1535. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the relevant stakeholders in relation to the recommendation in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice report entitled An Examination of the Present Approach to Sanctions for Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use that 'the practice of cultivation of currently illicit substances at a modest, non-profit level be examined in light of the recommendations, in order to regulate such activity'; if so, the steps that will be taken regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17100/23]
1534. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all trainee psychologists are remunerated for their work carried out as part of compulsory placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17099/23]
1476. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the scheme to publicly fund IVF treatments; when people will be able to apply; the criteria that will be used to determine eligibility; if it will involve means testing; when funding will be made available to support access to advanced AHR treatment via private providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16837/23]
1475. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting times for individuals with rare diseases requiring genetic testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16836/23]
1474. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with a group (details supplied) to improve the diagnosis capacity and treatment of Lyme disease in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16835/23]
1473. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis capacity and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16834/23]
1390. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on the matter that persons currently employed as healthcare assistants with comparable qualifications from another jurisdiction over QQI 5 level will not be required to complete QQI level 5 course for the occupation of healthcare assistant in Ireland, when it comes into operation, to retain their jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16513/23]
1389. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the staffing and locations for the provision of lactation services in each LHO in CHO4. [16512/23]
1388. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of lactation specialist roles and-or public health nurses with a specialisation in lactation that it is planned to establish and fill in each LHO in CHO4 during 2023. [16511/23]
1387. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure pay parity for employees of Section 39 organisations providing healthcare services with comparable workers in the HSE. [16510/23]
1311. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify whether a State body (details supplied) will engage in a public consultation process in the development of a code of conduct concerning the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17953/23]
1310. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he has taken in response to a report (details supplied), including any actions to ensure immediate reforms within the organisation. [17952/23]
1309. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his engagement with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment concerning the provision of grants to employers to facilitate the employment of individuals with a disability. [17951/23]
1308. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the HSE Funding for Transitions to Adult Supports for Autistic People; if he will provide more information about how funds are allocated between different CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17950/23]
1254. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the staffing-to-caseload ratios used to calculate the numbers, types, and scale of therapists and clinicians required for each children's disability network team; how regularly these ratios are reviewed; and what processes are in place to reconfigure services according to local needs. [17504/23]
1249. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the progress made with implementing the white paper on ending direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17371/23]
1242. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that the national childcare scheme payments for afterschool clubs are accessible by children who require less than five days' care; if he will ensure that children who use these services three days a week will not be penalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17261/23]
1240. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in response to the finding in the National Report of Children's Disability Networks Team Staff Census and Workforce Review for 2022 that the total therapy hours provided decreased by 6% in 2022 compared to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17217/23]
1239. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in response to the finding in the National Report of Children's Disability Networks Team Staff Census and Workforce Review for 2022 that there are 707.32 vacancies across the 91 CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17216/23]
1205. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will increase the ECCE capitation to address the operational costs of preschools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16829/23]
1192. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on providing temporary funding assistance to the families of children on waiting lists for children’s disability network teams to get an assessment of need through a regulated and registered private provider. [16509/23]
1191. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline his engagement with the Minister for Transport concerning the operation of the 236A bus route required for young people in Beara, County Cork, to access day services in Bantry, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16508/23]
1190. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure pay parity for employees of Section 39 organisations providing disability services with comparable workers in the HSE. [16507/23]
1176. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the respite services in each LHO of CHO4 for persons with disabilities and their families; the number of respite facilities available; the capacity of each facility to care for individuals who need one-to-one care; the number of people who have used these facilities annually in 2021 and 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16069/23]
1175. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his plans for the development of respite services in each LHO of CHO4 for persons with disabilities and their families, including the increase in staffing levels, the facilities that are planned or where works are underway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16068/23]
1136. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to meet with an organisation (details supplied) concerning issues in the forestry licensing system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17496/23]
1135. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide his response to the issue of only four afforestation licences in March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17495/23]
1126. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide his response to the draft report on co-management of fisheries in the EU and the contribution of the fisheries sector for the implementation of management measures (details supplied), with particular reference to main obstacles to co-management in the Union and possible solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17370/23]
1125. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information from the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System on the number of non-coursing greyhound pups who were born in 2019, 2020 and 2021 who were registered on RCETS but did not race, and a breakdown of what happened to these dogs; the breakdown of the cause of death in the case of the 1,867 dogs listed as dead in 2022; the breakdown of the status (reason for inactivity) of the 8,314 dogs listed as inactive on the RCETS for the years 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17369/23]
1124. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information from the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System on the number of non-coursing greyhounds born in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 who were raced in Ireland; the number of non-coursing greyhounds born in the years 2017 to 2021, inclusive, listed under the category ‘export international’ and the country of destination, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17368/23]
1123. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information from the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System on how many of the non-coursing greyhound pups born in 2020 were registered on the RCETS in 2021; how many of the non-coursing greyhound pups born in 2021 were registered on RCETS in 2021; how many of the non-coursing greyhound pups born in 2021 were entered on RCETS in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17367/23]
1122. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information from the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System on the number of non-coursing dogs entered on the RCETS for each of the years 2021 and 2022; the breakdown of the 35,701 greyhounds entered on RCETS by year of birth, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17366/23]
1112. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that there is sufficient firewood for domestic consumption in the country. [17260/23]
1109. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding provided by his Department to address the viability of a greyhound stadium (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17214/23]
1108. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken in response to recommendation 2.6.4.1. in the report of the seafood task force concerning public marine infrastructure, including the amount spent to date on the development of publicly owned marine infrastructure of the €80 million recommended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17213/23]
1107. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken in response to recommendation 2.5.4.1. in the report of the seafood task force concerning an inshore processing support, including the amount spent to date on the provision to shellfish processing enterprises to support the development of the inshore sector and protect employment within coastal communities of the €10 million recommended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17212/23]
1106. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken in response to recommendation 2.5.3.1. in the report of the seafood task force concerning an inshore marketing initiative, including the amount spent to date on the provision of marketing and promotional support to the inshore fisheries sector of the €2.5 million recommended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17211/23]
1105. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken in response to recommendation 2.5.2.1 in the report of the seafood task force concerning inshore short-term support, including the amount of funding for this scheme sought under the de minimis provision as per Commission Regulation (EU) No 717/2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17210/23]
1104. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken in response to the call in the European Parliament resolution of 7 June 2022 on the implementation of Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy Regulation (2021/2168(INI)) for member states to design allocation systems so as to guarantee simplicity, avoid burdensome bureaucratic processes and, ultimately, allow operators and stakeholders to monitor the allocation criteria and process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17209/23]
1103. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide his response to the conclusions of a report (details supplied) concerning the economic impact of the Irish small-scale fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17208/23]
1102. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the implications of a court case in a European jurisdiction (details supplied) on the allocation of the bluefin tuna quota by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17207/23]
993. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking in response to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice Report on Women's Shelters and Domestic Abuse Refuges' recommendation that "the infrastructure of refuges in Ireland be evaluated and that funding be provided to upgrade refuges in accordance with the standards of the Istanbul Convention. It should be ensured that newly built refuges are all built to comply with these standards". [17508/23]
992. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking in response to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice Report on an Examination of the Present Approach to Sanctions for Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use's recommendation that "steps are taken to introduce a regulatory model for certain drugs". [17507/23]
915. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on ensuring that individuals on job initiative schemes are eligible for the fuel allowance. [17267/23]
914. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on ensuring that the rates of payment under the job initiative scheme are benchmarked to cost-of-living rates. [17266/23]
899. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the staff in a disability employment service (details supplied) receive a suitable increase in remuneration to reflect the absence of such an increase since 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16999/23]
897. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection what supports and capacity building funding is available to assist not-for profit organisations currently providing services funded by her Department that will be required to tender to receive this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16949/23]
896. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department recognises a disability employment service (details supplied) as 23 separate companies, and how this will impact on tendering processes for the services it currently offers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16948/23]
857. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to ensure that all landlords are registered with the Residential Tenancies Board. [18177/23]
828. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide his response to calls for a public body (details supplied) to establish a dedicated investigation unit to identify unregistered, privately rented properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17704/23]