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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 June 2025
1617. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the approval of a vaccine injury compensation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30547/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 June 2025
1408. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if genetic testing is yet available to close relatives of those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in order to detect genetic mutations and aid in early diagnosis and prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29535/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 June 2025
1407. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the status of the Hereditary Cancer Model of Care in Ireland; the funding that has been provided for this initiative and the plans for future funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29534/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 June 2025
682. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) will be able to avail of an appropriate school place this coming September; if she is satisfied that progress is being made to ensure there are enough school places for those with additional needs in the north Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30569/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 May 2025
339. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) with a diagnosis of autism (level 3) has a school place in the local area for the upcoming academic year; if the new special school located temporarily on the grounds of a school will be open for the 2025/2026 academic year; when applications for places for this school will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28407/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 May 2025
315. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to examine the case of employment issues for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28498/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 May 2025
267. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to repeated instances of dumping and fires on lands (details supplied); the measures the Department can take to support Fingal County Council and An Garda Síochána to address and prevent this ongoing problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28492/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 May 2025
223. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school places for September 2025 can be accommodated for two children at a school (details supplied) to which their mother has applied unsuccessfully to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28326/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 May 2025
202. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can clarify the ownership, leasing or rental arrangements currently in place on the shared campus site (details supplied) which hosts a number of school and educational services; if there is any formal agreement between the Department and local organisations regarding the ongoing or future use of this site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28090/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 2025
487. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made to ensure adequate auditory processing disorder assessment capacity within the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22356/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 2025
486. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of multidisciplinary auditory processing disorder services within the CHO 9 Health Service Region in north Dublin; how these services compare with the provision of APD services statewide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22355/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 2025
393. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the case of a child (details supplied) who is seeking supports for autism and an auditory processing disorder, but is encountering significant delays despite being finally accepted onto the local children's disability network team; if assurances can be given that the child will receive appropriate supports locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22357/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
2487. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address the issue of grade inflation when it comes to CAO offers this year; the steps he will take to ensure fairness for students who sat the Leaving Certificate in 2025 and those who sat it in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18553/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
2484. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address the issue of grade inflation when it comes to CAO offers this year; the steps he will take to ensure fairness for students who sat the Leaving Certificate in 2025 and those who sat it in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18553/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
2283. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20079/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1561. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the Stardust redress scheme; if he is satisfied that the families of all 48 victims have been consulted and communicated with adequately in respect of the administration of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19310/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1523. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice if any additional resources have been committed to visa processing over the past twelve months; the plans for further resources to be allocated to visa processing; when we can expect to see improvements in the timelines for processing applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18797/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1522. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice the status of the review into his Department's family reunification policy; when he will publish a revised policy in this area; if he will list the groups and individuals whom he has consulted on this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18796/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1439. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered for qualification for half carer’s allowance. [19911/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1028. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the plan to place a special school on grounds (details supplied) in north Dublin; the findings made by the Department’s technical team who visited the school; the engagement the technical team has had with the school management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20744/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
824. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education what is being done to ensure the provision of appropriate numbers of primary school places for children with autism in the Coolock and Darndale area; if she can provide any guidance to assure that a child (details supplied) will have an appropriate place in a local school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18996/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
678. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of the National Catchment-based Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme for the Dublin City Council administrative area; the current timelines for the delivery of the projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20746/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
677. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the status of flood defence and relief plans in Clontarf;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20745/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 April 2025
161. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to allow those who have been made redundant since the beginning of 2025 to avail of the jobseeker's pay-related benefit scheme rather than just those made redundant since 31 March 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17653/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 April 2025
135. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will consider the inclusion of a club (details supplied) on the list for the large scale sport infrastructure fund; if the club is included on the reserve list; the other grants or schemes that would be available to the club to renovate and modernise an old Catholic church which it has recently purchased for use as a clubhouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17652/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 April 2025
228. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he had with authorities in Germany regarding the deportation of two Irish citizens [details supplied] in relation to their attendance at pro-Palestine protests despite those citizens not having been found guilty of any crime; if the Minister has liaised with the two Irish citizens or their representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17127/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 2025
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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 2025
340. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a fair deal scheme application for a person (details supplied); if she is aware that this delay resulted in the expiration of the ten weeks of approved transitional care funding, resulting in this applicant’s family receiving a bill for over €12,000 in costs thus far; if the Minister will ensure this fair deal scheme application is processed urgently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16272/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 2025
115. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a place in a designated special school will be secured for a person for September 2025 for (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16000/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 March 2025
379. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if maternity hospitals are now routinely checking for the condition vasa praevia during the 20 week fetal scan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14712/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 March 2025
224. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with the parents of a child (details supplied) who has additional needs but has been unable to secure an appropriate place in a secondary school for this coming September, despite extensive engagement with the National Council for Special Education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14710/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 March 2025
167. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that CIÉ pensioners have had no increase in their pensions since 2008; if he intends to engage with CIÉ or the CIÉ active retirement group on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14664/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 March 2025
1601. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce wait times for blood testing appointments at Beaumont Hospital; if it is possible to provide auxiliary capacity to reduce the waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11211/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 March 2025
942. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the remediation scheme for fire safety defects in apartments and duplexes; when homeowners who already paid a fire remediation levy in respect of repairs to their own homes and complexes will see their remediation costs refunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12262/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 March 2025
762. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education to ensure that a child (details supplied) has a place in an autism class or special school as soon as possible as recommended by their local children’s disability network team; the provisions being made to ensure children in the Balgriffin and Belmayne area of north Dublin will have access to a special school in the near future; when additional autism classes or a special school will open; the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12676/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 March 2025
686. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education when the commitment in the Programme for Government that an independent assessment on the feasibility of removing the exclusion of drivers aged over 70 from the school transport scheme is expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11824/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 March 2025
650. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education the status of a new school building (details supplied); the status of the appointment of a multi-disciplinary design team; the timeline for the overall project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11565/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 March 2025
255. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to detail any instances in the past twenty years of a UN peacekeeping mission in which Ireland was to partake, being blocked or not proceeding due to a vote, or the use of a veto, at the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12308/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 March 2025
132. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the correspondence or discussions he has had with representatives of the Republic of Lithuania in relation to that country’s formal withdrawal from the Convention on Cluster Munitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12479/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 March 2025
131. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the suspension of economic sanctions by the European Union on Syria is appropriate given the latest instances of appalling violence being carried out by Syrian government security forces and affiliated militias against men, women and children of minority communities in western Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12304/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 March 2025
326. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice the number of Community Gardaí assigned to the DMR north district, per year from 2015 to date in 2025; and the breakdown of these Gardaí by station within the DMR north area, in tabular form. [10305/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 March 2025
711. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the status of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; what secondary legislation or amending legislation is required for the Act to take effect in its fullest form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9536/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 March 2025
578. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether any exemptions on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides were issued in 2024; what measures the Department are taking to ensure the EU ban on neonicotinoid pesticides is complied with across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9537/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 March 2025
377. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education the action she will take to ensure a student (details supplied) can secure a place in a local special school; the alternative provisions that can be made temporarily for this child who has to date been unable to secure a place in any local special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9347/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 March 2025
280. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if a review into the restriction on drivers aged over 70 from operating school transport is planned; if he has engaged with Bus Éireann in relation to easing this restriction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9714/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2025
253. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to sanctioning and funding an SLD reading classes in the Artane area of north Dublin; the steps that are being taken to ensure children with severe dyslexia are being accommodated in north Dublin; if, given the increased demand for places in SLD classes, she will sanction additional funding for a temporary solution to ensure no child in this area is left without a place in an SLD reading class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8955/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2025
161. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the increases in pension payments that have been approved or are pending for former An Post employees; if he is satisfied that these increases are appropriate in view of the cost-of-living crisis and recent rates of inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8707/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 February 2025
165. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to instances of the practice of schools requiring a non-refundable payment to accompany completed letters of acceptance to secondary schools; if the description of these payments as an ‘administration fee’ or ‘processing fee’ is in keeping with section 64 of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; and the action she will take to end this practice. [8627/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2025
685. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice to clarify the position of sports facilities (details supplied) under new alcohol licence laws contained in the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022; if he intends to streamline the process to make it easier for these facilities to apply for licences to sell alcohol; if he intends to amend the draft legislation to include these stadiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7832/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2025
181. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the impact that US President Trump’s freeze on foreign aid is having on a number of Irish charities; the steps he is taking to ensure that Irish registered charities which are affected by the US decision are able to continue their full operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7182/25]