1425. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all HSE psychiatrists are operating on the basis that patients with an ASD diagnosis will be given a timely assessment and treatment of another disorder or disease, their reported symptoms not being automatically attributed, and limited solely, to their ASD diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16665/23]
1197. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what appeals process is open to a patient when their symptoms are attributed solely to a diagnosis of ASD, to the automatic exclusion of consideration of other causes of illness or disease with similar symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16666/23]
503. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 28 March 2023, the actions that are being taken now to ensure capacity for the next school year in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16696/23]
48. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans his Department has to instruct local authorities on using their sensitivity and discretion on any reporting of families to Tusla if the lifting of the eviction ban comes into force, with outstanding parents affected already being hugely concerned for the welfare of their children, with the added stress of fearing a report being made on a procedural basis, simply due to a prospective inability to find suitable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14645/23]
124. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the development of the proposed new school at Millerstown-Kilcock; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15672/23]
118. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will publish the details of all the actions it is undertaking to ensure sufficient numbers of school buses and drivers on the school transport scheme for the coming academic year, so that children are not left behind as is the case in north Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15604/23]
117. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education what action she intends to take to address the anomaly whereby children can miss out on a school bus place as they are deemed to be travelling to schools that are not their nearest, despite their parents having no choice but to send them further afield due to lack of provision of school places locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15603/23]
723. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the proposed facilities at a facility (details supplied) are suitable for traumatised people fleeing war and the additional trauma of fathers or husbands fighting on the front lines and long, hazardous journeys; if his Department will publish the expert advice sought and received on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15295/23]
598. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if his Department will move to make the probate system as fast and efficient as possible, given the number of properties removed from availability for rental or purchase by probate delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15416/23]
530. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when adequate cooking facilities will be available at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15298/23]
529. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that the accommodation at a facility (details supplied) is suitable for families and their particular need for privacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15297/23]
528. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that the ventilation systems proposed for the facilities at a location (details supplied) are at the required EU level of safety, particularly given the pandemic of Covid-19 is, according to the WHO, still ongoing, with the virus travelling practically unchecked around the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15296/23]
527. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost per person per night of the accommodation, food and so on to be provided at a facility (details supplied); if he will outline that same cost vis-à-vis that of a hotel setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15294/23]
500. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department will facilitate Deputies in Kildare North to visit and examine the proposed site and facilities at Kill Equestrian Centre in advance of its opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14808/23]
358. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education what plans are in place to address capacity of vehicles and personnel on school-bus routes for the coming academic year, with special reference to North Kildare which has been so badly affected in lack of places, resulting in serious difficulties for families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14647/23]
357. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department can outline what the "agreed selection process" is for allocating the concessionary tickets when a school-bus route is oversubscribed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14646/23]
353. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will address the cyclical delay in making known special needs assistant allocations, such delay having a deleterious impact on the working life and planning capacity of highly-committed, talented and expert SNAs who give so much to the school system beyond their paid hours and given the critical impact SNAs have on the education and lives of children with special needs; if her Department will look at ways of making their roles and working lives more secure, especially as they age, having made a huge contribution through the years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14636/23]
352. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if proper school services (details supplied) for adults and children will be provided on-site at a facility, given the lack of school-places and access to GPs, mental-health services and dental services locally; if his Department will publish the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15293/23]
327. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline and publish the additional funds that have been designated for local authorities for tenants in-situ purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15415/23]
326. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will liaise with the Minister for Justice to make the probate system as fast and efficient as possible, given the number of properties removed from availability to tenants or purchasers by delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15414/23]
193. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the information his office was provided with after 24 February 2023 that advised him contrary to the fact that the CIÉ superannuation scheme 1951 is in significant surplus; who supplied that information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14570/23]
1370. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, waiting lists by length of wait for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 for the community healthcare organisation or CHO7 area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13158/23]
1369. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for each month of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 in community healthcare organisation or CHO7; the length of wait, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13156/23]
1368. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of each quarter of 2021 and 2022 at Naas General Hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13155/23]
1367. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of people aged over 65 and over 75 years on NTPF reported waiting lists, by specialty, in each month of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in Naas General Hospital; the mean, median, and maximum wait time, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13154/23]
1366. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum wait time on the NTPF reported waiting lists, by speciality, for each month of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 for Naas General Hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13153/23]
1365. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the bed-occupancy rate at Naas General Hospital for each week of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; the number of beds available for the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13152/23]
1364. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations by Naas General Hospital, by appointment type, in each of the months of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13151/23]
1363. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if Naas General Hospital is operating at its full complement of medical staff at all levels and across all disciplines; the number of staff it is missing in each of these levels and disciplines; the length of vacancy of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13150/23]
1362. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the average patient waiting time from arrival at the emergency department in Naas General Hospital to admission for each individual month of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form, for the cohort under-75 and over-75 years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13149/23]
1343. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the location and number of the minor-injury units referred to in the HSE Care Flowchart; the numbers treated in these dedicated units in tabular form over the past five years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13061/23]
948. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need for in CHO7 in each of the months of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the number overdue for completion; the length of time they are overdue; the average length of wait, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13157/23]
736. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if every classroom now has HEPA filtration installed; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13399/23]
735. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of HEPA filters that have been installed in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13398/23]
672. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will assist a child (details supplied) with their school situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12984/23]
646. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if children (details supplied) can be catered for in the provision of school bus tickets as per her last budget announcement as happened for children in Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12727/23]
612. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department can examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12401/23]
460. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how much land has been identified for modular housing in north Kildare; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13259/23]
458. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans that are in place to accommodate tenants who will be forced to leave their properties once the eviction ban is lifted, given the dearth of properties available to rent and the severe lack of social and affordable properties available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13247/23]
457. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of modular homes that have been and are being ordered for each county in the State, given the dearth of social and affordable housing, the worsening housing crisis and the lifting of eviction ban; the number of suitable sites that have been identified for same; the total cost to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13246/23]
300. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will examine the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to intervening and facilitating SUSI to use discretion. [12067/23]
254. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education what can be done for a child in the following circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12018/23]
271. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is satisfied as to the safety of chemicals used by Coillte; what in-house and external expert examinations of the lands and the chemical processes used on them comprise, and have been undertaken; if he can guarantee them safe to pollinators in particular; if he will publish the results of any examinations undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11677/23]
270. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what independent and State inspections of air, water-table and watercourses in and adjacent to Coillte forestry have been undertaken in each of the past ten years in relations to chemical use; if he will publish the findings of same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11675/23]
269. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is satisfied as to the safety for humans, flora, fauna and insect life, particularly pollinators of any chemicals used by Coillte; the scientific basis of that satisfaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11674/23]
268. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list the veterinarian and or wildlife inspections of lands planted by Coillte in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; if he will publish any significant illnesses, losses, and impacts identified in each area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11673/23]
267. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of complaints/concerns that have been made by the public about the use of chemicals by Coillte in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; the list of cited medical complaints, if any, deemed by members of the public to be associated with such chemical use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11672/23]
266. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an annual audit of public health in the areas surrounding Coillte plantations; if so, if he will publish the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11671/23]
265. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the independent scientific, safety analyses of chemicals used by Coillte that have been undertaken in each of the past ten years; if he will publish the results of same; if he will publish the list of chemicals used by Coillte and their listed potential and actual side effects, in tabular form in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11670/23]
263. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specialists in each of the areas rewilding, diversification and biodiversity that are employed in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11633/23]