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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1431. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint additional WTE consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist with a special interest in urogynaecology at the maternity department at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16685/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1432. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric ENT surgeries that were carried out at each of the children's hospitals in the years of 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16686/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1433. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to make the non-invasive prenatal tests available free of charge to all pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16687/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (18 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1434. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons within CHO5 awaiting respite services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16688/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1630. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to support GPs and dentists to begin to take on new patients covered by medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17551/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (18 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1631. To ask the Minister for Health when Tullow, County Carlow will get a primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17552/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1632. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the payment of the pandemic bonus; if all eligible to receive the payment have done so; the number in receipt of the payment by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17553/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1633. To ask the Minister for Health what steps are being taken regarding the GMS dentistry service to provide a service for medical card holders which satisfies all stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17554/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1634. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to shorten significant delays in waiting lists for dental treatments for school children which require general anaesthesia to provide a service that assists the most vulnerable in society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17555/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1635. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public only dentists in or serving County Carlow; the number of dentists in Carlow participating in the dental treatment services scheme/medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17556/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1636. To ask the Minister for Health if the €750,000 funding announced for trainee counselling psychologists will include support for current trainees or only those who begin their training in the 2023-2024 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17558/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tribunals of Inquiry (18 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1637. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; the timeline that he is working towards in establishing this inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17563/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received the pandemic bonus payment; the number of applicants who have not yet received their payment and if a person (details supplied) will receive their payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17980/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (30 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the provision of student accommodation in Carlow; if his Department has plans to expand the offering of accommodation to students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15710/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (30 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the integration of Carlow College into St. Patrick's; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15709/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Does the pilot programme for rapid-build accommodation incorporate modular builds in all local authority areas? We must support the rapid development of family homes for those in need. I intend to speak to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the Tánaiste about this matter later today, but will the Taoiseach indicate whether the State...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (28 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome his response and the expenditure of €2.6 billion or over 27% of the Department's budget on special education needs. I pay tribute to teachers who work in the area of special education and, of course, the special needs assistants numbering over 20,000 who do an excellent job. My concern, however, is the number of children who are not getting...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (28 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. That is fine. My office has been flooded with communications from families, caregivers, teachers and principals. There are children going into mainstream schools this September who have never had an assessment. How can schools properly prepare for those children? A special education preschool in Carlow has shared discharge numbers for 2023 with me. Of 14,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The disability awareness training support scheme is the most under-used and misunderstood grant. Employers are often unaware of the grants and supports available from the Department of Social Protection. The scheme gives grant assistance of up to 90% of the cost of a disability awareness training programme. I welcome that the Minister will be running an awareness campaign. The lack of...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I want to agree with the previous speaker. Can the Minister discuss the report carried out by the Empowering People in Care, EPIC? The participants are seeking to ensure that the recommendations in this report influence and become the focus for policy. The report found that most of the participants were able to identify people who made a tangible difference in their care experience, whether...