Questions asked 8 total

• Health 5 questions

  • 2025-03-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to clearly outline the governance structure for mental health under the new HSE structure; to specify the senior accountable officer in the HSE responsible for mental health governance and policy on the HSE management team; to specify both the regional and integrated healthcare areas (IHA) governance and management structure for mental health, including funding control and coordination of care, naming the specific posts that are relevant; and to confirm that each IHA will have a head of mental health with responsibility for the operation of mental health within the IHA and a dedicated budget for this purpose. [9226/25]
  • 2025-03-05 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs in Longford and Westmeath that are trained in opioid substitution treatment. [9999/25]
  • 2025-03-05 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to clearly outline the governance structure for mental health under the new HSE structure; the senior accountable officer in the HSE responsible for mental health governance and policy on the HSE management team; the regional and integrated healthcare area governance and management structure for mental health, including funding control and coordination of care; the specific posts that are relevant; and if each Integrated healthcare area will have a head of mental health with responsibility for the operation of mental health in the integrated healthcare areas and a dedicated budget for this purpose. [10046/25]
  • 2025-03-06 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will fund the expansion of Jigsaw services to ensure that no county is without a Jigsaw primary mental health care service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10114/25]
  • 2025-03-06 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason for the excessive delay in the filling of positions in the CAMHS Linn Dara service. [10115/25]
• Transport 2 questions

  • 2025-03-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if plans are in place to extend the local hackney pilot scheme to rural areas in Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10001/25]
  • 2025-03-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if plans are in place to extend the local hackney pilot scheme to further rural areas, in particular to areas of Westmeath such as Clonmellon, Delvin, Raharney, which have no such service at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9795/25]
• Finance 1 question

  • 2025-03-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers to date that have applied to have their flat-rate expenses (FRE) reinstated, per category; and the number of taxpayers that availed of FRE, per category, in 2024, in tabular form. [9781/25]