Conor D. McGuinness

237. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he will advocate for urgent safety upgrades to the N25, including works to improve dangerous junctions and accident blackspots across County Waterford. [3482/25]

238. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the amount that Irish Rail has spent on maintenance and refurbishment to Waterford Plunkett station in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025. [3483/25]

356. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform what plans, schemes or supports he and the Office of Public Works have to ensure that the flooding that took place in Tallow, County Waterford, during Storm Babet, causing severe damage to homes and businesses, will not occur under similar conditions in the future; if he will prioritise funding and resources to undertake works on the River Bride; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3435/25]

840. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and vans attached to Waterford Garda division as of 27 January 2025; If he will provide same figures as of 27 January 2021, in tabular form. [3459/25]

841. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice to consider reinstating the joint policing committees (JPCs) that have been replaced by community safety partnerships, or reforming the latter to undo the reduction of local democratic input into policing matters, that resulted from the abolition of JPCs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3460/25]

1182. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health whether a person with a serious medical condition (details supplied) could be provided with a GP in the town they have lived in for seven years (details supplied) instead of having to travel over an hour to see their GP on a routine-basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2824/25]

1356. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of approved home care hours in CHO 5 that were not delivered during 2024 due to lack of available personnel, by county, in tabular form; the current number of home care vacancies in CHO 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3531/25]

1357. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the manner in which eligibility for a full medical card is reckoned for an applicant, who is an adult dependent on their spouse’s pension, when their spouse avails of medical care under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3532/25]

1358. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she and the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health will work together to advance the application for a Jigsaw youth mental health service in Waterford, given that the south-east is the only region not currently served by such a facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3533/25]

1359. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current number of vacancies in Waterford mental health services, Waterford CAMHS and UHW department of psychiatry, by type, location, and duration to date of the vacancy, in tabular form. [3534/25]

1360. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the status of negotiations with the Irish Dental Association regarding the dental services treatment scheme; when a new contract will be agreed; and if she is aware of the impact the delay in concluding the negotiations is having on patients in areas such as Dungarvan where it is exceptionally difficult for medical card holders to access dental care including emergency care. [3535/25]

1361. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the provision she has made to ensure medical card holders can access timely dental care, including emergency care, in areas such as Dungarvan where there is extremely limited access to care under the dental services treatment scheme. [3536/25]

1362. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the shortage of GPs in the County Waterford area; the impact this is having on both medical card and non-medical card patients in accessing GP services; the steps her Department will take to increase the number of general practice capacity in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3537/25]