128. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the free fertility treatment as recently announced can be considered on a case-by-case basis, rather than as one matrix; his plans to do so; if the case of persons (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45319/24]
1246. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to examine a case involving publicly funded fertility treatment (details supplied). [45116/24]
977. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of providers that have been paid AIM funding for 2024; and the number awaiting payment, by county, in tabular form. [45113/24]
924. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Early Learning Care and School-Age Childcare services that were found to be non-compliant in 2023 and 2024 in relation to staffing ratios, staff qualifications, Garda vetting and basic needs, broken down by private or community and private service, service size and full day care, part time, sessional, school age childcare and county, in tabular form. [44463/24]
923. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Early Learning Care and School-Age Childcare services inspected in 2023 and 2024, broken down by community or private service, service size, full day care, part time, sessional, school age childcare and county, in tabular form. [44462/24]
664. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the diseases of Crohn’s and colitis as qualifying conditions for disability and invalidity payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44406/24]
576. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the project development board will be established for the retendering of the Cork event centre; and the persons that will be on such a board. [44543/24]
569. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider the diseases of Crohn's and colitis as qualifying conditions for housing adaptation grants provided for by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44407/24]
568. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many home loan grants have been awarded by each local authority to those that qualified for the croí cónaithe grant and applied for the home loan grant, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44405/24]
567. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered any assistance for those qualifying for the croí cónaithe grant who cannot manage the upfront building costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44404/24]
536. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will facilitate a briefing of locally elected members of Cork City Council by the Attorney General and senior Department officials on the issues of the project development board regarding the retendering of the Cork event centre; and if he will assign a date for that to happen in person. [44545/24]
426. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene to allow a path to be opened while ownership discussions take place (details supplied). [44547/24]
156. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the plans he or his Department have for the Curragh military camp; what investment is being planned for the camp; the timelines for such investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44403/24]
155. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence what help is offered to those returning from overseas service to cope with any trauma, mental health issues or unforeseen experiences that those serving may have had to serve through; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44402/24]
125. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of vacancies, by grade, in her Department at the end of August 2023 and August 2024; the number of staff, by grade, on career break for more than five years; and the number of staff, by grade, on career break for more than six years at those same times. [43325/24]
148. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has established or will establish a scheme where non-Irish nationals can be assisted with their naturalisation following an agreed level of service in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42521/24]
147. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when the new rank of Lance Corporal, as proposed by the Commission on the Defence Forces, will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42520/24]
146. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the up-to-date position with the provision of military housing in County Kildare at the Curragh camp; if the report has been finalised; the conversations he or his Department have had with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage or the local authority on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42519/24]
145. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current position with a military service in County Kildare (details supplied); the plans for the future of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42518/24]
144. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is proposing to review current duty rates in the Defence Forces; the last time these duty rates were reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42517/24]
143. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he and his Department are in a position to provide finance to a medical health scheme (details supplied); his views on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42516/24]
598. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of all capital projects currently being constructed by the Government and the HSE, through any means, segmented by construction phase, design phase, planning phase, survey phase and cost spent to date with each project in Cork, in tabular form. [41104/24]
597. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance paramedic staff assigned to the Cork area, in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41103/24]
596. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of collisions requiring ambulance dispatch in Cork in 2023 and 2024; and the average time of dispatch, in tabular form. [41102/24]
595. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of all capital projects currently being constructed by the Government and the HSE, through any means, segmented by construction phase, design phase, planning phase, survey phase and cost spent to date with each project in Kildare, in tabular form. [41098/24]
594. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance paramedic staff assigned to the Kildare area in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41097/24]
593. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of collisions requiring ambulance dispatch in Kildare for 2023 and 2024; and the average time of dispatch, in tabular form. [41096/24]
582. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of all capital projects currently being constructed by the Government and the HSE, through any means, in tabular form, segmented by construction phase, design phase, planning phase, survey phase and cost spent to date with each project. [41026/24]
581. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance paramedic staff assigned to the Kildare area, for 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41025/24]
580. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of collisions requiring ambulance dispatch in Kildare for 2023 and 2024; and the average time of dispatch, in tabular form. [41024/24]
556. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide information on resource allocation by his Department for the implementation of the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy II. [41406/24]
414. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41485/24]
413. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the way she plans to address the increasing number of people who lose out on eligibility for the fuel allowance due to a member of their family moving home due to the housing crisis; the number of households have lost eligibility due to a family member moving in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41479/24]
412. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost in 2025 of increasing the half rate carer's allowance payment to 75% or a full rate respectively; the number of people that would benefit; the breakdown of cost, by each underlying primary social welfare payment; the estimated cost for both measures if applied only to those on the State pension (contributory) and (non-contributory), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41478/24]
407. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive benefits of the cost-of-living payments as a matter of urgency. [41408/24]
388. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for carers allowance from the Cork area in 2023 and to date in 2024; the amount awarded; and the amount refused due to means. [41105/24]
387. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for carer's allowance from the Kildare area in 2023 and to date in 2024; the amount awarded; and the amount refused due to means. [41099/24]
383. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for carer’s allowance from the Kildare area in 2023 and to date in 2024; the amount awarded; and the amount refused due to means. [41027/24]
173. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport if it is proposed to fund the Mallow to Dungarvan greenway from Exchequer funding; to provide an update on monies spent on all aspects of the project to date, and the purposes of monies allocated presently; and his views on the animation of this project. [41201/24]
165. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus shelters currently under consideration for installation in the Cork area; and the location and cost of each, in tabular form. [41107/24]
164. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers using all public transport options in the Cork area, broken down by route, type, that is train/bus, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41106/24]
163. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus shelters currently under consideration for installation in the Kildare area; the location and cost of each, in tabular form. [41101/24]
162. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers using all public transport options in the Kildare area, broken down by route, type, that is train/bus for 2022. 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41100/24]
161. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus shelters currently under consideration for installation in the Kildare area, their locations and cost, in tabular form. [41029/24]
160. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers using all public transport options in the Kildare area, broken down by route, type – train/bus, for the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41028/24]
120. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Environmental Protection Agency, as the competent authority that enforces the environmental liability Directive (ELD), has a register of so-called ELD cases; and whether that register is a matter of public record. [41015/24]
119. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if, under the environmental liability Directive and its iterations, environmental liability insurance exists; if there is published guidance on the financial provision for environmental liability; and if so, whether such guidance is published. [41014/24]
283. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if he will now fund a catch-up programme for the chicken pox vaccine to allow all families avail of it on the public system. [40724/24]
144. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of extending the public bike scheme in Cork to an area (details supplied). [40810/24]