Parliamentary questions

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

794. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice to provide the dates on which a person (details supplied) met, exchanged emails or telephone calls with her or former Ministers from the date of appointment to conduct the scoping exercise into the death of a person to publication of the final report on the 3 July 2023. [35734/23]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

796. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the reason she or her officials did not inform a family (details supplied) that a judge was formerly a member of the Courts Service Board on their appointment to undertake the scoping exercise; and the dates on which the judge was a member of the Courts Service Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35743/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

806. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice to provide, in tabular form, domestic, sexual and gender-based violence offences data for 2022, broken down by Garda district or station, to include, but not limited to, rape, sexual assault, domestic violence and coercive control. [35840/23]

An Garda Síochána

Mary Lou McDonald

807. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice to provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of crime data for each of the Dublin metropolitan region divisions for the period of 2020-2023 to date. [35841/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

808. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice to provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence offences data, to include, but not limited to, rape, sexual assault, domestic violence and coercive control for the period of 2020-2023 to date in the Dublin north inner city and north-west inner city. [35842/23]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

823. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware that the scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied), recently published on her Department’s website and completed by a judge on appointment by her, omits information regarding the Judicial Review taken by An Garda Síochána and that the outcome of this action was a decision by the Garda Commissioner not to discipline the gardaí for the wrongful actions raised by earlier GSOC reports regarding the person’s death on the basis that there was no evidence that the gardaí concerned were trained on the PULSE system to prepare cases for court or outcomes of same. [35984/23]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

824. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware that the scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied), recently published on her Department’s website and completed by a judge on appointment by her, omits the information that the perpetrator’s successful appeal to a 16 February 2011 drug conviction due to deficiencies in the State’s case despite the perpetrator having breached bail conditions by further arrests and leaving the State in the intervening period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35985/23]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

825. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware that the scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied) recently published on her Department's website and completed by a judge appointed by her, describes speeding convictions as trivial, if she agrees with this position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35987/23]

Employment Schemes

Mary Lou McDonald

503. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 30 May 2023, the reason for the ongoing delay in completing the reasonable accommodation fund review and consultation, due to be completed by the end of 2019 under commitments within the Comprehensive Employment Strategy and when the review report will be published.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35298/23]

Constitutional Amendments

Mary Lou McDonald

16. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [32201/23]

Local Drugs Task Forces

Mary Lou McDonald

242. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the north inner city drug and alcohol task force consultation report; the reasons for not providing the task force members with a copy of the completed report; and when he will re-establish the taskforce. [34462/23]

Departmental Bodies

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [30736/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

104. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when he will publish his diary for quarter 2 of 2023 on the website of his Department. [33974/23]

Departmental Data

Mary Lou McDonald

537. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 9 May 2023, the reason for the delay in publishing the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022 due at the end of Q2 as set out in the Justice Plan 2023. [34330/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mary Lou McDonald

3. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [32199/23]

Departmental Programmes

Mary Lou McDonald

13. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north-east inner city. [30734/23]

National Economic and Social Council

Mary Lou McDonald

14. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, NESC, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [30735/23]

Taoiseach's Communications

Mary Lou McDonald

3. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the State apologies issued by taoisigh since 2013. [32197/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Mary Lou McDonald

496. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether any groups or individuals contacted his Department to express concerns in relation to the timeframe for making submissions to the consultation on the referendums on family, care and equality and/or in relation to the process for finalising the wordings to be put to referendum more generally; if so, how many individuals or groups expressed such concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32212/23]

Equality Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

497. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 421 of 21 January 2023, when he will publish findings of the consultation to examine the functioning and effectiveness of the Equality Acts, which was expected early this year. [32216/23]

Pharmacy Services

Mary Lou McDonald

561. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he intends to establish a review of pharmacy dispensing fees and the extent of service provision by community pharmacists; and if he will engage directly with an organisation (details supplied) on the matter. [32054/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

3. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg. [30733/23]

Child Poverty

Mary Lou McDonald

4. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the proposed child poverty unit in his Department. [30731/23]

Energy Conservation

Mary Lou McDonald

83. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount funding that is available to Dublin City Council for the energy efficiency retrofit programme; and if he has any plans to increase this funding to meet climate action plans. [31399/23]

Health Services Staff

Mary Lou McDonald

137. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of cognitive behavioural therapists in CHO9; the average waiting time for a patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31398/23]

Departmental Functions

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the non-statutory public service modernisation, development and reform functions for which his Department is responsible. [29334/23]

Programme for Government

Mary Lou McDonald

6. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach his intention to establish additional units-divisions in his Department to those outlined in the programme for Government. [29336/23]

British-Irish Co-operation

Mary Lou McDonald

16. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any recent discussions he has had with the British Prime Minister. [30732/23]

Equality Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

290. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the study commissioned by his Department to evaluate the processes for implementation of three equality strategies, namely, the National Strategy for Women and Girls as well as the Migrant Integration Strategy and the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy, due to be completed early in 2023. [30317/23]

Climate Action Plan

Mary Lou McDonald

2. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the first progress report for the first quarter of 2023 of the climate action plan. [29328/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mary Lou McDonald

11. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [29329/23]

Official Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

23. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent meeting of the European Political Community, held in Moldova. [28323/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [25560/23]

Departmental Data

Mary Lou McDonald

9. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland, overseen by his Department. [25561/23]

Equality Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

21. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department's public sector duty equality and human rights assessment. [25562/23]

Equality Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

22. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the measures he has taken to improve gender equality in his Department. [29330/23]

Air Services

Mary Lou McDonald

233. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport if he has concluded his consideration of the Derry City Airport’s economic assessment and supporting materials for a Dublin/Derry air route submitted to his Department in December 2022; and the progress he has made in delivering on the air connectivity review commitment under the New Decade, New Approach agreement since taking up office in 2020. [29788/23]

Referendum Campaigns

Mary Lou McDonald

522. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the work undertaken by the Inter-Departmental Committee concerning the Referendums on Family, Care and Equality; if that committee has engaged in any external stakeholder or targeted consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29411/23]

Health Services

Mary Lou McDonald

636. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the current eye care services available to children aged eight years and over in CHO9. [29240/23]

Health Services

Mary Lou McDonald

637. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health how many children in the CHO9 area that have been referred to HSE eye clinics, having failed the school screening services for 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. [29241/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Mary Lou McDonald

638. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the current average wait time for an appointment with HSE eye clinics for children in the CHO9 area. [29242/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Mary Lou McDonald

639. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the current average wait time for an eye examination for children in the CHO9 area. [29243/23]

Health Services

Mary Lou McDonald

640. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a standardised eye-care programme for children aged eight years and over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29244/23]

Economic Policy

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Government's response to Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2022. [22488/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mary Lou McDonald

17. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [28322/23]

Emergency Accommodation

Mary Lou McDonald

99. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the capital expenditure cost of providing one staffed additional family refuge space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28773/23]

Referendum Campaigns

Mary Lou McDonald

139. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will set out the period of time during which the Inter-Departmental Committee concerning the Referendums on Family, Care and Equality will consider the submissions made to that committee before producing its findings and/or making recommendations to Government. [28862/23]

Council of Europe

Mary Lou McDonald

4. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the Council of Europe summit in Reykjavík, Iceland. [24233/23]

Departmental Strategies

Mary Lou McDonald

9. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the rational reform programme for the European semester recently published by his Department. [22486/23]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Mary Lou McDonald

20. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island dialogue all-island women's forum civic initiative. [22487/23]

Crime Prevention

Mary Lou McDonald

882. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the actions she will take following publication of the Study on Familicide and Domestic and Family Violence Death Reviews. [27502/23]

Referendum Campaigns

Mary Lou McDonald

1036. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the terms of reference for the interdepartmental committee concerning the referendums on family, care and equality will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27503/23]

Constitutional Amendments

Mary Lou McDonald

1070. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Inter-Departmental Committee concerning the Referendums on Family, Care and Equality will produce their findings and/or make recommendations to Government. [27896/23]

Departmental Communications

Mary Lou McDonald

320. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of submissions that have been received to his Department's consultation on the Referendums on Family, Care and Equality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26895/23]

Social Welfare Code

Mary Lou McDonald

322. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the domestic violence leave regulations provided for in the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 to prescribe the daily rate of domestic violence leave pay; and if he will clarify that the prescribed rate of pay will not involve a reduction in the rate of pay for victims of domestic violence as previously committed to. [27007/23]

Childcare Services

Mary Lou McDonald

145. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has recently engaged with the Dublin city childcare committee to identify vacant places for early learning and childcare in their catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26578/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Mary Lou McDonald

146. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the current number of early childhood education and care places currently available in Dublin Central; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26579/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Mary Lou McDonald

147. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline any plans his Department is currently engaged in to address any issue of under supply of early childhood education and care places in Dublin Central; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26580/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Mary Lou McDonald

148. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available for early childhood education and care services who are experiencing sustainability issues; and the steps a service can take to access these supports. [26581/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Mary Lou McDonald

149. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will set out the early childhood education and care vacant places, the enrolled places, and the overall capacity for places in Dublin Central for the years 2020 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26582/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Mary Lou McDonald

150. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the number of new early childhood care and education scheme classes that have opened in Dublin Central for the years 2020 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26583/23]

Childcare Services

Mary Lou McDonald

151. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is considering any plans to provide new childcare places in light of the pressure on childcare places and the closure of some services in Dublin Central; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26584/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Mary Lou McDonald

152. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early childhood education and care services that have raised viability concerns with the Dublin city childcare committee in the years 2020 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26585/23]

Departmental Offices

Mary Lou McDonald

4. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the senior officials group on digital issues, chaired by his Department, will next meet. [25578/23]

Climate Action Plan

Mary Lou McDonald

12. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have taken place to date in 2023 of the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department. [25579/23]

Legal Aid

Mary Lou McDonald

235. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his position on the reinstatement of criminal legal aid fees to pre-2008 levels. [25673/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

349. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated capital expenditure cost of providing one staffed additional family refuge space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26060/23]

Employment Schemes

Mary Lou McDonald

449. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for the delay in completing the reasonable accommodation fund review and consultation, due to be completed by the end of 2019 under commitments within the comprehensive employment strategy; when the review report will be published; if the report will include recommendations to address the concerns of deaf people who are often marginalised in the workplace due to a lack of communication support; and when recommendations in the report will be implemented. [25653/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

471. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the total annual number of victims of domestic violence who received rent supplement from 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26104/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

472. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the annual monetary amount spent on translation services for victims of domestic violence from 2016 to 2023 inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26105/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

517. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of staffed domestic violence refuge centres and the number of supported units open in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26058/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

518. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the estimated current expenditure cost of providing one additional staffed family refuge space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26059/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

519. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of new refuge accommodation units delivered and opened for each of the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26061/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

520. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice Tusla's funding allocation for each of the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive for staffed refuges, domestic violence support services, rape crisis centres and associated helpline services, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26062/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

521. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of protection orders sought for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26063/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

522. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of safety orders sought for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26064/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

523. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of interim barring orders sought for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26065/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

524. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of barring orders sought for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26066/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

525. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of protection orders granted for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26067/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

526. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of safety orders granted for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26068/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

527. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of interim barring orders granted for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26069/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

528. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of barring orders granted for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26070/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

529. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the monetary amount spent on translation services for victims of domestic violence for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26071/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

531. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the process that has been established to roll-out a National Domestic Violence Accommodation (Refuge) Strategic Development Plan, in the context of a National Services Development Plan, as set out in the Third National Domestic Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Strategy. [26120/23]

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission

Mary Lou McDonald

240. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 418 of 18 May 2023, if he will provide details of the practical concerns he is referring to regarding the operation of the Houses of the Oireachtas arising from the introduction of maternity leave for Members. [25428/23]

Defence Forces

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, to oversee the implementation of the high-level action plan for the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [20327/23]

Departmental Strategies

Mary Lou McDonald

5. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update them. [20328/23]

An Garda Síochána

Mary Lou McDonald

18. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [20329/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [20326/23]

Economic Policy

Mary Lou McDonald

19. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [22483/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mary Lou McDonald

31. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on humanitarian response to Ukraine will next meet. [22484/23]

Departmental Policies

Mary Lou McDonald

475. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Government has any plans to recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease for front-line healthcare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24462/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

564. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice to provide in tabular form a breakdown of the increased funding of €7 million for organisations funded by TUSLA to address acute demands in existing domestic violence services throughout the country; and in tabular form, a breakdown of funding allocated to investment in new services as outlined in the new strategy, and the new services these moneys have been or will be allocated to at the close of this year. [24806/23]

Medicinal Products

Mary Lou McDonald

793. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health to set out the short-term measures in place to address the shortages of Ozempic; the reason for the ongoing shortages; the long-term solutions being put in place to prevent these shortages recurring in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24437/23]

Medicinal Products

Mary Lou McDonald

794. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to address the shortages of 241 medicines, including 13 which are on the World Health Organisation, WHO, critical list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24438/23]

Medicinal Products

Mary Lou McDonald

795. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health to elaborate on the media comments made by his Department regarding the Government's consideration of the introduction of a serious shortage protocol, SSP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24439/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Lou McDonald

919. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the average waiting time for first time patients referred to the endometriosis clinic in the Coombe Hospital; the number of persons currently awaiting a first appointment; the number of persons awaiting a follow-up appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24948/23]

Health Services

Mary Lou McDonald

920. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the delivery of two specialist endometriosis centres for complex care located at Cork University Maternity Hospital and Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will confirm when patient referrals will be accepted at these services. [24949/23]

Health Services

Mary Lou McDonald

921. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of the Government's commitment to develop a National Endometriosis Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24950/23]

General Practitioner Services

Mary Lou McDonald

922. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the development of an endometriosis quick reference guide to assist GPs in recognising endometriosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24951/23]