Matt Carthy

775. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will ensure that the parents of three children (details supplied) are reimbursed for the costs of securing private speech and language and occupational therapy services considering the CDNT/a named organisation have failed to provide these services to an adequate level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7778/25]

776. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position for parents who are forced to access private appointments in services such as speech and language, occupational therapy, psychology, and so on, in cases whereby their CDNT fails to provide those services; if there is a mechanism for such families to be reimbursed or grant aided the costs of such private care; if she intends to review the policies in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7779/25]

777. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a child (details supplied) has not yet received a cognitive assessment which was due in October 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7788/25]

778. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the dates of each speech and language appointment that have been provided to a child (details supplied) since they were diagnosed with autism in October 2020; if this is considered to be an appropriate level of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7789/25]

779. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the dates of each occupational therapy appointment provided to a child (details supplied) since they were diagnosed with autism in October 2020; if this is considered to be an appropriate level of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7790/25]

844. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if there have been any requests made of Cavan Monaghan Hospital group to provide a CT scanner at the Monaghan Hospital site; if she will direct the HSE to conduct a feasibility study for the provision of a CT scanner at Monaghan Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7233/25]

845. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if there have been any requests made of Cavan Monaghan Hospital group to provide a MRI scanner at the Monaghan Hospital site; if she will direct the HSE to conduct a feasibility study for the provision of a MRI scanner at Monaghan Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7234/25]

846. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the circumstances in which ambulances are permitted to take patients to the minor injuries unit (MIU) at Monaghan Hospital, rather than an emergency department in another hospital; whether there has been any change to the criteria applied in these instances; whether new or additional changes to this criteria are planned; the number of times that an ambulance brought patients to the MIU at Monaghan Hospital, in each month in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7235/25]

847. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of times that the National Ambulance Service utilised a helicopter to transport patients from locations in County Monaghan, by each hospital, in each month in 2024; the number brought to each hospital in each month to which patients were presented; the average time in each month within which the helicopter ambulance arrived on scene from the original call to the ambulance service, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7236/25]

848. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of presentations in each month in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and 2024 to the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7237/25]

849. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if there are proposals to further expand the operating hours of the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7238/25]

867. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of social inclusion posts (of each grade) recruited in the CHO1 area since its inception; the WTE numbers of these posts which were located in Cavan and Monaghan; the number of WTE posts that will transfer along with Cavan and Monaghan in the transition to CHN; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7345/25]

919. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of elective surgery appointments that have been cancelled or postponed, by procedure type, at Cavan Monaghan Hospital, between 1 December 2024 and 18 February 2025; the reasons for these cancellations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7728/25]

920. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of elective surgery appointments that have been cancelled or postponed at Cavan Monaghan Hospital, in each month from January 2022 to date in 2025, by procedure type, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7729/25]

921. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list for elective surgery appointments at Cavan Monaghan hospital, by procedure type, and the corresponding waiting lists in February of each year from 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7730/25]

925. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the dates of each speech and language appointment provided to a child (details supplied) since they received a primary care assessment in September 2024; if this is considered to be an appropriate level of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7791/25]

926. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the dates of each occupational therapy appointment provided to a child (details supplied) since they received a primary care assessment in September 2024; if this is considered to be an appropriate level of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7792/25]

927. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if an additional neurological specialist will be appointed for the Cavan Monaghan region to support patients with Parkinson’s disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7793/25]

930. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she will reconsider the previous position to exclude staff of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service from the pandemic bonus payment given the essential service they provided throughout the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7796/25]

931. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if the decision of the WRC to award the pandemic bonus payment to a HSE worker who had been previously deemed ineligible has led to other workers in the same category being awarded that payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7797/25]

932. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she will analyse the decision of the WRC to award the pandemic bonus payment to a HSE worker who had been previously deemed ineligible to give consideration to the previous decision to exclude staff of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service from the pandemic bonus payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7798/25]

47. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline his efforts to oppose the Mercosur Trade Agreement. [4447/25]

110. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if, further to the fallout of Storm Éowyn, he will advance policies to ensure that new powerlines are undergrounded when feasible. [5751/25]

279. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he will establish a forum for stakeholder engagement on firearms licensing and related matters, similar to the previous firearms consultative panel that was previously in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6812/25]

280. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); if he intends to meet with this organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6813/25]