Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Services

Seán Crowe

692. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the total number of paediatric patients on the waiting list for audiology services in the HSE community audiology service in the Russell Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24; the average waiting time to access services; and the number of paediatric patients that have been waiting for longer than two years. [24444/22]

Citizenship Applications

Seán Crowe

619. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the average waiting time for successful naturalisation applications to be processed at present; the number of applications currently being considered; and the number of live applications still being processed that were submitted prior to 1 May 2020. [22568/22]

Legislative Measures

Seán Crowe

254. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if she is satisfied that current legislation is sufficient to deal with the growing use of nitrous oxide as a psychotropic; if not, the work that is under way in her Department to change the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21541/22]

Driver Test

Seán Crowe

340. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons awaiting a driving test in each test centre in tabular form. [19226/22]

Defence Forces

Seán Crowe

797. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Defence the status of the Reserve Defence Forces company headquarters building on Green Road, Carlow; if the building is still assigned to the Reserve Defence Forces or has been sold; if not, the body that controls the property; if the State has contracted private security for the property; and if so, the length and total cost of that contract to date. [19417/22]

Health Services

Seán Crowe

676. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of adults accessing speech and language therapy services in CHO 7; the number of adults awaiting assessment for the services; the number of adults who have had an assessment and are on waiting lists to access services; and the average wait time for assessment and post-assessment access. [17478/22]

Passport Services

Seán Crowe

157. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the widespread difficulties parents are experiencing with consent forms for children’s first-time passports being rejected due to incorrect dates; the changes he plans to bring forward to remedy this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14986/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Seán Crowe

1038. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for children who require follow-on cardiac surgery in the Mater Hospital, Dublin following a previous surgery which resulted in an adverse outcome and has therefore necessitated a second surgery. [14805/22]

Dental Services

Seán Crowe

778. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the amount that was spent through the dental treatment services scheme in each year for the past four years, in tabular form. [11665/22]

Dental Services

Seán Crowe

779. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of patients treated through the dental treatment services scheme in each year for the past four years, in tabular form [11666/22]

Dental Services

Seán Crowe

780. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists operating within the dental treatment services scheme per CHO area in each year for the past four years in tabular form. [11667/22]

Dental Services

Seán Crowe

781. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health when he expects agreement to be reached with an association (details supplied) to ensure that the dental treatment services scheme is able to provide more than emergency dental procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11668/22]

Psychological Assessments

Seán Crowe

704. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a preschool assignment and a psychological assessment by an organisation (details supplied) based in south-west Dublin. [7739/22]

Psychological Assessments

Seán Crowe

705. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given a date for a psychological assessment by an organisation. [7741/22]

Health Services

Seán Crowe

929. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a recent examination has been undertaken of the drug and alcohol task forces’ catchment areas with a view to the changing needs for resources and funding; if so, when it was undertaken; and the details of same. [8457/22]

Banking Sector

Seán Crowe

175. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the position of the Government with regard to Irish banks, particularly those that are largely in State hands, freezing or suspending the accounts of customers who conduct personal banking with Iran-based bank accounts. [4100/22]

Health Services

Seán Crowe

549. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who are currently overdue their annual BreastHealth mammogram post-treatment for breast cancer; and the number of those who have waited longer than six months. [62614/21]

Health Services

Seán Crowe

550. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who are overdue for cervical screening; and the number of those who have waited for longer than six months. [62615/21]

Health Services

Seán Crowe

551. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who are overdue for bowel screening; and the number of those who have been waited longer than six months. [62616/21]

Health Services

Seán Crowe

552. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who are overdue BreastCheck screening; and the number of those who have been waiting for longer than six months. [62617/21]

Legislative Measures

Seán Crowe

634. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will release the official advice he received from his Departmental officials that indicates that the chair of the review body into the Health Act 2018 should be appointed following a tendering process. [61647/21]

Health Services

Seán Crowe

737. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the way in which the reimbursement of travel costs for haemodialysis patients is administered; the rate per kilometre; if it is paid through the hospital administering the treatment or centrally by the HSE; the reason some patients are paid monthly and others less frequently; and the timeframe for payment specified by the HSE. [61834/21]

Driver Test

Seán Crowe

192. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons waiting on a driving test for a car by test centre in tabular form. [60529/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Seán Crowe

469. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of children in the CHO 7 area who await an assessment of needs, and by category of assessment, in tabular form. [59825/21]

Patient Files

Seán Crowe

470. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the record of a person (details supplied) who was diagnosed with autism in 2017 is in the possession of the HSE; the reason the parents of the child have been informed that there is no record of the child; and if it is the case, the effect that this will have on the access of the child to therapy. [59826/21]

Vaccination Programme

Seán Crowe

480. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the current system of walk-in appointments for vaccine boosters; his views on the long queues in inclement weather that have been seen in recent days; if a move away from walk-ins and towards a scheduled system has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59843/21]

Health Services

Seán Crowe

190. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a decision has been made with regard to the allocation of the €500,000 to address the crack cocaine crisis announced as part of Budget 2022; if not, when this decision will be made in order that community drugs projects that are struggling to maintain services will have clarity on available funding from 1 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59275/21]

Naturalisation Applications

Seán Crowe

485. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the average waiting time for successful naturalisation applications to be processed at present; the number of applications currently being considered; and the number of live applications still being processed were submitted prior to 23 November 2019. [58709/21]

Hospital Facilities

Seán Crowe

188. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of beds Peamount Hospital has for continuing care for neurological illness or acquired brain injury; if all beds are currently staffed full-time and open; and the number of vacancies for medical staff are currently unfilled at the hospital. [57749/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Seán Crowe

218. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the considerations that were made in the Covid-19 pass system for persons who are medically advised against receiving a Covid-19 vaccination. [57890/21]

Hospital Services

Seán Crowe

705. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the cause of the recent power outage at University Hospital Tallaght, leading to the cancellation of all scheduled outpatient and day appointments; and the measures that will be put in place to ensure that it does not occur again. [57618/21]

Vaccination Programme

Seán Crowe

616. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccination cards that are unaccounted for across the vaccination system. [49696/21]

Disabilities Assessments

Seán Crowe

683. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of children in the CHO7 area awaiting a special needs assessment. [48158/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Seán Crowe

443. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education the number of CO2 monitors that have been delivered to schools; the number of monitors required for the total commitment of a monitor in every classroom; and the current projected cost of the project. [46109/21]

Health Service Executive

Seán Crowe

642. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has returned to full ICT functionality; and if not, the estimated date for achieving this. [46110/21]

Passport Services

Seán Crowe

806. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he plans for the Passport Office to reopen. [39145/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Seán Crowe

949. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education if each school in an area (details supplied) will receive CO2 monitors before the 2021-2022 academic year commences. [39485/21]

School Admissions

Seán Crowe

950. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education when she plans to hold the three-year review of the need for schools to open special education classes under the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. [39486/21]

Schools Building Projects

Seán Crowe

991. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education the status of the difficulties in facilitating a school (details supplied) on its current site for the coming academic year; if her attention has been drawn to the reservations of both schools regarding the contingency plan in use to move the school; if her Department has taken those concerns into consideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40158/21]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Seán Crowe

1159. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department and the HSE will provide funding to allow the charities that provide two soup runs in Dublin to remain in operation if the HSE close down on the foot of a HSE environmental health section report. [40766/21]

Health Services

Seán Crowe

1511. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide additional detail on the targeted funding alluded to in recent comments to the media by the Minister of State for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy to local drugs task forces in areas in which crack cocaine has become a serious issue; the increased supports and resources that will be made available; and the level of funding that will be involved. [33667/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Seán Crowe

1753. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if official names will be used on EU digital Covid certificates in order that they corroborate with the names of persons on passports or drivers licences to avoid any difficulties in cases in which a person needs to identify themselves as vaccinated if they travel abroad when they may habitually use another name such as in Irish. [35461/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Seán Crowe

2045. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health when he expects the EU Digital COVID Certificate to come into effect. [36346/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Seán Crowe

2046. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the EU Digital COVID Certificate will come before Dáil Éireann for debate and examination before implementation. [36347/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Seán Crowe

2047. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the EU Digital COVID Certificate will be used to regulate access to indoor dining and other hospitality in line with domestic Covid-19 restrictions. [36348/21]

Mental Health Services

Seán Crowe

2384. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) having been diagnosed in April as having dyspraxia, has been awaiting a number of years for an appointment with a psychiatrist; the length of time they are waiting; the number of children on the waiting list for the CHO7 area; the positions they are on the waiting list; when they will receive an appointment; the reason for the backlog and delay with the current resources and plan in place; and the additional supports he is awaiting. [37657/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Seán Crowe

3099. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the consideration that will be made in the domestic Covid-19 pass system for persons who are medically advised against receiving a Covid-19 vaccination. [40297/21]

Vaccination Programme

Seán Crowe

3100. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccination cards that are unaccounted for across the vaccination centre system. [40298/21]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Seán Crowe

3203. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will provide funding to allow the charities that provide two soup runs in Dublin to remain in operation if the HSE close down on the foot of a HSE environmental health section report. [40765/21]

Driver Test

Seán Crowe

152. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a timetable for clearing the backlog in driver test waiting times. [38779/21]