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…
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 s…
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 sh…
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 a…
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 mak…