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Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Martin Browne
707. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in CHO3; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48375/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Martin Browne
708. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a needs assessment in CHO5; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48376/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Martin Browne
709. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a speech and language appointment in CHO3; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48377/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Martin Browne
710. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a speech and language appointment in CHO5; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48378/21]
Thu, 30 Sep 2021
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Driver Test
Martin Browne
156. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Transport the reason that there has been no extension to the time period for which IBT training is valid for those whose motor bike driving tests have been delayed by Covid-19 and the resulting backlog in tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47294/21]
Thu, 30 Sep 2021
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Employment Schemes
Martin Browne
273. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to allow persons who are near retirement age and participating in a Tús scheme to remain on the Tús schemes for an additional year until they are entitled to an old age pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47295/21]
Wed, 29 Sep 2021
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Health Services
Martin Browne
206. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the progress being made to deliver the carer’s guarantee; if he plans to address the situation in which the funding for the guarantee has gone into the HSE service plan rather than to family carers; his views on the way this manner of distributing the carers guarantee can create an inconsistency of funding when the varying needs of different areas of the country are taken into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46938/21]
Wed, 29 Sep 2021
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Programme for Government
Martin Browne
207. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the delivery of the National Carers Strategy which is included in the Programme for Government; and the reason the National Carers Strategy is not progressing. [46939/21]
Wed, 29 Sep 2021
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Mental Health Services
Martin Browne
208. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the funding available to persons with lived experience who work alongside HSE personnel in co-facilitating recovery workshops has been reduced since responsibility was given to Mental Health Ireland; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that only two persons engaged in this work in south County Tipperary were funded; his views on whether the level of funding for persons with lived experience who are involved in co-facilitating recovery workshops is adequate; if he has discussed the matter with Mental Health Ireland; if so, the matters discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46940/21]
Wed, 29 Sep 2021
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Care of the Elderly
Martin Browne
209. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans to reduce the number of step-down facilities in smaller communities across Ireland. [46941/21]
Wed, 29 Sep 2021
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Care of the Elderly
Martin Browne
210. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he foresees a situation in which health and step-down facilities in local communities could be closed due to changes in spatial requirements in facilities brought on by Covid-19 infection prevention requirements; and if so, the factors that would be taken into account when deciding to upgrade or close these facilities. [46942/21]
Wed, 29 Sep 2021
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Care of the Elderly
Martin Browne
211. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he will expand on the comments made by the Minister of State with special responsibility for Mental Health and Older People that as many as 350 beds could be lost in district hospitals and step-down facilities in the near future; the rationale for the comments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46943/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Housing Policy
Martin Browne
163. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress that has been made to date in reviewing the income eligibility for social housing supports in each local authority area; and when the review is likely to conclude. [46417/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Heritage Sites
Martin Browne
167. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will visit Knocklofty House, Clonmel to view the state of disrepair of the structure; and if progress has been made in identifying a way to address the damage that is occurring to this heritage-rich structure. [46418/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Dental Services
Martin Browne
829. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists participating in the dental medical card scheme in County Tipperary in 2019 and 2020. [46752/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Forestry Sector
Martin Browne
852. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licences that have been issued for non-commercial, amenity tree planting under section 22 of the Forestry Act 2014. [46357/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Forestry Sector
Martin Browne
853. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of landowners that have been prosecuted for planting without a licence under summary conviction or conviction on indictment. [46358/21]
Thu, 23 Sep 2021
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Education Policy
Martin Browne
41. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the latest publication by the OECD which places Ireland at the bottom of a list of 36 OECD countries in terms of the amount of GDP being invested in education; his plans for improving this record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45603/21]
Thu, 23 Sep 2021
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Public Procurement Contracts
Martin Browne
70. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that contracting authorities are conducting an appropriate level of due diligence in view of recent public procurement audit failures associated with Covid-19 related purchases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45602/21]
Thu, 23 Sep 2021
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Martin Browne
180. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education her views on the reason that Ireland failed to provide data on class sizes to inform the OECD Education at a Glance report 2020; her views on comments by an organisation (details supplied) that having 20% of pupils in classes of 30 or more is a national embarrassment; her plans to address the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45604/21]