Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Ukraine War

Dessie Ellis

618. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered putting in place a national database that will enable Ukrainian refugees to register their employment skills to enable easier integration into the workplace; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14518/22]

Ukraine War

Dessie Ellis

619. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Social Protection the processes that are in place to identify the skills sets of Ukrainian refugees and to assess the best way to deploy those skills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14519/22]

Direct Provision System

Dessie Ellis

677. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees and asylum seekers that are currently resident in Balseskin direct provision centre; the number of years that the longest resident has been there; the expected closure date for this centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14508/22]

Direct Provision System

Dessie Ellis

678. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding the Government has provided for Balseskin direct provision centre by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14509/22]

Direct Provision System

Dessie Ellis

679. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the person or body that has received funding from the Government for the operation of Balseskin direct provision centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14510/22]

Ukraine War

Dessie Ellis

680. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the provision of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14513/22]

Ukraine War

Dessie Ellis

681. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has identified private and public buildings which could accommodate the projected large numbers of Ukrainian refugees coming to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14514/22]

Ukraine War

Dessie Ellis

682. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if financial support from the European Union will be made available to facilitate the provision of accommodation, services and supports for Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14528/22]

Ukraine War

Dessie Ellis

721. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the provision that is being made to accommodate those students who have returned to Ireland from the Ukraine and who can no longer continue with their studies due to the conflict there and who wish to continue with their studies in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14550/22]

Ukraine War

Dessie Ellis

761. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Justice if the Government is liaising with the Ukrainian Embassy with regard to the verification of credentials, qualifications and identification of Ukrainian refugees to ensure applications to work in any specific field and in areas where vetting is required such as, working with children and vulnerable adults are relevant and properly verified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14520/22]

Health Services Staff

Dessie Ellis

788. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to engage with various professions, sectors and employers to ascertain if the qualifications of Ukrainian nationals are acceptable here to create employment opportunities; if so, if they can be rapidly facilitated to work, particularly in sectors in which Ireland currently has shortages in the economy, such as general practitioners and the health service; if he will engage with Ministerial colleagues in this regard; if he will consider putting in place a mechanism to identify employment vacancies in local areas to simplify and facilitate the rapid employment of Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14521/22]

Health Services Staff

Dessie Ellis

789. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to recruit extra staff for the HSE and Tusla to deal with the unprecedented level of demand for services if the estimated number of Ukrainian refugees arrive in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14523/22]

Ukraine War

Dessie Ellis

971. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if he has considered putting in place regional trauma centres for Ukrainian child refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14516/22]

Ukraine War

Dessie Ellis

972. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if he will put in place services for those Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland who may be suffering from trauma as a result of the war in the Ukraine and that fluent speakers are placed to assist those who may not understand English; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14524/22]

Ukraine War

Dessie Ellis

973. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if he will consider putting in place a formal mechanism to allow retired persons with specific skills to assist on a voluntary basis in the effort to accommodate a large influx of Ukrainian refugees in local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14525/22]

Ukraine War

Dessie Ellis

1170. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will initiate outreach to local communities via the community response fora in relation to the provision of information and soliciting the support and buy in of local communities to become positive advocates and active participants in developments in their areas to accommodate the Ukrainian persons who have been displaced by the war in Ukraine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14526/22]

Disability Services

Dessie Ellis

622. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels and waiting lists for the Finglas children’s disability network team; the number of speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists who are currently working as part of the team; if each member of the team is working with the Finglas team full-time; the number of vacancies for each position; the number of children who are currently attending the services; the number of children who are currently on the waiting list for each of these services; the current waiting times for each service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10880/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Dessie Ellis

243. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the apprenticeships that are currently available; the number of vacancies available for each of these apprenticeships; the number of new applications for each of these apprenticeships; the number of applicants accepted for each of these apprenticeships; the number of school hours for each apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8884/22]

Registration Certificate

Dessie Ellis

297. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the wait times for appointments for registering a birth and registering a death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8894/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Dessie Ellis

1614. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the plans for updating EU Digital COVID Certificates to show that a person has had the booster vaccination (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1099/22]