Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Medicinal Products

Rose Conway-Walsh

160. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of an independent inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate, or Epilim, here, following the publication of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review in the UK (details supplied), which has recommended a state apology to families impacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16247/20]

Medicinal Products

Rose Conway-Walsh

161. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will meet patient representatives to discuss the findings of the UK Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review and the establishment of an independent inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16253/20]

Medicinal Products

Rose Conway-Walsh

162. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if the recommendations of the 2018 Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health report on foetal anti-convulsant syndrome will be implemented; if the recommendation to establish an independent investigation to examine the historical use of valproate medicines here will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16254/20]

Medicinal Products

Rose Conway-Walsh

163. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if a valproate stakeholder group will be established consisting of officials from his Department, the HSE, the HPRA, patient groups and other relevant stakeholders in order to provide greater oversight and co-ordination in ensuring measures introduced in 2018 to reduce the risks associated with valproate are being implemented effectively (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16255/20]

Teacher Training

Rose Conway-Walsh

191. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the professional master’s in education can be completed in one year following an undergraduate degree; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13229/20]

Hospital Facilities

Rose Conway-Walsh

492. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when the necessary works will be carried out in Belmullet District Hospital, County Mayo to enable patients to be admitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13226/20]

HSE Staff

Rose Conway-Walsh

493. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when the recommendations (details supplied) of the Labour Court will be implemented; when the additional four staff will be put in place as recommended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13227/20]

Rail Network

Rose Conway-Walsh

711. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the numerous accidents that have occurred at the Kilnageer railway crossing between Belcarra and Breaffy outside Castlebar, County Mayo; if he will request the automation of the level crossing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13228/20]

Radio Broadcasting

Rose Conway-Walsh

643. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the funding applications for radio stations (details supplied) will be processed; when they will receive funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12297/20]

Motor Tax

Rose Conway-Walsh

698. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will enable the issuing of retrospective declarations of non-use for vehicles owned by drivers over 70 years of age for the period they were instructed to cocoon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12296/20]

School Meals Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

794. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the monthly cost of providing school meals; if she will consider continuing the school meals programme over the summer months in view of the financial stress families are now under; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12295/20]

Natura 2000

Rose Conway-Walsh

932. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the SAC land designated in each county in tabular form. [12292/20]

Natura 2000

Rose Conway-Walsh

933. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total of SPA land designated in each county in tabular form. [12293/20]

Natura 2000

Rose Conway-Walsh

934. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the land area in each county with a Natura 2000 land designation in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12294/20]

Mortgage Lending

Rose Conway-Walsh

84. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the protections in place for persons who have mortgage approval whose medium and long-term income projections remain the same and find they are now subject to withdrawal of mortgage approval by their financial institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11083/20]

Inland Waterways

Rose Conway-Walsh

155. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the agency, authority or public body responsible for the maintenance of each river and lake in County Mayo in tabular form. [11365/20]

Office of Public Works

Rose Conway-Walsh

156. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State-owned land, sites and buildings in the ownership of the Commissioners of Public Works and his Department, outside of residential local authority houses in County Mayo. [11366/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Rose Conway-Walsh

428. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number and value of Covid-19 related grants paid out for each county up to 8 June 2020, in tabular form. [11079/20]

Ambulance Service

Rose Conway-Walsh

618. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of times it has taken an ambulance more than 20, 40 minutes and more than one hour to reach patients that made emergency calls in County Mayo; the longest ambulance response time logged in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11082/20]

Wild Atlantic Way Project

Rose Conway-Walsh

863. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding, and the next steps planned for, the development of Keem Bay discovery point announced for Achill Island in February 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11081/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Rose Conway-Walsh

1003. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the anomaly of workers over 66 years of age being excluded from the scheme in the context of the review on Covid-19 payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11077/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

1004. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions she plans to put in place for seasonal workers who due to Covid-19 will now not have sufficient contributions to qualify for unemployment benefit in late 2020 and early 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11078/20]

Irish Language

Rose Conway-Walsh

1096. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the approved payments will be allocated to Irish colleges and bean an tí. [11080/20]

Company Law

Rose Conway-Walsh

80. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider putting in place an investigation into the disposal of the business platform of companies (details supplied) at nominal consideration. [8882/20]

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland

Rose Conway-Walsh

81. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the reason Strategic Banking Corporation Ireland funding provided to a company (details supplied) was used to replace an existing €30 million three-year facility of a bank granted 8 July 2015 on 8 July 2016; his views on whether this is not a contravention of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8883/20]

Banking Sector

Rose Conway-Walsh

82. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he will request an explanation from a bank (details supplied) the reason a branch of the bank in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo has remained closed during the Covid-19 crisis; when it will reopen; if the matter of financial institutions using the Covid-19 crisis to close local branches will be raised with the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8884/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

581. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the date on which the practice of the same staff, that is, nurses, carers, porters, cleaners and others working between Covid-19 positive, negative and queried patients ceased at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8646/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

582. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when Mayo University Hospital converted wards into Covid-19 positive, negative and queried wards to avoid the risk of cross infection; the way in which patients are segregated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8647/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

583. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the protection in place to encourage staff to report concerns they may have over practices they deem to impact on their own health and safety and the health and safety of patients; his views on whether staff at Mayo University Hospital and other healthcare facilities are issued with warnings of disciplinary action if they comment on concerns they have regarding their own health and safety or that of the patients and residents they are caring for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8648/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

584. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if all staff at Mayo University Hospital have been tested for Covid-19; if the results are confirmed; if that testing will continue; the intervals at which it will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8649/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

585. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will consider allocating an expert team from his Department to Mayo University Hospital to restore public confidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8650/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Rose Conway-Walsh

586. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of patients discharged from Mayo University Hospital to nursing and other residential care homes from 1 March to 20 May 2020 without being tested for Covid-19 and the results being confirmed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8651/20]

School Costs

Rose Conway-Walsh

278. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the crisis regarding insurance for special schools (details supplied) in which insurance is no longer available under their patron body; and the measures being taken to ensure these schools can remain open after the deadline of 31 March 2020. [3359/20]

Nursing Home Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

698. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the situation at a nursing home (details supplied); the number of staff vacancies at the home; the duration of the vacancies; the duration of the contracts offered in the recruitment process; the number of vacant beds; the date the last patient was admitted; and when full day care services will be reinstated to four or five days per week. [3353/20]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Rose Conway-Walsh

699. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the provision of the primary care centre scheduled for Bangor Erris, County Mayo; and the timeline for delivery of same. [3354/20]

General Medical Services Scheme Expenditure

Rose Conway-Walsh

700. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if the two general medical services, GMS, allowances will remain in place to enable the Bangor Erris, Glenamoy and Geesala clinics to remain open with two full-time nurses and two full-time secretaries in Bangor and Glenamoy as is the case; and if his attention has been drawn to the savings made by reducing to one general practitioner covering the area from Doohoma Head, Bellacorick and Carrowteige. [3355/20]

HSE Reports

Rose Conway-Walsh

701. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the Valproate Project Response report; when it will be published (details supplied); if an independent inquiry will be established to examine the matter; if his attention has been further drawn to the French compensation scheme for persons affected by foetal anti-convulsant syndrome and a UK report due to be published on 24 March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3356/20]

State Bodies Property

Rose Conway-Walsh

1233. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the lands and buildings, excluding local authority houses, owned by public bodies in County Mayo. [3358/20]