910. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for private felling licences that remain to be approved by his Department which were received in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17658/22]
713. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 716 of 8 March 2022, if the information and statistics requested will be provided, that is, the number of children under the age of 18 currently waiting to be seen by child disability and autism services in County Wexford; the length of time that each child is on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17688/22]
706. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for occupational therapy through the child disability network team in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17657/22]
581. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if arrangements have been made to provide a reception centre for Ukrainian refugees arriving at Rosslare Europort that allow for a family and child friendly environment for the seven to eight hours that it is taking for the processing of paperwork for those arriving at the port; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16218/22]
856. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for podiatrists in County Wexford; when these vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14113/22]
855. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting appointments for podiatry services in County Wexford; the number of persons on the waiting list in January 2021; the number of persons on the waiting list in January 2022; the number of persons waiting for an appointment for a period of time greater than 12 months; the number of persons waiting for an appointment for a period of time greater than 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14112/22]
822. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the considerations his Department has given to providing free contraception for persons with endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13955/22]
821. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of the legislation to enable the roll-out of free contraception to 17 to 25 year olds in August 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13954/22]
820. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health when training and accreditation for medical practitioners to fit and remove long-acting reversible contraception will recommence in view of the stated intention to commence the roll-out of free contraception for 17 to 25 year olds in August 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13953/22]
248. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of transactional tax paid on gaming in 2019, 2020 and 2021; the proportion in each year paid in respect of online and retail activity; the tax heads under which any such tax has been levied; if the tax is applied by all entities that are licensed to provide gaming; the equivalent tax raised by way of the betting duty in each of the years in respect of activities attracting the betting duty; his assessment of the scale of gambling activity that falls outside the scope of the betting duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14368/22]
139. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the figure collected from National Oil Reserves Agency levy annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14465/22]
229. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current number of children awaiting an appointment with an occupational therapist in the children's disability network team in County Wexford; the period of time that each child has been waiting for an occupational therapy appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13443/22]
228. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists currently employed as part of the children's disability network teams in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13442/22]
227. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting an assessment with the children's disability network teams in County Wexford; the period of time each child has been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13441/22]
226. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current staffing vacancies within each of the children's disability network teams in New Ross, Enniscorthy, Wexford and Gorey in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13440/22]
181. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients referred to and admitted to units (details supplied) since 2018; the number of patients deemed by the consultant child psychiatrists as not suitable for admission to these units; the waiting time for those ultimately admitted to these units; the locations in which they waited for admission, that is, home, paediatric hospitals and other locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13170/22]
718. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current system that the HSE operates for data collection of mental health and psychiatric illness patients; if a dedicated information technology system is in place for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13074/22]
717. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children nationally under the age of 18 currently waiting to be seen by child disability and autism services; the length of time each child is on the wait list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13073/22]
716. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children under the age of 18 currently waiting to be seen by child disability and autism services in County Wexford; the length of time each child is on the wait list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13072/22]
715. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children under the age of 18 currently waiting to be seen by child and adolescent primary care psychology services in County Wexford; the length of time each child is on the wait list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13071/22]
714. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting to be seen by child and adolescent primary care psychology services nationally; the average length of time on the wait list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13070/22]
713. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients under the age of 18 with mental health and psychiatric illnesses assessed in general paediatric hospital emergency departments since 2018; the number of patients under the age of 18 with mental health and psychiatric illnesses admitted and treated in general paediatric hospitals or paediatric wards in general hospitals since 2018; the length of stay of those patients in the paediatric hospitals or paediatric wards in general hospitals by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13069/22]
532. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if an expression of interest to qualified external dietetic service providers has been made in order to fill the approved appointment of a senior dietician post for Waterford and Wexford child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12578/22]
531. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the vacant senior dietician post for Waterford and Wexford child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, has been filled from the national panel in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12577/22]
530. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if provision has been made for an increased dietetic service for Wexford child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12576/22]
320. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of the administration of the €1,000 bonus payment for frontline healthcare workers; when frontline healthcare workers will receive the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12235/22]
755. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the engagement and discussions between his Department and an association (details supplied) on matters relating to the provision of services for medical card holders under the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11518/22]
621. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the financial supports that are available to persons on HSE orthodontic wait lists for longer than 36 months in cases in which the prolonged wait time gravely impacts on the best age to start corrective treatment; if a scheme to assist with private treatment within a persons own county or neighbouring counties has been considered as a measure to address the critical and excessive wait times within the HSE orthodontic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10876/22]
610. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current status and wait time for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the optimal time for the most effective treatment results is prior to the age of 16 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10846/22]
55. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of, and specific timeline for, his decision on the Enniscorthy flood defence scheme proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10961/22]
366. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current level of HSE podiatry staff servicing acute and community services in County Wexford; if he will provide an update on plans to improve these services for persons with diabetes in County Wexford and nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10667/22]
221. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the recruitment crisis currently facing the transport sector; the steps and assistance his Department is providing to resolve the crisis and bring additional drivers into the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10666/22]
220. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 9 February 2022, if the persons assigned within the Road Safety Authority, RSA, with responsibility for the establishment of an exchange agreement on driving licences between Ireland and Ukraine are currently in active employment; if they are absent from the workplace; if the project will be reassigned; when work will recommence on the establishment of an agreement between the two authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10665/22]
957. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to immediately address the alarming decline of afforestation applications which at present are not sufficient to achieve afforestation climate action commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7978/22]
172. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if funding for the installation of a public MRI scanner facility at Wexford General Hospital will be included in the HSE Capital Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7091/22]
162. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age waiting for speech and language therapy in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6979/22]
161. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current wait list for persons under 18 years of age awaiting orthodontal treatment in County Wexford; the number of persons waiting 24, 36 and 48 months and longer, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6978/22]
160. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the establishment of a children disability network team has been completed; the locations of these teams; if such a team is operational in CHO5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6977/22]
49. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the current status on the recognition of Ukrainian HGV driving licences in Ireland; when an agreement will be signed on to recognise such licences in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6770/22]
39. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current status of the exemption provided to farmers to dispose of untreated and uncontaminated green waste such as trees, wood, trimmings, leaves, bushes or similar materials generated by agricultural practices by burning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6841/22]
834. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff with forestry qualifications and the number of staff including contracted in personnel with ecology qualifications in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6547/22]
833. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department informed third-level education providers of forestry in Ireland that their graduates are not capable of completing habitat surveys on existing forest sites and on sites proposed for afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6546/22]
89. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions her Department is taking in recognising long Covid as a debilitating illness; if consideration has been given to a long-term enhanced Covid illness or Covid disability payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5456/22]
79. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions that her Department is taking to develop an individualised pension solution for family carers to ensure they have adequate income once they reach retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5455/22]
57. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to roll out the hot schools meals programme to include every school in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5457/22]
8. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has given consideration to the disregard of means testing for the carer’s allowance payment; if such considerations have been discussed with other relevant Departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5458/22]
7. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department plans to increase the level of income disregard for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5454/22]
586. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the provisions that will be made to facilitate Covid recovery certificates for persons who have positive antigen results for Covid-19 but have failed to acquire a PCR test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3127/22]
214. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures her Department will take to secure the viability of local print and media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2808/22]
213. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures her Department will put in place to support Waterford Airport to encourage tourism to the south east region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2807/22]