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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Arts Policy (15 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for that comprehensive response. Notwithstanding all of the detail provided, the question still remains as to whether artists can have any assurance that the payments they receive will end in August or in December, given that the scheme is fully funded to the end of the year. When the review is complete and a decision is made, it will take time to revise...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Arts Policy (15 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: This matter relates to the basic income for those involved in the arts. This is a ground-breaking scheme that threw a lifeline to 2,000 artists in 2022. I wish to get assurances from the Minister of State as to what will happen in August when the three-year lifetime of the scheme expires. Many artists are anxious about what is likely to happen. A review is under way, which is absolutely...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Environmental Impact Assessments (15 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assessments produced and-or commissioned, to date, by his Department relating to the environmental impact of commercial drone operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25012/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Environmental Impact Assessments (15 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assessments produced and-or commissioned, to date, by his Department relating to the issues arising for the planning system from the emergence of commercial drone operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25013/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Environmental Impact Assessments (15 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assessments produced and-or commissioned, to date, by his Department relating to the issues arising for local authorities from the emergence of commercial drone operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25014/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (15 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the locations of the new speed camera detection system on traffic lights, to be introduced this summer. [25039/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (15 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the locations of the new speed camera detection system on traffic lights, to be introduced this summer. [25038/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (15 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 301. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications under the building blocks scheme that were received; the number processed by the OPW; the number of projects that have received approval in order for them to go to the e-tender stage, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25034/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (15 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 302. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delays in making approvals in the building blocks scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25035/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (15 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 303. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider extending the end of December deadline for full use of the building blocks funding, in light of the delays to approving the applications submitted in January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25036/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (14 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the accumulated deficits of each voluntary hospital in the country as reported to her Department and/or the HSE as of 1 January 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24771/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 218. To ask the Minister for Health if a voluntary acute hospital (details supplied) carried out a review of services to align them with available funding in 2024; the outcome of any such review; which services, including patient services, were reduced to align with the available funding; the time period for such reduction in services applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Medicinal Products (13 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: The first thing was to have written to every pharmacist in the country-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Medicinal Products (13 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I wrote to pharmacies across-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Medicinal Products (13 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: ----- my constituency. The first they heard of it was on "Liveline". The key thing is that the Department-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Medicinal Products (13 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: ----- has form on this. With regard to the Covid vaccination, the first pharmacists heard of it was through the airwaves. The prescription extension scheme was introduced last September, and no homework was done on it. GPs are writing "do not repeat" scripts. There was no fee agreed with the pharmacists. The scheme is not operating as intended. On the fee itself, there is a sense out...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Medicinal Products (13 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: ----- is the straw that is breaking the camel's back. We are all clear that pharmacists are not on the breadline.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Medicinal Products (13 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: It is extremely foolish to assume that the pharmacy sector is like what it was 20 years ago. This is about recognition and respect for what pharmacists are delivering. A figure of €6.50 was agreed for the contraception scheme. I get that a negotiation has to take place - I come from a trade union background - but to my mind, no negotiation took place here. With regard to the IT...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Medicinal Products (13 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: An additional line has to be put in. I have spoken to a number of pharmacists - not just one - and they have told me that there has been no communication with them about what will be added to the software to link them to the PCRS by 1 June.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Medicinal Products (13 May 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 113. To ask the Minister for Health the action she has taken to ensure that community pharmacists will administer the free hormone replacement therapy, HRT, scheme from 1 June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24511/25]