246. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 902 and 903 of 5 February 2025, the plans in place to address the loss of ELC and SAC places in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4907/25]
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247. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual payment by her Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER), broken down by trip, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4950/25]
248. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) who has been awaiting high-priority speech and language therapy in Dublin south city; when this child will be seen by a speech and language therapist; the reason that non-urgent cases can be facilitated currently, but high-priority cases cannot…
249. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers in Dublin west that are eligible for core funding; the number signed up for core funding in 2024 and 2025; the number that have applied for a fee adjustment for 2024 and 2025; the number of those successful, rejected or pending a decision; the number of crèches that have appealed the …
250. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of crèches spaces in north Kildare in 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number of people on waiting lists regarding same, in tabular form; the steps her Department is taking to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5001/25]
251. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childminders in north Kildare who have been Garda vetted but not registered with Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5002/25]
252. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of purpose-built crèches facilities currently in north Kildare in which developers have applied for a change of use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5003/25]
253. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Budget 2025 made provision to fund the HSE for the refurbishment, operation and staffing of existing hydrotherapy pools that are currently closed; if so, when the services benefitting from this funding will be identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5026/25]
254. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a family (details supplied) can have their stay at Lissywoolen accommodation centre extended. [5059/25]
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]
256. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a timeline on the introduction of the monthly €200-per-child cap on childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5173/25]
257. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an autism assessment will be provided to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5179/25]
258. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a complaint relating to the sale of seriously out-of-date Christmas puddings which were retailing at a supermarket (details supplied) in Navan from mid-November of 2024 to early January of 2025; and if she will order a public recall of these items and demand that the supermarket is investigated, detailing how this happened and ensuring that ther…
259. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if additional home help hours can be put in place for a person (details supplied). [4908/25]
260. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide the current split of home care service provision between direct and indirect delivery, by hours and percentage. [5209/25]
261. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current hourly direct and indirect cost of delivery of home care; and the total cost of direct and indirect delivery of home care in each year from 2020 to 2024. [5210/25]
262. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home beds in the State in each year since 2019, broken down by HSE-provided, HSE-funded under sections 38 and 39 of the Health Act 2004 and privately provided, in tabular form. [5211/25]
263. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she plans to add ozempic to the drugs payment scheme for patients who have prediabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4877/25]
264. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if hospital groups are required to publish a maternity safety statement; the cadence at which they may be required to do so; their adherence to any such requirement since January 2024 to date; the reason any such requirement may not have been met, by hospital group, by month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4895/25]
265. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement application for a medication (details supplied); when she expects the medication to be available to patients in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4937/25]
266. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the downgrading of emergency department services at Navan Hospital is impacting the growing numbers attending the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, leading to overcrowding and long delays; if she plans to invest in upgrading and increasing capacity at the emergency departments in Navan Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes in Drogheda; a…
267. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the annual payment by her Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER), broken down by trip, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4958/25]
268. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to consider providing certain medications free of charge (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4972/25]
269. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of unfilled vacant positions in the Donegal HSE mental health services which are vacant, unfilled or filled on a temporary, agency and locum basis, at staff grade level, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4976/25]
270. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the anomaly in health insurance costs in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4998/25]