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

Richard Bruton: 1403. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate his latest assessment of the extent of long Covid, of the optimum services to meet the challenges for such patients, and of the extent to which services are now being made available on an adequate scale to patients; and if he has developed a process to monitor the progress of such patients to ensure that best international practice is...

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

Richard Bruton: 1584. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress in reaching agreement in extending GP cover for children up to 8 and 12 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17334/23]

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

Richard Bruton: 1424. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had representations from an organisation (details supplied) regarding an inquiry into the situation of families affected by a medication, sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16664/23]

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

Richard Bruton: 1540. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that outstanding deferred payments under the Fair Deal scheme are currently being increased at the very high current rate of inflation, which is very tough at a time when Government borrowing costs for carrying the debt is only a small proportion of this; and if he will consider amending the legislation to deal with this anomaly. [17157/23]

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

Richard Bruton: 1623. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had representations from an organisation (details supplied) regarding an inquiry into the situation of families affected by a medication sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17518/23]

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

Richard Bruton: 1665. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of shortages of a medication (details supplied); and if measures can be put in place to alleviate this shortage. [17638/23]

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

Richard Bruton: 1754. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on investment in a proper system of electronic health records; if he will indicate the barriers, if any, to more rapid progress; the estimated penetration to date; and the initiatives planned to accelerate and complete the project. [18165/23]

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

Richard Bruton: 137. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received any reports on the speed with which CORU can process international recognition of therapists, who were trained overseas and have long working experience overseas at the highest level, where it appears that very demanding detail of all training and working experience is insisted upon, which must be each notarised, and where no facility for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (20 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 22. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a work plan from the National Treatment Purchase Fund on its waiting list initiative plans for 2023; and if he will indicate the key targets. [18547/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a land use strategy is being developed within which aspirations for forestry, for the protection of biodiversity, for climate, for Renewables and for the bioeconomy could be evolved in a coherent manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18544/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (20 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the anticipated steps needed in order to implement carbon farming as a reliable source of income for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18545/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: It is encouraging to see today that the Central Bank is reporting a reduction of 5% in motor insurance in the first six months of this year. We also read today that the 188,000 uninsured drivers over a five-year period are adding €175 to premiums, effectively 6% per year. Can more effective action be taken to detect uninsured drivers?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 62. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has assessed the potential for the rural economy of the development of circular economy strategies; and if she will indicate the extent to which initiatives with focus on more sustainable use of products and materials, and on recovery and reuse are figuring among projects receiving support from her Department....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is monitoring human rights standards in Pakistan, and in particular if he has assessed the blasphemy law which it is alleged is oppressive to Christians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19681/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (26 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: Very briefly in the time available I would like to say I welcome this. We have acute supply problems in the construction sector and the solutions to those lie with skills, permits, technology, and of course wages. These increases are encouraging. It is also encouraging to see that in the past 12 months the numbers at work in construction are up by more than 22,000, and by 40,000 from the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Illegal Dumping (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: In the context of the council's role, I want to ask the Minister of State whether he believes it would be helpful in terms of promoting recycling if there was more information on the rate of contamination of collections to be provided through the various providers. I refer to greater clarity on the destination of the different waste streams and perhaps better clarity on the labelling of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister of State for his detailed reply and commend him on the progress being made. Has his Department or any body across the public service created a vision for broadband technology to deliver public services more effectively and reduce the carbon footprint of providing those services? One of the neglected areas is creating a vision for how rural Ireland, in particular, can be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: We are in an unenviable position but while we are on the road to eliminating fossil fuels, it is not ideal that we have had to bring in diesel as a short-term measure to deal with our difficulties. I am interested to know, in the context of the McCarthy review into the failure of be able to deliver some of the planned facilities, whether we can see a pathway to more effective delivery of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: Does the Minister agree that Deputy O'Rourke is distorting the picture somewhat? The reality is that the one-stop shop scheme requires applicants to go to B2. People will not get those additional supports unless they go to B2. Would the Minister also agree that even if the warmer homes scheme does not deliver B2 ratings, very substantial reductions of between 60% and 70% in the fuel costs...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Bruton: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered the policy implications of the Economic and Social Research Institute assessment of the embodied emissions in Irish imports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19322/23]