756. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can have their funding transferred to the personalised budget demonstration pilot project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6558/22]
741. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses required in order to have the full complement of neurology nurse specialists for University Hospital Galway, which serves a large population in the west of Ireland; the number of neurology nurse specialists that are currently in place; the steps that are being taken in terms of recruitment and allocation of additional nurse numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6520/22]
542. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice if she has plans to bring forward legislation to deal with cyber flashing and online harassment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6490/22]
494. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the Tusla emergency accommodation review which has been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6698/22]
466. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the difficulties faced by disabled artists trying to access social protection payments and the basic income for artists; if her attention has been drawn to the implications that this payment will have on social protection payments already received by disabled artists, in particular on the fact that while the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media will not means test the basic income for the arts payment, the Department of Social Protection will take the basic income for the arts payment into account for means tested disability payments and as the proposed basic income for the arts payment is €325 per week, this will exceed the income threshold for primary supports and therefore disabled artist will lose their primary supports if they avail of the basic income for the arts scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6541/22]
400. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if, as part of the review of school transport, her Department will consider allowing national school children to receive transport to their parish school as their second school of choice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5887/22]
273. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department provides funding to sports clubs that are engaged in providing activities for persons with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5941/22]
259. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the primary medical certificate scheme per annum since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6566/22]
258. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance the amount expended to date on the help to buy scheme since its inception; the number of first-time buyers that benefited from the scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6557/22]
455. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of a matter (details supplied) regarding residential placements for adults with a disability. [5700/22]
373. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice the status of a matter (details supplied) regarding the immigrant investment programme review. [5694/22]
312. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if support and advice will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied). [5690/22]
452. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if she will consider a hybrid format for the leaving certificate in 2022 given the serious disturbance to student education over the past three schools years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5198/22]
451. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education the progress that has been made in relation to the proposals to amalgamate schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5199/22]
450. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a progress report on the development of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5200/22]
314. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the next round of funding applications for the Large-Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund; the closing date for the next round of applications; and if third parties can make amendments to applications. [4799/22]
58. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education the status of progress with the proposed amalgamation of a school (details supplied) and the development of another school in Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5197/22]
366. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce free general practitioner visit cards for children under seven years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4155/22]
322. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will include catering staff who worked on hospital Covid-19 wards and who had to gown-up, in the scheme to pay frontline workers a bonus of €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4154/22]
630. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the Covid bonus for healthcare workers in a nursing home or hospice setting will be extended to healthcare workers in oncology units and others who worked throughout the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3393/22]
616. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of cases of comfort care that were recorded in respect to live births arising from the operation of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3288/22]
615. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of cases of deaths of infants born alive following a termination of pregnancy as defined in section 2 of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 that have been notified under section 42A (1) of the Civil Registration Act 2004 as amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3287/22]
614. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of cases that have been recorded in which births of infants born alive following a termination of pregnancy as defined in section 2 of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 have been registered as a live birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3286/22]
547. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the orthodontic assessment waiting list in County Galway; the current waiting time on the list; the number of patients on the orthodontic treatment waiting list; the current waiting time on the list; if there are currently unfilled clinical positions in the service in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3014/22]
298. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions that his Department deems appropriate for homeowners who have difficulties with huge numbers of starlings in the vicinity of their homes from November to March; the steps that can be taken to deal with the situation families find themselves in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3373/22]
291. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the GMS dentistry service is no longer available to medical card holders; if he plans to intervene in order to provide a service that is workable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2761/22]
1789. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will establish a reporting group to investigate the instances of the negative effects that Covid-19 vaccines have had on a small minority of persons; the supports and services that will be put in place for those persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1833/22]
1779. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the eye conditions that were treated with medically necessary contact lenses funded by the HSE; the breakdown of the funding provided and the various conditions involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1792/22]
1778. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on contact lenses prescribed for medical use in eye conditions such as keratoconus or other eye conditions in 2021 and each of the past five years; the geographical breakdown of the area in which the funding was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1791/22]
1751. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will update the long-term illness scheme to include amputees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1614/22]
1743. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that the terms of reference for the review of the abortion legislation will include matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1564/22]
1603. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the interment arrangements for the remains of babies from late-term abortions in circumstances in which the parents of the baby do not undertake personal arrangements; and if the baby is buried in a designated plot within the hospital grounds or elsewhere. [1085/22]
1602. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his Department has previously commissioned or intends to commission research into the evidence which indicates that pain is experienced by unborn babies from 20 weeks of gestation onwards. [1084/22]
1399. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of persons who are excluded from services (details supplied); the way the issue will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63122/21]
1398. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will receive the necessary supports they require; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63121/21]
1389. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in addressing delays in progressing paperwork for a drug (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that these delays are causing for persons with chronic migraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63093/21]
1285. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider amending the undocumented scheme to provide assistance to the many non-EEA nationals who are living and working in Ireland long-term in vulnerable conditions having come to Ireland initially to work on a stamp 4 visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1960/22]
1107. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is an investigative unit in place to investigate anomalies in the files of persons who gave birth to children in mother and baby homes whose files are not correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1613/22]
891. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider raising the income threshold for the fuel allowance in order that persons living alone who are in receipt of a contributory pension and half-rate carer’s allowance can access the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63529/21]
814. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education when she will publish her plans for the junior and leaving certificate exams for 2022; if she will publish them at the earliest possible date to allay the fears and concerns of students, parents and teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1811/22]
582. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will amend the tenant purchase scheme to allow carers who have given up work to care for loved ones to avail of the amended scheme to ensure that carers are not discriminated against in terms of purchasing their own homes. [2039/22]
581. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to introduce a new tenant purchase scheme for tenants of social houses, including Part V houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2038/22]
545. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the hen harrier threat response plan will be published; the reason for the long delay in the publication of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1780/22]
488. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will alter the regulations on the registration of septic tanks to allow persons who purchase a property in which the septic tank has not been previously registered to register same in order to be eligible for grant aid to upgrade for environmental reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63471/21]
469. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he and his Department support the master plan for Moore Street as developed by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63176/21]
468. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide additional funding under the housing aid for older people scheme to reflect the unprecedented increase in the costs of materials and labour; if this funding will be 100% grant funded by his Department to the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63175/21]
419. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of public funding or public support received by League of Ireland clubs in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63126/21]
418. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of public funding or public support received by a club (details supplied) in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63125/21]