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Order of Business (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: No, the Deputy should say "Tá".

Order of Business (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Page 64 of the programme for Government contains specific proposals about new medicines and treatments and looking at opportunities to leverage purchasing power, either through national or European initiatives. In that context, there are now 61 patients with the very serious and rare lung and respiratory diagnosis, alpha-1, and they will be unable to access Respreeza. Some 21 of these...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Minister for Health must have known about the ownership issue last November. The Taoiseach must have known about it, but he chose not to tell anyone about it. He hoped people would not notice. It was only when it became public in the last two weeks that the Minister pretended that he never knew about it and suggested he would try to rectify it in the next month. I put it to the...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: No, I did not.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: That is why the HSE was set up.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: It was set up to deal with that issue.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: No, I am not.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Okay.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Of course, it is.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Last November at Government Buildings, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health announced with great fanfare that the National Maternity Hospital was to be co-located with St. Vincent's Hospital. It was greeted positively at the time but the Government gave no indication of the detail involved. The co-location is welcome. Holles Street is no longer fit for purpose. There is a moral and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Courses Feedback (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the treatment of pharmacy students in universities (details supplied); if he was consulted regarding this change; his views on whether it should be permissible; and if he will engage with the presidents of these institutions to reverse these changes. [19245/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 701. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on her Department's involvment in Creative Ireland. [18286/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 889. To ask the Minister for Health when the sanctioning of funding for supports for a person (details supplied) will be approved; and the allocation and timing of funding for these supports. [19554/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 890. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used to determine priority sanctioning of supports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19555/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Expenditure (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 1042. To ask the Minister for Health the way the €16.2 million emergency funding in budget 2017, that was to assist providing home supports and personal assistant hours for new cases for persons with intellectual and physical disabilities, was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20264/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Expenditure (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 1043. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a provision for extra home help hours or personal assistance hours for persons with physical or intellectual disability in 2017; if his Department has been in discussions regarding outstanding requests or needs in respect of demands for these services in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20265/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 1059. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE providing home care support to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20342/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Programme for Government Implementation (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 1100. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the commitments in the programme for Government on mental health issues. [18284/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (2 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 1308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if capital investments are planned at Cork Airport in each of the years 2017 to 2020; his views on whether extending the runway at Cork Airport would generate additional route opportunities; if applications for runway extension funding have been made by the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19193/17]

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: While this special summit is intended solely to address the Article 50 negotiations, people expect Europe's leaders to take some time to discuss and act on the recent events in Syria. Once again the Assad regime has committed a war crime against the people of Syria. The latest chemical weapons attack was another grotesque and inhuman act. This adds to the daily accounts of the targeting of...