Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sorca Clarke

1060. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the length of time persons are waiting for an otolaryngology department appointment by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22090/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Sorca Clarke

182. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration has been given to easing restrictions on the purchasing of children's clothes given that there continues to be no click and collect service. [19441/21]

Local Authority Staff

Sorca Clarke

261. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of litter wardens in each county in tabular form [19653/21]

Local Authority Staff

Sorca Clarke

262. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of waste collected due to illegal dumping each year by county in tabular form. [19654/21]

Local Authority Staff

Sorca Clarke

263. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of public bins in each county in tabular form. [19655/21]

Local Authority Staff

Sorca Clarke

264. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount taken in annually through fines for illegal dumping. [19656/21]

Local Authority Staff

Sorca Clarke

265. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the type of materials that are predominantly being dumped illegally. [19657/21]

Environmental Schemes

Sorca Clarke

266. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the Bord Na Móna and privately owned bogs and peatlands by county that are due to be rewetted, reseeded and regenerated for the purpose of carbon sequestration; and the individual size of the bogs that are to be regenerated in tabular form. [19674/21]

Vaccination Programme

Sorca Clarke

1033. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the engagements she has had with representative bodies to date regarding the decision not to vaccinate teachers as a priority. [19573/21]

Vaccination Programme

Sorca Clarke

1034. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will make available the scientific advice that she has referred to regarding the decision to not vaccinate teachers as a priority. [19574/21]

Vaccination Programme

Sorca Clarke

1035. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the reason a distinction is being drawn in terms of risk and need for vaccinations with SNAs and others who carry out the same roles but in a different setting given the level of one to one and personal care provided by SNAs in special needs schools and the inability to social distance. [19583/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Sorca Clarke

1068. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if there is a procedure in place to deal with cases in which a person receives contradictory information regarding their Covid-19 risk levels from Medmark and the HSE. [20214/21]

Jobseeker's Benefit

Sorca Clarke

1140. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the 156/234 day allowance for jobseeker’s benefit has not been extended to those who are in receipt of this payment as a direct result of the pandemic and associated restrictions. [19128/21]

Jobseeker's Benefit

Sorca Clarke

1141. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason aviation staff, many of whom have already experienced a significant decrease in their earnings, are told by her Department that they must experience a further substantial loss of earnings in order to requalify for casual jobseeker’s benefit. [19129/21]

Jobseeker's Benefit

Sorca Clarke

1142. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the continued financial supports that are available to those whose working hours have been significantly reduced as a result of the current pandemic and its associated restrictions; and her plans to extend the criteria needed to qualify for casual jobseeker’s allowance. [19130/21]

Jobseeker's Benefit

Sorca Clarke

1143. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the financial supports that are available to those whose working hours have been significantly reduced as a result of the current pandemic and its associated restrictions when they have exhausted the current qualifying criteria for casual jobseeker’s benefit (details supplied). [19131/21]

Employment Support Services

Sorca Clarke

1155. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection if a commitment will be given to ensure community-based employment services, which provide certainty, capacity and equity in terms of access for jobseekers, that do not use a cost-bid basis for future contacts given the prospect of a wave of unemployment due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19580/21]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Sorca Clarke

1164. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of women who are currently linked to their husband's PPSN via the addition of the letter W at the end of their PPS number by county in tabular form. [19724/21]

Back to Education Allowance

Sorca Clarke

1354. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students receiving the back to education allowance who also applied for the student assistance fund based on the latest figures available. [20737/21]

Hospital Staff

Sorca Clarke

1920. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if the Ireland East Hospital Group has rejected a locally approved business case for a clinical psychologist, an integral part of the multidisciplinary team for the paediatric diabetes service in the Regional Hospital, Mullingar which earlier in 2021 closed due to unsafe staffing levels; and his views on this urgent matter in addition to referring to the HSE for a reply. [19297/21]

Dental Services

Sorca Clarke

1946. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of dental staff currently employed by the HSE in County Longford in tabular form. [19373/21]

Dental Services

Sorca Clarke

1947. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of dental staff currently employed by the HSE in County Westmeath in tabular form. [19374/21]

Dental Services

Sorca Clarke

1948. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting on orthodontic treatment in counties Longford and Westmeath by age in tabular form. [19375/21]

HSE Data

Sorca Clarke

1949. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists employed by the HSE on a full-time basis in County Longford. [19376/21]

Suicide Prevention

Sorca Clarke

1964. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of paid providers of safe talk suicide awareness courses in counties Longford and Westmeath. [19437/21]

Suicide Prevention

Sorca Clarke

1965. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of safe talk programmes that were delivered in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in counties Longford and Westmeath in tabular form. [19438/21]

Suicide Prevention

Sorca Clarke

1966. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of assist programmes that were delivered in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021 in counties Longford and Westmeath in tabular form. [19439/21]

Suicide Prevention

Sorca Clarke

1967. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the funds that have been allocated for safetalk programmes in counties Longford and Westmeath. [19440/21]

Workplace Relations Commission

Sorca Clarke

2. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of complaints made to the WRC regarding the refusal of landlords to accept the housing assistance payment in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [18093/21]

Workplace Relations Commission

Sorca Clarke

3. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of complaints upheld by the WRC regarding the refusal of landlords to accept the housing assistance payment in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [18094/21]

Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund

Sorca Clarke

158. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria required under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund for the construction of roads as part of the developments; and if this applies equally to all types of roads. [18056/21]

Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund

Sorca Clarke

159. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the level of expenditure incurred in the construction of major roads under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund by county in tabular form. [18057/21]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Sorca Clarke

166. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of expenditure incurred by county and site by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in the provision of car parking in tabular form. [18078/21]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Sorca Clarke

167. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of current plans by county and site by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in the provision of car parking and other mechanisms for safe access to each NPWS site in tabular form. [18079/21]

Vacant Properties

Sorca Clarke

168. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of empty or unoccupied domestic dwellings in County Longford by local electoral area. [18080/21]

Vacant Properties

Sorca Clarke

169. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of empty or unoccupied domestic dwellings in County Westmeath by local electoral area. [18081/21]

Vacant Properties

Sorca Clarke

170. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant properties in County Longford as per a website (details supplied). [18082/21]

Vacant Properties

Sorca Clarke

171. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant properties in County Westmeath as per a website (details supplied). [18083/21]

Vacant Properties

Sorca Clarke

172. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action that has been taken to date in relation to the number of domestic properties logged on the vacant homes portal in County Longford. [18084/21]

Vacant Properties

Sorca Clarke

173. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action that has been taken to date in relation to the number of domestic properties logged on the vacant homes portal in County Westmeath. [18085/21]

Housing Inspections

Sorca Clarke

174. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of requests that were made for private rented accommodation inspections to Longford County Council in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [18086/21]

Housing Inspections

Sorca Clarke

175. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of requests that were made for private rented accommodation inspections to Westmeath County Council in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [18087/21]

Housing Inspections

Sorca Clarke

176. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of inspections of private rented accommodation that were carried by Longford County Council in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [18089/21]

Housing Inspections

Sorca Clarke

177. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of inspections of private rented accommodation that were carried by Westmeath County Council in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [18090/21]

Rental Accommodation Standards

Sorca Clarke

178. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of complaints from tenants in private rented accommodation in County Longford that were made to the tenancy board in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [18091/21]

Rental Accommodation Standards

Sorca Clarke

179. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of complaints from tenants in private rented accommodation in County Westmeath that were made to the tenancy board in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [18092/21]

Emergency Accommodation

Sorca Clarke

180. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of emergency accommodation units suitable for families in County Longford. [18095/21]

Emergency Accommodation

Sorca Clarke

181. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of emergency accommodation units suitable for families in County Westmeath. [18096/21]

Emergency Accommodation

Sorca Clarke

182. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of emergency accommodation beds available for homeless men in County Longford in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by local electoral area in tabular form. [18097/21]

Emergency Accommodation

Sorca Clarke

183. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of emergency accommodation beds available for homeless men in County Westmeath in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by local electoral area in tabular form. [18098/21]