Meath West — week of Mon, 5 Dec

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 5 Dec – 11 Dec 2022 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 57 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-12-06 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 70–53

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Aisling Dempsey — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Johnny Guirke — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Health 8 questions
- 2022-12-07 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of times since taking over the health portfolio that he has engaged in person with communities in County Meath regarding the proposed downgrading of Navan hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61157/22]
- 2022-12-07 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of times he has met with the HSE, the management of Navan hospital or elected representatives for County Meath on the issue of the proposed downgrading of the hospital since receiving the review of Navan hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61158/22]
- 2022-12-07 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the average emergency department waiting times at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61159/22]
- 2022-12-07 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the average emergency department waiting times at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61160/22]
- 2022-12-07 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if he had discussions with the HSE regarding investing in and enhancing the accident and emergency services at Navan hospital as a solution to any suggested problems with the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61161/22]
- 2022-12-07 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if he can clarify the way the directive to the National Ambulance Service to redirect the bulk of its patients to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, from 12 December 2022 is not a further downgrade of the emergency department at Navan hospital on the part of the HSE while all such downgrading was supposed to be on hold pending the publication of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61162/22]
- 2022-12-07 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the additional resources have been put in place at Our Lady’s Hospital in Drogheda to take the additional patients being re-directed from Navan A&E by the National Ambulance service from 12 December 2022, given that the clinicians at Drogheda Hospital have confirmed that it does not have the resources for the existing demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61163/22]
- 2022-12-07 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health to indicate the number of times since receiving the review on Navan hospital emergency department he has met or discussed with the HSE, hospital management or elected representatives for County Meath the issue of the downgrading of the emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61325/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport in view of the extraordinarily long wait times for NCT tests - for example, currently six months in the test centre in Kells, County Meath, and over five months in the test centre in Mullingar, County Westmeath - if he will either put in place the resources to reduce these wait times to the original target of 25 days; if he will introduce temporary emergency legislation to allow for this extended testing wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60910/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Social Protection when, following a previous Labour Court finding, she intends to implement a mechanism to allow for wage increases to the said community employment supervisor category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60241/22]

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 1 vote · 47 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 47 total

Health 28 questions
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that have brought patients with Meath addresses to the accident and emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in each of the past five years; the number of ambulances that have brought patients with a Meath address to the accident and emergency department of Our Lady's Hospital, Navan in each of the past five years; the number of patients that have attended the accident and emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in each of the past five years and the number of these that where brought by ambulance; the number of patients that have attended the accident and emergency department Our Lady's Hospital, Navan in each of the past five years; and the number of these that were brought by ambulance. [60148/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the talks held with an organisation (details supplied) regarding medical card holders and their access to dental care; his views on the actions taken by his Department to ensure these persons get medical cover under the scheme. [60192/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the length of time that a gender identity development service (details supplied) has been paid to run clinics for Irish children at Crumlin children’s hospital; the amount that was paid for this service through the EU treatment abroad scheme; if the Department or the HSE made the EU aware of its use of the TAS scheme to pay for the service to run clinics in Crumlin children’s hospital; if the EU was satisfied with this use of the TAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60352/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason that nurses in hospitals have been told that they are not getting premium pay for nurses for Christmas. [60353/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason that nurses are being told by management in Navan Hospital to get patients out of the emergency department (details supplied). [60414/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE is pushing ahead with the official bypass of ambulances with patients of the accident and emergency department in Navan Hospital given that over 100,000 patients have been without a bed to date in 2022. [60415/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE is pushing ahead with closure of the accident and emergency department in Navan Hospital given that it is being opposed by the senior medics and clinicians in Drogheda Hospital, when the HSEs own data systems indicate that up to 45 patients could be forced to go to Drogheda Hospital each day, when the absence of an ICU in Navan will mean that the medical assessment unit will not be able to accept any patient who could potentially deteriorate. [60416/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 524 and 525 of 15 November 2022, the reason that a response has not been issued by the Health Service Executive; and the date on which a response will issue. [60432/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to investigate procurement procedures within the HSE to determine if there are any instances of the HSE being overcharged by private and voluntary service providers. [60800/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who contracted Covid-19 in a hospital setting on a monthly basis since the start of the pandemic. [60801/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of lung cancer diagnoses in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [60802/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of breast cancer diagnosis in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [60803/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cervical cancer diagnosis in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [60804/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of ovarian cancer diagnosis in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [60805/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of brain cancer diagnosis in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [60806/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of skin cancer diagnosis in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [60807/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from any charity or organisation expressing concerns over a perceived increase in mental ill health or suicide rate since he took office; if so, the dates upon which he received such correspondence; the bodies he received such correspondence from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60808/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from any consultant psychiatrist or college of psychiatry or general practitioner body or individual general practitioners expressing concerns over a perceived increase in mental ill health or suicide rates since he took office; if so, the dates upon which he received such correspondence; the persons or bodies he received same from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60809/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he has received any correspondence from general practitioners expressing concerns of a perceived increase or decrease in cancer diagnosis, late cancer diagnosis or missed cancer diagnosis as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic since he took office; if so, the dates upon which he received the correspondence from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60810/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the report that the HSE wrote to close Navan Hospital A&E; the reason that no one has seen the report; and the reason there is secrecy around this report. [60849/22]
- 2022-12-07 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the details of each additional cost that has been submitted by the construction and project management companies that are building the national children’s hospital; the details on whether additional costs were accepted or refused in each case; the total financial cost to the State of all additional costs that have been paid out; the total value of additional costs that have still not been adjudicated on; and the person or body that gave instructions for each of the additional costs that have been paid by the State. [61067/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his Department has provided the resources to the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, that were identified in the HSE review of the closure of the emergency department at Navan hospital; and if the review will be published. [61088/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the recommendations of rapid review by a person (details supplied) into the CervicalCheck Report 2019 have been implemented in full; the number of the 4,088 women affected by the IT issues in the diagnostic company, that have since been diagnosed with cancer, pre-cancer or other conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60795/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will cancel the planned closure of the emergency department at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan given the pressure within the health service; and if a feasibility study will be carried out to identify the financial and human resources necessary to allow the emergency department at the hospital to operate safely for both patients and staff and to play its part in alleviating accident and emergency pressure throughout the region. [61087/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with or meet constituents in County Meath regarding the future of Navan hospital. [60796/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied). [61568/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the research that his Department has undertaken on the number of ambulances needed just to make up the shortfall of ambulances as they wait at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital accident and emergency department, Drogheda. [61569/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his Department accepts the view of senior clinicians and consultants in Drogheda Hospital that the ambulance bypass of Navan accident and emergency department and the proposed closure of Navan accident and emergency department could lead to the death of patients; and if he has carried out any investigation into the veracity of these claims. [61570/22]
Children 7 questions
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have come through State care in each of the past ten years. [60811/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the longest length of time any child had to wait after being taken into the care of the State before being placed into foster care since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60812/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently in direct provision; and the number who entered the system in each of the past ten years. [60813/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports or assistance programmes, services or phonelines available to persons who have qualified for refugee status to help them move out of direct provision centres. [60814/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently residing in direct provision centres in the State who have qualified for refugee status but continue to reside in direct provision centres. [60815/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who are currently in the care of the State but not in foster care or residential care. [60816/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children living in State care currently. [60817/22]
Further and Higher Education 5 questions
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of SUSI applications that were rejected on the basis that the pandemic unemployment payment brought their income over the threshold in each of the past 12 months. [60818/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of SUSI applications that were rejected in each of the past five years and to date in 2022. [60819/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who had their SUSI grant funding withdrawn from them mid-academic year in each of the past five years and to date in 2022. [60820/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who applied for SUSI grants by county in each of the past five years and to date in 2022. [60821/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who qualified for a SUSI grant by county in each of the past five years and to date in 2022. [60822/22]
Justice 4 questions
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if she has met with the Garda Representative Association over concerns regarding changes in rostering [60309/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if she will meet with the Safer Meath Campaign at a public meeting on the growing concerns regarding crime and anti-social behaviour in County Meath. [60308/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that have arrived in Ireland seeking asylum without the necessary travel documents such as a passport each year for the past ten years; the process when this occurs; and the number of asylum seekers that the State has repatriated as a result of not having the necessary travel documents. [60422/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications for asylum in Ireland that have been refused for each of the past ten years in real numbers and as the percentage of the total number of applicants. [60762/22]
Transport 3 questions
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue that was collected from private toll operators throughout the country in each of the past five years and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60824/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of vehicles that passed through the toll on the M4 between junction 8 and junction 10 in each of the past five years and to date in 2022, by vehicle type; the amount of profit that was generated by the toll operator in each of the past five years and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60825/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of vehicles that passed through the toll on the M3 between junction 5 and junction 6 and also between junction 9 and junction 10 over each of the past five years and to date in 2022; the breakdown of vehicles by type; the profit generated by the toll operator over each of the past five years and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60826/22]