280. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will place a limit on the number of times a horse can change hands in terms of ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26290/24]
279. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make it a condition of any future funding that the horse-racing industry become legally responsible for the health and welfare of each and every horse after its racing days, including paying a put-to-sleep fee, instead of selling it on for horrendous conditions of slaughter as exposed by RTÉ, given the vast profits the horses have made for the industry and its members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26289/24]
278. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can guarantee that animals unsuitable for consumption have not entered the food chain given the changes to micro-chipping and identities revealed by RTÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26288/24]
277. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can guarantee the safety, security, efficiency and effectiveness of the horse passport system given what was exposed on RTÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26287/24]
276. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department has no jurisdiction over the holding area of horses to be slaughtered by an abattoir (details supplied); when he intends to acquire same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26286/24]
275. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the emergency actions that are being taken in the matter of a company (details supplied), in terms of animal welfare, prosecuting for animal cruelty, withdrawal of licence to operate, micro-chipping and changing of identity, bio-security risk and possible contamination of the food chain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26285/24]
274. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of State or other veterinarians in the operation of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26284/24]
273. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if slaughterers at a company (details supplied) are fully trained and approved by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26283/24]
272. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a previous conviction for animal cruelty does not preclude the granting of a licence to anyone in such circumstances who later wishes to handle animals industrially; if such a conviction will now do so in the interest of animal welfare and his Department’s credibility and reputation in its welfare remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26282/24]
271. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish all inspection reports undertaken by his Department; if he will publish the criteria by which a welfare officer is appointed and monitored in their role; if the officer at this company reached and maintained such criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26281/24]
83. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on matters relating to the Passport Office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26152/24]
41. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason the Women of Honour have not been contacted to-date by the tribunal of inquiry into certain matters relating to the complaints processes in the Defence Forces; the reason for the delay in signing the statutory instrument; if his Department is prepared to give funding to the group on a parity basis with other support organisations to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24210/24]
208. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the urgent measures she will take to tackle the critical lack of designated ASD school places for children in north Kildare, with children numbering up to 15 on waiting lists when there are only six places; if she will examine the situation in schools (details supplied) in particular where parents wish siblings to attend together; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23623/24]
237. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the policy and procedures extant to guarantee continuity of service and care in the time when a child leaves primary care services and moves to within the remit of the children's disability network team, in order that this is as seamless as possible without closure of discharge involving services; if there is no such policy, if he will introduce one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22208/24]
31. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department will increase financial support to the charities supporting veterans and former members of the Defence Forces; if the State, through the forces themselves, will develop its own outreach, care and liaison services for former members who have served the State proudly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22150/24]
30. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if, in the interest of transparency, he will refer any desired or proposed changes to the triple lock to the people in a referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22149/24]
128. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he can examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21980/24]
207. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the interim remediation scheme for fire safety defects in apartments and duplexes will be operational, given the scheme was announced in 2023 to be implemented by the Housing Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21032/24]
113. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline the distinct actions his Department is taking to ensure the enactment of the Occupied Territories Bill 2018, given the all-out slaughter taking place in Gaza, the harassment and assassination of Palestinians by settlers, the raids by security forces on communities across the occupied West Bank and the blocking of medical services for critically-injured people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20883/24]
53. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the latest worrying statements by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Israel Defense Forces, IDF, action in Rafah will speed up Ireland’s recognition of the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20882/24]
628. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to amalgamate the Maynooth and Leixlip health services; and if so, if these services will be located in Leixlip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20809/24]
627. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health to outline any future plans for Maynooth Health Centre in Leinster Street; what plans are in place for a primary care/health centre unit in Maynooth suitable for the needs and expectations of the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20808/24]
281. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will issue a compulsory purchase order for the lands at Castletown House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20541/24]
136. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if he will allow the use of Ireland's flag for the freedom flotilla carrying aid to Gaza; an urgent and practical measure which would have an immediate humanitarian impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20675/24]
322. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19990/24]
319. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will financially assist each Erasmus student to travel to their mainland European destination university by ferry and train (as opposed to by air which is often cheaper and incentivised); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19938/24]
294. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health when families and service users in North Kildare will have access to details of the SIA report in the matter of delivery of services and arrangements re HSE/St. John of God; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20034/24]
264. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will, or is already, liaising with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on current/future surveillance and preparation for a possible bird flu outbreak in livestock and for physical protections and testing for workers and produce in the dairy and related industries in the event of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19936/24]
263. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will, or is already, liaising with the Ministers for Finance, Social Protection and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, in examining the impact of long-Covid on public health quality and services, on the public finances, the labour force and therefore the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19935/24]
262. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will begin a public information campaign to advise people on how best to protect themselves from airborne infection with SARSCoV2 given the impact of long-Covid on those who develop it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19934/24]
261. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if the BCG vaccine is part of the current vaccination programme for infants; if it is not, if he will re-introduce it, given the rise in TB globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19933/24]
260. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if a test for neurofibromatosis specifically can be added to the newborn screening system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19932/24]
162. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19989/24]
115. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider attaching 'donor' or 'gift rings' to current public waste bins in order that people can leave their can or bottle for somebody else in the community to recycle and so claim the deposit (as is operational in parts of the Netherlands in the Doneerringen scheme); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19937/24]
264. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the State will instigate/increase funding for animal refuges and rescues that are facing spiralling admissions due to a serious increase in the surrender of pets because of the housing crisis and emigration, the abandonment of companion animals due to the cost of living, the extreme and ongoing neglect of horses and the huge costs to those same refuges in facilities, vet services, pet food and hay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18613/24]
208. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education when construction of a permanent building will begin for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18670/24]
152. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the banks, and in particular banks previously bailed out by the citizens, to make it their policy - not ‘an exception’ - that cash be accepted at teller desks for lodgement to personal accounts, without customers being requested to do so by machine and card, this being critical for people who are not tech-savvy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18574/24]
669. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that, currently, Ireland screens newborn babies for fewer diseases than 75% of EU countries; if he is also aware that since the establishment of the Newborn Screening Advisory Committee in 2019, only one new test has been delivered in the intervening years; if he will agree to a comprehensive newborn screening programme that is adequately resourced and ensures that babies born here are screened for the EU average of 18 conditions at a minimum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17952/24]
183. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will undertake an audit of each year in the past ten years in the matter of the reported training of Libyan militia by serving and/or former Irish Defence Forces personnel; if he will publish the results of such an audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16056/24]
110. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education her Department’s precise plans to guarantee a secondary school place for each child in the north Kildare area, not only in first year in September 2024, but in second year given the forced reliance of some children on home tuition and of boarding on others in the current school year (first year), with a negative impact on the child and family in all such cases due to oversubscription locally. [16267/24]
84. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education to provide a detailed update on the situation in relation to the new schools (details supplied). [16268/24]
114. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she can clarify the situation and operation of the professional masters in education incentive scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15891/24]
1592. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if a situation could be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15302/24]
1427. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health to outline the procedure by which cover is introduced, managed and guaranteed for maternity and other extended leave sought by psychologists and other mental health practitioners in order to ensure continuity of services and so people on already-long waiting lists do not have to wait even further particularly as management of cover applies to children's care [14542/24]
1370. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will guarantee that the financial supports for women with breast cancer, proposed to be cut with the proposals now reversed, will in fact remain without further threat to funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14348/24]
1297. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to assist a person (details supplied) to access specialist treatment for a condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13969/24]
1138. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will undertake an urgent and full inspection and audit of a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14711/24]
1084. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what actions his Department will take to address and correct the misclassification of Neptune House, Temple Hill, Blackrock, County Dublin, as a ‘children’s hospital’, when it was at all times in practice, and commonly known as, a mother and baby home, such misclassification being in opposition to operational fact and preventing children placed there from gaining redress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13941/24]