290. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a lack of resourcing for reading schools in Dublin (details supplied); if she has any plans to increase supports for reading schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10517/22]
244. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the requisites for an Irish speaker within the public service; if an honours leaving certificate in Irish constitutes the same given the announcement recently with regard to a proportion of jobs being allocated to Irish speakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10609/22]
182. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is a timeline for the establishment of the national residential retrofit oversight steering group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10608/22]
140. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is a timeline for the establishment of the national residential retrofit oversight steering group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10480/22]
62. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the development of local sports plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10432/22]
35. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of meeting the target of 40% female representation on the boards of sporting organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10433/22]
216. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he will address a series of issues (details supplied) relating to the EU Digital COVID Certificate. [10190/22]
722. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health his views on the need for a review to provide a balance between State providers of home care services and their NGO and private sector counterparts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9265/22]
721. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he is considering increasing the funding for organisations (details supplied) to operate a buddy system or to allow new starters to work alongside more experienced staff for a meaningful period of time. [9263/22]
720. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to ensure better terms and conditions will be provided to enable Alzheimer's organisations (details supplied) to retain home care staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9262/22]
719. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to standardise home care rates of pay and benefits across Ireland (details supplied). [9261/22]
634. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice if a person (details supplied) is entitled to continue to work from home due to their circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9188/22]
486. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase further the number of SNAs for the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9869/22]
231. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to change the measure whereby a childless, single person can only leave substantially less to a sibling, niece or nephew free of inheritance tax than to a son or daughter, who can inherit €335,000 from a parent before paying the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9267/22]
69. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if an update will be provided on the work of the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market since its establishment. [9495/22]
52. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to maintain Ireland’s economic competitiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9494/22]
995. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the organisations in south-western areas of Dublin that have been in receipt of funding from her Department. [8362/22]
854. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address care of people with dementia in their home given that some people may not meet the narrow criteria for personal care but do require other forms of care in the home such as stimulation and are denied any care as a consequence of not meeting narrow criteria. [8221/22]
824. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure adequate services are provided given the increasing prevalence of dementia in Ireland which is projected to increase and more than double in the next 20 years. [8116/22]
820. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address what the World Health Organization Global Report on Ageism states is evidence of ageism in the provision of long-term care of older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8104/22]
819. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to meet the challenges that are huge in Ireland with regard to ensuring a quantitatively and adequate long-term care workforce to meet the rising demand for long-term care and providing a choice and support for informal carers. [8103/22]
818. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to tackle the level of unregulated care, including informal employment in a person's home in the home care sector. [8102/22]
817. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to equalise the inequity between different HSE regions with regard to provisions of home care and particularly with regard to the provision of travel expenses. [8101/22]
815. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to harvest data around the provision of home care and the need for such care in Ireland. [8099/22]
814. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to enhance the principle and concept of care in society, thereby promoting care giving as a profession. [8098/22]
812. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to ensure that older persons can age in their own home with dignity and independence as long as possible. [8096/22]
420. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to the use of school buildings to facilitate the July provision in the context of the summer provision for children with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7504/22]
295. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance the reason that a community run and operated community centre (details supplied) which has not had an insurance claim over 15 years has seen its premia rise by €10 in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7919/22]
251. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport the relevant regulation governing any obligation on private car park operators in areas such as shopping centre car parks to provide disabled spaces and to provide them free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7918/22]
138. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health when he expects hospital waiting lists and waiting times to reduce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7970/22]
83. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health when the 2022 HSE service plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7969/22]
21. Deputy John Lahart asked the Taoiseach if he will report on Harnessing Digital - The Digital Ireland Framework, which was published by his Department on 1 February 2022. [7967/22]
93. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to reform the Personal Injuries Assessment Board. [6808/22]
20. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will be bringing forward new policy proposals in the wake of the case of a company (details supplied). [6807/22]
116. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice if she has engaged with the Garda Commissioner regarding actions being taken to address the incidence of knife crime. [7106/22]
801. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he will provide assurances that there is a plan and pathway in place for cancer patients who are immunocompromised to access rapid PCR tests and results; and if he will also provide a commitment that there is a supply of Covid-19 treatments available to patients who are not inpatients in acute settings. [6677/22]
727. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if NPHET and his Department are prepared to be transparent with the public and publish all data, studies, assessments, reports and other documentation or global public health advice relied upon to continue to impose restrictions on the Irish populace in this manner. [6472/22]
726. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the basis on which NPHET states that mask use should continue in schools and other settings in view of the removal of the requirement in the UK and many other countries. [6471/22]
725. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the published studies and precise recorded data that NPHET relies on to ground the statement that the Omicron variant is a variant of concern. [6470/22]
724. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the studies and data that have been relied upon by NPHET to form the basis for the statement that Covid-19 still poses a risk to public health and that the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 can be expected to continue (details supplied). [6469/22]
723. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the expertise and qualifications of the members of NPHET that qualifies them to make decisions and recommendations regarding the health and well-being of children. [6468/22]
722. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if NPHET has not requested an up-to-date report from HIQA with regard to the continuing imposition of face mask wearing by children in schools and other settings; and the reason it has not done so. [6467/22]
721. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if NPHET has requested an up-to-date report from HIQA with regard to the continuing imposition of face mask wearing by children in schools and other settings. [6466/22]
720. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if NPHET carried out an up to date evidence-based risk assessment and risk-benefit analysis on the continuing imposition of face mask wearing by children in schools and other settings. [6465/22]