Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Services Waiting Lists

Holly Cairns

588. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health for a monthly breakdown of waiting list numbers for each discipline and care group across each geographical area of the Cork-Kerry primary care services from January until December 2023, in tabular form. [9166/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Holly Cairns

589. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health for monthly details of the longest wait time for each discipline and care group across each geographical area of the Cork-Kerry primary care services from January until December 2023, in tabular form. [9167/24]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

590. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health for monthly details of staffing levels and recruitment for each discipline and within each care group across each geographical area of the Cork-Kerry primary care services from January until December 2023, in tabular form. [9168/24]

Fishing Industry

Holly Cairns

45. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what measures his Department is taking to assist small scale fishers with fuel costs. [8554/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Holly Cairns

225. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the provision of ACRES payments; and the number of eligible farmers who have not yet received payment from his Department. [8556/24]

Commissions of Inquiry

Holly Cairns

115. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if he will ensure that the Covid-19 inquiry terms of reference comply with domestic and international human rights law; what steps will be taken to ensure the inquiry is carried out with full transparency to the public; and if the inquiry will be chaired by a Judge or someone of a similar standing with knowledge of the State's investigative obligations. [7723/24]

Commissions of Inquiry

Holly Cairns

116. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if the Covid-19 inquiry will give formal status to bereaved families and other interested parties who have suffered as a result of Covid-19; and to detail how such groups will be permitted to participate and contribute to the inquiry. [7724/24]

Departmental Communications

Holly Cairns

127. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason there is no phone line available for the travel emergency section of his Department; how individuals experiencing travel emergencies who cannot operate email are able to engage with this section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8002/24]

Bus Services

Holly Cairns

175. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the current lack of bus services on Sherkin Island; what actions his Department are taking to restore access to public transport on the island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7739/24]

Bus Services

Holly Cairns

189. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to provide daily local bus services between Kealkill and Bantry, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8001/24]

Schools Building Projects

Holly Cairns

288. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education for an update on renovations in a school (details supplied); and if she could provide a timeline for completed works. [7738/24]

Departmental Schemes

Holly Cairns

379. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection whether her attention has been drawn to the non-payment of sign language interpreting services under the voucher scheme for interpreters, and the resulting cancellation of all interpreter bookings from 20 February 2024; whether she will ensure that this funding is released urgently in order to allow the deaf community to avail of ISL interpreters under the voucher scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7737/24]

Family Reunification

Holly Cairns

430. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of visa application appeals for family reunification for immediate family members of Irish citizens that have not yet been decided upon; the number of weeks each appeal has been awaiting a decision; the business target for these appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7736/24]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

569. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current number of patients awaiting treatment from CAMHS in each CHO; the length of time patients have been on said waiting lists, in tabular form; and what steps are being taken to rapidly reduce CAMHS waiting lists. [7725/24]

Eating Disorders

Holly Cairns

570. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide clarity on the eating disorder treatment process; and to detail what treatments families are entitled to. [7726/24]

Eating Disorders

Holly Cairns

571. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if eating disorder treatment could be provided regardless of an individual's weight; and whether individual and-or family-based therapy could be provided at every step of the treatment process. [7727/24]

Eating Disorders

Holly Cairns

572. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health what steps are being taken to provide more specialised facilities for eating disorder sufferers; what steps are being taken to provide more outpatient facilities; and what steps are being taken to provide eating disorder specialists in all public hospitals. [7728/24]

Eating Disorders

Holly Cairns

573. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide more in-patient facilities for eating disorder sufferers or to facilitate a reduction of catchment restrictions; and if all in-patient facilities will provide nasogastric tube feeding where required. [7729/24]

Eating Disorders

Holly Cairns

574. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health what steps are being taken to recruit staff so existing eating disorder treatment teams can reach full capacity; if more staff will receive specific training to treat eating disorders; and if funding for specialised staff will be ring-fenced. [7730/24]

Eating Disorders

Holly Cairns

575. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to update the expired 2018 Eating Disorders Services Model of Care; if funding will be ring-fenced for more beds; and if funding can be ring-fenced to consistently fund the HSE Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders. [7731/24]

Eating Disorders

Holly Cairns

576. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if transitional supports for eating disorders such as meal support and mental health supports can be provided to patients in order to improve the transition between hospitals and homes, CAMHS and AMHS. [7732/24]

Eating Disorders

Holly Cairns

577. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health what avenues are available for families who wish to seek recourse where the level of care for an eating disorder is not adequate; and if he will commit to putting in place such a process if one is not available. [7733/24]

Eating Disorders

Holly Cairns

578. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if his Department would conduct research to gain an accurate picture of how many people are suffering with eating disorders in Ireland and what resources are actually needed; and if a needs assessment for bed capacity will be carried out. [7734/24]

Grant Payments

Holly Cairns

647. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether he would review the internal process within SUSI for classifying students under 23 years of age as being irreconcilably estranged from their parents; if he is aware that students who have become estranged from their parents after having aged out of TUSLA’s remit, must receive a court order to prove their estrangement; if alternative, less expensive avenues to prove estrangement can be introduced ahead of the upcoming academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7735/24]

Foreign Conflicts

Holly Cairns

156. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide the value of property funded or donated by Ireland in the West Bank which has been damaged by Israeli settlers since 7 October 2023; whether the State is pursuing any legal action to recuperate costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7221/24]

Food Waste

Holly Cairns

162. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that offshore islands are exempt from the new EU legislation in regards to brown bin collection services; what food waste collection services are available to communities on offshore islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7222/24]

Airport Policy

Holly Cairns

172. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport whether there is an independent complaints mechanism available for those who wish to submit complaints against the DAA; if not, whether his Department would consider establishing such a mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7224/24]

Airport Policy

Holly Cairns

173. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport what engagement he has had with residents affected by severe noise pollution as a result of flight paths in north County Dublin; what measures his Department is taking to assist these communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7225/24]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

335. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the ratification on the pay restoration proposals for section 39 workers agreed in the WRC last November; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7220/24]

Vaccination Programme

Holly Cairns

336. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health whether there are plans within his Department for an expansion of the Laura Brennan HPV catch-up vaccination programme; and if so, to provide details of when this service will be available. [7223/24]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

146. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the rationale for the removal of complex needs as a factor for the allocation of special education teaching hours; if she is aware that many children with complex needs do not sit standardised tests, and so are not represented in the results of standardised literacy and numeracy test scores in a school; if she will consider reinstating complex needs as a factor for allocating SET hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6826/24]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

147. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the reason there are no grounds for appeal for schools with students with additional needs under the new model for allocating special education teaching hours; what avenues schools with pupils who are not receiving the educational supports they are entitled to can take in order to address these issues; and if she will consider reinstating a comprehensive appeals process for SET hours. [6827/24]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

148. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the number of schools which have been allocated SET hours; and the number of schools which appealed their allocation; by county, from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [6828/24]

Rental Sector

Holly Cairns

206. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the practice of county councils increasing differential rent rates of those who are in receipt of disability allowance due to the €13 increase in the flat rate; and whether, given the increase in cost of living and the documented cost of disability, assessment of disability allowance under means testing for differential rent rates can be reviewed. [6994/24]

Health Services

Holly Cairns

321. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if the protocol for treatment of patients following a miscarriage can be reviewed in order to facilitate privacy or separate areas for scans or check-ups, as being treated in a room alongside pregnant people can be incredibly distressing to those who have experienced miscarriage. [6993/24]

Commissions of Investigation

Holly Cairns

134. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to provide details on the investigation into the leak of the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, including the time period in which it was conducted, the amount and grade of staff members assigned to the investigation and the budget allocated for the investigation. [6573/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Holly Cairns

546. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the estimated date for the opening of applications for the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes, and the amount and grade of staff allocated to administering the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6574/24]

Middle East

Holly Cairns

133. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if his Department will engage with the family of the person in Ireland in order to ensure safe passage out of Gaza. [5938/24]

Visa Applications

Holly Cairns

250. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice when a visa application by a person (details supplied) will be finalised; if all efforts will be made to process this visa as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5931/24]

Family Reunification

Holly Cairns

251. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of visa applications for family reunification for immediate family members of Irish citizens that have not yet been decided upon; the number of weeks each application has been awaiting a decision; the business target for these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5937/24]

Middle East

Holly Cairns

22. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has met with or received any correspondence from representatives of South Africa in regards to their case against Israel in the International Court of Justice; and if so, if he would provide details of the correspondence. [5589/24]

Driver Test

Holly Cairns

93. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the current wait times for driving theory tests and driving tests in each test centre; and the number of people currently booked in for each in each test centre, in tabular form. [5590/24]

Bus Éireann

Holly Cairns

94. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he would consider eliminating or reducing the €10 charge for taking bicycles on Bus Éireann buses or if the charge could be dropped on off-peak hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5600/24]

School Accommodation

Holly Cairns

211. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school (details supplied). [5591/24]

Schools Building Projects

Holly Cairns

212. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the development of schools (details supplied). [5596/24]

International Protection

Holly Cairns

377. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the rationale used by her Department for categorising a country as a “safe country” in relation to international protection applications. [5592/24]

International Protection

Holly Cairns

378. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the reasoning for categorising Algeria as a “safe country” in relation to international protection applications; what has changed in Algeria to result in this change in status; and what human rights reports her Department used to reach this decision. [5593/24]

International Protection

Holly Cairns

379. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice how many other EU countries categorise Algeria as a “safe country” in relation to international protection applications. [5594/24]

Hospital Facilities

Holly Cairns

562. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide detail on the planned closure of 16 beds across two units in Clonakilty Community Hospital in order to facilitate the opening of a new unit; whether concerns have been raised with the HSE by unions in regards to safe staffing levels in the hospital as a result of the new unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5595/24]

Hospital Facilities

Holly Cairns

563. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health whether an increase in the number of community beds in Bandon Hospital could be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5597/24]