Emer Higgins — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
23 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked23 total
Health7 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to improve the resourcing of genetic services in Ireland for the detection and treatment of rare diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16081/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to transition the current Covid-19 vaccine roll-out programme from being administered at vaccine centres to being solely administered through pharmacies and GPs in order to best utilise the healthcare budget and staffing resources being used to run current vaccination centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16405/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health what progress is being made with regards to reinstating public health nurse check-ups for infants and children in Newcastle, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16431/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the public health (tobacco and nicotine inhaling products) Bill to prohibit the use of nicotine inhaling products by persons under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16845/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the national women and infant health programme to provide a reply to a person (details supplied) regarding their correspondence. [17095/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health what care pathways are in place for under 18s requiring gender affirming care as a result of clinical psychologist diagnosed gender dysphoria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17546/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health in the context of a person under 18 years of age who has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria by a clinical psychologist; what to do when they do not have access to a psychiatrist or endocrinologist due to a lack of care pathways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17547/23]
Education5 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education what measures are in place to assist teachers in the south Clondalkin area to support high-risk students given the waiting lists for CAMHS are so long; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16846/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education when DEIS bands will next be reviewed. [16839/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education to review the use of Eircodes as a method of assigning DEIS status to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16840/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if there is a holistic view of special education needs within her Department ensuring that the building unit team and the NCSE liaise with one another; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16843/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education how many additional post-primary SEN places will be available in the Clondalkin area from September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16844/23]
Environment2 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered introducing age-related grants for solar panels for houses of elderly people in a bid to combat both fuel poverty and climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17352/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on how innovation and digitalisation is being used to tackle littering; if microchipping a percentage of disposable coffee cups is being considered as a way of identifying litterers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17353/23]
Social2 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection to conduct a review of the implementation of the hot school meals programme to ensure it is receiving optimum uptake from students and schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16841/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection how a person under 18 years of age who has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria by a clinical psychologist can acquire a gender recognition certificate. [17547/23]
Children2 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with the HSE to investigate whether providing group speech and language therapy while children await therapy sessions would be possible to ensure that more children get access to speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17318/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered allowing children to access therapies in a neighbouring CHO, if that CHO has capacity to offer additional services and their own CHO does not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17319/23]
Foreign1 question
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the detention of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who has been held in Vakilabad prison in Mashhad, Iran since 3 October 2022; if he is engaging to assist in their release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16404/23]
Enterprise1 question
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the availability of fragrance-free options for detergents and cleaning products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17354/23]
Housing1 question
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 – 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16787/23]
Further and Higher Education1 question
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will prioritise the establishment of an alternative learning service in the south Clondalkin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16842/23]
Rural1 question
2023-04-18Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when grants under the Community Recognition Fund will be approved. [16847/23]
Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
31 questions ·
5 new lobbying returns
Questions asked31 total
Housing12 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities have any flexibility when applying the underaccommodation rule in assessing tenant purchase applications. [16088/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the total spend on the housing assistance programme and the rental accommodation scheme for 2022. [16727/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the total spend via the social housing current expenditure programme in 2022 broken down by lease types, including: approved housing body, AHB, or capital advance leasing facility, CALF; mortgage-to-rent; Part V; private long-term lease; private enhanced lease; and any other type of lease providing expenditure for each category of leas type and the total number of leases funded in each category. [16728/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the total number of new mortgage-to-rent homes that were delivered in 2022. [16729/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the total number of new repair and lease homes that were delivered in 2022. [16730/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the total number of new buy and renew homes delivered in 2022. [16731/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out in tabular form a list of all notices of intention to direct local authorities under Section 31 of the Planning and Development Act to amend their draft development plan or other plans with a brief summary of the direction; and to further to set out in tabular form all cases where a recommendation of the Office of the Planning Regulator for such a draft direction was not accepted by him, again providing a summary in each case including the issue, location and rationale. [16396/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of croí cónaithe town grants drawn down to date and to explain why data for drawdowns is not included in the quarterly updates published by his Department. [16400/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to question No. 296 of 7 March 2023, if he will provide a further breakdown within of both allocations and outturns of each sub programme within each programme heading, i.e. within Programme A Housing include all sub programmes from Local Authority Housing to Other Services, for each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. [16724/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional funding that has been made available to local authorities to ensure that their vacant homes officers are full-time; the amount of additional funding that was made available; the local authorities that have availed of the funding; and to provide a list of local authorities that have full-time vacant home officers. [17164/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 – 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17571/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a copy of the most recent unit cost ceilings and averages for social housing new builds and acquisitions by local authorities. [17729/23]
Health7 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm information received by parents of young children in Newcastle, County Dublin that no public health nurse service is available in their area; the reason this is the case; if his Department is taking action to ensure a public health nurse service is provided in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16052/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on staff shortages in the Dublin mid-west public health nurse network; if vacant positions have been filled; if a full service is now available in all parts of the constituency; and if not, what areas remain impacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16053/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a required surgery carried out; if a guarantee can be provided regarding a date, given the surgery has been cancelled three times in the past eight weeks; and the reason the cancellations occurred. [16702/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the average length of time it takes to process an application under the discretionary hardship scheme to provide an explanation for the current delay in processing applications for the scheme in the Dublin West area; if he is aware both pharmacies and families are experiencing huge difficulty in making contact with the Local Health Office section regarding the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16764/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for a person (details supplied) under the discretionary hardship scheme. [16765/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide information on care pathways available to 16- and 17-year-olds with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria. [17231/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of his Department in addressing the issue of premature deaths of single people experiencing homelessness. [11819/23]
Education3 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the efforts being made by her Department to ensure special school placements are available to all children who require them; and if she will provide advice for parents who cannot secure a place for their child for the coming school year. [16962/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education when a person (details supplied) will be provided with a place in a special school or class suited to their specified educational needs; and what assistance can be provided to the person's parents in navigating the application process to special schools and mainstream schools with special classes. [16963/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to explain why leaving certificate language oral exams take place at Easter; if the impact on students was taken into account when this change was made; and if she intends to review this decision. [18026/23]
Environment2 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Commission for Regulation of Utilities has had any engagement with utility providers regarding a reduction in the prices they currently charge household customers, given the fall in wholesale energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17401/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide advice to households that have already significantly reduced their energy usage but who are still experiencing difficulty in meeting costs; if further supports are to be made available to households in order to assist in meeting these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17402/23]
Justice2 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the total number of applications, and the number of successful and unsuccessful applications, made under section 56 of the International Protection Act 2015, in 2022 and to date in 2023. [17587/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice if there is a process through which a person who is living in Ireland on a specific permission (details supplied) and who is a survivor of domestic violence can regularise their status; and if so, if he will outline this process. [16057/23]
Children2 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people in accommodation provided by the international protection accommodation services, including direct provision, pre-reception, temporary emergency and emergency centres, who have refugee status, subsidiary protection or permission to remain, alongside people who have not yet received their status; and a breakdown of their locations by county. [17588/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of caseworkers from organisations (details supplied) that are currently assisting people to move on from international protection accommodation services accommodation; and if he will provide a breakdown of services available, by centre, including pre-reception, temporary emergency and emergency centres. [17589/23]
Transport1 question
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline plans for the further development of the rail network over the next five years; if his Department intends to increase investment in new stations and routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16828/23]
Finance1 question
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the practice of a bank (details supplied); his views on whether this practice is correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17598/23]
Social1 question
2023-04-18Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection regarding the recommendations of the Review Report of the Gender Recognition Act 2015, published in November 2019, if she intends to simplify the path to legal gender recognition for children aged 16 and 17 years; and, if so, if she will indicate a timeframe in which this will happen. [17230/23]
New lobbying5 returns
Irish Green Building Council · 5 returnsEnvironment
Building Life Campaign. Information on new Danish legislation to address embodied carbon emissions
Regulating Whole Life Carbon. Short presentation on addressing WLC in the built environment and recent development at EU level
Regulating Whole Life Carbon. Briefing notes on WLC regulation and EU developments
Regulating Whole Life Carbon. Information on how Whole Life Carbon emissions have been regulated in other MSs
Public Consultation TGD Part B. Copy of IGBC's submission to the public consultation sent to Eoin O'Broin
Mark Ward — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
30 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked30 total
Health18 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to outline where the two new roles, the national clinical lead for mental health and the assistant director for youth mental health, will fill into the structures of the HSE; if this can be provided in diagram form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16416/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to outline the access criteria for someone to enter one of the three pilot projects for dual diagnosis; the capacity of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16417/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health when a public health nurse will be available for residents in Newcastle, County Dublin; the current and levels of public health nurses by area in Dublin mid-west; the plans for recruitment of public heath nurses in Dublin mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16443/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in Dublin mid-west by area; the number of vacancies by area; the recruitment plan for public health nurses in Dublin mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16656/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if current trainee counselling psychology students will be funded in line with incoming first year students in the same course; the plans by his Department to expand this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16674/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if funding that will be available for trainee educational psychologists in line with funding allocated for trainee counselling psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16675/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times for child health visits by public health nurses, by area in Dublin mid-west, by year from 2017 to 2022, and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17020/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels in each of the 73 CAMHS teams; how many CAMHS teams are fully staffed; the vacancy rates per CAMHS team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17032/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait for January and March 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [17719/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health when the oversight group for National Standards for Bereavement Care Following Pregnancy Loss and Perinatal Death under the National Women and Infants Health Programme will be reconstituted; if he will outline the process of how an individual or group can become part of the oversight group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18142/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of staffing levels by profession in each of the 73 CAMHS teams across the State; the vacancy levels per CAMHS teams by profession in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18183/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to identify the specialist inpatient mental health treatment that is not provided in this State for which patients are sent to the North, to Britain or elsewhere abroad; what efforts are being made to provide these services in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18184/23]
2023-04-19Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if resources are in place to provide a primary healthcare centre in Collinstown, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; if he will provide an update on the provision of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18358/23]
2023-04-19Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the status of the disposal of land to provide a primary healthcare centre in Collinstown, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18359/23]
2023-04-19Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if, within the model of care plan for dual diagnosis, funding streams are available for community organisations to provide dual diagnosis services such as (details supplied); how these can be applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18402/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on extending of CAMHS services to young people up to the age of 25 years, as set out in Sharing the Vision; if there is a timeline for this extension of services; the training that will made available for staff in this transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18207/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his views on the increase in CAMHS waiting lists since June 2020; the measure that are being taken to reduce CAMHS waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18208/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase capacity for adult inpatient eating disorder beds; how many beds are proposed; where they will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18621/23]
Justice5 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the laws that are in place to seize nitrous oxide cannisters that are being misused; the penalties for those illegally distributing them; the number of confiscations by gardaí by year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18055/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the funding allocated to the prison service for mental health supports for both staff and the prison population; for an update on the prison service’s initiative to capture information on mental health and addiction of individuals within prison services; if initiatives for increased care will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18009/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda personnel across the Dublin area by year from 2011 to date, broken down by region; the number of Garda stations across the Dublin area from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18010/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the mental health and well-being supports that are currently in place for members of GSOC; how long they are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17738/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of young people who have entered Garda diversion programmes from 2019 to date; where these programmes are in operation; if follow up data is collected on those leaving the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18052/23]
Housing4 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many homes built by local authorities since 8 February 2020 are fully carbon neutral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16762/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a tenant with a notice to quit who is looking to avail of the tenant-in-situ scheme, who is living in a HAP property in one council area but is on another council’s housing list and the landlord wants to sell the home to the council; which council should the landlord contact and can the council buy the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16763/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the process, in cases in which the NTQ period of a person has lapsed but the council is still processing the expression of interest from the landlord to sell the home to the council, if the tenant still has to vacate the property; if so, if the council will cease the process of acquiring the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16070/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in Dublin mid-west in each of the years 2016 to 2022; and the planned number to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18788/23]
Education2 questions
2023-04-19Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a guaranteed timeline for the beginning of the major building project for a school (details supplied); if she will estimate how long this will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18387/23]
2023-04-19Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a guaranteed timeline for the beginning of the major building project for a school (details supplied); if she will estimate how long this will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18388/23]
Children1 question
2023-04-18Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young people within Oberstown Children Detention Campus offered temporary release for each Christmas from 2020 to 2022; the number of young people who accepted temporary release; the number of young people who turned it down over this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16716/23]