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Tue, 6 Oct 2020
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Health Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
660. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when a service (details supplied) in County Carlow will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28273/20]
Tue, 6 Oct 2020
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Hospital Appointments Status
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
730. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28712/20]
Tue, 6 Oct 2020
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Hospital Appointments Status
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
731. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28713/20]
Tue, 6 Oct 2020
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Hospital Appointments Status
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
753. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a health appointment for person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28787/20]
Tue, 6 Oct 2020
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Health Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
754. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if plans are being considered to make eye tests outside of school testing at high street opticians free for children under 12 years of age who are on medical cards; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many children experience sight deterioration outside of school tests and the cost of the test can be an impediment to low income families accessing such diagnostics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28788/20]
Tue, 6 Oct 2020
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Health Services Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
755. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if carers employed by the HSE who are required to travel on official business will be paid the travel and subsistence rates approved by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28789/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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School Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
488. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if a teacher is paid only for contracted teaching time; if not, if payment also includes additional tasks required of a teacher that is open to inspection by the Department that cannot be done in contracted time, such as long term plans, assessments and cuntas míosiúil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27163/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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School Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
489. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if teachers are paid by the hour for their contracted time; if they are paid a salary to remunerate them for all duties required of them by both their employer and her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27164/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
675. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position regarding the inclusion of bakers within apprenticeship programmes offered by education and training boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26566/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Tobacco Control Measures
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
802. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if standardised format price lists for display in shops are to be implemented for the sale of tobacco products to consumers under the Public Health (Tobacco) Acts to dissuade the promotion of cheap cigarettes to young persons; if his attention has been drawn to the dangers of cheap cigarette advertising to young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26440/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Ambulance Service
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
803. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when the €350,000 allocated to the ambulance base in County Carlow which was committed to by the previous Government will be provided; when he expects works to begin; when County Carlow will have an ambulance base which is fit for purpose; his views on whether it is acceptable for a town the size of Carlow not to have its own ambulance base and not to receive communication from the HSE in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26441/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Medical Cards
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
804. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason medical card patients are being charged €20 for a flu vaccine, which is meant to be free in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26442/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Occupational Therapy
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
805. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when progress will be made on reducing waiting times in counties Carlow and Kilkenny for occupational therapy assessments, especially for those in routine and non-urgent categories; the reason for the current backlog of up to a full year for a visit to a person's home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26443/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
806. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address increased demand for Covid-19 tests and facilitating those who do not have transportation; if the current demand on the ambulance service to support this service is under pressure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26444/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Vaccination Programme
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
807. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the flu vaccine is being added to the school vaccination programme in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26445/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
808. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if funding is being allocated to a service (details supplied) to cover extra costs involved in the recruitment of cleaners to comply with Covid-19 public health recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26446/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
809. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if community swimming pools and leisure centres will be permitted to hold swimming classes for children in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26447/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Speech and Language Therapy
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
810. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when progress will be made on reducing waiting times in early intervention speech and language therapy in counties Carlow and Kilkenny for assessments; if a timeline can be provided for the reduction of the current backlog of three years; if a speech and language therapy vacancy (details supplied) has been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26448/20]
Tue, 22 Sep 2020
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Community Employment Schemes
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
35. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if an extension to time limits for workers on community employment schemes in community organisations in rural areas will be applied to retrospectively replace time lost in suspended jobs under public health restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24300/20]
Tue, 22 Sep 2020
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Waste Management
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
143. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the position regarding the classification of agricultural waste plastic in view of the costs and restrictions on export imposed by an office (details supplied) as a result of hipping agricultural films and plastics as amber; his plans to investigate the possibility of reclassifying agricultural waste plastic from amber to green as is the case in several other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25450/20]