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Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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Climate Change Negotiations
Duncan Smith
105. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the loss and damage fund following COP28; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55066/23]
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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School Admissions
Duncan Smith
324. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education to outline what schools have school places available in the Lusk area to facilitate a school place for child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55068/23]
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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Referendum Campaigns
Duncan Smith
438. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Government commitment to stage a referendum on water ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55067/23]
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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Passport Services
Duncan Smith
586. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice the process for a child born in Ireland in July 2005 (details supplied) to Ukrainian parents to obtain an Irish passport given that the child is unable to travel to Ukraine to apply for a passport and whose parents wish to apply for Irish citizenship for them but are unable to do so as the child does not have a passport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55402/23]
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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Medicinal Products
Duncan Smith
769. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to having nitrous oxide categorised as an illegal drug and unlawful to possess, given the recent warning from a leading neurologist regarding the dangers associated with the use of nitrous oxide among young people, with up to ten patients a month presenting to one Dublin hospital with some patients requiring inpatient rehabilitation due to the injuries sustained from inhaling this drug with many streets and public open spaces littered with these canisters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54578/23]
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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Cancer Services
Duncan Smith
774. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if, similar to the UK, the breast cancer treatment anastrozole will be licensed as an option for preventing the disease in high-risk women in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54619/23]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Duncan Smith
202. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if autism units/classes will be provided for 2024 in school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54320/23]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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School Enrolments
Duncan Smith
203. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if there is a plan to establish a new Irish-speaking secondary school in the Swords area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54332/23]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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Health Strategies
Duncan Smith
321. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the timeline on the recruitment of a coordinator for the Cabra Finglas Drugs and Alcohol Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54330/23]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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Health Strategies
Duncan Smith
322. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the recruitment of a new coordinator for the Cabra Finglas Drugs and Alcohol Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54331/23]
Wed, 6 Dec 2023
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Grant Payments
Duncan Smith
99. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the threshold for the housing aid for older persons grant, given the current maximum grant under this scheme is €8000, with the cost of labour, materials and living increases making it inaccessible and unaffordable for many older people to bridge the gap between the awarded grant and the actual cost of the project (details supplied), and with many older people needing to refit their bathrooms on health and safety grounds to the HSE-required standard to include accessible showers, toilets and grab rails as part of their long term needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54096/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Public Sector Pensions
Duncan Smith
205. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware of the issue surrounding the retirement of prison officers and Garda officers who are on a post-April 1995 pension, who are required to sign up for job seekers benefit for nine months following retirement from their respective services to receive their supplementary pension; if he plans to amends this so these workers receive their supplementary pension immediately when they retire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53407/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Vaccination Programme
Duncan Smith
534. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will initiate a health technology assessment for an RSV vaccine for older adults following the recent publication of a NIAC recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53393/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Vaccination Programme
Duncan Smith
535. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will expand the regulation to permit pharmacists to administer RSV vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53394/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Vaccination Programme
Duncan Smith
536. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will increase the number of vaccines against infectious diseases available to adults as part of a strategy to mitigate against antimicrobial resistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53395/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Vaccination Programme
Duncan Smith
537. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce a free shingles vaccination scheme for older adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53396/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Vaccination Programme
Duncan Smith
538. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce a free RSV vaccination scheme for older adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53397/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Vaccination Programme
Duncan Smith
539. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will fund any new vaccines in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53398/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
547. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in reproductive medicine in the regional fertility hub based at University Maternity Hospital Galway to date in 2023. [53526/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Ambulance Service
Duncan Smith
548. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the additional resources that will be provided by the National Ambulance Service to the Kerry area. [53527/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
549. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant optometry and ophthalmology roles in primary care services in CHO9. [53528/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
550. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of day centres for older persons in County Wexford that are funded by the HSE in 2022 and to-date in 2023; and the capacity of each of these day centres, in tabular form. [53529/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
551. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will consider rolling out minor injuries clinic in County Leitrim. [53530/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Health Service Executive
Duncan Smith
552. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of services, which have been allocated to Ennis Hospital.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53531/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Health Services
Duncan Smith
553. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of family planning centres in Cork city that are contracted to provide State-funded services only in the years 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [53532/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
554. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of health-related recruitment fairs held in the UK where staff from the Mater Hospital were present seeking to recruit additional nurses, physiotherapist and so on in 2022 and to-date in 2023; the number of job offers per recruitment fairs; and the number of job offers accepted per recruitment fair, in tabular form. [53533/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Medicinal Products
Duncan Smith
555. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health for an update on the hepatitis C Home testing kits; and the number of kits that have been dispatched in CHO3. [53534/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
556. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthetists working in Mallow General Hospital in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [53535/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
557. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the current vacancies that exist in Portlaoise Regional Hospital; and the length of time each post has been vacant for. [53536/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
558. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE ophthalmic registrars at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [53537/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
559. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the current staffing number in the community psychology team in Carrick-on-Shannon primary care centre. [53538/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Hospital Procedures
Duncan Smith
560. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of foot surgeries performed at Mullingar Regional Hospital to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53539/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
561. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of current vacancies in community health posts serving the Donaghmede area including occupational therapist, speech and language therapist and so on. [53540/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Hospital Services
Duncan Smith
562. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of services, which has been allocated to Kerry University Hospital for 2024; and what these new developments will entail. [53541/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Duncan Smith
563. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will outline how each individual CHO funds interpreting services in GPs; and if he plans to improve access to interpreters in GPs by establishing a central service for use across all CHOs. [53542/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
564. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant HSE podiatry services positions in County Clare, by location, in tabular form; and the plans to fill any such vacancies. [53543/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Mental Health Services
Duncan Smith
565. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has any plans to increase accommodation for CAMHS in County Donegal. [53544/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
566. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons at Mercy University Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53545/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Duncan Smith
567. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs operating in Louth each year since 2020, in tabular form. [53546/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
568. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists in each primary care psychology service in Galway by grade, in tabular form. [53547/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
569. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to recruit three additional WTE senior dietitians for Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [53548/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
570. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE midwives currently at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital, in tabular form. [53549/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Ambulance Service
Duncan Smith
571. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost in 2024 to purchase an additional HSE critical care ambulance, to be stationed in both Galway and Cork. [53550/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Health Services Staff
Duncan Smith
572. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of chiropodists in Waterford who have contracts with the HSE and are accepting new medical card patients. [53551/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Emergency Departments
Duncan Smith
573. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented to the emergency department at Naas General Hospital to date in 2023. [53552/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
574. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the numbers of WTE consultants in respiratory medicine at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53553/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Hospital Admissions
Duncan Smith
575. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the numbers of patients who have attended the adult cochlear outpatient clinic at Beaumont Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53554/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Greenways Provision
Duncan Smith
284. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport for an update on progress of the Maglin greenway in Cork; when it is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52959/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Hospital Staff
Duncan Smith
471. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if there is currently a neurologist in Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin; if not how long has this been the case; if there is a plan to hire a neurologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52902/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Energy Conservation
Duncan Smith
118. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason it is taking so long for a BER assessment to take place for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52139/23]