737. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the way in which the reimbursement of travel costs for haemodialysis patients is administered; the rate per kilometre; if it is paid through the hospital administering the treatment or centrally by the HSE; the reason some patients are paid monthly and others less frequently; and the timeframe for payment specified by the HSE. [61834/21]
634. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will release the official advice he received from his Departmental officials that indicates that the chair of the review body into the Health Act 2018 should be appointed following a tendering process. [61647/21]
480. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the current system of walk-in appointments for vaccine boosters; his views on the long queues in inclement weather that have been seen in recent days; if a move away from walk-ins and towards a scheduled system has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59843/21]
470. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the record of a person (details supplied) who was diagnosed with autism in 2017 is in the possession of the HSE; the reason the parents of the child have been informed that there is no record of the child; and if it is the case, the effect that this will have on the access of the child to therapy. [59826/21]
469. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of children in the CHO 7 area who await an assessment of needs, and by category of assessment, in tabular form. [59825/21]
192. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons waiting on a driving test for a car by test centre in tabular form. [60529/21]
190. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a decision has been made with regard to the allocation of the €500,000 to address the crack cocaine crisis announced as part of Budget 2022; if not, when this decision will be made in order that community drugs projects that are struggling to maintain services will have clarity on available funding from 1 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59275/21]
485. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the average waiting time for successful naturalisation applications to be processed at present; the number of applications currently being considered; and the number of live applications still being processed were submitted prior to 23 November 2019. [58709/21]
218. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the considerations that were made in the Covid-19 pass system for persons who are medically advised against receiving a Covid-19 vaccination. [57890/21]
188. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of beds Peamount Hospital has for continuing care for neurological illness or acquired brain injury; if all beds are currently staffed full-time and open; and the number of vacancies for medical staff are currently unfilled at the hospital. [57749/21]
705. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the cause of the recent power outage at University Hospital Tallaght, leading to the cancellation of all scheduled outpatient and day appointments; and the measures that will be put in place to ensure that it does not occur again. [57618/21]
616. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccination cards that are unaccounted for across the vaccination system. [49696/21]
642. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has returned to full ICT functionality; and if not, the estimated date for achieving this. [46110/21]
443. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education the number of CO2 monitors that have been delivered to schools; the number of monitors required for the total commitment of a monitor in every classroom; and the current projected cost of the project. [46109/21]
3203. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will provide funding to allow the charities that provide two soup runs in Dublin to remain in operation if the HSE close down on the foot of a HSE environmental health section report. [40765/21]
3100. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccination cards that are unaccounted for across the vaccination centre system. [40298/21]
3099. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the consideration that will be made in the domestic Covid-19 pass system for persons who are medically advised against receiving a Covid-19 vaccination. [40297/21]
2384. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) having been diagnosed in April as having dyspraxia, has been awaiting a number of years for an appointment with a psychiatrist; the length of time they are waiting; the number of children on the waiting list for the CHO7 area; the positions they are on the waiting list; when they will receive an appointment; the reason for the backlog and delay with the current resources and plan in place; and the additional supports he is awaiting. [37657/21]
2047. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the EU Digital COVID Certificate will be used to regulate access to indoor dining and other hospitality in line with domestic Covid-19 restrictions. [36348/21]
2046. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if the EU Digital COVID Certificate will come before Dáil Éireann for debate and examination before implementation. [36347/21]
1753. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if official names will be used on EU digital Covid certificates in order that they corroborate with the names of persons on passports or drivers licences to avoid any difficulties in cases in which a person needs to identify themselves as vaccinated if they travel abroad when they may habitually use another name such as in Irish. [35461/21]
1511. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide additional detail on the targeted funding alluded to in recent comments to the media by the Minister of State for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy to local drugs task forces in areas in which crack cocaine has become a serious issue; the increased supports and resources that will be made available; and the level of funding that will be involved. [33667/21]
1159. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department and the HSE will provide funding to allow the charities that provide two soup runs in Dublin to remain in operation if the HSE close down on the foot of a HSE environmental health section report. [40766/21]
991. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education the status of the difficulties in facilitating a school (details supplied) on its current site for the coming academic year; if her attention has been drawn to the reservations of both schools regarding the contingency plan in use to move the school; if her Department has taken those concerns into consideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40158/21]
950. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education when she plans to hold the three-year review of the need for schools to open special education classes under the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. [39486/21]
949. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education if each school in an area (details supplied) will receive CO2 monitors before the 2021-2022 academic year commences. [39485/21]
152. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a timetable for clearing the backlog in driver test waiting times. [38779/21]
96. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the supports his Department is considering implementing to support those who have suffered negative reactions to the Covid-19 vaccines such as vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia. [25420/21]
54. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the measures his Department is considering implementing to support those who may suffer medium or long-term after-effects of Covid-19 commonly referred to as long Covid given that the health effects impact on a wide range of aspects of daily life including increased medical needs. [25421/21]
63. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the waiting lists for driver tests by test centre in tabular form; and the breakdown by the centres in which the additional 40 testers were deployed as promised in Dáil Éireann on 24 March 2021. [35050/21]
153. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education if a review will be undertaken into the pilot of the school inclusion model including the in-school therapy demonstration project now that the 2020-2021 school year has ended; and when she expects such a review to be completed. [33735/21]
276. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consultation was undertaken with private car park operators at national monuments to provide free parking in concert with free access to OPW heritage sites. [29336/21]
156. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the lottery system that has been implemented in the school meals scheme is a blunt instrument that does not adequately recognise the individual needs of schools and the areas that they serve; if her attention has been drawn to two schools (details supplied) that both applied for funding to provide hot meals to students only for the senior school to be awarded such funding while the junior school was not; her views on whether this is acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26754/21]
155. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding available for the school meals scheme in the 2021-2022 academic year; the number of schools that applied to the scheme for the coming 2021-2022 academic year; the number of those schools that applied in the lunch and dinner funding categories; and the number of those schools that were awarded funding in each category. [26753/21]
138. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education the status of a new building project for a school (details supplied); the latest construction timetable of the project; the reason for the delays in the planning process for the project including that of the temporary structure that was to be in place by August 2021; and if her commitment that the school will remain on the present site for the coming academic year is still the case. [24877/21]
155. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education the current status of construction of the permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); the cause of delay in installing temporary accommodation on the site; and if a commitment will be given to provide temporary accommodation on site for the coming academic year. [24808/21]
134. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the specific measures being put in place to eliminate the backlog of outstanding passport applications. [24807/21]
123. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of the Government in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver proposal put forward by South Africa and India. [22588/21]
56. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports that are currently outstanding as of 26 April 2021 or the latest date available for residents by county; and the number of applications for new passports or for renewals of a passport by county in tabular form . [22550/21]
2094. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the specific schemes or supports that will be put in place for those who suffer complications or side effects, such as vaccine induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine; and his views on whether it is important that persons who suffer such complications are not left to bear the consequences without Government support given the State indemnified the companies that manufacture the vaccines. [19804/21]
2076. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason for the current closure of Keltoi rehabilitation and residential unit in the Phoenix Park and the closure of St. Michael’s unit in Beaumont Hospital in 2020; if his attention has been drawn to the effect this is causing on other services and providers throughout the city and those in the CHO7 area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19746/21]
2075. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason for the current closure of St. Michael's unit, a ten-bed facility in Beaumont Hospital; and if his attention has been drawn to the impact this is having on rehabilitation services and waiting lists for those seeking supports. [19745/21]
1040. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education her views on whether it is reasonable for her Department to deny a school (details supplied) additional special education hours given the school has demonstrated a need for an additional 50 hours to keep up with the needs of students; her further views on whether it appropriate that her Department in spite of the refusal of additional hours is requesting that the school open a class for students with ASD; and if she will consider revising this refusal in order that students such as a person will not go without the educational support they need to fully access education on a par with their peers. [19747/21]
1260. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the criteria the decision to restrict visa free travel from South Africa and certain South American countries was based upon; and the specific criteria by which the decision will be reversed. [15201/21]