Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

67. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether his Department is developing a financial strategy to deal with the impact of long Covid on society in the medium to long term; if so, the details of same; whether it is earmarking funds for use by the relevant Departments such as the Departments of Health and Education, to assist public servants who contracted Covid in the line of duty (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30796/23]

Defence Forces

Réada Cronin

152. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department will examine an issue in relation to persons working as civilians within the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31168/23]

Air Services

Réada Cronin

171. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if his Department can assess any flight-path changes and frequency of same in aircraft using Dublin Airport, given the new aircraft noise-pollution problems reported by persons in residential areas of north Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31148/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Réada Cronin

267. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine a case (details supplied). [30316/23]

Trade Data

Réada Cronin

79. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of the countries to which alumina refined at Aughinish is exported; the proportion of same to each country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29952/23]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

83. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will move with all alacrity on the matter of a school (details supplied), given the long delays are having a major, negative impact on the school itself, the students attending and the position of An Ghaeilge culturally and linguistically within society and the education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29873/23]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

84. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education whether a school (details supplied) has applied for and been approved-sanctioned for two special needs classes; if so, when this was done; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29888/23]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

85. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) has asked for the DES section dealing with school capital appraisals to assist it; if so, if she will provide a copy of any report issued to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29889/23]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

86. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education whether a school (details supplied) has applied for relevant training, accommodation and IT grants for special classes; if so, when and if these have been approved by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29890/23]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

87. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education whether a section 37A notice has been issued to a school (details supplied); if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29891/23]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

88. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education whether her Department or its agencies have provided any advice on how to deliver classrooms for a school (details supplied) without the need for additional land, given the school is citing the need for additional land to build special needs classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29892/23]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

89. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she can confirm that no building can proceed on land zoned as amenity and the provision of such zoned land will not allow the immediate provision of special needs classes at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29893/23]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

97. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the reasons her Department cannot supply two prefabs for use by a school (details supplied) in time for the new school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30101/23]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

98. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will provide six prefabs on a greenfield site to prevent the temporary split campus involved in a school (details supplied), which is highly inconvenient for parents and extremely difficult for staff to operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30102/23]

Defence Forces

Réada Cronin

69. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is willing to apply the terms of reference provided by the Women of Honour group to the planned statutory inquiry into abuse and bullying in the Defence Forces. [29859/23]

Overseas Development Aid

Réada Cronin

237. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the specifics of how Ireland 'positively influences' the IMF in the context of overseas aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29075/23]

Overseas Development Aid

Réada Cronin

238. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline how Ireland challenges any conditionality in IMF programmes that undermines our own, stated commitment to public services, our own aid programme and those concerning women's rights in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29076/23]

Overseas Development Aid

Réada Cronin

239. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if Ireland will conduct an assessment of the impact of IMF programmes in the context of both gender and human rights; if Ireland will examine whether or how they undermine Irish Overseas Aid objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29077/23]

Office of Public Works

Réada Cronin

278. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is satisfied that the proposed development of the lands immediately surrounding Castletown House will not impact negatively on the structure and its historical, aesthetic, architectural and cultural integrity; if he will publish the expert basis for that satisfaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29679/23]

Office of Public Works

Réada Cronin

279. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reason the State did not purchase the lands adjoining Castletown House; if the purchase was ever a consideration; if so, the reason it was not concluded by and for the State; if he will publish the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29680/23]

Office of Public Works

Réada Cronin

280. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the State has conducted an environmental and wildlife assessment of development of the lands adjoining Castletown House; if so, if he will publish the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29681/23]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

312. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the long-awaited Celbridge schools’ project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29418/23]

Cybersecurity Policy

Réada Cronin

110. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is satisfied that the State is at a proper preparedness level to counteract any possible cyberattacks on the national grid and other essential services by bad actors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22807/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

210. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will examine and act upon the information outlined in correspondence from a person (details supplied), in relation to their experience regarding the nearest available school, to ensure that in this coming academic year, children are guaranteed the bus places they need on the basis of eligibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29007/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

402. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether his Department will commit to extending the SLWP scheme for HCWs and other public servants, who have developed and are seriously debilitated by long-Covid from infection caught in the line of duty, this having a profound impact on their career and financial security, to the degree they are unable to work as normal, or at all, some now depending of walking aids for mobility even at a young age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27379/23]

Departmental Data

Réada Cronin

573. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if all the children awaiting school places in Kilcock have now been accommodated there, such children being the subject of previous Parliamentary Questions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27947/23]

Health Services Staff

Réada Cronin

1069. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to entering into a formal agreement to address the pay disparity of Section 39 organisations; if he will develop a multi-annual, sustainable funding model for voluntary organisations; if he will conduct a review of the out-of-date Health Act (2004) which does not reflect the reality and essential nature of services provided by Section 39; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27895/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

1144. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health his plans to offer financial support for practical home assistance, such as cleaning, to healthcare workers suffering from long-Covid, whose infection was contracted in the line of duty, including where PPE provided and depended on was inadequate, and now are debilitated to the degree they cannot work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27367/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

1145. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health his plans to assist healthcare workers who developed long-Covid from infection contracted in the line of duty, including in situations whereby they lacked sufficient PPE, and who are debilitated to the degree they are no longer able to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27368/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

1148. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health what plans his Department has, and if it is working with the Department of Social Protection, to ensure the SLWP scheme continues for HCWs who contracted Covid in the workplace and are now suffering serious, long-term debility, such debility affecting their career, their financial, psychological and physical health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27378/23]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

190. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will ensure that all classrooms for a school (details supplied) will be on-site and ready for use by August 2023; if an additional classroom and necessary resources will be made available to the school to accommodate the large number of children seeking to attend to prevent the amalgamation of classes, as is currently the case in 2nd and 3rd classes, which is far from optimal educationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26830/23]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

194. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the measures that can be taken to accommodate a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26890/23]

Immigration Status

Réada Cronin

482. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if his Department can expedite the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25613/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

658. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that staff functioning under the aegis of an organisation (details supplied) for essential front-line work done in the pandemic will be awarded the PRSP payment on the same basis as other qualifying cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25654/23]

Departmental Funding

Réada Cronin

791. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the investment that has been made by the Government into student mental-health services over the past three academic years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25657/23]

Care Services

Réada Cronin

441. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current state of Tender 23 home-care considerations, given the criticality of home care, and the many people waiting for it; if he will move with alacrity to end any and all delays to Tender 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23731/23]

Defence Forces

Réada Cronin

9. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department is preparing a plan to assist with the urgent housing of members of the Defence Forces in military accommodation that is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22808/23]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

99. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education how many SENOs are currently working in North Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22674/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

106. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will, in deliberations, give priority to, and thereafter expedite, the urgently-needed second bus in the Rathcoffey-Maynooth educational environs, where at least 50 children are already waiting and left without the necessary service, and where yet more children will be requiring that service in the new academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22675/23]

Departmental Policies

Réada Cronin

204. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline the investment plan in place to build up the State’s air defence capacity; and in the context of war on the eastern borders of the EU; the training and recruitment aspects of any such plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22927/23]

Departmental Policies

Réada Cronin

205. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence why the State does not have a primary radar facility despite the long and now urgent and need for same; if he will commit to providing this at the earliest opportunity given current geopolitics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22929/23]

Departmental Policies

Réada Cronin

206. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether he is liaising with his colleague the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications in communicating with the public the importance of microgeneration schemes to resilience in the case of cyber attack on the energy systems of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22930/23]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

330. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will examine urgently the case of a child (details supplied); if she will provide a suitable school place for them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22713/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

179. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department can guarantee definitively the additional school bus that is so desperately needed in North Kildare vis-à-vis children trying to get to school in the Rathcoffey-Maynooth environs, such need being the source of many Parliamentary Questions and much correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22230/23]

Medicinal Products

Réada Cronin

596. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be urgently examined and the executive's discretion used urgently in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21275/23]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

175. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will urgently address the critical anomaly whereby children in the south east are currently deprived of the in-community palliative, end-of-life care available to children with such needs in the rest of the State (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19810/23]

Health Services

Réada Cronin

176. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will move immediately to ensure that every family requiring end-of-life care for a child at home will be guaranteed that care automatically as outlined in The Model of Care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19811/23]

School Enrolments

Réada Cronin

270. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the urgently awaited news of school places for children in Kilcock; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19285/23]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

271. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education when the BFR for a school (details supplied) will be available, given the long wait for same by the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19286/23]

Housing Provision

Réada Cronin

264. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project tosaigh in Kildare north for each of the years 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18717/23]