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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (28 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 1018. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 66% of the age group of women that experience breast cancer are excluded from the category of women that are entitled to breast cancer screening. [21862/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (28 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 1019. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be given to review the existing breast cancer screening service provided; and if a plan will be outlined for when all women can be screened regardless of age in view of factors (details supplied). [21863/21]

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: I have two points, but not questions, for the Minister and Minister of State. Since we are all so caught up – rightly so, and I absolutely get it – in the delivery of vaccines, it is so easy for us to forget that so many have died from the virus since January 2021. Even newspapers seem to forget. There were more deaths from the virus in January 2021 than for the entirety of...

Direct Provision: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: I welcome the statements and I know the Minister will sum up at the end. I reiterate some of the points made and the first is that we as an Oireachtas should acknowledge that movement has finally been made. Some of the movement may be seen by some as being in the realm of the ideal, but the fact is that commitments were placed in the programme for Government on a matter that has been...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (22 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to review redundancy legislation in relation to correspondence (details supplied). [21025/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is working on a roadmap for either the return or phased return of the various of strands of the light entertainment industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20960/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (22 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children as of 1 April 2021 or the latest date available that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 in each local health office area in Dublin in tabular form. [21022/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (21 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress being made on equality budgeting by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20391/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (21 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants recruited before 1 April 2004 currently availing of the increase in the compulsory retirement age from 65 to 70 years of age for public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20392/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 1018. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) that has not been awarded sufficient special education teaching hours; if she will review the number of hours allocated to this school with a view to increasing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19291/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (21 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 1681. To ask the Minister for Health when CAR T-cell therapy will be available in Ireland in view of the €8.18 million spend on same abroad by the HSE between 2019 and 2020; if he is considering expediting approval for the therapy in order that immunocompromised patients will not be required to go abroad in order to receive lifesaving treatment; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Reimbursement Agreements (21 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 1682. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of CAR T-cell therapy by the HSE; the reason for the delay regarding a decision on the reimbursement of same; if he is considering plans for the development of facilities to allow for the availability of CAR T-cell therapy in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18632/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (21 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 2026. To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget for his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2019; and the proportion of that budget that was allocated to the HSE or other non-Departmental bodies or organisations in the health area. [19620/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (21 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 2027. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of his Department's budget that was expended annually on Departmental salaries and pensions from 2016 to 2019. [19621/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 2085. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve Ireland’s performance on access to new medicines relative to other western European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19792/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cancer Strategy (21 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 2086. To ask the Minister for Health his position in relation to the national cancer strategy and placing Ireland in the top quartile in Europe for cancer survival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19793/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (21 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 2087. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations made in a report by a company (details supplied) in respect of the HSE's systems, structures, processes and governance for reimbursing medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19794/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (21 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 2088. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to place tailored processes for the reimbursement in Ireland of licensed cell and gene therapies given the transformational impact of these treatments on patients and given that the State is already paying for them under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19795/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 2089. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to publish a national biosimilars policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19796/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (21 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: 2090. To ask the Minister for Health the medicines and indications added to the reimbursement list in 2020 and to date in 2021; when they were added during the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19797/21]