Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

435. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of new emergency places provided to persons with a disability to date in 2018, by CHO in tabular form. [50887/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

436. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of new home supports for emergency cases by CHO to date in 2018, in tabular form. [50888/18]

Respite Care Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

437. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of in-home respite supports for emergency cases by CHO to date in 2018, in tabular form. [50889/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

438. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have moved on from a congregated setting to date in 2018, by CHO, in tabular form. [50890/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

439. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability in receipt of services (details supplied) by CHO to date in 2018, in tabular form. [50891/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

440. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of rehabilitation training by CHO to date in 2018, in tabular form. [50892/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

441. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability in receipt of other day services (details supplied) by CHO to date in 2018, in tabular form. [50893/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

442. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of day-only respite sessions accessed by persons with a disability by CHO to date in 2018, in tabular form. [50894/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

443. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of overnights with or without day respite accessed by persons with a disability to date in 2018, by CHO area in tabular form [50895/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

444. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability (details supplied) in receipt of respite services to date in 2018, by CHO area in tabular form [50896/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

445. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant service hours delivered to adults with a physical and-or sensory disability to date in 2018, by CHO area in tabular form. [50897/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

446. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of adults with a physical and-or sensory disability in receipt of a personal assistant service to date in 2018, by CHO area in tabular form. [50898/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

447. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of home support hours delivered to persons with a disability to date in 2018, by CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50899/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

448. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability (details supplied) in receipt of home support services to date in 2018, by CHO area in tabular form [50900/18]

Respite Care Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

449. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of 12 dedicated respite houses nationally, announced on 12 December 2017; the specific locations of each; the number of persons that can be accommodated in each at a given time; the estimated number of respite nights each house will provide annually; the capital and acquisition costs of each; the estimated annual running costs of each; the number of whole-time equivalent staff to be employed in each; if each house is now operational; and if not, when each will commence providing services in tabular form [50902/18]

Disabilities Assessments

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

450. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 at the end of November 2018 or the latest date available by LHO in tabular form. [50903/18]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

451. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list; and the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, by LHO in tabular form. [50904/18]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

452. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy initial assessment waiting list; and the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, by LHO in tabular form. [50905/18]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

453. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy further treatment waiting list; and the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, by LHO in tabular form. [50906/18]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

454. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list; the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and the numbers waiting aged under four, five to 17, 18 to 64 and more than 65 years of age, respectively, by category and by LHO in tabular form. [50907/18]

Transport Policy

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

584. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been allocated for the Castletownbere transportation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50396/18]

Seniors Alert Scheme

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

630. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the groups providing personal alarms through the seniors alert scheme in west County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50884/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

366. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the specific contracts available to staff employed by the child and adolescent mental health services in south west County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48971/18]

Mental Health Services Funding

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

387. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the reason section 39 funding was denied to a facility (details supplied); the reason it was only informed of this in October 2018 when decisions were to be made available in March; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47849/18]

Transport Policy

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

230. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Castletownbere transportation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46155/18]

Election Management System

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

301. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which he has progressed the accessibility of voting and voter information for persons with disabilities. [46364/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

546. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the specific contracts available to staff employed via the child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44828/18]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

586. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health when the implementation plan for the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy will be published; if the HSE submitted the plan to his office in June 2018; and the reason for the delay in publishing it in view of the fact that he originally committed to publish the plan by June 2017. [45047/18]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

587. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the dedicated funding that will be available in 2019 to support the development of neuro-rehabilitation services. [45048/18]

Hospitals Funding

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

588. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the dedicated funding that will be available in 2019 to address waiting times at the National Rehabilitation Hospital. [45049/18]

Educational Supports

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

151. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills if 19 speech and language therapists and 12 occupational therapists have been specifically recruited by the HSE since May 2018 to work in a pilot project to bring specialised therapists into schools and preschools; and if not, the number of each specifically recruited for the projects. [44045/18]

HSE Staff Recruitment

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

83. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for recruiting the additional therapists announced in budget 2019. [43560/18]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

49. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals he will make for improving working conditions for special needs assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42511/18]

Garda Deployment

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

27. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in south-west County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42403/18]

Healthcare Policy

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

351. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the annual funding provided by his Department to the EU, healthcare innovation in the State, innovation hubs and healthcare projects innovating new products in Ireland in each of the years 2013 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41760/18]

HSE Agency Staff Expenditure

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

474. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred employing agency nurses to date in 2017; and the fee paid to recruitment agencies to hire staff in the HSE. [42325/18]

Physiotherapy Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

506. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list; and the number waiting less than four months, four to 12 months and more than 12 months, respectively, in tabular form. [42480/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

507. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of children's disability network teams in each local health office area in tabular form. [42481/18]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

300. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made to reduce waiting times of circa 17 weeks for women participating in smear tests in circumstances in which they have been advised of abnormalities and have had issues with tests previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40954/18]

Nursing Staff Recruitment

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

161. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited to date in 2017 across all sectors of the health service; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this recruitment. [40564/18]

Speech and Language Therapy Staff

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

162. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited to date in 2018; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute or disability services; and the net increase in speech and language therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [40565/18]

Occupational Therapy Staff

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

163. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists newly recruited to date in 2018; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is primary care, acute or disability services; and the net increase in occupational therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [40566/18]

HSE Staff Recruitment

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

164. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited to date in 2018; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute or disability services; and the net increase in physiotherapists numbers resulting from this recruitment. [40567/18]

Speech and Language Therapy Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

165. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2016 and 2017, in tabular form. [40568/18]

Occupational Therapy Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

166. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2016 and 2017, in tabular form. [40569/18]

Physiotherapy Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

167. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2016 and 2017, in tabular form. [40570/18]

Housing Adaptation Grant Funding

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

17. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to increase the housing adaptation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38949/18]

Irish Sign Language

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

66. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the action her Department is taking to enhance Irish Sign Language services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38861/18]

Respite Care Services

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

321. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of 12 dedicated respite houses nationally announced on 12 December 2017; the specific locations of each; the number of persons that can be accommodated in each; the estimated number of respite nights that each house will provide in a full calendar year; the capital and acquisition costs of each; the estimated annual running costs of each; the number of whole-time equivalent staff to be employed in each; if each house is operational; and if not, when each will commence providing services, in tabular form. [38610/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

322. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 at the end of August 2018 or latest date available by each local health office area, in tabular form. [38611/18]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

323. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list; and the number waiting less than four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, by each local health area, in tabular form. [38612/18]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

324. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list; and the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, by each local health area, in tabular form. [38613/18]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

325. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy further treatment waiting list; and the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, by each local health area, in tabular form. [38614/18]

Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

326. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list; the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and the number waiting aged 0 to four, five to 17, 18 to 64 and over 65 years of age, respectively, by each category, by local health area, in tabular form. [38615/18]

Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

327. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy treatment waiting list; the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and the number waiting aged 0 to four, five to 17, 18 to 64 and over 65 years of age, respectively, by each category, by each local health office area, in tabular form. [38616/18]

Organic Farming

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

388. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures which can be put in place to ensure organic farming remains competitive and worthwhile in circumstances in which current prices for organically-reared cattle are similar to those for non-organic cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38499/18]

Sign Language and Deaf Services

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

509. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the extension of the hours of a service (details supplied) to evenings and weekends; the number of additional hours provided for both evenings and weekends to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38868/18]

Sign Language and Deaf Services

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

510. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the additional resources provided in 2018 for a charity (details supplied); and the increase in the number of trained sign language and deaf interpreters resulting from such additional resources. [38869/18]

Sign Language and Deaf Services

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

511. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the provision of a quality assurance and registration scheme for sign language and deaf interpreters. [38870/18]

Adult Education Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

234. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the adult education level-five nursing studies course that was run by a school (details supplied) has been discontinued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37726/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

396. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the types of contracts that are offered to child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, staff members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37066/18]

Mental Health Services Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

403. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the facilities available for persons presenting at the centre for mental healthcare and recovery at Bantry General Hospital, specifically consultation rooms and treatment rooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37093/18]

Mental Health Services Staff

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

404. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of community mental health nurses in place for adults in west County Cork; the number of nurses in place for children and adolescents in need of mental health services in west County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37094/18]

Mental Health Services Staff

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

406. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health if there is a dietitian in situ in the centre for mental healthcare and recovery at Bantry General Hospital for persons presenting with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37096/18]

Health Care Infrastructure Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

425. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health when funding will be made available for the endoscopy and rehabilitation and stroke units in Bantry General Hospital in circumstances in which both projects have been approved by the Health Service Executive's capital projects committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37167/18]

Fishing Industry Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

589. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total tonnage and value of Irish, European, shellfish and fish farm landings for Castletownbere and the Beara Peninsula in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37160/18]

Offshore Exploration Licences

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

609. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of a licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37088/18]

Offshore Exploration Licences

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

610. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the drilling being carried out in the Porcupine Basin by a company (details supplied) relates to oil as per the licence or a well; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37089/18]

Seaweed Harvesting Licences

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

774. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to put a deadline on the registering of traditional seaweed harvesting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37090/18]

Public Procurement Regulations

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

198. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual turnover a construction company needs to have in order to tender via the e-tender system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35731/18]

Disabilities Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

212. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a fall of some 10% in the numbers of vision impaired or blind persons going on to higher education; and if so, the steps he is taking to establish the cause of this decrease and to rectify the situation in view of the 84% unemployment rate among those that are vision impaired or blind. [30311/18]

Disability Services Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

411. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of 12 dedicated respite houses announced on 12 December 2017 (details supplied). [30127/18]

Disability Services Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

415. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the CHOs that have established a residents’ council, family forum, service user panel or equivalent for disability services. [30153/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

416. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with a disability being provided by CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30154/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

417. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of new emergency places provided to persons with a disability to date in 2018 by CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30155/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

418. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of new home supports for emergency cases to date in 2018 by CHO area in tabular form. [30156/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

419. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of in-home respite supports for emergency cases to date in 2018 by CHO area in tabular form. [30157/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

420. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons moved on from a congregated setting to date in 2018 by CHO area in tabular form. [30158/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

421. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability, that is, ID, autism and physical and sensory disability, in receipt of work or work-like activity services by CHO area in tabular form. [30159/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

422. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability in receipt of rehabilitation training to date in 2018 by CHO area in tabular form. [30160/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

423. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability, that is, ID, autism and physical and sensory disability, in receipt of other day services excluding rehabilitation training and work or work-like activities to date in 2018 by CHO area in tabular form. [30161/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

424. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of day only respite sessions accessed by persons with a disability to date in 2018 by CHO area in tabular form. [30162/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

425. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of overnights with or without day respite accessed by persons with a disability to date in 2018 by CHO area in tabular form. [30163/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

426. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability, that is, ID, autism and physical and sensory disability, in receipt of respite services by CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30164/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

427. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of PA service hours delivered to adults with a physical and or sensory disability to date in 2018 by CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30165/18]

Disability Services Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

428. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of adults with a physical and or sensory disability in receipt of a PA service to date in 2018 by CHO area in tabular form. [30166/18]

Home Help Service Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

429. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of home support hours delivered to persons with a disability to date in 2018 by CHO area in tabular form [30167/18]

Home Help Service Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

430. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability, that is, ID, autism and physical and sensory disability in receipt of home support services to date in 2018 by CHO area in tabular form. [30168/18]

Disability Services Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

431. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health when the task force on personalised budgets will report. [30169/18]

Disability Diagnoses

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

432. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 at the end of June 2018 or latest date available by local health office area in tabular form. [30170/18]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

433. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list by local health area; and the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively in tabular form. [30171/18]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

434. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list in each local health office area; and the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively in tabular form [30172/18]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

435. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy further treatment waiting list in each local health office area; and the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively in tabular form. [30173/18]

Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

436. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list in each local health office area; the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and the number waiting aged 0 to four, five to 17, 18 to 64 and 65 or more years of age in each category in tabular form. [30174/18]

Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

437. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy treatment waiting list in each local health office area; the numbers waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and the numbers waiting aged 0 to four, five to 17, 18 to 64 and 65 or more years of age, respectively in each category in tabular form. [30175/18]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

61. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the recommendations of the recent review by the National Council for Special Education of the special needs assistant scheme will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29325/18]

Information and Communications Technology

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

154. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be sourced to undertake a large-scale project to examine the benefits of cloud-based virtual desktop infrastructure in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28917/18]

Hospital Staff

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

315. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the specific investment planned in 2019 to target understaffing in the neurology centres of counties Limerick, Waterford and Sligo in which the number of consultant neurologists continues to be less than the three required at minimum to provide a safe and effective level of service. [28957/18]

Nursing Staff Recruitment

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

316. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated for the recruitment of a clinical nurse specialist in multiple sclerosis at University Hospital Limerick; and when recruitment will commence. [28958/18]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

317. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health when he will receive the implementation plan for the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy from the HSE; and the timeframe for the publication of the plan. [28959/18]