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Wed, 21 Oct 2020
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Climate Change Policy
Marc MacSharry
30. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the differences proposed for agriculture over other sectors in his categorisation of its special role in the new climate action Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31968/20]
Wed, 21 Oct 2020
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Climate Change Policy
Marc MacSharry
31. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if individual farmers can apply to the Climate Action Fund under changes proposed in the climate action Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31969/20]
Wed, 21 Oct 2020
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Medicinal Products
Marc MacSharry
249. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if his Department has set targets for increasing the use of generics medicine within the medicines market here; if so, the targets; the extent to which Ireland compares to other EU countries in the use of generic medicines; the estimated extra saving envisaged in 2021 by increased use of generics medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31975/20]
Wed, 21 Oct 2020
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Medicinal Products
Marc MacSharry
250. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if his Department has set targets for increasing the use of biosimilars medicine within the medicines market here; if so, the targets; the extent to which Ireland compares to other EU countries in the use of biosimilar medicines; the estimated extra saving envisaged in 2021 by the increased use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31976/20]
Wed, 21 Oct 2020
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Medicinal Products
Marc MacSharry
251. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the proposals from a group within a report (details supplied) which suggest that if implemented, there could be savings of up to a further €1 billion over the next five years in reducing the cost of medicines here; his engagement on the matter; his views on the cost of medicines here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31977/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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National Car Test
Marc MacSharry
161. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the extension of the validity of NCT certificates in view of the backlog situation that currently exists at NCT centres (details supplied); if in the interim, no driver will get a fine and-or incur penalty points in a case in which the person has confirmation that he or she has booked an NCT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31092/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
Marc MacSharry
204. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if he will publish the criteria used to award the SBCI managing director a performance bonus in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31055/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
Marc MacSharry
205. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the person who authorised the payment of the performance bonus to the SBCI managing director in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31056/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
Marc MacSharry
206. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the person or body appointed to the internal audit function of the SBCI in November 2019; the value and term of their contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31057/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
Marc MacSharry
207. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the person in the SBCI who awarded the internal audit function contract in 2019; the selection criteria adopted in this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31058/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
Marc MacSharry
208. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid by the SBCI for external public relations services in 2019; the companies or persons to which this was paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31059/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
Marc MacSharry
209. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the annual internal cost of public relations for SBCI in 2019, by staff cost and related office expenses; if a separate figure will be provided on the amount of salary and package paid to the head of public relations and or communications at the NTMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31060/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
Marc MacSharry
210. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the measures the board of the SBCI has taken in 2020 to arrest the drop in profits and get the company back to 2017 profit levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31061/20]
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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School Accommodation
Marc MacSharry
311. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education when a primary school (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive final approval for an extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30937/20]
Tue, 6 Oct 2020
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Primary Medical Certificates
Marc MacSharry
250. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance when the decision was taken to suspend processing all primary medical certificate applications by the HSE; if applicants have been informed that the scheme has been suspended; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some areas of the HSE are refusing to issue application forms for primary medical certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28710/20]
Tue, 6 Oct 2020
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Primary Medical Certificates
Marc MacSharry
277. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken to determine the case of the two children named in the recent judgment of the Supreme Court to quash the decision of the disabled drivers board of appeal not to grant a primary medical certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28707/20]
Tue, 6 Oct 2020
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Primary Medical Certificates
Marc MacSharry
278. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications for primary medical certificates that have been granted and refused since the Supreme Court decision (details supplied); if the scheme has been suspended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28708/20]
Tue, 6 Oct 2020
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Primary Medical Certificates
Marc MacSharry
279. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the position on continued processing of applications for a primary medical certificate in view of the Supreme Court decision (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28709/20]
Tue, 6 Oct 2020
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Primary Medical Certificates
Marc MacSharry
280. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has suspended processing all applications and appeals of primary medical certificates; the date the scheme was suspended; the reason for same; when the scheme will be resumed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28711/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Garda Equipment
Marc MacSharry
708. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice the number of new Garda vehicles allocated to the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26698/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Medicinal Products
Marc MacSharry
860. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of teduglutide for children with short bowel syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26691/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Vaccination Programme
Marc MacSharry
861. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if the flu vaccine for children aged two to twelve will be made available for free for the 2021 winter period and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26692/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Marc MacSharry
862. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health when the construction of a new acute mental health unit at Sligo University Hospital will be completed; the estimated cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26693/20]
Wed, 16 Sep 2020
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Transport Policy
Marc MacSharry
25. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport the status of the steps taken to legislate for e-scooters in accordance with the Programme for Government; his plans to recognise the role e-scooters play as part of Ireland’s sustainable transport mix year; if a second stakeholder consultation will be brought forward by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24265/20]
Wed, 16 Sep 2020
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Illicit Trade
Marc MacSharry
30. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the measures in place to counteract cross-Border smuggling and illicit trade in products such as tobacco, alcohol and fuel products and to ensure smugglers do not take advantage of the green lane corridors established during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24264/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Departmental Bodies
Marc MacSharry
205. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport when the position of the chief executive officer of an organisation (details supplied), which was extended in 2016 for a four-year period and is set to expire on 30 September 2020, will be advertised; if not being publicly advertised, the precise reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23976/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Departmental Bodies
Marc MacSharry
206. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport if the terms of the chairman and three board members of an organisation (details supplied), together with the three board vacancies which already exist, are set to expire on 30 September 2020; when these positions will be advertised in the media and on the normal Public Jobs online platform; if not being publicly advertised, the precise reason for the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23977/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Departmental Bodies
Marc MacSharry
207. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport if there has been an approach by an organisation (details supplied) to seek a further extension to the existing contract of the current CEO; if an extension to the terms of office of the current chairman or board members has been sought; if so, the details of such representations; the person or body that made them; when they were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23978/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Appointments to State Boards
Marc MacSharry
291. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether, for optimum corporate governance, all organisations and agencies under the competent authority of the State should adhere to the practice of term limits for key personnel including the positions of CEO, chairperson and board members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23979/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Public Sector Staff
Marc MacSharry
321. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht her views on whether recruitment for all organisations and agencies under the competent authority of the State should carry out all recruitment in an open, transparent and public manner in line with the principles of corporate governance and established protocols which govern public procurement and the recruitment of personnel for positions within public services and State agencies here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23981/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disability Allowance
Marc MacSharry
474. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the disability allowance assessment criteria for those living with myalgic encephalomyelitis is not representative of the WHO classified neurological disorder myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24081/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
807. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied) is accepted as an illness which can lead to disability; if a person with the condition can expect his or her application for support to be processed by the disability service in a CHO; his views as to whether processing such an application under older persons is discriminatory; the code now assigned to the condition to ensure that the current criteria for disability services are made public in view of recent changes to the National Ability Supports System; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24068/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disability Services Provision
Marc MacSharry
808. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if the disability section of the HSE website will be updated to provide more detailed information on management and supports to include policies or guidance relating to disability services for those living independently in their own homes and provide links to accessible information in plain and easy English versions which describe each specific service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24069/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
809. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the data collected by his Department, the National Ability Supports System and the HSE in respect of those living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied) and used as a data set to support the decision-making process in respect of the supports and services needed in acute and community care and to inform key performance indicators are accurate and representative of the 0.2% to 0.4% population prevalence of persons with the condition in adults and children across all severities of mild, moderate, severe and very severe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24070/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Departmental Strategies
Marc MacSharry
810. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if the disability inclusion strategy 2016-21 is fully inclusive and representative of the issues faced by those in the 18 to 65 years of age demographic who have acquired a disability and live in their own homes in view of the recommendation of the Culliton and O'Malley report of July 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24071/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
811. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE fulfils the commitment of the national healthcare charter in respect of persons living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied) in view of the experience of those living with the condition who meet staff across the spectrum of health services whose training either pre or post qualification does not include the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24072/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
812. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to identify a paediatric and adult champion for myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied) in each hospital group and CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24073/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
813. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the HSE is adequately fulfilling the standard of quality healthcare committed to in view of records from a freedom of information request (details supplied) which indicate that there is no home or ownership of myalgic encephalomyelitis in the clinical operations of the HSE; if he will direct the HSE to identify individual healthcare staff with a particular interest in ME as referred to in the freedom of information records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24074/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
814. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the diagnostic criteria the HSE and Children's Health Ireland used consistently in adult services and paediatric services to elicit a differential diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied); if the HSE and Children's Health Ireland have not currently instructed staff to follow a specific set of diagnostic criteria, if he will instruct them to adopt the international consensus criteria 2011, the 2012 primer for adults and the paediatric primer published by Rowe et. al. in 2017 until the work of the national HSE ME working group has been completed and adopted in practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24075/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
815. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 10 July 2019, the evidence Children’s Health Ireland relies on to adopt graded exercise therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy as treatments for children with myalgic encephalomyelitis; if HSE paediatricians follow the same treatment pathways, that is, supervised graded exercise programmes and cognitive behavioural therapy are commonly used to treat children with CFS; the risk of harm to children subjected to these treatments in view of findings (details supplied) and other associated research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24076/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
816. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason Children's Health Ireland chooses to use the term CFS rather than myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied); the decision-making process which resulted in this decision; the WHO classification associated with the term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24077/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
817. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if he will ascertain if a HSE service or member of staff recommends graded exercise therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy as treatments for adults with myalgic encephalomyelitis; his views on the risk of harm to those subjected to these treatments in view of findings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24078/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
818. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the diagnostic criteria that will be used to differentiate between long-tail Covid-19, that is, those exhibiting a post-Covid-19 syndrome and those with myalgic encephalomyelitis in view of the fact that SARS and MERS outbreaks resulted in some persons having slow recovery and of those a sub-group went on to fulfil diagnostic criteria for ME; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24079/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
819. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health his views on the NICE statement July 2020 in relation to post-Covid-19 management and the associated guidance on pacing and conserving energy; his views on whether a statement regarding graded exercise therapy should be issued to healthcare professionals warning of the risks of the therapy and the appropriate management techniques for those living with myalgic encephalomyelitis with specific guidance to differentiate between those moderately and severely affected in view of the fact that the management techniques for those with myalgic encephalomyelitis include pacing and conserving energy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24080/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
820. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason the knowledge relating to research into myalgic encephalomyelitis, the physiological presentation and treatment and management options is held by those living with ME and not by an identifiable HSE or children's health expert or responsible group that can be approached for informed guidance and support, supported by biomedical research; if he will consider the impact on those who have limited function in their lives due to ME who are using that limited function to bring change; the reason this situation has not been addressed in view of the repeated signalling that those with ME are inadequately served by the health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24082/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
821. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the training healthcare providers currently make available to qualified staff in view of a recent EU ruling (details supplied); the training available to trainees in all healthcare disciplines; the steps being taken to identify the current lack of training; his plans to address the training needs; his plans to raise awareness among health professionals; his plans to raise the awareness of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24083/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
822. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the action taken to gain an understanding of the impact of the poor knowledge among healthcare providers of myalgic encephalomyelitison on persons living with the condition in view of a recent EU ruling (details supplied); the data currently available; the funding provided for same by the HSE, the HRB and other public bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24084/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
823. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the funding the State, the HSE and the HRB have provided since 1 January 2015 for research into myalgic encephalomyelitis, that is, biomedical and socio-economic research and research into the experience of those living with ME and disability related to ME in view of a recent EU ruling (details supplied); his plans to address the resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24085/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
824. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the data available on disability related to myalgic encephalomyelitis in view of a recent EU ruling (details supplied); the action taken to gain an understanding of the impact the poor knowledge of the condition among healthcare providers has had on the understanding of and provision for the level of disability of persons living with myalgic encephalomyelitis by the HSE, the HRB and other public bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24086/20]
Thu, 10 Sep 2020
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Emergency Works Scheme
Marc MacSharry
118. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 680 of 14 July 2020 and subsequent correspondence to her Department, when a school (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive funding for emergency works at the school. [23172/20]