Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Child Protection

Réada Cronin

1122. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice to outline the strategic plan for joint training and implementation of the section 16 interview process by both agencies to minimise trauma to child victims and increase conviction rates for perpetrators; to what extent the strategic plan addresses the issues of joint training, capacity building and operational collaboration between both agencies; the third party oversight and accreditation for the training of specialist interviewers and their ongoing continual professional development; operational integration by both An Garda Síochána and Tusla of the specialist interview process with the Barnahus model; the interdepartmental oversight of implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37792/23]

Child Protection

Réada Cronin

1390. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many section 16 interviews took place in 2022; how many were conducted jointly by members of An Garda Síochána with a Tusla social worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37788/23]

Child and Family Agency

Réada Cronin

1391. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many fully-trained specialist interviewers there are within Tusla at present, in the context of the Barnahus Model; the areas in which they are located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37789/23]

Child Protection

Réada Cronin

1392. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many specialist interviewers have been trained through An Garda Síochána’s training programme since 2020; how many are gardaí and how many are social workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37791/23]

Child Protection

Réada Cronin

1393. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the strategic plan for joint training and implementation of the section 16 interview process by both agencies to minimise trauma to child victims and increase conviction rates for perpetrators; to what extent the strategic plan addresses the issues of joint training, capacity building and operational collaboration between both agencies; the third party oversight and accreditation for the training of specialist interviewers and their ongoing continual professional development; the operational integration by both AGS and Tusla of the specialist interview process with the Barnahus model; the interdepartmental oversight of implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37793/23]

Trade Relations

Réada Cronin

367. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the Russian Federation remains by far the biggest market for Irish-refined alumina, in light of the fact that such exports are capable of assisting Russia in its invasion of Ukraine and its ongoing war on that territory. [35232/23]

Trade Relations

Réada Cronin

368. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether, by continuing to supply the Russian Federation with alumina (figures to end March 2023), the State is in breach of its political commitment to its EU partners in both the matter of the war on Ukraine and global security. [35233/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Réada Cronin

187. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the plans his Department has to communicate to the public the importance of micro-generation such as solar panels on dwellings to citizen and societal resilience in the event of a cyberattack on the State’s energy facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35223/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Réada Cronin

188. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether his Department is, as a matter of urgency, prioritising solar for all dwellings, given its capacity to provide resilience in the event of a cyberattack on the energy system; such plans to include easy-to-apply-for interest-free loans or generous grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35224/23]

Defence Forces

Réada Cronin

213. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline the plans of his Department to rebuild and equip the Defence Forces so they are in the proper position to patrol our territorial waters effectively and defend our neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35221/23]

Defence Forces

Réada Cronin

214. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline the plans his Department has to build the cyber-security aspect of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35222/23]

Defence Forces

Réada Cronin

215. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether his Department is satisfied that the Defence Forces are currently staffed and equipped to a sufficient level in order to fulfil their various functions - military, surveillance, peacekeeping and civil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35229/23]

Defence Forces

Réada Cronin

216. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline the various mechanisms by which his Department is working to reach agreement with the Women of Honour on all outstanding issues; the number and grade of staff allotted to this task; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35230/23]

Defence Forces

Réada Cronin

346. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department will outline the enhanced expenditure necessary to bring the Defence Forces up to their full complement and capability in order to defend our neutrality, patrol our waters and airspace and fulfil their international obligations such as peacekeeping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35228/23]

School Curriculum

Réada Cronin

376. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education whether her Department will make a new commitment to the position of history on the curriculum, such subject being critical to giving a student a necessary level of continuum and context vis-à-vis current and emerging situations, globally, therefore facilitate a citizen in making a deeper and more reflective response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35220/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

377. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education whether her Department is taking a necessary new approach to the school-transport situation, to make it work for children’s/parents’ needs, given the system extant has little or no bearing on how schools are functioning, spatially in the community, and how families are forced to use them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35231/23]

Childcare Services

Réada Cronin

606. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he is taking to liaise with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the warnings issued by certain childcare providers on their possible need to withdraw from core funding, given its insufficiency, such action having a knock-on impact on workers and their employment, and especially on women workers who face a particular barrier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35226/23]

Childcare Services

Réada Cronin

629. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will move with all alacrity to address the situation whereby certain childcare providers are warning parents of their need to withdraw from core funding given its insufficiency, and so have to increase fees to those parents who are already under major financial pressure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35225/23]

Health Service Executive

Réada Cronin

652. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the actions his Department is taking to address and urgently the HSE spend of €458 million of external consultants in 2022; whether he will publish his investigations and analysis into that spend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35227/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

115. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the average number of buses in the Bus Éireann school transport fleet for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34520/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

116. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the average number of buses in the Bus Éireann school transport fleet for Kildare, specifically, for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34521/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

117. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education for an update from her Department on the state of plans for the recruitment and/or deployment of sufficient drivers for school-bus transport and the guaranteed provision of sufficient vehicles for same, State-wide and in Kildare in particular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34522/23]

Pension Provisions

Réada Cronin

135. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine, with urgency, a situation (details supplied). [33069/23]

Pharmacy Services

Réada Cronin

638. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health whether, given the criticality of our pharmacies to community health, he has or will conduct a review of pharmacy dispensing fees and the extent of service provision by community pharmacists; if he has or will engage with an organisaion (details supplied) on the matter, and the dates on which he has or will engage; if he will establish a review which encompasses the scope of services provided or which could be provided by community pharmacy; if he will include scoping of a minor ailments or minor illness scheme in community pharmacy in the terms of reference of the aforementioned review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32511/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

67. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether his Department is developing a financial strategy to deal with the impact of long Covid on society in the medium to long term; if so, the details of same; whether it is earmarking funds for use by the relevant Departments such as the Departments of Health and Education, to assist public servants who contracted Covid in the line of duty (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30796/23]

Defence Forces

Réada Cronin

152. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department will examine an issue in relation to persons working as civilians within the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31168/23]

Air Services

Réada Cronin

171. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if his Department can assess any flight-path changes and frequency of same in aircraft using Dublin Airport, given the new aircraft noise-pollution problems reported by persons in residential areas of north Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31148/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Réada Cronin

267. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine a case (details supplied). [30316/23]

Trade Data

Réada Cronin

79. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of the countries to which alumina refined at Aughinish is exported; the proportion of same to each country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29952/23]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

83. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will move with all alacrity on the matter of a school (details supplied), given the long delays are having a major, negative impact on the school itself, the students attending and the position of An Ghaeilge culturally and linguistically within society and the education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29873/23]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

84. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education whether a school (details supplied) has applied for and been approved-sanctioned for two special needs classes; if so, when this was done; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29888/23]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

85. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) has asked for the DES section dealing with school capital appraisals to assist it; if so, if she will provide a copy of any report issued to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29889/23]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

86. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education whether a school (details supplied) has applied for relevant training, accommodation and IT grants for special classes; if so, when and if these have been approved by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29890/23]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

87. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education whether a section 37A notice has been issued to a school (details supplied); if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29891/23]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

88. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education whether her Department or its agencies have provided any advice on how to deliver classrooms for a school (details supplied) without the need for additional land, given the school is citing the need for additional land to build special needs classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29892/23]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

89. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she can confirm that no building can proceed on land zoned as amenity and the provision of such zoned land will not allow the immediate provision of special needs classes at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29893/23]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

97. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the reasons her Department cannot supply two prefabs for use by a school (details supplied) in time for the new school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30101/23]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

98. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will provide six prefabs on a greenfield site to prevent the temporary split campus involved in a school (details supplied), which is highly inconvenient for parents and extremely difficult for staff to operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30102/23]

Defence Forces

Réada Cronin

69. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is willing to apply the terms of reference provided by the Women of Honour group to the planned statutory inquiry into abuse and bullying in the Defence Forces. [29859/23]

Overseas Development Aid

Réada Cronin

237. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the specifics of how Ireland 'positively influences' the IMF in the context of overseas aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29075/23]

Overseas Development Aid

Réada Cronin

238. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline how Ireland challenges any conditionality in IMF programmes that undermines our own, stated commitment to public services, our own aid programme and those concerning women's rights in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29076/23]

Overseas Development Aid

Réada Cronin

239. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if Ireland will conduct an assessment of the impact of IMF programmes in the context of both gender and human rights; if Ireland will examine whether or how they undermine Irish Overseas Aid objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29077/23]

Office of Public Works

Réada Cronin

278. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is satisfied that the proposed development of the lands immediately surrounding Castletown House will not impact negatively on the structure and its historical, aesthetic, architectural and cultural integrity; if he will publish the expert basis for that satisfaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29679/23]

Office of Public Works

Réada Cronin

279. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reason the State did not purchase the lands adjoining Castletown House; if the purchase was ever a consideration; if so, the reason it was not concluded by and for the State; if he will publish the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29680/23]

Office of Public Works

Réada Cronin

280. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the State has conducted an environmental and wildlife assessment of development of the lands adjoining Castletown House; if so, if he will publish the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29681/23]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

312. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the long-awaited Celbridge schools’ project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29418/23]

Cybersecurity Policy

Réada Cronin

110. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is satisfied that the State is at a proper preparedness level to counteract any possible cyberattacks on the national grid and other essential services by bad actors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22807/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

210. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will examine and act upon the information outlined in correspondence from a person (details supplied), in relation to their experience regarding the nearest available school, to ensure that in this coming academic year, children are guaranteed the bus places they need on the basis of eligibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29007/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

402. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether his Department will commit to extending the SLWP scheme for HCWs and other public servants, who have developed and are seriously debilitated by long-Covid from infection caught in the line of duty, this having a profound impact on their career and financial security, to the degree they are unable to work as normal, or at all, some now depending of walking aids for mobility even at a young age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27379/23]

Departmental Data

Réada Cronin

573. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if all the children awaiting school places in Kilcock have now been accommodated there, such children being the subject of previous Parliamentary Questions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27947/23]

Health Services Staff

Réada Cronin

1069. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to entering into a formal agreement to address the pay disparity of Section 39 organisations; if he will develop a multi-annual, sustainable funding model for voluntary organisations; if he will conduct a review of the out-of-date Health Act (2004) which does not reflect the reality and essential nature of services provided by Section 39; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27895/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

1144. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health his plans to offer financial support for practical home assistance, such as cleaning, to healthcare workers suffering from long-Covid, whose infection was contracted in the line of duty, including where PPE provided and depended on was inadequate, and now are debilitated to the degree they cannot work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27367/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

1145. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health his plans to assist healthcare workers who developed long-Covid from infection contracted in the line of duty, including in situations whereby they lacked sufficient PPE, and who are debilitated to the degree they are no longer able to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27368/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

1148. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health what plans his Department has, and if it is working with the Department of Social Protection, to ensure the SLWP scheme continues for HCWs who contracted Covid in the workplace and are now suffering serious, long-term debility, such debility affecting their career, their financial, psychological and physical health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27378/23]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

190. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will ensure that all classrooms for a school (details supplied) will be on-site and ready for use by August 2023; if an additional classroom and necessary resources will be made available to the school to accommodate the large number of children seeking to attend to prevent the amalgamation of classes, as is currently the case in 2nd and 3rd classes, which is far from optimal educationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26830/23]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

194. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the measures that can be taken to accommodate a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26890/23]

Immigration Status

Réada Cronin

482. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if his Department can expedite the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25613/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

658. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that staff functioning under the aegis of an organisation (details supplied) for essential front-line work done in the pandemic will be awarded the PRSP payment on the same basis as other qualifying cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25654/23]

Departmental Funding

Réada Cronin

791. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the investment that has been made by the Government into student mental-health services over the past three academic years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25657/23]

Care Services

Réada Cronin

441. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current state of Tender 23 home-care considerations, given the criticality of home care, and the many people waiting for it; if he will move with alacrity to end any and all delays to Tender 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23731/23]

Defence Forces

Réada Cronin

9. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department is preparing a plan to assist with the urgent housing of members of the Defence Forces in military accommodation that is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22808/23]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

99. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education how many SENOs are currently working in North Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22674/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

106. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will, in deliberations, give priority to, and thereafter expedite, the urgently-needed second bus in the Rathcoffey-Maynooth educational environs, where at least 50 children are already waiting and left without the necessary service, and where yet more children will be requiring that service in the new academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22675/23]

Departmental Policies

Réada Cronin

204. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline the investment plan in place to build up the State’s air defence capacity; and in the context of war on the eastern borders of the EU; the training and recruitment aspects of any such plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22927/23]

Departmental Policies

Réada Cronin

205. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence why the State does not have a primary radar facility despite the long and now urgent and need for same; if he will commit to providing this at the earliest opportunity given current geopolitics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22929/23]

Departmental Policies

Réada Cronin

206. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether he is liaising with his colleague the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications in communicating with the public the importance of microgeneration schemes to resilience in the case of cyber attack on the energy systems of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22930/23]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

330. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will examine urgently the case of a child (details supplied); if she will provide a suitable school place for them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22713/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

179. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department can guarantee definitively the additional school bus that is so desperately needed in North Kildare vis-à-vis children trying to get to school in the Rathcoffey-Maynooth environs, such need being the source of many Parliamentary Questions and much correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22230/23]

Medicinal Products

Réada Cronin

596. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be urgently examined and the executive's discretion used urgently in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21275/23]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

175. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will urgently address the critical anomaly whereby children in the south east are currently deprived of the in-community palliative, end-of-life care available to children with such needs in the rest of the State (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19810/23]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

176. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will move immediately to ensure that every family requiring end-of-life care for a child at home will be guaranteed that care automatically as outlined in The Model of Care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19811/23]

School Enrolments

Réada Cronin

270. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the urgently awaited news of school places for children in Kilcock; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19285/23]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

271. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education when the BFR for a school (details supplied) will be available, given the long wait for same by the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19286/23]

Housing Provision

Réada Cronin

264. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project tosaigh in Kildare north for each of the years 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18717/23]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

503. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 28 March 2023, the actions that are being taken now to ensure capacity for the next school year in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16696/23]

Disability Diagnoses

Réada Cronin

1197. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what appeals process is open to a patient when their symptoms are attributed solely to a diagnosis of ASD, to the automatic exclusion of consideration of other causes of illness or disease with similar symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16666/23]

Disability Services

Réada Cronin

1425. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all HSE psychiatrists are operating on the basis that patients with an ASD diagnosis will be given a timely assessment and treatment of another disorder or disease, their reported symptoms not being automatically attributed, and limited solely, to their ASD diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16665/23]

Child and Family Agency

Réada Cronin

48. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans his Department has to instruct local authorities on using their sensitivity and discretion on any reporting of families to Tusla if the lifting of the eviction ban comes into force, with outstanding parents affected already being hugely concerned for the welfare of their children, with the added stress of fearing a report being made on a procedural basis, simply due to a prospective inability to find suitable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14645/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

117. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education what action she intends to take to address the anomaly whereby children can miss out on a school bus place as they are deemed to be travelling to schools that are not their nearest, despite their parents having no choice but to send them further afield due to lack of provision of school places locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15603/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

118. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will publish the details of all the actions it is undertaking to ensure sufficient numbers of school buses and drivers on the school transport scheme for the coming academic year, so that children are not left behind as is the case in north Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15604/23]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

124. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the development of the proposed new school at Millerstown-Kilcock; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15672/23]

Probate Applications

Réada Cronin

326. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will liaise with the Minister for Justice to make the probate system as fast and efficient as possible, given the number of properties removed from availability to tenants or purchasers by delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15414/23]

Housing Schemes

Réada Cronin

327. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline and publish the additional funds that have been designated for local authorities for tenants in-situ purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15415/23]

Education Policy

Réada Cronin

352. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if proper school services (details supplied) for adults and children will be provided on-site at a facility, given the lack of school-places and access to GPs, mental-health services and dental services locally; if his Department will publish the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15293/23]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

353. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will address the cyclical delay in making known special needs assistant allocations, such delay having a deleterious impact on the working life and planning capacity of highly-committed, talented and expert SNAs who give so much to the school system beyond their paid hours and given the critical impact SNAs have on the education and lives of children with special needs; if her Department will look at ways of making their roles and working lives more secure, especially as they age, having made a huge contribution through the years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14636/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

357. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department can outline what the "agreed selection process" is for allocating the concessionary tickets when a school-bus route is oversubscribed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14646/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

358. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education what plans are in place to address capacity of vehicles and personnel on school-bus routes for the coming academic year, with special reference to North Kildare which has been so badly affected in lack of places, resulting in serious difficulties for families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14647/23]

International Protection

Réada Cronin

500. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department will facilitate Deputies in Kildare North to visit and examine the proposed site and facilities at Kill Equestrian Centre in advance of its opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14808/23]

International Protection

Réada Cronin

527. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost per person per night of the accommodation, food and so on to be provided at a facility (details supplied); if he will outline that same cost vis-à-vis that of a hotel setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15294/23]

International Protection

Réada Cronin

528. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that the ventilation systems proposed for the facilities at a location (details supplied) are at the required EU level of safety, particularly given the pandemic of Covid-19 is, according to the WHO, still ongoing, with the virus travelling practically unchecked around the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15296/23]

International Protection

Réada Cronin

529. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that the accommodation at a facility (details supplied) is suitable for families and their particular need for privacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15297/23]

International Protection

Réada Cronin

530. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when adequate cooking facilities will be available at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15298/23]

Probate Applications

Réada Cronin

598. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if his Department will move to make the probate system as fast and efficient as possible, given the number of properties removed from availability for rental or purchase by probate delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15416/23]

Ukraine War

Réada Cronin

723. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the proposed facilities at a facility (details supplied) are suitable for traumatised people fleeing war and the additional trauma of fathers or husbands fighting on the front lines and long, hazardous journeys; if his Department will publish the expert advice sought and received on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15295/23]

Pension Provisions

Réada Cronin

193. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the information his office was provided with after 24 February 2023 that advised him contrary to the fact that the CIÉ superannuation scheme 1951 is in significant surplus; who supplied that information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14570/23]

Housing Provision

Réada Cronin

457. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of modular homes that have been and are being ordered for each county in the State, given the dearth of social and affordable housing, the worsening housing crisis and the lifting of eviction ban; the number of suitable sites that have been identified for same; the total cost to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13246/23]

Rental Sector

Réada Cronin

458. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans that are in place to accommodate tenants who will be forced to leave their properties once the eviction ban is lifted, given the dearth of properties available to rent and the severe lack of social and affordable properties available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13247/23]

Housing Provision

Réada Cronin

460. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how much land has been identified for modular housing in north Kildare; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13259/23]

School Staff

Réada Cronin

612. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department can examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12401/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

646. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if children (details supplied) can be catered for in the provision of school bus tickets as per her last budget announcement as happened for children in Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12727/23]