Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Services for People with Disabilities

Gino Kenny

959. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene on behalf of very young children awaiting assessment under the Disability Act 2005 such as a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that despite the HSE local CHOs in areas such as Dublin mid west and Dublin south west admitting that delays and deficiencies are due to lack of resources, waiting lists are not reducing but are in fact growing, particularly for therapy services such as OT, SLT and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41384/16]

Health Services Provision

Gino Kenny

967. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the implied previous work on developing a clinical programme that has taken place for children when the HSE states in its service plan for 2017 that it will continue to develop the clinical programme for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41414/16]

Hospital Services

Gino Kenny

968. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the change that was recorded in trolley numbers at St. Vincent's hospital before and since the downgrading of the accident and emergency department at St. Columcille's Hospital in Loughlinstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41415/16]

Medicinal Products Availability

Gino Kenny

1012. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the result of the health technology assessment by the NCPE of the human alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor drug Respreeza is processed in a timely way, so that it can be promptly reimbursed by the HSE as it is reimbursed in other countries (details supplied); if he will ensure that those persons currently on the drug with beneficial results are guaranteed continued reimbursed use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41569/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Gino Kenny

1288. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that flash glucose monitoring systems are available on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1566/17]

Middle East Issues

Gino Kenny

1477. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Digital Research Centre, NDRC, whose budget is paid entirely from State funds, refused to support an initiative to assist the fledgling start-up ecosystem in Palestine citing NDRC’s purported politically neutral status in view of the fact that it has provided support and sponsorship to a programme of engagement with the start-up ecosystem of Israel (details supplied); his plans to influence the NDRC to co-operate in extending support to the Palestine start-up ecosystem or to cease support for the Israeli start-up ecosystem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41592/16]

Garda Investigations

Gino Kenny

4. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who was killed in 2011 in a hit-and-run incident; if her attention has been further drawn to the family's concern that if the guilty party had been properly dealt with before the fatal incident, the person would not have been killed, and that the family allege there is evidence of failure, cover up and corruption at the level of the Garda, the courts, her Department and the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP; if she will call for a public inquiry into the circumstances of the person's death and its aftermath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40592/16]

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Gino Kenny

11. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views as to whether there is a legal barrier in view of the lack of any barrier to ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from a legal perspective and only from a policy point of view; the policy of Government that has informed the failure to ratify the convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40440/16]

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Gino Kenny

37. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been delayed for over nine years in view of the fact that international agreements have the force of law to the extent determined by the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40439/16]

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Gino Kenny

41. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the significant blockages or barriers to ratification and enactment of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2007, in view of the fact there is no legal impediment to ratification from the United Nations perspective; the action that has been taken to address the putative barriers or blockages to date; when ratification is expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40302/16]

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Gino Kenny

45. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether it is the cuts to disability services which has prevented the Government ratifying the convention in view of the lack of any barrier to ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from a legal perspective and only from a policy point of view; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40441/16]

Child Protection Services Provision

Gino Kenny

46. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason children in care at a residential centre run by Tusla in County Tipperary were exposed to behaviours and situations that were higher risk than the situations they were removed from, according to HIQA; the safeguards for their care that have been put in place to ensure their current safety and security; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39934/16]

Child Protection

Gino Kenny

47. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason senior child protection sources who spoke to RTÉ said apparent discrimination by Tusla, reported by the HSE, which may have excluded children from child protection services was ongoing, but Tusla have issued a statement saying this was an issue only in the past; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39933/16]

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Gino Kenny

118. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of the significant blockages or barriers to ratification and enactment of the 2007 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in view of the fact that there is no legal impediment to ratification from the United Nations perspective; the measures taken to address the putative barriers or blockages to date; when ratification can be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39886/16]

Teaching Contracts

Gino Kenny

217. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he will address the anomaly whereby teachers that have taught outside of the EU are capped at seven years' credits, while teachers that have taught in other countries inside the EU receive credits on a year for year basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40061/16]

Teaching Contracts

Gino Kenny

218. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will review Circular 10 of 2001, in particular section 4.2 thereof, which caps credit in respect of service given in states outside the EU at seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40062/16]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Gino Kenny

421. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the assurances he can provide that community employment schemes in the health and social care service will not be used to replace permanent positions in the service nor to exploit jobseekers along the lines of previous discredited schemes such as JobBridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39448/16]

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Gino Kenny

4. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the preparations he is making across his Department to ensure rights will be vindicated for the persons with disabilities in the care of the health service and under his area of responsibility in view of the imminence of the Government's commitment to ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38167/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Gino Kenny

30. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the urgent respite that can be offered to such carers and the long-term remedy he is considering in view of the reply to parents of disabled adults that there is a ten-year waiting list for residential care and that the HSE is unable to provide them with an average waiting time, or indicate when a bed may be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37964/16]

Prescriptions Data

Gino Kenny

36. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the monitoring of trends in the prescription of psychoactive psychotropic drugs here, especially to children, over the past 20 years; if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the rise in problems associated with prescribed medications, especially opioid painkillers and benzodiazepine sedatives in terms of drug dependency and overdose, including fatal overdose; the measures being taken to address the rise in prescription rates and associated problems regarding prescription medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37968/16]