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

880. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of additional WTE mental health nurses recruited by the HSE in CHO3 and CHO5 in the years of 2023 and to-date in 2024 in tabular form. [25578/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Alan Kelly

881. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any contracts granted by the HSE for building and maintenance works on Tipperary University Hospital since January 2021; The number of companies in each case that tendered for the works and the name of the company that was granted the contract in each case in tabular form. [25579/24]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

882. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE opticians by grade employed by HSE working in CHO3 in the years of 2023 and to-date in 2024 in tabular form. [25580/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

883. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25587/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Bernard Durkan

884. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent of the discussions that have taken place in regard to the provision of primary care centres in Leixlip and Maynooth, County Kildare; the extent to which discussions have taken place with statutory or other bodies with a view to addressing the need for modern primary care centres in both towns; if any other discussions took place which might have the effect of changing priorities; if any proposals or agreements have been made which might impact the schedule and arising therefrom the imminent provision of the centres in question or if changes have been made without consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25601/24]

Healthcare Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

885. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent each year, and in total, for the last ten years, by the HSE in paying out legal claims or defending legal claims by patients or other claims against the HSE and provide as much detail as available on the type/category and costs of these claims and defending them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25614/24]

Hospital Services

Pauline Tully

886. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health why 24 paediatric patients of Cavan and Monaghan hospital are still having to travel to Our lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, after a new pathway of care for children and young people with type 1 diabetes was implemented in Cavan and Monaghan Hospital for the provision of insulin pump therapy in Q4 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25615/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

887. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health for an update on the situation with the Irish Wheelchair Association services in Cavan which, due to a lack of staff, was reduced to an outreach-only model; the actions he has taken to ensure full services are returned to IWA Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25616/24]

Third Level Costs

Catherine Murphy

888. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost of increasing the student maintenance grant by €1,000 for full-time students at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24609/24]

Third Level Costs

Catherine Murphy

889. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the non-adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24610/24]

Third Level Costs

Catherine Murphy

890. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending a non-adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24611/24]

Third Level Costs

Catherine Murphy

891. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24612/24]

Third Level Costs

Catherine Murphy

892. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending an adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24613/24]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

893. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Minister to provide details of any anti-racism or unconscious bias training and presentations made available to staff in his Department during the period 2021 to date; the content of such training and presentations; the provider of any such training and presentations and the costs incurred for each event; if attendance at such training and presentations is mandatory or voluntary for staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24671/24]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

894. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will be prioritising the progression of any specific pieces of legislation prior to the Dáil summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24703/24]

Third Level Reform

Pa Daly

895. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures being put in place for those with special educational needs within further and higher education; the resources that have been given to this area over the past five years;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24720/24]

Third Level Reform

Pat Buckley

896. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to ensure that families where one parent is a carer are not unduly penalised when seeking support for a child entering third level education in terms of SUSI and other State supports. [24778/24]

Third Level Reform

Pat Buckley

897. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if work has been carried out to develop a more nuanced approach to determining the independence of SUSI applicants (details supplied). [24779/24]