Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Occupational Therapy

Réada Cronin

1099. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an occupational therapy appointment in areas of north County Kildare; the number waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19766/20]

Respite Care Services

Réada Cronin

1100. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in north County Kildare over each of the past 12 months, in tabular form; the number provided in each month since March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19767/20]

Disability Services Data

Réada Cronin

1101. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of day care centres in County Kildare that have now reopened; the number that will be reopened by September 2020; the number that are not in a position to reopen by the same date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19768/20]

Disability Services Data

Réada Cronin

1102. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of day care centres for persons with intellectual disabilities in north County Kildare that have submitted applications for funding in order to reopen; the amount required; the amount allocated to date; the amount that will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19769/20]

Ophthalmology Services

Réada Cronin

1103. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in north County Kildare, in tabular form; the average waiting time for appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19770/20]

Disability Services Data

Réada Cronin

1104. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in north County Kildare awaiting an appointment for early intervention by therapy in tabular form; the number waiting less than 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19771/20]

Wards of Court

Réada Cronin

753. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of wards of court, adults and children, respectively; the number of adults who were made wards in March, April, May and June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17974/20]

Wards of Court

Réada Cronin

754. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adults who have been made wards of court since the signing of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 to date; the number of wardship applications made by the HSE in relation to vulnerable persons in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17975/20]

Wards of Court

Réada Cronin

755. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in funding the decision support service to replace the wards of court system, which is in conflict with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; if full funding will be guaranteed in budget 2021 to make it immediately operational in view of the urgency of the requirement for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17976/20]

Wards of Court

Réada Cronin

756. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the outstanding legislation in relation to putting the decision support service in place; the timeframe in which this will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17977/20]

Wards of Court

Réada Cronin

757. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to other factors which might delay work in relation to setting up the decision support service in view of the January 2020 minutes of the Mental Health Commission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17978/20]

Wards of Court

Réada Cronin

758. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons in wardship are unable to exercise their right to make decisions in relation to their future healthcare and other important life issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17979/20]

Proposed Legislation

Réada Cronin

759. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016, which lapsed with the dissolution of the Thirty-second Dáil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17980/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

1. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Taoiseach the number of deaths for March, April and May 2020 compared to the same three months over the past five years; and if there is national collection or classification of data of patients dying with Covid-19 versus of Covid-19 in the same months. [14508/20]

Help-To-Buy Scheme

Réada Cronin

143. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if he will revisit the help-to-buy scheme in terms of its loan-to-value ratio borrowing requirement being 70% when such threshold precludes significant numbers from accessing the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14510/20]

Child Benefit

Réada Cronin

478. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 971 of 16 June 2020, if she will consider using her discretion in circumstances in which an application was to be made for child benefit by the father of an Irish citizen child based on a situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13732/20]

Child Benefit

Réada Cronin

479. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding applications for child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13733/20]

Hospital Appointments Status

Réada Cronin

666. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been denied an appointment with the locum pain consultant at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin. [13734/20]

Health Services Provision

Réada Cronin

864. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if the district nurse service in Maynooth, County Kildare, will be returning to the Maynooth health centre in the Covid-19 reopening arrangements; his plans to upgrade the building in which the centre is housed to bring its infrastructural standards into line with the excellence of the medical service offered there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14507/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

865. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if pulmonary rehabilitation will be widely and readily available for patients whose pulmonary health is affected by Covid-19; if there are the facilities, technology and personnel available to make this therapy and resource widely available to patients both in hospitals and the community setting in view of the high rate of respiratory disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14509/20]

Disability Support Services

Réada Cronin

373. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health when day services for persons with intellectual and physical disabilities will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12691/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

374. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if there has been an inspection at a meat factory (details supplied); if so, if workers were tested for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12692/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

654. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver lessons will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12693/20]

Census of Population

Réada Cronin

1. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Taoiseach the number of persons resident here between 60 and 64 years of age. [11663/20]

Passport Services

Réada Cronin

15. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Passport Office will resume handling normal passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11662/20]

Education and Training Boards

Réada Cronin

111. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development and its readiness for students and staff for the school year 2020-21 of a campus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11664/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

112. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will come to an arrangement with providers of the July provision liability regarding a child or staff member who may become seriously ill with Covid-19 in view of the fact they have not received comprehensive replies from their insurance providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11665/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

113. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide guidance to July provision providers as to the way in which they will enforce social distancing; the potential consequences for students with intellectual disabilities who do not understand the rationale for social distancing and breach the two metre guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11666/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

114. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will provide PPE and training for staff providing the July provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11667/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

115. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the policies and protocols providers of the July provision should put in place if a student or staff member starts to display Covid-19 symptoms in school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11668/20]

Driver Test

Réada Cronin

653. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver test centres will reopen; if he will make mask wearing mandatory with a view to tests being made available to persons who do not have availability of public transport to get to essential work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11669/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

171. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements and additional funding planned for schools to enable extra services for children adversely effected by the Covid-19 restrictions placed on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10538/20]

Wards of Court

Réada Cronin

479. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of wards of court who had their home care package withdrawn and were transferred to nursing homes due the Covid-19 pandemic; the number who have died; the number who died from Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10506/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

481. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who were transferred from hospitals to nursing homes in north County Kildare as a result of Covid-19; the number who were tested for Covid-19 prior to transfer; the number who tested positive while resident in nursing homes; the number who died from the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10537/20]

Child Benefit

Réada Cronin

971. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10539/20]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

146. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the safety measures regarding social distancing, hand hygiene and face covering being planned for school buses with schools reopening in September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9213/20]

Hospital Staff

Réada Cronin

670. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health his views on whether staff in Beaumont Hospital should be in a position to apply for transfers to HSE hospitals while all hospitals are under the control of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9215/20]

Health Screening Programmes

Réada Cronin

671. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health when cancer screening treatments will resume to prevent cancer fatalities increasing during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9216/20]

Data Protection

Réada Cronin

672. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason for the breach of patient confidentiality regarding the HSE decision that an employer will be informed of Covid-19 tests before the person that was tested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9217/20]

National Car Test

Réada Cronin

944. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when NCT centres will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9211/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

945. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a comprehensive plan will be published for transport during the reopening process that will cover social distancing, face coverings, hand sanitisation and disinfection of public transport vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9212/20]

Aviation Industry

Réada Cronin

946. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has directed airline companies which are offering vouchers rather than refunds for airline tickets to comply with the EU package travel directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9214/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Réada Cronin

601. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason testing and tracing is still taking up to ten days while a laboratory (details supplied) is not running at full capacity with staff, many of whom left jobs at home and abroad to join Be on Call for Ireland, having shifts cancelled. [7976/20]

Medical Qualifications

Réada Cronin

602. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if a means will be found for the PHECC to accommodate student EMTs to qualify during this period (details supplied) [7977/20]

Statutory Instruments

Réada Cronin

603. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if Statutory Instrument No. 541/2019 signed by him on 5 November 2019, has come into effect and is affecting persons whose fertility treatments were cancelled due to the outbreak of Covid-19. [7978/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Réada Cronin

995. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when backdated pandemic unemployment payments will issue for the weeks while persons were waiting while her Department was dealing with the backlog resulting in applicants receiving no payment (details supplied) [7979/20]