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Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Charles Flanagan
173. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the timeframe of the proposed new development at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Mountmellick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18569/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Housing Schemes
Charles Flanagan
784. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects to publish the revised rural housing guidelines in the context of a review of the 2005 planning guidelines on sustainable rural housing; and if he will confirm that such guidelines will comply with the ECJ ruling in the Flemish decree case. [17104/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Legislative Programme
Charles Flanagan
246. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 23 March 2023, the expected dates on which the relevant sections of both the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022, and the necessary statutory instruments permitting certain persons to access the register, will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15917/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Health Services
Charles Flanagan
334. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health in the matter of a proposed new model of care for those with gender dysphoria, encompassing children, adolescents, young people and adults under the auspices of the HSE Chief Clinical Officer, if he will confirm the level of consultation, if any, with medical consultants in the national gender service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16004/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Health Service Executive
Charles Flanagan
336. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the HSE report of the Chief Clinical Officer on the matter of the referral of Irish children to the Tavistock gender identity clinic, London. [16008/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Functions
Charles Flanagan
569. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice in respect of a section of land at Mountjoy Prison which is to be excavated as part of a plan to locate and identify remains of buried prisoners executed at the prison, if consideration will be given to include attempts to locate the remains of a deceased prisoner (details supplied) whose relatives wish to have his remains returned to his native locality for family and Christian burial. [14965/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Disability Services
Charles Flanagan
623. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if the condition fibromyalgia has been recognised as a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14704/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Assisted Decision-Making
Charles Flanagan
303. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the proposed decision support service searchable register to be operational under the Assisted Decision-Making Capacity Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14410/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Departmental Expenditure
Charles Flanagan
532. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the estimated funding that will be allocated to the UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13011/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Mental Health Services
Charles Flanagan
602. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the number of long-stay patients currently in acute psychiatric units in the State. [11134/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Magdalen Laundries
Charles Flanagan
535. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the steps he proposes to take to ensure healthcare provision for survivors of Magdalen laundries resident in Ireland is aligned with the HAA-standard care, as recommended by the Quirke report. [9473/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Health Services
Charles Flanagan
585. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health in relation to a model of care for transgender children, if children from the State have been or are being referred for treatment to service centres or clinics outside the State, other than to a UK clinic (details supplied); and if so, if he will list the locations. [9722/23]
Wed, 22 Feb 2023
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Teacher Training
Charles Flanagan
160. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education if she will consider revising the requirement of having a H3 grade or equivalent in leaving certificate Irish in order to complete a professional master's qualification in education in view of the shortage of primary school teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8962/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Charles Flanagan
671. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that proper assessments, procedures and treatments were afforded to in excess of 200 young children referred from Ireland to a clinic (details supplied) in London; if, having regard to reported shortcomings and inadequacies at the clinic, he will initiate an independent investigation to examine the role of the Irish health services in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8738/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Health Services
Charles Flanagan
616. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the need for a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6653/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Domestic Violence
Charles Flanagan
309. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice the current situation regarding the provision of a domestic violence refuge in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5792/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Domestic Violence
Charles Flanagan
310. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice the current situation regarding the provision of a domestic violence refuge in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5793/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Diplomatic Representation
Charles Flanagan
79. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider opening a full-time resident Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4402/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Charles Flanagan
276. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current position on the national Garda station building plan; and the new Garda stations that are currently under construction across the State. [3112/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Family Law Cases
Charles Flanagan
465. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice when work will commence on the proposed family law centre at Hammond Lane, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3044/23]