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Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Vaccination Programme
Marc MacSharry
861. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if the flu vaccine for children aged two to twelve will be made available for free for the 2021 winter period and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26692/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Marc MacSharry
862. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health when the construction of a new acute mental health unit at Sligo University Hospital will be completed; the estimated cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26693/20]
Wed, 16 Sep 2020
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Transport Policy
Marc MacSharry
25. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport the status of the steps taken to legislate for e-scooters in accordance with the Programme for Government; his plans to recognise the role e-scooters play as part of Ireland’s sustainable transport mix year; if a second stakeholder consultation will be brought forward by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24265/20]
Wed, 16 Sep 2020
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Illicit Trade
Marc MacSharry
30. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the measures in place to counteract cross-Border smuggling and illicit trade in products such as tobacco, alcohol and fuel products and to ensure smugglers do not take advantage of the green lane corridors established during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24264/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Departmental Bodies
Marc MacSharry
205. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport when the position of the chief executive officer of an organisation (details supplied), which was extended in 2016 for a four-year period and is set to expire on 30 September 2020, will be advertised; if not being publicly advertised, the precise reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23976/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Departmental Bodies
Marc MacSharry
206. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport if the terms of the chairman and three board members of an organisation (details supplied), together with the three board vacancies which already exist, are set to expire on 30 September 2020; when these positions will be advertised in the media and on the normal Public Jobs online platform; if not being publicly advertised, the precise reason for the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23977/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Departmental Bodies
Marc MacSharry
207. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport if there has been an approach by an organisation (details supplied) to seek a further extension to the existing contract of the current CEO; if an extension to the terms of office of the current chairman or board members has been sought; if so, the details of such representations; the person or body that made them; when they were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23978/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Appointments to State Boards
Marc MacSharry
291. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether, for optimum corporate governance, all organisations and agencies under the competent authority of the State should adhere to the practice of term limits for key personnel including the positions of CEO, chairperson and board members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23979/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Public Sector Staff
Marc MacSharry
321. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht her views on whether recruitment for all organisations and agencies under the competent authority of the State should carry out all recruitment in an open, transparent and public manner in line with the principles of corporate governance and established protocols which govern public procurement and the recruitment of personnel for positions within public services and State agencies here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23981/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disability Allowance
Marc MacSharry
474. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the disability allowance assessment criteria for those living with myalgic encephalomyelitis is not representative of the WHO classified neurological disorder myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24081/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
807. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied) is accepted as an illness which can lead to disability; if a person with the condition can expect his or her application for support to be processed by the disability service in a CHO; his views as to whether processing such an application under older persons is discriminatory; the code now assigned to the condition to ensure that the current criteria for disability services are made public in view of recent changes to the National Ability Supports System; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24068/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disability Services Provision
Marc MacSharry
808. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if the disability section of the HSE website will be updated to provide more detailed information on management and supports to include policies or guidance relating to disability services for those living independently in their own homes and provide links to accessible information in plain and easy English versions which describe each specific service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24069/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
809. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the data collected by his Department, the National Ability Supports System and the HSE in respect of those living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied) and used as a data set to support the decision-making process in respect of the supports and services needed in acute and community care and to inform key performance indicators are accurate and representative of the 0.2% to 0.4% population prevalence of persons with the condition in adults and children across all severities of mild, moderate, severe and very severe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24070/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Departmental Strategies
Marc MacSharry
810. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if the disability inclusion strategy 2016-21 is fully inclusive and representative of the issues faced by those in the 18 to 65 years of age demographic who have acquired a disability and live in their own homes in view of the recommendation of the Culliton and O'Malley report of July 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24071/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
811. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE fulfils the commitment of the national healthcare charter in respect of persons living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied) in view of the experience of those living with the condition who meet staff across the spectrum of health services whose training either pre or post qualification does not include the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24072/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
812. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to identify a paediatric and adult champion for myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied) in each hospital group and CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24073/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
813. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the HSE is adequately fulfilling the standard of quality healthcare committed to in view of records from a freedom of information request (details supplied) which indicate that there is no home or ownership of myalgic encephalomyelitis in the clinical operations of the HSE; if he will direct the HSE to identify individual healthcare staff with a particular interest in ME as referred to in the freedom of information records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24074/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
814. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the diagnostic criteria the HSE and Children's Health Ireland used consistently in adult services and paediatric services to elicit a differential diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied); if the HSE and Children's Health Ireland have not currently instructed staff to follow a specific set of diagnostic criteria, if he will instruct them to adopt the international consensus criteria 2011, the 2012 primer for adults and the paediatric primer published by Rowe et. al. in 2017 until the work of the national HSE ME working group has been completed and adopted in practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24075/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
815. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 10 July 2019, the evidence Children’s Health Ireland relies on to adopt graded exercise therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy as treatments for children with myalgic encephalomyelitis; if HSE paediatricians follow the same treatment pathways, that is, supervised graded exercise programmes and cognitive behavioural therapy are commonly used to treat children with CFS; the risk of harm to children subjected to these treatments in view of findings (details supplied) and other associated research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24076/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Marc MacSharry
816. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason Children's Health Ireland chooses to use the term CFS rather than myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied); the decision-making process which resulted in this decision; the WHO classification associated with the term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24077/20]