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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: It is interesting that Fine Gael Ministers have gone missing today. We have just finished a debate in which the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, discussed the need for fiscal stability in the context of wage agreements. Everyone agrees with that, but it is very difficult to take that lecture, given what is happening with the national children's hospital project. There was no worry...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: Is that credible? Is it credible that such information has been floating around at Secretary General level and was not passed on? What does it say to the Minister about relationships at the heart of the Government and those within the Department of Health? Until now we have heard the Fine Gael defence - a backstop defence, if you will - which has been repeated with absolute discipline. We...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: This is a case of a new Minister giving the same old response. We have not received answers, which is why we keep asking the questions. The Ministers have replied to questions but do not answer them. We believe PwC is receiving €450,000 - it might be higher - to give us the answers, yet at last night's Fine Gael Parliamentary Party meeting the blame was laid squarely at the feet of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dietician Service Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: 47. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to reduce waiting times for dietician consultations in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5401/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dietician Service Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: At the end of October, we received information from the Minister that 635 people were on waiting lists for dietician services in County Mayo and that 226 of them had been waiting for more than a year. This affects every cohort of the population, including teenagers and older people, with conditions linked to obesity and diabetes. What plans does the Minister have in place to address these...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dietician Service Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the news of the appointment of two new dieticians. Will the Minister confirm the timeline for these appointments? When will they take up their positions? Will they be assigned to cover the entire county? How many of the 523 people on waiting lists in 2018 had been on it for more than one year and how many were under the age of 18? I ask that particular emphasis be placed on the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: Then the Taoiseach should give an answer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: No computers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: When did-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: Three months.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: PwC has gone down the hole looking for it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: 57. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives being taken to improve dental and orthodontic services in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5402/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (5 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: 347. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 1 February 2017, the liability of medical card holders to pay for blood tests carried out at their general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5105/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (5 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: 348. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress being made in respect of general practitioner contract negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5106/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (31 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: I also welcome the opportunity to contribute on this issue. I will pick up where Deputy Neville left off and commend the Ceann Comhairle. He promoted some excellent initiatives last year together with Dr. John Hillery and several others from the College of Psychiatrists Ireland on mental health and mindfulness. I reiterate all of the calls for the cross-party mental health group to be made...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: It is good to be popular.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: Another issue the Government is putting its head in the sand about is the new GP contract for primary care. Elderly patients are being denied blood tests on their medical card because of this dispute. This issue has been long fingered for long enough. The Government is leaving general practitioners, GPs, waiting and now patients are left waiting. First, will the Tánaiste update us on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: As we gather in the Chamber this morning, communities are gathering in Dunlewey, Gortahork and Falcarragh for the funerals of the four men who were killed last Sunday evening. Guím gach tacaíocht ón dTeach seo go dtí an ceantar sin inniu, go háirithe go dtí clanna agus cairde an cheathrair. Yesterday, 30,000 members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Tánaiste. He speaks of the Government's understanding and respect for nurses, yet the front of today's Irish Examinerreports there are plans under way by the Government to dock nurses' pay increases and pension increases for striking. Can the Tánaiste confirm this is being discussed by the Government? What kind of message does the publishing of that story send out in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: Is the story true?