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Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: I have stood across the House from the Minister of State more often than I have stood across from any other Minister in my time in the Dáil. While I may have taken issue with figures and things she has said before, I have never had such an issue with something she has said in the Dáil as I have with one of the lines in her contribution today. She said there is a collective...

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing this motion to the Chamber. It is something we have spoken about on many occasions in the Committee on Transport and Communications but to have a two-hour debate on it in the Dáil is most welcome. We are in the midst of a huge problem in road safety and many other issues in our roads. Chief among that is the wait list for driving tests....

Trends in Mortality and Estimates of Excess Mortality: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: I welcome the opportunity to debate this issue. It is a difficult one to discuss for a number of reasons. I found the Minister of State's opening statement to be helpful and very honest about the complexities in the epidemiology and the difficulty with calculating excess mortality. Those are very real difficulties and complexities. This issue was first introduced to many of us, including...

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: Deputy Cullinane made a point that is worth repeating. The statements by the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, and the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, are fundamentally contradictory. The Minister of State indicated that funding "to maintain existing services has been provided to meet inflation and rising patient demand", whereas, according to the Minister, "Some areas are not getting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if certain correspondence between her Department and an organisation (details supplied) have not put the funding for or the work by an educational charity in Cork city in jeopardy. [45838/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all steps will be taken within her remit to ensure that an educational charity (details supplied) secures a patron, and copper fastens the future of the educational charity in years to come. [45848/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 271. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how much additional funding would have to be allocated to Section 39 bodies in 2024 to provide for pay parity with similar grades in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45946/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, dietitians and speech and language therapists working in Bantry General Hospital in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [45815/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographers working in Galway University Hospital and Portiuncula Hospital in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if so, when. [45816/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 280. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation to Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital in the years of 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [45817/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 281. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior pharmaceutical technicians working in Wexford General Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [45818/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 282. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE urologist registrars working in Cavan General Hospital in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [45819/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 283. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical specialist physiotherapists in developmental dysplasia of the hip at Beaumont Hospital in the years 2021 and 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [45820/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE addiction counsellors employed by the HSE in CHO1 in the years 2021 and 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [45821/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 285. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dermatology procedures carried out at CHI Temple Street in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [45822/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 286. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds in County Clare in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [45823/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 287. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants for home support who have been approved but placed on a waiting list in CHO 9; and the average waiting times for those approved and waiting for services. [45824/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 288. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the management structure by grade and organisation chart for occupational therapists in County Wicklow. [45825/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 289. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE chiropodists employed by the HSE in CHO 3 in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [45826/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (19 Oct 2023)

Duncan Smith: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmology appointments made in primary care centres within CHO 9 in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [45827/23]