Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Garda Strength

David Cullinane

566. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inspectors allocated to Waterford Garda division in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [16511/20]

Health Services

David Cullinane

609. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16503/20]

Hospital Staff

David Cullinane

610. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of midwifery posts in the maternity unit in Portiuncula University Hospital, Galway, in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of vacancies in the unit. [16508/20]

Disability Services Data

David Cullinane

611. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with a disability being provided at the end of June 2020 in CHO 5. [16509/20]

Food Safety Authority of Ireland

David Cullinane

612. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount it would cost in 2021 if the budget for the Food Safety Authority of Ireland increased by 5.5%. [16510/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

David Cullinane

651. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if advice will be provided in relation to correspondence regarding face masks and summer camps (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16749/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

David Cullinane

687. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if each capital project already committed to is under review due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16961/20]

Hospital Facilities

David Cullinane

688. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the delivery of a second cath lab at University Hospital Waterford as previously committed to will proceed and is not a project currently under review in the context of revising the capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16962/20]

Ministerial Meetings

David Cullinane

689. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the organisations and representative groups he has met since he became Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16963/20]

Pharmacy Services

David Cullinane

690. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will commence talks with pharmacists on a new contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16964/20]

Ophthalmology Services

David Cullinane

691. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to update the National Eye Care Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16965/20]

Ophthalmology Services

David Cullinane

692. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to support the expansion of community ophthalmology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16966/20]

National Children's Hospital

David Cullinane

693. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has met the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board or representatives of the Board since he became Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16967/20]

Palliative Care Services

David Cullinane

694. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16968/20]

Health Services Staff

David Cullinane

695. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase staffing in healthcare settings over the lifetime of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16969/20]

Rare Diseases Strategy

David Cullinane

696. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish an updated National Rare Disease Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16970/20]

Proposed Legislation

David Cullinane

697. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to enact the human tissue Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16971/20]

National Maternity Strategy

David Cullinane

698. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement the National Maternity Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16972/20]

Information and Communications Technology

David Cullinane

699. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to roll out eHealth and improve information and communications technology systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16973/20]

Proposed Legislation

David Cullinane

700. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he plans to implement a patient safety Bill and mandatory open disclosure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16974/20]

Home Care Packages

David Cullinane

701. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement a statutory homecare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16975/20]

Primary Care Centres

David Cullinane

702. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to deliver additional primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16977/20]

Hospital Funding

David Cullinane

703. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the agency spend in acute hospitals for each quarter in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, by hospital and hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16978/20]

Home Care Packages

David Cullinane

704. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current homecare waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16979/20]

Hospital Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

705. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current cataract wait time by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16980/20]

Drugs Payment Scheme

David Cullinane

753. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the decisions taken by the senior leadership team of the HSE at its monthly sittings relating to drugs reimbursement in 2019 and to date in 2020; the recommendations issued by the drugs group of the HSE to the team on same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17339/20]

Rare Diseases

David Cullinane

754. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the work of the Rare Diseases Technology Review Committee; the sittings it has had since its inception; if it will conduct a review of the terms of reference of the committee in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17340/20]

Medicinal Products

David Cullinane

755. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the HSE reimbursement and pricing decision-making process carried out by a company (details supplied); the findings and recommendations of the review; if the review will be made publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17341/20]

Driver Test

David Cullinane

60. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if advice will be provided in relation to matters raised in correspondence regarding the circumstances of a person (details supplied). [16456/20]

Dental Services

David Cullinane

137. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on an issue raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16169/20]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

David Cullinane

138. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding the pricing review of the National Treatment Purchase Fund in respect of the nursing homes support scheme; if the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16170/20]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

David Cullinane

128. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage emissions reduction target set for each of the next five years; the plans in place to achieve these reductions; the estimated cost of achieving same; the modelling used to underpin the assumptions on which the reductions are based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15645/20]

Sports Funding

David Cullinane

216. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria used to determine if a club is deemed to be in an area of disadvantage for the purposes of funding; if and the way in which this can be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15226/20]

Airport Development Projects

David Cullinane

250. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding previously committed to for extending the runway at Waterford Airport has been released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15644/20]

Tax Code

David Cullinane

276. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance his views on the ring-fencing of the sugar tax to tackle obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15480/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

David Cullinane

286. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 30 June 2020, the way in which he can reconcile the fact that dividing an annual salary paid monthly by 52 results in a higher number than if it is calculated in accordance with the guidance for average revenue net weekly pay, ANRWP; and if a review will be conducted of payments made through the temporary wage subsidy scheme to ensure that no underpayments occurred. [14813/20]

Urban Regeneration and Development Fund

David Cullinane

425. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding allocated from the urban regeneration and development fund for the North Quays project, Waterford; when further funding will be announced; the amount of funding expected to be allocated; if this involves funding to move the train station onto the North Quays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15606/20]

School Staff

David Cullinane

630. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) recently lost an English as an additional language, EAL, post; the reason for this, if it can be appealed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15435/20]

DEIS Scheme

David Cullinane

631. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can be designated as a DEIS school; the process involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15436/20]

Third Level Institutions

David Cullinane

645. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of institutes of technology or technological universities currently running a deficit in tabular form; the plans in place by each institute to address the deficit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15643/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

David Cullinane

703. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears and back payments will be issued to pandemic unemployment payment claimants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14753/20]

Labour Court

David Cullinane

711. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Labour Court recommendations made that relate to Departments; the number of these that have been implemented; and the number outstanding. [14836/20]

Departmental Budgets

David Cullinane

1069. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount his Department sought in its Estimate bid in each of the years 2017 to 2020 in terms of additional funding to maintain existing levels of service taking account of demographics; and the amount allocated to ELS and demographics in each year. [14946/20]

Departmental Budgets

David Cullinane

1070. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount his Department is seeking in terms of additional funding to maintain existing levels of service taking account of demographics for 2021. [14947/20]

HSE Data

David Cullinane

1110. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the contracts in place with taxi companies in County Waterford; the duration of the contracts; if the contracts were extended; the tendering processes involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15197/20]

Medical Cards

David Cullinane

1117. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the liability of medical card holders to pay for blood tests carried out by their general practitioner; the efforts made to ensure that medical card holders are not being charged for the routine service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15225/20]

Hospital Data

David Cullinane

1158. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the inpatient and outpatient wait times in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020 by speciality, hospital group and by zero to six months, six to 12 months, 12 to 18 months, 18 months to two years, two to three years, three to four years and four years or more, respectively, in tabular form. [15437/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

David Cullinane

1159. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the roadmap to restore non-Covid-19 healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15438/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

David Cullinane

1160. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff hired by the HSE to assist in combating Covid-19 by job field and hospital group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15439/20]

Health Screening Programmes

David Cullinane

1161. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients screened as part of BreastCheck from 1 January to 1 June in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15440/20]