Parliamentary questions

Agriculture Supports

Verona Murphy

60. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he acknowledges the current immense pressures being exerted on the family farm model; what measures his Department intends to take to ensure viability of the family farm going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55792/23]

An Garda Síochána

Verona Murphy

42. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she acknowledges the current retention crisis facing An Garda Síochána; what measures her Department is taking to address same; what recommendations her Department has made to An Garda Síochána to increase recruitment to the Garda force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55420/23]

An Garda Síochána

Verona Murphy

321. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Justice on what date the next intake of Garda recruits is expected to pass out/attest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49419/23]

Planning Issues

Verona Murphy

258. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered the transferring of staff from the Planning Regulator's Office to the office of An Bord Pleanála in order to address the current backlog of An Bord Pleanála appeals in order to meet the statutory 18-week decision period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49260/23]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Verona Murphy

259. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what oversight his Department will have of the trust (details supplied) where taxpayers money would be used to fund the trust in its current financial difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49261/23]

Rental Sector

Verona Murphy

260. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what consultations his Department has had with Wexford County Council housing department in regards the tenant-in-situ scheme particular to property sale prices in the rent pressure zone of Gorey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49262/23]

Departmental Bodies

Verona Murphy

289. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; if he has formally appointed the five new board members; if confirmation has been received from the National Rehabilitation Hospital that it will host the board; when the board will be permitted to resume clinics and hearings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47270/23]

Departmental Funding

Verona Murphy

980. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding due to be allocated over the next 12 months to agencies within the remit of his Department to support the prevention and early intervention benefits of parenting support; the nature of the activities that will be funded through such allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47454/23]

Departmental Funding

Verona Murphy

981. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent of funding that will be made available over the next 12 months for the provision of parenting support programmes to be delivered to parents and guardians to assist children and teenagers that are suffering from anxiety; the agencies through which such programmes will be delivered; the steps that will be taken to measure the effectiveness of such expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47455/23]

Departmental Funding

Verona Murphy

982. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of developments internationally to encourage the uptake of parenting support programmes, including the universal funding of programmes; whether he sees merit in expanding the availability of such programmes to parents and guardians in Ireland; the level of funding being allocated to such programmes over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47456/23]

Departmental Funding

Verona Murphy

983. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent of funding which he is allocating over the next 12 months to give effect to the policy commitments in the National Model of Parenting Support Services and Tusla's Parenting Support Strategy 2022 - 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47457/23]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

1128. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if, in light of the considerable pressures on the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, he will agree to increase the supports available for parents and guardians of children and teens to access parenting support programmes that are directly addressed at assisting parents and guardians to assist and support their children dealing with mental health issues; the extent of funding that he is prepared to commit to such an initiative over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47458/23]

Departmental Funding

Verona Murphy

1129. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the level of funding due to be allocated over the next 12 months to agencies within the remit of his Department to support the prevention and early intervention benefits of parenting support; the nature of the activities that will be funded through such allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47459/23]

Departmental Programmes

Verona Murphy

1130. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of developments internationally to encourage the uptake of parenting support programmes, including the universal funding of programmes; whether he sees merit in expanding the availability of such programmes to parents and guardians in Ireland in the context of the public health benefits that they deliver in a community health context; the level of funding being allocated to such programmes over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47460/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Verona Murphy

58. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many new applications will be accepted to the agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, scheme in the forthcoming tranche for this month; if he believes that sufficient resources have been allocated to fund this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47056/23]

Tillage Sector

Verona Murphy

60. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what direct engagement he has had with tillage stakeholders; if he acknowledges that the emergency support package for tillage farmers needs to be more targeted towards tillage farmers unsuccessful in harvesting; if he acknowledges the need for targeted supports for the sector to ensure viability into 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47057/23]

Primary Care Centres

Verona Murphy

186. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in New Ross, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46829/23]

Electric Vehicles

Verona Murphy

163. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if the charging costs on public electric vehicle charging are included in the pending energy cost price reductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46333/23]

Electric Vehicles

Verona Murphy

164. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the reason there has been a huge increase in the past 12 months on the cost of charging an electric vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46334/23]

Electric Vehicles

Verona Murphy

165. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport to outline any plans there are to regulate the public electric vehicle sector in relation to charging costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46335/23]

Special Educational Needs

Verona Murphy

243. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education the provision her Department is making to increase places in ASD special education units/classes in secondary schools in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46054/23]

Special Educational Needs

Verona Murphy

244. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the lack of secondary school places for pupils transitioning from primary school ASD education units/classes in the New Ross district, County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46055/23]

General Practitioner Services

Verona Murphy

526. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 569 of 3 October 2023, if he will advise on communications from the national medical card unit which states that under the revised GP Contracts 2023 the HSE is no longer in a position to assign GPs to clients and that the onus will now be on individuals to find their own GP, ending the practice of three refusals and then a GP being assigned (details supplied); the provisions his Department has in place for medical card applicants in County Wexford who cannot provide a GP acceptance form due to the chronic shortage of GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46191/23]

Hospital Procedures

Verona Murphy

205. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the provisions that are being made to introduce peripherally inserted central catheter line clean services as part of oncology services at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44241/23]

Disability Services

Verona Murphy

314. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the financial supports that are available to employers and workplaces to support the employment of persons with a disability, particularly for the provision of lifts in workplaces for employees who are wheelchair bound; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44042/23]

Home Care Packages

Verona Murphy

532. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for homecare supports who are currently waiting on delivery of support hours in County Wexford as of 30 September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43815/23]

Home Care Packages

Verona Murphy

533. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of current clients approved for additional homecare support hours awaiting allocation of those additional hours in County Wexford as of 30 September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43816/23]

Home Care Packages

Verona Murphy

534. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of new persons approved for HSE homecare support hours since 1 January 2023 who are currently awaiting delivery of support hours in County Wexford as of 30 September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43817/23]

Home Care Packages

Verona Murphy

572. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on an appeal in relation to a home care support package (details supplied) as advised by a home care support office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44067/23]

Driver Test

Verona Murphy

86. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport to advise on the process involved in attaining a scribe to support an applicant through the driver CPC case study test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43117/23]

School Transport

Verona Murphy

330. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Questions No. 629 of 11 September 2023 and 287 of 26 September 2023, the total number of school transport applications classed as concessionary applications in County Wexford for the 2023/2024 academic year whereby applications are classed as eligible or concessionary at the application process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42764/23]

School Transport

Verona Murphy

331. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education the total number of school transport applications received through the school transport system for County Wexford for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42765/23]

School Transport

Verona Murphy

332. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education the total number of concessionary school transport applications declined in County Wexford as of 1 September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42766/23]

Special Educational Needs

Verona Murphy

333. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the additional educational needs class at a school (details supplied); to confirm that an additional educational needs class has been sanctioned for the school; to advise on an opening date for the new class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42781/23]

Wastewater Treatment

Verona Murphy

376. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the status of the review on the domestic wastewater treatment system grant scheme; when the review is expected to be complete; when the review report and revised grant scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42772/23]

Social Welfare Code

Verona Murphy

424. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the considerations her Department is currently making as regards the recognition of long-Covid as an occupational illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42774/23]

General Practitioner Services

Verona Murphy

569. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health what provisions his Department has in place in regard to medical card applicants in County Wexford who are unable to provide a GP acceptance form due to the chronic shortage of GPs, resulting in GP practices operating at full capacity, with the majority unable to accept new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42159/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Verona Murphy

635. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current status of the application for a new 97-bed ward block at Wexford General Hospital; if the updated public spending code will expedite delivery of the capital project proposal at Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42452/23]

Nursing Homes

Verona Murphy

647. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home beds in County Wexford, both public nursing homes and private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42501/23]

Nursing Homes

Verona Murphy

648. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the total number of beds vacant, as of 26 September 2023, in both public and private nursing homes in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42502/23]

Nursing Homes

Verona Murphy

649. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current total number of persons waiting for a nursing home placement in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42503/23]

Nursing Homes

Verona Murphy

650. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current number of persons in a medical setting who are awaiting a nursing home placement in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42504/23]

Health Services

Verona Murphy

701. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he can advise on a response to the representation to his office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42771/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Verona Murphy

702. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current status of the health sector's special scheme for front-line workers who contracted Covid-19 and who have been unable to work due to ongoing health issues associated with Covid-19; when the scheme is expected to come to an end; if the scheme will be extended beyond the current expected end date; if he will outline, in the absence of an extension to the scheme, the supports that will be available to those currently on the special scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42773/23]

Health Services

Verona Murphy

703. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he can advise on a response to a representation (details supplied) recently made to his office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42783/23]

School Transport

Verona Murphy

286. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education how many school bus tickets applications were declined in County Wexford for the academic year 2023/2024 compared to the previous 2022/2023 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41524/23]

School Transport

Verona Murphy

287. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 629 of 11 September 2023, the total number of school transport applications deemed as concessionary applications in County Wexford for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41525/23]

School Transport

Verona Murphy

288. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education to clarify who is eligible as a TAM (Temporary Alleviation Measure) pupil under the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41526/23]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

528. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the Wexford CAMHS services; the current vacancies that are presently available within the Wexford CAMHS services, in tabular form; the vacancies that are currently with the national recruitment services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41071/23]

Mental Health Services

Verona Murphy

529. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current number of referrals for support services to Wexford CAMHS services awaiting assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41072/23]