258. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will arrange an immediate assessment with the CDNT in Kilkenny for a child (details supplied); the reason this appointment has taken so long; if they will be given the supports required as a matter of urgency and if he will expedite the matter. [40808/24]
213. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for assistance with funeral costs in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved. [40806/24]
136. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the pension entitlements due to a person (details supplied). [40515/24]
132. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if a positive decision will be expedited. [40444/24]
131. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the living alone allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will expedite a positive decision. [40443/24]
347. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice further to a previous Parliamentary Question, the status of the transfer of a person (details supplied) to the Irish Prison Service to complete their sentence; if their file is presently with her for a decision; the timeline for the sign-off of same; and if the request will be expedited considering the applicant's deteriorating health. [39646/24]
192. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if speech therapy and all other services required to support the care of a motor neuron disease patient (details supplied) will be fast-tracked; and if an ambulance or other transport will be provided for them and a carer for the purpose of attending specialist appointments in Dublin hospitals. [39559/24]
191. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a cataract operation will be arranged immediately for a person (details supplied) where they have been on the list for a considerable length of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39558/24]
190. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a date for an operation will be scheduled immediately for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39555/24]
155. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal lodged by persons (details supplied) under the young farmer supports scheme will be expedited; and if the sanctions being suggested will be put on hold until a final decision is made. [39561/24]
154. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all payments due to a person (details supplied) under the basic income support for sustainability scheme have been paid to date. [39557/24]
297. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will have their pension entitlements reviewed to allow them to qualify for a maximum pension rather than the reduced pension that they are currently in receipt of; and the rationale of the decision that has led to this anomaly. [38740/24]
292. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the memo issued by the CEO of the HSE in October 2023 (details supplied), and the later communication from the national director of community operations regarding scoliosis and spina bifida patients, is being adhered to in all CHO areas; if he will provide a report from each CHO area outlining the actions taken by each CHO relative to this memo, and give the number of cases in each area where the instructions are not being applied; his intentions to ensure to that the memo is fully complied with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38278/24]
107. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure, by regulation or other means, that there will be unhindered access 24/7 for all health and emergency services and primary care services and for all local residents, to their homes, particularly those with high and complex medical needs, during every phase of the construction of large-scale renewable energy developments. [38279/24]
494. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the recommendations of the expert review body on nursing and midwifery have been assessed; the number of recommendations implemented; his views on the remainder; if the CNM2 salary scale will be extended by the addition of a further scale point and the introduction of a long service increment; and the timeframe for the implementation of the recommendations relative to the salary scales and service increments. [37571/24]
483. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to ensure the continuous supply of the drug, pancrease, to patients that do not get relief from substitute drugs such as creon; if pancrease will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37554/24]
482. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an operation that was scheduled in 2022-2023 will be expedited for a person (details supplied) given the circumstances. [37551/24]
414. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if patients with haemochromatosis that have an ongoing requirement for maintenance treatment to keep their blood iron at the recommended safe level, and who cannot attend the blood donations clinic because they are not suited to the service, will be provided with a care plan; if they will be provided direct access to services when required; if the consultant / hospital carrying out the phlebotomy will continue to care for such patients rather than refer them back to a GP or a blood donor clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37313/24]
370. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the rationale behind the decision to cancel a contract which is not due to expire until February 2025 for the provision of accommodation at a location (details supplied); if other accommodation will be provided in Kilkenny for those who reside at the location and are employed or attending school and college locally; his plans to provide alternative accommodation for those that will be asked to leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37544/24]
349. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to resolve the crisis in after-school childcare in Kilkenny, where there are no places available for working parents to have their children cared for; if he has examined the models of care in other European countries, such as Sweden, to determine what might work better in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37284/24]
269. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if their request to keep their claim open while they attend their consultant for a further medical report will be agreed to. [37542/24]
250. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if illness benefit will be approved for a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if the application will be back dated to the commencement of their illness given their employer deducted the benefit amount from their salary. [37310/24]
133. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the progress made to date by the OPW in arranging to obtain the ancient document, known as the Pangur Bán, for the purpose of putting it on display in Kilkenny Castle. [37548/24]
1753. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an assessment for a mobility scooter will be arranged immediately for a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite the matter. [34713/24]
1664. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health his views on increasing the income limits on medical card applications by the same amount as the increase given in State pensions through the budget each year. [34185/24]
1641. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if urgent eye surgery required for a person (details supplied) will be arranged immediately at Waterford University Hospital as the surgery was to be carried out in January 2024. [34071/24]
1355. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 30 May 2024, if he will ensure that a response is issued by the HSE as a matter of urgency and that an immediate autism assessment and the necessary services are expedited for the child. [34363/24]
1346. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the long-term State supports and benefits paid to foster families from his Department; to outline the increases to these payments in each of the past five Budgets; if his Department and the Department of Social Protection have ever carried out an analysis of the supports required by foster carers including financial support; if the stay-at-home foster parent will be acknowledged by way of qualifying contributions for a State pension; if there is an individual care plan for each person being fostered both during and after the period of fostering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34253/24]
984. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the record of payments of the State pension from 2007 to date relative to a person (details supplied); the reason they are not on the maximum rate for the State pension (contributory); the reasons they are not in receipt of the pension now; if the record of their contributions will be provided; and if their entitlement to other benefits as a pensioner will be examined. [34996/24]
951. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the fuel allowance for a person (details supplied) was stopped; and if it can be reinstated. [34389/24]
945. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if domiciliary care allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [34239/24]
942. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if approval of an application for carer's allowance for a person (details supplied), now under appeal for quite some time, will be expedited. [34227/24]
922. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the recent decision to drastically reduce the disability allowance payment to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed again as the decision is causing hardship to the family; and if a positive outcome will be expedited. [34066/24]
921. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency. [34065/24]
909. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a carer’s allowance payment will be restored immediately for a person (details supplied). [33924/24]
908. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance now under appeal will be approved as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [33922/24]
530. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of six additional classrooms for a school (details supplied); and if the second ASD unit will be sanctioned as requested. [34240/24]
1236. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [30994/24]
1233. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance for a person (details supplied). [30941/24]
709. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education the status of an application to amalgamate two schools (details supplied); and if the application will be expedited. [32097/24]
460. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the full social welfare entitlement due to a person (details supplied) will be paid immediately; the reason for the break in their payment; if arrears are due; and if she will expedite the case. [29131/24]
126. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice if all of the papers/documents produced by the Charlton Tribunal are available in hard copy and digital format for research or other purposes; if the responses to freedom of information requests dealt with by the Tribunal during the course of its work are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28398/24]
290. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the rule whereby her Department will only accept proof of the civil registration of a marriage and not church-registered marriages as proof of a relationship when her Department is considering an entitlement to either a widow/widower pension; and if an allowance will be made for those individuals who were married abroad in a church ceremony only and are now in a position where they wish to claim the pension. [28295/24]
112. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer’s allowance in the name of a person (details supplied) which is now under appeal, relative to the full time care they give their father will be expedited and approved. [27477/24]
795. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if full payment will continue to be made to a person (details supplied) out of work since 2020 with COVID related health issues [25160/24]
789. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current projected final cost of the National Children’s Hospital; if he is satisfied that the projected final cost is accurate; if any extension of time has been granted to the contractor and, if so, for how long; the quantum of claims and variations issued by the contractor to date; the amount of money certified to date and the quantum of claims and variations certified to date; if the contractor has an entitlement to seek increased costs in light of the inflation experienced in 2022, 2023 and 2024; if any liquidated or other damages have been sought from the contractor, and the quantum of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25131/24]
786. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment with a gastroenterologist at St. James's Hospital, Dublin for a person (details supplied) and make a comprehensive statement on the case. [25117/24]
641. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what state supports and benefits are paid to foster families who have cared for a special needs person for over 20 years from childhood to adulthood; if there are ongoing care payments that they are entitled to; if the individual that requires the care is automatically entitled to some form of payment and/or a social welfare payment in their own right. [25157/24]
577. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the issue of farm waste recorded during a Bord Bia audit on a farm (details supplied) can be rectified as agreed on the day before the next audit due in 2025. [25155/24]