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Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Health Services Provision
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
529. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health to set out his plans to provide a motion analysis laboratory service for children in the south. [37062/16]
Thu, 24 Nov 2016
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Speech and Language Therapy Provision
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
195. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list for each local authority area in tabular form; the number waiting less than four months; the number waiting four to 12 months; and the number waiting more than 12 months. [36726/16]
Thu, 24 Nov 2016
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Speech and Language Therapy Provision
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
196. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the speech and language therapy treatment waiting list for each local authority area in tabular form; the number waiting less than four months; the number waiting four to12 months; and the number waiting more than 12 months. [36727/16]
Tue, 22 Nov 2016
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Disability Allowance Eligibility
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
103. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which his Department plans to support persons with disabilities into employment in view of the recently published disability allowance survey 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35936/16]
Thu, 17 Nov 2016
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Equality Issues
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
115. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is specific legislation in place that recognises that service animals are used by a number of different persons with various disabilities, such as autism, epilepsy, vision impairment, brain injury and hearing loss, which prohibits discrimination against a person with a service animal with respect to accommodation, services or facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35626/16]
Thu, 17 Nov 2016
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Disability Support Services
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
273. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there are specific measures or schemes overseen by her Department to promote or support self-employment as a viable option for persons with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35566/16]
Thu, 17 Nov 2016
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Local Enterprise Offices Staff
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
274. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if staff at local enterprise offices have received disability awareness training; the cost of training staff in disability awareness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35567/16]
Thu, 17 Nov 2016
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Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
275. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific actions taken by her Department to support and encourage employers to develop more inclusive recruitment and workplace practices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35568/16]
Thu, 17 Nov 2016
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Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
276. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific actions taken by her Department to support employers to hire people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35569/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
49. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available for students with autism in both primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35022/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Speech and Language Therapy Provision
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
64. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the introduction of a new model of in-school speech and language therapy will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35021/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
95. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of a formal ethical investment policy for the taxpayer funds that are currently invested as part of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, managed through the National Treasury Management Agency; his views on the appropriateness of holding investment in tobacco companies as part of this fund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35275/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Departmental Staff Training
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
150. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Social Protection if all staff working in Intreo offices have received disability awareness training; the full cost of training those persons who have not yet received disability awareness training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35268/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Employment Support Services
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
151. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Social Protection the money allocated to the various schemes under the reasonable accommodation fund from 2012 to date in 2016 in tabular form; the actual expenditure on this fund for the same period; the efforts made by his Department to raise awareness of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35269/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
152. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has considered extending the wage subsidy scheme to those in receipt of the partial capacity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35270/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Mobility Allowance
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
174. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date to develop a scheme to replace the motorised transport grant, which has been closed to new applicants since 2013; the timeframe for when legislation for a new mobility scheme will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35271/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Departmental Funding
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
50. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her priorities for 2017 in respect of persons with disabilities; the funding being provided for all disability programmes in 2017 and specifically the funding to be provided for the National Disability Authority; and if none of this proposed funding will be reduced to accommodate pressures elsewhere in her Department's Voted Estimates. [34833/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
51. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the ratification and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34834/16]
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
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UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
59. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the outstanding legislation that needs to be implemented in order to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; if this legislation will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas before the end of 2016 as outlined in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34185/16]
Tue, 8 Nov 2016
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Departmental Strategies
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
146. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has produced a new statement of strategy since May 2016; and if so, the measures in it to support persons with disabilities. [33630/16]