Questions asked 9 total

• Health 4 questions

  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if his proposed exclusion zones of 100 metres surrounding abortion-providing buildings would have the impact of banning a pro-life march, such as an annual march (details supplied); if the high volume of potential exclusion zones in a compact area such as Dublin city centre would effectively result in banning any future pro-life marches in a scenario if such a march were to pass along a public thoroughfare which was within the reach of one of the designated 100-metre zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49687/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if a private conversation in which one party advised a third-party known to them not to proceed with having an abortion were to happen within a coffee shop or other neutral setting which happened to fall within his proposed 100-metre exclusion zone of abortion-providing buildings would be considered in breach of the proposed law and lead to possible criminal penalty. [49688/22]
  • 2022-10-12 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of senior occupational therapists who work with the children’s disability network teams, CDNTs; the number of days that they are employed; the number of children who attended this service; the number waiting to be seen by the occupational therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50552/22]
  • 2022-10-12 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of individual family service plans that have been produced within the CDNT 5 and south Tipperary to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50553/22]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2022-10-12 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will increase the social housing income threshold for housing applicants in Tipperary County Council given that the increase is long overdue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50392/22]
• Education 1 question

  • 2022-10-12 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 4 October 2022 (details supplied), the steps that can be taken in cases in which parents have contacted the SENO but have been advised that their child will not be given a place in an ASD unit in the absence of an ASD diagnosis despite having very similar neurodevelopment difficulties and needs and requiring the same supports as those with ASD; if a student who does not have an ASD diagnosis but who does have similarly presenting needs is eligible to apply for a place in an ASD unit; the further steps that a parent can take in cases in which a child will not be given a place in an ASD unit without an ASD diagnosis; if further general learning disability units will be provided to cater for the needs of such children; if it is the policy of the NCSE that no further general learning disability units will be provided; if so, if steps will be taken to allow children without an ASD diagnosis but with similar needs to access ASD units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50424/22]
• Social 1 question

  • 2022-10-12 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that no community welfare officer is available in Carrick on Suir, County Tipperary; when regular meetings with community welfare officers in local communities will resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50402/22]
• Children 1 question

  • 2022-10-12 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) scheme is restricted by age limits, whereby children must have reached the age of two years and eight months before 1 September, meaning that any children who have not reached this age are met with inflexibility and will be unable to qualify for a further seven months; the further supports that can be provided for children with additional needs who have been informed they can no longer be accommodated in their childcare facility due to their additional needs without the support of AIM and where a child has missed the cut-off point and is now ineligible for supports until they reach the age of three-and-a-half years; the reason that children can be excluded from a childcare facility due to their additional needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50468/22]
• Justice 1 question

  • 2022-10-12 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have left An Garda Síochána since the beginning of 2022; the number of retirements and the number of resignations and the number of resignations per district; the net total Garda number per district as of 30 September 2022; and the total garda numbers per district in 2021. [50547/22]