Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Special Educational Needs

Martin Browne

381. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education if a student (details supplied) who is in need of access to a local ASD class will be facilitated as a priority given the student's age; if the psychology report which recommends access to an ASD unit will oblige schools in the area for which an application has been made to accept the student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10254/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Martin Browne

590. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the 90 locations where a capital programme to replace, upgrade and refurbish care facilities (details supplied) is to be undertaken; the nature of the works involved; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9741/23]

Special Educational Needs

Martin Browne

222. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education the number of new ASD classrooms for County Tipperary, and their locations. [9299/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Martin Browne

113. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is committed to continuing with the development of a new community nursing unit on the site of St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary; to provide details of the work carried out to date and the work that is scheduled to take place; the plans for the residents that were transferred from St, Patricks to Our Lady’s under a three agreement in 2020; if there are plans to extend this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7719/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Martin Browne

146. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 304 of 26 January 2023, if the planned development of a community nursing unit at St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel will host 60 beds or 50 beds; the progress that has been made in the design stage for the project since the pandemic interrupted work on this project in March 2020; if the work of the design team has resumed since that interruption; to provide the details of that progress; the funding that has been made available or approved for the project to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7718/23]

Insurance Coverage

Martin Browne

232. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the adequacy of the Report on Insurance and Fire Safety in Thatched Properties in addressing the immediate insurance concerns of thatched property owners; his views on the omission from the report of any consultation with the insurance industry; if he has considered the introduction or any measures such as grant assistance to ensure that the owners of such buildings can be assisted in maintaining these for the purpures of their own domestic and business concerns as well as to ensure their survival from a social and historical perspective; if he intends on pursuing any other avenues to address the issues owners of these properties having getting affordable insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7836/23]

Student Accommodation

Martin Browne

63. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on student accommodation projects at advanced stages of planning that remain undeveloped due to a lack of agreement on Government support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6950/23]

Third Level Education

Martin Browne

70. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps being taken to deliver an increased provision of healthcare education, given the recent recognition by the Minister for Health that we need to approximately double the number of healthcare professionals we are training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6949/23]

Medicinal Products

Martin Browne

557. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the process for pregnant women suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum to access cariban under the redress scheme. [6527/23]

Medicinal Products

Martin Browne

558. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that requiring a consultant prescription for pregnant women suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum to access cariban effectively limits the reimbursement scheme to those women with private healthcare given the vast majority of pregnant women in the public system do not see their consultant. [6528/23]

Medicinal Products

Martin Browne

559. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in full the instructions given to consultants and midwives on the prescription of Cariban. [6529/23]

Medicinal Products

Martin Browne

561. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of cariban prescriptions that have been processed through the drugs payment scheme to date. [6531/23]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Martin Browne

228. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the increase in class sizes in a school (details supplied). [5934/23]

An Garda Síochána

Martin Browne

324. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Justice if his Department has received further contact from the Garda College, Templemore regarding public access to the swimming pool; and if he sought an update on the issue since his visit to Templemore on 13 January 2023. [5935/23]

Agriculture Supports

Martin Browne

431. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if research is being carried out on increasing the production of sheep milk in Ireland; his views on whether Ireland has a potential market to expand into, given that some EU member states, which have traditionally been the largest sheep milk producers, are witnessing a reduction in their ability to produce sheep milk; if he has any plans to assist in expanding Ireland’s production of sheep milk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5512/23]

Agriculture Supports

Martin Browne

432. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has plans to request a detailed analysis from Teagasc regarding the potential for Ireland to increase its sheep milk production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5513/23]

Eating Disorders

Martin Browne

239. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the claims made on the HSE website in which it is outlined that the national clinical programme for eating disorders focusses on four main eating disorders, including avoidant restrictive food intake disorder; if his attention has been drawn to reports that a number of children with this condition cannot receive the services they need; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that, despite reference on the website to a national clinical lead, some children with ARFID are without a clinical lead; if he will outline the services that are available and accessible to children with ARFID, including those children with autism, in each CHO; the services available for children in CHOs where such services are not available; the access routes available to families and children in CHOs where such services and clinical leads or experienced professionals are not available; if he will consider requesting that the HSE website be amended to reflect the deficit of services and the way that any services that may be available can be accessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4963/23]

Mental Health Services

Martin Browne

300. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide waiting list figures for CAMHS services in CHO 3 and CHO5; the number of children waiting 0-3, 3-6, 6-12 months, and over 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5173/23]

Eating Disorders

Martin Browne

301. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the reason that fully-operational specialist eating disorder teams are not available in CHO3 and CHO5; if he will provide data on the staffing of each of the teams nationally, including staffing vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5174/23]

Health Services Staff

Martin Browne

302. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time psychiatrists allocated to CAMHS in each CHO; and the number of vacancies that exist in these positions in each CHO. [5175/23]

Health Services Staff

Martin Browne

303. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all CAMHS teams that are operational on a seven-days-a-week basis; and the availability of staff in each discipline. [5176/23]

Mental Health Services

Martin Browne

304. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the suitability of the environments provided to cater for crisis mental health presentations to the emergency department at Tipperary University Hospital; if it provides the privacy needed to cater for multiple patients at one time; if he has plans to invest in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5177/23]

Forestry Sector

Martin Browne

798. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is planned to publish the forestry licensing plan for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4746/23]

Forestry Sector

Martin Browne

799. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons that in 2022 Coillte secured 110% of the target number of felling licences that was specified in the Forestry Licensing Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4747/23]

Forestry Sector

Martin Browne

800. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the private felling category of the Forestry Licensing Plan 2022 only achieved 88% of its target number of felling licences issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4748/23]

Forestry Sector

Martin Browne

801. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the afforestation licence category of the Forestry Licensing Plan 2022 only achieved 68% of its target number of licences issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4749/23]

Forestry Sector

Martin Browne

802. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is not accepting any forest grant applications as of 1 January 2023, if it is also not issuing any grant approvals from the same date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4750/23]

Men's Sheds

Martin Browne

811. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to reports that stand-alone men's sheds, including those not in resource centres, are excluded from the men’s shed sustainability grant if they received funding from a separate grant source in 2022; and the plans she has to address this issue and ensure that all sheds can avail of this fund equally. [4362/23]

Hospital Facilities

Martin Browne

304. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to develop a proposed 60-bed unit planned for St. Patrick’s Hospital Cashel; the reasons for its delay; if he will provide an update on plans to progress the development going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3791/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Martin Browne

116. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that data is not available for the average wait times for additional needs' payments; and her views on whether having this data would better inform the Government of any potential issues with the system. [3436/23]

Disability Services

Martin Browne

514. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent positions allocated to Clonmel CDNT; the number of the positions that are vacant; the number of children attached to the team as of 31 December 2022. [2825/23]

Housing Policy

Martin Browne

229. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to change the bands for social housing to better reflect the reality of the housing market (details supplied). [2502/23]

General Practitioner Services

Martin Browne

309. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he has plans in place to ensure non-medical card patients are not left without a GP when their GP retires (details supplied). [2501/23]

Ambulance Service

Martin Browne

317. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the resources that will be made available to implement the new protocol that would allow the National Ambulance Service to bring certain patients to the medical assessment unit, Nenagh; the needs that he foresees Nenagh as needing to address this new demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2532/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Martin Browne

318. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to address the backlog caused by the cancellation of inpatient and outpatient appointments in the UL Hospitals Group as a result of reductions in scheduled care following the declaration of a major internal incident at University Hospital Limerick on 2 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2533/23]

Legislative Programme

Martin Browne

37. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021, which was last debated in Dáil Éireann in June 2021; and if he plans to progress this Bill in the lifetime of the Government. [1537/23]

Bus Services

Martin Browne

252. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Transport if there are any plans to provide a bus route between Cashel and Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if so, the timeline for the introduction of this route. [1539/23]

Commemorative Events

Martin Browne

428. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will issue an apology to the families of persons (details supplied). [63221/22]

Rental Sector

Martin Browne

474. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has any plans to take action against landlords issuing eviction notices in violation of the eviction ban. [63484/22]

Rental Sector

Martin Browne

475. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a mass eviction of the residents at a location (details supplied). [63485/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Martin Browne

557. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no available emergency accommodation for families in County Tipperary; and his plans to ensure that persons are not forced to sleep on the street as a result of the lack of emergency accommodation. [1610/23]

Emergency Accommodation

Martin Browne

558. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if additional funding will be made available to local authorities to provide emergency accommodation to prevent persons from being forced to sleep in tents. [1611/23]

School Transport

Martin Browne

725. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 22 November 2022, if her office has liaised with the family in question regarding the remote area grant. [63824/22]

School Transport

Martin Browne

760. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 7 December 2022, the basis of the decision to deem two pupils (details supplied) as ineligible for school transport due to their location of residence.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1340/23]

Irish Sign Language

Martin Browne

1181. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if there are adequate numbers of Irish sign language interpreters to provide services for persons with hearing difficulties in hospital; the process involved in securing an Irish sign language interpreter for inpatients and outpatients; the way that such interpreters are sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63276/22]

Disability Services

Martin Browne

1353. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays in CDNT appointments in County Tipperary due to staffing issues; if his Department has plans in place to resolve these issues and to recruit more staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63906/22]

Emergency Departments

Martin Browne

1429. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the role that Nenagh Hospital can play in meeting the demand for emergency department treatment given the record number of presentations to UHL recently. [1237/23]

General Practitioner Services

Martin Browne

1430. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the measures that he is taking and intends to take to enable Shannondoc to meet the demand for its services as witnessed over the Christmas period; the measures that he is taking to ensure that it is accessible in a timely manner, enabling it to take pressure off UHL’s emergency department; his views on the issues that people have experienced recently when trying to contact Shannondoc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1238/23]

Medicinal Products

Martin Browne

1510. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the provision of free medication for women suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum (details supplied). [1538/23]

Eating Disorders

Martin Browne

1671. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 508 of 15 November 2022, if he finds it acceptable that the advice contained within the reply was incorrect (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2114/23]