1290. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure workers in section 39 (Health Act 2004) organisations receive the same annual leave entitlements as workers in section 38 organisations. [12799/23]
1289. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of people on waiting lists to see a gynaecologist in CHO 5; and the breakdown of waiting times on a quarterly basis, in tabular form. [12798/23]
1288. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide timely treatment for persons diagnosed with adenomyosis. [12797/23]
1287. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all the details concerning SouthDoc centres are up to date on the official website. [12795/23]
1286. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address concerns expressed by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the ongoing issue of medicine shortages. [12794/23]
1285. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of autistic individuals and individuals with autism with an intellectual disability who are attending CAMHS or are under CAMHS remit in each CHO. [12793/23]
1199. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to support individuals who are required to travel to the UK for cancer treatment. [12473/23]
1198. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current status and proposed timeframe for the First 5 action plan to develop a dedicated child health workforce, adopting a population-based approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12472/23]
1196. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the services he is providing for individuals who receive assessments of need or other treatments from unqualified and/or unregistered psychologist. [12469/23]
1125. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking to reform the Garda vetting process, including ensuring individuals to conduct one vetting check every three years which is valid for any relevant professional or voluntary roles within that time period, measures to enable individuals use the same vetting check for multiple bodies and organisations, an optional simplified renewal process whereby individuals need only add any address changes since their last vetting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14019/23]
1124. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if the steps he is taking to ensure that Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017 are sufficient to address the instances of deep fake image-based sexual abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14018/23]
1123. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions made under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017; the number which led to successful convictions; and the specific crimes involved. [14017/23]
1105. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the mechanism that is in place to ensure coordination and cooperation between Government Departments, State agencies and NGOs with respect to addressing female genital mutilation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13720/23]
1104. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if fear, risk or experience of female genital mutilation is considered as a ground for asylum by the International Protection Office, in line with the requirement under the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence to interpret the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees in a gender-sensitive manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13719/23]
1103. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the procedures in place to protect girls living in Ireland who are identified as being at risk of female genital mutilation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13718/23]
1102. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking in response to the Joint Committee on Justice Report on Women's Shelters and Domestic Abuse Refuges recommendation that funding for domestic violence services should be significantly increased (details supplied). [13717/23]
1101. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if he has engaged with the relevant stakeholders in relation to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice Report on an Examination of the Present Approach to Sanctions for Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use recommendation that 'the practice of cultivation of currently illicit substances at a modest, non-profit level be examined in light of above 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. [13716/23]
1062. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps he has taken in response to the recommendation in the Report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process to lift the restrictions on the right to work to allow all asylum seekers to work. [12776/23]
1055. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if he will clarify whether the recent changes to the atypical workers scheme for non-EAA fishers, that is, those that can apply for stamp 4, impact any regulations concerning their working on Irish fishing vessels under 15 metres in length. [12463/23]
1032. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 28 February 2023, his views on the disparity for accreditation of similar SNA courses in two different third level institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13707/23]
1027. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details of his engagement with the Minister for Transport concerning the provision of public transport services for disabled persons attending vocational training services and post-secondary school-based courses. [13230/23]
1012. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to establish a third-level veterinary course in Munster. [12789/23]
991. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that a hotel accommodating Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) immediately receives the outstanding amounts owed. [14002/23]
967. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding streams and training options available to assist parents in caring for children with disabilities who require tube feeding. [13461/23]
966. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to parents of children with disabilities who require tube feeding to send them to childcare. [13460/23]
952. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that a person can register as an individual childminder with Tusla, rather than requiring a second person to also register. [13226/23]
936. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how an individual can receive funding to cover the cost of training hours for creche/childcare staff to care for a young child who requires PEG feeding. [13054/23]
935. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that AIM funding is provided in a timely manner. [13052/23]
934. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that funding is put in place for childcare providers to receive a wage all year round. [13051/23]
933. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in response to individuals being informed that they will not be provided with their personal information with in the statutory 90 days, under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022, by a State body (details supplied). [13050/23]
916. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the provision of community neuro-rehabilitation teams in each CHO. [12796/23]
915. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the publication of a report concerning historical abuse in an organisation (details supplied). [12764/23]
914. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of his engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications concerning the compulsory provision of subtitles by all television stations and visually based broadcast companies operating in Ireland. [12763/23]
897. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to provide community neuro-rehabilitation services. [12474/23]
896. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if exit interviews are conducted with therapists leaving CDNTs; if so, if the information from these interviews is anonymously collated; and the primary reasons individuals cite for leaving CDNTs. [12467/23]
895. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staffing to caseload ratios used to calculate the numbers, types and scale of therapists and clinicians required for each CDNT; how regularly these ratios are reviewed; and what processes are in place to reconfigure services according to local needs. [12466/23]
894. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need in each LHO, in tabular form, with a monthly breakdown of waiting times. [12465/23]
893. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address transphobia. [12460/23]
892. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with a group (details supplied) concerning a shortfall in funding for a direct provision centre. [12459/23]
891. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to oversee the services provided to Ukrainian refugees accommodated in hotels. [12458/23]
890. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the provision of community neuro-rehabilitation teams in each CHO. [12455/23]
868. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) receives the necessary therapies from their CDNT in a timely manner. [14009/23]
844. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department corresponds with recipients of weekly social protection to suggest they can receive these payments directly into a current account rather than accessing the payments through the Post Office; if she will provide the rationale for this approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13721/23]
837. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the criteria for the free travel scheme to allow all persons over 66 years of age get free travel for a companion, regardless of martial/civil partnership status, as the current scheme discriminates against single persons. [13473/23]
836. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on putting in place a grant to assist blind visually impaired people having difficulty accessing taxi services due to increasing costs [13472/23]
819. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken in response to the recommendation in the Report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process that full basic supplementary welfare allowance be given to asylum seekers who are not in direct provision and give asylum-seeking children access to the child benefit. [12805/23]
818. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide her response to a recommendation in a report (details supplied) concerning energy poverty calling for the benchmarking of social welfare rates against what it costs to live a dignified life in Ireland. [12804/23]
805. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide funding for individuals to avail of medical microblading on similar terms to the provision of wigs and hair pieces for people who suffer from hair loss due to disease. [12479/23]