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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
34th Dáil
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
2053. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant otolaryngologists based at St. James's Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [18974/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
2052. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the hepatitis C home testing kits; the number of kits that have been dispatched; and if the scheme is proving successful. [18973/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
2051. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the prescribed medication solpadeine is covered on the medical card but dissolvable solpadeine is not and dissolvable solpadeine is the only effective pain management medication for some patients, namely a person (details supplied); the reason this solpadeine product is not included in medical card coverage; if she will consider including it to relieve medication poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18962/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1805. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that lipoedema (details supplied) is not recognised as a disability in Ireland even though it can severely impact mobility in patients as young as their early 20s; if she plans to recognise lipoedema as a disability, or would consider doing so, thus enabling sufferers to qualify for social housing transfers with medical priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18910/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1691. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements his Department has had with the government of the United States of America or any state body of the government of the United States in 2024. [18972/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1690. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of calls his Department received via the animal welfare hotline in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [18971/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1538. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice the number of competitions held in 2024 for Garda personnel to apply to join Garda divisional road policing units. [18966/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1537. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans attached to the Garda dog unit as of 5 February 2025. [18965/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1536. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda crime prevention officers based in each division within the Dublin region in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [18964/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1535. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice the number of cases taken by the DPP since 1 January 2020 that have not complied with the premise of parity of representation set as precedent in case law Carmody v. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and Others. (2009); the case names, dates, and locations of these court cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18963/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1404. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the living alone allowance increased to €25 per week. [18970/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1403. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the fuel allowance increased to €39 per week. [18969/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1372. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department could examine a PUP enforcement case (details supplied). [18506/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1238. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing legislation similar to the United Kingdom’s Awaab’s Law, which sets legal time limits for the remediation of serious health hazards such as damp and mould in social housing; if he will respond to the findings of the recent Trinity College Dublin and the Liberties Community Project ‘Respiratory Health Among Residents of Oliver Bond House’ report which identified rates of asthma among the Oliver Bond House population 2.4 times higher than among individuals with addresses in the same vicinity, a situation clearly linked to substandard housing conditions in mid- century social housing complexes across DCC area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19720/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
1124. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date on which the 1925 civil births, 1955 civil marriages, and 1975 civil deaths will be published on a website (details supplied). [20410/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
701. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA intends to open an office in Dubai. [18968/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
700. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland intends to open an office in Auckland, New Zealand. [18967/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2025
627. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if each OPW heritage site has a facility to accept credit or debit card for payments where there is an admission fee to gain entry to the heritage site. [18975/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 April 2025
349. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has received correspondence from a party regarding a specific site (details supplied); if they have determined to use it; if so, specifically what group will be resident there; whether additional funding for increased GP, dental, education, creche, and other community services will be provided; whether a Department liaison officer will be appointed to communicate with the local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18290/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 April 2025
348. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional funding for increased GP, dental, education, creche, and other community services will be provided with respect to a specific site (details supplied); whether a Department liaison officer will be appointed to communicate with the local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18289/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 April 2025
906. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that lipoedema (details supplied) is not recognised as a disability in Ireland even though it can severely impact mobility in patients as young as their early 20s; if plans to recognise lipoedema as a disability or if she would consider doing so, which would enable sufferers to qualify for social housing transfers with medical priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16774/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 April 2025
637. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to ensure that his Department liaises with Waterways Ireland to install public bins along the Goldenbridge Walk footpath along the Grand Canal in Dublin 8, as there are no public waste bins in this area which contributes to littering; if his Department will liaise with Waterways Ireland regarding establishment of a regular and sufficient schedule for emptying these bins; and if his Department will liaise with Waterways Ireland after a period of time to review and ensure the number of bins and emptying schedule remain sufficient. [17332/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 April 2025
226. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will support the reappointment of UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese; the Government’s position on the Dutch government’s opposition to Ms. Albanese’s reappointment as Special Rapporteur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17005/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 April 2025
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Children’s Health Act 2018 and therefore to amend the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (Establishment) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 246 of 2007) so as to direct that the National Children’s Hospital be named Ospidéal Náisiúnta Kathleen Lynn do Leanaí .
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 March 2025
1644. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 18 February 2025, if the HSE is claiming ownership of a site in Dublin 8 (details supplied). [11405/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 March 2025
1630. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the details of future plans and timelines for the purpose and use of Crumlin children’s hospital in Dublin 12 once the national children’s hospital opens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11374/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 March 2025
230. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Transport when legislation will be introduced to regulate horses and horses drawing carriages in Dublin city centre. [8986/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2025
631. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice the position of stadiums under new alcohol licence laws (details supplied); and if he intends to amend the draft legislation to include these stadiums. [7224/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2025
151. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of and acknowledges that adolescents in the inner cities face harrowing challenges in their environments due to inequality and disadvantage; her views on whether the term “age-friendly cities” must be expanded to include in particular adolescents who presently have no input into the amenities and features in their surroundings and are often left with little to no safe activities to avoid falling into troublesome behaviour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7740/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2025
230. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will complete the definitions for the extent of the 2025 tenant-in-situ scheme; the other options available to tenants who are facing live notices to quit and would otherwise qualify for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7223/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 February 2025
797. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a site map of the Weir Home for nurses in Dublin 8 which is managed by the HSE, with site boundaries outlined in red; the list of parties that have submitted a formal expression of interest in purchasing Weir Home to date; the list of interested parties that have been granted access for examination of the property; and if permission to access the property as a possible interested party will be given to this Deputy. [6114/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 February 2025
796. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of beds currently available for patients diagnosed with eating disorders nationwide, and in County Dublin; the number of beds that have been available for each year from 2014 to 2024 inclusive; the monthly rate of occupancy of these beds, from 2014 through February 2025; the services or facilities patients are referred to when one of these designated beds is not available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6113/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 February 2025
183. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review the case for financial support of a community development (details supplied). [5017/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 February 2025
161. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Education for a detailed plan and timeline for the establishment of the Gaelcholáiste for Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8; whether the working group between her Department and the patron (details supplied) can meet immediately; to ask for her commitment that the Gaelcholáiste can open to students in September 2026 as promised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5016/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
701. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health whether any patient deaths from 2014 through 2024 inclusive are attributed to the lack of trained advanced paramedics with the National Ambulance Service; in which county the patient lived and was treated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4759/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
700. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health what the existing obstacles are to hiring and training advanced paramedics; how her Department plans to overcome these obstacles in detail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4758/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
699. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health her Department’s plans to internally hire and train advanced paramedics for the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4757/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
698. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics in the National Ambulance Service considered to be an appropriate and safe staffing level on a national basis; and the number of advanced paramedics considered appropriate and safe staffing levels per county, in tabular form. [4756/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
697. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics the National Ambulance Service has employed in each county in each year from 2014 through 2024 inclusive; the number of advanced paramedics the National Ambulance Service has trained in each county in each year from 2014 through 2024 inclusive, and for which specific service they are employed (National Ambulance Service, Dublin Fire Brigade, the Defence Forces, Coastguard and the Dublin Airport Fire Service, and so on); the planned salary budget for advanced paramedics in the National Ambulance Service in each year from 2014 through 2024 inclusive; and the actual salary budget for Advanced Paramedics in the National Ambulance Service in each year from 2014 through 2024, in tabular form. [4755/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 February 2025
72. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the current status of a foreign birth register application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4754/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
232. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health to detail the HSE's recommended schedule for post-natal developmental checks; whether the HSE is appropriately staffed to carry out the recommended schedule for post-natal developmental checks; whether she is aware that new mothers in Ballyfermot are being advised by the local public health network that they are not staffed to perform post-natal developmental checks except for at two weeks and three months of age; whether Ballyfermot and/or its network needs additional public health staff to perform post-natal developmental checks and how many additional staff members would be needed to appropriately staff the network; whether all the other networks in Dublin are appropriately staffed for these checks; are there plans to hire such additional staff members and when; what are the obstacles to bringing staffing to appropriate levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3696/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
219. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric occupational therapists allocated to Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin 10 and or its network; the current waiting list size for paediatric occupational therapy at Cherry Orchard Hospital and its network; the average wait time for paediatric occupational therapy patients in this network who have received a referral; the wait times target for paediatric occupational therapy patients in this network; the number of paediatric occupational therapists that should staff Cherry Orchard Hospital/network; when additional paediatric occupational therapists can be hired for this network; what are the obstacles to hiring the necessary paediatric occupational therapy staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3695/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
218. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) who has been awaiting occupational therapy at Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin 10; when this child will be seen by an occupational therapist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3694/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
197. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice if he will grant an amnesty period for a visa applicant (details supplied) as he has been attempting to make appointments to renew his visa via the Immigration Service Delivery's digital contact centre, but due to poor system availability, has been unable to do so; if he will arrange for appropriate personnel to contact the applicant directly to make an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3818/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
176. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice if he will grant an amnesty period for those users who have been attempting to make appointments via the Immigration Service Delivery's Digital Contact Centre but due to poor system availability have been unable to do so, therefore their immigration statuses are now overdue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3693/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
175. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware that the Immigration Service has apparently deactivated phone lines and emails forcing users to attempt contact only via the Immigration Service Delivery's Digital Contact Centre channel, which some users are reporting has poor systems availability; whether other contact methods can be reinstated until the Digital Contact Centre systems availability becomes more reliable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3692/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
174. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware of the poor reported systems availability of the new Immigration Service Delivery's Digital Contact Centre; the targeted systems availability for the Digital Contact Centre; the system's actual availability percentage of the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3691/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
169. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice the status of a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3690/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2025
1. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is incarcerated in Cambodia and requires urgent medical attention; what action he and his Department will take in support of this citizen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3689/25]