Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Mental Health Services

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

271. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health if approval will be given to affirming the role of art therapist as a designated post within community mental health teams in the context of section 9.2 of the national policy of A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14893/19]

Female Genital Mutilation

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

746. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to establish an interagency committee to develop a national action plan on female genital mutilation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13360/19]

Mental Health Policy

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

826. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health if he will include the role of art therapist as a designated position in an updated A Vision for Change policy on mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13609/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

356. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10788/19]

Tree Remediation

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

572. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a policy has been developed in respect of the removal of mature trees in towns and villages nationally by local authorities; if a policy has been developed to assist landowners with concerns in relation to the safety of trees on their property in view of the extreme weather events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10224/19]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

66. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to make changes in the recruitment criteria for apprenticeships within the Defence Forces to allow persons that have colour vision deficiency to wear corrective ophthalmic appliances during psychometric testing similar to those used in other European countries. [9268/19]

European Globalisation Fund

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

194. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if clarification on the application process to the European globalisation fund in the context of the decarbonisation restructuring strategy of Bord na Móna and the significant job losses in the midlands will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9296/19]

Warmer Homes Scheme Eligibility

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

482. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason an application by a person (details supplied) under the warmer homes scheme to have external wall insulation provided has been refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9269/19]

National Heritage Plan

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

17. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Heritage 2030 public consultations; the opportunities including local meetings for groups and residents of County Offaly to contribute to the consultation process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8518/19]

Culture Ireland

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

38. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the outcome of the Culture Ireland Global 2025 conference that took place in Dublin Castle in January 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8517/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

120. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health the reason an art therapist post in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in counties Laois and Offaly has been discontinued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8786/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

199. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan at a location (details supplied); if broadband will be connected in view of the number of houses in the area that have already been connected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8516/19]

After-School Support Services

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

200. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures in place to allow for an existing lease held by his Department to be changed on a vacant school building to facilitate the provision of suitable space to provide after-school childcare service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7697/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

121. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive urgent surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7204/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

239. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding has been approved for the redevelopment of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6386/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

240. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the applications for additional accommodation and development by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6387/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

259. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the applications for additional accommodation and development at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6661/19]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

688. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the standards required to be implemented by community groups that publish community newsletters or newspapers and are in receipt of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6403/19]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

757. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the eligibility criteria for applications to the urban regeneration and development fund for the development of community arts centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6662/19]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

451. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if lands (details supplied) not included under the designation of eligible townlands for the 2019 areas of natural constraint scheme can be reviewed with a view to inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3960/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

23. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure outturn in 2018 under all budget headings for which he is responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2926/19]

Local Improvement Scheme Funding

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

50. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when he plans to make an allocation for the local improvement scheme for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2925/19]

Arts Funding

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

261. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the €2.13 million in funding through Culture Ireland for Irish arts globally in 2019; the projects with County Offaly involvement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1825/19]

Cultural Policy

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

262. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the cultural ambassadors initiative; the ambassador from County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1826/19]

Road Projects Status

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

893. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date on the N52 Tullamore to Kilbeggan link road, which forms part of Project Ireland 2040; if the pre-appraisal works on the project have been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54069/18]

Illness Benefit Applications

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

552. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit claim by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53768/18]

Planning Issues

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

580. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will report on the potential impact of the High Court ruling by a person (details supplied) of 7 December 2018 regarding the requirement of all commercial peat harvesting companies to apply for planning permission; his plans to introduce amending legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53767/18]

School Transport Provision

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

96. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of private school transport contractors (details supplied) which have had their fleet suspended by Bus Éireann while awaiting inspection by the FTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52326/18]

Local Improvement Scheme Data

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

37. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation made in 2018 under the local improvement scheme, LIS, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51675/18]

Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Administration

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

64. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the implementation of the new SICAP programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51673/18]

European Globalisation Fund

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

165. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application has been made to a fund (details supplied) in view of recent redundancies nationally at Bord na Móna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51068/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

218. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51065/18]

Work Permits Applications

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

124. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when an application for an employment permit will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49861/18]

Environmental Protection Agency Licences

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

188. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the awarding by the Environmental Protection Agency of an integrated pollution prevention licence to operators; the exact methodology used to calculate the cost of the licence to be paid by the operator annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49905/18]

Student Universal Support Ireland Administration

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

265. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to amending the eligibility criteria for the special rate of the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant; if consideration has been given to awarding the special rate of the SUSI grant to applicants solely based on the family's total reckonable income and not subject to the condition that reckonable household income includes a long-term Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44745/18]

School Staff

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

326. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will be given to the recruitment of a secretary post for a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the significant increased administrative burden at the school due to its size; if his attention has been further drawn to the retirement of its second school secretary at the end of the last academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45228/18]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

331. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the need for an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, primary education classroom at a school (details supplied); if consideration has been given to the impact that his Department's decision will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45330/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

248. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who has not been prioritised in view of the severity of their condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44367/18]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

433. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Treatment Purchase Fund does not operate in Beaumont Hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) is on the waiting list for surgery for over 18 months; the position of the person on the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42099/18]

Personal Injury Claims

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

194. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration has been given to making it obligatory for plaintiffs in personal injury cases in the first instance to engage with the Personal Injuries Assessment Board prior to engaging in litigation; if consideration has been given to the significant financial and administrative burden on small and medium enterprises as a result of the increased number of personal injury claims; if consideration has been given to publishing anonymised amounts of all awards paid out by enterprises in personal injury cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40602/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

183. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an audiology assessment and tympanostomy procedure for a person (details supplied), which the medical team has deemed necessary to take place at the same time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40203/18]

Invalidity Pension Applications

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

598. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39757/18]

Disability Allowance Applications

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

599. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the disability allowance section will be in a position to process an application by a person (details supplied) whose domiciliary allowance has ceased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39758/18]

Waterways Ireland

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

1440. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to restore the mid-Shannon walkway on the Meelick Weir following the damage caused by the severe flooding of November 2009; if the funding required will be ring-fenced for this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36064/18]

Museum Projects

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

399. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW’s proposal to build a science museum in conjunction with the exploration station in the grounds of the National Concert Hall, which is adjacent to Iveagh Gardens, have taken into account the fact that the Iveagh Gardens were bequeathed to the State in 1939, with a condition to protect, conserve and restore them; if structural changes are planned to the gardens as part of this development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32459/18]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

470. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a panel of special needs assistants, SNAs, in each county; if an SNA must have specific qualifications to be part of the panel prior to applying for an advertised position; the length of time for which a panel runs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32562/18]

Hospital Procedures

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

1471. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the concerns regarding the use of vaginal mesh; if vaginal mesh surgery will be suspended here in line with the decision of authorities in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33033/18]

JobPath Programme

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

2450. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who has completed a JobPath course with Turas Nua and has been offered a community employment scheme is now being advised that the person cannot take up this scheme unless the person completes another JobPath course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32822/18]

Care of the Elderly Provision

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

355. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health if care under the psychiatry of later life can be reinstated to a person (details supplied); the reason it has been withdrawn since February 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31229/18]

Mental Health Services

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

289. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Health the provisions made to develop woman-centred mental health services for 2018, 2019 and 2020, reflecting the commitment in the national strategy for women and girls to address the particular physical and mental health needs of women and girls; the funding allocated for the training of health care professionals in trauma informed care and the impacts of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence on mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29538/18]