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Wed, 7 Feb 2018
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Health Services
Seán Barrett
190. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he has received feedback from the HSE regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6171/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Home Help Service Provision
Seán Barrett
356. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Health the provision that can be made to ensure that the extra two hours' home help awarded to a person (details supplied) can be provided in line with the ongoing needs and requirements of the care giver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2907/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Hospital Appointments Status
Seán Barrett
357. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be offered an appointment at the ophthalmology clinic in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2908/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Hospital Transfers
Seán Barrett
358. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be transferred from Monaghan General Hospital to either Drogheda or the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, to continue their treatment. [2909/18]
Thu, 7 Dec 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Seán Barrett
213. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the ECCE scheme can be extended in special circumstances for children with disabilities who are not ready to start school at five years of age and need a further year in preschool to develop intellectual and communication skills (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52405/17]
Tue, 5 Dec 2017
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Hospital Appointments Administration
Seán Barrett
362. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Health if persons with haemochromatosis can be treated in outpatient departments when suitable in order to save the €80 charge being imposed on persons when they must attend as inpatients for venesection to reduce the iron overload in their blood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51783/17]
Wed, 22 Nov 2017
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Disability Services Funding
Seán Barrett
172. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase annual funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49616/17]
Tue, 21 Nov 2017
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State Examinations
Seán Barrett
198. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has given consideration to introducing compulsory oral testing for junior certificate students who study a foreign language (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48864/17]
Tue, 21 Nov 2017
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Passport Services
Seán Barrett
235. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to introduce powers to revoke passports in circumstances in which a person is charged with paedophilia offences here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48691/17]
Tue, 14 Nov 2017
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Community Employment Schemes Operation
Seán Barrett
477. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the community employment scheme launched in December 2015 (details supplied) on a pilot basis will be continued following the pilot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48044/17]
Wed, 25 Oct 2017
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Irish Language
Seán Barrett
53. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a similar programme at primary school level to improve the spoken Irish language (details supplied) further to the launch of the new junior cycle specifications for Irish, modern foreign languages and visual art on 4 September 2017. [44816/17]
Tue, 24 Oct 2017
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Insurance Coverage
Seán Barrett
41. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residents in a housing estate (details supplied) are being refused home insurance by two major insurance companies due to flood risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41698/17]
Tue, 10 Oct 2017
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Medicinal Products Reimbursement
Seán Barrett
322. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the drug Kuvan will be made available for sufferers of the genetic disorder phenylketonuria (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42620/17]
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
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Service Level Agreements
Seán Barrett
258. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason staff working in section 39 organisations are not provided for under the Haddington Road and Lansdowne Road Agreements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40752/17]
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
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Medicinal Products Availability
Seán Barrett
280. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre system will be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if availability will not be restricted only to persons with type 1 diabetes but will be made available to all persons on multi-daily insulin injections based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40205/17]
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
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Mental Health Services Funding
Seán Barrett
401. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated to the mental health budget in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the 2012 funding for mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40751/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Organ Donation
Seán Barrett
379. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a soft opt-out model of organ donation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39113/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Seán Barrett
380. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to funding an IVF scheme for couples who both carry the cystic fibrosis gene which would remove the CF gene before conception (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39114/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Flood Risk Management
Seán Barrett
269. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the draft flood risk management plans for at risk areas (details supplied) will be approved, implemented and adopted by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37122/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Foreign Policy
Seán Barrett
502. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a proposal for Dáil Éireann to recognise the Armenian genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38155/17]