Parliamentary questions

Official Travel

Violet-Anne Wynne

92. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times that he has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that he visited in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57026/22]

Departmental Meetings

Violet-Anne Wynne

97. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of times that he has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that he visited in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57031/22]

Departmental Meetings

Violet-Anne Wynne

114. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the number of times that she has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that she visited in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57027/22]

Departmental Meetings

Violet-Anne Wynne

147. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times that he has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that he visited in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57033/22]

Departmental Meetings

Violet-Anne Wynne

152. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of times that he has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that he visited in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57029/22]

Departmental Meetings

Violet-Anne Wynne

167. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the number of times that she has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that she visited in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57030/22]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Violet-Anne Wynne

194. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of private consultants who have run clinics in public hospitals paid through the National Treatment Purchase Fund over the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57018/22]

Departmental Meetings

Violet-Anne Wynne

195. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of times that he has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that he visited in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57034/22]

Forestry Sector

Violet-Anne Wynne

207. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual afforestation target in the Forest Strategy implementation plan draft for public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57016/22]

Forestry Sector

Violet-Anne Wynne

208. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the difference in annual afforestation targets between that specified by an organisation (details supplied) and the draft forest strategy implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57017/22]

Departmental Meetings

Violet-Anne Wynne

209. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times that he has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that he visited in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57024/22]

Departmental Meetings

Violet-Anne Wynne

212. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of times that she has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that she visited in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57028/22]

Trade Missions

Violet-Anne Wynne

143. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to have a trade and investment mission to Australia early in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56723/22]

Bus Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

190. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to have a direct Bus Éireann PSO route from Dublin to Clare in both directions via Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56718/22]

Departmental Meetings

Violet-Anne Wynne

215. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Cypriot counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56732/22]

Departmental Bodies

Violet-Anne Wynne

253. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of vacancies at Tourism Ireland; when the competition for each of these vacancies will end; the anticipated timeframe of filling these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56731/22]

Passport Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

312. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Passport Office plans to automatically email persons a minimum of three months in advance of their passport expiring where the Passport Office has an email address to inform persons that their passport is due to expire within the subsequent three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56724/22]

Children in Care

Violet-Anne Wynne

446. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on private foster care companies in 2021 and to date in 2022; the companies receiving this funding, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56730/22]

Bench Warrants

Violet-Anne Wynne

486. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the number of bench warrants currently outstanding in the Clare Garda division; the number that were outstanding for more than 180 days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56725/22]

Immigration Policy

Violet-Anne Wynne

487. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 11 October 2022, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda Commissioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56726/22]

Prison Service

Violet-Anne Wynne

488. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 602 of 11 October 2022, if she has received the necessary information from the Irish Prison Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56727/22]

Legislative Measures

Violet-Anne Wynne

489. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the current status of the Criminal Justice (Passenger Name Record) Bill 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56729/22]

Health and Safety

Violet-Anne Wynne

592. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of inspections carried out on retailers that offer tanning and sun beds in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number and percentage of retailers in breach of legislation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56719/22]

Disability Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

593. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time occupational therapist and speech and language therapists currently employed as part of the children's disability network teams in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56720/22]

Ministerial Responsibilities

Violet-Anne Wynne

594. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that he has visited since 1 September 2021 in his capacity as Minister, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56721/22]

Health Service Executive

Violet-Anne Wynne

595. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will next commence the tender process in respect to the procurement of both operational and strategic legal services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56722/22]

National Broadband Plan

Violet-Anne Wynne

7. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on his plans for the inclusion of Labasheeda, County Clare, in the roll-out of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55870/22]

Ambulance Service

Violet-Anne Wynne

140. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason that the National Ambulance Service does not report on call-out times on a county-by-county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55865/22]

Ambulance Service

Violet-Anne Wynne

141. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will request that the National Ambulance Service report on call-out times on a county-by-county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55866/22]

Ambulance Service

Violet-Anne Wynne

142. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report of the time of each National Ambulance Service call-out in County Clare in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55867/22]

Ambulance Service

Violet-Anne Wynne

143. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report of the average call-out time per month of each National Ambulance Service call-out in CHO3, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55868/22]

Disability Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

144. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the length of time that each of the children referred to and waiting to be seen by Clare children’s disability network team is waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55871/22]

School Meals Programme

Violet-Anne Wynne

671. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the entitlements of schools in band 1 of the DEIS hot meals programme for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54916/22]

School Meals Programme

Violet-Anne Wynne

672. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a school (details supplied) in respect of the school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54917/22]

Ambulance Service

Violet-Anne Wynne

1106. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of National Ambulance Service personnel based in County Clare and the station that they are based at, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54909/22]

Ambulance Service

Violet-Anne Wynne

1107. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances permanently based in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54910/22]

Ambulance Service

Violet-Anne Wynne

1108. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the status of an ambulance base in Kilrush, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54911/22]

Ambulance Service

Violet-Anne Wynne

1109. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the average response time for an ambulance from each base in County Clare in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54912/22]

Ambulance Service

Violet-Anne Wynne

1110. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the salary scale applicable to persons employed as ambulance personnel in the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54913/22]

Ambulance Service

Violet-Anne Wynne

1111. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will outline in detail the Pathfinder model for the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54914/22]

Ambulance Service

Violet-Anne Wynne

1112. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the planned national roll-out of the Pathfinder model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54915/22]

Domestic Violence

Violet-Anne Wynne

24. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline her Department’s plan going forward to expand the availability of domestic violence refuge in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52051/22]

Hospital Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

95. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will put in place a contingency plan to ensure staffing levels are in place at Ennis injury unit following the closure of the unit on 20 August 2022 at short notice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47993/22]

Emergency Departments

Violet-Anne Wynne

128. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health his views on a report (details supplied) into the conditions at University Hospital Limerick. [52052/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Violet-Anne Wynne

318. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the status of the 2021 application to the HSE to have the NovoPen 6 and the NovoPen Echo plus smart insulin pens included for reimbursement on the long-term illness scheme; and the reason that this application still has not been concluded over 12 months after the application was submitted. [47994/22]

Third Level Fees

Violet-Anne Wynne

87. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason mature students who are studying blended learning courses will be ineligible to receive the €1,000 reduction in fees announced in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51632/22]

Work Permits

Violet-Anne Wynne

172. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason that the ineligible list of occupations for employment permits precludes the 3,231 persons denoted as youth and community workers from receiving employment permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52060/22]

Housing Schemes

Violet-Anne Wynne

365. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeowners who have availed of the repair and leasing scheme in each county since its inception, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52057/22]

Housing Schemes

Violet-Anne Wynne

366. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated number of properties that he believes will become available in the next five years in County Clare through the Lease & Repair Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52058/22]

Housing Schemes

Violet-Anne Wynne

367. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the targets for the repair and leasing scheme over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52059/22]

Derelict Sites

Violet-Anne Wynne

368. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the powers that local authorities have with regards to derelict properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52061/22]

Domestic Violence

Violet-Anne Wynne

489. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if the domestic abuse rent supplement will be maintained or adjusted for inflation purposes in the next year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52054/22]

Domestic Violence

Violet-Anne Wynne

490. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the number of persons who have availed of the domestic abuse rent supplement since its introduction, by month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52055/22]

Domestic Violence

Violet-Anne Wynne

581. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the person or body that is responsible for housing victims of domestic violence when the six-week refuge period comes to an end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52056/22]

Domestic Violence

Violet-Anne Wynne

855. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the Government’s nationwide strategy on step-down accommodation when a person leaves a domestic violence refuge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52050/22]

National Educational Psychological Service

Violet-Anne Wynne

83. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the number of vacancies at graduate level in the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49673/22]

School Textbooks

Violet-Anne Wynne

98. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if her Department has plans to extend the rollout of the free schoolbooks scheme announced in Budget 2023 to first-year pupils in post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49672/22]

Trade Missions

Violet-Anne Wynne

169. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a trade mission to the west coast of United States of America is planned before the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50083/22]

Bus Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

243. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the number of electric hybrid buses in operation on public service obligation transport routes at present; the areas that these are operational in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50076/22]

Electric Vehicles

Violet-Anne Wynne

244. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the estimated amount that it would cost if the home charger grant scheme for electric vehicles increased to €850 based on 2019 figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50077/22]

Official Engagements

Violet-Anne Wynne

245. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he has spoken with the Commissioner of United States Customs and Border Protection (details supplied) since 1 March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50078/22]

An Garda Síochána

Violet-Anne Wynne

289. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Clare Garda division that were refurbished by the OPW with costs in excess of €5,000 in 2021 and to date in 2022; the nature of works that were carried out at each station; if each of these capital works project is still ongoing or completed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50071/22]

Office of Public Works

Violet-Anne Wynne

290. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of qualified gas engineers employed by the OPW as of 31 December 2020 and 4 October 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50072/22]

Housing Schemes

Violet-Anne Wynne

329. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if income from the working family payment can be included in calculating eligibility for housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50069/22]

Housing Schemes

Violet-Anne Wynne

330. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if income received from the working family payment can be included in calculating eligibility for a family to be placed on a local authority housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50070/22]

Diplomatic Representation

Violet-Anne Wynne

352. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with the Irish ambassador to Indonesia (details supplied) in the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50073/22]

School Transport

Violet-Anne Wynne

466. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the overall number of applications received for school bus transport for the school year starting September 2022; the number of those that were rejected and the reasons for rejection in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50353/22]

School Transport

Violet-Anne Wynne

467. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the process employed in appealing a decision by her Department to refuse an application for school bus transport; the persons involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50354/22]

School Transport

Violet-Anne Wynne

468. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the reason that a child (details supplied) who was in receipt of a ticket for school bus transport last year did not receive a ticket for this year, despite having no material change in circumstance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50355/22]

Social Welfare Rates

Violet-Anne Wynne

470. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if the domestic abuse rent supplement will be maintained or adjusted for inflation in the next year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50359/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Violet-Anne Wynne

471. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the number of persons who have availed of domestic abuse rent supplement by month since its introduction in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50360/22]

Grant Payments

Violet-Anne Wynne

558. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will exercise discretion in the matter of a person (details supplied) in receipt of a SUSI grant. [49668/22]

Grant Payments

Violet-Anne Wynne

559. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that a person in receipt of a SUSI grant, who is classed as a dependant, at the beginning of their studies cannot become independent during their studies without requiring a three-year break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49669/22]

Grant Payments

Violet-Anne Wynne

560. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the factors that are used to determine distance from the recipient’s home to a higher educational institute in calculating the rate of a SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49670/22]

Grant Payments

Violet-Anne Wynne

561. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the process that is employed in appealing a decision made on a SUSI grant; the person who presides over the decision-making process in both the first and second instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49671/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Violet-Anne Wynne

589. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline her proposed spending plans for the €9 million additional investment in domestic, sexual and gender-based violence response awarded to her Department in budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49664/22]

Immigration Policy

Violet-Anne Wynne

601. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons who were refused immigration clearance by Garda immigration officers at Shannon Airport in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [50080/22]

Prison Service

Violet-Anne Wynne

602. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the number of days that educational programmes were prevented from proceeding due to staff shortages in the Irish Prison Service since 2020 to date, by prison institution in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50081/22]

An Garda Síochána

Violet-Anne Wynne

603. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the number of full-time civilian malware analysts working in the Garda cyber crime unit as of 31 December 2020 and 4 October 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50082/22]

Domestic Violence

Violet-Anne Wynne

613. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a breakdown of the number of the domestic violence refuge beds and spaces available by county for each of the past five years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50357/22]

Domestic Violence

Violet-Anne Wynne

614. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice her Department’s plan going forward to expand the availability of domestic violence refuge in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50358/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Violet-Anne Wynne

652. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason for delay in a family (details supplied) receiving an appointment for a replacement paediatric neurology consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49659/22]

Hospital Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

653. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for the post of paediatric neurology consultant at University Hospital Limerick; the length of time that these positions have been vacant for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49660/22]

Hospital Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

654. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of positions for the post of paediatric neurology consultant at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49661/22]

Hospital Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

655. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in the post of paediatric neurology consultant in each model 4 hospital in Ireland in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49662/22]

Primary Care Centres

Violet-Anne Wynne

656. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the services that are currently being provided in each primary care centre in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49663/22]

Health Services Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

657. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the annual salary of a trainee clinical psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49665/22]

Health Services Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

658. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the annual salary of a trainee counselling psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49666/22]

Health Services Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

659. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the annual salary of a trainee educational and child psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49667/22]

Health Services Staff

Violet-Anne Wynne

731. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time faecal immunochemical test teams in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50074/22]

Disabilities Assessments

Violet-Anne Wynne

732. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged under 18 years with an intellectual or sensory disability currently referred and waiting to be seen by HSE disabilities and special needs’ services in County Clare; the type of services that they are waiting to attend in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50075/22]

Public Sector Pay

Violet-Anne Wynne

89. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected duration of the process to determine whether he will accept the recommendations made by a person (details supplied) in the matter of the secretarial assistant remuneration package in the Houses of the Oireachtas scheme for secretarial assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48340/22]

Public Sector Pay

Violet-Anne Wynne

124. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process that will be employed in ascertaining the merits or disadvantages of accepting the independent review by a person (details supplied) in the matter of the secretarial assistant remuneration package in the Houses of the Oireachtas scheme for secretarial assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48339/22]

Disease Management

Violet-Anne Wynne

588. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that are attending University of Limerick Hospitals Group adult diabetes service and who are using insulin pump therapy to manage their condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47995/22]

Disease Management

Violet-Anne Wynne

589. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that are attending the University of Limerick Hospitals Group paediatric diabetes service and who are using insulin pump therapy to manage their conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47996/22]

Disease Management

Violet-Anne Wynne

590. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the directive or clinical recommendations the HSE gives its medical consultants for prescribing insulin pumps for adults diagnosed with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47997/22]

Disease Management

Violet-Anne Wynne

591. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are awaiting a first appointment to the adult outpatient’s diabetes clinic in any of the University of Limerick Hospitals Group hospitals; the number of persons waiting for time periods (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47998/22]

Disease Management

Violet-Anne Wynne

592. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the process that is employed by the University of Limerick Hospitals Group when moving persons from the waiting list to the adults outpatient diabetes clinic list; the way that the waiting list is monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47999/22]

Hospital Facilities

Violet-Anne Wynne

593. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason for the closure of Ennis injury unit on 20 August 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48000/22]

Enterprise Support Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

26. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Government will be prepared to target subsidies to help compensate businesses for loss of operations in the extreme circumstance of energy blackouts; if not, if the Government will intervene in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46746/22]