Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

431. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of children 0 to 17 years and 11 months old awaiting a therapy identified in their assessment of need service statement by therapy discipline, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10795/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

432. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints that were received under Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005 in relation to a child’s assessment of need for disability services not being carried out within the statutory timeframe each year from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10796/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

433. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of requests for an assessment of need that were made in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10797/22]

Disabilities Assessments

Pauline Tully

434. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the training provided to clinicians to undertake an assessment of need; the percentage of therapy staff employed in children’s disability network teams who have undergone this training and are qualified to undertake an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10798/22]

Disabilities Assessments

Pauline Tully

435. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the cover that is in place for sick leave, maternity leave and paternity leave for therapy staff who carry out an assessment of need as part of a children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10799/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

436. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of administrative support staff employed within each of the children’s disability network teams; his plans to increase the level of administrative support staff employed within children’s disability network teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10800/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

437. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of speech and language therapists within children’s disability services in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10801/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

438. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of physiotherapists within children’s disability services in each of the years from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10802/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

439. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of psychologists within children’s disability services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10803/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

440. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of occupational therapists within children’s disability services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10804/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

441. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of social workers within children’s disability services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10805/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

442. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of nurses specialising in intellectual disability within children’s disability services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10806/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

443. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of psychiatrists within Children’s Disability Services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10807/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

444. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of orthotists and prosthetists within Children’s Disability Services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10808/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

445. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of clinical nutritionists within children’s disability services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10809/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

446. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of public health nurses within children’s disability services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10810/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

447. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of community resource workers within children’s disability services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10811/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

448. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover of audiologists within children’s disability services in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10812/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

449. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees working within children’s disability network teams in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10813/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

450. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if staff working within children’s disability network teams are currently given the opportunity to work additional hours for additional pay on a voluntary basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10814/22]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Pauline Tully

138. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he has taken to raise the situation of the undocumented Irish with the new administration in the United States of America since it came to power; if he will consider appointing an Irish Government representative focussed on dealing with this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10290/22]

Teaching Qualifications

Pauline Tully

150. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education if she will commit to the immediate establishment of an expert review group prior to forthcoming review of the SNA contract to examine the minimum essential qualification for a special needs assistant and issue recommendations; if she will subsequently commit to implementing the expert group recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10356/22]

Social Welfare Code

Pauline Tully

164. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost to the State if the stipend for artists and culture workers recently introduced under the basic income programme for artists and culture workers was disregarded from the means test for disability allowance and carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10262/22]

Social Welfare Code

Pauline Tully

165. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider disregarding the stipend for artists and culture workers recently introduced under the basic income programme for artists and culture workers from the means test for disability allowance and carer’s allowance given the additional cost of disability highlighted in a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10264/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Pauline Tully

166. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will take into consideration the information supplied by a person (details supplied) and review the decision to remove their disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10303/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Pauline Tully

169. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the methods of payment open to persons receiving a disability payment through her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10353/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pauline Tully

210. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if a panel has been set up to examine the categories of workers to receive the Covid-19 frontline bonus payment; and the way in which submissions can be made to this panel. [9903/22]

Hospital Charges

Pauline Tully

243. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders who have been mistakenly billed for a private medical procedure in each of the past five years; the number of medical card holders who were reimbursed after paying for a procedure that was mistakenly billed to them as a private procedure in each of the past five years in tabular form; the actions he is taking to ensure that medical card holders are not mistakenly billed for private medical procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10344/22]

Departmental Bodies

Pauline Tully

244. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the newly established Public Health Reform Expert Advisory Group who have a lived experience of disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10354/22]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

246. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason a respite centre (details supplied) in Listowel has been closed; the timeframe for when this service will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10358/22]

Care of the Elderly

Pauline Tully

249. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the introduction of personal budgets for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10366/22]

Tax Reliefs

Pauline Tully

49. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance the reason that a review of the disabled drivers and passengers scheme which he committed to have completed in 2021 was not completed in this timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9704/22]

Tax Reliefs

Pauline Tully

80. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance if a new disabled drivers medical scheme appeals board has been appointed; if not, the timeframe for when a new board will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9703/22]

Public Transport

Pauline Tully

199. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if the 20% cut in public transport fares announced recently will apply to public service obligation routes which are operated under direct contract between a private operator and the National Transport Authority, rather than via the Rural Transport Programme and LocalLink such as Route 975 Cavan-Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9910/22]

Public Transport

Pauline Tully

200. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if public transport services are obliged to offer reduced rates for return, weekly and monthly journeys to all fare-paying passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9911/22]

Public Transport

Pauline Tully

201. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport his plans to enable the use of Leap card payments on public transport services given the massive reduction in cash usage over the past two years given that this function is not available on LocalLink services and most private operators with contracts with the National Transport Authority in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9912/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Pauline Tully

553. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to recognise fibromyalgia as a condition under which sufferers are entitled to disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9908/22]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

652. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice if a crime can be reported to An Garda Síochána through its disability access officer; if not, the reason therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9909/22]

Hospital Staff

Pauline Tully

847. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of neurology nurse specialists currently working in Sligo University Hospital; if he has plans to increase the number of neurology nurse specialists in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9906/22]

Health Services Staff

Pauline Tully

848. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the number of podiatrists employed by the HSE by CHO area in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the shortfall in podiatrists employed by the HSE by CHO area in tabular form; the number of podiatrist posts planned in Budget 2021; the number of these posts that were not filled; the reason that posts were not filled; the status of his plans to improve podiatry services in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9907/22]

Vacant Properties

Pauline Tully

59. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures that are or will be in place in 2022 supported by schemes operated by her Department or through statutory agencies to assist persons to bring vacant dwellings back to habitable use as living accommodation in rural areas outside of villages and towns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8702/22]

Legislative Measures

Pauline Tully

137. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the status of the Criminal Justice (Hate Crime) Bill 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8703/22]

Housing Policy

Pauline Tully

216. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person is entitled to apply for the local authority home loan if, having been a previous homeowner, they had to sell their house due to a relationship breakdown in which there was no profit made from the sale of the house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8846/22]

Medical Inquiries

Pauline Tully

289. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of the anti-epileptic drug sodium valproate that his Department committed to in November 2020; the timeframe for this inquiry to take place; the position regarding the disability package for persons affected by valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8853/22]

Hospital Procedures

Pauline Tully

168. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme in order to align the rate being charged for procedures undertaken by hospitals in Northern Ireland with the rate paid by the HSE given that this can often be seriously misaligned and can burden patients with large additional costs and act as a disincentive to persons from undergoing necessary procedures; the timeframe for a permanent statutory scheme to be put in place to replace the temporary Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7896/22]

Mental Health Services

Pauline Tully

183. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health the reason that patients presenting to Cavan General Hospital accident and emergency department requesting treatment for mental health issues are being turned away without intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7897/22]

Official Engagements

Pauline Tully

398. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of times he has spoken with the Mexican ambassador to Ireland either in person or virtually in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7675/22]

Regional Development

Pauline Tully

64. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to deliver on the commitment of balanced regional development encompassed within the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6993/22]

Enterprise Support Services

Pauline Tully

84. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans in relation to providing specific supports for disabled entrepreneurs considering the findings of the recently published report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6992/22]

Brexit Supports

Pauline Tully

136. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support primary producers via the Brexit Adjustment Reserve. [7074/22]