597. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will consider amending the criteria for people availing of the NPTF in order that anyone waiting in excess of six months can self-refer to a private hospital similar to people who opt for cross-border treatment. [6602/23]
567. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure patients who suffer with amyloidosis can be approved on the long-term illness scheme. [6539/23]
465. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the third level fee supports which are currently in place for students who came to the country as asylum seekers and have been granted permission to remain through the regularisation scheme, if there are any plans to make such students eligible for SUSI supports for the coming academic term; and if he is aware of any specific scholarships which such students could avail of. [7384/23]
460. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address an issue with regard to Safe Pass online courses which may slow the number of applicants successfully obtaining a Safe Pass; and if he is aware that there are 500 possible Safe Pass questions and no written information booklet for applicants to revise. [7194/23]
426. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he might be in a position to establish new family resource centres in areas with a high need. [6603/23]
391. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if people in receipt of carer's benefit are informed in adequate time before the payment ceases to enable them to submit an application form for carer's allowance to avoid a period of no payment. [6601/23]
134. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the roll-out of fibre broadband to a business (details supplied). [7232/23]
124. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the network infrastructure map in relation to the published contract with broadband provider National Broadband Ireland (details supplied) is functioning in full; if it is currently accessible, as described, by service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6914/23]
65. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current position with regard to the electric vehicle, EV, centre of excellence at Columb Barracks, Mullingar. [6613/23]
297. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be placed on the May 2022 review list instead of the October 2022 review list. [6370/23]
293. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide up-to-date information on a number of speech and language therapy vacancies in CHO 8 (details supplied). [6366/23]
143. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline any additional information which grandparents must provide in order to bring their grandchildren abroad on holidays. [6297/23]
307. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will clarify whether students studying for a masters or postgraduate degree would qualify for the reduced fee contribution of €1,000. [6027/23]
250. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will consider introducing additional supports for second level schools to develop autism-friendly rooms for recently diagnosed students (details supplied). [6107/23]
398. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will address an anomaly in relation to private health insurance whereby policy-holders automatically have to take out maternity cover; and his views that such cover should be an optional add-on to insurance policies. [5413/23]
334. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for partial capacity for a person (details supplied). [5411/23]
138. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the Longford Westmeath Education and Training Board’s application for a new headquarters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4936/23]
101. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the minor works grant; when she expects the grant to be paid in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4938/23]
38. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the measures he will take to boost retention rates in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4786/23]
31. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there will be a new army headquarters in Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4785/23]
718. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a patient (details supplied), who is under 16 years of age, can be referred for a free MRI through the HSE. [4563/23]
717. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason that under-16s cannot currently be referred for a free MRI through the HSE; and if he plans to rectify this anomaly with immediate action. [4562/23]
697. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will facilitate community mental health community services to assist a person (details supplied). [4353/23]
565. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the number of asylum seekers seeking international protection who arrived in Ireland in 2022 having come from another European country; and the number who were returned under the Dublin Convention. [4549/23]
508. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Amendment Act 2015 will be commenced; and the reason for the delay in commencing same. [4548/23]
472. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the actions that her Department is taking to deal with cases in which a child has been allocated a seat through the free bus ticket scheme but the child in question is not availing of the seat and there are other students waiting to take up a seat on the same route; and her views on whether in cases in which a ticket is not being used, her Department should have the right to cancel the ticket and allocate a seat to an alternative student. [4742/23]
330. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if housing aid for older persons to repair damaged external plastering will be considered by local authorities (details supplied). [4158/23]
251. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the measures that are in place to ensure that materials from United Kingdom passing through Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland are captured for customs and excise to ensure a level playing field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4027/23]
129. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications from County Westmeath that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4394/23]
101. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the role his Department plays in advancing Ireland’s trading interests; how it utilises the diaspora in relation to this aim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4395/23]
21. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there will be increased funding or new funding streams for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3661/23]
16. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans that are in place to promote the Famine walkway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3660/23]
64. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the granting of controlled burning permits by local authorities; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no permits are currently being granted due to a directive from his Department. [3470/23]
655. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reinstate BPS payments to a person (details supplied) on the basis of an appeal which has been submitted to his Department. [2977/23]
481. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged between 0-8 years of age who were diagnosed with autism in each of the years 2020 to 2022, in tabular form. [2702/23]
480. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who attended the accident and emergency department at Mullingar Regional Hospital in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [2701/23]
401. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the current funding band rates for family resource centres (details supplied). [3134/23]
400. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the contributory pension review of a person (details supplied). [3131/23]
383. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the fuel allowance to €40 per week for the 2023-2024 period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2703/23]
87. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if any action can be taken regarding non-bank lenders not offering an option of fixed mortgage rates to mortgage borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2857/23]
82. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the way he is supporting credit unions to grow and develop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2858/23]
1922. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding avenues that are available through her Department which could assist a sporting organisation with the purchase of land, particularly where a club does not currently have a ground of its own and there is a proven need within an area. [1910/23]
1855. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an ACRES application can be accepted for a person (details supplied). [1933/23]
1854. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that are currently available to the equestrian sector to support equestrian activities for persons with physical and intellectual disabilities; and if he has any plans to introduce additional supports in this regard. [1824/23]
1629. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason that staff in dental practices have not yet been eligible for the HSE Covid bonus payment; and if he has plans to rectify this matter. [1900/23]
1580. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when nursing home facilities can make additional applications to the HSE pandemic bonus scheme on behalf of former employees who are no longer employed at a facility. [1786/23]