Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Vacant Properties

Pauline Tully

59. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures that are or will be in place in 2022 supported by schemes operated by her Department or through statutory agencies to assist persons to bring vacant dwellings back to habitable use as living accommodation in rural areas outside of villages and towns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8702/22]

Legislative Measures

Pauline Tully

137. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the status of the Criminal Justice (Hate Crime) Bill 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8703/22]

Housing Policy

Pauline Tully

216. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person is entitled to apply for the local authority home loan if, having been a previous homeowner, they had to sell their house due to a relationship breakdown in which there was no profit made from the sale of the house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8846/22]

Medical Inquiries

Pauline Tully

289. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of the anti-epileptic drug sodium valproate that his Department committed to in November 2020; the timeframe for this inquiry to take place; the position regarding the disability package for persons affected by valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8853/22]

Hospital Procedures

Pauline Tully

168. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme in order to align the rate being charged for procedures undertaken by hospitals in Northern Ireland with the rate paid by the HSE given that this can often be seriously misaligned and can burden patients with large additional costs and act as a disincentive to persons from undergoing necessary procedures; the timeframe for a permanent statutory scheme to be put in place to replace the temporary Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7896/22]

Mental Health Services

Pauline Tully

183. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason that patients presenting to Cavan General Hospital accident and emergency department requesting treatment for mental health issues are being turned away without intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7897/22]

Official Engagements

Pauline Tully

398. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of times he has spoken with the Mexican ambassador to Ireland either in person or virtually in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7675/22]

Regional Development

Pauline Tully

64. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to deliver on the commitment of balanced regional development encompassed within the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6993/22]

Enterprise Support Services

Pauline Tully

84. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans in relation to providing specific supports for disabled entrepreneurs considering the findings of the recently published report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6992/22]

Brexit Supports

Pauline Tully

136. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support primary producers via the Brexit Adjustment Reserve. [7074/22]

Foreshore Issues

Pauline Tully

184. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the weekly targets for forestry licensing by type in 2022. [7075/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

14. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the finding and conclusions of a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5399/22]

Domestic Violence

Pauline Tully

115. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made to date on securing a suitable location for a domestic violence refuge in Monaghan town; the efforts that have been made to identify a suitable location and secure funding for a domestic violence refuge in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5320/22]

Departmental Strategies

Pauline Tully

198. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Steering Group has met since the publication of a report (details supplied) to consider its findings and conclusions; if so, his plans to act on the findings and conclusions of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5357/22]

International Protection

Pauline Tully

199. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of International Protection Accommodation Services centres and emergency accommodation centres in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the status of his plans to close these centres; the expected timeline for the closure of the centres that are still in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5356/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

251. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding that was returned to his Department unspent from each local authority in regard to the disabled persons grant scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; the amount funding that was returned to his Department unspent from each local authority in regard to the improvement works in lieu of social housing scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5621/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

252. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding that was allocated by his Department to each local authority for the disabled persons grant scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the amount of this funding that was subsequently returned unspent by each local authority to his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5622/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

253. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding that was allocated by his Department to each local authority for the improvement works in lieu of social housing scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the amount of this funding that was subsequently returned unspent by each local authority to his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5623/22]

Primary Medical Certificates

Pauline Tully

424. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who applied for primary medical certificates and the number of persons approved for primary medical certificates since 19 June 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5573/22]

Primary Medical Certificates

Pauline Tully

425. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who applied for primary medical certificates and the number of persons approved for primary medical certificates since 1 January 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5574/22]

Home Care Packages

Pauline Tully

426. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to allow families on the homecare waiting list to use their homecare package to organise their own care in situations in which the HSE and homecare agencies used by the HSE are not in a position to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5578/22]

Special Educational Needs

Pauline Tully

74. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education if she will amend the entry qualifications for SNAs from QQI level 3 qualification (details supplied) to a QQI level 5 or 6 to reflect the complexity of the work that SNAs undertake; if she will allow for a system of accredited, structured continuous professional development for SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4842/22]

State Examinations

Pauline Tully

173. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education her plans regarding home schooled students who did not receive calculated grades in 2020 and who were not in a position to sit their leaving certificate exams that year; if these students will receive an acknowledgement from her Department that will suffice in place of the request for leaving certificate results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4843/22]

Tax Code

Pauline Tully

280. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance the person or body that is liable for the payment of carbon tax due on coal sold from north of the Border; the person or body that is liable for the payment of VAT on same; the way that the sale of coal being sold from north of the Border can be policed to ensure that it is the correct type of coal after new legislation banning the sale of smoky coal comes into force in September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4391/22]

Housing Policy

Pauline Tully

331. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on Croí Cónaithe Towns and Villages; the timeframe for this scheme to be initiated; if this scheme will apply to derelict houses in rural areas; if not, if it will apply only to houses in towns and villages; if the grant will be retrospective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4393/22]

Hospital Services

Pauline Tully

645. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the status of the plans regarding the €3 million funding for the development of specialist palliative care inpatient units in the north east, that is, Drogheda and Cavan and Tullamore, County Offaly that was announced by his Department in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4343/22]

Registration of Births

Pauline Tully

662. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason there is upwards of a two-month delay in registering a birth in the register of births, deaths and marriages in County Cavan; his plans to address this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4392/22]

Trade Missions

Pauline Tully

161. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of virtual trade missions to Vietnam that were held in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3425/22]

North-South Interconnector

Pauline Tully

168. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a reply will issue regarding a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the north south interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3234/22]

Bus Éireann

Pauline Tully

208. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers that used the 109x Dublin to Cavan Bus Éireann route in both directions in of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3417/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

235. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have applied for the disabled drivers medical scheme since 19 June 2020 to date; the number of persons who have been approved for the scheme since 19 June 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2945/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

236. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have applied for the disabled drivers' medical scheme since 1 January 2021 to date; the number of persons who have been approved for the scheme since 1 January 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2946/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

237. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance the status of the comprehensive review of the disabled drivers' and disabled passengers scheme; when the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2950/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

238. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance if he will publish the minutes of the meetings he has had with the Disabled Drivers' Medical Board of Appeal in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2951/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

239. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance if he will publish correspondence to and from the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal for the years 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2952/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pauline Tully

240. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance the number of certificates applied for under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; the number of certificates awarded in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2953/22]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

258. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if construction work has commenced on a new Garda station at Bailieborough, County Cavan; if so, the estimated timeframe for completion; the estimated cost of the project; the name of the company that was awarded the contract to construct the new Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3416/22]

School Staff

Pauline Tully

393. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a list of each of the teaching supply panels; the number of teachers on each panel in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3418/22]

Departmental Data

Pauline Tully

501. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons convicted for possession of knives and other articles under section 9(1) Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3419/22]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

502. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national drugs and organised crime bureau as of 1 January 2020, 1 January 2021 and 17 January 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3420/22]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

573. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the details of the Women’s Health Fund 2022; the criteria and application process for this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3080/22]

Hospital Staff

Pauline Tully

640. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants by speciality post that are currently vacant in each hospital of the CHI Hospital Group as of 17 January 2022; the length of time that each post has been vacant; the position regarding the filling of each consultant post in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3421/22]

Hospital Staff

Pauline Tully

641. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies by job title at the renal dialysis unit at Cavan General Hospital; the estimated full-year cost of filling each of the vacancies; when each of the vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3422/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pauline Tully

642. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon in each hospital group by hospital; the average waiting time to see a consultant in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3423/22]

Housing Policy

Pauline Tully

601. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeframe for the introduction of the amendment to the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015 in order to alter the tenant purchase scheme to allow pensioners purchase their local authority home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2309/22]

Departmental Records

Pauline Tully

710. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the details of information held by her Department regarding a fire at a convent (details supplied) in Cavan town in 1943; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63150/21]

Departmental Records

Pauline Tully

824. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education if records exist for staff working in an industrial school (details supplied) during the 1930s; if so, the location they can be accessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2003/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pauline Tully

926. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to support persons with long Covid; the social protection payments that will be made available for persons with long Covid once the pandemic unemployment payment ceases; if persons with the condition will be entitled to a discretionary medical card or a general practitioner visit card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1402/22]

Infectious Diseases

Pauline Tully

1710. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that were tested for Lyme disease here in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the number of persons that were diagnosed with Lyme disease over the same period; the number of staff employed in this area; the type of tests carried out for Lyme disease here; if these tests are routine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1399/22]

Health Services Staff

Pauline Tully

1711. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmologists employed by the HSE nationally in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the number employed in Cavan General Hospital over the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1400/22]