Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Martin Browne

1253. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for deciding to discontinue a review of the testimonies of survivors to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. [43566/22]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Martin Browne

1254. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement that he had with survivors of mother-and-baby homes and their families ahead of making the decision to discontinue a review of the testimonies of survivors to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. [43567/22]

Ambulance Service

Martin Browne

1651. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a family in Tipperary that was left waiting 45 minutes for an ambulance despite living less than ten minutes from the nearest ambulance station; and his plans, if any, to address ambulance response times. [42536/22]

Dental Services

Martin Browne

1892. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time senior dental surgeons for special needs working in CHO areas 3 and 5 in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [43504/22]

Health Strategies

Martin Browne

1893. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the way in which the €20 million additional funding for the implementation of the national cancer strategy will be spent in 2022. [43505/22]

Hospital Staff

Martin Browne

1894. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant urologists attached to Nenagh Hospital in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [43506/22]

Disabilities Assessments

Martin Browne

1900. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an appointment with a children’s disability network team in County Tipperary; the number of children on assessment of needs waiting lists, broken down by discipline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43568/22]

Disabilities Assessments

Martin Browne

1901. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a preliminary team assessment and a subsequent multidisciplinary assessment, by age and by children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43569/22]

Animal Welfare

Martin Browne

2093. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assessment process involved in determining the amount of ex-gratia funding that is allocated for individual animal welfare organisations annually; the reason that an organisation (details supplied) did not receive any increase in ex-gratia funding between 2020 and 2021 [42119/22]

Animal Welfare

Martin Browne

2094. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grants will be distributed earlier in the year to assist animal welfare organisations in meeting the substantial bills many are faced with throughout each year; if he will consider addressing funding increase deficits among smaller organisations and those organisations in rural localities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42120/22]

Citizenship Applications

Martin Browne

1547. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Justice if supports are available for citizenship applicants who have limited means and are discouraged from applying due to the significant cost. [40164/22]

Mental Health Services

Martin Browne

2031. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of liaison psychiatrists available in CHO3 and CHO5; the number of liaison psychiatrists available at Tipperary University Hospital. [41835/22]

Mental Health Services

Martin Browne

2032. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of liaison psychiatrists for children available in CHO3 and CHO5; the number of liaison psychiatrists for children at Tipperary University Hospital. [41836/22]

Mental Health Services

Martin Browne

2033. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the case of a child (details supplied) with avoidant restrictive food intolerance disorder who has been refused access to treatment by the community child and adolescent mental health services; the options that are open to the child concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41837/22]

Agriculture Industry

Martin Browne

61. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that he plans to introduce to support farmers in meeting climate action sectoral targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38540/22]

Agriculture Industry

Martin Browne

66. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that he is taking to increase the supply of labour for the pig sector; if he intends to enable an increase in the rate to which permits are processed; his views on the introduction of a method to fast-track permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38539/22]

School Meals Programme

Martin Browne

531. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in providing free school meals for the 310 schools to be added to the DEIS programme in September 2022; the current annual cost to the Department of the provision of free school meals to those schools currently in the programme; the reason that funding for these additional school meals was not increased in line with the expansion of the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38848/22]

Proposed Legislation

Martin Browne

149. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on progressing plans to introduce paid leave for survivors of domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35992/22]

Forestry Sector

Martin Browne

337. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of reconstitution and underplanting scheme applications made between January and June 2022. [36866/22]

Departmental Schemes

Martin Browne

103. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of applicants for the fully funded retrofits under the warmer homes scheme each year for the past five years, per county, in tabular form. [35528/22]

Departmental Schemes

Martin Browne

104. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of households approved for the fully funded retrofits under the warmer homes scheme each year for the past five years, per county, in tabular form. [35529/22]

Departmental Schemes

Martin Browne

105. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average wait time between submitting an application for the warmer homes scheme and receiving approval, per county, over the past five years. [35530/22]

Housing Provision

Martin Browne

211. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is prepared to allow local authorities to take emergency measures to address the chronic shortage of housing available in many parts of the country. [35415/22]

Housing Policy

Martin Browne

212. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the review into income limits for social housing, given that he stated that a review of income eligibility was under way in 2021. [35416/22]

Health Services Staff

Martin Browne

671. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if there has been progress made on the pay increase due to kitchen staff working in the HSE given that many staff have been waiting several years for the pay increase. [35413/22]

Dental Services

Martin Browne

672. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to children in need of urgent dental work facing wait times of several years (details supplied); and the measures that are in place to address this issue. [35417/22]

Forestry Sector

Martin Browne

945. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of reconstitution and underplanting scheme applications that are being processed; and the length of time that applications have been with his Department in increments of six months. [34475/22]

Homeless Persons Supports

Martin Browne

50. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to address the increased number of homeless persons in County Tipperary. [33095/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Martin Browne

51. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being taken to ensure adequate emergency housing supply to local authorities. [33094/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Martin Browne

367. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Social Protection if parents on low incomes who borrowed significant amounts of money to get their children privately diagnosed or assessed due to the lengthy assessment of needs waiting lists are eligible for the additional needs payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33373/22]

Housing Schemes

Martin Browne

267. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new tenant purchase scheme will be available to council tenants in County Tipperary; the reason that no information has been forthcoming despite it being due to come into effect from 1 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32376/22]

Data Protection

Martin Browne

608. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Social Protection the legal basis that enables her Department to share information such as mobile phone numbers with third party companies such as Turas Nua; if permission to do so needs to be sought before passing on those details; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32677/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Martin Browne

609. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Social Protection the impact on the social protection payments of a person if they outline the measures they are taking to secure employment rather than engaging with Turas Nua and or JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32678/22]

Departmental Data

Martin Browne

749. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of clients that received a service under the HSE’s Self Harm Intervention Programme by CHO in 2019, 2020 and 2021; the average wait time; the average number of sessions per client; the average age per client; the average cost per session; the number of WTE staff members employed in 2021; the outcome measurement of the programme; and his views on plans to expand on the services over the next five years. [32022/22]

Pigmeat Sector

Martin Browne

923. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made in considering the Pig Stability Fund as proposed by the IFA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32023/22]

Horticulture Sector

Martin Browne

924. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work carried out to date by the independent expert commissioned to work on the availability of peat suitable for the horticultural market; and the number of horticultural growers that have been assisted by the work of this independent expert. [32024/22]

Horticulture Sector

Martin Browne

925. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on identifying alternatives to horticultural peat; if he will provide details of the work done to date in relation to this; if he will identify the specific alternatives studied identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32025/22]

Horticulture Sector

Martin Browne

926. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the horticultural sector has sufficient supplies of horticultural peat and alternatives to alternative peat; the engagement he has had with the representatives of the sector; what was discussed at these engagements; what resulted from these engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32026/22]

Rail Network

Martin Browne

94. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Transport his views on the need to increase the allocation for public service obligation in the National Transport Authority’s 2023 budget for additional rail services on the Limerick to Ballybrophy line and the Waterford to Limerick line; his views on a report by a company (details supplied) that if speeds were increased on the Waterford to Limerick train service, there would only be a 0.3% increase in passenger numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30732/22]

Emergency Departments

Martin Browne

1699. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of times that gardaí have had to be contacted regarding safeguarding issues in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick each month to date in 2022. [30031/22]

Health Services

Martin Browne

1904. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he will categorise the differences between parent consultation clinic appointments and individual family support plan appointments; the number of parent consultation clinic appointments that have taken place since their inception; if the questionnaire issued ahead of such appointments are designed solely for parent consultation clinic appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30752/22]

Child and Family Agency

Martin Browne

31. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a staffing shortage in fostering assessment teams in the south-east; the average length of time it takes to complete an assessment; if he will compare this comparison with target times; if he will provide details on approved staffing levels across all disciplines involved in the fostering assessment process; the details on the current staffing levels across each discipline for 2022 to date; the details on the level of vacancies across each discipline to-date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28535/22]

Children in Care

Martin Browne

78. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a lack of respite foster placements in the south-east; if his attention has been drawn to families being unable to get such placements in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28536/22]

Child and Family Agency

Martin Browne

518. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if TUSLA social workers are entitled to the pandemic bonus payment as is the case in respect of HSE social workers in recognition of their frontline work during the Covid pandemic; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28111/22]

Child and Family Agency

Martin Browne

783. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if TUSLA social workers are entitled to the pandemic bonus payment as is the case in respect of HSE social workers in recognition of their frontline work during the Covid pandemic if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28110/22]

Health Services Staff

Martin Browne

23. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the difficulty that is being experienced in securing a locum doctor who will provide full-time cover at the minor injuries' unit in Cashel; if the issue of locum payment is acting as a disincentive when seeking to fill posts such as this; if he intends to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26879/22]

Disability Services

Martin Browne

597. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details regarding the parent consultation clinic invitations, which are being sent to parents by children’s disability network teams; if the purpose of the parent consultation clinic is to develop individual family service plans; when the parent consultation clinic was developed; the stakeholders that were involved in the development of these clinics; the specific reasons for the rollout of parent consultation clinics when other methods of developing individual family service plans have been available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25767/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Martin Browne

616. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand the availability of the freestyle libre device for persons with diabetes in Ireland. [25937/22]

National Car Test

Martin Browne

209. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Transport the provisions that are in place to address the delay in providing NCT appointments (details supplied); and if he plans to provide an extension for those effected by the delay. [25490/22]

Architectural Heritage

Martin Browne

81. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 12 May 2022, if he will provide further details on the study into issues with insuring thatched premises; the way that owners of thatched properties can become involved in the study; the progress that has been made to date in the study; if there is a deadline by which the study must conclude and a report be furnished to his office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25114/22]