49. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to expand the school completion programme, SCP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29679/19]
704. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of school completion programmes operating nationally; the number of staff employed in the scheme on a full-time, part-time and sessional basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29787/19]
703. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of domestic violence refuges and refuge places nationally; her plans to increase provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29785/19]
702. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made in recruiting social workers for Tusla; the number of social workers that left Tusla in the past year; the number recruited in the past year; the number of social workers that left within one year of being recruited; the number of administrative staff recruited in the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29784/19]
701. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of school completion programmes in operation nationally; the number of children availing of such programmes; and the breakdown of such programmes by county in tabular form. [29783/19]
700. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of families waiting on the appointment of a fostering link worker by region in tabular form; and the average length of time such families have been on a waiting list. [29782/19]
699. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children waiting on the appointment of a social worker by region in tabular form; and the average length of time such children have been on a waiting list. [29781/19]
698. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of link workers employed by Tusla by region in tabular form. [29780/19]
697. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers employed by Tusla by region in tabular form. [29779/19]
481. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has still not moved into the residential care unit; the reason deadlines have been repeatedly missed; if he will raise the matter with the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29778/19]
276. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children resident in direct provision centres; the length of time such persons have been in direct provision, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29786/19]
665. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of hotels, bed and breakfasts and similar forms of emergency accommodation excluding family hubs in the Dublin City Council area which are used to house homeless families; the location of each; and the number of homeless families housed in each in tabular form. [25343/19]
664. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of homeless hubs in operation in the Dublin City Council area; the location of each hub; the capacity of each hub; and the number of individual units in each hub in tabular form. [25342/19]
128. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the stations at which the 30 new gardaí announced for the Dublin metropolitan north region will be based; when they are expected to be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24401/19]
127. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a number of Deputies (details supplied) were not invited to a meeting on the issue of policing which took place in Coolock Garda station on 4 June 2019; the criteria used for extending invitations to other public representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24400/19]
126. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the community relations unit by rank in the Dublin metropolitan region north to date in 2019. [24398/19]
125. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles attached to the Dublin metropolitan region north in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by division in tabular form. [24397/19]
124. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the drugs unit in the R district of the Dublin metropolitan region north division in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [24395/19]
123. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí based at stations (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24394/19]
53. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if children living in emergency and homeless accommodation will be provided with a travel card to allow them use public transport outside of the school term free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22200/19]
173. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated full year cost if the budget for the Creative Ireland programme was increased by 25%. [22960/19]
165. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of requests received from Dublin City Council seeking funding for the purchase of additional fire appliances to date in 2019; the proportion of those which were approved, pending or refused, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22961/19]
92. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to each community policing unit in the Coolock Garda District as of 20 May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22959/19]
73. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name of the members appointed to the 2018 election observation roster; if all those placed on the roster had sought to be reappointed; if current or past departmental staff members have been appointed to the 2018 roster; the detail of each observer placed by mission since the commencement of the new roster; the costs incurred per placement; the expenses and grants paid for each observer placed; the number of observers with disabilities placed on missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22958/19]
35. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts her Department and others are taking to tackle child poverty; if child specific targets will be met under the national social target for poverty reduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22201/19]
17. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with the progress of the school completion programme; her views on whether there are an adequate number of education welfare officers in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22202/19]
2. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking to ensure safe oversight of child access in situations in which a parent has been accused of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22337/19]
166. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the advocacy organisations, survivors groups and stakeholders she has met or plans to meet to discuss draft amendments to revise elements of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21212/19]
111. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation at a centre (details supplied) in which there is a vacancy for a speech and language therapist since January 2019 and that children are unable to avail of speech and language and occupational therapy due to the staff shortages; if positions will be filled as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21214/19]
61. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 8 May 2019, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that initial building work is already complete and that the schools in question have been open since 10 April 2019; when he expects the addition of special classes on the site to be completed; the contact he has had with stakeholders on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21213/19]
1425. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 636 to 641, inclusive, of 12 March 2019, the way in which the pilot scheme from September 2019 providing hot school meals will be undertaken; the criteria used to select the participating schools; the way in which the scheme will be evaluated; when a report will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19003/19]
1424. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 636 to 641, inclusive, of 12 March 2019, the criteria used to determine the way in which the 367 non-DEIS schools participating in the school meals programme were selected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19002/19]
1352. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to appoint a new chairperson of the collaborative forum; the process by which this appointment will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19007/19]
1351. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to consult with the broader survivor community in addition to the collaborative forum membership regarding the recommendation of the report of the collaborative forum to fund a series of memorialisation measures to remember and honour the mothers and children incarcerated in mother and baby homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19006/19]
925. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing the exclusion of nicotine replacement therapy from the drugs payment scheme in a full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19559/19]
924. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health his plans to examine operational structures to provide nicotine replacement therapy without a prescription to GMS patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19558/19]
923. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of making nicotine replacement therapy free of charge to all those enrolled in smoking cessation programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19557/19]
922. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the number of retail outlets registered to sell tobacco with the National Register of Tobacco Retailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19551/19]
783. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health when he will establish a focused working group to develop proposals for a package of health and well-being supports for survivors of mother and baby homes as recommended in the collaborative forum report; the process by which persons will be appointed to this forum; the consultation he will have with survivors and the various representative groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19005/19]
782. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 12 March 2019, his plans to recruit a consultant cardiologist to support the implementation of a heart failure service in the South/Southwest Hospital Group; the costs associated with recruiting for this position; if funding is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19004/19]
600. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the feasibility of introducing a licence system with a minimum annual fee of €500 to be paid by tobacco retailers; the estimated costs associated with developing, maintaining and administering same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19562/19]
290. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the location of an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit in a school (details supplied) and-or another school in accordance with section 8 of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18775/19]
180. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the feasibility of including nicotine patches in the list of medicines which are zero rated for VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19561/19]
179. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the status of actions taken as part of the WHO Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19560/19]
178. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the cigarette production volumes in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the tobacco product tax receipts on fine cut tobacco since 2003, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19556/19]
177. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the estimated time for the tax rate on roll-your-own tobacco to reach equivalence with manufactured cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19555/19]
176. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the timeframe for the publication of the tax strategy papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19554/19]
175. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the estimated increase to roll-your-own tobacco if an annual tax escalator of 10% and the rate of inflation was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19553/19]
174. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the estimated increase to a pack of cigarettes if an annual tax escalator of 5% and the rate of inflation was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19552/19]
209. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting and appointing community nursing staff to allow public health nurses to focus on child health and well-being; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18307/19]