703. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of ambulances that have encountered flat tyres being forced out of commission for significant blocks of time due to the significant distance that contracted repair crews are travelling to reach the emergency vehicles; is he aware of reports that an ambulance whilst on an emergency call out in Cooley, County Louth encountered a flat tyre and was decommissioned for a significant part of the day as the contracted repair crew had to travel from County Kildare to provide the assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13042/22]
669. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the homecare needs of persons with dementia to allow them to remain in their home considering the impact transition to care facilities can have on such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12947/22]
559. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if a commitment will be made to a full national review of pay and conditions for staff in women and children's refuges across the country given refuge staff are currently aligned to the HSE social care scales as recommended in the Murphy report 2008, but this is not reflected in the budgetary process and staff have not had a pay rise or increase of increment in 12 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12667/22]
545. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health his position with regard to the business case submission by an organisation (details supplied) seeking investment for additional staff and capital investment to expand its services and increase its clinical facilities; if a commitment to fully support the business case will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12620/22]
496. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding children in south County Louth having to travel to Northern Ireland for HPV vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12422/22]
471. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the indicative timeline for the commencement of the plan to exempt rental income from the fair deal nursing home scheme which will increase the supply of available properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12331/22]
447. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice if a program will be put in place to provide additional educational programmes to services that deal with the complexities of domestic violence including the Court Services and An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12643/22]
395. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans and strategies to assist refuge services to expand their outreach and counselling services and create additional safe spaces to meet with clients who are in many cases very vulnerable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12664/22]
394. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a commitment will be made to a full national review of pay and conditions for staff in women and children's refuges across the country given refuge staff are currently aligned to the HSE social care scales as recommended in the Murphy report 2008, but this is not reflected in the budgetary process and staff have not had a pay rise or increase of increment in 12 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12659/22]
393. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently review the need of a centre (details supplied) to expand its childcare services to cater for the wide range of children entering its services; if he will fund a feasibility study or community consultation on the need of the provision and the identification of potential premises and spaces in the adjoining area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12655/22]
392. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the business case which his Department submitted to Tusla in 2021 to ensure optimum cover and support for women and children seeking supports given the ongoing and very significant pressures on services at the Drogheda women’s and children’s refuge centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12653/22]
381. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of their difficulties securing childcare which is being replicated across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12322/22]
304. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will arrange for the appropriate official to contact a person (details supplied) in respect of urgent diabetes supplies required in the Ukraine crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13028/22]
208. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance if potential measures are being examined to protect and or reduce the financial burden of increasing petrol and diesel prices, in particular for those that have no alternative in rural areas in which public transport and cycling infrastructure is not available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12991/22]
130. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if correspondence from a person (details supplied) has been received; if a response will issue in advance of the ceremony of remembrance on 20 March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12468/22]
102. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on the advice and support services that the Higher Education Authority is providing to Dundalk Institute of Technology in order to progress technological university status designation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12675/22]
92. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures that are being taken to educate and inform students across the third-level sector on the damage domestic violence and harassment can cause within further and higher education institutions and in wider society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12674/22]
253. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance if he will urgently review the case for a business (details supplied) in respect of its employment wage subsidy scheme eligibility given that the company is facing closure following the latest eligibility decision that was in contrary to their earlier acceptance on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12307/22]
141. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on discussions or plans that have taken place since meetings (details supplied) in relation to the key strategic Urban Regeneration and Development Fund Port Access Northern Cross Route project for Drogheda; and his views on the matter. [11799/22]
107. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport the status of discussions or plans that have taken place further to his meeting with this Deputy on 7 December 2021 regarding a key strategic road infrastructure project for Drogheda; and his views on the matter. [11802/22]
99. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport the status of the steps that he has taken to ensure that residents of apartments and duplexes can access electric vehicle schemes and install electric vehicle chargers to proactively encourage transition to such vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9325/22]
91. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will request an update from OPW officials in relation to the expected timeline for the removal of fencing located in the Old Abbey in Drogheda (details supplied); the details of plans to address the conditional issues which led to the installation of the fencing; if he will provide other information that he may have in relation to this historic section of town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11865/22]
60. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport the projected timelines for the next stage of the Ardee bypass; the targeted timelines for commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11891/22]
377. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a plan (details supplied) to regenerate Westgate, Drogheda through the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund; the expected dates for progression of the project to a category an application and any other relevant details following the appointment of consultants and subsequent public consultation on the plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11556/22]
277. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the future use planned for St. Laurence’s Gate, Drogheda in view of his recent visit to Drogheda and constructive engagement on the matter; if costings and feasibility reports have been completed in respect of opening the landmark for public tours and so on to further encourage tourism into the town centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11558/22]
255. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance if he will respond to concerns raised by the Irish League of Credit Unions (detail supplied) in respect of their priorities going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11152/22]
163. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will intervene to ensure that residents in multi-occupancy units and full-time residents in mobile home parks will be in a position to apply for the electricity rebate in cases in which they pay landlords and operators and have individual private meters in their own right but do not have an account in their own right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11140/22]
388. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 678 of 8 February 2022, the actions taken by HIQA in each such designated centre for older people and in each designated centre for people with disabilities on foot of the allegations of sexual abuse which were made; the changes that were made in each such centre to prevent further sexual abuse; the sanctions that were imposed on the six institutions that did not report the allegations to An Garda Síochána to state the position regarding the obligation on these centres for the mandatory reporting of such allegations which HIQA did; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10704/22]
355. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10611/22]
318. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address and respond to concerns raised in correspondence by an organisation (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10589/22]
294. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education if she will provide the secondary school zoning maps that highlight the catchment areas for students progressing from primary to post primary schools in County Louth and east County Meath in order to review current catchment zones; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10552/22]
186. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the level of engagement he and his Department have had with local authorities in relation to widespread breaches of the Air Pollution Act 1987; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10648/22]
178. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps being taken by him and his Department towards the implementation of new domestic solid fuel standards following his announcement on 7 September 2021; if a detailed timeline for implementation will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10548/22]
163. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the proposed establishment of dedicated resources within regional lead authorities to provide co-ordination, expertise and advice to support consistent enforcement of the new air quality regulations across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9326/22]
63. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if Foras na Gaeilge, which operates on a North-South funding mechanism, will be impacted by the recent uncertainty of the Northern Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10373/22]
9. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of applications that were submitted for sports capital grants in County Louth for the latest round of funding; the total number that were awarded funding; the way the funding that has been set aside for the sports capital programme appeals process will be implemented; the expected timeline for the appeals process to last; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10372/22]
100. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the latest work relating to the Media Commission recruitment drive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10289/22]
827. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 678 of 8 February 2022, if HIQA has taken action in relation to the residential nursing homes or designated residential disability centres that did not report the six situations of alleged sexual abuse allegations to An Garda Síochána which subsequently HIQA did report to An Garda Síochána; the nature and outcome of such actions by HIQA with each individual home or centre; if mandatory reporting will be introduced for such incidents in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9822/22]
823. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will report on his and his Departments discussions with an association (details supplied) in respect of the provision of appropriate dental services for medical card holders; the date he will next meet with the association; the way he will address the urgent crisis in counties Louth and Meath in which over two thirds of registered dentists have left the general medical service scheme since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9808/22]
820. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a full update on the implementation to date of the National Cancer Strategy Implementation Report since its publication on 5 May 2021; the way he plans to reduce the overall cost to persons being treated for cancer in cases in which they do not have private health insurance or medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9789/22]
670. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if any complaints or concerns which were received by line management of the HSE from staff working in the private nursing home sector since the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic in relation to neglect, institutional, emotional, physical, sexual or financial abuse of residents in those homes, defining abuse as set out in the HSE's 2014 adult safeguarding policy; the number of said concerns that were subsequently referred to HIQA and-or An Garda Síochána by the HSE, broken down according to whom the concerns and complaints were reported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9104/22]
669. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the number of social work investigations, reviews, NIRP reports, independent reviews or other investigative processes that have been completed and or underway and or scheduled within the HSE Older Persons Services Department since 2015 by type of concern and process of review or investigation used; the details relating to HSE funded services in which the processes were initiated following reports and or concerns related to physical, sexual, emotional, financial or institutional abuse or neglect of adult residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9102/22]
626. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice if there ever been a prosecution of a person under the Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons Act 2012 (details supplied); if so, if she will provide statistical information relating to the cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9107/22]
625. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice the number of files related to allegations of sexual, physical, psychological, financial, institutional abuse or neglect of residents living in nursing homes or disabilities centres which have been received by Office of Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, since 2015; the number of files which resulted in a decision to prosecute by type of crime; the number of subsequent successful prosecutions which resulted from a decision to prosecute by type of crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9106/22]
542. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans for persons who face mandatory retirement and wish to continue working past their 65th birthday, which will benefit the State through tax take and allow persons in negative financial situations to continue to earn valuable income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9536/22]
431. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education the progress that has been made with a project (details supplied); if the tender documentation has been returned; when the next stage of planning is expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9212/22]
362. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress that has been made in respect of the future funding and Government commitments to co-develop the Narrow Water Bridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9587/22]
111. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice the work to support An Garda Síochána in preventing and combatting crime perpetrated against older persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8540/22]
105. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice her plans to progress the strategy to combat domestic violence across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8539/22]
73. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the work to support volunteering and the provision of volunteer centres for each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8478/22]