Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Tax Credits

Neasa Hourigan

215. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider equivalising the tax rate for recipients of the single-person child carer credit with the two-adult single-earner household rate; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of equivalising these two rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19108/23]

Tax Credits

Neasa Hourigan

216. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance the number of people in receipt of the single-person child carer credit. [19109/23]

Direct Provision System

Neasa Hourigan

280. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education the number of individuals currently residing in direct provision centres that are enrolled in primary and post-primary education respectively. [19556/23]

Direct Provision System

Neasa Hourigan

489. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of minors currently residing in direct provision centres across the State. [19555/23]

Direct Provision System

Neasa Hourigan

490. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the procedures in place to ensure minors residing in direct provision centres are enrolled in education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19557/23]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

536. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his views on the In Sickness and in Debt Report relating to the administration of the treatment abroad scheme, the EU cross-Border directive scheme and the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; his plans to implement its recommendations; his plans to promote and advertise the use of these schemes to help alleviate waiting lists for medical procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19073/23]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

596. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health in what context and by whom was the Board of the Mental Health Commission informed that some residents of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton were "happy to move from the Owenacurra Centre and are satisfied with where they have been moved to", as stated in a letter from the Chairperson to a current resident dated 24 March 2023 and as reported in a newspaper (details supplied) on 17 April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19458/23]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

597. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 9 February 2022, how the HSE's Capital Plan for Cork residential mental health services can be in accordance with either the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities or the HSE's own Model of Care for People with Severe and Enduring Mental Illness and Complex Needs when it involves replacement of facilities for 'continuing care' residents on the grounds of St. Stephen’s Hospital, Glanmire and St. Finbarr’s Hospital, Cork, as opposed to the further development of community-integrated services for this cohort of service-users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19459/23]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

598. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the projected time-frame for the re-opening of Millfield House, Cork to residents with severe and enduring mental health difficulties; the estimated costs associated with renovations planned for Millfield House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19460/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Neasa Hourigan

599. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on renovations planned for the Carraig Mór intensive care mental health facility in Cork in particular, a projected timeframe for the completion of works and projected costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19461/23]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

600. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any enforcement actions the Mental Health Commission may have taken against the HSE as part of its oversight of the Owenacurra Centre closure, including dates of the actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19462/23]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

601. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the Mental Health Commission has concerns about the provision of three community mental health residence placements in east Cork and the apparent lack of progress on appointing a development team to appraise options for a new ten-bed service in Midleton, eleven months after this team was announced as being formed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19463/23]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

602. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reasons the Mental Health Commission has declined a request from the Oireachtas Health Committee to comment on the provision of community residential mental health placement serving the combined HSE catchments of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult mental health teams with respect to allocations set out in A Vision for Change when the Mental Health Commission reviewed such services nationally in 2019 and benchmarked those provisions against A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19464/23]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

603. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the precise obligations of the HSE in respect of residents of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton in respect of the closure of that service, and the obligations of the Mental Health Commission as an oversight body; whether each entity has fulfilled their obligations to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19465/23]

Departmental Data

Neasa Hourigan

604. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties under the care of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult mental health teams who have been transferred to continuing care or high support hostels outside those HSE catchments since June 2021; the number of people in this cohort of service-users within those HSE catchments who have been transferred in the same time-frame to nursing-homes, either within those HSE catchments or outside them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19467/23]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

606. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the HSE's plans to update its GMS contract policies around doctors providing locum services, particularly around hourly locum rates and doctors' eligibility to locum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19477/23]

Healthcare Policy

Neasa Hourigan

607. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the advice currently provided by his Department to maternity units on best practice inpatient partner supports nationwide; the oversight of those recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19482/23]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

608. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline on the reopening of the Midwest home birth scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19483/23]

Healthcare Policy

Neasa Hourigan

609. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progression and the timeline for the establishment of a Commission on Care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19484/23]

Healthcare Policy

Neasa Hourigan

610. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the commencement and funding of the Model of Care for Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19485/23]