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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (8 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: 177. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the alternative accommodation that has been sourced to accommodate beneficiaries of temporary protection and applicants for international protection to replace accommodation capacity provided by County Clare hotels that will not be renewing their contracts with the Government beyond March 2023; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (8 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: 178. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of hotel accommodation capacity in the State currently accommodating beneficiaries of temporary protection and applicants for international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11809/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of electrical, plumbing, carpentry and joinery and bricklaying, stone laying apprentices, respectively, waiting to progress their off-the-job training in phase 2, phase 4 and phase 6, respectively, across Solas and the higher education sector, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11806/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: 226. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the rate of theatre utilisation in University Hospital Limerick at Dooradoyle for 2022; and if he will provide the rate of theatre utilisation in Ennis, Nenagh and St. John’s hospitals, respectively, for 2022. [11803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (8 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: 227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgeries cancelled at Ennis Hospital in December 2022, January 2023 and February 2023; and if he will provide a breakdown of the surgical procedures cancelled. [11804/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on hip and or knee surgery and cataract surgery in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary, respectively. [11805/23]

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: Will the Minister comment on phase 2?

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: Did it benefit any particular company?

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: I would very much like to continue along similar lines to that of my colleague, Deputy Connolly, with regard to the emergency and when it is going to come to an end. What steps are going to be taken by the Government to bring this emergency to an end? Everybody in the House accepts that there is a potential shortage of energy in the State and that something needs to be done about it. I...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: 432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11005/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: 433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11014/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: 689. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the rationale for excluding farmers who received support for one robot under the previous TAMS from accessing supports for an essential additional unit under the proposed new TAMS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10958/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: The west?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: The Taoiseach has said the future is offshore. Investors were told to go west. We were all told the Atlantic coast would be the Saudi Arabia of wind energy. Investors spent millions identifying sites off the west coast that were suitable for wind generation and sites where they could bring that energy ashore. This was all going to be part of phase 2. Very recently, the Department...

Future of Regional Pre-Hospital Emergency Care: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: If Deputy Healy-Rae needs more time, I would be happy to share time.

Future of Regional Pre-Hospital Emergency Care: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Regional Group for tabling this timely and important motion. Paramedics and the ambulance service have become a crucial aspect - if not one of the most important aspects - of our healthcare system. There was a time when they were not even considered part of the health system; they were merely considered to have a role in conveying somebody to the health system. Now, they are...

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2023)

Michael McNamara: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion, which highlights the completely unacceptable wait times for ambulances and the fact that not alone are targets being missed in many cases, but more of them are being missed than was the case previously. In December 2019, ambulances reached 69% of cases of cardiac and respiratory arrest within the target time of 19 minutes. That had fallen to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Feb 2023)

Michael McNamara: 406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not qualified for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9807/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (28 Feb 2023)

Michael McNamara: 559. To ask the Minister for Health the supports he proposes to put in place to support the voluntary, not-for-profit, community nursing home sector which is experiencing severe financial shortfalls due to cost of utilities, increased food prices, inflation and staffing costs, while receiving insufficient funds via the National Treatment Purchase Fund to maintain high-quality services and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (28 Feb 2023)

Michael McNamara: 705. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the hen harrier payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare, given that this payment issued on 4 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10099/23]