Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Data

Sorca Clarke

932. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing school meals to every primary school where there is established deprivation but no DEIS classification, by county, in tabular form. [57349/23]

Departmental Data

Sorca Clarke

933. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the total number of children who have received the back-to-school payment to date; the number of children who are expected to receive the payment in the coming weeks; and the total amount spent on this allowance to date, in tabular form. [57351/23]

Departmental Data

Sorca Clarke

934. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing a permanent ISL voucher scheme. [57353/23]

Prison Service

Sorca Clarke

1102. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 21 November 2023, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered. [1469/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

1391. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of resourcing supports for students with SEN, including proper access to therapeutic supports in mainstream schools and reducing waiting times for assessments, in tabular form. [57355/23]

Disability Services

Sorca Clarke

1392. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of establishing an initial panel of 200 speech and language therapists for schools as a shared resource. [57358/23]

Departmental Staff

Sorca Clarke

1707. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in the accident and emergency department of Mullingar Regional Hospital as of 5 January 2024; and if he will provide same figures as of 5 January 2021, in tabular form. [1470/24]

Departmental Schemes

Sorca Clarke

1735. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will extend eligibility for the long-term illness scheme for reimbursement of blood glucose test strips (insulin and metformin) to all women who develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy; if he agrees with the decision to remove them from the scheme; if he will reverse that decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1619/24]

Departmental Records

Sorca Clarke

1736. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of women who developed gestational diabetes during pregnancy in each of the years 2018 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1620/24]

Departmental Schemes

Sorca Clarke

1874. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a fund is available to assist in the procurement of C02 alarms for vulnerable people and people in isolated areas. [1672/24]

Departmental Properties

Sorca Clarke

185. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his current plan to maintain the historical jail and church in Columb Barracks, Mullingar. [54650/23]

Bus Services

Sorca Clarke

203. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport what plans she has in place to ensure that the profound impact the changing of bus routes 17 and 18 is having on the students from a school (details supplied) is dealt with accordingly. [54596/23]

Ukraine War

Sorca Clarke

668. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many people are currently residing in Columb Barracks, Mullingar. [54646/23]

Ukraine War

Sorca Clarke

669. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what supports, facilities and access to State agencies or NGOs are available for people residing in Columb Barracks, Mullingar. [54647/23]

Ukraine War

Sorca Clarke

670. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to ensure that the residents of Columb Barracks are provided with safe and habitable living conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54648/23]

Ukraine War

Sorca Clarke

671. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what plans he has in place to encourage integration between the residents in Columb Barracks and the wider community of Mullingar. [54649/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Sorca Clarke

63. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance the number of appeals for the primary medical certificate there are currently in counties Longford and Westmeath, in tabular form; and how long these people have been waiting for an appeal in term of months. [54092/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Sorca Clarke

71. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of schools, in tabular form per school planning area, that have been notified that unspent Covid-related additional funding must be returned; the relevant deadline date for same; and the total monies to be returned per funding head. [53941/23]

Public Transport

Sorca Clarke

172. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the number and location of public transport stations across rail, Luas and bus network that provide lockers for short-term storage of personal belongings, and the equivalent cost per hour of same, in tabular form. [53500/23]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

230. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when a new secondary school in Rush will be given the go ahead to start building works. [53256/23]

School Funding

Sorca Clarke

237. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education in light of significant increases in energy, insurance, cleaning and waste-disposal costs, as well as in the cost of teaching materials and buses, if she will consider allowing a DEIS band 1 school (details supplied) to keep the remains of their Covid grant to go towards the ongoing upkeep and maintenance of the school. [53350/23]

School Funding

Sorca Clarke

238. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education what plans she has to make sure schools are adequately funded, given the capitation and cleaning grants along with others do not cover the basic expenses of schools. [53351/23]

Teacher Training

Sorca Clarke

66. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the total number of teacher training places available for the year 2023-24; and how many are provided by public colleges and how many by the private sector. [52533/23]

School Facilities

Sorca Clarke

70. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education in relation to school funding, when the minor works scheme payment will be made to schools for the current school year. [52534/23]

Teacher Training

Sorca Clarke

90. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if her Department is currently reviewing the content, cost and duration of the Professional Master of Education. [52535/23]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

121. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the proposed new buildings for a school (details supplied). [52536/23]

School Transport

Sorca Clarke

353. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will reconsider raising the compulsory retirement age of Bus Éireann school transport drivers, who are currently required to retire at 70 years of age, given the current shortage of school bus drivers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53031/23]

School Transport

Sorca Clarke

354. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to explain the reasoning behind the differing retirement ages between school bus drivers at Bus Éireann and drivers working for private operators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53032/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Sorca Clarke

455. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the appeals board for the primary medical certificate will commence reviewing current backlog of appeals. [52935/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Sorca Clarke

456. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on reviewing the primary medical certificate criteria. [52936/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Sorca Clarke

457. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of appeals for the primary medical certificate that are currently in counties Longford and Westmeath, in tabular form; and how long these people have been waiting for an appeal in term of months. [52937/23]

Housing Provision

Sorca Clarke

320. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many people are waiting to be housed under the social housing scheme in County Longford in total; and if he will provide the details, in tabular form (men, women and children, etc). [52102/23]

Business Supports

Sorca Clarke

7. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide information on how the increased cost of business scheme announced in Budget 2024 will operate. [51134/23]

Flexible Work Practices

Sorca Clarke

61. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the publication of remote working code of practice. [51133/23]

Bus Services

Sorca Clarke

140. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons that have used each Local-Link bus route within County Westmeath in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [50549/23]

Schools Refurbishment

Sorca Clarke

222. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects that a project for a school (details supplied) will move to a detailed design stage of works. [50542/23]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

223. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects that a project for a school (details supplied) will move to tender stage of works. [50543/23]

Schools Refurbishment

Sorca Clarke

224. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects a refurbishment project for a school (details supplied) will move to tender stage of works. [50544/23]

Schools Refurbishment

Sorca Clarke

225. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works to a school (details supplied) will be completed. [50545/23]

School Staff

Sorca Clarke

259. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 474 of 7 November 2023, if she will provide details of the workings of the existing voluntary redeployment pilot scheme mentioned in the response; if there have been positive results from this scheme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51024/23]

School Staff

Sorca Clarke

260. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education her Department's position with regard to the proposal by an organisation (details supplied) regarding teacher redeployment; and when a formal response will issue. [51025/23]

Prison Service

Sorca Clarke

357. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons currently in prison for the offence of robbery and due to be released from prison in 2026, 2027 or 2028, in tabular form. [50546/23]

An Garda Síochána

Sorca Clarke

358. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice if funding has been provided in 2024 to purchase additional horses for the Garda mounted unit. [50547/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Sorca Clarke

390. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next open call for funding for the European Innovation Partnership will be announced. [50548/23]

Disability Services

Sorca Clarke

418. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional funding that was provided in 2022 and to-date in 2023 for day services for disabled people; and the additional places created for day services for disabled people. [50550/23]

Disability Services

Sorca Clarke

419. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE administrative staff based in Longford children's disability network team in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [50551/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sorca Clarke

455. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a lower limb prosthesis in the public health service. [50539/23]

Hospital Staff

Sorca Clarke

456. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric endocrinologists at CHI Crumlin in 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if this number will be further increased during 2024. [50540/23]

Vaccination Programme

Sorca Clarke

457. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated for the provision of the Primary Childhood Immunisation Programme in each of the years 2021 to 2023, in tabular form. [50541/23]

Community Welfare Services

Sorca Clarke

130. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what organisations submitted applications for community services funding, including both strand A and strand B, for the past three rounds of funding. [50119/23]

Middle East

Sorca Clarke

59. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his reason for not recognising the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49696/23]

Middle East

Sorca Clarke

60. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had any communication with the Irish citizens seeking to get out of Gaza; to provide an update on their current situation; and what plans he has in place to make sure they can safely return to Ireland. [49697/23]

Middle East

Sorca Clarke

61. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether, as per his Department's website, he can state in detail what Ireland is doing to support and strengthen the quality of the education system in Palestine, while ensuring more Palestinian children are accessing education. [49699/23]

Middle East

Sorca Clarke

62. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a list of all projects, and their organisations, promoting gender equality in Palestine that Ireland contributes to. [49700/23]

Overseas Development Aid

Sorca Clarke

63. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the costings of Ireland's aid programmes in Sub Saharan Africa for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [49701/23]

Middle East

Sorca Clarke

64. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on any recent meetings or communications he has had with the relevant EU bodies with regards to the situation in Israel-Palestine; and if there has been any meaningful outcome to these engagements. [49702/23]

Middle East

Sorca Clarke

108. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to halt any transportation of weapons bound for Israel through Shannon Airport to ensure that Ireland plays no part in transporting these weapons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49698/23]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

188. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the action she is taking to ensure that every child who requires an SNA is catered for and to ensure that all those who have applied for the SNA exceptional review receive the necessary support they require and have requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49350/23]

School Staff

Sorca Clarke

189. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to outline her plans to address the growing number of teacher shortages; what she intends to do in the short- and medium-term to address this situation in general, and particularly in areas of disadvantage, special schools and Gaelscoileanna. [49369/23]

School Staff

Sorca Clarke

191. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if, given the current crisis of teacher shortages, she will consider revaluating the criteria that must be satisfied in order for service at that school to be recognised for incremental credit, which will incentivise teachers who are teaching abroad to return home and fair recognition given for the years of invaluable experience gained abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49431/23]

School Staff

Sorca Clarke

192. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on her Department's engagement with educational stakeholders; and further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 3 October 2023, the new range of measures that are being progressed. [49432/23]

School Curriculum

Sorca Clarke

193. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will consider including Home Economics as a subject choice in the free upskilling programmes; and if she has plans to introduce other subjects where teacher supply is known to be tight to these programmes. [49433/23]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

200. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education given the findings of the recent INTO, IPPN and CPSMA survey that clearly indicates the negative impact that the teacher shortage is having on special education provision and which highlights the urgent need for more SNAs in our system, why the new level 6 programme for SNAs provides little to no professional incentives for SNAs to undertake this course; and her plans to make it a more desirable course for SNAs and to make sure that SNAs are rewarded fairly and equally for the hours they put in to this much needed programme. [49478/23]

Housing Provision

Sorca Clarke

265. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost rental properties provided by any local authority or approved housing body, in tabular form, per county, for single adult applicants in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [49564/23]

Departmental Funding

Sorca Clarke

414. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify in detail why a group (details supplied) has not been successful in securing funding from his Department through the LGBTI+ community services funding, despite receiving this funding for the past three years; the action he is taking to ensure that more newly developed and younger services like this are given the support they need and are given a fair opportunity to thrive in their respective areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49366/23]

Departmental Funding

Sorca Clarke

416. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a group (details supplied) was not successful in its application for community services funding, which it has received for the past three years; and what the appeals process is in relation to this decision. [49370/23]

International Protection

Sorca Clarke

435. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what engagement his Department has had with the wider community of Coole, County Westmeath regarding the repurposing of Coole Court for use by International Protection Accommodation Services. [49624/23]

Disability Services

Sorca Clarke

436. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department engages with local authorities regarding planning applications for residential or day services for people with disabilities; if his Department monitors the level of refusals; and if his Department is aware of any local authority where there has been multiple refusals for planning permission or retention relating to the provision of residential or day services for people with disabilities. [49630/23]

Energy Policy

Sorca Clarke

156. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what changes are proposed to the criteria for SEAI grants; and if those changes will be extended to include windows and doors. [47884/23]

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

191. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current number of apprentice carpenters in the Defence Forces; and the supports available to those who are required to temporarily relocate for the academic portion of said apprenticeship. [47891/23]

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

192. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide clarity and additional information on the statement made by the Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and at the Department of Education (details supplied). [47894/23]

Defence Forces

Sorca Clarke

193. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the independent review into allegations of abuse in the Defence Forces. [47895/23]

Road Safety

Sorca Clarke

237. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport what funding streams are available from his Department to aid in the design, reconfiguration and support of pedestrian safety in the locality of schools. [47878/23]

Road Projects

Sorca Clarke

238. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the N4 upgrade works. [47881/23]

Rail Network

Sorca Clarke

239. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport what engagement his Department has had, and what plans are being considered or implemented, to improve the Dublin to Sligo rail service. [47882/23]

Driver Test

Sorca Clarke

240. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the current waiting times in all driving test centres in Longford and Westmeath; and if additional testers have been allocated to these specific centres to deal with the backlog of people awaiting driving tests, per test centre, in tabular form. [47888/23]

Legislative Reviews

Sorca Clarke

364. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 15 November 2022, if he will provide an update in relation to the commitment to undertake an examination of the legislative landscape, including a review of the current regulatory environment underpinning the members of the Shannon Flood Risk State Co-ordination Working Group and the consideration of the legal analysis that was, at that point, being carried out. [47900/23]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Sorca Clarke

380. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his attention has been drawn to media reports regarding serious issues with respect to surveillance equipment being procured by his Department (details supplied); if he is satisfied that use of this technology has been subject to due consideration, with reference to the threats and human rights’ abuses which have been identified in said media reports; what steps he will take in light of previous concerns being brought to the OPW regarding the use of this technology in the Irish context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48636/23]

Industrial Development

Sorca Clarke

403. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on progress being made to acquire an IDA purpose-built facility in Longford town. [47883/23]

School Staff

Sorca Clarke

474. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide an up-to-date response on her Department's engagement with representatives on the issue of post-primary redeployment of teachers. [47670/23]

Education Schemes

Sorca Clarke

492. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of pilot schemes currently underway in education; the nature of these schemes; and the locations where they are underway. [47893/23]

School Textbooks

Sorca Clarke

493. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the review into the schoolbook grant scheme for primary schools. [47897/23]

Education Schemes

Sorca Clarke

494. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if her Department is considering extending the benefits achieved under the North-East Inner City Programme to other areas facing similar challenges. [47898/23]

School Staff

Sorca Clarke

539. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the progress that has been made in the past six months with regard to the teacher relocation scheme at post-primary level; what engagements she and her Department have had with the teacher's unions; and what plans she and her Department have in place to address this issue and to guarantee its success going forward. [48542/23]

Sports Funding

Sorca Clarke

576. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on the large-scale sports infrastructure fund; the number of projects that were allocated funding in Longford and Westmeath under the previous round; to provide an update on progress from these projects. [47886/23]

Sports Funding

Sorca Clarke

577. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of applications received under the most recent sports capital grant scheme in Longford and Westmeath; and the value of the approved applications. [47901/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Sorca Clarke

733. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the payments which remain payable should the recipient relocate permanently outside the State. [47892/23]

Disability Services

Sorca Clarke

1007. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current staff vacancies in the SDNT in Springfield Mullingar; and the length of time each has been vacant for. [47875/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Sorca Clarke

1008. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of referrals that have been outsourced to private providers for assessments of need for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [47877/23]

Departmental Strategies

Sorca Clarke

1030. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are currently any plans for the relocation of families and individuals seeking international protection or temporary protection to Edgeworthstown, County Longford. [48117/23]

Departmental Data

Sorca Clarke

1188. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently attending the paediatric diabetes service in the Regional Hospital Mullingar. [47872/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Sorca Clarke

1189. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list, per age, for community psychology in Mullingar primary care centre, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47873/23]

Health Services Staff

Sorca Clarke

1190. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current staffing number of the community psychology team in Mullingar primary care centre. [47874/23]

Hospital Staff

Sorca Clarke

1191. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current vacancies that exist in Mullingar Regional Hospital, per post; and the length of time each has been vacant for. [47876/23]

Employment Rights

Sorca Clarke

1192. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021 in relation to fertility treatment and miscarriage leave. [47879/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sorca Clarke

1193. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of women awaiting gynaecology appointments, by hospital, in tabular form. [47880/23]

Hospital Staff

Sorca Clarke

1194. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 579 of 17 October 2023, when the document approved by the National Trauma Programme Steering Group in December 2022 which states "TU's should have the availability of at least one paediatric nurse per shift" and "recommends one WTE nurse per paediatric attendance annually" was updated and this recommendation removed. [47889/23]

Hospital Staff

Sorca Clarke

1195. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current staffing of the paediatric diabetes service in the Regional Hospital Mullingar; the current vacancies within that service; and how long each post has been vacant for. [47890/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Sorca Clarke

1208. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be issued to a person (details supplied) regarding their confirmed urgent referral to the urology clinic in UCG Hospital in Dec 2022. [47961/23]

Care Services

Sorca Clarke

1296. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the proposed and announced refurbishments, developments and funding for St. Josephs care centre in Longford town, given the first refurbishment was due to be completed in 2021. [48507/23]