Liam Quaide

308. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychologist posts advertised in the Cork primary care services since 1 July 2024; and the number of those posts that have been filled. [5361/25]

255. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent by the State Claims Agency's legal cost unit on cases related to assessment of needs for each of the past ten years. [5159/25]

250. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a timeline for the publication of an action plan for collective bargaining, in line with commitments under the EU Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4625/25]

685. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for an update on the pricing and reimbursement application process for melatonin under the community drug scheme; if melatonin will be provided under the community drug scheme to children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years-of-age with autism spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4668/25]

251. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if clonidine will be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons under 16 years suffering with ADHD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3888/25]

31. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will reconcile his comments around the lifting of the money message obstruction from the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 in November 2024, prior to the general election, with more recent comments from the Taoiseach suggesting that the Bill will be replaced with new legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2593/25]

147. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the project to upgrade the R624 Cobh Road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2249/25]

179. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if current budgetary allocations for the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (CMATS) 2040 are sufficient to proceed with the development of the new train stations that are part of CMATS or are limited to maintaining existing train services. [2591/25]

180. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider an extension to the maximum permissible age of taxis under the Taxi Regulation (Small Public Service Vehicle) Regulations 2015 for vehicles who reach their ten-year limit in the first half of 2025, given the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the income of taxi drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2600/25]

251. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Finance his plans to apply a reduced rate of VAT to bottled water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2255/25]

319. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if eligibility for the individual property protection scheme for east Cork will be extended to include property owners who narrowly averted flooding on 18 October 2023 by being home on the day and able to erect makeshift barriers to keep flood waters out of their properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2594/25]

639. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a timeline for legislation to give entitlement to unmarried cohabitants to a widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2257/25]

958. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider a temporary pause on the decision to move the beneficiaries of temporary protection currently staying at a location (details supplied) to new accommodation until after the end of the 2024-2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2648/25]

959. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will reconsider the decision to no longer allow the beneficiaries of temporary protection currently staying at a location (details supplied) and who have been told they will be moved to new accommodation, to accommodate their pets with them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2649/25]

984. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to ensure that international protection applicants who avail of temporary accommodation as part of cold weather initiatives are not expected to sleep rough once the cold weather passes to prove and demonstrate their need for accommodation before being referred to alternative emergency accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2940/25]

985. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to address the lack of childcare facilities in Youghal, County Cork; her plans to build and or purchase State-owned childcare facilities to address the unmet capacity needs in the local Youghal area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2945/25]

1062. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for the roll out of the free HRT scheme; to outline the engagement her Department has had with a union (details supplied) in relation to the scheme in relation to the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2245/25]

1139. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of palliative care services nationally, by regional health area, with an outline of the type and duration of service offered, and, in each instance, the funding commitment and the population size served by the service, in tabular form. [2590/25]

1140. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of eating disorders services, including regional team staffing levels and inpatient bed numbers, in the south west regional health area, in tabular form; and how this provision corresponds to or falls short of the HSE's Model of Care for Eating Disorder Services. [2592/25]

1141. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of psychology posts advertised within the south west regional health area primary care services since 1 July 2024; the contract type (fixed-term or permanent; full- or part-time) in each case; and the number of posts filled to date since. [2595/25]

1142. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if redeployment of psychologists to primary care services in the south west regional health area will be pursued by the HSE to address critical waiting lists there; if she has engaged with unions regarding the potential impact of this workforce strategy on retention of psychologists as well as on the services from which psychologists will be redeployed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2596/25]

1143. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for an update on the commencement of works on the new mental health service on the grounds of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, which was projected by local management to be completed by Q1 of 2025; the reason that flood risk is being cited as rationale for the delay in HSE media briefings, given that this issue was addressed in the planning application that was approved for the project in February 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2597/25]

1144. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for an update on Saol Nua mental health service in Skibbereen following plans to relocate residents in July 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2598/25]

1238. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if breastfeeding support groups in Carrigtwohill primary care centre, County Cork, will be recommenced this year by the HSE; if so, the date they will recommence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3014/25]

1271. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will reconsider the decision to move the women and children currently staying at a location (details supplied) to a new location; if not, whether he will outline the specific measures that will be put in place to ensure they obtain accommodation as close as possible to their current location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1645/25]