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Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Agriculture Industry
Colm Burke
965. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list all current agricultural research and development initiatives in Ireland; the status of these initiatives; the details of plans to boost agricultural innovation and technology adoption in accordance with EU initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48833/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Agriculture Industry
Colm Burke
966. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action his Department is taking to address the under-representation of women in the Irish agriculture sector, in particular at management level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48834/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Agriculture Industry
Colm Burke
967. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action is being taken by his Department to challenge and change cultural stereotypes and biases that may discourage women from pursuing agricultural careers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48835/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Colm Burke
994. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider the implementation of a disability home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47631/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Colm Burke
1148. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children's Hospital will be provided with a wheelchair, as it is urgently required by them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47606/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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State Bodies
Colm Burke
1151. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a status update regarding the anticipated opening date of the National Home Support Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47626/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Colm Burke
1152. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to provide a status update regarding the rollout of the new ICT system for HSE Home Support Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47627/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Home Help Service
Colm Burke
1153. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to outline the steps that he has taken to date to address delays in the Statutory Home Support Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47628/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Home Help Service
Colm Burke
1154. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that future tender invitations for home support services will include mileage payments to homecare workers (as is the case for HSE employed carers); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47629/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Home Help Service
Colm Burke
1155. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with representatives of homecare providers and homecare workers for the purposes of developing career structures and pathways for homecare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47638/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Home Help Service
Colm Burke
1156. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that homecare workers continue to receive the living wage for the duration of Authorisation Scheme 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47632/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Care Services
Colm Burke
1157. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to provide a status update regarding the establishment of a Commission on Care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47633/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Home Care Packages
Colm Burke
1158. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to enable hospitals to block book home care hours, in order to enable providers to plan strategically and ensure that there are carers available to support timely discharge of patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47634/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Home Care Packages
Colm Burke
1159. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to ensure that homecare providers are paid for a month when a client pauses receiving care to ensure that the homecare workers remain assigned to the client; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47635/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Home Care Packages
Colm Burke
1160. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if will give due consideration to incentivising providers and carers to deliver care in rural areas (similar to the Australian Modified Monash Model which measures the remoteness and population size on scale of 1-7, i.e., major city to very remote); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47636/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Colm Burke
1161. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will give due consideration to establishing a forum with regard to waiting list numbers across Community Health Organisations, for the purposes of developing best practice guidelines on waiting list management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47637/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Health Services
Colm Burke
1329. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the number of invitation letters issued for BreastCheck appointments, and the number of attendances at BreastCheck appointments, by county, for the period 2016 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48592/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Colm Burke
1330. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to extend the cycle of care for children aged under eight years with an asthma diagnosis, to all people under the age of 18 years, with or without a GP card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48594/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Colm Burke
1331. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will expand access to the chronic disease management programme to all adults aged 18 years or over, with or without a GP visit card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48595/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Colm Burke
1332. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will ringfence dedicated funding for the purposes of recruiting additional respiratory physiologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48596/23]