Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Disabilities Assessments

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

374. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs officer will be appointed, further to recent correspondence (details supplied) that the vacant post would be filled by 28 May 2018; the reason this has not occurred; and the interim measures in place to carry out assessments whilst there is no officer in post. [29245/18]

Disabilities Assessments

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

375. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the wait times for an assessment of needs for children aged 0 to 18 years of age by the Cavan and Monaghan disability services child development team for each of the past five years. [29247/18]

Magdalen Laundries

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

190. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the details of the medical card provision to survivors of the Magdalen laundries; the scope of its cover; the services it does not provide for; the similar provisions that apply in other cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28215/18]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

79. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the recommendations of the National Council for Special Education in relation to supporting children with autism that remain outstanding; and the budget allocation necessary to implement these recommendations in full. [25785/18]

Special Educational Needs Expenditure

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

81. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation for the low incidence proportion of the special needs budget to schools in 2018; the number of posts delivered using this allocation; and the additional services and resources provided from it. [25818/18]

Home Care Packages Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

126. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of legislating to place the provision of home help hours and homecare packages for elderly citizens as per current HSE qualification criteria on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25824/18]

Positive Ageing Strategy

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

127. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the national positive ageing strategy; the parts of this strategy that have been implemented; the parts which remain to be implemented; and the cost of implementing the remaining parts. [25825/18]

Departmental Programmes

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

129. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the budgetary outlay provided to fund a programme (details supplied) in Walkinstown, County Dublin; and the estimated amount that would be required to roll out the programme to each county. [25832/18]

Home Care Packages Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

130. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours and home care packages provided to elderly persons; the number of recipients that received the packages; the average price per person for provision of the packages; and the average number of hours provided to these recipients in the past five years in tabular form. [25836/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

201. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budget for the reasonable accommodation fund; and the spend and the underspend in the fund in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018. [25834/18]

Housing Adaptation Grant Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

211. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the budget for the housing adaptation grant for persons with disabilities; the number of persons who have received the grant; and the average number of grants provided to persons over the past five years, including the current spend to date for 2018, in tabular form. [25835/18]

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

448. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation he plans putting in place in 2018 and 2019 in order to establish a UNCRPD implementation working group and oversight committee which will ensure the swift implementation and integration of the UNCRPD here. [25433/18]

Medical Card Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

644. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the percentage of the population with discretionary medical cards; the number of discretionary medical cards which this percentage relates to based on the current population by month to date in 2018. [24503/18]

Medical Card Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

645. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards awarded, renewed, expiring and in existence, respectively at any one time in the year by community healthcare organisation in tabular form. [24504/18]

Respite Care Services Funding

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

650. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the budget for provision of respite services in the State; the number of families accessing respite services; the average spend on respite services by the Health Service Executive, HSE, per family; and the waiting lists for respite services across the State. [24516/18]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

866. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and psychologists required to eliminate waiting lists in accordance with the Disability Act 2005; and the estimated cost in this regard. [25466/18]

Disability Services Data

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

1129. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding available for the access inclusion model for pre-school children with special needs over the past five years; the number of children accessing the model; the number of SNAs directly employed through the model; the cost per child budgeted for in the service model in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24447/18]

Medicinal Products Availability

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

429. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the plans being made by the Health Products Regulatory Authority and or the Health Service Executive to licence and make available for reimbursement the drug Ocrevus, ocrelizumab, which treats adult patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis and primary progressive multiple sclerosis. [23603/18]

Home Care Packages

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

430. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the status of the in loco parentis clause in homecare nursing contracts for sick children in view of the difficulties it is creating for parents (details supplied); and if further respite supports are being considered for parents of children with the most serious needs. [23604/18]

Carer's Benefit Eligibility

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

269. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports, monetary and otherwise, available in circumstances (details supplied). [20354/18]