578. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners currently in the prison system; the number according to age group by decade in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37837/21]
577. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice the cost per annum to the Exchequer of keeping a prisoner in the prison system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37836/21]
576. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice the date and findings of the most recent studies done on prisoner literacy and numeracy in the State both when they arrive for the sentence and when they leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37835/21]
575. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if the Irish Prison Service is producing prisoners for video link consultation with their solicitors on every occasion necessary; if not, the reason; her plans to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37834/21]
574. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if the Irish Prison Service can at this stage of the Covid-19 situation, allow solicitors see their clients in person as opposed to video link, particularly in complex cases and in which interpreters might be needed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37833/21]
573. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if the practices of visiting prisoners have been adjusted and improved in accordance with vaccination levels in the prison and general population given many have been without family visits since March 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37832/21]
510. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost per annum to the Exchequer of keeping teenage and young adults in third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37842/21]
467. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the password length for the MyGov ID is so short, that is, not longer than 16 characters (details supplied); if there is a plan to alter this length in order to improve user and systems’ safety particularly in the context of the recent cyber-attack on the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37848/21]
420. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the cost per annum to the Exchequer of keeping a child in the primary school system and the secondary system and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37842/21]
42. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the best interest of the child to urgently examine the lack of electronic records at St. Louise’s unit, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, for those children who have reported sexual abuse and are waiting months for specialist interview regarding same; and if the delay in providing the number on the lists to members of Dáil Eireann will be examined (details supplied). [43078/20]
159. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if the granting of new protective helmets will be expedited for children (details supplied) with diagnoses of neurofibromatosis, ASD and epilepsy who are at risk of and experiencing drop injuries given that their current helmets are too small; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30468/21]
158. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the 12-week gap in the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine in the 60 to 70 age cohort needs to be revisited in view of the Indian variant and UK vaccination advice and the mathematical modelling on the variant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30467/21]
115. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of psychology posts currently operative and unfilled in north County Kildare; the length of time each post has been vacant; the process and length of recruitment for each; the date on which he expects these to be filled; the number of children currently waiting for psychological treatment in the area in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30250/21]
422. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will examine the situation whereby students who are previously classed as dependent and subsequently become independent (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36320/21]
421. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address the barrier Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant applications and recipients are facing in accessing accommodation through the rent-a-room scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36319/21]
360. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social protection payments that have been denied due to debts to the Revenue Commissioners both with repayment arrangements and without arrangements in each of the past five years and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36323/21]
359. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person who has worked all their adult life can be denied their old age pension with notification that arrears will not apply in their case due to a debt to the Revenue Commissioners of under €1,700 on which a repayment arrangement has been agreed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36322/21]
315. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of special educational needs children awaiting an assessment for home tuition sanction in the absence of a school place in each of the past five years; the length of time they have been waiting; the number of special educational needs children that applied and were accepted or refused for home tuition in each of the past five years; the number of children receiving home tuition of the 732 children currently sanctioned for same; the cost of such home tuition hours; the duration greater than three and six months, a year and two years of home tuition both in practice and sanctioned for same in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36321/21]
313. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the measures which can be taken to assist a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36251/21]
173. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if his Department would deem it ethical, acceptable or best practice if advisers (details supplied) were to sit on the board of or be otherwise practically associated with a financial institution with the capacity and propensity to act on personal financial information received from the client in order to recoup outstanding but to all intents and purposes written off debt for the institution with a demand for same arriving immediately post-disclosure to the adviser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36112/21]
342. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice the cost of the free legal aid scheme for criminal justice in 2021 and in each of the past five year in tabular form; the number of cases involved in each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35522/21]
341. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if she has raised with An Garda Síochána, the situation whereby children would have been in the number of 999 calls rejected; the number of children calling 999 in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35520/21]
321. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of money Tusla has paid to external legal advisors in each of the past five years in tabular form; the number and names of the companies and persons involved; the number of cases involved in each year; the longest and shortest case length involved; the average case length involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35519/21]
320. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify the situation whereby out of hours, in the absence of appropriate facilities, children with complex needs are being accommodated in hotels; the cost of such in 2021 and in each of the past three years; the number of children involved in 2021 and in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35518/21]
319. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria by which Tusla quantifies complex needs in a child; the number of children categorised as such currently and in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35517/21]
112. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection if in the event of longer restrictions in the matter of the pandemic, she will commit to increasing expenditure on the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31891/21]
190. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of stillbirths in women with Covid-19 in the period since the onset of the pandemic to date; the percentage of those stillbirths compared to the number of births overall in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26840/21]
579. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health his plans to guarantee vaccination for Erasmus students that will be leaving the State for up to ten months in August and September 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34497/21]
486. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of stillbirths in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the percentage of those still-births in each year within the number of births overall in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26841/21]
315. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of children with special educational needs in the State; the number of special needs schools; the number of such children currently on reduced timetables; the number of such children currently on suspension; the number of such children suspended in each of the past three years; the length of such suspension in practice; the number of such children currently expelled and in each of the past three years; the number of such children who are not in school on a school premises; the number in each of the past three years; the number of such children who have gone through section 29 in 2021 and in each of the past three years; the number of judicial reviews regarding suspension and expulsion of such children in 2021 and for each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34234/21]
399. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients availing of non-extraction dental care in the medical card, nationwide and in north County Kildare, in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26200/21]
398. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients and non-medical card patients, respectively that availed of tooth extractions in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26199/21]
397. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to hospital for tooth extraction nationwide and in north County Kildare in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26198/21]
396. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the cost to the State of PPE for dentists since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26197/21]
395. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to dentists on the medical card system in each of the years 2017 to 2020, the number of patients treated in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26196/21]
394. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if it is HSE and-or his Department's policy to approve or recommend silver filling over white composite fillings for medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26195/21]
393. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of registered complaints and or litigations against dentists made by medical card holders and by non-medical card holders, respectively in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26194/21]
392. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists and orthodontists, respectively, who are registered for public treatment generally in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26193/21]
391. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists and orthodontists, respectively, who are registered and operating in the north County Kildare area; the number operating in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26192/21]
390. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the status of the national oral health policy; the plans for its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26191/21]
985. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the post of director of ICT in Tusla has been filled continuously since 2017; the dates on which positions (details supplied) were advertised and filled; the number of staff these managers have; the number of data breaches in each of the years since 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31448/21]
820. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education her views on whether it is acceptable that a teenage child with severe ID, ASD and a genetic disorder has been without a school place for over a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31911/21]
819. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the arrangements her Department has in place to assist the seamless transfer of a child expelled from a special needs school to another; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31910/21]
818. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of expulsions that have been recorded from special schools in each of the past five years by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31909/21]
608. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if information will be provided on the review by his Department of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and the review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if information will be provided on the stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting before finalisation; when the interim planning regulations will be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31276/21]
108. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance the preparations his Department is making in conjunction with business stakeholders and representatives on the impact on businesses of possible changes in the global corporation tax environment; the meetings he has had with business stakeholders and representatives regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30160/21]
69. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will liaise with the Minister for Justice and ensure free legal representation for workers in labour disputes with their employers at the WRC and Labour Court given that such services are currently unavailable in both fora and resulting in inherently-disadvantaged lay-litigant status of workers due to their lack of ability to pay professional legal fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30159/21]
73. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will commence and lead a public conversation on privacy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30058/21]
486. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE or Tusla is responsible for the holding and security of the data held given the interconnectedness of Tusla and the HSE, seven years after the establishment of Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29827/21]
485. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether the ongoing connection of the Tusla and the HSE systems has put the acutely sensitive data on children and families at unnecessary risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29826/21]