806. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the basis on which teachers deemed by medical consultants to be very high risk are being reclassified as high risk by a company (details supplied); if the medical reasons for this reclassification are being provided to those teachers; if not, if she will make them available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1617/22]
804. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied that all necessary mitigations have been put in place in schools to address the spread of Covid-19 and protect the immediate and long-term health of staff, students and also public health itself; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1575/22]
803. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if on public-health grounds, her Department is sanctioning the free distribution of FFP2 or FFP3 masks to staff in schools; if not, the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1574/22]
802. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied that classrooms are sufficiently warm for children and staff with respiratory conditions given the low temperatures recorded due to the open windows policy and that such low temperatures can exacerbate lung conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1573/22]
561. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health when the neurology unit of Tallaght Hospital, which serves north County Kildare, will have its recommended full complement of 20 specialist neurology nurses as opposed to the 3.5 currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61199/21]
529. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if there is an all-island system in which teenagers requiring regular residential respite and unable to access it here due to capacity issues can do so in Northern Ireland; if so, the cost paid by the State; if there is not such a system, if developing one is something he will consider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61266/21]
528. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of State locations or entities offering regular residential respite for teenagers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61265/21]
440. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will assist in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61534/21]
182. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to resolve the situation in relation to driving instructors who are being denied access to basic facilities such as toilets and sanitation for a second year (details supplied) given that they are providing a vital service dealing with the current backlog of persons waiting for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61245/21]
180. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the details of and reasons for the major overrun of costs in the M7 widening, Sallins bypass, Osberstown interchange to date (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61200/21]
83. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if public schools will be given free, high-quality masks for every child in the interest of public health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60746/21]
50. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if he will restore the employment wage subsidy scheme to the full amount and extend its operation to February 2022 at least in order to support business and preserve jobs given the current circumstances of Covid-19 infection rates and the advice to the public to reduce their socialising with the attendant major impact on the still recovering hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60697/21]
571. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to help parents in north County Kildare to have their babies vaccinated with the usual childhood vaccines given that they cannot find a general practitioner to register with in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60241/21]
487. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the identity and qualifications in ventilation of the members of an organisation (details supplied) who advised against the need for HEPA filtration in classrooms; if he will publish the precise scientific basis on which that advice was given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59857/21]
744. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if snail producers in the State can be recognised as farmers and included in green and low-carbon grant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58276/21]
715. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the planning that is in place within the health service to deal with long-Covid-19 in the population in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59041/21]
511. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if his Department will examine and resolve matters in relation to the employment of a person (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58298/21]
364. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if there is a clean-air strategy in place for primary schools given growing international evidence over the past 20 months that Covid-19 is airborne and the fact this cohort remains unprotected through vaccination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59040/21]
363. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the suite of measures she is relying on to keep primary-schools safe given the absence of HEPA filters, masks, appropriate contact, test, trace and isolation and the fact most children in the age group that has not yet been vaccinated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59039/21]
311. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the planning that is in place to address the situation of those sitting the leaving certificate in 2022 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58330/21]
218. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will liaise with the National Transport Authority in relation to the cessation of the of the 66A bus service under BusConnects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58086/21]
550. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that young persons turning 18 years have seamless access to specialist prescriptions for medications such as ritalin given that the adult waiting list can be up to three years, in which case persons are then without vital medications due to the fact that general practitioners cannot prescribe same; if he will address the planning situation for these prescriptions in north County Kildare specifically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56893/21]
364. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will examine the situation whereby students suffering an epileptic seizure by their nature without warning prior to a leaving certificate exam cannot sit the paper in question and are required to wait and resit the exams the following year; if an appropriate accommodation could be established that would allow students experiencing seizures before an exam to sit the relevant paper and complete the examination process in the original year without the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57352/21]
144. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education when HEPA filters in each classroom will be installed given the growing international medical, building and environmental evidence and consensus that Covid-19 is airborne and HEPA filtration is an important and effective mitigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57008/21]
93. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will examine the situation vis-a-vis schools with ASD units whereby a child with autism has to apply first for a mainstream place and then transfer to the ASD unit with their initial application leaving them very low on the admissions list as opposed to their being considered separately for direct admission to the ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57007/21]
156. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if he will revisit the young adult travel card scheme in order that it includes commercial coach operators with the attendant good effects of opening up more routes and choice and increasing the opportunity for young persons to travel reliably on public over personal transport and tackle emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56680/21]
645. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason the six night per month respite service, not home supports, for a child (details supplied) have not been reinstated by the HSE despite the critical circumstances in which the family finds itself; when this respite service will be reinstated for the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56084/21]
608. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the funding for treatment of eating disorders; if intervention can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55926/21]
400. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will examine the case and the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in relation to the illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56009/21]
139. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the advice and assistance his Department can provide to persons in north County Kildare (details supplied); if it is the case that to qualify for the grant all expensive work must be done in one go to get the BER to the necessary level thus putting it out of reach of many who wish to make these changes; if so, if his Department will amend the grant requirements in order to assist as many homeowners as possible to do as much as possible on a phased basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55742/21]
558. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health his Department’s plan for Covid-19 booster shots for healthcare workers; if the vaccines necessary are currently available; if the same or a different vaccine to the first two doses will be administered as a booster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54030/21]
313. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to make emergency foster carers eligible for the State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53943/21]
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006 to make provision for an entitlement to bereavement leave to an employee who is a bereaved parent of a child who has died and to provide for related matters.
740. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if she will meet with a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52480/21]
158. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the purpose for which the cumulative contents of brown bins is used; if the contents of brown bins could be processed and used to assist growers such as mushroom producers who may be reliant on imported peat; if the contents of brown bins are tested for the forever chemicals and PFAS; and if so, the levels at which they occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51806/21]
180. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on orthodontic waiting lists in north County Kildare; the number waiting greater than six months, one year and three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50521/21]
171. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the detail of the winter plan of his Department for Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50520/21]
204. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of public healthcare workers at all levels of the health service that are or have been on sick leave or extended leave due to work conditions and stress or injury in each of the past five years and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49972/21]
203. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of public healthcare workers in County Kildare at all levels of the health service that are or have been on sick leave or extended leave due to work conditions and stress or injury in each of the past five years and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49971/21]
202. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if according to best public health practice and per population County Kildare has sufficient numbers of general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49970/21]
201. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if Naas General Hospital is operating with its full complement of medical staff; if not, the number and kind of medical staff missing, for example, general nursing, specialist nursing, physiotherapy, radiology, surgical, consultant and so on; the length of time these roles or posts have been unfilled; his plans to fill same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49969/21]
200. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for treatment at Naas General Hospital in each of the past five years; the number waiting for lengths greater than three and six months and one and two years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49968/21]
485. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the annual cost to the Exchequer of anti-anxiety and separately anti-depressant medication in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49164/21]
484. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of scripts for anti-anxiety and separately anti-depressant medication written in Ireland in each of the past five years in tabular form; the number of patients involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49163/21]
483. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of scripts for anti-anxiety medication and separately anti-depressant medication written and dispensed in County Kildare in each of the past five years in tabular form; the number of patients involved; the cost to the Exchequer of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49162/21]
482. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Kildare on waiting lists in each of the past five years in tabular form (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49161/21]
481. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the initiatives his Department is undertaking to tackle the crisis in primary care whereby general practitioners' practices in north County Kildare and elsewhere are full and cannot accept new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49160/21]
408. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if she will investigate (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49120/21]
407. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if she will establish an investigation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49119/21]
406. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if she will establish an investigation into (Details Supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49118/21]