Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Information and Quality Authority

Peadar Tóibín

1150. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if an investigation will be undertaken into the death of an elderly person in a nursing home (details supplied); if so, if the adequacy of the response of the State agencies will be included in the investigation; and if private nursing homes will be included in the health service [15392/20]

Departmental Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

1194. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the status of progress on the proposed transport support scheme that is due to replace the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant, which both ceased to exist in February 2013; when the scheme will be finalised; if he plans to work with the Departments of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and Transport, Tourism and Sport to finalise the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15494/20]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

1195. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of active pathologists in light of the fact that there has been a shortage of pathologists in some regions, with post-mortem procedures taking up to five days in some counties; if there was planning for an increased demand on pathologists due to Covid-19; if there is provision for increased counselling and bereavement services for families due to secondary trauma arising from deaths due to Covid-19 and the delay in carrying out post-mortems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15498/20]

Public Inquiries

Peadar Tóibín

1322. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [16135/20]

Sports Funding

Peadar Tóibín

94. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the direction organisations (details supplied) received with regard to the spending of their 2020 budget; if this direction has been made from his Department or Sports Ireland; the details of the distribution of high performance funding between Paralympic sport and Olympic sports; if his attention has been drawn to the fact the organisation will have no chef de mission for the remainder of 2020; and if his attention has been further drawn to the fact there is no plan for a chef de mission in the future. [13932/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

708. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure there is a full and independent investigation into the alleged illegal abortion that took place in the National Maternity Hospital in March 2019 (details supplied); the reason the medical reports for the abortions that took place in the National Maternity Hospital in March 2019 are still termed as draft; if he will meet with the family in question; and if the breaches of the Health (Regulation of the Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 that occurred in March 2019 will be included in his report on abortion services on 30 June 2020. [13933/20]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

714. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the closures of mental health facilities by county in the past 20 years; and the amount returned from mental health budgets by county to the HSE since 2010. [13944/20]

Commissions of Investigation

Peadar Tóibín

1. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the costs incurred by the Commission of Investigation into the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to date by category; the purpose for which the funding was spent in each case; and the beneficiaries in each case. [12844/20]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Peadar Tóibín

125. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the planned location for a permanent school premises (details supplied); the capacity it is planned to increase the school to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12794/20]

School Transport

Peadar Tóibín

173. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial assistance available to private school bus operators that have suffered a loss of income as result of Covid-19 and that will not be able to resume services, leaving up to 90,000 students without school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13105/20]

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service

Peadar Tóibín

287. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of the backlog in processing EU treaty rights reviews; the number of persons on the list for review; if the INIS is operating at full capacity in relation to processing these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12833/20]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Peadar Tóibín

503. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if children awaiting hospital procedures that had surgery cancelled due to Covid-19 and have turned 16 years of age during this period will still be treated under the child health services and maintain their position on the waiting list such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13305/20]

Sex Offenders Notification Requirements

Peadar Tóibín

313. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the responsibility An Garda Síochána has to persons, communities and neighbourhood watch schemes with regard to sharing information pertaining to convicted sex offenders who are living within their communities; and the information that should be shared to ease concern, worry and frustration within communities. [11922/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

421. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the location of each facility that was procured by his Department, the HSE or another State organisation in 2020 for Covid-19-related purposes; the size of each in terms of area and rooms; the length of each contract; the cost of each; the purpose of each; and the volume of use that it has had in each month of 2020 to date [11857/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

436. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if patients were moved to St. Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin, from the long-stay psychiatric accommodation on the grounds of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown during the Covid-19 crisis; the number of these patients that lost their lives in March, April, May and June 2020 to date; the category of patients that were moved; the reason they were moved; the location they were moved to; the age and clinical profile of each; the number of patients that died; and the cause of death in each case. [11921/20]

Child and Family Agency

Peadar Tóibín

759. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children referred to Tusla each month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020. [11931/20]

Child and Family Agency

Peadar Tóibín

760. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on the at-risk register of Tusla; and the number of visits carried out by social workers to children on the at-risk register during each month in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020. [11932/20]

Arts Funding

Peadar Tóibín

936. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent to date on the Galway 2020 project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11925/20]

Arts Funding

Peadar Tóibín

937. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will release to this Deputy documents (details supplied) of which her Department is in possession. [11926/20]

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes

Peadar Tóibín

160. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills when Safe Pass training courses provided through SOLAS are due to restart (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10719/20]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Peadar Tóibín

336. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications submitted from counties Cavan and Monaghan for funding under the CCTV community scheme; the date of receipt of each application; the number of applications approved to date; the date of approval of each; the funding drawn down to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10814/20]

Naturalisation Applications

Peadar Tóibín

369. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional specific details will be provided on the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) still to be processed; the way in which he plans to address the issue of the inordinate length of time taken to process applications in his Department compared to previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11208/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

497. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the timeframe in which normal visits can be expected to resume between family and residents in view of the HIQA report to the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response of nursing home residents suffering with loneliness and isolation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10636/20]

Health Screening Programmes

Peadar Tóibín

527. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the date for the re-opening of cervical and breast screening cancer services in view of the fact that other non-essential services and businesses are now able to resume while patients awaiting life-saving health procedures have been left waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10846/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

617. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will review the reopening date for the cinema industry; if the reopening of the sector will be brought forward in line with the industry in other European countries and Northern Ireland by allowing cinemas to adopt the measures already presented to his Department to meet the necessary challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11075/20]

Public Transport

Peadar Tóibín

847. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investment by his Department in the delivery of public transport services in each county in each of the past five years other than by national transport companies. [10971/20]

Public Transport

Peadar Tóibín

848. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the transport coordination unit investment by his Department delivered in each county in each of the past five years. [10972/20]

Public Transport

Peadar Tóibín

866. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the proposed cuts to a service (details supplied) will cease and the budget increased to reflect the level of need in County Meath. [11154/20]

Architectural Heritage

Peadar Tóibín

1097. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will recommend to the planning authority that a structure (details supplied) be added to the register of protected structures. [11153/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

328. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9750/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Peadar Tóibín

624. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding available to rural based community centres and community groups deemed ineligible for the Covid-19 stability fund which do not fall within the terms of 2020 CLÁR or the town and village renewal scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9853/20]

Childcare Services

Peadar Tóibín

1017. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans and recommendations in place for non-essential businesses and workers allowed to return to work on 8 June 2020 but childminding services for this category cannot operate until 20 July 2020; the way in which this issue is intended to be addressed in circumstances in which there is a gap in childminding provisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9003/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Peadar Tóibín

900. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of community groups that qualified under the terms of the Covid-19 Stability Fund for Community and Voluntary, Charity and Social Enterprises; the nature of the organisations which met the objectives; the way in which their eligibility was determined; if he will broaden the criteria to allow more community groups apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7814/20]

Architects Register

Peadar Tóibín

1062. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will consider the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht, entitled "Report of the Committee on the Title of Architect"; if consideration will be given to recommendations 1 and 7 for the inclusion of a grandfather clause and that formal qualifications under Irish legislation for registration as an architect not exceed the formal qualifications required for mutual recognition under the relevant European directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7815/20]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

9. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the amount spent on online advertising or digital content including social media (details supplied) from 1 January 2020 to 12 May 2020; and the breakdown of the spending. [6511/20]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

10. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the amount spent on advertising from 1 January 2020 to 12 May 2020; and the breakdown of the spending. [6512/20]

Overseas Missions

Peadar Tóibín

19. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason Defence Forces personnel are not able to return from oversees in view of the fact that hundreds of seasonal workers travelled here during a pandemic. [6703/20]

Dublin Airport Authority

Peadar Tóibín

480. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he engaged in or received correspondence with the management team at Dublin Airport or the Dublin Airport board of directors in relation to flights from northern Italy from January 2020 to date; if so, the nature of the correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6530/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

554. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated costs to businesses for March and April 2020 with regard to Covid-19 closures and reductions in business activity; and the estimated monthly costs to businesses nationwide for May, June, July and August 2020 due to the announced restrictions. [5693/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Peadar Tóibín

706. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests carried out by county to date in tabular form. [5949/20]

Hospitals Data

Peadar Tóibín

716. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the research carried out by his Department in relation to the number of hospital appointments that have been missed as a result of hospital avoidance or cancellations in the health service since 1 March 2020; and if statistical information will be provided in this regard (details supplied). [6037/20]

Addiction Treatment Services

Peadar Tóibín

717. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of phone calls made to the HSE drug and alcohol helpline between 1 February and 1 May 2020; the number made to the helpline between the same dates in 2018 and 2019, respectively; the number of the daily positive Covid-19 cases which are persons with hospital-acquired Covid-19; and the number of such persons that have lost their lives. [6038/20]

Travel Trade Sector

Peadar Tóibín

952. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure that persons do not lose out financially if a no travel advisory is issued in cases in which airlines do not cancel fights; his views on whether persons requested to adhere to the advice should not be punished financially with the cost of forgone flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5554/20]

Dublin Airport Authority

Peadar Tóibín

1029. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he engaged in or received correspondence with the management team at Dublin Airport or the Dublin Airport board of directors on flights from northern Italy from January 2020 to date; and if so, the nature of the correspondence. [6531/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

1207. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the monthly costs for March and April 2020 with regard to all welfare supports as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown; and the estimated monthly costs for May, June, July and August 2020 with regard to all welfare supports as a result of the announced restrictions. [5692/20]

Ministerial Remuneration

Peadar Tóibín

114. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual salaries of Ministers and Ministers of State who are not elected Deputies; the staff supports such Ministers and Ministers of State have; the offices and expenses such Ministers and Ministers of State have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5513/20]

Patient Data

Peadar Tóibín

518. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason the health protection surveillance centre website section on notifiable diseases outlining the circumstances under which the disclosure of patient information is required by law including in circumstances (details supplied) is not available; and the further reason the link is not working. [4224/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Peadar Tóibín

604. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the provision made for drive-in testing for Covid-19; and if medical professionals are checking passengers from affected areas to assess risk in ports and airports [4561/20]

Medicinal Products Availability

Peadar Tóibín

617. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if a drug will be released to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4596/20]

Nursing Staff Remuneration

Peadar Tóibín

895. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding payments to nurses. [5480/20]