Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

503. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 28 March 2023, the actions that are being taken now to ensure capacity for the next school year in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16696/23]

Disability Diagnoses

Réada Cronin

1197. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what appeals process is open to a patient when their symptoms are attributed solely to a diagnosis of ASD, to the automatic exclusion of consideration of other causes of illness or disease with similar symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16666/23]

Disability Services

Réada Cronin

1425. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all HSE psychiatrists are operating on the basis that patients with an ASD diagnosis will be given a timely assessment and treatment of another disorder or disease, their reported symptoms not being automatically attributed, and limited solely, to their ASD diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16665/23]

Child and Family Agency

Réada Cronin

48. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans his Department has to instruct local authorities on using their sensitivity and discretion on any reporting of families to Tusla if the lifting of the eviction ban comes into force, with outstanding parents affected already being hugely concerned for the welfare of their children, with the added stress of fearing a report being made on a procedural basis, simply due to a prospective inability to find suitable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14645/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

117. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education what action she intends to take to address the anomaly whereby children can miss out on a school bus place as they are deemed to be travelling to schools that are not their nearest, despite their parents having no choice but to send them further afield due to lack of provision of school places locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15603/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

118. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will publish the details of all the actions it is undertaking to ensure sufficient numbers of school buses and drivers on the school transport scheme for the coming academic year, so that children are not left behind as is the case in north Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15604/23]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

124. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the development of the proposed new school at Millerstown-Kilcock; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15672/23]

Probate Applications

Réada Cronin

326. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will liaise with the Minister for Justice to make the probate system as fast and efficient as possible, given the number of properties removed from availability to tenants or purchasers by delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15414/23]

Housing Schemes

Réada Cronin

327. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline and publish the additional funds that have been designated for local authorities for tenants in-situ purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15415/23]

Education Policy

Réada Cronin

352. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if proper school services (details supplied) for adults and children will be provided on-site at a facility, given the lack of school-places and access to GPs, mental-health services and dental services locally; if his Department will publish the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15293/23]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

353. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will address the cyclical delay in making known special needs assistant allocations, such delay having a deleterious impact on the working life and planning capacity of highly-committed, talented and expert SNAs who give so much to the school system beyond their paid hours and given the critical impact SNAs have on the education and lives of children with special needs; if her Department will look at ways of making their roles and working lives more secure, especially as they age, having made a huge contribution through the years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14636/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

357. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department can outline what the "agreed selection process" is for allocating the concessionary tickets when a school-bus route is oversubscribed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14646/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

358. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education what plans are in place to address capacity of vehicles and personnel on school-bus routes for the coming academic year, with special reference to North Kildare which has been so badly affected in lack of places, resulting in serious difficulties for families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14647/23]

International Protection

Réada Cronin

500. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department will facilitate Deputies in Kildare North to visit and examine the proposed site and facilities at Kill Equestrian Centre in advance of its opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14808/23]

International Protection

Réada Cronin

527. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost per person per night of the accommodation, food and so on to be provided at a facility (details supplied); if he will outline that same cost vis-à-vis that of a hotel setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15294/23]

International Protection

Réada Cronin

528. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that the ventilation systems proposed for the facilities at a location (details supplied) are at the required EU level of safety, particularly given the pandemic of Covid-19 is, according to the WHO, still ongoing, with the virus travelling practically unchecked around the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15296/23]

International Protection

Réada Cronin

529. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that the accommodation at a facility (details supplied) is suitable for families and their particular need for privacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15297/23]

International Protection

Réada Cronin

530. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when adequate cooking facilities will be available at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15298/23]

Probate Applications

Réada Cronin

598. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if his Department will move to make the probate system as fast and efficient as possible, given the number of properties removed from availability for rental or purchase by probate delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15416/23]

Ukraine War

Réada Cronin

723. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the proposed facilities at a facility (details supplied) are suitable for traumatised people fleeing war and the additional trauma of fathers or husbands fighting on the front lines and long, hazardous journeys; if his Department will publish the expert advice sought and received on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15295/23]

Pension Provisions

Réada Cronin

193. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the information his office was provided with after 24 February 2023 that advised him contrary to the fact that the CIÉ superannuation scheme 1951 is in significant surplus; who supplied that information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14570/23]

Housing Provision

Réada Cronin

457. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of modular homes that have been and are being ordered for each county in the State, given the dearth of social and affordable housing, the worsening housing crisis and the lifting of eviction ban; the number of suitable sites that have been identified for same; the total cost to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13246/23]

Rental Sector

Réada Cronin

458. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans that are in place to accommodate tenants who will be forced to leave their properties once the eviction ban is lifted, given the dearth of properties available to rent and the severe lack of social and affordable properties available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13247/23]

Housing Provision

Réada Cronin

460. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how much land has been identified for modular housing in north Kildare; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13259/23]

School Staff

Réada Cronin

612. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department can examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12401/23]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

646. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if children (details supplied) can be catered for in the provision of school bus tickets as per her last budget announcement as happened for children in Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12727/23]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

672. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will assist a child (details supplied) with their school situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12984/23]

School Equipment

Réada Cronin

735. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of HEPA filters that have been installed in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13398/23]

School Equipment

Réada Cronin

736. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if every classroom now has HEPA filtration installed; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13399/23]