Mon, 26 Jul – 1 Aug 2021 · 3 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 51 questions · 0 new lobbying filings
Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin
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26 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked26 total
Health12 questions
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the areas the €1.4 million announced for a service (details supplied) will cover; when the funding will be allocated; the reason the funding provided for staff in 2020 was not continued into 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34017/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to introduce statutory homecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34926/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties being experienced by homecare providers contracted by the HSE in sourcing care workers and the lack of persons coming through as care workers; if he has considered barriers which may be preventing persons from taking up a caring course due to cost; if he will consider providing grants to support persons in entering this area given the demand for homecare and the growing need that is there and will increase in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34928/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of private homecare providers in the State; the way these companies are regulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34929/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when the enquiry into the effects of sodium valproate will commence; the supports that are available for families affected by sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35865/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the status of Ireland’s progress on implementing the WHO Code of Marketing on Breast-milk Substitutes; his views on delays to progress made in this area since 2013; if there are intentions to adopt the provisions of the WHO code in its entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35912/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health that status of the implementation of action item 3.13 of the National Breastfeeding Action Plan which pertains to the WHO Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35913/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the current availability of funding for respite in County Galway; the respite services that are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36498/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes beyond the current timeframe of June 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36676/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 6 July 2021, the additional financial measures that will be provided to nursing homes following the end of the temporary assistance payment scheme in June 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39310/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the power chair they have been assessed to be in need of by the HSE; when funding will be submitted for this application to assist with this older person with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39474/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding and status of the lifting of maternity services restrictions for a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39475/21]
Social7 questions
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the way a payment per person model will benefit those most in need of employment supports with regard to the request for tender for employment services in view of the proposed model generating income through client referral which will likely favour those who are job ready and the removal or merging of key service supports which are currently available on a walk-in basis; the reports or data which advised this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39120/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration was given to local community development companies client-centred ethos as part of the proposed changes to employment services (details supplied) and the financial risks this model presents to not-for-profit employment service providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39121/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the way her Department arrived at a proposed model of employment services by which providers derive income from a reliance on client referral numbers including the process for determining specific key performance indicators for this proposed model; if her Department has met its targets for referrals to the local employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39122/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if the proposed model of employment services will utilise training of LES staff in adult guidance and counselling as part of the proposed changes; the way quality will be maintained within the model with regard to client wrap-around supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39123/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if those transitioning from the pandemic unemployment payment to a jobseeker’s payment will have to comply with the rules in relation to seeking work while in receipt of jobseeker’s; if so, the way this will work for those in the arts sector or for taxi drivers who are not unemployed but will be treated as such while in receipt of a jobseeker’s payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39316/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims that have been made to her Department in respect of job clubs staff for enhanced redundancy payments; the number of those awards paid; the number that remain unpaid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39433/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delays to jobseeker’s payments for self-employed preschool and primary teachers who are experiencing significant delays to their applications; the estimated time for the resolution of these delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39458/21]
Housing3 questions
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for works at an estate (details supplied); when completion of this project is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39328/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria which must be met by communities in seeking to amend town centre public realm enhancement work plans in order to be in a position to put forward their own plan with the necessary criteria concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39443/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if substitute consent applications that were before An Bord Pleanála in December 2020 are required to go through a further round of public participation following the passing of the Planning and Development Act 2020; the reason this has not happened to date in the Derrybrien wind farm substitute consent application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39565/21]
Public1 question
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the publication of the new National Development Plan Review to Renew; the position with regard to the recent classification of the northern and western region as a moderate innovator on the recent EU Commission Regional Innovation Scoreboard; the specific policy measures that will be included in the document to support and harnesses the potential of research, enterprise and innovation in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39549/21]
Education1 question
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised in relation to the impact of the syllabus changes to agricultural science on leaving certificate students in the 2021 examination; the action she proposes to take to alleviate the concerns raised with her by teachers; if action can be taken for students affected by this in their exam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39438/21]
Children1 question
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will encourage public sector and Civil Service employers to top-up the salaries of employees who receive parental leave and benefit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39307/21]
Rural1 question
2021-07-27Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when works will commence at a location (details supplied) under the small scale capital works programme; the timeline for these works; when they are expected to conclude; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39441/21]
Martin Daly — Fianna Fáil
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0 questions ·
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Michael Fitzmaurice — Independent Ireland
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13 questions ·
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Questions asked13 total
Health13 questions
2021-07-27Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the work being carried to secure funding at source for medication produced by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33286/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when medication produced by a company (details supplied) will be funded at source; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33287/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when he expects an inquiry will be established to investigate the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate to pregnant women without them being made aware of the impacts it could have on their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35803/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when the six epilepsy nurse specialists will be recruited for the pregnancy prevention programme to help ensure pregnant women are fully informed of the side effects of sodium valproate given that to date only two of these nurses have been put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35804/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when the stakeholder group consisting of representatives of those involved in the treatment of women with epilepsy will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35805/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when the community operations programme will commence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35806/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if post-mortem tests were carried out on each person that died with Covid-19 in order to confirm the cause of death as being due to Covid-19 in view of comments made (details supplied); if so, the number of tests that were carried out; the results of same from March 2020 to June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39108/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the budget for aids and appliances for persons with disabilities for each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39609/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the cost of PPE has been included in the budget for appliances for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39610/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the average cost of the various personal emergency response systems, surgical footwear, hearing aids and prosthetic limbs provided by the HSE in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39611/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the costs incurred with the provision and care of persons with hearing aids, surgical footwear prosthetic limbs in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39612/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the inclusion of PPE in the budget for appliances for persons with disabilities will result in patients receiving inferior care or quality of prosthetic limbs, surgical footwear, hearing aid and personal emergency response systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39613/21]
2021-07-27Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if his office has considered having the budget for the provision of prosthetic limbs separate to the overall budget for appliances for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39614/21]