1567. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if due will be given to the revisiting of details around practice placement context and clinical supervision, as per the key recommendations set out in a submission made by an organisation (details supplied) to CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56893/23]
1566. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if due consideration will be given to revisiting of details around direct observation of clinical practice within training, as per the key recommendations set out in a submission made by an organisation (details supplied) to CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56892/23]
1565. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if due consideration will be given to the inclusion within the framing of training programmes for psychotherapists of personal psychotherapy/personal psychotherapeutic experience, as per the key recommendations set out in a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56891/23]
1564. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health that due consideration be given to the setting of the threshold level of entry to the register for psychotherapists at level 9 on the NFQ and that additional proficiencies be added as described in a submission (details supplied) to address the higher educational level, clinical supervision as integral to the programme and personal and professional growth and development arising from engagement in personal psychotherapeutic experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56890/23]
1563. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health that due consideration be given to the development of clarity around the nature of the work of psychotherapists, in particular including the differentiation between psychotherapists from counsellors, as per the key recommendations set out in a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56889/23]
1562. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the key recommendations set out in an online submission by an organisation (details supplied) to CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56888/23]
1525. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange for his Department and the HSE to undertake a full assessment of the economic impact of heart failure on patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56636/23]
1524. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will allocate funding for the investment in practical, social and emotional supports in the community for heart failure patients for the purposes of reducing readmissions and improve quality of life for same, given that such community supports currently do not receive any statutory funding and should be recognised as an integral part of heart failure services and included in the HSE'S Model of Care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56635/23]
1523. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that all heart failure patients are eligible for a medical card and to remove prescription charges, in light of the significant financial pressure faced by sufferers and the anxiety caused by a condition that results in the death of over one in three sufferers within five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56633/23]
1522. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will give due consideration to expanding psychological support services to heart failure patients, currently available in only four hospitals in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56632/23]
1521. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if will consider establishing a national heart failure registry to equip planners and healthcare professionals with the necessary information for the purposes of reducing excessive mortality and curtail hospital admission rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56631/23]
1520. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate professional misconduct within CAMHS in a timely manner in order that the trust of parents and children may be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56629/23]
1519. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will review the operation of CAMHS in line with Mental Health Commission recommendations, noting that the current model of care places the onus on a single professional; if he will consider a more multi-disciplinary approach in line with other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56628/23]
1518. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will put in place a standard operating procedure across all CAMHS teams, without exception, ensuring that all children in all areas receive the same high-quality service and that all staff members are following the same referral criteria in order to guarantee the same quality of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56627/23]
1517. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to provide specific data to identify and track how funds allocated to children’s mental health are spent and what the associated outcomes are for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56626/23]
1516. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that expenditure on children’s mental health is made more visible and transparent, including in the annual health budget and via the HSE’s National Service Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56625/23]
1515. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will create a ring-fenced budget for children’s mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56624/23]
1514. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will increase investment in mental health, including children’s mental health, to ensure that the overall annual allocation for mental health is in line with recommendations made by the WHO and under Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56623/23]
1460. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health which recommendations from the 2015 Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children Report on the Cost of Medical Indemnity Insurance have been implemented; the plans for those recommendations which have not been implemented yet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56348/23]
1351. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update in respect of an application (details supplied); when a decision will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56812/23]
1333. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the necessary funding to increase the capacity of early intervention in school aged teams to address issues relating to long waiting lists and inadequate service provision for children with additional educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56656/23]
1332. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide free access to childcare to families in receipt of a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56653/23]
1273. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to ensure that targets are met each month for the coming year across all areas of forestry licencing in the forestry sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1711/24]
1272. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to ensure that the monthly targets in 2024 for private licenses with ecology input, excluding Coillte felling licences, will be reached each month in view that the number of these licences issued each month in 2023 were well below target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1710/24]
1271. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the monthly targets for private licenses with ecology input, excluding Coillte felling licences, were below target across all months in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1709/24]
1270. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to ensure that there is an increase in the overall number of afforestation licences issued for the coming year, in view of the low number of afforestation licenses issued each month for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1708/24]
1247. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking to reduce the timeline for the removal and slaughter of bovine tuberculosis reactors in a herd, given that the timeline in the UK is ten days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1154/24]
1246. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of engagement that has occurred between his Department and meat processing operatives in view that currently only one meat processing operative in the country is taking in and slaughtering bovine tuberculosis reactors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1153/24]
1218. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if due consideration will be given to the inclusion of marginal agricultural sectors in support policies and schemes, given that these sectors are vital to the diversification aims of both Food Vision 2030 and the National Horticultural Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56900/23]
1217. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking with regards to the development of agreed validation protocols between agtech innovators and State agencies and other institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56898/23]
1216. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to ensure that other types of incentive schemes to encourage on farm adoption of technology which helps to reduce emissions is being investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56897/23]
1215. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if due consideration will be given to his Department engaging with stakeholders in the agtech sector in developing a pathway for the inclusion of agtech innovations in TAMS, ACRES and other CAP schemes, and that this pathway would allow for ongoing review of these schemes’ eligibility considerations for new but proven and validated solutions shown to meet the objectives of the schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56896/23]
1214. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to improve on the operational efficiency of the rollout of the new targeted agricultural modernisation schemes, given that delays in the roll-out of tranches and approving of on-farm investments can have financial implications for agtech companies providing the product or service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56895/23]
1213. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider reviewing his Department's recent decision to award ACRES-CP payments to farmers in the scheme in February 2024 instead of December 2023, given that this decision may cause undue financial hardship to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56887/23]
1153. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to ensure the development of community-based local food growing strategies, given strategies such as these have many benefits including physical, mental health and educational gains and to assist in biodiversity and environmental commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1232/24]
1120. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the status of a naturalisation application for Irish citizenship (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be reached, given that it is over 31 months since the application was submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1615/24]
1097. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the current waiting times for an appointment for registration renewal of a GNIB card for those living in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1417/24]
1096. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the current waiting times for an appointment for registration renewal of a GNIB card for those living outside of Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1416/24]
1095. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice what action her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for an appointment for registration renewal of a GNIB card for those living outside Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1415/24]
1094. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice what action her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for an appointment for registration renewal of a GNIB card, given the current waiting time is 16-18 weeks in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1414/24]
1074. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice for a breakdown of the number of seizures of ketamine by gardaí for each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; the estimated street value or worth of those seizures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1098/24]
989. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be received, as this has been pending for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2014/24]
872. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider expanding the child benefit scheme to children over the age of 18 years in school who are in receipt of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56659/23]
871. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing a cost of disability payment in addition to those in receipt of a disability related payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56654/23]
870. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the jobseeker's transition payment to one-parent families in work, training or education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56647/23]
869. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the fuel allowance to recipients of the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56646/23]
868. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider expanding the child benefit scheme to children over the age of 18 years in education experiencing economic disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56643/23]
867. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the household benefits scheme and additional needs payment scheme to heart failure patients, in light of the significant financial pressure faced by sufferers and the anxiety caused by a condition that results in the death of over one in three sufferers within five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56634/23]
810. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what action his Department is taking in conjunction with local authorities to promote the availability and use of allotments and community gardens for future environmental and biodiversity initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1231/24]
809. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what action his Department is taking in conjunction with local authorities to ensure the provision, support and protection of allotments and community gardens, given Ireland has the lowest numbers of allotments and community gardens in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1230/24]