Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Social Welfare Benefits

Kathleen Funchion

385. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the assistance available to a person who qualified for a mobility grant; where there is a shortfall; if community welfare assists with this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42104/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Kathleen Funchion

386. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will allow the re-examination of an invalidity pension application for a person (details supplied); if this appeal can be allowed, despite it being out of date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42106/23]

Visa Applications

Kathleen Funchion

430. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the recent changes to visa applications for Bolivian nationals; if there are plans to review this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42117/23]

Mother and Baby Homes

Kathleen Funchion

561. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the mother and baby institutions payment scheme to open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42754/23]

Dental Services

Kathleen Funchion

662. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health the reason that most dentists in Kilkenny will not take medical cards for dentures (details supplied). [42656/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Kathleen Funchion

698. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health if he will include employees of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service for the pandemic payment for health care workers, given that they worked throughout the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42753/23]

Bus Services

Kathleen Funchion

129. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Transport the reason that people are being turned away on bus services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41032/23]

Bus Services

Kathleen Funchion

137. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Transport the first- and total-year cost to extend the TFI Carlow Bus CW2 route to the Circle K services at Rathcrougue, County Carlow. [40894/23]

Bus Services

Kathleen Funchion

138. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Transport if consideration will be given to extend the TFI Carlow Bus CW2 route to Circle K, Rathcrougue, County Carlow, to allow bus drivers to use services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40895/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Kathleen Funchion

208. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied). [40887/23]

Emergency Accommodation

Kathleen Funchion

221. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Justice when she expects to publish the recommendations of the Carlow Refuge Development Advisory Group submitted to Tulsa in June; to provide an update and published timeline in regard to progress on the Carlow women's refuge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40893/23]

Disability Services

Kathleen Funchion

248. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding has been prioritised to finalise and introduce a comprehensive disability transport support scheme for disability services and service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40892/23]

Road Network

Kathleen Funchion

128. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Transport if there will be a new motorway going ahead on the N25 beside an address (details supplied). [40304/23]

Tax Code

Kathleen Funchion

149. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the VAT rate for cartographers and map publishers to 0%, in line with newspapers, given the small number of cartographers and map publishers in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39548/23]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Kathleen Funchion

179. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to waving VRT liability for adult disability services that specially adapt vehicles (not wheelchair adaption) for users with mobility issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40638/23]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Kathleen Funchion

180. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to waving the VRT liability for an adult disability service (details supplied) that has had two vehicles specially adapted (not wheelchair adaption) for users with mobility issues, to include handrails, removal of seats for comfort of service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40639/23]

Flood Risk Management

Kathleen Funchion

207. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of the establishment and operation of the national flood warning system; what plans there are for the system to go live and be made publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40055/23]

Proposed Legislation

Kathleen Funchion

829. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects to publish one or more of the general schemes for the referendum Bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39819/23]

Proposed Legislation

Kathleen Funchion

830. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the work of the inter-departmental group tasked with progressing the Referendum on Article 41. [39823/23]

Disability Services

Kathleen Funchion

863. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the cost to allow services to use service capacity rather than the child's attendance as the mechanism for measuring funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40455/23]

Departmental Functions

Kathleen Funchion

1004. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health if he can confirm which department the issue of non-medical costs associated with caring for a child with a life-limiting illness falls into.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40430/23]

Third Level Examinations

Kathleen Funchion

1072. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will intervene in the case of person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40205/23]

Third Level Admissions

Kathleen Funchion

1073. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the full- and first-year cost of increasing the number of social work courses provided by third level institutions by 5%, 10%, 20% and 25%; and how many extra places this would add, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40211/23]

Third Level Education

Kathleen Funchion

1075. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places currently in the Masters of Arts in Social Work at the Atlantic Technological University. [40248/23]

Third Level Education

Kathleen Funchion

1076. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places currently in the Masters of Social Work; Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work Studies and the Bachelor of Social Work at University College Cork, in tabular form. [40249/23]

Third Level Education

Kathleen Funchion

1077. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places currently in the Masters of Arts in Social Science (Social Work) and Professional Master of Social Work, at University College Dublin, in tabular form. [40250/23]

Third Level Education

Kathleen Funchion

1078. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places currently in the Masters in Social Work, Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work and Bachelor in Social Studies at Trinity College Dublin, in tabular form. [40251/23]

Third Level Education

Kathleen Funchion

1079. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places currently in the Masters in Social Work at the National University of Ireland Galway. [40252/23]

Third Level Education

Kathleen Funchion

1080. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places currently in the Masters of Social Science Maynooth University. [40253/23]

Defence Forces

Kathleen Funchion

224. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Stephens Barracks, Kilkenny, in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if each refurbishment works project is completed or ongoing at present, in tabular form. [38718/23]

Coast Guard Service

Kathleen Funchion

316. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Transport to provide a commitment that staff employed by a company (details supplied) who provide helicopter search and rescue cover to the Irish Coast Guard for the south-east region based out of Waterford Airport will transfer to the company that has purchased same; if it will be ensured that the pay terms and conditions of pilots and crew who operate the aircraft on behalf of the Irish Coast Guard are not eroded or altered by the decision of the Government to change the contract provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38178/23]

Revenue Commissioners

Kathleen Funchion

489. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Finance to make inquiries on behalf of a person (details supplied) who has still not received payment for returns they made through Revenue/MyGov.ie; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39059/23]

Departmental Projects

Kathleen Funchion

651. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education if she plans to include the expertise of play therapists in her Department’s pilot project on mental health in primary schools (details supplied); if she will reconsider their inclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38182/23]

School Transport

Kathleen Funchion

676. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene to ensure a family (details supplied) can access school transport for the coming school year. [38486/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Kathleen Funchion

979. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the guardians payment annually; and the number of payments for the past five years. [37281/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Kathleen Funchion

980. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost to increase the guardians payment to €350 weekly, monthly and annually. [37282/23]

Social Insurance

Kathleen Funchion

1020. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection the number yield in 2024 if the employer PRSI rate of 11.05% increased to 13% on the portion of wages in excess of €125,000. [38145/23]

An Garda Síochána

Kathleen Funchion

1145. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a breakdown of the age profile of the Garda vehicle fleet in the Carlow-Kilkenny division. [38139/23]

An Garda Síochána

Kathleen Funchion

1203. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Justice the number of incidents the Garda air support unit was requested to attend in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38716/23]

An Garda Síochána

Kathleen Funchion

1204. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Justice the estimated cost in 2024 if 940 additional gardaí were recruited. [38717/23]

Children in Care

Kathleen Funchion

1355. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of companies under contract to provide residential care for children in the State care system to exclude Government run charities and not-for-profits. [37283/23]

Children in Care

Kathleen Funchion

1370. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of children of the 90 per cent in foster care that are fostered through private companies and not directly through Tulsa. [37396/23]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

1374. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early childhood care and education-only providers, that is, providers that do not offer a service outside of ECCE provision; the amount of annual funding they received; the number of childcare providers in receipt of State funding for same; the amount of annual funding received; the number of providers in receipt of funding that do not provide ECCE; and the amount of annual funding received in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, respectively. [37438/23]

Disability Services

Kathleen Funchion

1417. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children on the CDNT waiting list, by length of time, in tabular form. [38140/23]

Hospital Staff

Kathleen Funchion

1713. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE pharmacists and senior pharmacists working in the pharmacy department of St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny, in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38141/23]

Eating Disorders

Kathleen Funchion

1714. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health the current level of mental health supports available for persons with eating disorders in County Carlow. [38142/23]

Health Services Staff

Kathleen Funchion

1715. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health the number of stroke units, by location, that are operating below the recommended nurse or staffing levels; and the estimated cost of putting the recommended staff levels in place. [38143/23]

Hospital Staff

Kathleen Funchion

1716. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE theatre nurses attached to each hospital that is part of Ireland East Hospital Group in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38144/23]

Mental Health Services

Kathleen Funchion

1812. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health if Kilkenny CAMHS teams currently use telepsychiatry; and, if so, if he will provide feedback on its use to date. [38715/23]

Mental Health Policy

Kathleen Funchion

1813. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health if there are future plans to roll out dialectical behaviour therapy in County Carlow. [38719/23]