Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Equipment

Verona Murphy

172. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if funding for the installation of a public MRI scanner facility at Wexford General Hospital will be included in the HSE Capital Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7091/22]

Third Level Education

Verona Murphy

833. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department informed third-level education providers of forestry in Ireland that their graduates are not capable of completing habitat surveys on existing forest sites and on sites proposed for afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6546/22]

Departmental Staff

Verona Murphy

834. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff with forestry qualifications and the number of staff including contracted in personnel with ecology qualifications in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6547/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Verona Murphy

7. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department plans to increase the level of income disregard for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5454/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Verona Murphy

8. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has given consideration to the disregard of means testing for the carer’s allowance payment; if such considerations have been discussed with other relevant Departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5458/22]

School Meals Programme

Verona Murphy

57. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to roll out the hot schools meals programme to include every school in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5457/22]

Pension Provisions

Verona Murphy

79. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions that her Department is taking to develop an individualised pension solution for family carers to ensure they have adequate income once they reach retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5455/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Verona Murphy

89. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions her Department is taking in recognising long Covid as a debilitating illness; if consideration has been given to a long-term enhanced Covid illness or Covid disability payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5456/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Verona Murphy

586. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the provisions that will be made to facilitate Covid recovery certificates for persons who have positive antigen results for Covid-19 but have failed to acquire a PCR test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3127/22]

Legislative Measures

Verona Murphy

69. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way her Department will manage the upcoming recruitment of the online safety commissioner and the multi-person media commission; if the provision of an individual complaints mechanism for harmful online content will be included in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2805/22]

Departmental Schemes

Verona Murphy

194. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current status on the sports capital scheme; the timeline for the announcement of successful applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2806/22]

Airport Policy

Verona Murphy

213. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures her Department will put in place to support Waterford Airport to encourage tourism to the south east region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2807/22]

Departmental Priorities

Verona Murphy

214. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures her Department will take to secure the viability of local print and media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2808/22]

Road Network

Verona Murphy

224. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the level of immediate and emergency funding his Department will be providing for repair and renewal of the road network in County Wexford following the Christmas Day flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1036/22]

Departmental Schemes

Verona Murphy

907. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will immediately remove the means testing on the humanitarian assistance towards flood damage scheme for families affected by Christmas Day flooding in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1045/22]

Ambulance Service

Verona Murphy

1585. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the service issues with the National Ambulance Service in County Wexford in terms of emergency response times and resources; the immediate supports that will be provided to the service in County Wexford to address the current difficulties within the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1035/22]

Road Safety

Verona Murphy

19. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on recent engagements between his Department, the Department of Health and the Revenue Commissioners in regard to the interim secondary use of the Kilrane State Facility, Kilrane, County Wexford for overflow HGV parking to alleviate the road safety issues at Rosslare Europort and surrounding areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62294/21]

Road Tolls

Verona Murphy

39. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the plans his Department has to address the carbon dioxide trap that is the toll at Dublin Port Tunnel; if he recognises the urgent need to remove the toll to reduce carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62290/21]

Ports Policy

Verona Murphy

45. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the engagement he has had with the relevant stakeholders to secure additional freight capacity through Rosslare Europort to further support the import and export trade and supply chain management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62293/21]

Electric Vehicles

Verona Murphy

83. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the measures his Department proposes to introduce to assist persons in making the transition to electric vehicles in terms of real affordability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62291/21]

Customs and Excise

Verona Murphy

169. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the proactive and immediate steps his Department is taking to address the excessive duty on HVO oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62292/21]

Forestry Sector

Verona Murphy

362. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is an immediate need to increase the second instalment grant on areas already afforested due to real increases in costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61096/21]

Forestry Sector

Verona Murphy

363. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is an immediate need to increase grant support across all support schemes for forestry in line with real increases in costs; his position on TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61097/21]

Work Permits

Verona Murphy

364. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is instructing his officials to make the necessary arrangements with their counterparts in other Departments to enable work permits to be issued to persons from countries outside of the EU as is happening in other industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61098/21]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

457. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the discussions his Department has undertaken with an association (details supplied) to address the rising numbers of dentists resigning from the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59771/21]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

458. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 29 April 2021, the details of the orthodontic waiting list initiative referenced in the response; the details of the specific timeframe for the delivery of these initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59772/21]

Eating Disorders

Verona Murphy

459. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if provision will be made for the establishment of a child and adolescent mental health services or CAMHS-based eating disorder specialist community team in community healthcare organisation or CHO 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59773/21]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

460. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if a whole-time paediatric dietician position, as opposed to a shared position, will be approved and advertised as part of the CAMHS team Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59774/21]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

507. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Wexford who were contracted with the HSE under the dental treatment services scheme who have left the scheme in the past 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59926/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Verona Murphy

568. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health when antigen test kits will be provided free of charge to front-line homecare supports staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60171/21]

Transport Policy

Verona Murphy

20. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the communications his Department has had with the Revenue Commissioners regarding the use of the Kilrane State Facility site, Kilrane, County Wexford for the parking of heavy goods vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59672/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Verona Murphy

96. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education if the return to 100% capacity on school buses is to remain in place in view of the current Covid-19 situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59673/21]

Housing Schemes

Verona Murphy

243. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 11 May 2021, if a review of income eligibility for social housing supports has been completed at local authority level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58748/21]

Dental Services

Verona Murphy

549. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists who were contracted with the HSE under the dental treatment services scheme who have left the scheme in the past 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58475/21]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

618. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the Wexford child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, services; the vacancies that are available in the Wexford CAMHS services; the vacancies that are currently with the national recruitment services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58751/21]

Forestry Sector

Verona Murphy

762. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals to integrate organic afforestation into the organic measures in the next CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58747/21]

Work Permits

Verona Murphy

180. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his Department sought access for employment permits to address the critical shortage of skills as part of the recruitment resolution to delivering home care support services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57700/21]

Fishing Industry

Verona Murphy

187. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of inshore drift and draft net fishing licences that were relinquished in the 2005 decommissioning scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57063/21]

Fishing Industry

Verona Murphy

188. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of inshore drift and draft net fishing licences that are still retained by licence holders as of the October 2021 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57064/21]

Fishing Industry

Verona Murphy

189. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a follow-up stock study has been carried out to ascertain if fish stocks for drift and draft net fishing licences have reached levels to allow fishing to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57065/21]

Fishing Industry

Verona Murphy

190. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department will reintroduce the buy-out scheme in view of the fact that many continuing drift and draft net fishing licence holders are approaching retirement age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57066/21]

Fishing Industry

Verona Murphy

191. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the 16 years of inactivity will be included for pension purposes in view of the fact that those who retained their drift and draft net fishing licence have not been subsequently allowed to restart their fishing activities and earn their living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57067/21]

Forestry Sector

Verona Murphy

664. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 392 of 4 November 2021, the number of the 27 ecologists who signed off on the 56 Coillte felling licences in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55621/21]

Climate Change Policy

Verona Murphy

40. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the recommended carbon cuts in the agricultural sector could lead to devastating job losses across rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53708/21]

Electricity Generation

Verona Murphy

51. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to meet the forecasted increase in electrical demand across Ireland over the next number of years as Ireland transitions from fossil fuels to cleaner fuel sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53711/21]

Climate Change Policy

Verona Murphy

53. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the economic impact of the carbon cuts his Department plans to implement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53707/21]

Ports Policy

Verona Murphy

180. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the supports his Department will be providing to Rosslare Europort for the establishment of a wind farm construction base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53706/21]

Forestry Sector

Verona Murphy

392. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of ecologists involved in processing the 56 Coillte felling licences issued for week 4 of the October 2021 dashboard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53920/21]

School Funding

Verona Murphy

499. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education the capital applications that have been received by her Department from schools in County Wexford for the past four years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52364/21]

School Funding

Verona Murphy

500. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education the capital applications granted and in existence with her Department for schools in County Wexford; if each capital application for schools in County Wexford will be granted; the type and extent of each application; the current status of each application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52365/21]