981. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures her Department has taken to ensure no family is being currently overcharged as per the fee structure agreed under the National Childcare scheme. [23974/25]
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982. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the penalties or other actions that have been taken against a facility (details supplied) in respect of its breach of the national childcare scheme and over-charging of parents in contravention of the fee freeze. [23975/25]
983. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the definite commencement date in 2025 for the community neuro-rehabilitation team for HSE integrated health area Dublin south west, south city and west and Kildare west Wicklow, formerly HSE CHO 7. [24002/25]
984. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in her Department since she took office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24176/25]
985. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of student placements in Blanchardstown Children's Disability Network Team, in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [24274/25]
986. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current waiting times for primary school students to avail of speech and language therapy in County Longford; if the current expected waiting time for servicers is in the region of 14 months; and the actions being taken to address this extremely long waiting time, specifically in cases where students urgently need to avail of service…
987. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there is funding available for a local non-profit organisation to build a creche on local community owned land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24358/25]
988. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to detail the number of children who benefited from supports under the national childcare scheme in 2022, 2023 and 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24368/25]
989. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current provision and location of overnight respite care for children with disabilities in County Monaghan; the plans and timeframe for additional capacity; if this will include the maintenance of the current interim facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24420/25]
990. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current provision and location of overnight respite care for adults with disabilities in County Monaghan; the plans and timeframe for additional capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24421/25]
991. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the community neurorehabilitation team for CHO 6, based in Bray, will start offering services to the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24431/25]
992. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount paid in redress to survivors of mother and baby and county homes. [24463/25]
993. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on progress towards banning the sale of hexahydrocannabinol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23549/25]
994. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that due to delays in funding approval for certain service users, an organisation (details supplied) must pay out of pocket to provide meals and that there is no mechanism by which the organisation can back-date funding once approval comes through; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23983/25]
995. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the hospital transport budget for all hospitals in the south-east and mid-west regions; the qualifying criteria for patients availing of hospital transport; the application process for hospital transport; the way in which a wheelchair user can avail of their own transport; the supports available to a patient who must seek their transport; the way in which they …
996. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the level of expenditure on hospital transport provided to members of the Travelling community from Tipperary; if members of the Travelling community are automatically supplied with hospital transport when transport services are restricted for most patients; the level of expenditure on hospital transport being provided to IPAS or BOTP residents in Tipperary ove…
997. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the services and treatment options that are available for people with a disease (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23177/25]
998. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre for An Cheathrú Rua, County Galway; when the business case will be completed; and if the details for the business case will be done by the end of May 2025. [23178/25]
999. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23182/25]
1000. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health for an overview of the primary and secondary legislation regulating medical advertising and labelling, in particular the legislation regulating what health and medical claims sellers can make about their products. [23187/25]
1001. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to clarify the innovation and economic growth section of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland; whether she views the “diverse range of clinical disease characteristics” in Ireland as an opportunity for private profit-making; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23193/25]
1002. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health in light of reports that individuals’ genomic data may be at risk when private companies responsible for generating and storing the data are in distress (details supplied), the reason the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland makes no reference to either retaining genomic services in public ownership or bringing priva…
1003. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health in light of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine’s commitment to building the genetics and genomics workforce for the future, for details of engagements with the Department of Further Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science regarding raising PhD stipends in the life sciences to the living wage and granting PhD st…
1004. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and psychology service staff currently working at a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23204/25]
1005. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason the recent announcement by the National Ambulance Service (NAS) on the recruitment of additional staff does not include any additional paramedic posts for the west/north-west region; if she will give a firm assurance that people living in the west/north-west region are being provided with the same level of service from the NAS as people livin…