241. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the number of low-floor wheelchair accessible single decker and double decker buses that were transferred from Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus or the National Transport Authority to the School Transport Fleet from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43108/22]
240. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the number of low-floor wheelchair accessible single decker and double decker buses that were sent for auction or were otherwise disposed of by Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus or the National Transport Authority from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43107/22]
166. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if he will be introducing a rail-ticket price initiative for customers similar to that offered in Germany; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41965/22]
158. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if he will introduce a ban on the sale of SUVs in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41964/22]
63. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the Programme for Government commitment to double ex-gratia grants to animal welfare organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38072/22]
52. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that forestry licence targets are not being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38071/22]
463. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will examine the case of a child (details supplied) and investigate whether the critical early intervention that they require will be provided on a more timely basis with attendant better outcomes; if any additional assistance will be given to the family to affray costs of occupational therapy and speech and language services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38175/22]
918. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if those persons who have been sanctioned carer hours through care at home could go ahead and source a carer from a separate source; the HSE funding for the hours that are sanctioned given the current personnel shortage notified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37524/22]
740. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will examine the number of phone lines and operators that are available in each prison for booking phone calls (details supplied); the number of prisoners who are eligible for visits in each facility; if the PPSN card is deemed suitable identification for a visit; if not, the reasons for same; the reason that family parcels with essential items cannot be accepted on the day of a visit subject to the usual checks; if her Department will consider the effect of these barriers and delays given the impact on children of prisoners who feel they too are being punished; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37525/22]
680. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently without a designated social worker in each age group and social work area in each year of the past five years by area and age group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37575/22]
679. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average age of a social care and child protection practitioner in Tusla; the average number of cases or families dealt with in a year and at any one working period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37574/22]
678. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the stated minimum length of service required to be appointed a social work, social care and child protection supervisor; the performance levels required for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37573/22]
677. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that social care and child protection practitioners functioning as supervisors in Tusla have adequate length and breadth of experience themselves for the complexity and sensitivity of the supervisory role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37572/22]
676. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social care and child protection practitioners in Tusla who function as supervisors to other staff; the average years of experience of each supervisor in Tusla; the number of staff members that each supervisor is responsible for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37571/22]
675. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Health Information and Quality Authority inspections undertaken of registered Tusla accommodation in each of the past five years in tabular form; the stated findings of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37570/22]
674. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Health Information and Quality Authority is satisfied in relation to the optimum care guaranteed to children who are placed in hotel and unregulated accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37569/22]
673. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social care, child protection and other relevant practitioners that Tusla has hired in each of the past five years in tabular form; the number who have left the service in each year of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37568/22]
672. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of the Tusla social care and child protection staff who have under three years’ experience in their Tusla role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37567/22]
671. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social work, social care and child protection staff places that remain unfilled at Tusla; the number of these practitioners that it currently employs; the number of staff that is deemed to be full complement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37566/22]
670. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all registered care places and facilities used by Tusla are full; if so, until when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37565/22]
669. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children that Tusla is accommodating in hotels; the ages of each child; the number of children that it is accommodating in unregulated accommodation; the ages of each child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37564/22]
202. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health when a second Covid booster will be available to the broadest possible vaccine eligible population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37457/22]
140. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the actions that are being taken to address the serious trolley situation at Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37456/22]
85. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the reason some long-term public sector workers in the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board will not have their 32.5-hour contract restored, as agreed under the Haddington Road Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34657/22]
760. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the current reinfection rate of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33689/22]
759. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the public health advice on the reason it is not necessary to introduce mitigations to contain the spread of Covid-19 infection and reinfection in the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33688/22]
758. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason that public health is still only measuring Covid-19 impact in terms of deaths and hospitalisations given the growing international evidence on the emergence of long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33687/22]
757. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if Naas General Hospital will be established as a centre for the treatment of long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33686/22]
622. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the cost to the Exchequer of providing home tuition to SEN children on the grounds that they are without a school placement or an early intervention class placement; if her Department can compare and contrast such cost with that of an in-school place per child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34302/22]
621. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of children with SEN in County Kildare who are awaiting assessment for sanction for home tuition on the grounds that they do not have a school placement or an early intervention class placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34301/22]
620. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of children with SEN in County Kildare who are currently sanctioned for home tuition on the grounds that they do not have a school placement or an early intervention class placement; the same data for the past five years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34300/22]
619. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of children with SEN who are awaiting assessment to be sanctioned for home tuition in the absence of a school placement or early intervention class placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34299/22]
618. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of children with SEN that are currently sanctioned for home tuition on the grounds that they do not have a school placement or an early intervention class placement; the same data for the past five years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34298/22]
592. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education when there will be a permanent building for a school (details supplied) given that first-year ASD provision in the form of a dedicated class is reportedly dependent on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33606/22]
216. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has examined the impact of the housing crisis on single persons who are automatically at a serious disadvantage in relying on one salary in order to rent or buy given the now-exorbitant costs of both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33299/22]
215. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has satisfied itself that there are a sufficient number of affordable properties in the north County Kildare; if he will publish the methods used to reach such a conclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33298/22]
547. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of children with special education needs who have been referred to Tusla for so-called school refusal in each of the past five years and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31910/22]
546. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of children in the north Kildare constituency who require a special needs education school place; the number who have one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31909/22]
545. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of children listed as requiring special education needs; the number of children who require special education needs places in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31908/22]
544. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of special educational needs organisers in the north Kildare constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31907/22]
543. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of special educational needs organisers in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31906/22]
164. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if her Department will examine the process by which car registrations can be purchased without applicable proof of car ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31961/22]
1935. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of children under six years of age in north County Kildare who qualify for under six free general practitioner care; the number who are availing of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30975/22]
1934. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of children under six years of age of the qualifying cohort who are able to avail of free general practitioner care, given the difficulty of families in being added to general practitioner practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30974/22]
1912. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the access to and availability of Kaftrio which has a life-changing impact on children living with cystic fibrosis and is anxiously awaited by the children and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30812/22]
1522. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will liaise with the HSE in urgently examining a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29614/22]
990. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Questions 397 and 398 of 31 May 2022, if her Department could examine the figures provided in view of the fact that in a reply to a previous Parliamentary Question the figure was 730 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29629/22]
732. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department is satisfied that any cost cutting measures in private nursing homes are not affecting standards of care; the actions that his Department has taken to satisfy itself of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27852/22]
731. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if unannounced HIQA inspections of nursing homes will be made in the evenings given the concern of families that bed-bound patients have no food or drink from five to six pm until breakfast time the following morning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27851/22]
655. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if her Department will urgently examine the case of a child (details supplied) and liaise with an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27346/22]