2020-12-08Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no psychiatrist in the counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41346/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if student nurses involved in the treatment of Covid-19-infected patients in hospitals are given separate guidance; if all hospital staff are regularly made aware of these procedures and regulations; if so, if training has been provided; if there is a confidential reporting procedure in place for staff including student nurses care assistants midwives and visiting medical employees to report concerns regarding the implementation of Covid-19 related procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41360/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when primary care services and a new primary care facility will be established in Tullow, County Carlow; the timescale for this service to be established; the planned location of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41698/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of paediatric rheumatologists in Ireland; the number of children waiting on a paediatric rheumatologist referral and the current waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42327/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if his Department plans to provide support to the traumatic brain injury Dublin City University research project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42328/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the resumption of cancer screening services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42513/20]
Children2 questions
2020-12-08Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagements in November 2020 with survivors of mother and baby homes and their representative organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41347/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he plans to bring forward legislation to provide for the identification of the remains buried in Tuam, County Galway and provide for their respectful reburial; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41348/20]
Justice2 questions
2020-12-10Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the actions she will take to address the rising levels of domestic violence in Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42420/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice her plans to complete the progression of the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42419/20]
Social1 question
2020-12-08Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the date on which the new parental leave arrangements will apply; the date on which a child has to be born for a parent to be eligible for leave; the reason maternity benefit is not a qualifying payment for the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41864/20]
Transport1 question
2020-12-09Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if provision is being made for a resident in Ireland with a UK or Northern Ireland driver licence needing to exchange it without a public services card to do so; if provision will be made in advance of the deadline for submission of 10 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42293/20]
John McGuinness — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
9 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked9 total
Health4 questions
2020-12-08Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the action he is taking to reduce the waiting time for appointments to see a paediatric rheumatologist; the number on the waiting list for such appointments in each of the past five years; the number of children with Down's syndrome on the waiting list for the same period; the efforts made by the HSE to recruit paediatric rheumatologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41154/20]
2020-12-08Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will undertake a review of the treatment of cataract patients throughout the HSE to determine the reason the system has failed patients; the number of patients on the waiting list; if the cost of the HSE scheme model of treatment for cataract patients has been considered by his Department or the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41169/20]
2020-12-08Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if half an hour's home help per day will be provided for a person (details supplied). [41248/20]
2020-12-10Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will request WUH to continue the pathway of care organised by the hospital for a person (details supplied); if the urgent procedure recommended by the specialist at Whitfield under this care plan will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42566/20]
Education3 questions
2020-12-08Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education the status of an application by a school (details supplied) to provide a co-educational facility from junior infants upwards; and if she will outline the process and time frame involved. [41246/20]
2020-12-08Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if approval will be granted as a matter of urgency for a major building project at a school (details supplied) to include funding to cover all of the extra costs relative to the conditions attached to the planning permission granted by An Bord Pleanála; if a positive and early response will be expedited given the existing building and prefabs are leaking and not fit for purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41683/20]
2020-12-10Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 3 December 2020, if she will provide funding for a school bus service to transport 18 students from Knockmoylan, County Kilkenny to and from a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that they cannot be catered for by Bus Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42563/20]
Tourism1 question
2020-12-08Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 946 of 15 January 2019, if branded unused cycling kit relating to a cycling event to the value of €67,000 is now in storage at a cost to Fáilte Ireland and the State; if so, if the arrangement is to continue indefinitely; if so, the cost; if she has examined the procurement process undertaken at the time by Fáilte Ireland to determine if there were any irregularities then or during the period before the contract was terminated; if a full report on the project including all costs will be provided; if outstanding payments are due to the contractor; the legal process in place for same; the person or body taking the action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41684/20]
Agriculture1 question
2020-12-08Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay of almost 20 years in acknowledging the error by his Department in not including two reference years relative to area aid in the case of a person (details supplied); the number of meetings held during this period with the representatives of an association regarding the issue; if the submissions from Teagasc and other documents have been considered; if he will arrange a meeting between him, his officials, the farmer and the association to resolve matters given the ongoing negative impact being experienced by the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41593/20]