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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 146. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who requires an assessment at the National Rehabilitation Clinic, Dun Laoghaire to be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42506/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (10 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 175. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the valuable contribution that student nurses have made to the health system; the number of unpaid hours worked by student nurses since the beginning of March 2020; the cohort of student nurses in percentage terms who worked in Covid-19 related care; his views on whether the decision by many nurses to move abroad to work is due in part to some...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance will be provided to the family of a child with special needs that have to pay for a seat on a private bus to take their child to school as there are no buses serving them for a school which is 6 km away. [42565/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the impacts that the Covid-19 restrictions have had on the mental health of third level students; the measures he has taken to ease their introduction to third-level in the current environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43336/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated amount it would cost in 2021 to recruit two additional full-time petroleum exploration specialists for his Department. [43109/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Meetings (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 239. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times she has meet the director general of TG4 (details supplied) in the past three months. [43108/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 294. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken formally with the South Korean ambassador to Ireland in the past three months; and if so, the issues discussed. [43104/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2021 if the budget for Garda youth division projects increased by 7.5%. [43105/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to Garda human trafficking investigation and co-ordination unit as of 7 December 2020. [43106/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has formally met with the CEO of an organisation (details supplied) since her appointment; and if so, when she will next meet the CEO. [43107/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 539. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the next national recruitment campaign for dental nurses will commence. [43100/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time spinal specialist nurses working in each of the paediatric hospitals in each of the past three years in tabular form. [43101/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 541. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2021 of recruiting seven extra clinical nurse co-ordinators for children with life-limiting conditions. [43102/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Plan (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 18. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the need for rural communities to have an appropriate range of services of all kinds available locally to ensure their needs can be met in their local communities; her views on whether communities that can provide for themselves are happier communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44157/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 88. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the way in which the operators of community services centres are facing considerable fees for water at a time when their ability to generate income has been limited; if she will consider addressing the issue; her further views on the supports that are needed for community councils and organisations given the impact of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 517. To ask the Minister for Health the process that was involved in the considerations that were made in order to arrive at the decision to repurpose St. Brigid’s District Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; and if his attention has been drawn to the way that this impacts on the ability of sick family members to remain close to their families or in the community. [44180/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 518. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the importance of persons receiving convalescent or palliative care to remain close to their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44181/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 519. To ask the Minister for Health if the two facilities that are to act as alternatives for persons that would otherwise receive convalescent or palliative care at St. Brigid’s, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary have been identified; if so, if he will provide details of same; if the facilities will be run by private operators; and the projected cost of using same. [44182/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Martin Browne: 820. To ask the Minister for Health the position of family carers in the vaccination allocation sequencing under the national Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if for the purposes of the of the roll-out of the vaccine programme, family carers fall under the category of healthcare workers or a particular grade of key workers. [44925/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (13 Jan 2021)

Martin Browne: 843. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent annually on medical devices and products that are purchased from the UK; if arrangements are in place to continue purchasing such items and products; if his attention has been drawn to potential issues with such purchases that may arise due to Brexit; the consequences of these impacts for patients; and if he will make a statement on the...