Liam Quaide

3343. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve co-ordination between the National Ambulance Service and local community first responders to reduce waiting times in emergency situations. [26954/26]

5. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the measures in place to ensure equitable distribution of funding across regions, including areas experiencing rapid population growth; and whether any formal methodology is used to align funding allocations with demographic need. [23002/26]

16. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the proportion of funding allocated by his Department that is provided on a multi-annual basis as opposed to once-off or competitive grant schemes; and if he will outline any plans to move towards longer-term, sustainable funding structures for community organisations. [23001/26]

27. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether his Department has undertaken any comprehensive, national needs assessment of community infrastructure including community centres, youth facilities, sports and recreational spaces; if so, when this was last completed; and if he will publish the findings. [22999/26]

43. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether his Department has evaluated the administrative burden placed on voluntary and community groups applying to multiple overlapping funding schemes; and if he will outline any plans to streamline application, reporting and compliance processes. [23003/26]

58. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the extent to which funding schemes administered by his Department are coordinated under a single strategic framework; the steps being taken to address fragmentation across multiple short-term funding streams; and whether consideration is being given to multi-annual funding models for community development. [23000/26]

88. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the safeguards in place to prevent under-identification of children under the revised assessment of need framework, particularly in light of evidence that twice-exceptional children are already under-recognised within Irish education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22600/26]

283. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in cases where intellectual disability is not suspected; the way in which the revised framework ensures that children with uneven developmental profiles, including those who may be gifted or twice-exceptional will be appropriately identified within the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22594/26]

284. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has conducted any impact assessment on how the revised assessment of need model may affect the identification of children whose needs are masked by high cognitive ability or compensatory functioning; the safeguards in place to prevent under-identification of such children, particularly in light of evidence that twice-exceptional children are already under-recognised within disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22595/26]

285. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if, under the revised assessment of need framework, access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where there is evidence of significant intra-individual discrepancy, asynchronous development, or unexplained underachievement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22596/26]

286. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration has been given to the potential for increased reliance on private assessments arising from any restriction in public access to cognitive assessment and the implications this may have for equity of access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22597/26]

287. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the training or guidance is being provided to assessment officers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that complex presentations, including masking and twice-exceptionality, are recognised under the revised model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22598/26]

288. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department intends to review the implementation of the revised assessment of need framework to ensure that no cohort of children is excluded from identification due to the streamlining of assessment processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22599/26]

5. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the most recent meeting of the coalition of the willing in support of Ukraine. [16305/26]

17. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department's statement of strategy for 2025 to 2028. [18160/26]

334. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport the criteria by which he ensures vehicles availing of the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant scheme are genuinely and to the greatest extent possible universally accessible to wheelchair users; if his attention has been drawn to a particular vehicle type (details supplied) whose rear-loading configuration severely limits accessibility; his plans to ensure that vehicles availing of the grant scheme genuinely meet the accessibility needs they are intended to serve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22183/26]

335. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport his plans to ensure only drivers who have successfully completed the approved wheelchair manual handling course be permitted to drive, operate, lease, or otherwise use a wheelchair accessible vehicle under the WAV licence scheme to ensure these vehicles are operated by drivers properly trained to assist wheelchair users safely and respectfully; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22184/26]

728. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to monitor the real-world implications of use of the child maintenance calculator to ensure it reflects the real cost of raising children; the role he intends the child maintenance calculator to play in judicial decision-making; if he plans for future iterations to include education, childcare, medical and disability related costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22201/26]

983. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the effects of temporary rehabilitation remuneration on the pension entitlements of healthcare workers with long Covid who avail of it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22223/26]

449. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of a register for advance healthcare directives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21086/26]

1. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach the number of staff from his Department seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the Department or agency, in tabular form. [18601/26]

2. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach the number of staff from his Department seconded to a firm in the private sector, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the company, in tabular form. [18619/26]

3. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach the number of staff from his Department seconded from a firm in the private sector, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the company, in tabular form. [18637/26]

20. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff from her Department seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the Department or agency, in tabular form. [18593/26]

21. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff from her Department seconded to a firm in the private sector, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the company, in tabular form. [18611/26]