843. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the weekly income threshold/means test for persons applying for a medical card aged over 70 years old, to keep in line with the rising cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51214/25]
884. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the resource needs of Ukrainian organisations in Ireland working on mental health support; if she will consider multi-annual funding mechanisms to ensure continuity and sustainability of these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51572/25]
907. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the plans for additional post-acute inpatient neurorehabilitation beds in the south west, in line with the programme for Government commitment to develop more specialist inpatient neurorehabilitation beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51896/25]
85. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a cost of disability payment to help address the significant additional costs of having a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50570/25]
125. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the report on benchmarking and indexing working age social protection rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50573/25]
149. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend automatic entitlement to the household benefits package, the fuel allowance payment, and the additional needs payment to anyone living with a life-limiting cancer diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50572/25]
152. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to expand the criteria of the occupational injuries benefit scheme to include healthcare workers suffering with long Covid symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50571/25]
254. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current staffing levels at a service (details supplied); the catchment area served; if it extends beyond County Cork; and her plans for further investment in staffing levels. [50947/25]
255. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of young persons attending a service (details supplied); and the average number attending on a daily basis. [50948/25]
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32. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his plans to reform the Ethics in Public Office legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50533/25]
153. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the childcare (amendment) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50531/25]
154. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to amend sections of the Disability Act 2005 as it relates to assessments of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50532/25]
164. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the timeline for bringing forward the Health (Adult Safeguarding) Bill 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50534/25]
93. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach if he will publish an up-to-date audit of the number and proportion of people with disabilities who are in employment, broken down by sector and region, to allow measurement of progress on closing the disability employment gap, and to provide comparable data to that published in Northern Ireland through NISRA. [49701/25]
245. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans to launch a national employer awareness campaign on supported employment, with associated benefits and financial incentives for employers similar to the Workable NI model, to encourage the recruitment and retention of people with disabilities in line with Government targets under the Comprehensive Employment Strategy; and if h…
379. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to alter the eligibility criteria for the local authority home loan where long-term State benefit payments may only be considered as repayment income where more than 50% of the income source is of an earned nature, to allow two applicants on long-term State benefit payments to avail of the scheme; and if he will make a sta…
407. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that the Pathways to Work strategy includes dedicated funding for disability-related transport costs, beyond the free travel scheme, to reflect additional costs faced by persons with disabilities, including those in rural areas, and to provide parity with the Access to Work (NI) scheme, which covers extra approved travel costs for disa…
408. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider funding and resourcing a national umbrella organisation for supported employment, to provide staff training, best practice standards, policy development and coordination between supported employment service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49700/25]
528. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding status for SOS Kilkenny’s respite services; to outline when the funding that has been promised will be released; the way in which his Department will ensure sustainable, multi-annual funding for specialist respite provision for people with intellectual disabilities in Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
529. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has assessed the resource needs of Ukrainian organisations in Ireland working on integration, mental health support and community development; if she will consider multi-annual funding mechanisms to ensure continuity and sustainability of these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49705/25]
624. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand the availability of free HRT products beyond the treatment of menopause symptoms to transgender people as part of gender-affirming healthcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49933/25]
720. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department will outline the funding streams currently available to Ukrainian-led community organisations to support integration initiatives, including language classes, employment support and cultural exchange projects; and if consideration will be given to developing a ring-fenced fund for migrant-led organisation…
487. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications received for the school term 2025-2026 for a special education class, in a mainstream school or a special school; and the number of children who are projected to not be able to access a school place in the community in which they live. [48157/25]
488. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of taxis in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 transporting children to special education placements due to a lack of provision in their locality, broken down by geographical area. [48158/25]
932. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of Ireland’s position regarding the EU's new chat control legislation, the Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48954/25]