Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

672. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will assist a child (details supplied) with their school situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12984/23]

School Equipment

Réada Cronin

735. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of HEPA filters that have been installed in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13398/23]

School Equipment

Réada Cronin

736. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if every classroom now has HEPA filtration installed; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13399/23]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

948. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need for in CHO7 in each of the months of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the number overdue for completion; the length of time they are overdue; the average length of wait, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13157/23]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

1343. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the location and number of the minor-injury units referred to in the HSE Care Flowchart; the numbers treated in these dedicated units in tabular form over the past five years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13061/23]

Hospital Admissions

Réada Cronin

1362. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the average patient waiting time from arrival at the emergency department in Naas General Hospital to admission for each individual month of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form, for the cohort under-75 and over-75 years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13149/23]

Hospital Staff

Réada Cronin

1363. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if Naas General Hospital is operating at its full complement of medical staff at all levels and across all disciplines; the number of staff it is missing in each of these levels and disciplines; the length of vacancy of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13150/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Réada Cronin

1364. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations by Naas General Hospital, by appointment type, in each of the months of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13151/23]

Hospital Services

Réada Cronin

1365. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the bed-occupancy rate at Naas General Hospital for each week of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; the number of beds available for the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13152/23]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Réada Cronin

1366. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum wait time on the NTPF reported waiting lists, by speciality, for each month of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 for Naas General Hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13153/23]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Réada Cronin

1367. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of people aged over 65 and over 75 years on NTPF reported waiting lists, by specialty, in each month of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in Naas General Hospital; the mean, median, and maximum wait time, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13154/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Réada Cronin

1368. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of each quarter of 2021 and 2022 at Naas General Hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13155/23]

Home Help Service

Réada Cronin

1369. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for each month of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 in community healthcare organisation or CHO7; the length of wait, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13156/23]

Mental Health Services

Réada Cronin

1370. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, waiting lists by length of wait for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 for the community healthcare organisation or CHO7 area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13158/23]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

254. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education what can be done for a child in the following circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12018/23]

Grant Payments

Réada Cronin

300. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will examine the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to intervening and facilitating SUSI to use discretion. [12067/23]

Departmental Staff

Réada Cronin

40. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Taoiseach if each Government Department now has a full-time, dedicated climate scientist on its staff; and if they do not, the reason therefor. [11634/23]

Departmental Staff

Réada Cronin

51. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of specifically qualified climate scientists employed by his Department; the level of qualification of each; their specific areas of expertise within climate science; if he will list their peer reviewed, specialist publications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11635/23]

Departmental Data

Réada Cronin

207. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health whether any neurological, dermatological, respiratory or oncological illnesses are reported in higher proportion around Coillte planted areas than others; whether public health undertakes any evaluation or data collection on same; if not, if his Department will commit to doing so; if he will publish any data available on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11676/23]

Departmental Staff

Réada Cronin

262. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time, specifically-qualified climate scientists employed in his Department; the level of qualification of each, for example, post-doctoral and so on; their specific areas of expertise within climate science; if he will list their peer-reviewed specialist publications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11632/23]

Departmental Staff

Réada Cronin

263. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specialists in each of the areas rewilding, diversification and biodiversity that are employed in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11633/23]

Forestry Sector

Réada Cronin

265. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the independent scientific, safety analyses of chemicals used by Coillte that have been undertaken in each of the past ten years; if he will publish the results of same; if he will publish the list of chemicals used by Coillte and their listed potential and actual side effects, in tabular form in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11670/23]

Forestry Sector

Réada Cronin

266. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an annual audit of public health in the areas surrounding Coillte plantations; if so, if he will publish the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11671/23]

Forestry Sector

Réada Cronin

267. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of complaints/concerns that have been made by the public about the use of chemicals by Coillte in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; the list of cited medical complaints, if any, deemed by members of the public to be associated with such chemical use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11672/23]

Forestry Sector

Réada Cronin

268. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list the veterinarian and or wildlife inspections of lands planted by Coillte in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; if he will publish any significant illnesses, losses, and impacts identified in each area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11673/23]

Forestry Sector

Réada Cronin

269. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is satisfied as to the safety for humans, flora, fauna and insect life, particularly pollinators of any chemicals used by Coillte; the scientific basis of that satisfaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11674/23]

Forestry Sector

Réada Cronin

270. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what independent and State inspections of air, water-table and watercourses in and adjacent to Coillte forestry have been undertaken in each of the past ten years in relations to chemical use; if he will publish the findings of same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11675/23]

Forestry Sector

Réada Cronin

271. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is satisfied as to the safety of chemicals used by Coillte; what in-house and external expert examinations of the lands and the chemical processes used on them comprise, and have been undertaken; if he can guarantee them safe to pollinators in particular; if he will publish the results of any examinations undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11677/23]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

363. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education when parents in Kilcock can expect confirmation of school-places, locally, for their children starting primary education in 2023, given the understandable anxiety regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10923/23]

Parental Leave

Réada Cronin

465. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will examine raising the age of children from 13 years for parents to qualify for parental leave, given the high number of parents with mid-teenage children who want the opportunity to take such leave and in the context of Tusla's insistence that children under 16 years cannot be left alone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10989/23]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

581. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health based on the HSE flow chart (details supplied), where in North Kildare the community can access treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11042/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Réada Cronin

167. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine matters in relation to the CIÉ 1951 scheme (details supplied), given he has been satisfied by the trustees as to the liquidity of the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10653/23]

Electricity Generation

Réada Cronin

40. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 23 February 2023, the independent environmental evaluations and assessments undertaken in the matter of any planned of storage facilities (details supplied); the international credentials of those bodies undertaking such assessment; if he will publish their findings regarding same; whether any such planning and development of such facilities have been and will be undertaken within the context of Ireland’s Aarhus responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10331/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

120. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 23 February 2023, if she will publish communications with the European Commission on the matter of recognising long Covid as an occupational injury, together with her correspondence with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10317/23]

Child Abuse

Réada Cronin

447. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will explain the delay in the publication of the Shannon Report into historic abuse at an organisation (details supplied); when the publication of that report can now be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9763/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

599. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will examine the case of persons (details supplied) who were categorised as essential warehouse workers by the HSE, and are now being denied the pandemic bonus payment, on the basis of a technicality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9803/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

107. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when his Department will move to recognise long-Covid in healthcare workers and others as an occupational injury, after they contracted Covid-19 on the front line, often when PPE was sparse; the current liaising that is taking place with the Departments of Health and Social Protection on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8519/23]

Electricity Generation

Réada Cronin

172. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will publish the instructions and environmental and biodiversity-impact requirements his Department has issued in the matter of certain storage facilities (details supplied) planned in the State; the regulator he has appointed; the stated regulations that will oversee and guide the operation of any such facilities; if he is satisfied that any such facility can guarantee operation at a standard that will not adversely affect biodiversity; if he will publish the advices on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9425/23]

Hospital Services

Réada Cronin

275. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason the urgent care clinic for children at Connolly Hospital, open since July 2019, and designed as a walk-in clinic to treat children with emergent illness and injury as its title implies for example sprains, vomiting, minor cuts, mild asthma and so on and with the purpose of seeing 25,000 patients per year in addition to 17,000 outpatient appointments, appears set to operate on an appointment-only basis, though 'urgent' care need of a child, by its nature, cannot be foreseen; the plans his Department has to prevent or correct this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9415/23]

Planning Issues

Réada Cronin

133. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline his Department's position on how the proposed Planning and Development Bill 2022 appears to remove the requirement for local authorities to reserve land for communities to use for cultivation as allotments, along with the definition of allotment itself, and the regulation, promotion and facilitation of the use of this land for such a purpose, and further, leaving the current 2,500 allotments and community gardens without a legal framework (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8925/23]

Planning Issues

Réada Cronin

135. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way and the reason the proposed Planning and Development Bill 2022 appears to remove the requirement for local authorities to reserve land for communities to use for cultivation as allotments, along with the definition of allotment itself, and the regulation, promotion and facilitation of the use of this land for such purposes, leaving the current 2,500 allotments and community gardens without a legal framework (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8924/23]

Medicinal Products

Réada Cronin

211. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with a group (details supplied) at his earliest convenience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8933/23]

Hospital Services

Réada Cronin

212. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will revisit the apparent decision to relocate the Naas antenatal clinic attached to the Coombe Hospital to Portlaoise hospital, thereby duplicating services at a hospital that already has its own maternity unit where women will deliver locally, but leaving Kildare women who will deliver at the Coombe without their much relied-on clinic in Naas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8934/23]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

266. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education what solutions her Department is proposing for local children in Kilcock and Maynooth who have been refused local secondary-school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7832/23]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

267. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education what solutions her Department is proposing for children in north Kildare who cannot get a secondary-school place locally and where there is no adequate school transport or public transport system to get them to a school in another area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7833/23]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

271. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the solutions her Department is proposing for children in Kilcock starting school, including those who have had two years ECCE and are school-ready and who now have no school-place locally having been refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7846/23]

Medicinal Products

Réada Cronin

553. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation on the availability of, and access to, the hyperemesis gravidarum drug, cariban; how access in Ireland compares to that of other countries; the reason it cannot be prescribed by a GP when the majority of pregnant women can get to see a consultant only after the twelfth week of pregnancy; the number of scripts for cariban processed through the drugs payment scheme to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6521/23]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

591. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the pathway to access treatment and support for people suffering from avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, a new diagnosis in the DSM-5, previously referred to as selective eating disorder; when a clinical lead will be appointed in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6586/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

178. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 1 February 2023, if she will outline in detail the way the extra €10 million allocated to school transport has been spent, providing a list of initiatives or services undertaken; the location, purpose and cost of each; the way each is alleviating the serious pressure due to lack of places; if that money allocated has been spent; if not, the reason therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6340/23]

Nursing Homes

Réada Cronin

419. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the situation of oversight in some private nursing homes, whereby patients are charged automatically for activities in which, due to incapacity, they cannot meaningfully partake; if a system is in place for these charges to be refunded to the patients and-or families; if an audit can be undertaken of the charging of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5878/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

121. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will list the additional services for which the €10 million announced regarding school transport has been provided; the areas the services are in; the number of additional children accommodated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4820/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

122. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education when she will publish her Department’s review with the Department of Transport of the school-bus allocation system, given that parents are now trying to decide which schools their children should apply for to be based on the school-bus service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4821/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

123. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will publish interim reports on the review of the school-bus allocation system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4822/23]

Education Policy

Réada Cronin

124. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education her Department’s plans to address the current shortage of places in secondary schools in north Kildare and to build the capacity of same in the longer-term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4823/23]

Tax Code

Réada Cronin

254. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will examine the situation whereby a young worker, already struggling with exorbitant rent, the high cost of fuel, and a cost-of-living crisis generally, is now struggling even more, given the increases to benefit-on-kind on their company car, which they regard as essential to the fulfilment of their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4070/23]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

253. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3792/23]

Driver Test

Réada Cronin

72. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving tests cancelled in north Kildare due to the usual testing roads not being gritted during the recent cold snap; if such gritting will be undertaken as a normal activity in the future in the event of ice forecast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3542/23]

Health Services Staff

Réada Cronin

376. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will sanction the provision of a neuro-rehabilitation team for CHO 7 for persons affected by neurological injury or disease, given only two of the nine teams promised have been delivered (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2654/23]

Energy Prices

Réada Cronin

73. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason the daily standing charge on electricity bills from Electric Ireland has increased to 0.9563 cent per day, which is reported to be treble the recent cost, meaning there is a charge of €56.42 before one unit of electricity is used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63431/22]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

709. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will examine the reason the criteria for home tuition in north Kildare in some cases appear to have changed and now require a psychologist’s report (details supplied); if her Department will take steps to address this unexpected demand and the practical difficulties that have been caused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63690/22]

Teacher Training

Réada Cronin

712. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if Australian teaching qualifications held by Irish emigrant citizens are recognised by the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63704/22]

Health Services Staff

Réada Cronin

1228. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to recruit more neurologists given the unacceptable and potentially dangerous length of time that patients are forced to spend on waiting lists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63487/22]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Réada Cronin

1229. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if the attention of his Department has been drawn to reports that neurologists in private practice have closed their lists to new patients such is the extent of the backlog; his plans to rectify this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63488/22]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Réada Cronin

1230. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health Ireland’s position in the EU in terms of waiting list length and the numbers waiting for a specialist consultation as a proportion of the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63489/22]

Medical Qualifications

Réada Cronin

1265. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the steps that his Department will take to address the fact that applications to CORU for registration by key healthcare workers are taking three years to process (details supplied); the reason that CORU will not provide updates on the status of such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63612/22]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

1303. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason that the current neurofibromatosis clinic has been left understaffed and underfunded, that it is now closed to new patients, and with an inability to access treatment of serious import to children, their health and families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63681/22]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

1304. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there will be a designated neurofibromatosis clinic at the new children’s hospital; if he will ensure that this designated neurofibromatosis clinic will have the full complement of specialisms to include consultant dermatology, neuropsychiatry, psychology and associated teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63682/22]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

1305. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the date on which access to the current neurofibromatosis clinic will be restored for all children in Ireland living with neurofibromatosis and therefore requiring its care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63683/22]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

1306. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason that the condition of neurofibromatosis and medical centres to treat children with the condition do not receive the State’s attention and funding of other neurological conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63684/22]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

1307. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will supply a date by which the lack of appropriate staff and diagnostic equipment at the neurofibromatosis clinic at CHI Tallaght will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63685/22]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

1308. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason that the current neurofibromatosis clinic is without a resident specialist dermatologist, neuro-psychiatrist and psychologist given that these specialisms are deemed integral to the need and treatment of children with the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63686/22]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

1309. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will allow the current neurofibromatosis clinic to accept an OCT machine privately-funded and fundraised by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63687/22]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

1310. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason that there is no current pathway from paediatric to adult care for persons aged 16 years and above with neurofibromatosis; the date on which such a pathway will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63688/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Réada Cronin

443. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the channels of consultation and communication with community groups regarding development of the Equestrian Centre, Kill, County Kildare; if his Department is communicating with the community on these plans within a timeframe and or on a basis agreed at meetings with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61867/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Réada Cronin

444. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department will have comprehensive and clear information regarding the proposed development at the Kill Equestrian Centre, County Kildare; when it intends to publish such information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61868/22]

Children in Care

Réada Cronin

450. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the concrete plans that his Department has to pay additional allowances to foster carers who provide aftercare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62000/22]

Children in Care

Réada Cronin

451. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department can confirm that there will be a comprehensive package for foster carers in the next Budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62001/22]

Children in Care

Réada Cronin

452. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how advanced is his Department's work on the issue of pensions for foster carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62002/22]

Children in Care

Réada Cronin

453. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the back-to-school allowance will be paid to foster carers at the next academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62003/22]

Children in Care

Réada Cronin

454. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the matter of mileage rates vis-a-vis foster carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62004/22]

Third Level Fees

Réada Cronin

474. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will examine the situation of students in circumstances (details supplied) and admit them to the relief scheme of €1,000. [61969/22]

Third Level Fees

Réada Cronin

285. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will examine the issue of the reduction of third-level fees for a student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61439/22]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

298. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will establish a multi-agency, specialist working group to examine and propose a process for assessing school placement breakdowns, both before and after they happen, given the complex needs involved, physical, neurological and intellectual and the innate vulnerability of the children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60574/22]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

299. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will examine the situation in cases in which disciplinary action is taken against children for behaviours caused by their conditions, when they have no control over these behaviours and therefore have no intention to disturb or offend; her views on whether these disciplinary measures are fair or equitable in such circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60575/22]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

300. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if an audit has been carried out or will be undertaken on restraint, seclusion, isolation, punishment and other invasive physical actions taken under the broad heading ‘necessary actions’ given such actions would be deemed unacceptable in the mainstream school system; if such an audit will be undertaken each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60576/22]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

301. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department has considered instances in which the isolation of a child in a locked room makes that holding place essentially a cell for that child who is also innately vulnerable due to their disabilities (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60577/22]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

302. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department has any plans to remove and forbid ‘prone restraint’ as a common or daily practice in the matter of children with vulnerability and disability; if an audit has been undertaken on its use or will be instigated; if a report is required on each incident of use of this extreme intervention in the matter of a child; if not, in the interest of child welfare and protection, if such a report should and will be required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60578/22]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

303. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will instigate an independent, expert review of physical actions such as restraint, seclusion, isolation and prone restraint taken against children in special education; if so, if a report of its findings and conclusions will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60579/22]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

304. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department is satisfied that the treatment of children with special-education needs is as humane, compassionate and equitable as possible, in keeping with international best practice in 21st century models and as that of children in the mainstream school system, and upholding the norms of health and safety for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60580/22]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

305. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the channels of co-operation and communication that exist between her Department and Tusla in the matter of physical actions and disciplines taken by teachers and other staff working with children with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60581/22]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

306. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if actions such as suspensions, exclusions, isolations, restraint and prone restraint appear in inspection reports; if not, if they will appear in reports as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60582/22]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

307. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will examine current recruitment and training processes of boards of management involved with children with special educational needs, to ensure the members recruited have the expertise sufficient to their duties and responsibilities to this vulnerable cohort particularly in their capacity to act with fairness, impartiality, inclusivity and in the best interest of the child and its privacy, dignity and educational rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60583/22]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

308. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if the term 'school refusal' will be removed and replaced with the more appropriate 'school-based anxiety', thereby removing a narrative of intent and blame from children and families and recognising the mental health challenges faced by many children struggling to attend school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60585/22]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

309. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will establish a school return pathway that is psychology-led and trauma-informed, geared around the needs of each individual child; if so, if such a pathway and return will be guaranteed by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60586/22]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

216. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will provide the official approval and building formulation report, in order that the school building project at a school (details supplied) can be progressed without any delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58550/22]

Gender Equality

Réada Cronin

264. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the centralised website and portal includes overall breakdowns and averages of the gender pay gap across all of those required to report (>250 employees); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58524/22]

Gender Equality

Réada Cronin

265. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the centralised website and portal includes breakdowns and averages of the gender pay gap for those required to report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58525/22]

Gender Equality

Réada Cronin

266. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the centralised website provides a summary list by employer of the size of the gender pay gap by each of the different measures on which businesses are required to report, and to make it easy to track those who are above and below the average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58526/22]

Gender Equality

Réada Cronin

267. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the centralised website provides a summary of the size of the gender pay gap over time by employer to capture whether there is any change over time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58527/22]

Gender Equality

Réada Cronin

268. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the resources that will be provided by the Government to develop the reporting website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58528/22]