1415. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health when he expects to bring forward legislation to expand the GP card scheme to children under six and seven years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16642/23]
988. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice what plans she has on the regulation and control of nitrous oxide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17416/23]
986. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice what rules govern the retention of drone footage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17414/23]
631. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education whether a school (details supplied) has developed an ASD unit within the new school building [16382/23]
630. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education whether a school (details supplied) has developed an ASD unit within the new school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16381/23]
303. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport his plans to legislate for the use of scramblers and quads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17410/23]
302. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport what rules govern the use of drones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17409/23]
301. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport when he expects to publish the transport (miscellaneous) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17408/23]
40. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice the personnel located in each of the Dublin Garda stations (and not to include regional personnel hosted in Tallaght); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18077/23]
107. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase the number of school places in mainstream post-primary schools in Dublin south west for children with ASD and additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13890/23]
69. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education if she will develop a centralised application system to schools for children with ASD and additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13889/23]
24. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will expand the Collins medal scheme to retired members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13888/23]
1148. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the funding provided by both his Department and the HSE to each of the local drugs and alcohol taskforces in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [12312/23]
820. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of the livin- alone allowance on the State pension can relinquish this payment in order to avail of the fuel allowance and any other associated funding where being in receipt of the fuel allowance is necessary in order to successfully apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12848/23]
435. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects the defective apartments redress scheme to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13001/23]
434. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if homes within an apartment complex (details supplied) qualify under the defective apartments redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13000/23]
412. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will investigate the possibility of the Custom House History Museum recording, recognising and acknowledging An Gorta Mór with a permanent exhibition in the museum as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12556/23]
378. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when one year's minimum notice for the commemoration day for An Gorta Mór, both at home and abroad, will be inaugurated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12555/23]
265. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport the rules that govern the provision of disabled car parks; if a private provider can be compelled to provide disabled parking spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12953/23]
265. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in which she has implemented section 37A of Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Act 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12170/23]
264. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education if she plans to expand the summer school programme for students with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12169/23]
263. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education if she will centralise the school place application model for students with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12168/23]
217. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the plans he has to bring forward a Public Health (Obesity) Bill to deal with the obesity crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11718/23]
216. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he will re-establish a dedicated cardiovascular unit within his Department to oversee national cardiovascular health policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11717/23]
215. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of a lung cancer-screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11716/23]
214. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the expansion of Ireland's national screening services for cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11715/23]
213. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the plans his Department has to implement the national cancer care strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11714/23]
711. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants available to senior-citizen community groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11487/23]
641. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of members of the clinical expert group on the free contraception scheme in the HSE. [11355/23]
640. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to make the free contraception scheme accessible for marginalised communities, including disabled women, migrant women, Traveller women and Roma women, in terms of telemedicine, eligibility without a PPSN and inclusion of pharmacist prescribing as part of the roll-out. [11354/23]
358. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the proposed capital works programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9943/23]
335. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the building programme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9516/23]
265. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the reimbursement of cariban for people suffering from hyperemesis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9353/23]
589. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to initiate an approach to the challenge of drugs in parts of Dublin south west, such as the Jobstown, Killinarden and parts of Tallaght, and Clondalkin, similar to that adopted by the previous Government to Dublin's north inner city; if he will specifically commit to the appointment of a coordinator and taskforce to examine and identify, with the assistance of local stakeholders, the steps and finances necessary to assist local organisations; if he will identify whether other supports are needed; and if he will provide serious consideration to the appointment of a respected and capable individual to drive this process with the financial backing of the Government. [8716/23]
478. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who was unable to work and was in receipt of illness benefit for over thirty years and was not advised to apply for a disability allowance or invalidity pension following numerous medical reviews over the years, and is now only in receipt of a reduced State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8537/23]
469. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection if two individuals that cohabitate with a combined income below the threshold for a dual application to the fuel allowance are entitled to claim the full amount; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8288/23]
414. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on an application for additional school accommodation forms of grant-aid by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8476/23]
413. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education the progress of an application to the emergency works scheme by a school (details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8475/23]
412. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education the progress of an application to the major capital improvement works by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8474/23]
411. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education the progress of an application to the major capital improvement works by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8473/23]
265. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has plans to provide supplementary funding to those projects that may need it as a consequence of rampant building inflation in the past two years or so that has seen a number of projects that were originally within the scale of allocations but which have clearly now escalated well beyond the allocated element; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8414/23]
260. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of the sports capital funding will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8178/23]
164. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if there is a particular protocol for the retention of patient files when a general practitioner has been removed from the Medical Council register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7484/23]
163. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if patients can access their medical file and records when a general practitioner ceases their practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7483/23]
162. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if there is a particular protocol followed by the HSE and Medical Council in relation to the retention of patient files when a general practitioner has ceased their practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7482/23]
131. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a company (details supplied) has retained for its own use any element of its former or current budget allocation for its former orchestra, either on a once-off or ongoing basis; the costs and expenses that have arisen, or are anticipated to arise, in the transfer of the orchestra to the National Concert Hall; if she will confirm which entity is discharging these costs and expenses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5627/23]
53. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if ambulance drivers are governed by the same working time directives as other workers employed to drive vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5734/23]
295. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons who are waiting for sleep disorder care (details supplied); and the average waiting time for such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5109/23]