291. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of the 170,000 additional meals on wheels allocated to CHO 7 in budget 2023, covering 34 services, which have been drawn down in the intervening time, in tabular form. [25474/23]
251. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of additional adult day care places for older people and dementia/Alzheimer's sufferers provided in CHO7 since Budget 2023, in tabular form; and the locations and accessibility for service users of those places, as such centres play a vital role in enabling older people and others with disabilities to live independently at home, while being able to access social and health services in their communities. [25336/23]
250. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the current status of the new national safeguarding policy for the health and social care sector, as promised in budget 2023, with particular emphasis on the safeguarding of adults and older people, if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25335/23]
249. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive home support packages that have been delivered to date; the number of intensive home care hours that have been delivered to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25333/23]
248. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health with regard to the recent withdrawal of a nursing home (details supplied) in Cork from the fair deal scheme due to the difference between the amounts paid per resident in private nursing homes compared with HSE public ones, if he can clarify the parameters around which the amounts are based for each payment; the measures the Government will consider putting in place to prevent further exodus of private nursing homes from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25332/23]
246. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health with regard to the healthy age friendly homes programme, the amount of resources under the programme that have been allocated; and the number of older people that have benefitted from the scheme. [25475/23]
176. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people on the social housing lists currently subject to notices-to-quit in County Kildare; the likelihood of those people/families being socially housed before the expiration of their notice, or what other alternatives in terms of emergency accommodation are available to them to prevent their falling into homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25334/23]
139. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education if school transport can be provided to a child (details supplied) from their home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25331/23]
95. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on actions that are to be taken to address the recruitment and retention crisis in the retained fire service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23639/23]
255. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he can investigate the refusal of a medical card and mobility aids to a person (details supplied). [23693/23]
254. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the expected date for completion of the homecare tender 2023 process; the reason behind the delay in its publication to date; whether or not it contains provisions for funding a new rate to account for the increased costs of care , and to allow homecare providers to provide living wages to their employees, taking into consideration travel time and fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23692/23]
253. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health further to your reply to my previous question confirming there are no mental health services for lorry drivers whose mental health has been badly affected by other drivers committing suicide by crashing into them, if he envisages any future grants or resources being put in place to assist the Irish Road Haulage Association in helping their members who have been so affected to safeguard and promote their mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23689/23]
153. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Government have a date for the proposed referendum for the transfer of the employment contracts of local authority workers, currently working for Irish Water/Uisce Éireann, from the local authorities to Irish Water. [23691/23]
102. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education given the shortage of special needs and ASD school places in Kildare South, when he anticipates the ASD unit in a school (details supplied) will be ready to accept pupils; the timeframe surrounding it; if he has plans in place to cater for the parents children needing places, should the opening of the unit be delayed who have nowhere else to send their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23694/23]
215. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures she and her Department have to address the crisis in recruitment and high staff turnover in qualified professionals across a range of disciplines in the community services sector due to salaries being frozen, and gaps of 20% with salaries available elsewhere; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22118/23]
208. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the National Ambulance Service by clinical status and sub-status in January and February for each year 2019 to 2023, inclusive. [22124/23]
207. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rate for each week for Naas, Tullamore and Portlaoise hospitals of all months 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; the number of beds available for the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22123/23]
206. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department for Naas, Tullamore and Portlaoise hospitals in all months 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the number and percentage of patients who were admitted via an emergency department; the number and percentage of patients who were waiting for 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours and 24+ hours; the number for all patients; the number and percentage for patients aged under 75 years; and the number and percentage for patients aged over 75. [22122/23]
205. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience to admission via an emergency department for all patients for Naas, Tullamore and Portlaoise hospitals for all months in 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the average for all patients; the average for patients aged under 75 years; the average for patients aged 75 or older; the number and percentage of patients waiting less than the average; and the number of patients waiting longer than the average. [22121/23]
162. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he and his Department have had with community and voluntary organisations in Kildare with regard to funding increases to address heightened demand for their services due to Kildare experiencing the highest rate of population increase in the State, and with the highest percentage of young people per capita; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22119/23]
161. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement with Tusla and the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform regarding a commitment to minimum 4% year-on-year funding increases to community and voluntary services to bring their services up to the level required to cope with demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22117/23]
160. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he and his party have had with Tusla, the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and other relevant stakeholders returning funding to community and voluntary organisations, whose current funding is still below 18% 2009 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22116/23]
159. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with regard to the serious mental health issues facing young people today and the significant benefits of the counselling that Youth Services provides, if he and his Department will consider further investments in the provision of a unified counselling system for local youth services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22115/23]
158. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will challenge the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform’s decision to freeze Tusla funding at to community and voluntary organisations at 18% below 2009 levels, thus reducing their ability to provide essential services to vulnerable children and families in south Kildare and countrywide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22114/23]
150. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he and his Department have to address the crisis in recruitment and high staff turnover in qualified professionals across a range of disciplines in the youth services sector due to salaries being frozen, and gaps of 20% with salaries available elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22118/23]
122. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to amend the Electoral Acts to allow voting at 16 years of age for local and European elections, to bring Ireland into line with the UK and other developed nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22120/23]
281. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if staff in an organisation (details supplied) will be included in Covid funding; if so, when they will receive their payments, given staff continued to provide a full range of services on behalf of the HSE to service users during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21024/23]
280. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if the home support legislation which provides home care supports for all will make sure older people are equal in inclusion of supports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21022/23]
279. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health what funding is available for mental health services in the Athy area of south County Kildare . [21021/23]
278. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health how many psychiatrist positions and how many mental health nurses are available to persons in the Athy area of south County Kildare. [21020/23]
277. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the reason utrogesten 100ml tablets are no longer available under the DPS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21019/23]
275. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if ozempic will be made available to medical card patients who have had gastric by-pass/sleeve surgery and who are regaining weight due to lack of consultation since Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21016/23]
274. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of surgery's cancelled in Tullamore Hospital in January, February and March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21015/23]
192. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that can be taken to provide welfare payments to people who are changing from one type of payment to another for example jobseeker’s to carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21017/23]
140. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport if support or a grant is available to an organisation (details supplied) for staff who experience severe trauma following on from a deliberate road traffic accident/ suicide by an oncoming driver and are then suffering mentally from the incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21023/23]
168. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if plans for extra respite beds are being made; and if so, the number of beds to be delivered, in tabular form. [19652/23]
167. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if all respite beds have now reopened after the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19650/23]
164. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the updated plans that have been put in place regarding wrap-around services for those who no longer qualify for perinatal care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19642/23]
163. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the investment that has been delivered in perinatal health care in CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19641/23]
162. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the latest research into people suffering from dementia. [19640/23]
161. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to address employment issues in the home care sector to address home support shortages. [19639/23]
160. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the increase that has been made in funding for safeguarding teams to protect adults at risk of abuse. [19638/23]
122. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will carry out a review on the length of time it currently takes to review and receive supplementary welfare allowance. [19645/23]
65. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider installing a roofed bus shelter at a location (details supplied). [19649/23]
374. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the additional finance that has been put into day and community services for older people, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18673/23]
373. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health how many extra clinical nurses have been recruited into neurology in the past 12 months. [18672/23]