Questions asked 14 total

• Health 4 questions

  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the current number of children and adolescents on the waiting-lists of the south Lee primary care services and the north Lee primary care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47780/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the current number of children and adolescents on the waiting-lists of the south Lee primary care services and the north Lee primary care services in excess of one, two, three, four or more years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47781/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of in-person client sessions offered by each grade of psychologist - assistant psychologists, staff grade psychologists, senior psychologists and principal psychologists in the south Lee child and adolescent primary care services and the north Lee child and adolescent primary care services for each month to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47782/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of children removed from the assessment of need waiting list in each of the Cork and Kerry primary care psychology services for each month from 1 October 2022, in tabular form; the length of time the child was waiting for an AON in each case and the process of clinical decision-making involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47783/23]
• Children 3 questions

  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what action he intends to take to address the severe shortage of childcare places in Cork city. [48399/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how his Department facilitates childcare providers staying open when there is a change in management. [48400/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he and his Department have mapped the existence of youth focused community projects and staff across the State; if his Department is aware of gaps in coverage or large and populous areas without or with inadequately resourced projects and how the Department will resolve this. [41412/23]
• Public Expenditure 3 questions

  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the Independent Review of the Distribution and Utilisation of National Lottery spending; if he will confirm the timeline for delivery of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47570/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount of funding that has been contributed from the national lottery; the breakdown of expenditure over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47571/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department has considered any proposals for flood relief works at Ballinhassig, Cork; and, if not, whether he will now consider same. [47779/23]
• Housing 3 questions

  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what guidance has been given to local authorities regarding variable rate mortgages provided by the local authorities and whether the Department agrees with local authorities passing on said rate increases to the mortgage holders. [47784/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the mortgage interest relief scheme proposed by his Government will also include those on local authority mortgages that are affected. [47785/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has considered providing funding to local authorities to absorb the increased cost of mortgage interest applying to mortgage policies they have provided. [47786/23]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the L2455 road improvement scheme, Lehenaghmore, Cork; and whether funding remains in place. [48483/23]