Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Special Educational Needs

Duncan Smith

163. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education how long waiting lists are for ASD units in Kinsealy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6863/24]

Special Educational Needs

Duncan Smith

164. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education how many active applications there are for ASD units in Swords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6864/24]

Special Educational Needs

Duncan Smith

165. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education how many active applications there are for ASD units in Portmarnock; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6865/24]

Special Educational Needs

Duncan Smith

166. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education how many active applications there are for ASD units in Malahide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6866/24]

Special Educational Needs

Duncan Smith

167. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education how many active applications there are for ASD units in Donabate/Portrane; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6867/24]

Special Educational Needs

Duncan Smith

168. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education how many active applications there are for ASD units in Kinsealy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6868/24]

Special Educational Needs

Duncan Smith

169. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education what plans she has to improve the provision of ASD units in schools in Dublin Fingal east, and countrywide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6869/24]

Middle East

Duncan Smith

143. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who is in possession of an Irish residence permit and is trapped in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6409/24]

Bus Services

Duncan Smith

213. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus drivers that have left the service, including retirees, in each county since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6489/24]

Taxi Licences

Duncan Smith

214. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the number of taxi drivers who have left the service, by month, since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6490/24]

Rail Network

Duncan Smith

215. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the number of train drivers who have left the service since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6491/24]

Pension Provisions

Duncan Smith

236. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if the annual pension double payment is subject to tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6422/24]

Pension Provisions

Duncan Smith

237. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if there are any proposals to treat the annual pension double payment as a non-taxable payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6423/24]

State Pensions

Duncan Smith

236. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for the old age pension (contributory) by a person (details supplied) has been processed and awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5902/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Duncan Smith

237. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is in receipt of an old age pension (contributory) and is now aged 67 years, but who continued in employment, which is now about to cease, is entitled to receive a redundancy payment, in such circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5903/24]

Disabilities Assessments

Duncan Smith

292. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update following the commitment by the Minister of State at the Department of Health to cover assessments of needs for children with disabilities due to the continued delay of the six planned regional assessment teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5991/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Duncan Smith

301. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health whether any or all of the 80+ recommendations made in the report of the Covid-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel published in August 2020 have been accepted; the progress made in implementing any of the recommendations to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5845/24]

Departmental Data

Duncan Smith

306. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the total number of stepdown beds available in County Longford. [5852/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

307. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in respiratory medicine based at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in the years of 2021, 2022 and 2023 in tabular form. [5853/24]

Primary Care Centres

Duncan Smith

308. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to refurbish Raheny Health Centre, Dublin 5; and the current services being provided at this health centre. [5854/24]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Duncan Smith

309. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the current repair times in place for wheelchair users when repairs are required to their wheelchairs in the Limerick City area; and the recommended and average timeframe for repairs to take place at present. [5855/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

310. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant radiologist based in Portiuncula Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [5856/24]

Mental Health Services

Duncan Smith

311. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the locations outside of Dublin where inpatient peri-natal mental health units are located, in tabular form. [5857/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

312. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic registrars at Tallaght University Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [5858/24]

Hospital Procedures

Duncan Smith

313. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of chest x-rays carried out at Louth County Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5859/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

314. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists working in Wexford General Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [5860/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

315. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists working in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, in the years of 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [5861/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

316. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of national and international health recruitment fairs staff from CHI Temple Street were in attendance to seek to recruit additional nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, etc. in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the number of recruitment fairs where staff were present the number of jobs offered per fair. [5862/24]

Care Services

Duncan Smith

317. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Kerry who have requested additional home care hours; and the average waiting times for receiving additional care. [5863/24]

Departmental Data

Duncan Smith

318. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who visited the neurofibromatosis clinic at CHI Tallaght in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5864/24]

Hospital Services

Duncan Smith

319. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the capital investment and refurbishment by the HSE at St Joseph's Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal in each of the years 2020 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5865/24]

Hospital Services

Duncan Smith

320. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the chronic disease management hub in Ennis in respect of services currently provided; and the roll-out of additional services and staffing details of the hub. [5866/24]

Hospital Staff

Duncan Smith

321. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in intensive care at St. James's Hospital, Dublin in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5867/24]

Health Services

Duncan Smith

324. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have availed of emergency contraception under the free contraception scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5878/24]

Airport Policy

Duncan Smith

90. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of installing noise reflecting ridges in Dublin airport to combat aircraft noise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5545/24]

Medicinal Products

Duncan Smith

480. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the current shortage in the medicine victoza; what measures are being taken to address this shortage; what alternative medicine can be prescribed to people due to this shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4979/24]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

496. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if HSE members currently on a career break are not able to return to work due to the HSE recruitment embargo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5083/24]

Community Care

Duncan Smith

498. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health for an update on the Cashel community nursing unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5088/24]

Rail Network

Duncan Smith

177. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport how many DART carriages have been ordered over the past three years; how many have been ordered to date for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4738/24]

Rail Network

Duncan Smith

178. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport how many train carriages have been ordered over the past three years; how many have been ordered to date for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4739/24]

Rail Network

Duncan Smith

179. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport what the previously announced €300 million earmarked for the Luas in September 2023 will be used for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4740/24]

Bus Services

Duncan Smith

186. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport to prioritise the delivery of the Bus Connects local routes services in Portrane and Donabate given the census figures from 2022 on bus travel are concerning (details supplied) in regard to our climate targets of reducing carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 by improving public transport travel and reducing car journeys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4849/24]

Special Educational Needs

Duncan Smith

252. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education to provide special classes for children with additional needs in a school (details supplied) as these are urgently required to meet the local education requirements of pupils with autism or learning disabilities who currently have to travel to St. Margaret 's and beyond for their education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4742/24]

Schools Amalgamation

Duncan Smith

253. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education his Department's policy with regard to requests from parents who wish to have their single-sex primary schools amalgamated into fully gender-integrated schools; to outline the procedure for processing such a request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4743/24]

EU Regulations

Duncan Smith

355. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the way in which Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 on infant formula and follow-on formula is policed and enforced in the State; whether offences are committed in the event of its breach or other sanctions apply; his views on whether retailers breach the regulation by including formula among items covered by a loyalty or voucher or discount scheme that applies to most other goods sold in a store; if so, the basis of that understanding; to outline any correspondence with the EU Commission on the interpretation of Article 10 (2) of the regulation as it applies to general supermarket discount or voucher schemes that are not aimed at promoting the sale of formula in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4748/24]

Health Services

Duncan Smith

165. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health how long someone referred to the National Gender Service today would be expected to wait for their first assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4422/24]

Health Services

Duncan Smith

166. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health why the National Gender Service chose not to close its waiting list in 2023, as was discussed in late 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4423/24]

Health Services

Duncan Smith

167. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health how many trans patient support and advocacy organisations such as (details supplied) the National Gender Service met with in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4424/24]

Health Services

Duncan Smith

168. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health how the National Gender Service defines the term gender affirming care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4425/24]

Special Educational Needs

Duncan Smith

279. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the reason SNAs with ten years of experience (details supplied) in private pre-schools are unable to apply for incremental credits, particularly when those who have worked in community pre-schools are eligible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4050/24]