1180. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the status of the works to accommodate the new MRI scanner in Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17467/21]
1138. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if persons over 70 years of age that have received the full vaccination can return to work immediately if their position is still in place. [17339/21]
851. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason the vaccination hub in Athlone, County Westmeath is starting at the end of March 2021 but not happening in Mullingar, County Westmeath until mid-April 2021; and if there is a delay in Ireland receiving vaccines. [16288/21]
726. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the provisions being made by his Department to ensure that children born in January of a particular year can avail of a second free early childhood care and education, ECCE, year given that at present many children born in the early part of the year are excluded from a second free year. [17121/21]
718. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding parental leave from 1 April 2021. [17070/21]
597. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if clarity will be provided on a forthcoming Departmental circular outlining the steps to be taken in applying for additional SNA allocations (details supplied). [16875/21]
199. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is on the waiting list for a procedure in the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [16129/21]
1875. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will include pharmacy staff in the next wave of the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine. [15749/21]
1870. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify details on the pain relief outpatients waiting list report as listed on the NTPF website; his views on whether the numbers listed cannot be correct given that Children’s Health Ireland is not taking referrals; and if he will rectify the age groups listings which are zero to 16, 16 to 64 and over 65 years of age given that Children’s Health Ireland has agreed to keep all chronic pain patients until 18 years of age. [15744/21]
1857. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when members of multidisciplinary pain team recruited over the past three months will begin seeing patients. [15696/21]
1586. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if further consideration will be given to the vaccine roll-out schedule and greater priority given to retail staff who are at an increased level of risk whilst carrying out their daily duties. [14742/21]
1565. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the date the paediatric diabetic service at the Regional Hospital Mullingar will resume; when the full team requirement of two nurses, a psychologist and a social worker will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14656/21]
1490. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when persons who have been vaccinated, for example, nurses will be able to visit elderly relatives in nursing homes in which the residents have also been vaccinated (details supplied). [14397/21]
1477. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a Covid-19 vaccination appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [14370/21]
1453. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will address issues in the roll-out of vaccines to dental practice staff as a matter of urgency; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that employees in many practices signed up to the portal more than three weeks ago and have not had communication since (details supplied); and the actions being taken to ensure this cohort of front-line healthcare workers are vaccinated without further delay. [14277/21]
705. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if eviction proceedings can advance in relation to tenants who have not paid rent since before the period of Covid-19 restrictions; if special arrangements have been made to assist landlords in cases in which tenants have made no effort to contribute to rental agreements, have ignored orders to vacate and are in effect squatting; and if he has considered introducing financial supports for landlords in such circumstances. [15352/21]
685. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will sign off on the decommissioning of a group water scheme (details supplied). [15081/21]
348. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider allowing essential workers to be allowed to sit driving lessons at level 5 and at subsequent levels given the number of persons this would affect is relatively small. [15462/21]
260. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if Ballyharney, Delvin, County Westmeath, is included in the recent announcement for areas receiving broadband by autumn 2021 (details supplied). [15742/21]
257. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a property (details supplied) will be able to avail of high-speed broadband. [15689/21]
241. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will give consideration to the formation of a youth climate corps similar to that which has recently been enacted by the US Government. [14893/21]
226. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the actions being considered by his Department to tackle the spike in illegal dumping and littering; and if he will consider amending the Litter Pollution Act 1997 as amended by the Waste Management Act 2001 and the Protection of the Environment Act 2003 to include a name-and-shame approach which would allow local authorities to publicly name all offenders who have been successfully issued with dumping or littering fines. [14402/21]
878. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if surgery will be carried out for a person (details supplied) through the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [13024/21]
649. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to provide heavily subsidised or free childcare (details supplied). [13046/21]
578. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the back-to-work enterprise schemes for an additional 12 months, given the impact restrictions have had on participants. [12761/21]
552. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the additional technology that may be available to school students who are on the autistic spectrum; and if these students can avail of financial support towards the purchase of a tablet or laptop. [13494/21]
544. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details of the roadmap for students doing practical exams in, for example, music, home economics, orals, aurals, woodwork, metalwork and so on, given some are commencing in three weeks' time and students have not been informed of plans on same; and if the matter will be addressed without further delay. [13353/21]
509. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the status of projects in schools (details supplied) approved under the National Development Finance Agency, NDFA, Devolved Programme. [12901/21]
478. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if clarification will be provided on the practical aspects of some exam subjects (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12483/21]
356. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on matters raised (details supplied) in relation to the proposed move by Horse Sport Ireland to a new centre of excellence in Greenogue, County Dublin. [13497/21]
248. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport his plans to make the wearing of high-visibility clothing compulsory for cyclists and pedestrians. [13011/21]
157. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a property (details supplied) will be able to avail of e-fibre broadband. [12666/21]
151. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the forthcoming SEAI deep retrofit grant schemes for private individual homeowners; and when he expects to be in a position to launch such a scheme. [12507/21]
150. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a property (details supplied) will be able to avail of broadband. [12496/21]
214. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a front-line worker who is unable to take a vaccine (details supplied) as advised by their general practitioner will be prioritised for another vaccine. [12293/21]
159. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently address a situation which has arisen in which children who do not return to take up their ECCE place within four weeks of 8 March 2021 will lose their place on the scheme; and if families who choose to care for their children at home during this continued period of risk will not lose their qualification for ECCE. [12326/21]
129. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if the practical music exams are going ahead for leaving certificate students; and if so, the format in which the practical music exams will be undertaken. [12188/21]
50. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if childcare allowances are made for OPW employees who cannot avail of external childcare facilities at present; and if OPW employees who have to care for their children on a number of days per week due to the pandemic have been instructed that they must use holidays for such days. [12321/21]
18. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport when driver tests will restart for non-essential workers; and the number currently on the waiting list in the Mullingar area. [12211/21]
10. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if clarification will be provided on the actions to be taken following a recommendation by the Joint Committee on Climate Action to ban the importation of fracked gas and specifically to ban LNG terminals to Ireland. [12331/21]
9. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if clarification will be provided on the programme for Government commitment to reduce polluting emissions by an average of 7% a year and by 51% in total by 2030. [12330/21]
999. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health his plans to transport persons to vaccination centres in areas in which no public transport is available (details supplied). [12104/21]
816. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if the vaccination priority list will be updated to include cancer patients who have had their treatment halted due to the risk of contracting Covid-19. [11366/21]
787. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not granted an increment to staff of a service (details supplied). [11278/21]