Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Dublin Bus

Claire Kerrane

202. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 3 March 2021, the reason there are no plans to change the 46a bus services at this time in view of the advantage it would offer to those accessing the bus service from Heuston Station; if routes from main transport hubs to hospitals in Dublin are regularly reviewed with regard to ease of connection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45916/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Claire Kerrane

297. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the way the pandemic unemployment payment will be treated when it comes to calculating jobseeker’s benefit for individuals in 2023, relating to pay and weeks worked in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45829/21]

Health Services Staff

Claire Kerrane

327. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the reason health and social care professionals in primary care will be able to progress from staff grade to senior grade while those same professionals with the same length of time with regard to experience in hospitals and the mental health area will not; the rationale for allowing some to progress in their careers while others cannot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45823/21]

Health Services

Claire Kerrane

328. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 25 February 2021, the reason women who turned 61 years of age before 30 March 2020 will not be screened at 65 years given the screening programme has been increased up to 65 years; the number of women who will miss out due to this specific use of a date; the reason women are no longer screened beyond the age of 65; the reason this decision on the March date was decided; the person or body which decided it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45824/21]

Nursing Homes

Claire Kerrane

329. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if a list of nursing homes in the State in which residents in them are provided with tailored support packages or comfort monies will be provided; the number of individuals who receive these supports; the grounds on which they receive them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45825/21]

Nursing Homes

Claire Kerrane

330. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the average payment made to private nursing homes under the National Treatment Purchase Fund by county. [45826/21]

Nursing Homes

Claire Kerrane

331. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes in the State that receive a top-up payment from the HSE in respect of a resident or residents; the corresponding county each nursing home is located; the rationale for these top-up payments; and the way in which it is determined who receives them. [45827/21]

Mental Health Services

Claire Kerrane

332. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to a centre (details supplied); the number of staff currently employed; the current services available; the number of vacant posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45828/21]

Vaccination Programme

Claire Kerrane

333. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the way an Irish citizen vaccinated outside of Ireland but in the EU avails of an EU Digital COVID Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45831/21]

Medical Cards

Claire Kerrane

336. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of medications which have been removed from being available for free under a medical card in the past three years; the person or body which decides to remove such medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45838/21]

Medical Cards

Claire Kerrane

337. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if a medication (details supplied) will be made available again under the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45839/21]

Medical Cards

Claire Kerrane

338. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if a medication (details supplied) will be made available again under the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45840/21]

Banking Sector

Claire Kerrane

120. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the further action that has been taken to address banking charges on overseas pensions; if elimination of charges on those receiving their pensions into bank accounts in Canada and the USA has been extended to all recipients; if there are intentions to refund the charges which have been made as a result of the making of all social protection payments through a bank (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45480/21]

Parental Leave

Claire Kerrane

121. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of parents that have taken parent’s leave and benefit since the scheme was extended from two to five weeks; and the uptake of parent’s benefit and leave since January 2021 to date. [45474/21]

National Broadband Plan

Claire Kerrane

41. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of premises connected, not surveyed, to broadband by National Broadband Ireland in counties Roscommon and Galway to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44112/21]

Post Office Network

Claire Kerrane

49. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the action he has taken in response to the findings of a report (details supplied) published in 2020 regarding the future of the post office network; the engagement he has had with a union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44113/21]

Bus Services

Claire Kerrane

77. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide additional funding to the National Transport Authority in order to increase the frequency of the LocalLink service in a town (details supplied) from two days per week to four days per week given the demand for the service and the ability of the service provider to provide the increased service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44119/21]

Bus Éireann

Claire Kerrane

121. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine the decision to cease the 20 and x20 Bus Éireann route from Galway to Dublin in view of the importance of this route as a link to Portiuncula Hospital especially for older persons living in nearby rural towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44118/21]

National Development Plan

Claire Kerrane

461. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the publication of the new National Development Plan Review to Renew; the position with regard to the recent classification of the northern and western region as a moderate innovator on the recent EU Commission Regional Innovation Scoreboard; the specific policy measures that will be included in the document to support and harnesses the potential of research, enterprise and innovation in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39549/21]

Housing Provision

Claire Kerrane

614. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for works at an estate (details supplied); when completion of this project is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39328/21]