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Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Medical Aids and Appliances
David Stanton
451. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health his views on the need to allow conditional and temporary medical device regulation certification; if he will work to have this addressed in time for the next EPSCO meeting in December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50967/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Departmental Correspondence
Joan Collins
452. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [50972/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Disability Services
John McGuinness
453. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if speech and language therapy will be provided immediately in the case of a child (details supplied) given that their assessments were carried out in August 2020 and again on 21 May 2021, and that they are now experiencing difficulty in obtaining a school placement due to their issues and the lack of support thus preventing their proper development and education; and if he will expedite the matter. [50982/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Departmental Funding
Thomas Gould
454. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding to be given to each of the local and regional drug and alcohol taskforces in 2023, in tabular form. [50987/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Mental Health Services
Michael Healy-Rae
455. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if more residential places will be offered for teenagers in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50994/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Budget 2023
Emer Higgins
456. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the funding that is to be available to counselling trainee psychologists based on Budget 2023; if it will consist of a contribution to fees and a salary and be equal in support to the funding available to clinical psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50998/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
457. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 593 of 14 September 2022, the dates on which family members of residents of Garnish House, Cork were informed of the decision by the HSE to vacate the property in Q1 of 2023; the format and context that this information was conveyed to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50999/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Neasa Hourigan
458. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an occupational injury scheme for healthcare workers with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51000/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
459. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the basis on which the advice from clinicians that going from single-room occupancy in Owenacurra to shared occupancy would be a retrograde step for any resident and contained in their meeting minutes of 5 October 2021 was overturned; the person in the HSE who decided to overturn this agreement; if the subgroup of clinicians handling the closure was consulted; the number of Owenacurra Centre residents who have been offered shared rooms in long-stay wards to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51001/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Departmental Data
Emer Higgins
460. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of wholetime equivalent psychologists for CH09 in CAMHS, the children’s disability network teams, children’s primary care and the National Educational Psychological Service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51024/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Departmental Data
Emer Higgins
461. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the number of children’s disability network teams in Dublin west; and their locations. [51025/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Departmental Data
Emer Higgins
462. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of staff in each children’s disability network team in Dublin west, including social workers, psychologists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and so on, by full-time equivalent. [51026/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Departmental Data
Emer Higgins
463. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the role of the new children’s multi-disciplinary assessment hub in Castleknock, Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51027/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Primary Care Centres
James O'Connor
464. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of physiotherapy services in the primary care centre in Fermoy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51041/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Bernard Durkan
465. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which occupational therapy and speech and language therapy have been made available in the case of a child (details supplied) given that they have been deemed to suffer from a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51049/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Bernard Durkan
466. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when speech and language therapy may be made available in the case of the son of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51058/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Energy Prices
Richard Bruton
467. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has assessed the implications of rising electricity costs for patients undertaking home dialysis; and if some special arrangements can be made. [51083/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Denis Naughten
468. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the reason that the special Leave with pay under Covid-19 for those healthcare workers with long-Covid is only available to those who contracted the virus at least 84 days prior to 7 February 2022; if he will review this threshold date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51090/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Health and Safety
Paul Kehoe
469. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes that are proposed in relation to the use of creosote and specifically its use on timber products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50821/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Judicial Reviews
Catherine Murphy
470. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of judicial reviews taken against his Department in the past ten years to date in 2022, in tabular form; if he will indicate in the reply the body and or person that initiated judicial review proceedings; the number of judicial reviews that remain open and or active; and the totality of costs incurred by his Department as a result of judicial reviews over that time period. [50750/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Fisheries Protection
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
471. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his negotiations with the Sea-Fisheries Protection Agency in designating Dunmore East Harbour as a landing port for fishing vessels from third countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50772/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Forestry Sector
Noel Grealish
472. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if felling licences which were issued in 2019 can be extended for another year, given that Covid-19 restrictions prevented felling taking place for large parts of 2020, and that there is now a backlog and waiting lists for contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50813/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Forestry Sector
Michael Healy-Rae
473. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if holders of current forestry approvals will be allowed to use these approvals before Christmas and avail of the new programme for forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50820/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Forestry Sector
Michael Healy-Rae
474. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if pre-Christmas forestry planting works can be incorporated into the new forestry programme proposed for January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50823/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Agriculture Schemes
Seán Sherlock
475. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the farm environmental survey pilot 2022 is completed; if so, if he will provide an update on any findings, including challenges found within the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50854/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Land Issues
John McGuinness
476. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his officials will re-examine as a matter of urgency the specific land folios in question (details supplied) given that the landowner is adamant that the issues raised by his Department do not affect their lands, the subject of the licence application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50983/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Forestry Sector
John McGuinness
477. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50984/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Forestry Sector
Jackie Cahill
478. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of further information requests sent by the Forestry Service of his Department in relation to the ash dieback RUS scheme since the launch of the current scheme on a weekly basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51032/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Forestry Sector
Jackie Cahill
479. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of further information requests for harvest plans in relation to the ash dieback RUS scheme that were sent out by his Department since June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51033/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Forestry Sector
Jackie Cahill
480. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of time that the ash dieback RUS applications were in the system which were sent further information requests for harvest plans since the launch of the current scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51034/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Forestry Sector
Jackie Cahill
481. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a new ash dieback scheme for impacted owners available from January 2023 in the new forestry programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51035/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Agriculture Industry
Michael Healy-Rae
482. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 936 of 28 June 2022, if he will provide clarity on the matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51044/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Judicial Reviews
Catherine Murphy
483. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of judicial reviews taken against her Department in the past ten years to date in 2022, in tabular form; if she will indicate in the reply the body and or person that initiated judicial review proceedings; the number of judicial reviews that remain open and or active; and the totality of costs incurred by her Department as a result of judicial reviews over that time period. [50763/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Community Development Projects
Cathal Crowe
484. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has ringfenced funding for community centres and voluntary organisations to apply for, to help meet the heightened costs of running their premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50969/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Community Development Projects
Jackie Cahill
485. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grant assistance that may be available for the refurbishment of a community centre in a Clár area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50975/22]