Questions asked 11 total

• Children 5 questions

  • 2021-09-29 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; when the commencement of the decision support service is scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46915/21]
  • 2021-09-29 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the spend on foster care in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the percentage of this that was allocated to for-profit agencies; and the amount paid to each individual agency. [47109/21]
  • 2021-09-29 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount Tusla has paid for the placement of Irish children abroad in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the details of the placements; the number of children involved and their ages; the locations they have been sent to; the reasons for being sent abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47110/21]
  • 2021-09-29 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children reported missing from residential care homes from 2018 to date in 2021. [47111/21]
  • 2021-09-29 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the longitudinal study his Department is conducting on children leaving the care system (details supplied). [47112/21]
• Health 3 questions

  • 2021-09-28 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health when the changes to the fair deal scheme as legislated for in the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Act 2021 will become operational; the current position for family farms and businesses; if those who are applying for the scheme presently are subject to the conditions set out in the Act; if the new proposed terms will be available to current applicants retrospectively; if the HSE nursing home support scheme office and staff have been briefed on the new measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46127/21]
  • 2021-09-28 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of applications waiting for a primary medical certificate by county; the current application processing time for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46188/21]
  • 2021-09-29 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all facilities available to the public at Our Lady’s Hospital, Cashel; the terms for attendance at each service; the numbers attending each service per year for the past five years; the number of staff working in each section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46914/21]
• Education 1 question

  • 2021-09-28 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education the efforts she will take to reduce class sizes which remain largely above the EU average; her plans to increase the capitation grant funding for schools to pre-recession levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46183/21]
• Justice 1 question

  • 2021-09-28 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice if a coroner will be reappointed to cover south County Tipperary following the retirement of the coroner; the number of cases waiting to be heard by the Coroner's Court in County Tipperary; the average waiting time for a case to be heard in County Tipperary; the reason County Tipperary with a larger population and average annual case load has only one coroner while other counties with a smaller population and case load have three, for example, County Waterford; the efforts she is making to reduce the waiting times for the Coroner’s Court in County Tipperary; if she will urgently move to reappoint a coroner to south County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46271/21]
• Enterprise 1 question

  • 2021-09-29 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the immediate efforts that are being made to fast-track the employment permits for the meat processing industry and the pig slaughtering plants in particular to avoid the imminent crisis facing the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47043/21]