2494. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the current number of dentists working in the school dental scheme in Longford and Westmeath; the progress being made to improve the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33296/24]
2236. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when clinical placement co-ordinators for nursing and midwifery will be given parity with clinical nurse manager grade 2 by giving them a long service increment and one other scale point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32067/24]
2203. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the HSE has reduced the amount to be reimbursed to people who have cataracts removed under the cross-Border scheme from €1,928 to €863 which is causing a problem for low income and elderly people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31866/24]
2098. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the reason the reimbursement amount for cataract surgery under the cross-border treatment scheme has been reduced from €1,928 to €863; the person who made the direction that the amount be reduced; if the reimbursement amounts will be restored to previous levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31567/24]
2097. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the plans to provide a new day care centre at Abbeyleix hospital, including timelines for construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31566/24]
2096. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists now providing services under the dental treatment services scheme; the progress being made to improve the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31565/24]
2095. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists working in the school dental scheme in Laois and Offaly; the progress being made to improve the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31564/24]
1600. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice the progress made on the provision of a domestic violence refuge in Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33297/24]
1490. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice the progress made on the provision of domestic violence refuges in Laois and Offaly; when work will begin on the proposed Laois refuge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31568/24]
273. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport if he will reinstate funding to the proposed new bypass route, as planned and previously agreed, without delay, on the N52 between the N4 intersection at Kilbeggan to the Tullamore bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33298/24]
211. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the review of the age for driving buses under the school transport scheme and to have the upper age limit of 70 years increased upwards. [31867/24]
769. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 374 of 18 June 2024, to provide an update on Graiguecullen health centre and the restoration of services that were available pre-Covid such as eye tests, speech and language, mental health services and community welfare officer visitations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29673/24]
199. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if an employer has to facilitate the tax rebate scheme for those who purchase yearly tickets for commuting to work; and in cases in which the employer refuses to facilitate this, the options that are open to the employee. [28932/24]
446. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health to detail all staff based in the special care baby unit at a hospital (details supplied) in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28060/24]
393. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when physiotherapy services will be reinstated in Graiguecullen, County Laois, as the nearest health centre providing these services is Mountmellick, which is a distance of 50 kilometres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27843/24]
370. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his officials will meet with a group (details supplied) and review the process for discharge of courts to make it easier for people to transition to the decision support group. [27936/24]
350. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the research carried out to ascertain the reason there has been a drop from four licensed equine slaughter plants in Ireland which killed 24,000 horses a year to just one licensed slaughter plant, killing less than 2,000 horses a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28059/24]
349. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to preclude any person with a conviction for animal cruelty from operating a business with animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28058/24]
348. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list the membership of all boards related to the equine industry that receive State funding, including details of board members who are members of multiple boards; the length of their tenures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28057/24]
246. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reduction in revenue generated by TV licence sales that is, new, renewal and standing order between June 2022 and June 2023, and July 2023 to June 2024, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28091/24]
190. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a breakdown of all spending to date by the OPW on the National Children’s Science Centre; and the expected final cost of the project. [28056/24]
187. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the Government Department that will have responsibility for covering all costs related to the construction and running of the proposed National Children’s Science Centre [28055/24]
202. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice if attendees at naturalisation ceremonies to become Irish citizens can be provided with immediate proof that they are now Irish citizens in order for them to update their new status with their employers, and so on (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27685/24]
392. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health in respect of multidisciplinary meetings at St. James Hospital, if it is the normal procedure to inform patients by letter if their cancer cannot be treated and need palliative care; the protocols that are in place to prevent this reoccurring. [26856/24]
391. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health in relation to the decisions of the multidisciplinary meetings at St. James’s Hospital, under gastro-intestinal conference the number of patients over 70 and 80 years, respectively who were advised that radiotherapy or chemotherapy is not suitable in each of the years from 2018 to date. [26853/24]
390. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of patients over 70 and over 80 years, respectively who are deemed by the St. James’s Hospital multidisciplinary meetings consensus decisions and the conference on gastro-intestinal as unfit due to age to proceed with clinical treatment in the early stages of cancer that is, stage 1 and stage 2 in the years 2018 to date. [26852/24]
388. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if minutes are taken at the multidisciplinary meetings at St. James Hospital; if those minutes are published; and is there a record of attendees. [26844/24]
375. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health to detail where residents of County Laois can avail of ear, nose and throat appointments, being mindful of the fact that a local resident was informed by the HSE that the closest hospital available for a consultation is Belfast Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26230/24]
374. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on Graiguecullen health centre and the restoration of services there that were available pre-Covid, such as physiotherapy, eye tests, speech and language, mental health services and community welfare officer visitations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26229/24]
265. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review the current calendar-based system for the spreading of slurry in light of changing weather patterns and spells of very intense rainfall associated with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26165/24]
264. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current timeline for the processing of applications for tree felling; the measures being implemented to shorten that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26164/24]
58. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport to outline any additional funding given to Offaly County Council from central Government for strengthening of roads that are transversing peatlands in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [25659/24]
57. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport the total allocation from central Government/Departments and TII for roads in County Offaly for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 in tabular form. [25657/24]
683. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when the nurses who worked during Covid with frontline community intervention teams and with CareDoc (Section 39) will receive the €1,000 Covid pandemic bonus. [24644/24]
534. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will put in place a temporary arrangement to allow prison officers who reach the age of 60 years prior to the pending legislation to extend the mandatory retirement to 62 years to continue working, similar to the arrangement put in place recently for fire fighters. [24836/24]
253. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when colposcopy testing will resume in Portlaoise Hospital, given that women who need this procedure in the midlands have to travel to either Galway or Dublin. [24502/24]
92. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is considering the upper limit of €30,000 for housing adaptation grants, and €8,000 for housing aid for the elderly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23749/24]
89. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of grants under the vacant and derelict homes scheme that were approved in the State in the first quarter of this year; the number that were in Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23748/24]
6. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total funding allocated to tourism agencies for the years 2019 to 2023; and of this, the total spend on tourism in counties Laois and Offaly, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24027/24]
59. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education the number of pupils in Laois who have been assessed as requiring a place in an ASD unit at secondary school level; where new classes will be provided in September in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23738/24]
52. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education the number of children in Laois who have been assessed as requiring a place in an ASD unit at primary school level; where new classes will be provided in September in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23737/24]
112. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Health and Safety Authority on-site inspections carried out in 2024, in tabular form, by month and sector, with the non-compliance rate and reasons for non-compliance included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22902/24]
85. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Workplace Relations Commission on-site inspections carried out in 2024, in tabular form, by month and sector, with compliance rate and reasons for non-compliance included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22903/24]
20. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details on new builds for student accommodation, the number of units, and the timeline for their completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22905/24]
15. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total available student accommodation in or adjacent to schools or colleges; to detail the projected student accommodation shortfall for the coming academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22904/24]
123. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport if there is a bilateral agreement between Ireland and Australia covering all categories of HGV licences (details supplied). [22182/24]
125. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if eye specialist services currently centralised to Athlone will be reinstated in Portlaoise, and if funding is available to locate a service in County Laois. [21954/24]
676. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health his Department’s position on the embargo on recruitment to the health service, specifically the situation where positions for nursing staff are vacant and persons are on panels at various hospitals. [18972/24]
622. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if the practice of the provision of online medical certificates is approved by the HSE and his Department; and if so, how a person can be judged as being fit or unfit for work without actually carrying out a medical examination. [18745/24]
621. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if the providers of online medical certificates including fit to return to work certificates, unfit for work, pre-employment medical certificates and prescriptions are approved by his Department. [18744/24]