775. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a patient (details supplied) is urgently afforded access to an appointment with a psychiatrist. [15554/25]
762. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the plans to ensure that medical professionals receive an adequate amount of experience and training with neurodivergent persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15375/25]
761. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the plans to ensure that neurodivergent adults can access public healthcare no matter which county they are from and live in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15374/25]
760. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason there are no publicly funded routes to access diagnostic services in the southeast for autistic and ADHD adults, especially as public diagnostic services are seen elsewhere in the country, and private diagnosis can cost thousands of euro; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15373/25]
737. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current number of vacancies in Waterford mental health services, Waterford CAMHS and University Hospital Waterford department of psychiatry, including the details and durations of each vacancy, in tabular form. [15275/25]
369. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if the timeline for payment of the schools services support fund was changed in 2024, where the second instalment, usually paid in January, is now paid in April; if a circular outlining this change was sent to school principals; if the change is to be permanent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15047/25]
368. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if her Department will expedite the payment of the schools services support fund grant to a school (details supplied) in light of the serious financial pressure it is currently facing. [15046/25]
112. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with rural affairs and community development will meet. [10134/25]
424. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is aware that the town of Dungarvan, County Waterford, has no community centre; his views on whether it is appropriate that a large town such as Dungarvan would be without important community infrastructure of this type; and if he will commit to working across party lines and across Government to address this deficit [4184/25]
95. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to consider providing pilot funding for the Comhar Comaraigh rural social enterprise initiative in County Waterford. [14540/25]
75. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his Department's plan to critically evaluate the outcomes of Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021–2025; and the extent to which this will inform the development of a new policy. [14861/25]
27. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the veterinary and pharmacy courses at SETU. [14633/25]
9. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps his Department is taking to address the challenges faced by young carers and young adult carers pursuing courses at third level. [14632/25]
775. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to examine the case for the reinstatement of medical cards for persons (details supplied). [13773/25]
736. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health why a transgender man and his wife are being treated as a same-sex couple for the purpose of fertility treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13604/25]
1969. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he can provide an update on the future of the Dormant Accounts Fund; the plans in place to support those projects and programmes currently funded by the dormant accounts when the funding finishes; what discussions he has had on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12399/25]
1968. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he can provide an update on the reviews of both the SSNO and the community and voluntary pillar funding schemes; when the reviews will be completed and finished; what engagement he has had with the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12398/25]
1437. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she can provide an update on the distribution of the Dormant Account Fund in her Department; the plans in place to support those projects and programmes currently funded by the dormant accounts when the funding finishes; if the funding does cease, whether Departmental existing levels of service funding will cover the projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12400/25]
864. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of serviced sites under the ready-to-build scheme completed by each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11220/25]
863. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of sites under the ready-to-build scheme currently being developed by each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11219/25]
862. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of serviced sites under the ready-to-build scheme that have had applications approved for development by each local authority since 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11218/25]
861. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of serviced sites under the ready-to-build scheme that have had applications received for development by each local authority since 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11217/25]
786. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén dáta a fhoilseoidh Údarás na Gaeltachta na pleananna atá ullmhaithe aige chun tithíocht a chur ar fáil do mhuintir na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [11234/25]
785. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén tacaíochtaí a bheidh i bhfeidhm do mhná/d’fhir tí na Gaeltachta agus fadhbanna ollmhóra anois ag coláistí samhraidh Gaeltachta mná/fir tí a mhealladh chun scoláirí a choimeád; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [11233/25]
784. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an mbeidh maoiniú ar fáil chun Oifigigh Pleanála Teanga a fhostú agus pleananna teanga a chur i bhfeidhm agus coistí stiúrtha agus Oifigigh Pleanála Teanga fós ag fanacht le cinneadh faoin gcéad timthriall seacht mbliana eile de phleananna teanga; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [11232/25]
783. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén amscála atá leagtha síos ag an Roinn chun maoiniú a fhógairt don chéad timthriall seacht mbliana eile de phleananna teanga i ngach limistéar pleanála teanga Gaeltachta i bhfoirm táblaí; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [11231/25]
90. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she is concerned about ongoing delays in approving the application for a Jigsaw youth mental health service in Waterford city; and her views on whether it acceptable that Waterford is the only city in the State, and the south east the only region, without such a service. [10828/25]
71. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health her views on the worry and deep frustration of families and individuals in County Waterford and across rural Ireland about the shortage of GPs and the consequent difficulties being experienced by many patients accessing timely GP care, especially in rural communities. [10113/25]
25. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil imní air mar gheall ar an easpa Oifig Poist i nGaeltacht na nDéise le nach mór bliain anuas – an tseirbhís stáit deireanach a bhí ar fáil sa cheantair Gaeltachta seo, an oibreoidh sé le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta chun scéim dá chuid a athrú nó a leathnú ionas gur féidir tacú le saincheadúnaí an tseirbhís a chur ar fáil, nó an gcuirfidh sé scéim nua ar bun é féin chun seirbhís Oifig Poist a athbhunú i nGaeltacht na nDéise. [10110/25]
9. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad atá á dhéanamh chun dul i ngleic leis an ngéarchéim thithíochta sna ceantair Ghaeltachta. [10111/25]
58. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if he is aware of the situation faced by parents and children in Dungarvan and west Waterford whereby 22 children have been placed on a waiting list for the local special school; if he understands the anxiety, anger and anguish of the parents of these children; if the Government will commit to drastically expanding special school capacity in west Waterford, which also caters to children from east Cork and south Tipperary; and if he will work across party lines and across Government to find appropriate spaces for these 22 children in time for September. [4185/25]
701. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total value of payments under ACRES that are currently delayed; the number of individual farmers impacted by delayed payments; when the delays first began; the plans he has in place to address these delays and ensure farmers get their payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7259/25]
157. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that the town of Dungarvan, County Waterford, has no family resource centre; her views on whether it is appropriate that a large town such as Dungarvan would be without important community infrastructure of this type; and if she will commit to working across party lines and across Government to address this deficit. [4184/25]
391. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plan to develop a successor to the Strategy for the Community and Voluntary Sector 2019-2024, and to resourcing that strategy to deliver on commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6960/25]
390. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will reverse the cuts in funding for the social inclusion and community activation programme, which took effect during the years of economic austerity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6958/25]
389. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will detail his Department's various capital funding schemes, including the total of each fund in 2025, in tabular form; the timeline for applications (calls and deadlines); the general focus of each scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6957/25]
388. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to list all the agencies and other bodies under his aegis for which he has responsibility for appointing board members or directors; and to provide the current board vacancies for each, in tabular form. [6956/25]
387. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to list all the agencies and other bodies under his aegis; and to detail the total budget, or part thereof, funded by the Exchequer in 2024 for each, in tabular form. [6955/25]
386. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to reconfigure his Department; the timeline for completion of this reconfiguration; the title of this Department, if he will provide an organisation chart for the reconfigured Department, to include name and contact details for the senior official in each section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6954/25]
355. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an initial appointment with child and adolescent mental health services in CHO5, broken down by county and by year of current referral, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6953/25]
354. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health liaison nurse positions attached to University Hospital Waterford; the number of these positions that are currently vacant; the duration since each current vacancy has occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6952/25]
353. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurse positions that currently pertain to Waterford; the number of positions that are currently vacant; the duration each current vacancy has occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6951/25]
352. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the total number of positions comprising the mental health team at Dungarvan Community Hospital; the number of these positions that are currently vacant; the duration each current vacancy has occurred, by position and number of vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6950/25]
351. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current status of the psychiatry position at Dungarvan Community Hospital; if a vacancy occurs at present; the total period of time from 1 January 2024 to date that the position has been vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6949/25]
252. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans he and his Department have in place to address the capacity issues affective storage of priceless historic artefacts and archives, including the risk that current rental storage space will soon no longer be available; the engagement he has had with the National Archives, National Museum of Ireland, and other bodies in relation to this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6981/25]
251. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided by his Government to each local authority under the fire service capital programme, for each year from 2014 to 2024, in tabular form. [6979/25]
250. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications made by each local authority under the fire service capital programme for each year from 2014 to 2024, in tabular form. [6978/25]
249. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the applications received by his Department from Waterford City and County Council for social, affordable and cost rental housing developments in each year since 2019, providing the year of application, type and quantity of each proposed development, current status, and where appropriate year of final approval by his Department, in tabular form. [6977/25]
226. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has received the Interim Report of the Advisory Committee on Restitution and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage; if not, when he expects to receive this report; if he will publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6980/25]