Cork South-Central — week of Mon, 19 Apr

What your Cork South-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 19 Apr – 25 Apr 2021 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 13 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-04-21 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 41–3

Voted for 1 Micheál Martin

Did not vote 4 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Jerry Buttimer · Pádraig Rice · Séamus McGrath

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Health 9 questions
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health if measures have been put in place to ensure new referrals for assessment of need are seen in a timely fashion during the transition from current services to the progressing disability service model. [18256/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health if steps have been put in place to ensure new referrals for assessments of needs are seen in a timely fashion during the transition from current services to the progressing disability service model. [18258/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health if he will assist a person (details supplied) in being recategorised in order that they can access transitional care funding while a fair deal application is pending. [18424/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in acute mental health wards that are occupied by persons with neurological disorders waiting to access long-term care. [20005/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the discharge options available to persons who have dementia in a hospital setting if they need to avail of long-term care for the first time. [20006/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the cost of operating a bed in an acute mental health ward. [20007/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of keeping a person in an acute bed in a mental health ward who suffers from a neurological issue as compared with releasing transitional funding to a more appropriate care home while a fair deal application is pending such as in the case of a person (details supplied). [20008/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the criteria needed for a patient in a hospital setting under the care of the metal health department to access transitional funding while trying to access long-term care. [20009/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the procedure for patients transferring from mental health care to long-term care facilities such as a person (details supplied). [20010/21]
Education 4 questions
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the reason a child (details supplied) has not received a place in a special school as recommended by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18728/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the reason for the differentiation in incremental credit on the teaching salary scale between those working in primary and post-primary private schools outside of the EU (details supplied); and if she will consider amending same in order that the experience of both cohorts is recognised. [19722/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the steps she will take to ensure children with special educational needs who received a recent change in diagnosis as in the case of a child (details supplied) resulting in the school of their choice being no longer suitable for their needs will not lose out on a place in a second-level special school in September 2021. [20671/21]
- 2021-04-22 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the consultation that has taken place with schools and staff representatives on the potential for reviewing the five day rule for student teachers taking up substitute positions whilst ensuring protection of fully qualified positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20979/21]

Jerry Buttimer — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Tralee Chamber Alliance Public Expenditure and Reform
- Financial Supports for Businesses and local economies

Micheál Martin — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Pádraig Rice — Social Democrats 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Séamus McGrath — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.