Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

School Management

John McGuinness

329. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education the status of an application by a school (details supplied) to provide a co-educational facility from junior infants upwards; and if she will outline the process and time frame involved. [41246/20]

Schools Building Projects

John McGuinness

345. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if approval will be granted as a matter of urgency for a major building project at a school (details supplied) to include funding to cover all of the extra costs relative to the conditions attached to the planning permission granted by An Bord Pleanála; if a positive and early response will be expedited given the existing building and prefabs are leaking and not fit for purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41683/20]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John McGuinness

561. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the action he is taking to reduce the waiting time for appointments to see a paediatric rheumatologist; the number on the waiting list for such appointments in each of the past five years; the number of children with Down's syndrome on the waiting list for the same period; the efforts made by the HSE to recruit paediatric rheumatologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41154/20]

Health Services Reports

John McGuinness

563. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will undertake a review of the treatment of cataract patients throughout the HSE to determine the reason the system has failed patients; the number of patients on the waiting list; if the cost of the HSE scheme model of treatment for cataract patients has been considered by his Department or the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41169/20]

Home Help Service

John McGuinness

595. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if half an hour's home help per day will be provided for a person (details supplied). [41248/20]

Agriculture Schemes

John McGuinness

825. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay of almost 20 years in acknowledging the error by his Department in not including two reference years relative to area aid in the case of a person (details supplied); the number of meetings held during this period with the representatives of an association regarding the issue; if the submissions from Teagasc and other documents have been considered; if he will arrange a meeting between him, his officials, the farmer and the association to resolve matters given the ongoing negative impact being experienced by the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41593/20]

School Transport

John McGuinness

228. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided for 16 students from the Knockmoylan area, County Kilkenny to the nearest schools as currently there is no room for concessionary ticket holders and some parents are having hardship getting children to school; if funding will be provided for a minibus or request Bus Éireann to accommodate the children; and if a resolution to this long-standing issue will be expedited. [40960/20]

Social Welfare Benefits

John McGuinness

242. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if disability benefit will be approved as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [40959/20]

Hospital Appointments Status

John McGuinness

362. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an immediate appointment will be arranged at Beaumont Hospital for a person (details supplied). [40958/20]

Schools Administration

John McGuinness

454. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if a response will issue to an application submitted to her Department by a school (details supplied) to separate the junior and senior schools, a position brought about by the lack of Department support and engagement on a better alternative; if she will engage directly with the schools to bring about the best outcome for the school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40495/20]

Qualified Child Allowance

John McGuinness

487. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will backdate the award of an increase in qualified children benefit to March 2018 in the case of a person (details supplied). [39954/20]

Guardian's Payment

John McGuinness

488. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will re-examine an application for guardianship payment that was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to allowing the claim; and if she will take into account that the grandparents were under extreme pressure at the time and had no assistance to deal with the issues even though Tusla was aware of the circumstances and the hardships being experienced. [39955/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

John McGuinness

500. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an increased pandemic unemployment payment benefit will be paid to a person (details supplied); and the reason their claim was rerated given they have not worked since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. [40418/20]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

John McGuinness

705. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange a waiver of the annual registration fee of €100 for nurses and midwives as a gesture of thanks for their efforts during Covid-19. [39959/20]

Health Services Funding

John McGuinness

710. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the status of applications for financial assistance under section 39 funding for an organisation (details supplied); if the HSE will engage directly with the care home to assist with the shortfall in its finances of €50,000 due to the inability of the organisation to fundraise due to Covid-19; and if he will expedite the assistance from the HSE that is urgently required. [40024/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

John McGuinness

821. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of applications for financial assistance under the Covid stability fund and Pobal for an organisation (details supplied). [40024/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

John McGuinness

100. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in County Kilkenny that have qualified for support under the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39209/20]

Nursing Home Accommodation

John McGuinness

397. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the requested level of funding will be approved to secure the future of a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39444/20]

Livestock Issues

John McGuinness

417. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1019 of 29 September 2020 and other parliamentary questions on the same issue, the progress in completing DNA tests and registration of animals under herd number (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39445/20]

Patient Transport

John McGuinness

259. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason a person (details supplied) was charged by a private ambulance company to be taken to hospital to attend appointments; the reason the public ambulance service failed to collect the person; if the charge will be paid by the HSE, given that the documentation states that the HSE and not the person availed of or booked the ambulance service; and if the matter will be expedited. [39131/20]